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1982 in spaceflight

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1982 in spaceflight

1982 in spaceflight
National firsts
Space traveller France
Rockets
Maiden flightsLong March 2C
Soyuz-U2
Titan 34D
RetirementsN-I
Titan IIIC
Titan IIID
Crewed flights
Orbital6
Total travellers16
1982 in spaceflight
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The following is an outline of 1982 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

7 January
15:38[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M #26) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
12 January
12:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1332 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #22) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance25 JanuarySuccessful
14 January
07:51[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1333 (Parus #30) Low Earth Communications
Navigation		In orbitSuccessful
16 January[2]
01:54[3]		 United States Delta 3910/PAM-D D-159 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A United States
United States Satcom 4[2] RCA Americom Geostationary[2] Communications[4]In orbitSuccessful[2]
20 January
11:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1334 (Zenit-6U/Argon #52) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance3 FebruarySuccessful
21 January
19:30		 United StatesTitan III(24)B United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W United States
United StatesOPS 2849 (KH-8 52) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance23 MaySuccessful
29 January
11:00[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1335 (Taifun-2 #10) Low Earth Radar calibration5 April 1987Successful
30 January
11:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1336 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #24) GRU Reconnaissance26 FebruarySuccessful

February

5 February
09:12		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Ekran 8 (Ekran 22L) Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
11 February
01:11[1]		 Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1337 (US-P #13) Low Earth ELINT ocean surveillance25 JulySpacecraft failure
Satellite propulsion or avionics system failed
16 February
11:10		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1338 (Zenit-6U/Argon #53) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance2 MarchSuccessful
17 February
21:56[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1339 (Tsikada #9) Low Earth NavigationIn orbitSuccessful
19 February
01:42		 Soviet Union Vostok-2M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1340 (Tselina-D #33) Low Earth ELINTIn orbitSuccessful
26 February
00:04:44[1][5]		 United StatesDelta 3910/PAM-D D-160 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United States
United States Westar 4[5] Western Union Geostationary[5] Communications[6]In orbitSuccessful[5]
26 February
20:10		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Molniya-1K 53 (Molniya-1K 58L) Molniya orbit CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful

March

3 March
05:44		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok 2BL Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1341 (US-K #24) Molniya Missile early warningIn orbitSuccessful
4 March Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 107/1[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Taifun-2 #11 Intended: Low Earth Radar calibration4 MarchLaunch failure
5 March
00:23[7]		 United StatesAtlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR AC-58 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36A United States
United NationsIntelsat VD F-4 Intelsat[7] Geosynchronous[7] Communications[8]In orbitSuccessful[7]
5 March
10:50		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1342 (Zenit-6U/Argon #54) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance19 MarchSuccessful
6 March
19:25[9]		 United StatesTitan III(23)C[9] United StatesCape Canaveral LC-40 United States
United StatesOPS 8701 (DSP-10) US Air Force Geosynchronous[10] Early warning[9][11]In orbitSuccessful[9]
Final flight of Titan IIIC
15 March
04:39		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Gorizont 5 (Gorizont 14L) Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
17 March
10:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1343 (Zenit-6U/Argon #55) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance31 MarchSuccessful
22 March
16:00[12]		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia[12] United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-3 NASA Low Earth[13] Development test flight[14]30 March
16:05[15]		Successful[15]
United StatesDevelopment Flight Instrumentation NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Monitor orbiter performanceSuccessful
United StatesOSTA-1 NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Remote sensingSuccessful
Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts
Only Shuttle flight to land at White Sands Space Harbor
Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-1)
24 March
00:12		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Molniya-3 18 (Molniya-3 29L) Molniya Communications23 June 1992Successful
24 March
19:47[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1344 (Parus #31) Low Earth Communications
Navigation		In orbitSuccessful
25 March
09:50[1]		 Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32/1[1] Soviet Union
Soviet UnionMeteor-2 No.8 Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
31 March
09:00[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1345 (Tselina-O #41) Low Earth ELINT27 September 1989Successful
31 March
16:27		 Soviet Union Vostok-2M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1346 (Tselina-D #34) Low Earth ELINT17 December 2017Successful

