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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F6

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 1982, 2:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 16, 1982, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 9

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 14, 1982, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 60L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 1982, 1:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 70

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 1982, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 11

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 26, 1982, 2:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 249-256

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1982, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 69

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 18, 1982, 9:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIID | KH-11 5

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 17, 1982, 9:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-5

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 11, 1982, 12:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-5 marked the first fully operational mission of the Space Shuttle program, launched by the Columbia shuttle with four crew members. Known as the first satellite deployment mission, it successfully deployed two commercial communications satellites into orbit. STS-5 not only advanced satellite deployment techniques but also demonstrated the Space Shuttle's role in supporting commercial and scientific endeavors in space.

Low Earth Orbit
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