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WORLD SPACECRAFT DIGEST by Jos Heyman 1980 Version: 7 August 2014 © Copyright Jos Heyman

1980 001A (11652) Name: Kosmos-1149 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 January 1980 Re-entry: 23 January 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 188 x 392 km, inclination: 72.9° Zenit 6 military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1976 111A.

1980 002A (11662) Name: Molniya 1-46 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 January 1980 Re-entry: 22 October 1992 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M

Orbit: 435 x 40842 km, inclination: 62.8° Communications satellite as described for 1965 030A.

1980 003A (11667) Name: Kosmos-1150 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 January 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 971 x 1017 km, inclination: 83.0° Parus military navigational satellite as described for 1974 105A.

1980 004A (11669) Name: Fltsatcom-3 Country: USA Launch date: 18 January 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas Centaur D1AR

Orbit: geostationary at 23°W Military communications satellite as described for 1978 016A. Also known as Ops-6293.

1980 005A (11671) Name: Kosmos-1151 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 January 1980 Re-entry: 4 August 2014 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Tsyklon 3

Orbit: 637 x 666 km, inclination: 82.5° Experimental oceanographic satellite as described for 1979 011A .

1980 006A (11678) Name: Kosmos-1152 Country: USSR Launch date: 24 January 1980 Re-entry: 6 February 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 173 x 345 km, inclination: 67.1° Yantar 2K military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1978 076A.

1980 007A (11680) Name: Kosmos-1153 Country: USSR Launch date: 25 January 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 008A (11682) Name: Kosmos-1154 Country: USSR Launch date: 30 January 1980 Re-entry: 5 November 2002 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Vostok

Orbit: 630 x 644 km, inclination: 81.2° Tselina D military electronic intelligence gathering satellite as described for 1970 113A.

1980 009A (11685) Name: Kosmos-1155 Country: USSR Launch date: 7 February 1980 Re-entry: 21 February 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 010A (11687) Name: KH 11-3 Country: USA Launch date: 7 February 1980 Re-entry: 30 October 1982 Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Titan IIID

Orbit: 229 x 500 km, inclination: 97.0° Military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1976 125A. Also known as Ops-2581.

1980 011A (11690) Name: Navstar-5 Country: USA Launch date: 9 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas F

Orbit: 20083 x 20147 km, inclination: 63.7° Navigational satellite as described for 1978 020A. Also known as Ops-5117 and SVN-5.

1980 012A (11691) Name: Kosmos-1156 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 1400 x 1475 km, inclination: 74.0° Strela 1M military communications satellite as described for 1970 036A .

1980 012B (11692) Name: Kosmos-1157 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 012C (11693) Name: Kosmos-1158 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 012D (11694) Name: Kosmos-1159 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 012E (11695) Name: Kosmos-1160 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 012F (11696) Name: Kosmos-1161 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 012G (11697) Name: Kosmos-1162 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 012H (11698) Name: Kosmos-1163 Country: USSR Launch date: 11 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 013A (11700) Name: Kosmos-1164 Country: USSR Launch date: 12 February 1980 Re-entry: 12 January 1981 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M

Orbit: 212 x 570 km, inclination: 62.8° Oko military early warning satellite as described for 1972 072A which failed to achieve correct orbit due to a fourth stage failure.

1980 014A (11703) Name: SMM Country: USA Launch date: 14 February 1980 Re-entry: 2 December 1989 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 3910

Orbit: 566 x 569 km, inclination: 28.5°

The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) was to study the Sun during the most lively period of its 11 year activity cycle. The programme was undertaken in the International Solar Maximum Year, and in cooperation with other ground and space observatories. The instruments included: 1. a gamma ray spectrometer; 2. two hard X-ray spectrometers; 3. an ultraviolet spectrometer; and 4. an X-ray polychromator. Observations took place on a wide band of wavelengths in the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray bands of the spectrum and measured the total radiation output to 0.1% over a period of one year. Failure of the attitude control system in November 1980 caused the loss of control and the satellite was repaired, in orbit, by the crew of the STS-41C mission (1984 034A) in April 1984. During its operational lifetime, SMM observed a giant solar flare covering 5200 million km² of the Sun. The data obtained by SMM may resolve the nature of solar flares. The satellite had a mass of 2315 kg.