April

2 April
10:15		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1347 (Yantar-4K2/Kobalt #2) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance21 MaySuccessful
7 April
13:41		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok 2BL Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1348 (US-K #25) Molniya Early warningIn orbitSuccessful
8 April
00:15[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1349 (Parus #32) Low Earth Communication
Navigation		In orbitSuccessful
10 April
06:47[1]		 United States Delta 3910[16]/PAM-D D-161 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A United States
India INSAT-1A[16] ISRO Geostationary[17] Communications[17]In orbitSpacecraft failure[18]
Attitude control system malfunction, ceased operations in September 1982[18]
15 April
14:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1350 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #25) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance16 MaySuccessful
19 April[19]
19:45:00[1]		 Soviet Union Proton-K[20] Soviet Union Baikonur[20] Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Salyut 7[19] (DOS-6) Low Earth[19] Space station[19]7 February 1991[20]Successful[19]
Soviet Union Iskra 2 (RK 02) MAI Low Earth Amateur radio9 July
Final space station launched as part of the Salyut programme. Iskra 2 was launched inside Salyut 7 and deployed on 17 May through an airlock
21 April
01:40[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 107/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1351 (Taifun-2 #12) Low Earth Radar calibration14 March 1983Successful
21 April
09:15		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1352 (Zenit-6U/Argon #56) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance5 MaySuccessful
23 April
09:40		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Pleetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1353 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #20) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance6 MaySuccessful
28 April
02:52[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1[1] Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1354 (Strela-2M #27) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
29 April
09:55[1]		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/20 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1355 (US-P #14) Low Earth ELINT ocean surveillance7 March 1984Successful

May

5 May
08:01[1]		 Soviet Union Vostok-2M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1356 (Tselina-D No.35) Low Earth Communication
Navigation		8 July 2023[21]Successful
6 May
18:07[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1357 (Strela-1M #233) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1358 (Strela-1M #234) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1359 (Strela-1M #235) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1360 (Strela-1M #236) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1361 (Strela-1M #237) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1362 (Strela-1M #238) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1363 (Strela-1M #239) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1364 (Strela-1M #240) Low Earth CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
11 May
18:35		 United States Titan III(23)D United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E United States
United StatesOPS 5642 (KH-9-17) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance5 DecemberSuccessful
United StatesOPS 6553 (SSF-D) NRO Sun-synchronous ELINTIn orbitSuccessful
13 May
09:58		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz T-5 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-127 August
15:04		Successful
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts, first mission to Salyut 7
14 May
19:39		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/20 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1365 (US-A #20) Low Earth Radar ocean surveillance19 OctoberSuccessful
15 May
14:20		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Zenit-6U/Argon #57 GRU Intended: Low Earth Reconnaissance15 MayFailure
17 May
23:50		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1366 (Potok #1, Geizer 11L) Geostationary Data relayIn orbitSuccessful
20 May
13:08		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok 2BL Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1367 (US-K #26) Molniya Early warningIn orbitSuccessful
21 May
12:40		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1368 (Zenit-6U/Argon #58) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance3 JuneSuccessful
23 May
05:58		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionProgress 13 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics6 June
00:05		Successful
25 May
09:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1369 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #7) Low Earth Earth observation8 JuneSuccessful
28 May
09:10		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1370 (Yantar-1KFT/Kometa #2) Low Earth Cartography11 JulySuccessful
28 May
22:02		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Molniya-1K 54 (Molniya-1K 63L) Molniya Communications19 November 1992Success

