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1982 in spaceflight

The following is an outline of 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

Launches

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

January

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7 January
15:38[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M #26) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
12 January
12:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1332 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #22) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 25 January Successful
14 January
07:51[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1333 (Parus #30) Low Earth Communications
Navigation		 In orbit Successful
16 January[2]
01:54[3] 		  Delta 3910/PAM-D D-159   Cape Canaveral LC-17A  
  Satcom 4[2] RCA Americom Geostationary[2] Communications[4] In orbit Successful[2]
20 January
11:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1334 (Zenit-6U/Argon #52) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 February Successful
21 January
19:30 		 Titan III(24)B  Vandenberg SLC-4W  
 OPS 2849 (KH-8 52) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 23 May Successful
29 January
11:00[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1335 (Taifun-2 #10) Low Earth Radar calibration 5 April 1987 Successful
30 January
11:30 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1336 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #24) GRU Reconnaissance 26 February Successful

February

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5 February
09:12 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/40  
  Ekran 8 (Ekran 22L) Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
11 February
01:11[1] 		 Tsyklon-2  Baikonur Site 90  
 Kosmos 1337 (US-P #13) Low Earth ELINT ocean surveillance 25 July Spacecraft failure
Satellite propulsion or avionics system failed
16 February
11:10 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1338 (Zenit-6U/Argon #53) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 2 March Successful
17 February
21:56[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1339 (Tsikada #9) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
19 February
01:42 		  Vostok-2M   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1340 (Tselina-D #33) Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
26 February
00:04:44[1][5] 		 Delta 3910/PAM-D D-160  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  
  Westar 4[5] Western Union Geostationary[5] Communications[6] In orbit Successful[5]
26 February
20:10 		  Molniya-M/Blok ML   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Molniya-1K 53 (Molniya-1K 58L) Molniya orbit Communications In orbit Successful

March

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3 March
05:44 		  Molniya-M/Blok 2BL   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1341 (US-K #24) Molniya Missile early warning In orbit Successful
4 March   Kosmos-3M   Kapustin Yar Site 107/1[1]  
  Taifun-2 #11 Intended: Low Earth Radar calibration 4 March Launch failure
5 March
00:23[7] 		 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR AC-58  Cape Canaveral LC-36A  
 Intelsat VD F-4 Intelsat[7] Geosynchronous[7] Communications[8] In orbit Successful[7]
5 March
10:50 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1342 (Zenit-6U/Argon #54) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 19 March Successful
6 March
19:25[9] 		 Titan III(23)C[9]  Cape Canaveral LC-40  
 OPS 8701 (DSP-10) US Air Force Geosynchronous[10] Early warning[9][11] In orbit Successful[9]
Final flight of Titan IIIC
15 March
04:39 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/39  
  Gorizont 5 (Gorizont 14L) Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
17 March
10:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1343 (Zenit-6U/Argon #55) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 31 March Successful
22 March
16:00[12] 		 Space Shuttle Columbia[12]  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-3 NASA Low Earth[13] Development test flight[14] 30 March
16:05[15]		 Successful[15]
 Development Flight Instrumentation NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Monitor orbiter performance Successful
 OSTA-1 NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Remote sensing Successful
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 		  Molniya-M/Blok ML   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Molniya-3 18 (Molniya-3 29L) Molniya Communications 23 June 1992 Successful
24 March
19:47[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1[1]  
  Kosmos 1344 (Parus #31) Low Earth Communications
Navigation		 In orbit Successful
25 March
09:50[1] 		 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk Site 32/1[1]  
 Meteor-2 No.8 Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
31 March
09:00[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1345 (Tselina-O #41) Low Earth ELINT 27 September 1989 Successful
31 March
16:27 		  Vostok-2M   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1346 (Tselina-D #34) Low Earth ELINT 17 December 2017 Successful

