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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 12

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 1, 1985, 10:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 18

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1985, 12:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 13 (Kosmos 1630)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 27, 1985, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | US-KS 3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 21, 1985, 7:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary early warning satellite

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Ariane 3 | Arabsat 1A & Brasilsat A1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 8, 1985, 11:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellites

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Titan 34B | Quasar 6

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 8, 1985, 6:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 6, 1985, 9:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 11

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 6, 1985, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 48

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 1, 1985, 7:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1985, 7:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.

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