June

1 June
04:37		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1371 (Stela-2M #28) LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
1 June
13:58		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/20 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1372 (US-A #21) LEO, inclination 65.1 degrees Radar ocean surveillance9 SeptemberSuccessful
2 June
15:50		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1373 (Zenit-6U/Argon #59) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance16 JuneSuccessful
3 June
21:30		 Soviet UnionK65-RB5 Soviet UnionKapustin Yar Site 107 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1374 (BOR-4 #2, s/n 404) Fractional LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees Re-entry test3 JuneSuccessful
6 June
17:10		 Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1375 (DS-P1-M #16) LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees Anti-satellite weapon target18 June (destroyed)Successful
Target for Kosmos 1379
8 June
07:45		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1376 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #8) Low Earth Earth observation22 JuneSuccessful
8 June
12:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1377 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #4) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance22 JulySuccessful
9 June
00:24[22]		 United States Delta 3910/PAM-D D-162 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A United States
United States Westar 5[22] Western Union[22] Geostationary[22] Communications[22]In orbitSuccessful[22]
10 June
17:37		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-3 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 32/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1378 (Tselina-D #36) LEO, inclination 82.5 degrees ELINTIn orbitSuccessful
12 June
09:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Zenit-6U/Argon #60 GRU Intended: Low Earth Reconnaissance12 JuneFailure
18 June
11:04		 Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur LC 90 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1379 (IS-A #13) LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees Anti-satellite weapon test18 June (self-destruct)Successful
Destroyed Kosmos 1375
18 June
11:58		 Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk LC132 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1380 (Parus #33) LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees Communications, navigation27 JunePartial launch failure
Second stage malfunction during first burn resulted in low transfer orbit apogee. Satellite was deployed in lower than planned orbit.
18 June
13:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1381 (Zenit-6U/Argon #61) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance1 JulySuccessful
24 June
16:29		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz T-6 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-12 July
14:20		Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first French space traveller
25 June
02:28		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok 2BL Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1382 (US-K #27) Molniya Early warningIn orbitSuccessful
27 June
15:00		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-4 NASA Low Earth Developmental test flight4 July
16:09		Successful
United StatesClassified US Air Force Successful
United StatesGetaway Special Utah State Low Earth (Columbia) Successful
Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts, final developmental test flight
29 June
21:45		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1383 Kosmos 1383 (Nadezhda #1, COSPAS 1) COSPAS-SARSAT LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees Navigation, search and rescueIn orbitSuccessful
30 June
15:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1384 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #26) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance30 JulySuccessful

July

6 July
07:50		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1385 (Zenit-6U/Argon #62) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance20 JulySuccessful
7 July
09:47		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1386 (Parus #34) LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees Navigation, communicationsIn orbitSuccessful
10 July
09:57		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Progress 14 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics13 August
01:29		Successful
13 July
08:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1387 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #21) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance26 JulySuccessful
16 July
17:59		 United States Delta 3920 D-163 United States Vandenberg SLC-2W United States
United States Landsat 4 NASA/NOAA SSO Earth observationIn orbitSuccessful
21 July
06:31		 Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk LC132 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1388 - 1395 (Strela-1M #241-#248) LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
21 July
09:40		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Molniya-1K 55 (Molniya-1K 62L) Molniya Communications8 October 1992Successful
22 July
22:11		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Ekran 23L Intended: Geostationary Communications22 JulyFailure
Hydraulic system of the first stage failed, automatic flight termination at T+45 seconds.[23]
27 July
12:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Pleetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1396 (Zenit-6U/Argon #63) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance10 AugustSuccessful
29 July
19:40		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 107/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1397 (Taifun-2 #13) / 22 Romb subsatellites LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees Radar calibration18 May 1983Successful

August

3 August
11:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1398 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #23) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance13 AugustSuccessful
4 August
11:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1399 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #5) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance16 SeptemberSuccessful
5 August
06:56		 Soviet Union Vostok-2M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1400 (Tselina-D #37) Low Earth ELINT13 September 2014Successful
19 August
17:11		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Soyuz T-7 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-210 December
19:02		Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
20 August
09:50		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1401 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #9) Low Earth Earth observation3 SeptemberSuccessful
26 August
23:10		 United StatesDelta 3920/PAM-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United States
Canada Anik D1 (1238kg) Telesat Canada Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
27 August
00:02		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Molniya-3 19 (Molniya-3 33L) Molniya Communications13 January 2002Successful
30 August
10:06		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/19 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1402 (US-A #22) LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees Radar ocean surveillance23 January 1983 (bus)
7 February 1983 (nuclear core)		Successful
30 August
19:55		 Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Strela-2M #29 Intended: Low Earth Communications30 AugustFailure

