1979 in spaceflight

1979 in spaceflight
Orbital launches
The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July
First	11 January
Last	28 December
Total	110
Catalogued	106
National firsts
Orbital launch	Europe
Space traveller	Bulgaria
Rockets
Maiden flights	Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV
Retirements	Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1
Manned flights
Orbital	2
Total travellers	4

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
11 January ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1070		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
13 January ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1071		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
16 January ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1072		Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (810 kg)
18 January ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad 43/3
	Molniya 3-11		Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1750 kg)
25 January ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Meteor-prigoda 2 (Meteor 1-29)		SSO		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1100 kg)
30 January ?:??:??	Delta 2914		Cape Canaveral pad LC 17B
	SCATHA		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (659 kg)
30 January ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1073		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
31 January ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1074		Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (7000 kg)
6 February ?:??:??	N-I		Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex
	Ayame 1 (ECS A)		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination)		unknown	Spacecraft has failed after recontact with 3rd stage
	Civilian payload (260 kg)
8 February ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1075		Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1080 kg)
12 February ?:??:??	Tsyklon-3(Cyclone-3)		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 32/2
	Kosmos 1076		Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1900 kg)
13 February ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1077		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2500 kg)
16 February ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41
	Kosmos (number not assigned)		no		16 February 1979	Failed to reach orbit
	Military payload
18 February ?:??:??	Scout D-1 S202C		Wallops pad LA3
	SAGE		unknown		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (147 kg)
21 February ?:??:??	Mu-3C		Tanegashima, Mu launch complex
	Hakucho (CORSA B)		Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination)		16 April 1985	Successful
	Civilian payload (100 kg)
21 February ?:??:??	Proton-K/DM		Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
	Ekran 3		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1970 kg)
22 February ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1078		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
24 February ?:??:??	Atlas F		Vandenberg pad SLC 3W
	Solwind		Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1331 kg)
25 February 11:53:49	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz 32		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-3	13 June 16:18:26	Successful
	Manned flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth unmanned
27 February ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2
	Interkosmos 19		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1015 kg)
27 February ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3
	Kosmos 1079		Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6700 kg)
1 March ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Meteor 2-4		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1300 kg)
12 March ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
	Progress 5		Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination))		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (7020 kg)
14 March ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1080		Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6700 kg)
15 March ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1081–1088		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (8x61 kg)
16 March ?:??:??	Titan 3D		Vandenberg pad SLC 4E
	unknown		SSO		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60kg to LEO (95.8 degrees))
21 March ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1089		Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (810 kg)
31 March ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1090		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
7 April ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1091		Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (810 kg)
10 April 17:34:34	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz 33		Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6)	Taxi flight	12 April 16:35	Spacecraft failure
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines
11 April ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1092		Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (810 kg)
12 April ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Molniya 1-43		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1600 kg)
14 April ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 90
	Kosmos 1093		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2500 kg)
18 April ?:??:??	Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2)		Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90
	Kosmos 1094		Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (3000 kg)
20 April ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1095		Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
25 April ?:??:??	Proton-K/DM		Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
	Raduga 5		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1965 kg)
25 April ?:??:??	Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2)		Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90
	Kosmos 1096		Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (4000 kg)
27 April ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3
	Kosmos 1097		Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6700 kg)
4 May ?:??:??	Atlas SLV 3D		Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A
	Fltsatcom-2		GTO		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1884 kg)
13 May ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
	Progress 6		Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (7020 kg)
15 May ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1098		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
17 May ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC 43/4
	Kosmos 1099		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
22 May ?:??:??	Proton-K		Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 81P (pad 24)
	Kosmos 1100 Kosmos 1101		Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2x9000 kg)
25 May ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
	Kosmos 1102		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
28 May ?:??:??	Titan 3B/Agena		Vandenberg pad SLC 4W
	unknown		SSO		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (4000 kg)
31 May ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1103		Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
31 May ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1104		Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (810 kg)
2 June ?:??:??	Scout D-1 S198C		Wallops pad LA3
	Ariel 6		unknown		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload
5 June ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4
	Molniya 3-12		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1750 kg)
6 June 18:12:41	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/5
	Soyuz 34		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Crew return	19 August 12:29	Successful
	Launched unmanned to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts
7 June ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Kapustin Yar pad LC 107
	Bhaskar 1		Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (441 kg)
8 June ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
