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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-Priroda 3-1

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 18, 1980, 6:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Meteor meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 14, 1980, 8:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 14, 1980, 12:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 20

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 12, 1980, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 6, 1980, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 12L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 6, 1980, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Resurs-F1 (17F41) type film-return Earth observation satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 5, 1980, 2:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz T-2 was the first crewed flight of the new Soyuz vehicle. It was the tenth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EP-6 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on June 5, 1980, 14:19:30 UTC, launching Commander Yury Malyshev and Flight Engineer Vladimir Aksyonov into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 2-day stay on the station, crew carried out few scientific experiments. After Soyuz T-2 undocked, its crew photographed and visually inspected the space station. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on June 9, 1980, 12:39:00 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 25

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 1980, 7:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas F | NOAA B

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 29, 1980, 10:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation LEO meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 19

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 28, 1980, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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