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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 38

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 17, 1986, 9:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 30

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 15, 1986, 11:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 22

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 9, 1986, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Potok 3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 4, 1986, 3:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary military relay satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 3 | Gstar 2 & Brasilsat A2

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 28, 1986, 11:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellites

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 29

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 26, 1986, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 24

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 25, 1986, 7:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 28

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 1986, 10:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

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Soyuz-U2 | Progress 25

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 19, 1986, 10:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-15

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 13, 1986, 12:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz T-15 was the last mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station and the first to visit the Mir space station. The mission began on March 13, 1986, 12:33:09 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Kizim and Flight Engineer Volodimir Solovyov into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, crew tested station's systems and were visited by two Progress cargo spacecrafts. On May 5, 1986, 12:12:09 UTC crew undocked from Mir and docked with Salyut the next day. There they collected experiments results, instruments and performed two EVAs. On June 25 crew undocked from Salyut 7 and returned to Mir the next day. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on July 16, 1986, 12:34:05 UTC.

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