April

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2 April
10:15 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1347 (Yantar-4K2/Kobalt #2) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 21 May Successful
7 April
13:41 		  Molniya-M/Blok 2BL   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1348 (US-K #25) Molniya Early warning In orbit Successful
8 April
00:15[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1349 (Parus #32) Low Earth Communication
Navigation		 In orbit Successful
10 April
06:47[1] 		  Delta 3910[17]/PAM-D D-161   Cape Canaveral LC-17A  
  INSAT-1A[17] ISRO Geostationary[18] Communications[18] In orbit Spacecraft failure[16]
Attitude control system malfunction, ceased operations in September 1982[16]
15 April
14:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1350 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #25) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 May Successful
19 April[19]
19:45:00[1] 		  Proton-K[20]   Baikonur[20] Site 200/40  
  Salyut 7[19] (DOS-6) Low Earth[19] Space station[19] 7 February 1991[20] Successful[19]
  Iskra 2 (RK 02) MAI Low Earth Amateur radio 9 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] 		  Kosmos-3M   Kapustin Yar Site 107/1  
  Kosmos 1351 (Taifun-2 #12) Low Earth Radar calibration 14 March 1983 Successful
21 April
09:15 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1352 (Zenit-6U/Argon #56) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 5 May Successful
23 April
09:40 		  Soyuz-U   Pleetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1353 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #20) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 May Successful
28 April
02:52[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1[1]  
 Kosmos 1354 (Strela-2M #27) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
29 April
09:55[1] 		  Tsyklon-2   Baikonur Site 90/20  
  Kosmos 1355 (US-P #14) Low Earth ELINT ocean surveillance 7 March 1984 Successful

May

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5 May
08:01[1] 		  Vostok-2M   Plesetsk Site 16/2[1]  
  Kosmos 1356 (Tselina-D No.35) Low Earth Communication
Navigation		 8 July 2023[21] Successful
6 May
18:07[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/2  
  Kosmos 1357 (Strela-1M #233) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1358 (Strela-1M #234) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1359 (Strela-1M #235) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1360 (Strela-1M #236) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1361 (Strela-1M #237) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1362 (Strela-1M #238) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1363 (Strela-1M #239) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1364 (Strela-1M #240) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
11 May
18:35 		  Titan III(23)D  Vandenberg SLC-4E  
 OPS 5642 (KH-9-17) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 5 December Successful
 OPS 6553 (SSF-D) NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT In orbit Successful
13 May
09:58 		 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Soyuz T-5 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-1 27 August
15:04		 Successful
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts, first mission to Salyut 7
14 May
19:39 		  Tsyklon-2   Baikonur Site 90/20  
 Kosmos 1365 (US-A #20) Low Earth Radar ocean surveillance 19 October Successful
15 May
14:20 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Zenit-6U/Argon #57 GRU Intended: Low Earth Reconnaissance 15 May Failure
17 May
23:50 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/39  
  Kosmos 1366 (Potok #1, Geizer 11L) Geostationary Data relay In orbit Successful
20 May
13:08 		  Molniya-M/Blok 2BL   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1367 (US-K #26) Molniya Early warning In orbit Successful
21 May
12:40 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1368 (Zenit-6U/Argon #58) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 June Successful
23 May
05:58 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Progress 13 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 6 June
00:05		 Successful
25 May
09:00 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Kosmos 1369 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #7) Low Earth Earth observation 8 June Successful
28 May
09:10 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1370 (Yantar-1KFT/Kometa #2) Low Earth Cartography 11 July Successful
28 May
22:02 		  Molniya-M/Blok ML   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Molniya-1K 54 (Molniya-1K 63L) Molniya Communications 19 November 1992 Success

June

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1 June
04:37 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1  
  Kosmos 1371 (Stela-2M #28) LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees Communications In orbit Successful
1 June
13:58 		  Tsyklon-2   Baikonur Site 90/20  
  Kosmos 1372 (US-A #21) LEO, inclination 65.1 degrees Radar ocean surveillance 9 September Successful
2 June
15:50 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1373 (Zenit-6U/Argon #59) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 June Successful
3 June
21:30 		 K65-RB5  Kapustin Yar Site 107  
  Kosmos 1374 (BOR-4 #2, s/n 404) Fractional LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees Re-entry test 3 June Successful
6 June
17:10 		 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/2  
  Kosmos 1375 (DS-P1-M #16) LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees Anti-satellite weapon target 18 June (destroyed) Successful
Target for Kosmos 1379
8 June
07:45 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Kosmos 1376 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #8) Low Earth Earth observation 22 June Successful
8 June
12:00 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1377 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #4) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 22 July Successful
9 June
00:24[22] 		  Delta 3910/PAM-D D-162   Cape Canaveral LC-17A  
  Westar 5[22] Western Union[22] Geostationary[22] Communications[22] In orbit Successful[22]
10 June
17:37 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk Site 32/1  
  Kosmos 1378 (Tselina-D #36) LEO, inclination 82.5 degrees ELINT In orbit Successful
12 June
09:00 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Zenit-6U/Argon #60 GRU Intended: Low Earth Reconnaissance 12 June Failure
18 June
11:04 		 Tsyklon-2  Baikonur LC 90  
 Kosmos 1379 (IS-A #13) LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees Anti-satellite weapon test 18 June (self-destruct) Successful
Destroyed Kosmos 1375
18 June
11:58 		 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk LC132  
 Kosmos 1380 (Parus #33) LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees Communications, navigation 27 June Partial 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 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1381 (Zenit-6U/Argon #61) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 1 July Successful
24 June
16:29 		 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Soyuz T-6 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-1 2 July
14:20		 Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first French space traveller
25 June
02:28 		  Molniya-M/Blok 2BL   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1382 (US-K #27) Molniya Early warning In orbit Successful
27 June
15:00 		 Space Shuttle Columbia  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-4 NASA Low Earth Developmental test flight 4 July
16:09		 Successful
 Classified US Air Force Successful
 Getaway Special Utah State Low Earth (Columbia) Successful
Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts, final developmental test flight
29 June
21:45 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1  
  Kosmos 1383 Kosmos 1383 (Nadezhda #1, COSPAS 1) COSPAS-SARSAT LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees Navigation, search and rescue In orbit Successful
30 June
15:00 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1384 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #26) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 30 July Successful

