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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 41

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 23, 1983, 2:30 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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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 29

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 22, 1983, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 20, 1983, 1:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz T-8 was meant to be the fourth mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station. The mission began on April 20, 1983, 13:10:54 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Titov, Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov and Research Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov into orbit. However, the spacecraft failed to dock with the space station and after some further attempts mission had to be aborted. The mission concluded two days later with a safe landing back on Earth on April 22, 1983, 13:28:42 UTC.

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 19, 1983, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

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SLV-3 | Rohini RS-D-2

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
April 17, 1983, 5:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indian Earth observation test satellites

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Titan 24B | KH-8 53

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 1983, 6:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 31

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 12, 1983, 6:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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Delta 3924 | Satcom 1R

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 11, 1983, 10:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 76

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 8, 1983, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 12

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1983, 4:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

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