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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 50

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 13, 1981, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-2

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 12, 1981, 3:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-2 was the second flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew on Columbia again marking the first time in history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle returned to orbit for a second time.

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Proton-K/D-1 | Venera-14

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 4, 1981, 5:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus orbiter and lander

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 22

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 3, 1981, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Molniya-M | US-K 23

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 31, 1981, 10:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

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Titan IIIC | Vortex 10

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 31, 1981, 9:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT satellite focussed on communications intelligence

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Proton-K/D-1 | Venera-13

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 30, 1981, 6:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus orbiter and lander

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 31L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 17, 1981, 5:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 49

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 15, 1981, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 31

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 13, 1981, 11:01 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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