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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 21, 1981, 10:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 45

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1981, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 21

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 13, 1981, 4:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 28

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 12, 1981, 5:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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N-2 | Himawari 2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 10, 1981, 8:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications

Geostationary Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Bulgaria 1300

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 7, 1981, 1:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Interkosmos satellite research satellite carrying scientific experiments designed and built in Bulgaria

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 217-224

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 6, 1981, 11:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 5

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 6, 1981, 8:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 11

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 4, 1981, 8:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 22

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 4, 1981, 12:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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