July

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6 July
07:50 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1385 (Zenit-6U/Argon #62) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 July Successful
7 July
09:47 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1  
  Kosmos 1386 (Parus #34) LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees Navigation, communications In orbit Successful
10 July
09:57 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5  
  Progress 14 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 13 August
01:29		 Successful
13 July
08:00 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Kosmos 1387 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #21) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 26 July Successful
16 July
17:59 		  Delta 3920 D-163   Vandenberg SLC-2W  
  Landsat 4 NASA/NOAA SSO Earth observation In orbit Successful
21 July
06:31 		 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk LC132  
 Kosmos 1388 - 1395 (Strela-1M #241-#248) LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees Communications In orbit Successful
21 July
09:40 		  Molniya-M/Blok ML   Baikonur Site 1/5  
  Molniya-1K 55 (Molniya-1K 62L) Molniya Communications 8 October 1992 Successful
22 July
22:11 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/40  
  Ekran 23L Intended: Geostationary Communications 22 July Failure
Hydraulic system of the first stage failed, automatic flight termination at T+45 seconds.[23]
27 July
12:30 		  Soyuz-U   Pleetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1396 (Zenit-6U/Argon #63) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 10 August Successful
29 July
19:40 		  Kosmos-3M   Kapustin Yar Site 107/1  
  Kosmos 1397 (Taifun-2 #13) / 22 Romb subsatellites LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees Radar calibration 18 May 1983 Successful

August

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3 August
11:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Kosmos 1398 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #23) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 August Successful
4 August
11:30 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1399 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #5) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 September Successful
5 August
06:56 		  Vostok-2M   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1400 (Tselina-D #37) Low Earth ELINT 13 September 2014 Successful
19 August
17:11 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5  
  Soyuz T-7 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-2 10 December
19:02		 Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
20 August
09:50 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1401 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #9) Low Earth Earth observation 3 September Successful
26 August
23:10 		 Delta 3920/PAM-D  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  
  Anik D1 (1238kg) Telesat Canada Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
27 August
00:02 		  Molniya-M/Blok ML   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Molniya-3 19 (Molniya-3 33L) Molniya Communications 13 January 2002 Successful
30 August
10:06 		  Tsyklon-2   Baikonur Site 90/19  
 Kosmos 1402 (US-A #22) LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees Radar ocean surveillance 23 January 1983 (bus)
7 February 1983 (nuclear core)		 Successful
30 August
19:55 		 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/2  
  Strela-2M #29 Intended: Low Earth Communications 30 August Failure