	Kosmos 1105		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
10 June ?:??:??	Titan 3C/Transtage		Cape Canaveral pad LC 40
	DSP 11		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1170 kg)
12 June ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4
	Kosmos 1106		Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
15 June ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1107		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
22 June ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4
	Kosmos 1108		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
27 June ?:??:??	Atlas F		Vandenberg pad SLC 3W
	NOAA 6(NOAA A)		Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (723 kg)
27 June ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
	Kosmos 1109		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1250 kg)
28 June ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1110		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (875 kg)
28 June ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
	Progress 7		Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1020 kg)
29 June ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1111		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
5 July ?:??:??	Proton-K/DM		Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
	Gorizont 2		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (2120 kg)
6 July ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Kapustin Yar pad LC 107
	Kosmos 1112		Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1190 kg)
10 July ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1113		Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
11 July ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1114		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (900 kg)
13 July ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4
	Kosmos 1115		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
20 July ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1116		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2500 kg)
25 July ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1117		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
27 July ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4
	Kosmos 1118		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
28 July ?:??:??	Feng Bao 1		Jiquan Satellite Launch Center NLC
	Shi Jian 1				28 July 1979	Failure to reach orbit after 2nd stage malfunction
	Civilian payload (770 kg)
31 July ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Molniya 1-44		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1600 kg)
3 August ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1119		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
10 August ?:??:??	Delta 2914		Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A
	Westar 3(Westar C)		GTO		unknown	Successful
	Commercial payload (574 kg)
10 August ?:??:??	PSLV 3		Satish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV3
	Rohini RS-1				10 August 1979	Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage
	Civilian payload (30 kg)
11 August ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1120		Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
14 August ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3
	Kosmos 1121		Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6700 kg)
17 August ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4
	Kosmos 1122		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
21 August ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
	Kosmos 1123		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
28 August ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43
	Kosmos 1124		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (68 degrees inclination)		unknown	Launch successful. Satellite exploded 9 September 1979 into 8 pieces.
	Military payload (1250 kg)
28 August ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1125		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (875 kg)
31 August ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1126		Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
5 September ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1127		Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
14 September ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1128		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
20 September ?:??:??	Atlas SLV 3D		Cape Canaveral pad LC 36B
	HEAO 3(HEAO C)		Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (3150 kg)
25 September ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
	Kosmos 1129		Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
25 September ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1130–1137		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (8x61 kg)
28 September ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1138		Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
1 October ?:??:??	Titan 3C/Transtage		Cape Canaveral pad LC 40
	unknown		unknown		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (820 kg)
3 October ?:??:??	Proton-K/DM		Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
	Ekran 4		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1970 kg)
5 October ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1139		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (5500 kg)
11 October ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1140		Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (875 kg)
12 October ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43
12 October ?:??:??	Kosmos, number not assigned				12 October 1979	Failed to reach orbit
16 October ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1141		Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (810 kg)
20 October ?:??:??	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Molniya 1-45		Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1600 kg)
22 October ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1142		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
26 October ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1143		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2500 kg)
30 October ?:??:??	Scout G-1 S203C		Vandenberg pad SLC-5
	Magsat		Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination)		11 June 1980	Successful
	Civilian payload (181 kg)
31 October ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Meteor 2-5		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1300 kg)
1 November ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2
	Interkosmos 20		Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (1100 kg)
2 November ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3
	Kosmos 1144		Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6700 kg)
21 November ?:??:??	Titan 3C/Transtage		Cape Canaveral pad LC 40
	DSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2x612 kg)
27 November ?:??:??	Vostok-M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1145		Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (2500 kg)
5 December ?:??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1146		Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (1000 kg)
7 December ?:??:??	Delta 3914		Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A
	Satcom 3(Satcom C)		GTO		unknown	Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed
	Commercial payload (895 kg)
12 December ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1147		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)
16 December 12:30:00	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Soyuz T-1		Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination)		21:47, 25 March 1980	Successful
	Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed
24 December 17:14:38	Ariane 1		Kourou ELA-1		ESA
	CAT-1	ESA	Low Earth	Technology	27 November 1989	Successful
	Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane family^[1]
28 December ?:??:??	Proton-K/DM		Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
	Gorizont 3		GEO		unknown	Successful
	Civilian payload (2120 kg)
28 December ?:??:??	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
	Kosmos 1148		Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
	Military payload (6000 kg)

