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Orbital Launches of 1980

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ID Date Payload(s) Launch Vehicle Site Remark
January
1980-001 09.01.1980 Kosmos 1149 (Zenit-6U #15, Argon #15) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-002 11.01.1980 Molniya-1K 46 (Molniya-1K 48L) Molniya-M (Blok-ML) Pl LC-41/1
1980-003 14.01.1980 Kosmos 1150 (Parus #22) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-004 18.01.1980 FLTSATCOM 3 (OPS 6293) Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR CC LC-36A
1980-005 23.01.1980 Kosmos 1151 (Okean-E #2) Tsiklon-3 Pl LC-32/1
1980-006 24.01.1980 Kosmos 1152 (Yantar-2K #12, Feniks #12) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-007 25.01.1980 Kosmos 1153 (Parus #23) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-008 30.01.1980 Kosmos 1154 (Tselina-D #23) Vostok-2M Pl LC-43/4
February
1980-009 07.02.1980 Kosmos 1155 (Zenit-6U #16, Argon #16) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/4
1980-010 07.02.1980 KH-11 3 (Kennen 3, Crystal 3, OPS 2581) Titan-3D Va SLC-4E
1980-011 09.02.1980 GPS 5 (GPS SVN 5, Navstar 5, OPS 5115) Atlas-F SGS-1 Va SLC-3E
1980-012 11.02.1980 Kosmos 1156 (Strela-1M #185)
Kosmos 1157 (Strela-1M #186)
Kosmos 1158 (Strela-1M #187)
Kosmos 1159 (Strela-1M #188)
Kosmos 1160 (Strela-1M #189)
Kosmos 1161 (Strela-1M #190)
Kosmos 1162 (Strela-1M #191)
Kosmos 1163 (Strela-1M #192)
Kosmos 1156, ..., 1163 (Strela-1M #185, ..., #192)
Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-013 12.02.1980 Kosmos 1164 (US-K #13) Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) Pl LC-43/4 Partial Failure
1980-014 14.02.1980 SMM (Solarmax) Delta-3910 CC LC-17A
1980-015 17.02.1980 MS T4 (Tansei 4) M-3S Ka LP-M
1980-016 20.02.1980 Raduga 6 (Raduga 16L) Proton-K Blok-DM Ba LC-200/39
1980-017 21.02.1980 Kosmos 1165 (Zenit-4MKM #36, Gerakl #36) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/4
1980-018 22.02.1980 ECS b (Ayame 2) N-1 Ta LP-N
March
1980-019 03.03.1980 MSD 3
Parcae 3A (NOSS 3A)
Parcae 3B (NOSS 3B)
Parcae 3C (NOSS 3C)
Atlas-F MSD Va SLC-3W
1980-020 04.03.1980 Kosmos 1166 (Zenit-6U #17, Argon #17) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/4
1980-021 14.03.1980 Kosmos 1167 (US-P #8) Tsiklon-2 Ba LC-90
1980-022 17.03.1980 Kosmos 1168 (Tsikada #6) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-E01 18.03.1980 Kosmos (1169) (Tselina-D #24) Vostok-2M Pl LC-43/4 Pre-launch Failure
1980-023 27.03.1980 Kosmos 1169 (Taifun-1 #11, Vektor #11) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-024 27.03.1980 Progress 8 Soyuz-U Ba LC-31/6
April
1980-025 01.04.1980 Kosmos 1170 (Zenit-4MKM #37, Gerakl #37) Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-026 03.04.1980 Kosmos 1171 (DS-P1-M #14, Tyulpan #14, Lira #14) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-027 09.04.1980 Soyuz 35 Soyuz-U Ba LC-31/6
1980-028 12.04.1980 Kosmos 1172 (US-K #14) Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) Pl LC-41/1
1980-029 17.04.1980 Kosmos 1173 (Zenit-4MKM #38, Gerakl #38) Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-030 18.04.1980 Kosmos 1174 (IS-A #10) Tsiklon-2 Ba LC-90
1980-031 18.04.1980 Kosmos 1175 (Molniya-3 26L) Molniya-M (Blok-ML) Pl LC-41/1 Partial Failure
1980-032 26.04.1980 GPS 6 (GPS SVN 6, Navstar 6, OPS 5116) Atlas-F SGS-1 Va SLC-3E
1980-033 27.04.1980 Progress 9 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-034 29.04.1980 Kosmos 1176 (US-A #16) Tsiklon-2 Ba LC-90
1980-035 29.04.1980 Kosmos 1177 (Yantar-4K1 #2, Oktan #2) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
May
