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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 14

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 23, 1981, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Aureole 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 21, 1981, 1:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Joint Soviet-French satellite dedicated to magnetospheric research

Elliptical Orbit
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Feng Bao 1 | Shi Jian 2, 2A, 2B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 19, 1981, 9:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Three Chinese experimental satellites designed to study the micrometeoroids and debris environment in near-Earth space

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 21

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 18, 1981, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 29

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 18, 1981, 3:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 47

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 15, 1981, 11:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 14, 1981, 8:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 28L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 11, 1981, 8:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 4, 1981, 11:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 46

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 4, 1981, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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