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Energiya | Polyus

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1987, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Satellite used to test technologies for the Skif-D SDI program

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Atlas H | Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1987, 3:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 48

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1987, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1987, 5:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 14

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 11, 1987, 2:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 47

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 5, 1987, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 60

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 27, 1987, midnight
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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Soyuz U | Foton 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 24, 1987, 4:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Microgravity research satellite

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Proton | Uragan 17 to 19

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 24, 1987, 12:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 46

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 22, 1987, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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