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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-I

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1985, 10:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-51-I was the twentieth of the shuttle program and sixth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It deployed three 10 satellites and then repaired a malfunctioning satellite. This mission required two EVAs.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 27

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 23, 1985, 10:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 64

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1985, 7:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Mu-3S-II | Suisei

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Aug. 18, 1985, 11:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japaneset halley comet flyby mission

Asteroid
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 16, 1985, 3:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 41

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 12, 1985, 3:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 16

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 8, 1985, 9:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 50

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 8, 1985, 11:49 a.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 8, 1985, 10:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 57L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 7, 1985, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Resurs-F1 (17F41) type film-return Earth observation satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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