Previous Spaceflight Launches

Filter by Agency, Locations or Vehicles

Show All Launches

Full Launch History

View all launches available - including launches from the past and utilize powerful search filters.

Kosmos-3M | Parus 48

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 1, 1985, 7:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1985, 7:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 47

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 24, 1985, 4:45 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.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Tsiklon-2 | US-P 20

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 23, 1985, 7:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 11

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 18, 1985, 10:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 36

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1985, 5:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Soyuz U | Zenit-8 10

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 16, 1985, 8:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Molniya-M | Molniya-3 36L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 16, 1985, 6:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
Explore Share

Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 1 to 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 15, 1985, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 12

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 9, 1985, 10:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Get it on Google Play
Get it on the App Store