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
5 March	Voyager 1	Flyby of Jupiter	Closest approach: 280,000 kilometres (170,000 mi)
9 July	Voyager 2	Flyby of Jupiter	Closest approach: 645,000 kilometres (401,000 mi)
1 September	Pioneer 11	Flyby of Saturn	Closest approach: 20,900 kilometres (13,000 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
15 August 14:16	1 hour 23 minutes	15:39	Salyut 6 PE-3	Valery Ryumin Vladimir Lyakhov	Removed the KRT-10 antenna that had failed to separate from Salyut and had fouled the aft docking port target. After disposing of the antenna, Ryumin collected samples of damaged insulation and a retrieved a micrometeroid detector.^[2]

References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page.
"Space Information Center". JAXA.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page.
"NASASpaceFlight.com".
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL.
"Southwest Space Archive".
"Launch Forecast". Space.com.
"Spaceflight Now".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
"U.S. Space Objects Registry".
"Хроника освоения космоса ('Chronicle of space exploration')" (in Russian). Cosmoworld.ru.

Generic references:

Footnotes

↑ Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
↑ Portree, David S. F. (March 1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. p. 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

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Kosmos 1070 \| Kosmos 1071 \| Kosmos 1072 \| Molniya-3 No.23 \| Meteor-Priroda No.2-3 \| Kosmos 1073 \| SCATHA \| Kosmos 1074 \| Ayame 1 \| Kosmos 1075 \| Kosmos 1076 \| Kosmos 1077 \| Zenit-2M No.131 \| AEM-2 \| Hakucho \| Ekran No.16L \| Kosmos 1078 \| Solwind \| Soyuz 32 \| Kosmos 1079 \| Interkosmos 19 \| Meteor-2 No.4 \| Progress 5 \| Kosmos 1080 \| Kosmos 1081 · Kosmos 1082 · Kosmos 1083 · Kosmos 1084 · Kosmos 1085 · Kosmos 1086 · Kosmos 1087 · Kosmos 1088 \| OPS 3854 · OPS 6675 \| Kosmos 1089 \| Kosmos 1090 \| Kosmos 1091 \| Soyuz 33 \| Kosmos 1092 \| Molniya-1-43 \| Kosmos 1093 \| Kosmos 1094 \| Kosmos 1095 \| Gran' No.15L \| Kosmos 1096 \| Kosmos 1097 \| OPS 6292 \| Progress 6 \| Kosmos 1098 \| Kosmos 1099 \| Kosmos 1100 · Kosmos 1101 \| Kosmos 1102 \| OPS 7164 \| Kosmos 1103 \| Kosmos 1104 \| Ariel 6 \| Molniya-3 No.21 \| Soyuz 34 \| OPS 5390 \| Bhaskara 1 \| Kosmos 1105 \| OPS 7484 \| Kosmos 1106 \| Kosmos 1107 \| Kosmos 1108 \| NOAA-6 \| Kosmos 1109 \| Progress 7 (KRT-10) \| Kosmos 1110 \| Kosmos 1111 \| Gorizont No.12L \| Kosmos 1112 \| Kosmos 1113 \| Kosmos 1114 \| Kosmos 1115 \| Kosmos 1116 \| Kosmos 1117 \| Kosmos 1118 \| Unnamed \| Molniya-1-44 \| Kosmos 1119 \| Westar 3 \| RTP \| Kosmos 1120 \| Kosmos 1121 \| Kosmos 1122 \| Kosmos 1123 \| Kosmos 1124 \| Kosmos 1125 \| Kosmos 1126 \| Kosmos 1127 \| Kosmos 1128 \| HEAO-3 \| Kosmos 1129 \| Kosmos 1130 · Kosmos 1131 · Kosmos 1132 · Kosmos 1133 · Kosmos 1134 · Kosmos 1135 · Kosmos 1136 · Kosmos 1137 \| Kosmos 1138 \| OPS 1948 \| Ekran No.17L \| Kosmos 1139 \| Kosmos 1140 \| Unnamed \| Kosmos 1141 \| Molniya-1-45 \| Kosmos 1142 \| Kosmos 1143 \| Magsat \| Meteor-2 No.7 \| Interkosmos 20 \| Kosmos 1144 \| OPS 9443 · OPS 9444 \| Kosmos 1145 \| Kosmos 1146 \| Satcom 3 \| Kosmos 1147 \| Soyuz T-1 \| CAT-1 \| Gorizont No.13L \| Kosmos 1148

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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