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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 3, 1985, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 1 | Giotto

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 2, 1985, 11:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Probe designed to flyby Comet 1P/Halley and Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup

Asteroid
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Atlas G Centaur | Intelsat 511

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 30, 1985, 12:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 17

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 26, 1985, 12:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 1985, 8:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 55L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 21, 1985, 7:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Resurs-F1 (17F41) type film-return Earth observation satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 24

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 1985, 12:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 20

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 19, 1985, 11:30 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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Molniya-M | US-K 40

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 18, 1985, 12:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-G

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 17, 1985, 11:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-51-G was the eighteenth flight of the shuttle program and fifth for Space Shuttle Discovery. Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; he became the first Arab, the first Muslim and first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was the first shuttle flight to fly without an astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era. Its mission was to deploy 3 10 satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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