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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 23, 1981, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 21, 1981, 8:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 20, 1981, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 20

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 16, 1981, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 12

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 16, 1981, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 25L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 9, 1981, 2:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 32

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 6, 1981, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 14

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1980, 4:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 26, 1980, 11:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Prognoz-8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 1980, 4:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

Elliptical Orbit
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