1980 015A (11706) Name: MTS-4 Country: Japan Launch date: 17 February 1980 Re-entry: 12 May 1983 Launch site: Kagoshima Launch vehicle: Mu 3S


The Mu Technology Satellite (MTS)-4 or Tansei-4 spacecraft, which had a mass of 134 kg, was a test vehicle for the Mu 3S launch vehicle and tested an attitude control system using a momentum wheel and magnetic torqueing. In addition it carried an X-ray spectrometer and a star mapper.

1980 016A (11708) Name: Raduga-6 Country: USSR Launch date: 20 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton K/DM

Orbit: geostationary at 35°E Communications satellite as described for 1975 123A.

1980 017A (11713) Name: Kosmos-1165 Country: USSR Launch date: 21 February 1980 Re-entry: 5 March 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 170 x 350 km, inclination: 72.9° Zenit 4MKM military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1977 063A.

1980 018A (11715) Name: ECS-1B Country: Japan Launch date: 22 February 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: Nu 1

Orbit: geostationary at 145°E

Experimental Communications Satellite (ECS)-1B or Ayame-2 satellite as described for 1979 009A. During the apogee motor burn, contact was lost and the satellite was abandoned.

1980 019A (11720) Name: NOSS-3 Country: USA Launch date: 3 March 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas F

Orbit: 1035 x 1150 km, inclination: 63.0° Military ocean surveillance satellite as described for 1976 038A. Also known as Ops-7245. It is possible the launch included a third EP surveillance satellite which failed to be deployed. Some reference sources suggest 1980 019D (11732) was the third satellite.

1980 019C (11731) Name: EP-1 Country: USA Launch date: 3 March 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas F

Orbit: 1048 x 1166 km, inclination: 63.5° Surveillance satellite as described for 1976 038C. The meaning of the designation EP is not known.

1980 019G (11745) Name: EP-2 Country: USA Launch date: 3 March 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas F

Orbit: 1048 x 1166 km, inclination: 63.5° Surveillance satellite as described for 1976 038C. The meaning of the designation EP is not known.

1980 020A (11722) Name: Kosmos-1166 Country: USSR Launch date: 4 March 1980 Re-entry: 18 March 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 021A (11729) Name: Kosmos-1167 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 March 1980 Re-entry: 1 October 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Tsyklon 2

Orbit: 426 x 442 km, inclination: 65.0° US-P military ocean surveillance satellite fitted with electronic equipment as described for 1974 103A. The satellite was destroyed by ground control on 15 July 1981.

1980 022A (11735) Name: Kosmos-1168 Country: USSR Launch date: 17 March 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 964 x 1015 km, inclination: 83.0° Tsikada civilian navigational satellite as described for 1976 122A.

--- Name: --- Country: USSR Launch date: 18 March 1980 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Vostok Orbit: failed to orbit Tselina D military electronic intelligence gathering satellite as described for 1970 113A which failed to orbit.

1980 023A (11741) Name: Kosmos-1169 Country: USSR Launch date: 27 March 1980 Re-entry: 3 March 1983 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 477 x 515 km, inclination: 65.8° Vektor minor military satellite as described for 1974 044A.

1980 024A (11743) Name: Progress-8 Country: USSR Launch date: 27 March 1980 Re-entry: 26 April 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 230 x 242 km, inclination: 51.6° Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 1978 008A. The spacecraft was launched before the Salyut-6 space station (1977 097A) was inhabited by a crew. Progress-8 docked with the rear port on 29 March 1980 and, after the arrival of the Soyuz-35 (1980 027A) crew on 10 April 1980, was used to boost the orbit of Salyut-6 twice until it separated on 25 April 1980.

1980 025A (11747) Name: Kosmos-1170 Country: USSR Launch date: 1 April 1980 Re-entry: 12 April 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 026A (11750) Name: Kosmos-1171 Country: USSR Launch date: 3 April 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 947 x 1033 km, inclination: 65.8° DS-P1-M target satellite for anti-satellite technology tests as described for 1967 104A. Kosmos-1171 was intercepted by Kosmos-1174 (1980 030A).

