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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 20
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 19, 1985, 11:30 a.m.
Molniya-M | US-K 40
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 18, 1985, 12:40 a.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-G
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 17, 1985, 11:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-51-G was the eighteenth flight of the shuttle program and fifth for Space Shuttle Discovery. Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; he became the first Arab, the first Muslim and first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was the first shuttle flight to fly without an astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era. Its mission was to deploy 3 10 satellites.
Low Earth OrbitTsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 6
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 14, 1985, 10:36 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 16
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 13, 1985, 12:20 p.m.
Molniya-M | US-K 39
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 11, 1985, 2:26 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F1 17F41 54L
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 7, 1985, 7:45 a.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-13
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 6, 1985, 6:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz T-13 was the eighth mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station. The mission began on June 6, 1985, 06:39:52 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Flight Engineer Viktor Savinykh into orbit. Following a two day solo flight Soyuz T-13 docked with Salyut 7 on June 08. When arriving there, the station had been vacant since eight month and it had been crippled by a solar array problem. Soyuz T-13 was the first Soyuz to dock manually with an inert Salyut. During their stay on the station, crew had to perform numerous repairs to restore life support, power and other systems, and conducted two EVAs for the same reasons. Cosmonauts were visited by a Progress cargo spacecraft and a Soyuz T-14, who joined the work on the station. Vladimir Dzhanibekov returned to Earth with the Soyuz T-14 crew member, while Viktor Savinykh stayed to continue his work on the station. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on September 26, 1985, 09:51:58 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
Proton | Tselina-2 2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 30, 1985, 2:59 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 12
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 30, 1985, 1:14 a.m.
