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Molniya-M | US-K 19

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 19, 1981, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 18, 1981, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 33

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 13, 1981, 11:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 26

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1981, 6:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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N-2 | Kiku-3

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 11, 1981, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | AUOS-Z-R-P-IK 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 6, 1981, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean and Earth surface study satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 11

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 2, 1981, 2:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 49

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1981, 4:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 28

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 27, 1981, 2:58 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 12

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 24, 1981, 2:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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