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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 32

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 9, 1987, 4:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 8, 1987, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 59

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 6, 1987, 9:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 50

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 4, 1987, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 61

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 1, 1987, 7:35 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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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 16

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 23, 1987, 7:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F8

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 20, 1987, 2:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 30

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 18, 1987, 9:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F40 105L 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 18, 1987, 7:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 321-328

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 16, 1987, 5:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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