1981 in spaceflight
# 1981 in spaceflight

The following is an outline of 1981 in spaceflight.

## Launches

* ← Jan
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| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | Launch site | LSP | LSP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Date and time (UTC) | | Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome |
| Remarks ||||||
| January ||||||||
| 6 January 12:15 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 6 January 12:15 | | Kosmos 1237 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 20 January | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 9 January 14:57 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 9 January 14:57 | | Molniya-3 No.25 | | Molniya | Communications | 3 July 1999 | Successful |
| 10 January 18:22 | Nike-Tomahawk | Nike-Tomahawk | | Siple Station | Siple Station | NASA | NASA |
| 10 January 18:22 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 10 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi) ||||||
| 14 January 22:00 | TT-500A | TT-500A | | Tanegashima LA-T | Tanegashima LA-T | NASDA | NASDA |
| 14 January 22:00 | | | NASDA | Suborbital | Test flight | 14 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) ||||||
| 16 January 09:00 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 16 January 09:00 | | Kosmos 1238 (Taifun-1) | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful |
| 16 January 12:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 16 January 12:00 | | Kosmos 1239 (Zenit-4MT) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 January | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 19 January 03:37:27 | Black Brant VB | Black Brant VB | | Churchill | Churchill | NRC | NRC |
| 19 January 03:37:27 | | | NRC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 263 kilometres (163 mi) ||||||
| 20 January 04:50 | Astrobee-F | Astrobee-F | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 20 January 04:50 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 20 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) ||||||
| 20 January 11:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 20 January 11:00 | | Kosmos 1240 (Yantar-2K No.975) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 17 February | Successful |
| Returned three film capsules; two small and one large ||||||
| 21 January 00:25 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 21 January 00:25 | | SPAR-9 | NASA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 21 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi) ||||||
| 21 January 08:29 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 21 January 08:29 | | Kosmos 1241 (Lira) | | Low Earth | ASAT Target | In orbit | Successful |
| Target for Kosmos 1243 and Kosmos 1258; both interceptors failed ||||||
| 21 January 21:46 | S-310 | S-310 | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | ISAS | ISAS |
| 21 January 21:46 | | | ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi) ||||||
| 23 January 11:20 | Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon-3 | | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 23 January 11:20 | | Musson No.11 | | Intended: Low Earth | Geodesy | 23 January | Launch failure |
| Payload fairing failed to separate ||||||
| 24 January 14:18:02 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | | |
| 24 January 14:18:02 | | Progress 12 | | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Station logistics | 20 March | Successful |
| Final resupply mission to Salyut 6 ||||||
| 26 January 07:20:06 | Black Brant IVB | Black Brant IVB | | Churchill | Churchill | NRC | NRC |
| 26 January 07:20:06 | | | NRC | Suborbital | Auroral research | 26 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 584 kilometres (363 mi) ||||||
| 27 January 14:58 | Vostok-2M | Vostok-2M | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 27 January 14:58 | | Kosmos 1242 (Tselina-D) | | Low Earth | ELINT | 8 May 2014 | Successful |
| 27 January | R-39 Rif | R-39 Rif | | Nenoksa | Nenoksa | RVSN | RVSN |
| 27 January | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), carried five reentry vehicles ||||||
| 29 January 04:12 | Astrobee-F | Astrobee-F | | Churchill | Churchill | NASA | NASA |
| 29 January 04:12 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Auroral research | 29 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi) ||||||
| 29 January 07:00 | S-520 | S-520 | | Kagoshima LA-K | Kagoshima LA-K | ISAS | ISAS |
| 29 January 07:00 | | TPE-2 | ISAS | Suborbital | Ionospheric research Technology | 29 January | Successful |
| Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi) ||||||
| 30 January 16:27 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 30 January 16:27 | | Molniya 1-49 | | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| February ||||||||
| 2 February 02:19 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 2 February 02:19 | | Kosmos 1243 (IS-A) | | Low Earth | ASAT test | 2 February | Spacecraft failure |
| Failed to intercept Kosmos 1241; passed within 50 metres (160 ft) of target but explosive charge failed to detonate ||||||
| 4 February 01:10 | Aries | Aries | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 4 February 01:10 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Technology | 4 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 387 kilometres (240 mi) ||||||
| 4 February 05:00 | Centaure | Centaure | | Thumba | Thumba | | |
| 4 February 05:00 | | | ISRO | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 4 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| 4 February 15:00 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 4 February 15:00 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 February | |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 4 February 15:33 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 4 February 15:33 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 February | |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 4 February 15:53 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 4 February 15:53 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 February | |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 5 February 11:25 | MGM-29 Sergeant | MGM-29 Sergeant | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 5 February 11:25 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Auroral research | 5 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) ||||||
| 6 February 08:00 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | | |
| 6 February 08:00 | | Interkosmos 21 | Interkosmos | Low Earth | Technology | 7 July 1982 | Successful |
| Ceased operations on 2 June 1982 ||||||
| 7 February 20:13:45 | Petrel 2 | Petrel 2 | | Esrange | Esrange | | |
| 7 February 20:13:45 | | | SRC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 171 kilometres (106 mi) ||||||
| 7 February 20:30:40 | Nike-Orion | Nike-Orion | | Esrange | Esrange | SSC | SSC |
| 7 February 20:30:40 | | | SSC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 145 kilometres (90 mi) ||||||
| 9 February 14:31 | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-08 | Vandenberg LF-08 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 9 February 14:31 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 9 February 16:38 | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-09 | Vandenberg LF-09 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 9 February 16:38 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 11 February 08:30 | N-II | N-II | | Tanegashima Osaki | Tanegashima Osaki | NASDA | NASDA |
| 11 February 08:30 | | Kiku 3 (ETS-IV) | NASDA | Geostationary transfer | Technology | In orbit | Successful |
| Maiden flight of N-II; satellite ceased operations on 24 December 1984 ||||||
| 12 February 05:27 | Centaure 2B | Centaure 2B | | Thumba | Thumba | | |
| 12 February 05:27 | | | ISRO | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 12 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 158 kilometres (98 mi) ||||||
| 12 February 18:21 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 12 February 18:21 | | Kosmos 1244 (Parus) | | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful |
| 13 February 11:15 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 13 February 11:15 | | Kosmos 1245 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 27 February | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 13 February 17:15 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 13 February 17:15 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Solar research | 13 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 265 kilometres (165 mi) ||||||
