National firsts
Space traveller	France
Rockets
Maiden flights	Long March 2C Soyuz-U2 Titan 34D
Retirements	N-I Titan IIIC Titan IIID
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	16
v t e

v t e Timeline of spaceflight
Spaceflight before 1951
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 (H1,H2) 1959 (H1,H2)
1960s	1960 (T1,T2,T3) 1961 (H1,H2) 1962 (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) 1963 (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) 1964 (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) 1965 (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 (H1,H2) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (H1,H2) 2019 (H1,H2)
2020s	2020 2021 (H1,H2) 2022 (H1,H2) 2023 (H1,H2) 2024 (H1,H2) 2025 (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) 2026 (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) 2027 2028 2029
2030s

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January [edit]
7 January 15:38^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M #26)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
12 January 12:30	Soyuz-U			PlesetskSite 41/1

		Kosmos 1332 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #22)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	25 January	Successful
14 January 07:51^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1333 (Parus #30)		Low Earth	Communications Navigation	In orbit	Successful
16 January^[2] 01:54^[3]	Delta 3910/PAM-D		D-159	Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Satcom 4^[2]	RCA Americom	Geostationary^[2]	Communications^[4]	In orbit	Successful^[2]
20 January 11:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1334 (Zenit-6U/Argon #52)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 February	Successful
21 January 19:30	Titan III(24)B			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 2849 (KH-8 52)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	23 May	Successful
29 January 11:00^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1335 (Taifun-2 #10)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	5 April 1987	Successful
30 January 11:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1336 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #24)	GRU		Reconnaissance	26 February	Successful
February [edit]
5 February 09:12	Proton-K/Blok DM			BaikonurSite 200/40

		Ekran 8 (Ekran 22L)		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
11 February 01:11^[1]	Tsyklon-2			BaikonurSite 90

		Kosmos 1337 (US-P #13)		Low Earth	ELINT ocean surveillance	25 July	Spacecraft failure
		Satellite propulsion or avionics system failed
16 February 11:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1338 (Zenit-6U/Argon #53)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	2 March	Successful
17 February 21:56^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1339 (Tsikada #9)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
19 February 01:42	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1340 (Tselina-D #33)		Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
26 February 00:04:44^[1]^[5]	Delta 3910/PAM-D		D-160	Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Westar 4^[5]	Western Union	Geostationary^[5]	Communications^[6]	In orbit	Successful^[5]
26 February 20:10	Molniya-M/Blok ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Molniya-1K 53 (Molniya-1K 58L)		Molniya orbit	Communications	In orbit	Successful
March [edit]
3 March 05:44	Molniya-M/Blok 2BL			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1341 (US-K #24)		Molniya	Missile early warning	In orbit	Successful
4 March	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1^[1]

		Taifun-2 #11		Intended: Low Earth	Radar calibration	4 March	Launch failure
5 March 00:23^[7]	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR		AC-58	Cape Canaveral LC-36A

		Intelsat VD F-4	Intelsat^[7]	Geosynchronous^[7]	Communications^[8]	In orbit	Successful^[7]
5 March 10:50	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1342 (Zenit-6U/Argon #54)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	19 March	Successful
6 March 19:25^[9]	Titan III(23)C^[9]			Cape CanaveralLC-40

		OPS 8701 (DSP-10)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous^[10]	Early warning^[9]^[11]	In orbit	Successful^[9]
		Final flight of Titan IIIC
15 March 04:39	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Gorizont 5 (Gorizont 14L)		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
17 March 10:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1343 (Zenit-6U/Argon #55)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	31 March	Successful
22 March 16:00^[12]	Space Shuttle Columbia^[12]			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-3	NASA	Low Earth^[13]	Development test flight^[14]	30 March 16:05^[15]	Successful^[15]
		Development Flight Instrumentation	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Monitor orbiter performance		Successful
		OSTA-1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Remote sensing		Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts Only Shuttle flight to land atWhite Sands Space Harbor Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-1)
24 March 00:12	Molniya-M/Blok ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Molniya-3 18 (Molniya-3 29L)		Molniya	Communications	23 June 1992	Successful
24 March 19:47^[1]	Kosmos-3M			PlesetskSite 132/1^[1]

		Kosmos 1344 (Parus #31)		Low Earth	Communications Navigation	In orbit	Successful
25 March 09:50^[1]	Tsyklon-3			PlesetskSite 32/1^[1]

		Meteor-2 No.8		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
31 March 09:00^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1345 (Tselina-O #41)		Low Earth	ELINT	27 September 1989	Successful
31 March 16:27	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1346 (Tselina-D #34)		Low Earth	ELINT	17 December 2017	Successful
April [edit]
2 April 10:15	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1347 (Yantar-4K2/Kobalt #2)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	21 May	Successful
7 April 13:41	Molniya-M/Blok 2BL			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1348 (US-K #25)		Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
8 April 00:15^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1349 (Parus #32)		Low Earth	Communication Navigation	In orbit	Successful
10 April 06:47^[1]	Delta 3910^[17]/PAM-D		D-161	Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		INSAT-1A^[17]	ISRO	Geostationary^[18]	Communications^[18]	In orbit	Spacecraft failure^[16]
		Attitude control system malfunction, ceased operations in September 1982^[16]
15 April 14:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1350 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #25)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 May	Successful
19 April^[19] 19:45:00^[1]	Proton-K^[20]			Baikonur^[20]Site 200/40

		Salyut 7^[19] (DOS-6)		Low Earth^[19]	Space station^[19]	7 February 1991^[20]	Successful^[19]
		Iskra 2 (RK 02)	MAI	Low Earth	Amateur radio	9 July	Successful^[19]
		Final space station launched as part of theSalyut programme. Iskra 2 was launched inside Salyut 7 and deployed on 17 May through an airlock
21 April 01:40^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1