1980-036 07.05.1980 Kosmos 1178 (Zenit-6U #18, Argon #18) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-037 14.05.1980 Kosmos 1179 (Taifun-1B #2, Yug #2) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-038 15.05.1980 Kosmos 1180 (Zenit-4MT #18, Orion #18) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-039 20.05.1980 Kosmos 1181 (Parus #24) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-040 23.05.1980 Kosmos 1182 (Zenit-4MKT #13, Fram #13) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-F01 23.05.1980 Firewheel
Firewheel Subsat 1
Firewheel Subsat 2
Firewheel Subsat 3
Firewheel Subsat 4
AMSAT P3A (OSCAR (9))
CAT 2
Ariane-1 Ko ELA-1 Failure
1980-041 26.05.1980 Soyuz 36 Soyuz-U Ba LC-31/6
1980-042 28.05.1980 Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6U #19, Argon #19) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-043 29.05.1980 NOAA B Atlas-F Star-37S-ISS Va SLC-3W Partial Failure
June
1980-044 04.06.1980 Kosmos 1184 (Tselina-D #25) Vostok-2M Pl LC-43/3
1980-045 05.06.1980 Soyuz-T 2 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-046 06.06.1980 Kosmos 1185 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #2) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-047 06.06.1980 Kosmos 1186 (Taifun-2 #7) / 24 Romb Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-048 12.06.1980 Kosmos 1187 (Zenit-6U #20, Argon #20) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-049 14.06.1980 Gorizont 4 (Gorizont 15L) Proton-K Blok-DM Ba LC-200/39
1980-050 14.06.1980 Kosmos 1188 (US-K #15) Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) Pl LC-43/3
1980-051 18.06.1980 Meteor-Priroda 3-1 (Meteor-1 30) Vostok-2M Ba LC-31/6
1980-052 18.06.1980 KH-9 16 (Hexagon 16, Mission 1216, OPS 3123)
P-801 6 ? (OPS 1292)
Titan-3D Va SLC-4E
1980-053 21.06.1980 Molniya-1K 47 (Molniya-1K 56L) Molniya-M (Blok-ML) Pl LC-41/1
1980-054 26.06.1980 Kosmos 1189 (Zenit-6U #21, Argon #21) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-055 29.06.1980 Progress 10 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
July
1980-056 01.07.1980 Kosmos 1190 (Strela-2M #23) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-057 02.07.1980 Kosmos 1191 (US-K #16) Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) Pl LC-41/1
1980-058 09.07.1980 Kosmos 1192 (Strela-1M #193)
Kosmos 1193 (Strela-1M #194)
Kosmos 1194 (Strela-1M #195)
Kosmos 1195 (Strela-1M #196)
Kosmos 1196 (Strela-1M #197)
Kosmos 1197 (Strela-1M #198)
Kosmos 1198 (Strela-1M #199)
Kosmos 1199 (Strela-1M #200)
Kosmos 1192, ..., 1199 (Strela-1M #193, ..., #200)
Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/2
1980-059 09.07.1980 Kosmos 1200 (Zenit-6U #22, Argon #22) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-060 14.07.1980 Ekran 5 (Ekran 19L) Proton-K Blok-DM Ba LC-200/40
1980-F02 15.07.1980 DMSP-5D1 F5 Thor-LV2F Star-37XE Star-37S-ISS Va SLC-10W Failure
1980-061 15.07.1980 Kosmos 1201 (Zenit-4MKT #14, Fram #14) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-062 18.07.1980 Rohini 1B SLV-3 Sr
1980-063 18.07.1980 Molniya-3 27L Molniya-M (Blok-ML) Pl LC-43/3
1980-064 23.07.1980 Soyuz 37 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-065 24.07.1980 Kosmos 1202 (Zenit-6U #23, Argon #23) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-066 31.07.1980 Kosmos 1203 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #3) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-067 31.07.1980 Kosmos 1204 (Taifun-2 #8) / 22 Romb Kosmos-3M KY LC-107
August
1980-068 12.08.1980 Kosmos 1205 (Zenit-6U #24, Argon #24) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-069 15.08.1980 Kosmos 1206 (Tselina-D #26) Vostok-2M Pl LC-43/3
1980-070 22.08.1980 Kosmos 1207 (Zenit-4MKT #15, Fram #15) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-071 26.08.1980 Kosmos 1208 (Yantar-2K #13, Feniks #13) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
September
1980-072 03.09.1980 Kosmos 1209 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #4) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-073 09.09.1980 Meteor-2 6 Vostok-2M Pl LC-43/3
