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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 6
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 20, 1979, 11:30 a.m.
Tsiklon-2 | US-P 6
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 18, 1979, noon
Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 19
RKK Energiya | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 14, 1979, 5:27 a.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 43
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 12, 1979, 12:28 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 5
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1979, 9:51 p.m.
Soyuz-U | Soyuz 33
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 10, 1979, 5:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz 33 would have been the eighth crew to dock to the Salyut 6 space station and was meant to visit the long-duration resident crew of the station. The mission began on April 10, 1979, 17:34:34 UTC, launching Commander Nikolai Rukavishnikovv and Research Cosmoanut Georgi Ivanov, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut, into orbit. They were going to dock with the station the next day, but engine failure forced mission to be aborted. The mission concluded with a rough return and landing back on Earth on April 12, 1979, 16:35:40 UTC.
Low Earth OrbitKosmos-3M | Parus 19
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 7, 1979, 6:20 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 96
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1979, 10:45 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 18
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 21, 1979, 4:13 a.m.
Titan IIID | KH-9 15
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 16, 1979, 6:30 p.m.