| 17 February 17:15 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 17 February 17:15 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 February | |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 17 February 17:51 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 17 February 17:51 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 February | |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 17 February 19:17 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 17 February 19:17 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 February | |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 18 February 09:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 February 09:00 | | Kosmos 1246 (Yantar-1KFT No.1) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 13 March | Successful |
| 18 February | INTA-300 | INTA-300 | | El Arenosillo | El Arenosillo | INTA | INTA |
| 18 February | | | INTA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 18 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 285 kilometres (177 mi) ||||||
| 18 February | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | | Vandenberg LF-06 | Vandenberg LF-06 | United States Air Force | United States Air Force |
| 18 February | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | REV test | 18 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 19 February 10:00 | Molniya-M/2BL | Molniya-M/2BL | | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 19 February 10:00 | | Kosmos 1247 (US-K) | | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful |
| 21 February 00:30 | Mu-3S | Mu-3S | | Kagoshima LA-M | Kagoshima LA-M | ISAS | ISAS |
| 21 February 00:30 | | Hinotori (ASTRO-A) | ISAS | Low Earth | Astronomy | 11 July 1991 | Successful |
| 21 February 23:23 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | NASA | NASA |
| 21 February 23:23 | | Comstar D4 | COMSAT SSC Parallax TongaSat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational |
| Transferred to SSC Parallax as Parallax 1 in 2001, to TongaSat as Esiafi 1 in 2002. ||||||
| 21 February | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-26 | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 21 February | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 21 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 25 February 17:20 | Sergeant-Hydac | Sergeant-Hydac | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 25 February 17:20 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 25 February | Successful |
| Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) ||||||
| 28 February 19:10 | Titan III(24)B | Titan III(24)B | | Vandenberg SLC-4W | Vandenberg SLC-4W | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 28 February 19:10 | | OPS 1166 (KH-8) | NRO | Sun-synchronous | Optical imaging | 20 June | Successful |
| March ||||||||
| 1 March 09:20 | OTRAG | OTRAG | | Seba Oasis | Seba Oasis | OTRAG | OTRAG |
| 1 March 09:20 | | | OTRAG | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| 5 March 15:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 5 March 15:00 | | Kosmos 1248 (Yantar-2K No.940) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 4 April | Successful |
| Returned three film capsules; two small and one large ||||||
| 5 March 16:48 | Sergeant-Hydac | Sergeant-Hydac | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 5 March 16:48 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) ||||||
| 5 March 18:09 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 5 March 18:09 | | Kosmos 1249 (US-A) | | Low Earth | Radar imaging | 19 July | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1250 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1251 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1252 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1253 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1254 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1255 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1256 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 March 11:31 | | Kosmos 1257 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 7 March 08:09 | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 7 March 08:09 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Auroral research | 7 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) ||||||
| 7 March 08:09 | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 7 March 08:09 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Aeronomy Auroral research | 7 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 203 kilometres (126 mi) ||||||
| 7 March 08:26 | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 7 March 08:26 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Auroral research | 7 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 169 kilometres (105 mi) ||||||
| 7 March 08:38 | Paiute-Tomahawk | Paiute-Tomahawk | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 7 March 08:38 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Auroral research | 7 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) ||||||
| 8 March 16:00 | Nike-Orion | Nike-Orion | | Churchill | Churchill | NASA | NASA |
| 8 March 16:00 | | CWAS-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) ||||||
| 12 March 04:30 | Sergeant-Hydac | Sergeant-Hydac | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 12 March 04:30 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 12 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) ||||||
| 12 March 19:00:11 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 12 March 19:00:11 | | Soyuz T-4 | | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 expedition | 26 May 12:37:34 | Successful |
| Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, last long-duration crew of Salyut 6 ||||||
| 13 March 16:00 | Nike-Orion | Nike-Orion | | Churchill | Churchill | NASA | NASA |
| 13 March 16:00 | | CWAS-2 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 13 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) ||||||
| 14 March 16:55 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 14 March 16:55 | | Kosmos 1258 (IS-A) | | Low Earth | ASAT test | 14 March | Spacecraft failure |
| Failed to intercept Kosmos 1241 ||||||
| 15 March | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | | Vandenberg LF-03 | Vandenberg LF-03 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 15 March | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | REV test | 15 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 16 March 19:24:00 | Titan III(23)C | Titan III(23)C | | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 16 March 19:24:00 | | OPS 7350 (DSP F-9) | US Air Force | Geostationary | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful |
| Operated until 1992 ||||||
| 17 March 08:40 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 17 March 08:40 | | Kosmos 1259 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 31 March | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 18 March 04:40 | Proton-K/DM | Proton-K/DM | | Baikonur Site 200/40 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 March 04:40 | | Gran' No.18L | | Geosynchronous | Communications | | |
| 20 March 23:45 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 20 March 23:45 | | Kosmos 1260 (US-P) | | Low Earth | ELINT | 22 May 1982 | Successful |
| 22 March 14:58:55 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 22 March 14:58:55 | | Soyuz 39 | | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 visit | 30 March 11:40:58 | Successful |
| Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, carried first Mongolian in space ||||||
| 24 March 03:00 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 24 March 03:00 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 24 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi) ||||||
| 24 March 03:31 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 24 March 03:31 | | Molniya-3 No.24 | | Molniya | Communications | 19 October 1992 | Successful |
| 25 March 08:05:16 | Taurus-Tomahawk | Taurus-Tomahawk | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | NASA | NASA |
| 25 March 08:05:16 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 25 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 28 March 01:54:06 | Black Brant VB | Black Brant VB | | Churchill | Churchill | NRC | NRC |
| 28 March 01:54:06 | | | NRC | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 28 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 327 kilometres (203 mi) ||||||
| 28 March 01:54 | Black Brant IVB | Black Brant IVB | | Churchill | Churchill | NRC | NRC |
| 28 March 01:54 | | | NRC | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 28 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| 28 March 09:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 28 March 09:30 | | Yantar-2K No.979 | | Intended: Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 March | Launch failure |
| Failed to orbit ||||||
| 30 March 05:52:55 | Nike-Orion | Nike-Orion | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | DNA | DNA |
