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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 26, 1980, 11:49 a.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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Molniya-M | Prognoz-8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 1980, 4:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 201-208

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 23, 1980, 10:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 31

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 16, 1980, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan 34B | Quasar 4

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 13, 1980, 4:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 10, 1980, 8:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas E/MSD | Parcae 4A,B,C & MSD 4

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 9, 1980, 7:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat 502

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 6, 1980, 11:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 25

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 5, 1980, 4:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 30

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 1, 1980, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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