1980 027A (11753) Name: Soyuz-35 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 April 1980 Re-entry: 3 June 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 197 x 247 km, inclination: 51.6° Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts L. Popov (Cmdr.) and V. Ryumin (Fl. Eng.) using a Soyuz spacecraft as described for 1967 037A. Their call sign was Dneper. The crew had originally consisted of Popov and V. Lebedev but the latter injured his knee and had to be replaced by Ryumin. The reason for this course of action, rather than assigning the back-up crew consisting of V. Zudov and B. Andreyev, was that the back-up crew was not yet sufficiently trained. The second back-up crew was to be commanded by V. Kovalyonok, the name of the flight engineer not being known. It has also been suggested that this flight was originally to be used to bring a Cuban cosmonaut to the space station. The spacecraft docked with the front port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 10 April 1980 and, to improve the facilities on the space station, the crew replaced fifty items with equipment brought up by Progress-8 (1980 024A). The Soyuz-35 spacecraft was used by the crew of Soyuz-36 (1980 041A) to return to Earth. They landed 140 km south east of Dzhezkazgan on 3 June 1980 after having undocked on the same day. During their stay in space of 184 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes, Popov and Ryumin conducted Earth resources experiments, grew vegetables in the Malakhit green house and performed the usual medical experiments. They entered the Soyuz-37 (1980 064A) on 11 October 1980 and returned to Earth on the same day. They landed 180 km south east of Dzhezkazgan. For Ryumin this return meant that he had now spent a total of 361 days, 21 hours, 33 minutes in space.

1980 028A (11758) Name: Kosmos-1172 Country: USSR Launch date: 12 April 1980 Re-entry: 26 December 1997 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M

Orbit: 608 x 40155 km, inclination: 62.8° Oko military early warning satellite as described for 1972 072A.

1980 029A (11763) Name: Kosmos-1173 Country: USSR Launch date: 17 April 1980 Re-entry: 28 April 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 030A (11765) Name: Kosmos-1174 Country: USSR Launch date: 18 April 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Tsyklon 2

Orbit: 124 x 340 km, inclination: 65.2° IS-P interceptor satellite for anti-satellite technology tests as described for 1967 104A. Kosmos-1174 was an interceptor which came within 8 km of Kosmos-1171 (1980 026A) on several occasions. It has been suggested that the flight was not successful. The satellite later exploded.

1980 031C (11769) Name: Kosmos-1175 Country: USSR Launch date: 18 April 1980 Re-entry: 28 May 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M

Orbit: 313 x 463 km, inclination: 62.8° Probably a Molniya 3 communications satellite as described for 1974 092A, which failed to achieve correct orbit. Alternatively it could have been a failed military early warning satellite as described for 1967 082A. The designation 1980 031A (11767) referred to the launch vehicle.

1980 032A (11783) Name: Navstar-6 Country: USA Launch date: 26 April 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas F

Orbit: 19628 x 20232 km, inclination: 62.9° Navigational satellite as described for 1978 020A. Also known as Ops-5118 and SVN-6.

1980 033A (11784) Name: Progress-9 Country: USSR Launch date: 27 April 1980 Re-entry: 22 May 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz

Orbit: 185 x 255 km, inclination: 51.6° Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 1978 008A. The Progress-9 cargo craft delivered the Lotus experiment to the Salyut-6 space station (1977 097A) as well as a replacement part for the Biogravistat experiment, in addition to the usual food, fuel and air supplies. It docked with the rear port on 29 April 1980 and remained attached until 20 May 1980.

1980 034A (11788) Name: Kosmos-1176 Country: USSR Launch date: 29 April 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Tsyklon 2

Orbit: 250 x 266 km, inclination: 65.0° US-A military ocean surveillance satellite fitted with radar equipment as described for 1967 127A. The satellite used a new lofting technique which was performed on 10 September 1980 and placed the satellite in a

870 x 966 km orbit with an inclination of 64.8°.

1980 035A (11789) Name: Kosmos-1177 Country: USSR Launch date: 29 April 1980 Re-entry: 12 June 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 174 x 346 km, inclination: 67.1° Yantar military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1974 098A.

1980 036A (11793) Name: Kosmos-1178 Country: USSR Launch date: 7 May 1980 Re-entry: 22 May 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 037A (11796) Name: Kosmos-1179 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 May 1980 Re-entry: 18 July 1989 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 303 x 1552 km, inclination: 83.0° Yug minor military satellite as described for 1979 100A. Alternatively this may have been a failed navigational satellite.

