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Kosmos-3M | Radio Sputnik 3 to 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1981, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

6 Soviet amateur radio satellites

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat 503

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 15, 1981, 11:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 51

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 4, 1981, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 32

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 1981, 11:47 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.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 225-232

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 28, 1981, 6:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Kosmos-3M | Bhaskara 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Nov. 20, 1981, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indian Earth observation satellite

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Delta 3910/PAM | Satcom 3R

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 20, 1981, 1:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation geostationary communication satellite built for RCA Americom

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 51

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 17, 1981, 3:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 50

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 13, 1981, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-2

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 12, 1981, 3:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-2 was the second flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew on Columbia again marking the first time in history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle returned to orbit for a second time.

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