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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 42

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 9, 1987, 2:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 53

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 1987, 6:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 49

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 28, 1987, 12:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 31

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 26, 1987, 1:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F40 104L 4

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 21, 1987, 7:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress 30

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 19, 1987, 4:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Energiya | Polyus

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1987, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Satellite used to test technologies for the Skif-D SDI program

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas H | Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1987, 3:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 48

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1987, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1987, 5:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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