1980 038A (11798) Name: Kosmos-1180 Country: USSR Launch date: 15 May 1980 Re-entry: 26 May 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 239 x 291 km, inclination: 62.8° Zenit 4MT military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1971 118A. The payload included instruments for geophysical research and possibly also mapping. A capsule, designated 1980 038E (11814), was ejected and re-entered on 31 May 1980.

1980 039A (11803) Name: Kosmos-1181 Country: USSR Launch date: 20 May 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 040A (11808) Name: Kosmos-1182 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 May 1980 Re-entry: 5 June 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 211 x 251 km, inclination: 82.3° Zenit 4MKT military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1975 090A. The payload included an Earth resources package.

--- Name: CAT-2 Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 23 May 1980 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 1 Orbit: failed to orbit The Capsule Ariane Technologique (CAT)-2 was a technology satellite to monitor the performance of the Ariane launch vehicle as described for 1979 104A. The satellite was lost when the first stage of the launch vehicle malfunctioned.

--- Name: Amsat Country: German Fed. Rep. Launch date: 23 May 1980 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 1 Orbit: failed to orbit Amsat was to become the first Phase-3 Oscar satellite which were far more sophisticated satellites than the previous Oscar satellite. The satellite was equipped with on-board computer control, full spin stabilisation and 50 watts of output power. Transponders were to operate at 435/146 MHz and the satellite also carried beacons at 146 and 435 MHz for both engineering and educational purposes. The 91 kg satellite was built in the German Fed. Rep. and incorporated a boost motor which would have placed it in a highly elliptical orbit of 1500 x 35,800 km. The first stage of the launch vehicle exploded shortly after the launch.

--- Name: Feuerrad Country: German Fed. Rep. Launch date: 23 May 1980 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 1 Orbit: failed to orbit

The Feurrrad satellite carried four sub-satellites and 12 ejectable containers from which clouds of barium and lithium powder were to be released. The powder would have formed in clouds which would have enabled the study of the Earth's magnetic field. Diagnostics measurements would have been made with the four sub-satellites and the main spacecraft. The spacecraft was lost when the first stage of the Ariane launch vehicle malfunctioned.

1980 041A (11811) Name: Soyuz-36 Country: USSR Launch date: 26 May 1980 Re-entry: 30 July 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 191 x 265 km, inclination: 51.6° Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts V. Kubasov (Cmdr.) and B. Farkas (Cosm. Res.) from Hungary using a Soyuz spacecraft as described for 1967 037A. Their call sign was Orion and the back-up crew consisted of V. Dzhanibekov and B. Magyari from Hungary. They docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 27 May 1980. The pair went through a series of materials processing, Earth resources and medical experiments including the Eotvos experiment using the Kristall furnace, which grew monocrystals of gallium arsenide alloyed with chromium. They also used the Splav-01 furnace for the Bealuca alloy experiment with aluminium and copper. In the atmospheric observation discipline they conducted the Refraction and Zarya experiments. Kubasov and Farkas returned to Earth in the Soyuz-35 (1980 027A) which landed 140 km south east of Dzhezkazgan on 3 June 1980 after having undocked on the same day. They had been in space for 7 days, 20 hours, 46 minutes. On 4 June 1980 the Soyuz-36 spacecraft was moved to the now vacant front port of the space station. Eventually it was used by the crew of Soyuz-37 (1980 064A), to return to Earth. They undocked on 30 July 1980 and landed the same day 180 km south east of Dzhezkazgan.

1980 042A (11816) Name: Kosmos-1183 Country: USSR Launch date: 28 May 1980 Re-entry: 11 June 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 043A (11819) Name: NOAA-B Country: USA Launch date: 29 May 1980 Re-entry: 3 May 1981 Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas F

Orbit: 264 x 1445 km, inclination: 92.2° Meteorological satellite as described for 1979 057A. Due to launch vehicle failure the correct orbit was not attained and the satellite was never operational.

