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Soyuz-U | Zenit-6U 74

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 16, 1983, 8:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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K65M-RB | BOR-4 403

Production Corporation Polyot | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
March 15, 1983, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test flight of a test article for the Spiral lifting body spacecraft

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 12, 1983, 2 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.

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 34L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 11, 1983, 3:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 73

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 2, 1983, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | TKS 3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 2, 1983, 9:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Resupply mission for Salyut space station

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 25, 1983, 12:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Mu-3S | Tenma

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 20, 1983, 5:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese astronomy satellite dedicated to X-ray surveying

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 40

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 16, 1983, 10:03 a.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 20L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 10, 1983, 7:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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