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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 11, 1987, 2:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

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Long March 2C | FSW-1 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 9, 1987, 7:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 25 to 30

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 7, 1987, 11:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 3, 1987, 7:26 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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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 52

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 3, 1987, 10:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 1987, 8:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

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H-1 | Kiku 5

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 27, 1987, 9:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 51

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 19, 1987, 6:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Long March 2C | FSW-0 9

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 5, 1987, 6:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese Fanhui Shi Weixing recoverable reconnaissance satellite

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