1980-074 09.09.1980 GOES 4 (GOES D) Delta-3914 CC LC-17A
1980-075 18.09.1980 Soyuz 38 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-076 19.09.1980 Kosmos 1210 (Zenit-6U #25, Argon #25) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-077 23.09.1980 Kosmos 1211 (Zenit-4MT #19, Orion #19) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-078 26.09.1980 Kosmos 1212 (Zenit-4MKT #16, Fram #16) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-079 28.09.1980 Progress 11 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
October
1980-080 03.10.1980 Kosmos 1213 (Zenit-6U #26, Argon #26) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-081 05.10.1980 Raduga 7 (Gran 17L) Proton-K Blok-DM Ba LC-200/39
1980-082 10.10.1980 Kosmos 1214 (Zenit-4MKM #39, Gerakl #39) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-083 14.10.1980 Kosmos 1215 (Tselina-O #40) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-084 16.10.1980 Kosmos 1216 (Zenit-6U #27, Argon #27) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-085 24.10.1980 Kosmos 1217 (US-K #17) Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) Pl LC-41/1
1980-086 30.10.1980 Kosmos 1218 (Yantar-4K1 #3, Oktan #3) Soyuz-U Ba LC-31/6
1980-087 31.10.1980 FLTSATCOM 4 (OPS 6294) Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR CC LC-36A
1980-088 31.10.1980 Kosmos 1219 (Zenit-6U #28, Argon #28) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
November
1980-089 04.11.1980 Kosmos 1220 (US-P #9) Tsiklon-2 Ba LC-90
1980-090 12.11.1980 Kosmos 1221 (Zenit-6U #29, Argon #29) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1
1980-091 15.11.1980 SBS 1 Delta-3910 PAM-D CC LC-17A
1980-092 16.11.1980 Molniya-1K 48 (Molniya-1K 54L) Molniya-M (Blok-ML) Pl LC-41/1
1980-093 21.11.1980 Kosmos 1222 (Tselina-D #27) Vostok-2M Pl LC-43/3
1980-094 27.11.1980 Soyuz-T 3 Soyuz-U Ba LC-1/5
1980-095 27.11.1980 Kosmos 1223 (US-K #18) Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) Pl LC-41/1
December
1980-096 01.12.1980 Kosmos 1224 (Zenit-6U #30, Argon #30) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-097 05.12.1980 Kosmos 1225 (Parus #25) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-098 06.12.1980 Intelsat-5 2 Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR CC LC-36B
1980-F03 09.12.1980 MSD 4
Parcae 4A (NOSS 4A)
Parcae 4B (NOSS 4B)
Parcae 4C (NOSS 4C)
LIPS 1
Atlas-E MSD Va SLC-3W Failure
1980-099 10.12.1980 Kosmos 1226 (Tsikada #7) Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-100 13.12.1980 Quasar 4 (SDS 4, OPS 5805) Titan-3(34)B Agena-D Va SLC-4W
1980-101 16.12.1980 Kosmos 1227 (Zenit-6U #31, Argon #31) Soyuz-U Pl LC-43/3
1980-102 23.12.1980 Kosmos 1228 (Strela-1M #201)
Kosmos 1229 (Strela-1M #202)
Kosmos 1230 (Strela-1M #203)
Kosmos 1231 (Strela-1M #204)
Kosmos 1232 (Strela-1M #205)
Kosmos 1233 (Strela-1M #206)
Kosmos 1234 (Strela-1M #207)
Kosmos 1235 (Strela-1M #208)
Kosmos 1228, ..., 1235 (Strela-1M #201, ..., #208)
Kosmos-3M Pl LC-132/1
1980-103 25.12.1980 Prognoz 8 Molniya-M (Blok-SO-L) Ba LC-31/6
1980-104 26.12.1980 Ekran 6 (Ekran 20L) Proton-K Blok-DM Ba LC-200/40
1980-105 26.12.1980 Kosmos 1236 (Yantar-2K #14, Feniks #14) Soyuz-U Pl LC-41/1

Launch sites:

Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, USSR USSR
CC = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA USA
Ka = Kagoshima Space Center / Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan Japan
Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France France
KY = Kapustin Yar (GTsP-4, GTsMP-4), Volgograd, USSR USSR
Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), USSR USSR
Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India India
Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan Japan
Va = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA USA
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