| 30 March 05:52:55 | | | DNA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 March | Successful |
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) ||||||
| 31 March 09:40 | Molniya-M/2BL | Molniya-M/2BL | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 31 March 09:40 | | Kosmos 1261 (US-K) | | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful |
| April ||||||||
| 1 April 09:04:35 | Taurus-Tomahawk | Taurus-Tomahawk | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | NASA | NASA |
| 1 April 09:04:35 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 1 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 1 April 09:10 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 1 April 09:10 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 1 April | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-04 | Vandenberg LF-04 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 1 April | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 1 April | R-39 Rif | R-39 Rif | | Nenoksa | Nenoksa | RVSN | RVSN |
| 1 April | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 April | Launch failure |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| 2 April 09:48 | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | Wallops | Wallops | NASA | NASA |
| 2 April 09:48 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 2 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 220 kilometres (140 mi) ||||||
| 3 April 06:20:55 | Nike-Orion | Nike-Orion | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | DNA | DNA |
| 3 April 06:20:55 | | | DNA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 3 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) ||||||
| 3 April 09:51 | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | Wallops | Wallops | NASA | NASA |
| 3 April 09:51 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 3 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 210 kilometres (130 mi) ||||||
| 4 April | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | | Vandenberg LF-06 | Vandenberg LF-06 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 4 April | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | REV test | 4 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 7 April 10:51 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 7 April 10:51 | | Kosmos 1262 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 21 April | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 7 April 14:00 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 7 April 14:00 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 April | Unknown |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 7 April 14:19 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 7 April 14:19 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 April | Unknown |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 7 April 14:40 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | Cape Canaveral LC-16 | US Army | US Army |
| 7 April 14:40 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 April | Unknown |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 9 April 12:00 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 9 April 12:00 | | Kosmos 1263 (Taifun-1) | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful |
| 12 April 12:00:04 | Space Shuttle Columbia | Space Shuttle Columbia | | Kennedy LC-39A | Kennedy LC-39A | NASA | NASA |
| 12 April 12:00:04 | | STS-1 | NASA | Low Earth | Test flight | 14 April | Successful |
| 12 April 12:00:04 | | DFI | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Flight recorder | 14 April | Successful |
| Maiden flight of the Space Shuttle, carried two astronauts ||||||
| 15 April 10:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 15 April 10:30 | | Kosmos 1264 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 29 April | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 16 April 11:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 16 April 11:30 | | Kosmos 1265 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 28 April | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 18 April | MR-UR-100U | MR-UR-100U | | Baikonur Site 172 | Baikonur Site 172 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 April | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 21 April 03:45 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 21 April 03:45 | | Kosmos 1266 (US-A) | | Low Earth | Radar imaging | 20 May | |
| Nuclear powered; reactor ejected and remains in orbit ||||||
| 22 April | R-39 Rif | R-39 Rif | | Nenoksa | Nenoksa | RVSN | RVSN |
| 22 April | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 April | Launch failure |
| Failed to reach space; apogee: 30 kilometres (19 mi) ||||||
| 24 April 21:32 | Titan III(34)B | Titan III(34)B | | Vandenberg SLC-4W | Vandenberg SLC-4W | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 24 April 21:32 | | OPS 7225 (Quasar) | NRO | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 25 April 02:01 | Proton-K | Proton-K | | Baikonur Site 200/39 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 25 April 02:01 | | Kosmos 1267 (TKS No.16301) | | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Technology | 29 July 1982 | Successful |
| Technology demonstration for modular space stations; permanently docked to Salyut 6 and used to deorbit station; return capsule separated prior to docking and recovered on 24 May 1981 ||||||
| 27 April 23:15 | Aries | Aries | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | NASA |
| 27 April 23:15 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 27 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 263 kilometres (163 mi) ||||||
| 28 April 09:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 28 April 09:00 | | Kosmos 1268 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 12 May | Successful |
| Film capsule recovered ||||||
| 30 April 06:00 | Skylark 7 | Skylark 7 | | Esrange | Esrange | | |
| 30 April 06:00 | | TEXUS IIIB | DFVLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 30 April | Successful |
| Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi) ||||||
| April | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| April | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi), launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War ||||||
| April | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| April | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi), launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War ||||||
| April | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| April | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi), launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War ||||||
| April | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| April | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi), launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War ||||||
| April | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| April | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi), launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War ||||||
| May ||||||||
| 4 May 07:55 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 4 May 07:55 | | | NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 4 May | Successful |
| Apogee: 294 kilometres (183 mi) ||||||
| 6 May 08:00 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 6 May 08:00 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 6 May | Successful |
| Apogee: 322 kilometres (200 mi) ||||||
| 7 May 13:21 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 7 May 13:21 | | Kosmos 1269 (Strela-2M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 8 May 05:27 | Skylark 7 | Skylark 7 | | Esrange | Esrange | | |
| 8 May 05:27 | | TEXUS IV | DFVLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 8 May | Successful |
| Apogee: 258 kilometres (160 mi) ||||||
| 14 May 17:16:38 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 14 May 17:16:38 | | Soyuz 40 | | Low Earth | Salyut 6 visit | 22 May 13:58:30 | Successful |
| Crewed mission with two cosmonauts, carried first Romanian in space. Final crewed flight to Salyut 6, final flight of Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft ||||||
| 14 May 21:45 | Vostok-2M | Vostok-2M | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 14 May 21:45 | | Meteor-2 No.8 | | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful |
| 15 May 06:07:17 | Scout G-1 | Scout G-1 | | Vandenberg SLC-5 | Vandenberg SLC-5 | | |
| 15 May 06:07:17 | | Nova-1 (NNS-30480) | US Navy | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful |
| 18 May 11:50 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 May 11:50 | | Kosmos 1270 (Yantar-2K No.980) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 17 June | Successful |
| 19 May 03:49 | Vostok-2M | Vostok-2M | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 19 May 03:49 | | Kosmos 1271 (Tselina-D) | | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful |
