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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 19

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 23, 1980, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 25

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 19, 1980, 10:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 38

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 18, 1980, 7:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 38 was the 12th mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EP-8 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on September 18, 1980, 19:11:03 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Romanenko and Research Cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-8 crew carried out medical and other experiments, including Earth and solar observation, plant and crystal growing. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on September 26, 1980, 15:54:27 UTC.

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Delta 3914 | GOES 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 9, 1980, 10:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 6

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 9, 1980, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 14L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 3, 1980, 10:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 26, 1980, 3:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1980, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 26

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 15, 1980, 5:34 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.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 24

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 12, 1980, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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