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Fact Sheet
National Firsts
Space Traveller  France
Rockets
Maiden Flights Titan 34D
Retirements Titan IIIC
Titan IIID
Manned flights
Orbital 6
Total travellers 16
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Launches

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← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec →
Date/Time (UTC) Rocket Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January
21 January
19:30		 United StatesTitan 24B United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W United States
United StatesOPS-2849 (KH-8-52) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 23 May Successful

March
5 March
00:23		 United StatesAtlas-Centaur SLV-3D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36A United States
United NationsIntelsat 504 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
6 March
19:25		 United StatesTitan IIIC United StatesCape Canaveral LC-40 United States
United StatesOPS-8701 (DSP-10) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning In orbit Successful
Final flight of Titan IIIC
22 March
16:00		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-3 NASA Low Earth Development test flight 30 March
16:04		 Successful
United StatesDevelopment Flight Instrumentation NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Monitor orbiter performance Successful
United StatesOSTA-1 NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Remote sensing Successful
Manned orbital flight with two astronauts
Only Shuttle flight to land at White Sands Space Harbor
Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-1)

April
19 April
19:45		 Soviet UnionProton-K Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSalyut 7 Low Earth Space station 7 February 1991 Successful
DOS-6 part of Salyut program

May
11 May
18:35		 United StatesTitan IIID United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E United States
United StatesOPS-5642 (KH-9-17) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 5 December Successful
United StatesSSF-D-4 NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT In orbit Successful
13 May
09:58		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz T-5 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-1 27 August
15:04		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts
23 May
05:58		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
Soviet UnionProgress 13 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 6 June
00:05		 Successful

June
24 June
16:29		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz T-6 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-1 2 July
14:20		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first French space traveller
27 June
15:00		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-4 NASA Low Earth Developmental test flight 4 July
16:09		 Successful
United StatesClassified US Air Force In orbit Successful
United StatesGetaway Special Utah State Low Earth In orbit Successful
Manned orbital flight with two astronauts, final developmental test flight

July
10 July
09:57		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
Soviet UnionProgress 14 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 13 August
01:29		 Successful

August
19 August
17:11		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
Soviet UnionSoyuz T-7 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-2 10 December
19:02		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts

September
9 September
02:12		 European UnionAriane 1 FranceKourou ELA FranceArianespace
European UnionMARECS B ESA Intended: Geosynchronous Communications 9 September Launch Failure
Sirio 2 Intended: Geosynchronous
Third stage turbopump malfunction
18 September
04:58		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
Soviet UnionProgress 15 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 16 October
17:06		 Successful
28 September
23:17		 United StatesAtlas-Centaur SLV-3D United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36B United States
United StatesIntelsat 505 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful

October
30 October
04:05		 United StatesTitan 34D/IUS United StatesCape Canaveral LC-40 United States
United StatesOPS-9945 (DSCS II F-16) US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
United StatesDSCS III A-1 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Titan 34D and Inertial Upper Stage
31 October
11:20		 Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
Soviet UnionProgress 16 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 14 December
17:17		 Successful

November
11 November
12:19		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-5 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 16 November
14:33		 Successful
United StatesSBS-3 SBS Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
CanadaAnik C3 Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
West GermanyGetaway Special West Germany Low Earth Microgravity research 16 November Successful
Manned orbital flight with four astronauts; First "operational" Shuttle flight
Anik C3 retired 18 June 1997
17 November
21:22		 United StatesTitan IIID United StatesVandenberg SLC-4E United States
United StatesOPS-9627 (KH-11-5) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 13 August 1985 Successful
Final flight of Titan IIID

December
21 December
02:38		 United StatesAtlas E/Star-37S-ISS United StatesVandenberg SLC-3W United States
United StatesDMSP 5D-2 F6 US Air Force Sun-synchronous Meteorology In orbit Successful
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Deep-space rendezvous

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

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
30 July
02:39		 2 hours
33 minutes		 05:12 Salyut 7 EO-1 Soviet UnionAnatoly Berezovoy
Soviet UnionValentin Lebedev		 Performing the first EVA from Salyut 7, Lebedev anchored himself with a foot restraint, while Berezovoy assisted from the hatch. After collecting and placing samples on the exterior surface of the spacecraft, Lebedev tested methods for assembly and disassembly work in space, including the Istok panel experiment of turning bolts with a special wrench.

References
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Footnotes

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1982		 Succeeded by
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