| 21 May 09:10 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 21 May 09:10 | | Kosmos 1272 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 4 June | Successful |
| 22 May 07:10 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 22 May 07:10 | | Kosmos 1273 (Zenit-4MKT No.17) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 4 June | Successful |
| 22 May 22:29 | Delta 3914 | Delta 3914 | | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | NASA | NASA |
| 22 May 22:29 | | GOES 5 (GOES-E) | NOAA | Geostationary | Weather | In orbit | Partial spacecraft failure |
| Primary instrument failed in 1984, satellite remained partially operable until decommissioned on 18 July 1990 ||||||
| 23 May 22:42 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | NASA | NASA |
| 23 May 22:42 | | Intelsat V F-1 | Intelsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 27 May 04:25 | Black Brant VC | Black Brant VC | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | NASA |
| 27 May 04:25 | | | JHU | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 27 May | Successful |
| Apogee: 225 kilometres (140 mi) ||||||
| 31 May 05:00 | Satellite Launch Vehicle | Satellite Launch Vehicle | | Sriharikota SLV Pad | Sriharikota SLV Pad | ISRO | ISRO |
| 31 May 05:00 | | Rohini RS-D1 | ISRO | Low Earth | Technology | 8 June | Launch failure |
| Reached lower-than-planned orbit and quickly decayed ||||||
| May | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| May | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| May | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| May | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| May | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| May | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| May | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| May | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| June ||||||||
| 3 June 14:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 3 June 14:00 | | Kosmos 1274 (Yantar-2K No.942) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 3 July | Successful |
| 3 June | S3 | S3 | | Biscarosse | Biscarosse | DGA | DGA |
| 3 June | | | DGA | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 4 June 15:41 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 June 15:41 | | Kosmos 1275 (Parus) | | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful |
| 9 June 03:33 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 9 June 03:33 | | Molniya-3 No.30 | | Molniya | Communications | 10 February 1998 | Successful |
| 12 June | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-09 | Vandenberg LF-09 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 12 June | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 12 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 12 June | Castor I | Castor I | | Roi-Namur | Roi-Namur | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 12 June | | DOT-4 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Technology | 12 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 303 kilometres (188 mi) ||||||
| 16 June 07:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 16 June 07:00 | | Kosmos 1276 (Zenit-4MKT No.18) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 29 June | Successful |
| 17 June 09:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 17 June 09:30 | | Kosmos 1277 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 1 July | Successful |
| 19 June 01:15 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 19 June 01:15 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 19 June 01:15 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 19 June 01:15 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 19 June 01:16 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 19 June 01:16 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 19 June 01:16 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | USS Lewis and Clark, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 19 June 01:16 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 19 June 12:32:59 | Ariane 1 | Ariane 1 | | Kourou ELA-1 | Kourou ELA-1 | Arianespace | Arianespace |
| 19 June 12:32:59 | | Meteosat 2 | EUMETSAT | Geosynchronous | Weather | In orbit | Successful |
| 19 June 12:32:59 | | APPLE | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Communications Technology | In orbit | Successful |
| 19 June 12:32:59 | | CAT-3 | European Space Agency | Geosynchronous transfer | Vehicle monitoring | In orbit | Successful |
| 19 June 19:37:04 | Molniya-M/2BL | Molniya-M/2BL | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 19 June 19:37:04 | | Kosmos 1278 (US-K) | | Molniya | Missile defence | 2 September 2000 | Successful |
| 23 June 10:52:59 | Atlas E/F Star-37S-ISS | Atlas E/F Star-37S-ISS | | Vandenberg SLC-3W | Vandenberg SLC-3W | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 23 June 10:52:59 | | NOAA-7 (NOAA-C) | NOAA | Sun-synchronous | Weather | In orbit | Successful |
| 24 June 17:47 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 24 June 17:47 | | Molniya 1-50 | | Molniya | Communications | 14 December 1991 | Successful |
| 25 June 23:55 | Proton-K/DM | Proton-K/DM | | Baikonur Site 200/40 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 25 June 23:55 | | Ekran No.21L | | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 26 June | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-26 | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 26 June | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 26 June | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| June | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| June | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| June | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| June | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| June | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| June | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| June | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| June | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| July ||||||||
| 1 July 09:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 1 July 09:30 | | Kosmos 1279 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 15 July | Successful |
| 2 July 07:10 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 2 July 07:10 | | Kosmos 1280 (Resurs-F1 No.15L) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 16 July | Successful |
| 7 July 12:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 7 July 12:30 | | Kosmos 1281 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 21 July | Successful |
| 10 July 05:14 | Vostok-2M | Vostok-2M | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| 10 July 05:14 | | Meteor-Priroda 2-4 | | Sun-synchronous | Weather | In orbit | Successful |
| 10 July 05:14 | | Iskra 1 | | Sun-synchronous | Microgravity research | 16 April 1990 | Successful |
| 11 July 14:48 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 11 July 14:48 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 11 July | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 11 July 14:48 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 11 July 14:48 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 11 July | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 11 July 14:49 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 11 July 14:49 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 11 July | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 11 July 14:49 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | USS George C. Marshall, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 11 July 14:49 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 11 July | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 15 July 13:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 15 July 13:00 | | Kosmos 1282 (Yantar-2K No.951) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 14 August | Successful |
| 17 July 08:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 17 July 08:00 | | Kosmos 1283 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 31 July | Successful |
| 29 July 11:55 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 29 July 11:55 | | Kosmos 1284 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 12 August | Successful |
| 30 July 21:38 | Proton-K/DM | Proton-K/DM | | Baikonur Site 200/39 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 30 July 21:38 | | Gran' No.19L | | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| Operated until May 1986 ||||||
| 31 July 10:50 | Aries | Aries | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 31 July 10:50 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Infrared astronomy | 31 July | Successful |
| Apogee: 395 kilometres (245 mi) ||||||