1980 044A (11821) Name: Kosmos-1184 Country: USSR Launch date: 4 June 1980 Re-entry: 29 April 2002 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Vostok


1980 045A (11825) Name: Soyuz T-2 Country: USSR Launch date: 5 June 1980 Re-entry: 9 June 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 195 x 231 km, inclination: 51.6° Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts Y. Malyshev (Cmdr.) and V. Aksyonov (Fl. Eng.) using a Soyuz T spacecraft as described for 1979 103A. Their back-up crews were L. Kizim and O. Makarov and V. Lazarev and G. Strekalov and the call sign was Yupiter. The flight was essentially a crewed test flight of the Soyuz T spacecraft. After some difficulties with the docking system, a successful docking with the Salyut-6 (1977 097A) rear port was achieved on 6 June 1980. Soyuz T-2 undocked on 9 June 1980 and spent three hours to make pictures of the Salyut-6 as well as provide the crew further training in the docking procedures before they returned to Earth after 3 days, 22 hours, 22 minutes in space and landed 200 km from Dzhezkazgan.

1980 046A (11827) Name: Kosmos-1185 Country: USSR Launch date: 6 June 1980 Re-entry: 20 June 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 214 x 282 km, inclination: 82.3° Resurs F Earth resources satellite as described for 1979 080A.

1980 047A (11829) Name: Kosmos-1186 Country: USSR Launch date: 6 June 1980 Re-entry: 1 January 1982 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 473 x 519 km, inclination: 74.0° Taifun 2 minor military satellite as described for 1976 037A. The satellite released 24 Romb sub-satellites.

1980 048A (11837) Name: Kosmos-1187 Country: USSR Launch date: 12 June 1980 Re-entry: 26 June 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 049A (11841) Name: Gorizont-4 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 June 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton K/DM

Orbit: geostationary at 11°W Communications satellite as described for 1978 118A.

1980 050A (11844) Name: Kosmos-1188 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 June 1980 Re-entry: 24 May 2013 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 051A (11848) Name: Meteor 1-30 Country: USSR Launch date: 18 June 1980 Re-entry: 1 March 1992 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Vostok

Orbit: 584 x 667 km, inclination: 97.9° Meteorological satellite as described for 1969 029A. In addition Meteor 1-30 carried a 600 kg prototype of the

Resurs O remote sensing system, as described for 1983 075A. This remote sensins system was also known

as Resurs OE and article 11F651.

1980 052A (11850) Name: KH 9-16 Country: USA Launch date: 18 June 1980 Re-entry: 6 March 1981 Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Titan IIID

Orbit: 169 x 265 km, inclination: 96.5° Military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1971 056A. Also known as Ops-3123 and mission 1216.

1980 052C (11852) Name: EP-3 Country: USA Launch date: 18 June 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Titan IIID

Orbit: 1331 x 1333 km, inclination: 96.6° Surveillance satellite as described for 1976 038C. Also known as Ops-1292. The meaning of the designation EP is not known. It has also been suggested that it was a Program 989 satellite in the Hitchiker series as described for 1963 025B.

1980 053A (11856) Name: Molniya 1-47 Country: USSR Launch date: 21 June 1980 Re-entry: 1 April 1991 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 054A (11863) Name: Kosmos-1189 Country: USSR Launch date: 26 June 1980 Re-entry: 10 July 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 055A (11867) Name: Progress-10 Country: USSR Launch date: 29 June 1980 Re-entry: 19 July 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 200 x 260 km, inclination: 51.6° Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 1978 008A. Progress-10 docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 1 July 1980. It carried in addition to the usual cargo, several seeds as well as replacement parts for the BST-1m telescope. The spacecraft was used to boost the orbit of the Salyut-6 space station before it undocked on 18 July 1980.

1980 056A (11869) Name: Kosmos-1190 Country: USSR Launch date: 1 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 792 x 806 km, inclination: 74.1° Strela 2 military communications satellite as described for 1965 112A.

1980 057A (11871) Name: Kosmos-1191 Country: USSR Launch date: 2 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 058A (11875) Name: Kosmos-1192 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058B (11876) Name: Kosmos-1193 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058C (11877) Name: Kosmos-1194 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058D (11878) Name: Kosmos-1195 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058E (11879) Name: Kosmos-1196 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058F (11880) Name: Kosmos-1197 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058G (11881) Name: Kosmos-1198 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 058H (11882) Name: Kosmos-1199 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 059A (11884) Name: Kosmos-1200 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 July 1980 Re-entry: 23 July 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 060A (11890) Name: Ekran-5 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton K/DM


--- Name: AMS-5 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 1980 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Thor Burner IIA Orbit: failed to orbit Military meteorological satellite as described for 1976 091A. The satellite failed to orbit. It was also known as DMSP F-5.

