Previous Spaceflight Launches
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Soyuz U | Progress 18
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 20, 1983, 9:59 a.m.
Ariane 1 | Intelsat 507
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 19, 1983, 12:45 a.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 3
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 14, 1983, 10 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 33
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 12, 1983, 12:20 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 6
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 5, 1983, noon
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 18
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1983, 11 a.m.
Proton-K/DM | Ekran
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 29, 1983, 5:37 p.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Okean-OE 1
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1983, 7:59 a.m.
Soyuz-U | Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz T-10a / T-10-1)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 26, 1983, 7:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Soyuz T-10a, also known as T-10-1, was supposed to be the third long-duration expedition to the Salyut 7 space station. The mission would have launched Commander Vladimir Titov and Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov on September 26, 1983, 19:37:49 UTC, however the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire. The launch escape system in the Soyuz spacecraft fired two seconds before the launch vehicle exploded, saving the crew. It is so far the only case in which a launch escape system has been fired with a crew aboard.
Low Earth Orbit
Delta 3920/PAM | Galaxy 2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 22, 1983, 10:16 p.m.