| July | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| July | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| July | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| July | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| July | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| July | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| August ||||||||
| 1 August 22:00 | TT-500A | TT-500A | | Tanegashima LA-T | Tanegashima LA-T | NASDA | NASDA |
| 1 August 22:00 | | | NASDA | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) ||||||
| 3 August 09:56 | Delta 3913 | Delta 3913 | | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Vandenberg SLC-2W | NASA | NASA |
| 3 August 09:56 | | Dynamics Explorer 1 (Explorer 62) | NASA | Highly elliptical | Magnetospheric | In orbit | Partial launch failure |
| 3 August 09:56 | | Dynamics Explorer 2 (Explorer 63) | NASA | Low Earth | Magnetospheric | 19 February 1983 | Partial launch failure |
| Both payloads deployed into low Earth orbit, with DE-1 raising itself into its operational orbit. Premature first-stage cutoff resulted in slightly lower orbit than had been planned, spacecraft were able to compensate and complete their missions. ||||||
| 4 August 00:13 | Molniya-M/2BL | Molniya-M/2BL | | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 August 00:13 | | Kosmos 1285 (US-K) | | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful |
| 4 August 08:28 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 August 08:28 | | Kosmos 1286 (US-PM) | | Low Earth | ELINT | 16 October 1982 | Successful |
| 6 August 08:16:00 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | | |
| 6 August 08:16:00 | | FLTSATCOM 5 | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Launch failure |
| Payload fairing collapsed during ascent, resulting in damage which left satellite unusable after arrival in geosynchronous orbit ||||||
| 6 August 11:49 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1287 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1288 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1289 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1290 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1291 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1292 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1293 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 6 August 11:49 | | Kosmos 1294 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 7 August 13:35 | Vostok-2M | Vostok-2M | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | | |
| 7 August 13:35 | | Bulgaria 1300 (Interkosmos 22) | IKIT | Low Earth | Operational | In orbit | Successful |
| First Bulgarian satellite, launched as part of the Interkosmos programme ||||||
| 9 August | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | Wallops | Wallops | NASA | NASA |
| 9 August | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 9 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi) ||||||
| 10 August 20:03 | N-II | N-II | | Tanegashima Osaki | Tanegashima Osaki | NASDA | NASDA |
| 10 August 20:03 | | Himawari 2 | JMA | Geostationary | Weather | In orbit | Successful |
| Operated until February 1988 ||||||
| 12 August 05:46 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 12 August 05:46 | | Kosmos 1295 (Parus) | | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful |
| 13 August 02:26 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 13 August 02:26 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 13 August 02:46 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 13 August 02:46 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 13 August 03:32 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 13 August 03:32 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 13 August 03:32 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | USS John C. Calhoun, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 13 August 03:32 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 13 August 16:20 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 13 August 16:20 | | Kosmos 1296 (Yantar-2K No.943) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 13 September | Successful |
| 14 August 07:43 | Black Brant X | Black Brant X | | Wallops | Wallops | NASA | NASA |
| 14 August 07:43 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 14 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 625 kilometres (388 mi) ||||||
| 18 August 09:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 August 09:30 | | Kosmos 1297 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 30 August | Successful |
| 18 August | R-36MUTTKh | R-36MUTTKh | | Uzhur Site 2/2 | Uzhur Site 2/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 August | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 21 August 10:20 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 21 August 10:20 | | Kosmos 1298 (Yantar-4K2) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 2 October | Successful |
| 22 August 01:00 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | UGM-73 Poseidon C3 | | USS Nathanael Greene, Eastern Test Range | USS Nathanael Greene, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 22 August 01:00 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 24 August 12:00 | S-310 | S-310 | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | ISAS | ISAS |
| 24 August 12:00 | | | ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy Auroal research | 24 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) ||||||
| 24 August 16:37 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 24 August 16:37 | | Kosmos 1299 (US-A) | | Low Earth | Radar imaging | 27 September | |
| Nuclear-powered satellite, reactor ejected at end of mission and remains in orbit ||||||
| 24 August 21:40 | Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon-3 | | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 24 August 21:40 | | Kosmos 1300 (Tselina-D) | | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful |
| 25 August | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | NASA |
| 25 August | | | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 25 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) ||||||
| 27 August 10:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 27 August 10:30 | | Kosmos 1301 (Resurs-F1 No.16L) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 10 September | Successful |
| 28 August 00:03 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 28 August 00:03 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 28 August 00:04 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 28 August 00:04 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 28 August 00:04 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 28 August 00:04 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 28 August 00:04 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | USS Simon Bolivar, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 28 August 00:04 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 28 August 02:40 | R-5 Vertikal | R-5 Vertikal | | Kapustin Yar | Kapustin Yar | | |
| 28 August 02:40 | | Vertikal 9 | | Suborbital | Solar research | 28 August | Successful |
| Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ||||||
| 28 August 16:18 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 28 August 16:18 | | Kosmos 1302 (Strela-2M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| August | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| August | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| August | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| August | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| August | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| August | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| August | MR-12 | MR-12 | | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean | | |
| August | | | | Suborbital | Aeronomy | | Successful |
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) ||||||
| September ||||||||
| 3 September 18:29 | Titan III(32)D | Titan III(32)D | | Vandenberg SLC-4E | Vandenberg SLC-4E | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 3 September 18:29 | | OPS 3984 (KH-11) | NRO | Sun-synchronous | Optical imaging | 23 November 1984 | Successful |
| 4 September 08:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 September 08:00 | | Kosmos 1303 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 18 September | Successful |
| 4 September 11:06 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 September 11:06 | | Kosmos 1304 (Tsikada) | | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful |
| 5 September 01:00 | S-520 | S-520 | | Kagoshima LA-K | Kagoshima LA-K | ISAS | ISAS |
| 5 September 01:00 | | | ISAS | Suborbital | Technology | 5 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi), payload recovered ||||||
| 7 September 09:38 | S-310 | S-310 | | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | ISAS | ISAS |