1980 061A (11894) Name: Kosmos-1201 Country: USSR Launch date: 15 July 1980 Re-entry: 28 July 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 213 x 247 km, inclination: 82.3° Zenit 4MKT military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1975 090A. The payload included an Earth resources package.

1980 062A (11899) Name: Rohini-1 Country: India Launch date: 18 July 1980 Re-entry: 20 May 1981 Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: SLV-3


The 40 kg Rohini satellite monitored the performance of the SLV-3 launch vehicle during and just after the launch and verified the orbit parameters.

1980 063A (11896) Name: Molniya 3-13 Country: USSR Launch date: 18 July 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 064A (11905) Name: Soyuz-37 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 July 1980 Re-entry: 11 October 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts V. Gorbatko (Cmdr.) and the Vietnamese P. Tuan (Cosm. Res.) using a Soyuz spacecraft as described for 1967 037A. Their call sign was Terek and the back-up crew consisted of V. Bykovsky and B. Liem (Vietnam). Soyuz-37 docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 23 July 1980. The crew performed, in addition to the usual experiments, the Vietnamese Halong materials processing experiment, using the Kristall furnace, as well as a plant growth experiment with Vietnamese azolla water ferns. On 30 July 1980 Gorbatko and Tuan moved into Soyuz-36 (1980 041A) and separated from the space station. They landed the same day 180 km south east of Dzhezkazgan after having been in space for 7 days, 20 hours, 42 minutes. The Soyuz-37 spacecraft was moved to the front port on 1 August 1980. Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin, which had arrived on the space station in Soyuz-35 (1980 027A), entered Soyuz-37 on 11 October 1980 and returned to Earth on the same day. They landed 180 km south east of Dzhezkazgan.

1980 065A (11907) Name: Kosmos-1202 Country: USSR Launch date: 24 July 1980 Re-entry: 7 August 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 066A (11915) Name: Kosmos-1203 Country: USSR Launch date: 31 July 1980 Re-entry: 14 August 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 067A (11917) Name: Kosmos-1204 Country: USSR Launch date: 31 July 1980 Re-entry: 23 February 1981 Launch site: Kapustin Yar Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 345 x 538 km, inclination: 50.7° Taifun 2 minor military satellite as described for 1976 037A. The satellite released 24 Romb sub-satellites.

1980 068A (11924) Name: Kosmos-1205 Country: USSR Launch date: 12 August 1980 Re-entry: 26 August 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 069A (11932) Name: Kosmos-1206 Country: USSR Launch date: 15 August 1980 Re-entry: 13 January 2002 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Vostok


1980 070A (11938) Name: Kosmos-1207 Country: USSR Launch date: 22 August 1980 Re-entry: 4 September 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 211 x 256 km, inclination: 82.3° Zenit 4MKT military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1975 090A. The payload included an Earth resources package. A capsule, designated 1980 070C (11954), was ejected and re-entered on 8 September 1980.

1980 071A (11945) Name: Kosmos-1208 Country: USSR Launch date: 26 August 1980 Re-entry: 24 September 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 072A (11950) Name: Kosmos-1209 Country: USSR Launch date: 3 September 1980 Re-entry: 17 September 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 073A (11962) Name: Meteor 2-6 Country: USSR Launch date: 9 September 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Vostok

Orbit: 848 x 894 km, inclination: 81.3° Meteorological satellite as described for 1975 064A.

1980 074A (11964) Name: GOES-4 Country: USA Launch date: 9 September 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 3914

Orbit: geostationary at 75°W Meteorological satellite as described for 1975 100A. It was built by Hughes as type HS-371. GOES-4 was taken out of geostationary orbit on 28 November 1988.