September

1 September
09:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1403 (Zenit-6U/Argon #64) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance15 SeptemberSuccessful
1 September
09:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1404 (Zenit-6U/Argon #65) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance15 SeptemberSuccessful
3 September
05:00		 JapanUnited States N-I Japan Tanegashima Space Center LA-N (LA-Y1) Japan NASDA
Japan ETS 3 (Kiku 4) (385 kg) LEO, inclination 44.6 degrees Technology testingIn orbitSuccessful
Final flight of the N-I
4 September
17:50		 Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90/20 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1405 (US-P #15) LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees ELINT ocean surveillance5 February 1984Successful
8 September
10:20		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1406 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #22) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance21 SeptemberSuccessful
9 September
02:12		 France Ariane 1 France Kourou ELA France Arianespace
MARECS B Inmarsat Intended: Geostationary Communications9 SeptemberLaunch Failure
ItalySirio 2 Intended: Geostationary Communications
Third stage turbopump malfunction
9 September
07:19		 China Long March 2C China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138) China
China FSW-0 4 Low Earth Reconnaissance21 SeptemberSuccessful
Maiden flight of Long March 2C
9 September
15:12		 United States Conestoga I United States Matagorda Island United States Space Services Inc.
United States Test payload Space Services Inc. Suborbital Test flight9 SeptemberSuccessful
First private rocket to reach space. Apogee: ~ 309 kilometers (192 miles)[24][25]
15 September
15:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1407 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #27) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance16 OctoberSuccessful
16 September
04:55		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-3 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 32/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1408 (Tselina-D #38) LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees ELINTDestroyed on 15 November 2021Successful
Satellite was destroyed by an anti-satellite missile test on 15 November 2021.[26]
16 September
18:31		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Ekran 9 (Ekran 24L) Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
18 September
04:58		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Soviet Union
Soviet Union Progress 15 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics16 October
17:06		Successful
22 September
06:23		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok 2BL Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1409 (US-K #28) Molniya Early warning8 June 2009Successful
24 September
09:15		 Soviet Union Tsyklon-3 Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 32/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1410 (Geo-IK/Musson #3) LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees GeodesyIn orbitSuccessful
28 September
23:17[1][a]		 United States Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR AC-60 United States Cape Canaveral LC-36B United States
United Nations Intelsat V F-5 Intelsat Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
30 September
11:50		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1411 (Zenit-6U/Argon #66) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance14 OctoberSuccessful

October

2 October
00:01		 Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 90/20 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1412 (US-A #23) LEO, inclination 64.8 degrees Radar ocean surveillanceIn orbitSuccessful
12 October
14:56		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM-2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1413 (Uragan-GVM #1) Medium Earth orbit BoilerplateIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1414 (Uragan #1) Medium Earth orbit NavigationIn orbitSuccessful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1415 (Uragan-GVM #2) Medium Earth orbit BoilerplateIn orbitSuccessful
First flight of Blok DM-2 upper stage. First launch of GLONASS navigation system, with one operational satellite and two mass simulators to test the triple launch system
14 October
09:10		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1416 (Zenit-6U/Argon #67) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance28 OctoberSuccessful
19 October
05:58		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1417(Parus #35) LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees navigation, CommunicationIn orbitSuccessful
20 October
16:26		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Gorizont 6 (Gorizont 16L) Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
21 October
01:40[1]		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 107/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B #3) LEO Radar calibration30 September 1983Successful
28 October
01:27		 United States Delta 3924 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A United States
United States Satcom 5 (Aurora 1) (1102kg) RCA Americom GTO Communications satelliteIn orbitSuccessful
30 October
04:05		 United States Titan 34D/IUS United States Cape Canaveral LC-40 United States
United States OPS 9945 (DSCS II F-16) US Air Force Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
United StatesDSCS III A-1 US Air Force Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
Maiden flight of Titan 34D and Inertial Upper Stage
31 October
11:20		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Progress 16 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics14 December
17:17		Successful
Soviet Union Iskra 3 (RK 03) MAI Low Earth Amateur radio16 December
Iskra 3 deployed through Salyut 7 airlock

November

2 November
09:30		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1419 (Zenit-6U/Argon #68) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance16 NovemberSuccessful
11 November
06:14		 Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1420 (Strela-2 #30) LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees CommunicationIn orbitSuccessful
11 November
12:19		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-5 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment16 November
14:33		Successful
United StatesSBS-3 SBS Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
CanadaAnik C3 Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful
West GermanyGetaway Special West Germany Low Earth Microgravity research16 NovemberSuccessful
Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; First "operational" Shuttle flight
Anik C3 retired 18 June 1997
17 November
21:22		 United StatesTitan IIID United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E United States
United StatesOPS 9627 (KH-11-5) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance13 August 1985Successful
Final flight of Titan IIID
18 November
09:25		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1421 (Zenit-6U/Argon #69) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance2 DecemberSuccessful
24 November
11:00		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Strela-1M #249-#256 Intended: Low Earth Communications24 NovemberFailure
26 November
14:13		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Raduga 11 (Gran 21L) Geostationary CommunicationsIn orbitSuccessful

