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

The following is an outline of 1982 in spaceflight.

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] 		Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 132/2[1] Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M #26) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 25 January Successful
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 orbit Successful
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 orbit Successful[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 Reconnaissance 3 February Successful
21 January
19:30 		United StatesTitan III(24)B United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W United States
United StatesOPS 2849 (KH-8 52) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 23 May Successful
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 calibration 5 April 1987 Successful
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 Reconnaissance 26 February Successful

February

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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 Communications In orbit Successful
11 February
01:11[1] 		Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionKosmos 1337 (US-P #13) Low Earth ELINT ocean surveillance 25 July Spacecraft 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 Reconnaissance 2 March Successful
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 Navigation In orbit Successful
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 ELINT In orbit Successful
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 orbit Successful[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 Communications In orbit Successful

March

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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 warning In orbit Successful
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 calibration 4 March Launch 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 orbit Successful[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 Reconnaissance 19 March Successful
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 orbit Successful[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 Communications In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 31 March Sucessful
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 performance Successful
United StatesOSTA-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 		Soviet Union Molniya-M/Blok ML Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Molniya-3 18 (Molniya-3 29L) Molniya Communications 23 June 1992 Successful
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 orbit Successful
25 March
09:50[1] 		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32/1[1] Soviet Union
Soviet UnionMeteor-2 No.8 Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
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 ELINT 27 September 1989 Successful
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 ELINT 17 December 2017 Successful

April

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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 Reconnaissance 21 May Successful
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 warning In orbit Successful
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 orbit Successful
10 April
06:47[1] 		United States Delta 3910[17]/PAM-D D-161 United States Cape Canaveral LC-17A United States
India 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 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1350 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #25) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 May Successful
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 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] 		Soviet Union Kosmos-3M Soviet Union Kapustin Yar Site 107/1 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1351 (Taifun-2 #12) Low Earth Radar calibration 14 March 1983 Successful
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 Reconnaissance 5 May Successful
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 Reconnaissance 6 May Successful
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 Communications In orbit Successful
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 surveillance 7 March 1984 Successful

May

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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 Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1358 (Strela-1M #234) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1359 (Strela-1M #235) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1360 (Strela-1M #236) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1361 (Strela-1M #237) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1362 (Strela-1M #238) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1363 (Strela-1M #239) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1364 (Strela-1M #240) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 5 December Successful
United StatesOPS 6553 (SSF-D) NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT In orbit Successful
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-1 27 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 surveillance 19 October Successful
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 Reconnaissance 15 May Failure
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 relay In orbit Successful
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 warning In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 3 June Successful
23 May
05:58 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionProgress 13 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 6 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 obervation 8 June Successful
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 Cartography 11 July Successful
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 Communications 19 November 1992 Success

June

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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 Communications In orbit Successful
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 surveillance 9 September Successful
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 Reconnaissance 16 June Successful
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 test 3 June Successful
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 target 18 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 observation 22 June Successful
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 Reconnaissance 22 July Successful
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 orbit Successful[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 ELINT In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 12 June Failure
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 test 18 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, 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 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1381 (Zenit-6U/Argon #61) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 1 July Successful
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-1 2 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 warning In orbit Successful
27 June
15:00 		United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-4 NASA Low Earth Developmental test flight 4 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 rescue In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 30 July Successful

July

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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 Reconnaissance 20 July Successful
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, communications In orbit Successful
10 July
09:57 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Progress 14 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 13 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 Reconnaissance 26 July Successful
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 observation In orbit Successful
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 Communications In orbit Successful
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 Communications 8 October 1992 Successful
22 July
22:11 		Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union 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 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Pleetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1396 (Zenit-6U/Argon #63) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 10 August Successful
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 calibration 18 May 1983 Successful

August

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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 Reconnaissance 13 August Successful
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 Reconnaissance 16 September Successful
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 ELINT 13 September 2014 Successful
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-2 10 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 observation 3 September Successful
26 August
23:10 		United StatesDelta 3920/PAM-D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United States
Canada Anik D1 (1238kg) Telesat Canada Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
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 Communications 13 January 2002 Successful
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 surveillance 23 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 Communications 30 August Failure

September

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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 Reconnaissance 15 September Successful
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 Reconnaissance 15 September Successful
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 testing In orbit Successful
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 surveillance 5 February 1984 Successful
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 Reconnaissance 21 September Successful
9 September
02:12 		European Union Ariane 1 France Kourou ELA France Arianespace
European Union MARECS B Inmarsat Intended: Geostationary Communications 9 September Launch 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 Reconnaissance 21 September Successful
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 flight 9 September Successful
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 Reconnaissance 16 October Successful
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 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 		Soviet Union Proton-K/Blok DM Soviet Union Baikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Ekran 9 (Ekran 24L) Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
18 September
04:58 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Soviet Union
Soviet Union Progress 15 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 16 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 warning 8 June 2009 Successful
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 Geodesy In orbit Successful
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 Communications In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 14 October Successful

October

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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 surveillance In orbit Successful
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 Boilerplate In orbit Succesful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1414 (Uragan #1) Medium Earth orbit Navigation In orbit Succesful
Soviet Union Kosmos 1415 (Uragan-GVM #2) Medium Earth orbit Boilerplate In orbit Succesful
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 Reconnaissance 28 October Successful
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, Communication In orbit Successful
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 Communications In orbit Successful
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 calibration 30 September 1983 Successful
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 satellite In orbit Successful
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 Communications In orbit Successful
United StatesDSCS III A-1 US Air Force Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
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) Logistics 14 December
17:17		 Successful
Soviet Union 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 		Soviet Union Soyuz-U Soviet Union Baikonur Site 31/6 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Kosmos 1419 (Zenit-6U/Argon #68) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 November Successful
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 Communication In orbit Successful
11 November
12:19 		United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-5 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 16 November
14:33		 Successful
United StatesSBS-3 SBS Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous 		Communications In orbit Successful
CanadaAnik C3 Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous 		Communications In orbit Successful
West GermanyGetaway 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 		United StatesTitan IIID United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E United States
United StatesOPS 9627 (KH-11-5) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 13 August 1985 Successful
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 Reconnaissance 2 December Successful
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 Communications 24 November Failure
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 Communications In orbit Successful

December

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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 Reconnaissance 17 December Successful
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 1986 Partial failure
14 December
22:30 		Soviet Union Vostok-2M Soviet Union Plesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
Soviet Union Meteor-2 9 Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 28 January 1983 Successful
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 Weather In orbit Successful
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 Reconnaissance 6 January 1983 Successful
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 Communications 24 December Failure
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 Reconnaissance 5 March 1983 Successful
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 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 		United StatesConestoga 1 United StatesMatagorda Island United StatesSpace Services Inc.
West GermanyDLR 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 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

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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]

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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.