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Long March 2C | FSW-0 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 21, 1985, 5:04 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 23
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 16, 1985, 9:25 a.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 7 to 12
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 9, 1985, 9:35 p.m.
Atlas E/SGS-2 | GPS 11
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 9, 1985, 2:53 a.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-51-J
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 3, 1985, 3:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites.
Low Earth OrbitMolniya-M | Molniya-3 38L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 3, 1985, 7:33 a.m.
Vostok 8A92M | Resurs-O1 1
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 3, 1985, 5:48 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 21
Russian Space Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Oct. 2, 1985, 9 a.m.
Molniya-M | US-K 43
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1985, 7:23 p.m.
Atlas G Centaur | Intelsat 512
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 28, 1985, 11:17 p.m.
