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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 87

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 21, 1983, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Progress 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 20, 1983, 9:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Ariane 1 | Intelsat 507

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 19, 1983, 12:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 14, 1983, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 33

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 12, 1983, 12:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 5, 1983, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 18

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1983, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 29, 1983, 5:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-OE 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1983, 7:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz T-10a / T-10-1)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 26, 1983, 7:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Soyuz T-10a, also known as T-10-1, was supposed to be the third long-duration expedition to the Salyut 7 space station. The mission would have launched Commander Vladimir Titov and Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov on September 26, 1983, 19:37:49 UTC, however the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire. The launch escape system in the Soyuz spacecraft fired two seconds before the launch vehicle exploded, saving the crew. It is so far the only case in which a launch escape system has been fired with a crew aboard.

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