| 7 September 09:38 | | | ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi) ||||||
| 8 September | UR-100N | UR-100N | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| 8 September | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 September | Launch failure |
| 11 September 08:43 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 11 September 08:43 | | Kosmos 1305 (Molniya-3 No.28) | | Intended: Molniya Achieved: Medium Earth | Communications | In orbit | Launch failure |
| Placed into unusable, lower-than-planned, orbit due to upper stage malfunction ||||||
| 12 September | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | | Vandenberg LF-06 | Vandenberg LF-06 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 12 September | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | REV test | 12 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 14 September 20:31 | Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon-2 | | Baikonur Site 90 | Baikonur Site 90 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 14 September 20:31 | | Kosmos 1306 (US-PM) | | Low Earth | ELINT | 12 July 1982 | Successful |
| 15 September 11:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 15 September 11:30 | | Kosmos 1307 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 29 September | Successful |
| 18 September 03:34 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 September 03:34 | | Kosmos 1308 (Parus) | | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful |
| 18 September 09:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 September 09:30 | | Kosmos 1309 (Zenit-4MT) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 1 October | Successful |
| 18 September 17:59:58 | Vertikal-4 | Vertikal-4 | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 18 September 17:59:58 | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Plasma research | 18 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,514 kilometres (941 mi) ||||||
| 19 September 21:28:40 | Feng Bao 1 | Feng Bao 1 | | Jiuquan LA-2/138 | Jiuquan LA-2/138 | | |
| 19 September 21:28:40 | | Shijian 2 | | Low Earth | Technology | 17 August 1982 | Successful |
| 19 September 21:28:40 | | Shijian 2A | | Low Earth | Technology | 6 October 1982 | Successful |
| 19 September 21:28:40 | | Shijian 2B | | Low Earth | Technology | 26 September | Successful |
| Final flight of the Feng Bao 1 ||||||
| 21 September 13:10 | Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon-3 | | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | | |
| 21 September 13:10 | | Oreol 3 | | Low Earth | Magnetospheric research | In orbit | Successful |
| 22 September 16:15 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | United States Army | United States Army |
| 22 September 16:15 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 22 September 16:48 | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 22 September 16:48 | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 23 September 08:00 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 23 September 08:00 | | Kosmos 1310 (Taifun-1) | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 3 April 1989 | Successful |
| 24 September 23:09 | Delta 3910/PAM-D | Delta 3910/PAM-D | | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | NASA | NASA |
| 24 September 23:09 | | SBS-2 | SBS | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| Operated until September 1996 ||||||
| 28 September 21:00 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 (Taifun-2) | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 August 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 1 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 27 February 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 2 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 26 February 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 3 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 5 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 4 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 5 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 5 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 17 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 6 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 16 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 7 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 22 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 8 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 23 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 9 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 24 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 10 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 18 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 11 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 17 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 12 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 17 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 13 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 16 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 14 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 31 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 15 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 31 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 16 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 31 December 1982 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 17 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 18 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 19 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 20 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 21 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 22 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 23 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 28 September 21:00 | | Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 24 | | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 February 1983 | Successful |
| 29 September | RT-2PM Topol | RT-2PM Topol | | Plesetsk Site 167 | Plesetsk Site 167 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 29 September | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 September | Successful |
| Maiden flight of Topol missile, apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 29 September | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 29 September | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 September | Unknown |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 29 September | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 29 September | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 September | Unknown |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 30 September 08:00 | Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon-3 | | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 30 September 08:00 | | Kosmos 1312 (Musson No.12) | | Low Earth | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful |
| 30 September 23:20:00 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | Esrange | Esrange | SSC | SSC |
| 30 September 23:20:00 | | | SSC | Suborbital | Infrared astronomy | 30 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) ||||||
| 30 September | Black Brant VC | Black Brant VC | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | NASA |
| 30 September | | | NASA | Suborbital | Solar research | 30 September | Successful |
| Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi) ||||||
| October ||||||||
| 1 October 09:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 1 October 09:00 | | Kosmos 1313 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 15 October | Successful |
| 4 October | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | LGM-30B Minuteman IB | | Vandenberg LF-03 | Vandenberg LF-03 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 4 October | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | REV test | 4 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 6 October 11:27 | Delta 2310 | Delta 2310 | | Vandenberg SLC-2W | Vandenberg SLC-2W | NASA | NASA |
| 6 October 11:27 | | Solar Mesosphere Explorer (Explorer 64) | NASA | Sun-synchronous | Atmospheric research | 5 March 1991 | Successful |
| 6 October 11:27 | | UoSAT-1 | Surrey | Sun-synchronous | Technology Amateur radio | 13 October 1989 | Successful |
| 9 October 10:40 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 9 October 10:40 | | Kosmos 1314 (Zenit-4MKT) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 22 October | Successful |
| 9 October 16:59 | Proton-K/DM | Proton-K/DM | | Baikonur Site 200/39 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 9 October 16:59 | | Gran' No.20L | | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 13 October 23:01 | Vostok-2M | Vostok-2M | | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 13 October 23:01 | | Kosmos 1315 (Tselina-D) | | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful |
