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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1983, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 35L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1983, 6:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 43

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 15, 1983, 12:25 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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Soyuz U | Bion 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 14, 1983, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Biological research satellite carrying live organisms

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 40

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 8, 1983, 6:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 89

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 7, 1983, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 8

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 30, 1983, 1:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 12

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 1983, 1:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-9

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 28, 1983, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-9 was the sixth mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on a 10 day mission to perform science in space using the Spacelab module.

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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1983, 12:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

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