December

3 December
12:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1422 (Zenit-6U/Argon #70) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance17 DecemberSuccessful
8 December
13:46		 Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1423 (Molniya-1K 60L) Intended: Molniya
Achieved: Low Earth		 18 January 1986Partial failure
14 December
22:30		 Soviet Union Vostok-2M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Meteor-2 9 Low Earth WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
16 December
10:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1424 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #6) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance28 January 1983Successful
21 December
02:38		 United States Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS United States Vandenberg SLC-3W United States
United States DMSP 5D-2 F6 US Air Force Sun-synchronous WeatherIn orbitSuccessful
23 December
09:10		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U2 Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1425 (Zenit-6U/Argon #71) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance6 January 1983Successful
Maiden flight of Soyuz-U2, fuelled by syntin
24 December
12:00		 Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur 200/39 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Raduga (Gran 22L) Intended: Geostationary Communications24 DecemberFailure
Second stage engine failure at T+230 seconds, due to high frequency vibrations.[29]
28 December
12:00		 Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1426 (Yantar-4KS1/Terilen #1) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance5 March 1983Successful
First Soviet electro-optical reconnaissance satellite
29 December
12:00		 Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1427 (Tafun-1B #4) LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees Radar calibration5 October 1989Successful

Suborbital launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

July-September

9 September
15:12		 United StatesConestoga 1 United StatesMatagorda Island United StatesSpace Services Inc.
West GermanyDLR M-AR-116 DLR Suborbital Test flight9 SeptemberSuccessful
Re-branded Aries. Apogee: 309 km

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
1 MarchVenera 13landed on Venus[30]
5 MarchVenera 14landed on Venus[31]
30 MarchISEE-3/ICE1st flyby of the MoonClosest approach: 19,570 kilometres (12,160 mi)
23 AprilISEE-3/ICE2nd flyby of the MoonClosest approach: 21,137 kilometres (13,134 mi)
27 SeptemberISEE-3/ICE3rd flyby of the MoonClosest approach: 22,790 kilometres (14,160 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
30 July
02:39		 2 hours
33 minutes		 05:12 Salyut 7 EO-1 Soviet UnionAnatoly Berezovoy
Soviet UnionValentin Lebedev		 Performing the first EVA from Salyut 7, Lebedev anchored himself with a foot restraint, while Berezovoy assisted from the hatch. After collecting and placing samples on the exterior surface of the spacecraft, Lebedev tested methods for assembly and disassembly work in space, including the Istok panel experiment of turning bolts with a special wrench.

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally scheduled for night of 23 September. Postponed – originally to 28 October – due to power supply failure in another, identical, satellite.[27] The launch was moved back up to 28 September after engineers realized the failure was not caused by a design flaw.[28]

References

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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  5. 1 2 3 4 "Westar IV satellite launched". Springfield Leader and Press. Cape Canaveral, Florida: Gannett. Associated Press. 26 February 1982. p. 7. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 "NASA launches Intelsat for phone, TV hookups". The Orlando Sentinel. Cape Canaveral, Florida: Tribune Publishing. Sentinel Star Services. 5 March 1982. p. 175. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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  9. 1 2 3 4 "Satellite Launch Startles Residents Around Cape". The Tampa Tribune. Cape Canaveral, Florida. United Press International. 7 March 1982. p. 30. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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  12. 1 2 Toner, Mike (23 March 1982). "Up, Columbia! 3rd Time a Charm". Miami Herald. Cape Canaveral, Florida. p. 28. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Launch/Orbital information for STS 3/OSS 1". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "General information about STS 3/OSS 1". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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  16. 1 2 Fineman, Mark (10 April 1982). "Delta launch is revolution on a rocket for rural India". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Cape Canaveral, Florida. p. 1. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. 1 2 Fineman, Mark (10 April 1982). "Delta launch is a revolution on a rocket for India". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Cape Canaveral, Florida. p. 2. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. 1 2 Fineman, Mark (9 September 1982). "U.S.-made Indian satellite now just space junk". The Dispatch. New Delhi. Knight News Wire. p. 10. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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  21. ↑ "COSMOS 1356". N2YO.com. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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  29. ↑ "Proton-K/Block-DM | Raduga n°22L". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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