1980 075A (11977) Name: Soyuz-38 Country: USSR Launch date: 18 September 1980 Re-entry: 26 September 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 195 x 257 km, inclination: 51.6° Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts Y. Romanenko (Cmdr.) and A. Tamayo Mendez (Cosm. Res.) from Cuba using a Soyuz spacecraft as described for 1967 037A. Their call sign was Tamyr and the back-up crew consisted of Y. Khrunov and J. Lopez Falcon from Cuba. The spacecraft docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 19 September 1980 and the cosmonauts conducted a series of experiments which included materials processing experiments and biomedical tests, including Cortex, which measured brain activity, Carribe, a materials processing experiment using the Kristall and Splav-01 furnaces. Because Salyut-6 passed always over Cuba at night, the usual Earth observation activities of the guest country, were not possible. The two cosmonauts undocked on 26 September 1980 and landed later that day after having been in space for 7 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes. The landing site was 174 km from Dzhezkazgan. After the flight the cosmonauts tested the Support shoes which assisted them in re-adjusting to Earth gravity. The Soyuz-38 re-entry module was later donated to a Cuban museum where it is now displayed.

1980 076A (11980) Name: Kosmos-1210 Country: USSR Launch date: 19 September 1980 Re-entry: 3 October 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U



Orbit: 216 x 242 km, inclination: 82.4° Zenit 4MT military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1971 118A. A payload included an Earth resources package and a mapping instrument.


Orbit: 209 x 249 km, inclination: 82.3° Zenit 4MKT military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1975 090A. The payload included an Earth resources package. A capsule, designated 1980 078D (12007), was ejected and re-entered on 11 October 1980.

1980 079A (11993) Name: Progress-11 Country: USSR Launch date: 28 September 1980 Re-entry: 11 December 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 189 x 247 km, inclination: 51.6° Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 1978 008A. Progress-11 docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 30 September 1980 and carried cargo specifically for the forthcoming period during which Salyut-6 would remain unoccupied in space. The spacecraft was used twice to boost the orbit of the space station before, on 9 December 1980, it undocked. After undocking an attempt was made to deploy two 20 m diameter antennas to test new space communications as part of the Model programme. Only one antenna deployed.

1980 080A (11997) Name: Kosmos-1213 Country: USSR Launch date: 3 October 1980 Re-entry: 17 October 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 081A (12003) Name: Raduga-7 Country: USSR Launch date: 5 October 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton K/DM


1980 083A (12016) Name: Kosmos-1215 Country: USSR Launch date: 14 October 1980 Re-entry: 12 May 1983 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M

Orbit: 498 x 550 km, inclination: 74.0° Tselina O military electronic intelligence gathering satellite as described for 1967 108A.

1980 085A (12032) Name: Kosmos-1217 Country: USSR Launch date: 24 October 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 086A (12039) Name: Kosmos-1218 Country: USSR Launch date: 30 October 1980 Re-entry: 12 December 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U

Orbit: 171 x 353 km, inclination: 64.9° Yantar military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1974 098A.

1980 087A (12046) Name: Fltsatcom-4 Country: USA Launch date: 31 October 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas Centaur D1AR

Orbit: geostationary at 172°E Military communications satellite as described for 1978 016A. Also known as Ops-6294.

1980 088A (12050) Name: Kosmos-1219 Country: USSR Launch date: 31 October 1980 Re-entry: 13 November 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 089A (12054) Name: Kosmos-1220 Country: USSR Launch date: 4 November 1980 Re-entry: 16 February 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Tsyklon 2

Orbit: 427 x 440 km, inclination: 65.0° US-P military ocean surveillance satellite fitted with electronic equipment as described for 1974 103A. The satellite was destroyed by ground control on 20 June 1982 but the main part went into a higher orbit and did not re-enter until 16 February 2014.

1980 090A (12058) Name: Kosmos-1221 Country: USSR Launch date: 12 November 1980 Re-entry: 26 November 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 091A (12065) Name: SBS-1 Country: USA Launch date: 15 November 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 3910

Orbit: geostationary at 100°W

The Satellite Business System (SBS) series of satellites were based on the Hughes HS-376 and owned by Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance, Comsat General and IBM. The satellites, which carried initially 14 transponders operating in the Ku band, were optimised for digitised business communications. The satellites had a mass of 500 kg.

