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Titan 34B | Quasar 7

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 12, 1987, 6:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 43

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 7, 1987, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-2

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 1987, 9:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TM-2 was the first crewed flight of the new Soyuz TM spacecraft and the second long-duration mission to Mir space station. The mission began on February 5, 1987, 21:38:16 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Romanenko and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Laveykin into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, new module was docked to the station. Crew was visited by several Progress resupply missions and by a crewed Soyuz TM-3 mission. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on December 29, 1987, 09:16:00 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Mu-3S-II | Ginga

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 5, 1987, 6:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese astronomy satellite dedicated to X-ray research

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 1, 1987, 11:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Nuclear-powered magnetospheric research satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Ekran-M 11L

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 30, 1987, 9:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Direct broadcasting satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 29, 1987, 6:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 42L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 22, 1987, 4:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 23

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Jan. 22, 1987, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 41

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 21, 1987, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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