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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

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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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Titan IIID | KH-11 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 7, 1980, 9:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 7, 1980, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 23

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1980, 12:51 p.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.

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 23

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 25, 1980, 8:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 12

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 24, 1980, 3:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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