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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 36

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 26, 1980, 6:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 36 was the ninth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EP-5 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. The mission began on May 26, 1980, 18:20:39 UTC, launching Commander Valery Kubasov and Research Cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-5 crew conducted various scientific experiments, including measuring radiation doses received by the crew. Soyuz 36 swapped vehicles with the resident station crew, and returned in Soyuz 35 spacecraft. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on June 3, 1980, 15:06 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 1 | Firewheel

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 23, 1980, 2:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

German magnetospheric research satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 1980, 7:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 24

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 20, 1980, 9:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 15, 1980, 5:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 14, 1980, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 7, 1980, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 29, 1980, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 16

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 29, 1980, 11:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 27, 1980, 6:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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