1980 092A (12066) Name: Molniya 1-48 Country: USSR Launch date: 16 November 1980 Re-entry: 18 November 1995 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 093A (12071) Name: Kosmos-1222 Country: USSR Launch date: 21 November 1980 Re-entry: 27 April 2011 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Vostok


1980 094A (12077) Name: Soyuz T-3 Country: USSR Launch date: 27 November 1980 Re-entry: 10 December 1980 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts cosmonauts L. Kizim (Cmdr.), O. Makarov (Fl. Eng.) and G. Strekalov (Res. Eng.) using a Soyuz T spacecraft as described for 1979 103A. Their call sign was Mayak. Soyuz T-3 was obviously a further test flight in the series and docked with the front port of Salyut-6 (1977 097A) on 28 November 1980. The crew commenced the overhaul of the space station, in particular the temperature control system, the electrical systems, the hydraulic system as well as the telemetry system. Following this they performed a number of scientific experiments using the Splav-01 and Kristall furnaces, and the Oasis and Svetobloc plant growing facilities. They also activated the engine of the Progress-11 (1980 079A), which was still attached to the space station, to boost the orbit. On 10 December 1980 they undocked, leaving the orbital module attached to the space station, and landed on the same day 130 km south east of Dzhezkazgan. It is believed that Strekalov may have been added to the crew in lieu of Feoktistov at a relatively late date. Their back-up crew was V. Lazarev, V. Savinykh and V. Polyakov. The duration of their mission was 12 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes.

1980 095A (12078) Name: Kosmos-1223 Country: USSR Launch date: 27 November 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Molniya M


1980 096A (12084) Name: Kosmos-1224 Country: USSR Launch date: 1 December 1980 Re-entry: 15 December 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 097A (12087) Name: Kosmos-1225 Country: USSR Launch date: 5 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 098A (12089) Name: Intelsat 5-F2 Int. Agency: Intelsat Launch date: 6 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas Centaur D1AR

Orbit: geostationary at 33°E Communications satellite owned by Intelsat and built by Ford. The satellite was equipped with 21 transponders operating in the C band and 4 in the Ku band. Commencing with Intelsat 5-F10 (1985 025A) the number of transponders was increased to 26 C band transponders and 6 Ku band transponders. Several Intelsat 5 series satellites also carried an Inmarsat payload. The satellites had a mass of 2000 kg.

At a later date Intelsat 5-F2 was moved to 21.5°W and 40.5°W. In 1992 those Intelsat 5 series satellites which were still operational, were renamed as Intelsat-501 etc. At that time, Intelsat 5-F2 was no longer operational.

--- Name: NOSS Country: USA Launch date: 9 December 1980 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas E Orbit: failed to orbit Military ocean surveillance satellite as described for 1976 038A. Also known as Ops-3255, the satellite failed to orbit. It may have carried three surveillance satellites as described for 1976 038C. It also carried the first of the Living Instrumented Plume Shield (LIPS) satellites as described for 1983 008G.


Orbit: 966 x 1014 km, inclination: 82.9° Tsikada civilian navigational satellite as described for 1976 122A.

1980 100A (12093) Name: Jumpseat-6 Country: USA Launch date: 13 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Titan IIIB

Orbit: 250 x 39130 km, inclination: 63.8° Military electronic intelligence gathering satellite as described for 1971 021A. Also known as Ops-5805. Some reference sources connect this satellite with the SDS programme as described for 1976 050A.

1980 101A (12100) Name: Kosmos-1227 Country: USSR Launch date: 16 December 1980 Re-entry: 28 December 1980 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


1980 102B (12108) Name: Kosmos-1229 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 102C (12109) Name: Kosmos-1230 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 102D (12110) Name: Kosmos-1231 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 102E (12111) Name: Kosmos-1232 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 102F (12112) Name: Kosmos-1233 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 102G (12113) Name: Kosmos-1234 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 102H (12114) Name: Kosmos-1235 Country: USSR Launch date: 23 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Kosmos 3M


1980 103A (12116) Name: Prognoz-8 Country: USSR Launch date: 25 December 1980 Re-entry: 28 December 1984 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Molniya M

Orbit: 980 x 197390 km, inclination: 65.8° Scientific satellite as described for 1972 029A. The 910 kg Prognoz-8 satellite carried: 1. a spectrometer; 2. a charged particle detector; 3. two spectro-analysers; 4. an ultra low-energy spectrometer; 5. two magnetometers; 6. an X-ray solar photometer; and 7. the Swedish PROMICS charged particle experiment.

1980 104A (12120) Name: Ekran-6 Country: USSR Launch date: 26 December 1980 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton K/DM


1980 105A (12121) Name: Kosmos-1236 Country: USSR Launch date: 26 December 1980 Re-entry: 21 January 1981 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz U


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