| 13 October | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 13 October | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 13 October | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 13 October | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 13 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 14 October 05:47 | Nike-Orion | Nike-Orion | | Wallops | Wallops | NASA | NASA |
| 14 October 05:47 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 14 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi) ||||||
| 15 October 09:15 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 15 October 09:15 | | Kosmos 1316 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 29 October | Successful |
| 16 October | Nike-Tomahawk | Nike-Tomahawk | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 16 October | | | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) ||||||
| 17 October 05:59 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 17 October 05:59 | | Molniya-3 No.31 | | Molniya | Communications | 9 January 1997 | Successful |
| 17 October | Astrobee-F | Astrobee-F | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 17 October | | | NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 17 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) ||||||
| 21 October | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 21 October | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 21 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 21 October | MGM-31A Pershing | MGM-31A Pershing | | Fort Bliss | Fort Bliss | US Army | US Army |
| 21 October | | | US Army | Suborbital | Test flight | 21 October | Unknown |
| Apogee: 180 kilometres (110 mi) ||||||
| 25 October 19:01:00 | Nike-Tomahawk | Nike-Tomahawk | | Andøya | Andøya | NDRE | NDRE |
| 25 October 19:01:00 | | | NDRE | Suborbital | Auroral research | 25 October | Successful |
| Apogee: 184 kilometres (114 mi) ||||||
| 30 October 06:04 | Proton-K/D-1 | Proton-K/D-1 | | Baikonur Site 200/40 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 30 October 06:04 | | Venera 13 | | Heliocentric | Venus lander | 1 March 1982 03:20 | Successful |
| 31 October 09:22:00 | Titan III(23)C | Titan III(23)C | | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 31 October 09:22:00 | | OPS 4029 (Vortex) | NRO | High Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful |
| 31 October 22:54 | Molniya-M/2BL | Molniya-M/2BL | | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 31 October 22:54 | | Kosmos 1317 (US-K) | | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful |
| November ||||||||
| 3 November 13:00 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 3 November 13:00 | | Kosmos 1318 (Yantar-2K No.944) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 4 December | Successful |
| 4 November 05:31 | Proton-K/D-1 | Proton-K/D-1 | | Baikonur Site 200/39 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 November 05:31 | | Venera 14 | | Heliocentric | Venus lander | 5 March 1982 | Partial spacecraft failure |
| Surface sampler failed due to ejection of camera lens cap into its path ||||||
| 7 November 12:03:40 | MGM-29 Sergeant | MGM-29 Sergeant | | Poker Flat | Poker Flat | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 7 November 12:03:40 | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Auroral research | 7 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi) ||||||
| 9 November | Taurus-Orion | Taurus-Orion | | White Sands LC-36 | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | NASA |
| 9 November | | | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) ||||||
| 12 November 15:10:00 | Space Shuttle Columbia | Space Shuttle Columbia | | Kennedy LC-39A | Kennedy LC-39A | NASA | NASA |
| 12 November 15:10:00 | | STS-2 | NASA | Low Earth | Test flight | 14 November | Partial spacecraft failure |
| 12 November 15:10:00 | | DFI | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Vehicle monitoring | Unknown | Successful |
| 12 November 15:10:00 | | OFTP | | Low Earth (Columbia) | Remote sensing | Successful |
| 12 November 15:10:00 | | OSTA-1 | | Low Earth (Columbia) | Technology | Successful |
| Crewed flight with two astronauts, first spacecraft to make two orbital flights. Mission truncated due to fuel cell failure ||||||
| 13 November 09:30 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 13 November 09:30 | | Kosmos 1319 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 27 November | Successful |
| 15 November 17:50 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | UGM-96 Trident I C4 | | USS Benjamin Franklin, Eastern Test Range | USS Benjamin Franklin, Eastern Test Range | US Navy | US Navy |
| 15 November 17:50 | | | US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 November | Launch failure |
| Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi), failed to reach space ||||||
| 17 November 15:25 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 17 November 15:25 | | Molniya 1-51 | | Molniya | Communications | 2 November 1993 | Successful |
| 17 November | Black Brant VIII-B | Black Brant VIII-B | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 17 November | | | NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 17 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi) ||||||
| 17 November | Black Brant VIII-B | Black Brant VIII-B | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 17 November | | | NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 17 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi) ||||||
| 20 November 01:37 | Delta 3910/PAM-D | Delta 3910/PAM-D | | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | NASA | NASA |
| 20 November 01:37 | | Satcom 3R | RCA Satcom | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| Decommissioned on 10 April 1991 ||||||
| 20 November 08:30 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Kapustin Yar Site 107/2 | Kapustin Yar Site 107/2 | | |
| 20 November 08:30 | | Bhaskara 2 | ISRO | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 30 November 1991 | Successful |
| 23 November 18:35 | Black Brant VIII-C | Black Brant VIII-C | | White Sands | White Sands | NASA | NASA |
| 23 November 18:35 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Solar research | 23 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 322 kilometres (200 mi) ||||||
| 24 November | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-09 | Vandenberg LF-09 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 24 November | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 24 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 27 November | R-39 Rif | R-39 Rif | | Nenoksa | Nenoksa | RVSN | RVSN |
| 27 November | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 November | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 28 November 18:08 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1320 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1321 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1322 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1323 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1324 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1325 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1326 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 28 November 18:08 | | Kosmos 1327 (Strela-1M) | | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| November | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| November | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| November | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| November | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| December ||||||||
| 1 December 01:38 | Black Brant X | Black Brant X | | Cape Parry | Cape Parry | NASA | NASA |
| 1 December 01:38 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 1 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 612 kilometres (380 mi) ||||||
| 1 December 15:50:00 | Petrel 1 | Petrel 1 | | Esrange | Esrange | SRC | SRC |
| 1 December 15:50:00 | | | SRC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) ||||||
| 3 December 11:47 | Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon-3 | | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | Plesetsk Site 32/1 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 3 December 11:47 | | Kosmos 1328 (Tselina-D) | | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful |
| 4 December 09:50 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 4 December 09:50 | | Kosmos 1329 (Zenit-6U) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 18 December | Successful |
| 6 December 23:14:58 | Black Brant IVB | Black Brant IVB | | Cape Parry | Cape Parry | NRC | NRC |
| 6 December 23:14:58 | | | NRC | Suborbital | Auroral research | 6 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 615 kilometres (382 mi) ||||||