September

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1 September
09:00 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1403 (Zenit-6U/Argon #64) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 15 September Successful
1 September
09:00 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Kosmos 1404 (Zenit-6U/Argon #65) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 15 September Successful
3 September
05:00 		   N-I   Tanegashima Space Center LA-N (LA-Y1)   NASDA
  ETS 3 (Kiku 4) (385 kg) LEO, inclination 44.6 degrees Technology testing In orbit Successful
Final flight of the N-I
4 September
17:50 		 Tsyklon-2  Baikonur Site 90/20  
 Kosmos 1405 (US-P #15) LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees ELINT ocean surveillance 5 February 1984 Successful
8 September
10:20 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1406 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #22) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 21 September Successful
9 September
02:12 		  Ariane 1   Kourou ELA   Arianespace
  MARECS B Inmarsat Intended: Geostationary Communications 9 September Launch Failure
 Sirio 2 Intended: Geostationary Communications
Third stage turbopump malfunction
9 September
07:19 		  Long March 2C   Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138)  
  FSW-0 4 Low Earth Reconnaissance 21 September Successful
Maiden flight of Long March 2C
9 September
15:12 		  Conestoga I   Matagorda Island   Space Services Inc.
  Test payload Space Services Inc. Suborbital Test flight 9 September Successful
First private rocket to reach space. Apogee: ~ 309 kilometers (192 miles)[24][25]
15 September
15:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 41/1  
  Kosmos 1407 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #27) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 October Successful
16 September
04:55 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk Site 32/2  
  Kosmos 1408 (Tselina-D #38) LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees ELINT Destroyed on 15 November 2021 Successful
Satellite was destroyed by an anti-satellite missile test on 15 November 2021.[26]
16 September
18:31 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/40  
  Ekran 9 (Ekran 24L) Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
18 September
04:58 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur  
  Progress 15 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 16 October
17:06		 Successful
22 September
06:23 		  Molniya-M/Blok 2BL   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1409 (US-K #28) Molniya Early warning 8 June 2009 Successful
24 September
09:15 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk Site 32/1  
  Kosmos 1410 (Geo-IK/Musson #3) LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees Geodesy In orbit Successful
28 September
23:17[1][a] 		  Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR AC-60   Cape Canaveral LC-36B  
  Intelsat V F-5 Intelsat Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
30 September
11:50 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 16/2  
  Kosmos 1411 (Zenit-6U/Argon #66) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 14 October Successful

October

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2 October
00:01 		 Tsyklon-2   Baikonur Site 90/20  
 Kosmos 1412 (US-A #23) LEO, inclination 64.8 degrees Radar ocean surveillance In orbit Successful
12 October
14:56 		  Proton-K/Blok DM-2   Baikonur Site 200/39  
  Kosmos 1413 (Uragan-GVM #1) Medium Earth orbit Boilerplate In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1414 (Uragan #1) Medium Earth orbit Navigation In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 1415 (Uragan-GVM #2) Medium Earth orbit Boilerplate In orbit Successful
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 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1416 (Zenit-6U/Argon #67) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 28 October Successful
19 October
05:58 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1  
  Kosmos 1417(Parus #35) LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees navigation, Communication In orbit Successful
20 October
16:26 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/40  
  Gorizont 6 (Gorizont 16L) Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
21 October
01:40[1] 		  Kosmos-3M   Kapustin Yar Site 107/1  
  Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B #3) LEO Radar calibration 30 September 1983 Successful
28 October
01:27 		  Delta 3924   Cape Canaveral LC-17A  
  Satcom 5 (Aurora 1) (1102kg) RCA Americom GTO Communications satellite In orbit Successful
30 October
04:05 		  Titan 34D/IUS   Cape Canaveral LC-40  
  OPS 9945 (DSCS II F-16) US Air Force Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
 DSCS III A-1 US Air Force Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Titan 34D and Inertial Upper Stage
31 October
11:20 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5  
  Progress 16 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 14 December
17:17		 Successful
  Iskra 3 (RK 03) MAI Low Earth Amateur radio 16 December
Iskra 3 deployed through Salyut 7 airlock

November

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2 November
09:30 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1419 (Zenit-6U/Argon #68) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 November Successful
11 November
06:14 		 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  
 Kosmos 1420 (Strela-2 #30) LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees Communication In orbit Successful
11 November
12:19 		 Space Shuttle Columbia  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-5 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 16 November
14:33		 Successful
 SBS-3 SBS Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous 		Communications In orbit Successful
 Anik C3 Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous 		Communications In orbit Successful
 Getaway Special West Germany Low Earth Microgravity research 16 November Successful
Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; First "operational" Shuttle flight
Anik C3 retired 18 June 1997
17 November
21:22 		 Titan IIID  Vandenberg SLC-4E  
 OPS 9627 (KH-11-5) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 13 August 1985 Successful
Final flight of Titan IIID
18 November
09:25 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1421 (Zenit-6U/Argon #69) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 2 December Successful
24 November
11:00 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1  
  Strela-1M #249-#256 Intended: Low Earth Communications 24 November Failure
26 November
14:13 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur Site 200/39  
  Raduga 11 (Gran 21L) Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful

