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Fact Sheet
The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July
Orbital Launches
First	11 January
Last	28 December
Total	110
Catalogued	106
National Firsts
Orbital Launch	Europe
Space Traveller	Bulgaria
Rockets
Maiden Flights	Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV
Retirements	Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1
Manned flights
Orbital	2
Total travellers	4
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Launches

Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
25 February 11:53:49	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz 32		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-3	13 June 16:18:26	Successful
	Manned flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth unmanned
10 April 17:34:34	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz 33		Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6)	Taxi flight	12 April 16:35	Spacecraft failure
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines
6 June 18:12:41	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/5
	Soyuz 34		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Crew return	19 August 12:29	Successful
	Launched unmanned to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts
24 December 17:14:38	Ariane 1		Kourou ELA-1		ESA
	CAT-1	ESA	Low Earth	Technology	27 November 1989	Successful
	Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane family^[1]

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References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Repot". http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/.
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
"Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
"Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
"NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
"Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
"Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
"Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
"Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
"Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.

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Footnotes

^ Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press

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