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Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-C

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 6, 1984, 1:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-41-C was the eleventh mission of the shuttle program and fifth mission for Space Shuttle Challenger. It marked the first time a shuttle performed a direct ascent. Its mission was to capsule the Solar Max Satellite and repair it whilst in orbit.

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Molniya-M | US-K 33

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1984, 1:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-11

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 3, 1984, 1:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz T-11 was the sixth mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station and the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz T-10 resident crew of the station. The mission began on April 3, 1984, 13:08:00 UTC, launching Commander Yury Malyshev, Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov and Research Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, crew performed various scientific experiments. Soyuz T-11, per usual, swapped their vehicles with the resident Soyuz T-10 crew, which allowed for a longer stay on the station. The crew returned in Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, landing safely back on Earth on October 2, 1984, 10:57:00 UTC.

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Proton-K/DM | US-KS 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 29, 1984, 5:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary early warning satellite

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-6U 93

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 21, 1984, 11:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 60

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 16, 1984, 11:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 16, 1984, 2 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.

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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 45

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1984, 5:05 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 | Efir 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 10, 1984, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite dedicated to cosmic rays research

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Soyuz-U | Zenit-6U 92

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 7, 1984, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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