December

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3 December
12:00 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Kosmos 1422 (Zenit-6U/Argon #70) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 17 December Successful
8 December
13:46 		  Molniya-M/Blok ML   Baikonur Site 1/5  
  Kosmos 1423 (Molniya-1K 60L) Intended: Molniya
Achieved: Low Earth 		18 January 1986 Partial failure
14 December
22:30 		  Vostok-2M   Plesetsk Site 43/3  
  Meteor-2 9 Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
16 December
10:00 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1424 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #6) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 28 January 1983 Successful
21 December
02:38 		  Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS   Vandenberg SLC-3W  
  DMSP 5D-2 F6 US Air Force Sun-synchronous Weather In orbit Successful
23 December
09:10 		  Soyuz-U2   Baikonur Site 1/5  
  Kosmos 1425 (Zenit-6U/Argon #71) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 January 1983 Successful
Maiden flight of Soyuz-U2, fuelled by syntin
24 December
12:00 		  Proton-K/Blok DM   Baikonur 200/39  
  Raduga (Gran 22L) Intended: Geostationary Communications 24 December Failure
Second stage engine failure at T+230 seconds, due to high frequency vibrations.[29]
28 December
12:00 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6  
  Kosmos 1426 (Yantar-4KS1/Terilen #1) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 5 March 1983 Successful
First Soviet electro-optical reconnaissance satellite
29 December
12:00 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1  
  Kosmos 1427 (Tafun-1B #4) LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees Radar calibration 5 October 1989 Successful

Suborbital launches

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

July-September

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9 September
15:12 		 Conestoga 1  Matagorda Island  Space Services Inc.
 DLR M-AR-116 DLR Suborbital Test flight 9 September Successful
Re-branded Aries. Apogee: 309 km

Deep-space rendezvous

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Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
1 March Venera 13 landed on Venus[30]
5 March Venera 14 landed on Venus[31]
30 March ISEE-3/ICE 1st flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 19,570 kilometres (12,160 mi)
23 April ISEE-3/ICE 2nd flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 21,137 kilometres (13,134 mi)
27 September ISEE-3/ICE 3rd flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 22,790 kilometres (14,160 mi)

EVAs

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Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
30 July
02:39 		2 hours
33 minutes 		05:12 Salyut 7 EO-1  Anatoly Berezovoy
 Valentin 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

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  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

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Generic references:

  Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Satcom rockets aloft". The Orlando Sentinel. Cape Canaveral, Florida: Tribune Publishing. United Press International. 16 January 1982. p. 4. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Launch/Orbital information for RCA-SATCOM 4". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "General information about RCA-SATCOM 4". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "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.
  6. ^ "General information about Westar 4". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "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.
  8. ^ "General information about INTELSAT 5 F-4". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d "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.
  10. ^ "Launch/Orbital information for DSP F10". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ "General information about DSP F10". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b 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.
  15. ^ a b Locke, Robert (31 March 1982). "Tardy space shuttle touches down". Arizona Daily Star. White Sands Missile Range: Pulitzer, Inc. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ a b 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.
  17. ^ a b 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.
  18. ^ a b 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.
  19. ^ a b c d e Trimborn, Harry (21 April 1982). "Soviets Orbit Space Lab for East-West Operation". Los Angeles Times. p. 16. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ a b c "Launch/Orbital information for Salyut 7". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  21. ^ "COSMOS 1356". N2YO.com. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  22. ^ a b c d e f Adams, Peter (9 June 1982). "WESTAR V flies on time". Florida Today. Brevard County, Florida: Gannett. p. 16A. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Proton-K/Block-DM | Ekran n°23L". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  24. ^ "The launch of Conestoga 1". Space Services Inc. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  25. ^ Wade, Mark. "Matagorda Island". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  26. ^ Foust, Jeff (15 November 2021). "Russia destroys satellite in ASAT test". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Satellite Launch Rescheduled". Naples Daily News. Vol. 60, no. 54. Associated Press. 24 September 1982. p. 2B. Retrieved 16 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ Adams, Peter (29 September 1982). "Intelsat 5 hurtles to space". Florida Today. Retrieved 16 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Proton-K/Block-DM | Raduga n°22L". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  30. ^ "Soviet Spaceship Lands on Venus". The Tribune. United Press International. 2 March 1982. p. 1. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "Soviets land 2nd unmanned craft on Venus". The Orlando Sentinel. Moscow: Tribune Publishing. United Press International. 6 March 1982. p. 9. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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