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H-1 | Kiku 5

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 27, 1987, 9:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 51

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 19, 1987, 6:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2C | FSW-0 9

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 5, 1987, 6:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese Fanhui Shi Weixing recoverable reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress 31

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 3, 1987, 8:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 1, 1987, 3:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Almaz-T 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 25, 1987, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar imagery satellite based on the Almaz space station design

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 22, 1987, 1:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TM-3 was the third mission to Mir space station. The mission began on July 22, 1987, 01:59:17 UTC, launching Commander Alexander Viktorenko, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Research Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, crew conducted Earth observation, medical and other scientific experiments. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on July 30, 1987, 01:04:12 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 16, 1987, 4:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1987, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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