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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 28

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 1986, 10:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress 25

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 19, 1986, 10:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-15

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 13, 1986, 12:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz T-15 was the last mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station and the first to visit the Mir space station. The mission began on March 13, 1986, 12:33:09 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Kizim and Flight Engineer Volodimir Solovyov into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, crew tested station's systems and were visited by two Progress cargo spacecrafts. On May 5, 1986, 12:12:09 UTC crew undocked from Mir and docked with Salyut the next day. There they collected experiments results, instruments and performed two EVAs. On June 25 crew undocked from Salyut 7 and returned to Mir the next day. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on July 16, 1986, 12:34:05 UTC.

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 23

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 27, 1986, 1:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 21

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 1986, 1:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 1 | SPOT 1 & Viking

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 22, 1986, 1:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SPOT 1 is a French Earth observation satellite. Viking is Sweden's first satellite.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 54

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 19, 1986, 11:04 p.m.
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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Proton | Mir

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 19, 1986, 9:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Core module of the Mir space station

Low Earth Orbit
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N-2 | Yuri 2B

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 12, 1986, 7:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation Japanese direct broadcasting satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 11, 1986, 6:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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