1979 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 11 January |
Last | 28 December |
Total | 110 |
Catalogued | 106 |
National firsts | |
Orbital launch | |
Space traveller | |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV |
Retirements | Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1 |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 2 |
Total travellers | 4 |
Launches
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
Remarks | ||||||
January | ||||||
11 January 15:07[1] |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | Reconnaissance | 20 January 1979 | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
13 January 15:30 |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
16 January 17:37 |
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Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
18 January 15:42 |
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Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||
25 January 05:43 |
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SSO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||
30 January 15:15 |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
30 January 21:42 |
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USAF | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination) | Communications Technology demo | In orbit | Successful | ||
Experimental military payload (360 kg) | ||||||
31 January 09:00:00 |
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Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (7000 kg) | ||||||
February | ||||||
6 February 08:46 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage | ||||
Civilian payload (260 kg) | ||||||
8 February 10:00 |
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Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1080 kg) | ||||||
12 February 13:00:00 |
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Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1900 kg) | ||||||
13 February 21:41 |
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Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
16 February 15:00 |
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no | 16 February 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | ||||
Military payload | ||||||
18 February 18:59:00[2] |
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NASA | Low Earth (54.9 degrees inclination) | Earth observation | 11 April 1989 | Successful | ||
Civilian payload (148.7 kg) | ||||||
21 February 05:00 |
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Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination) | 16 April 1985 | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (100 kg) | ||||||
21 February 07:49:00 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||
22 February 12:10 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
24 February 08:20 |
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Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1331 kg) | ||||||
25 February 11:53:49 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 EO-3 | 13 June 16:18:26 | Successful | |||
Crewed flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth uncrewed | ||||||
27 February 15:00 |
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Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
27 February 17:00 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1015 kg) | ||||||
March | ||||||
1 March 18:45:00 |
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Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||
12 March 05:47:28 |
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Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||
14 March 10:50 |
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Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
15 March 02:58 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||
16 March 18:30 |
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SSO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60kg to LEO (95.8 degrees)) | ||||||
21 March 04:13 |
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Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
31 March 10:45 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
April | ||||||
7 April 06:20 |
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Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
10 April 17:34:34 |
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Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6) | Taxi flight | 12 April 16:35 | Spacecraft failure | |||
Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines | ||||||
11 April 21:51 |
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Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
12 April 00:28:00 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||
14 April 05:27 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | ELINT | 23 March 2000 | Successful | |||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
18 April 12:00 |
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Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (3000 kg) | ||||||
20 April 11:30 |
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Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
25 April 03:44:00 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1965 kg) | ||||||
25 April 10:00 |
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Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||
27 April 17:15 |
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Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
May | ||||||
4 May 18:57:00 |
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GTO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1884 kg) | ||||||
13 May 04:17:10 |
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Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||
15 May 11:40 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
17 May 07:10 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
22 May 23:00:00 |
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Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2x9000 kg) | ||||||
25 May 07:00 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
28 May 18:30 |
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SSO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||
31 May 16:30 |
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Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
31 May 17:58 |
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Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
June | ||||||
2 June 23:26 |
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unknown | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload | ||||||
5 June 23:28 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||
6 June 18:12:41 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Crew return | 19 August 12:29 | Successful | |||
Launched uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts | ||||||
6 June 18:22:12 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | ||
7 June 10:30 |
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Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (441 kg) | ||||||
8 June 07:10 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
10 June 13:30:00 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1170 kg) | ||||||
12 June 07:00 |
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Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
15 June 10:50 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
22 June 07:00 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
27 June 15:51:59 |
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Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (723 kg) | ||||||
27 June 18:11:23 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||
28 June 09:25:11 |
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Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1020 kg) | ||||||
28 June 20:09 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||
29 June 16:00 |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
July | ||||||
5 July 23:19:00 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||
6 July 08:20 |
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Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1190 kg) | ||||||
10 July 09:00:00 |
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Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
11 July 15:41 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (900 kg) | ||||||
13 July 08:25 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
20 July 11:58 |
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Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
25 July 15:20 |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
27 July 07:30 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
27 July 21:28 |
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27 July 1979 | Failure to reach orbit after 2nd stage malfunction | |||||
Civilian payload (770 kg) | ||||||
31 July 03:56 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||
August | ||||||
3 August 10:45 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
10 August 00:20 |
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GTO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Commercial payload (574 kg) | ||||||
10 August 02:28 |
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10 August 1979 | Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage | |||||
Civilian payload (30 kg) | ||||||
11 August 09:15:00 |
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Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
14 August 15:30 |
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Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
17 August 07:45 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
21 August 11:10 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
28 August 00:17:04 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (68 degrees inclination) | unknown | Launch successful. Satellite exploded 9 September 1979 into 8 pieces. | ||||
Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||
28 August 00:55 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||
31 August 11:30 |
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Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
September | ||||||
5 September 10:20 |
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Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
14 September 15:30 |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
20 September 05:28 |
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Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (3150 kg) | ||||||
25 September 15:30 |
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Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
25 September 21:00 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||
28 September 12:20 |
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Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
October | ||||||
1 October 11:22:00 |
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unknown | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (820 kg) | ||||||
3 October 17:12:00 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||
5 October 11:30 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
11 October 16:36 |
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Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||
12 October 12:30 |
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12 October 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | |||||
16 October 12:17 |
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Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
20 October 07:03 |
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Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||
22 October 12:30 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
26 October 18:12 |
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Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
30 October 14:16 |
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Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) | 11 June 1980 | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (181 kg) | ||||||
31 October 09:25:00 |
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Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||
November | ||||||
1 November 08:05 |
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Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||
2 November 16:00 |
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Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
21 November 02:09:36 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2x612 kg) | ||||||
27 November 09:55 |
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Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
December | ||||||
5 December 09:00 |
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Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1000 kg) | ||||||
7 December 01:35 |
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GTO | unknown | Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed | ||||
Commercial payload (895 kg) | ||||||
12 December 12:30 |
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Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
16 December 12:29:50 |
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Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | 21:47, 25 March 1980 | Successful | ||||
Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed | ||||||
24 December 17:14:38 |
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ESA | Low Earth | Technology | 27 November 1989 | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane family[3] | ||||||
28 December 11:51:00 |
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GEO | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||
28 December 13:00 |
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Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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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 |
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15 August 14:16 |
1 hour 23 minutes |
15:39 | Salyut 6 PE-3 |
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.[4] |
gollark: No, there are just a lot of files on pastebin and it's hard to track down all the places potatOS randomly downloads things.
gollark: ... if I can find it, actually.
gollark: Anyway, I figure I'll start on the whole project *now* by creating a folder™ containing all the potatOS code.
gollark: Plus verifying the checksums and such.
gollark: I think all the updater thing would need to do is:on the non-CC side, just track what files changed since the last release, generate a checksum, and either generate an archive or a bunch of URLs for it.on the CC side, periodically check a manifest file, store its own version locally, check if a newer version is available on the server, and if so download the files which have changed.
References
Generic references:
Spaceflight portal
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
- Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
- Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
- Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
- "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
- "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- "Space Information Center". JAXA.
- "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
Footnotes
- "Cosmos 1070". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- "SAGE". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
- Portree, David S. F. (March 1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
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