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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 20

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 15, 1986, 2:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 12, 1986, 11:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the seventh of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission included the second African-American shuttle pilot, future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Costa Rican born astronaut and the second sitting politican to fly in space: Bill Nelson.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 297-304

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 9, 1986, 2:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 26

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 8, 1986, 11:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 28, 1985, 9:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

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Soyuz U | Efir 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1985, 5:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite dedicated to cosmic rays research

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 13

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1985, 1:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Proton | Uragan 12 & 13

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 24, 1985, 9:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 40L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 1985, 6:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 52

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 1985, 8:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

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