| 7 December 00:00:40 | Terrier-Malemute | Terrier-Malemute | | Cape Parry | Cape Parry | NASA | NASA |
| 7 December 00:00:40 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 7 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 451 kilometres (280 mi) ||||||
| 7 December | Dongfeng 5 | Dongfeng 5 | | Jiuquan LA-2/138 | Jiuquan LA-2/138 | | |
| 7 December | | | | Suborbital | Test flight | 7 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 8 December | Aerobee-150 | Aerobee-150 | | White Sands LC-35 | White Sands LC-35 | NASA | NASA |
| 8 December | | | NASA | Suborbital | Magnetospheric research | 8 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) ||||||
| 9 December 17:17:00 | Petrel 2 | Petrel 2 | | Esrange | Esrange | SRC | SRC |
| 9 December 17:17:00 | | | SRC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 9 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 188 kilometres (117 mi) ||||||
| 9 December 21:25:35 | Skylark 7 | Skylark 7 | | Esrange | Esrange | DFVLR | DFVLR |
| 9 December 21:25:35 | | | DFVLR | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 9 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 237 kilometres (147 mi) ||||||
| 9 December | LGM-30G Minuteman III | LGM-30G Minuteman III | | Vandenberg LF-26 | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 9 December | | | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ||||||
| 10 December | Sonda 3 | Sonda 3 | | Barreira do Inferno | Barreira do Inferno | IAE | IAE |
| 10 December | | | IAE | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 10 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 239 kilometres (149 mi) ||||||
| 13 December 21:31:38 | Black Brant IVB | Black Brant IVB | | Cape Parry | Cape Parry | NRC | NRC |
| 13 December 21:31:38 | | | NRC | Suborbital | Auroral research | 13 December | Launch failure |
| Apogee: 50 kilometres (31 mi), failed to reach space ||||||
| 13 December 22:54:25 | Black Brant X | Black Brant X | | Cape Parry | Cape Parry | NASA | NASA |
| 13 December 22:54:25 | | | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma research | 13 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 662 kilometres (411 mi) ||||||
| 15 December 23:35 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | NASA | NASA |
| 15 December 23:35 | | Intelsat V F-3 | Intelsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 16 December 14:10:00 | Petrel 1 | Petrel 1 | | Esrange | Esrange | SRC | SRC |
| 16 December 14:10:00 | | | SRC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 187 kilometres (116 mi) ||||||
| 17 December 11:00 | Kosmos-3M | Kosmos-3M | | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 17 December 11:00 | | Radio Sputnik 3 | | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful |
| 17 December 11:00 | | Radio Sputnik 4 | | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful |
| 17 December 11:00 | | Radio Sputnik 5 | | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful |
| 17 December 11:00 | | Radio Sputnik 6 | | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful |
| 17 December 11:00 | | Radio Sputnik 7 | | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful |
| 17 December 11:00 | | Radio Sputnik 8 | | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful |
| 19 December 01:10 | Atlas E/F SVS-1 | Atlas E/F SVS-1 | | Vandenberg SLC-3E | Vandenberg SLC-3E | US Air Force | US Air Force |
| 19 December 01:10 | | Navstar 7 | US Air Force | Intended: Medium Earth | Navigation | +20 seconds | Launch failure |
| Incorrect repair to booster unit engine resulted in coolant line blockage. Rocket lost thrust within eight seconds of launch, destroyed by range safety. ||||||
| 19 December 11:50 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-U | | Baikonur Site 31/6 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 19 December 11:50 | | Kosmos 1330 (Yantar-2K No.952) | | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 19 January 1982 | Successful |
| 19 December 20:00 | Petrel 1 | Petrel 1 | | El Arenosillo | El Arenosillo | INTA | INTA |
| 19 December 20:00 | | | INTA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi) ||||||
| 20 December 01:29:00 | Ariane 1 | Ariane 1 | | Kourou ELA-1 | Kourou ELA-1 | Arianespace | Arianespace |
| 20 December 01:29:00 | | MARECS-1 | Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 20 December 01:29:00 | | CAT-4 (Thesee) | ESA | Geosynchronous transfer | Vehicle monitoring Technology | In orbit | Successful |
| 21 December 18:37 | Vertikal-4 | Vertikal-4 | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 21 December 18:37 | | Vertikal-10 | RVSN | Suborbital | Aeronomy Ionospheric research | 21 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) ||||||
| 22 December | R-39 Rif | R-39 Rif | | Nenoksa | Nenoksa | RVSN | RVSN |
| 22 December | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| 23 December 13:15 | Molniya-M/ML | Molniya-M/ML | | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | RVSN | RVSN |
| 23 December 13:15 | | Molniya-1 No.55 | | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful |
| 27 December | R-39 Rif | R-39 Rif | | Nenoksa | Nenoksa | RVSN | RVSN |
| 27 December | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 December | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| December | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| December | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| December | R-17 Elbrus | R-17 Elbrus | | | | | |
| December | | | | Suborbital | Missile strike | | Successful |
| Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Perimetr | Perimetr | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | M4 | M4 | | Biscarosse | Biscarosse | DGA | DGA |
| Unknown | | | DGA | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | M4 | M4 | | Biscarosse | Biscarosse | DGA | DGA |
| Unknown | | | DGA | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | M4 | M4 | | Biscarosse | Biscarosse | DGA | DGA |
| Unknown | | | DGA | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | M4 | M4 | | Biscarosse | Biscarosse | DGA | DGA |
| Unknown | | | DGA | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Launch failure |
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Kosmos-3MR | Kosmos-3MR | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | REV test | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 675 kilometres (419 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | Vertikal-4 | Vertikal-4 | | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | Kapustin Yar Site 107 | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | Unknown | Unknown |
| Apogee: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-27 Zyb | R-27 Zyb | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 620 kilometres (390 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29R Volna | R-29R Volna | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29R Volna | R-29R Volna | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29R Volna | R-29R Volna | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29 Vysota | R-29 Vysota | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29 Vysota | R-29 Vysota | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29 Vysota | R-29 Vysota | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-29 Vysota | R-29 Vysota | | Submarine, Okhotsk | Submarine, Okhotsk | VMF | VMF |
| Unknown | | | VMF | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-36MUTTKh | R-36MUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-36MUTTKh | R-36MUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-36MUTTKh | R-36MUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | R-36MUTTKh | R-36MUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100N | UR-100N | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100N | UR-100N | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100N | UR-100N | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100N | UR-100N | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100N | UR-100N | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100NUTTKh | UR-100NUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100NUTTKh | UR-100NUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100NUTTKh | UR-100NUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100NUTTKh | UR-100NUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100NUTTKh | UR-100NUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||
| Unknown | UR-100NUTTKh | UR-100NUTTKh | | Baikonur | Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN |
| Unknown | | | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | Unknown | Successful |
| Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ||||||

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## Deep-space rendezvous

| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 August | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Saturn | Gravity assist; Closest approach: 101,000 kilometres (63,000 mi) |
