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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 60

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 27, 1987, midnight
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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Foton 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 24, 1987, 4:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Microgravity research satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Uragan 17 to 19

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 24, 1987, 12:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 46

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 22, 1987, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress 29

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 21, 1987, 3:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 16, 1987, 6:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 30

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 9, 1987, 11:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 26

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1987, 3:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Kvant

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 31, 1987, 12:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Kvant module for the Mir space station

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas G Centaur | FLTSATCOM F6

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 26, 1987, 9:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Military geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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