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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 24

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 13, 1985, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 45

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 9, 1985, 8:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 30, 1985, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-61-A was the twenty-second space shuttle flight and ninth for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was a scientific spacelab mission funded entirely by West Germany. The payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center as opposed to the regular NASA centers.

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 66

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 28, 1985, 5:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton | Luch #1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 25, 1985, 3:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 25, 1985, 2:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 24, 1985, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 50

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 23, 1985, 5:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 65

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 23, 1985, 12:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 44

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 22, 1985, 8:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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