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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 17

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 4, 1980, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 3A,B,C & MSD 3

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 3, 1980, 9:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

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N-I | Ayame 2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 22, 1980, 8:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

One of two experimental communications satellites.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 36

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 21, 1980, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 6

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 20, 1980, 8:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Mu-3S | Tansei-4

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 17, 1980, 12:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tansei-4 was a test satellite to verify the performance of Mu-3S rocket and to test out tecnhologies for future satellites.

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Delta 3910 | Solar Maximum Mission

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 14, 1980, 3:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Solarmax (also known as Solar Maximum Mission or SMM) was a solar observation satellite. Its primary mission was the study of solar flares.

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Molniya-M | US-K 13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1980, 12:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 185-192

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 11, 1980, 11:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas F/SVS | Navstar 5

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 9, 1980, 11:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation GPS satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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