		Kosmos 1351 (Taifun-2 #12)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	14 March 1983	Successful
21 April 09:15	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1352 (Zenit-6U/Argon #56)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	5 May	Successful
23 April 09:40	Soyuz-U			Pleetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1353 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #20)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	6 May	Successful
28 April 02:52^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1^[1]

		Kosmos 1354 (Strela-2M #27)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
29 April 09:55^[1]	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20

		Kosmos 1355 (US-P #14)		Low Earth	ELINT ocean surveillance	7 March 1984	Successful
May [edit]
5 May 08:01^[1]	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 16/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1356 (Tselina-D No.35)		Low Earth	Communication Navigation	8 July 2023^[21]	Successful
6 May 18:07^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1357 (Strela-1M #233)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1358 (Strela-1M #234)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1359 (Strela-1M #235)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1360 (Strela-1M #236)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1361 (Strela-1M #237)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1362 (Strela-1M #238)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1363 (Strela-1M #239)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1364 (Strela-1M #240)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
11 May 18:35	Titan III(23)D			VandenbergSLC-4E

		OPS 5642 (KH-9-17)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	5 December	Successful
		OPS 6553 (SSF-D)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
13 May 09:58	Soyuz-U			BaikonurSite 1/5

		Soyuz T-5		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EO-1	27 August 15:04	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts, first mission to Salyut 7
14 May 19:39	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20

		Kosmos 1365 (US-A #20)		Low Earth	Radar ocean surveillance	19 October	Successful
15 May 14:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Zenit-6U/Argon #57	GRU	Intended: Low Earth	Reconnaissance	15 May	Failure
17 May 23:50	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Kosmos 1366 (Potok #1, Geizer 11L)		Geostationary	Data relay	In orbit	Successful
20 May 13:08	Molniya-M/Blok 2BL			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1367 (US-K #26)		Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
21 May 12:40	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1368 (Zenit-6U/Argon #58)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 June	Successful
23 May 05:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 13		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	6 June 00:05	Successful
25 May 09:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1369 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #7)		Low Earth	Earth observation	8 June	Successful
28 May 09:10	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1370 (Yantar-1KFT/Kometa #2)		Low Earth	Cartography	11 July	Successful
28 May 22:02	Molniya-M/Blok ML			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Molniya-1K 54 (Molniya-1K 63L)		Molniya	Communications	19 November 1992	Success
June [edit]
1 June 04:37	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1371 (Stela-2M #28)		LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communications	In orbit	Successful
1 June 13:58	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20

		Kosmos 1372 (US-A #21)		LEO, inclination 65.1 degrees	Radar ocean surveillance	9 September	Successful
2 June 15:50	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1373 (Zenit-6U/Argon #59)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 June	Successful
3 June 21:30	K65-RB5			Kapustin Yar Site 107

		Kosmos 1374 (BOR-4 #2,s/n 404)		Fractional LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees	Re-entry test	3 June	Successful
6 June 17:10	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1375 (DS-P1-M #16)		LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Anti-satellite weapon target	18 June (destroyed)	Successful
		Target forKosmos 1379
8 June 07:45	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1376 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #8)		Low Earth	Earth observation	22 June	Successful
8 June 12:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1377 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #4)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	22 July	Successful
9 June 00:24^[22]	Delta 3910/PAM-D		D-162	Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Westar 5^[22]	Western Union^[22]	Geostationary^[22]	Communications^[22]	In orbit	Successful^[22]
10 June 17:37	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/1

		Kosmos 1378 (Tselina-D #36)		LEO, inclination 82.5 degrees	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
12 June 09:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Zenit-6U/Argon #60	GRU	Intended: Low Earth	Reconnaissance	12 June	Failure
18 June 11:04	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur LC 90

		Kosmos 1379 (IS-A #13)		LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Anti-satellite weapon test	18 June (self-destruct)	Successful
		DestroyedKosmos 1375
18 June 11:58	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos 1380 (Parus #33)		LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees	Communications,navigation	27 June	Partial launch failure
		Second stage malfunction during first burn resulted in low transfer orbit apogee. Satellite was deployed in lower than planned orbit.
18 June 13:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1381 (Zenit-6U/Argon #61)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	1 July	Successful
24 June 16:29	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz T-6		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EP-1	2 July 14:20	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first French space traveller
25 June 02:28	Molniya-M/Blok 2BL			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1382 (US-K #27)		Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
27 June 15:00	Space ShuttleColumbia			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-4	NASA	Low Earth	Developmental test flight	4 July 16:09	Successful
		Classified	US Air Force				Successful
		Getaway Special	Utah State	Low Earth (Columbia)			Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts, final developmental test flight
29 June 21:45	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1383 Kosmos 1383 (Nadezhda #1, COSPAS 1)	COSPAS-SARSAT	LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees	Navigation,search and rescue	In orbit	Successful
30 June 15:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1384 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #26)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	30 July	Successful
July [edit]
6 July 07:50	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1385 (Zenit-6U/Argon #62)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	20 July	Successful
7 July 09:47	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1386 (Parus #34)		LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees	Navigation, communications	In orbit	Successful
10 July 09:57	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 14		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	13 August 01:29	Successful
13 July 08:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1387 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #21)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	26 July	Successful
16 July 17:59	Delta 3920		D-163	Vandenberg SLC-2W

		Landsat 4	NASA/NOAA	SSO	Earth observation	In orbit	Successful
21 July 06:31	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos 1388 - 1395 (Strela-1M #241-#248)		LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communications	In orbit	Successful
21 July 09:40	Molniya-M/Blok ML			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Molniya-1K 55 (Molniya-1K 62L)		Molniya	Communications	8 October 1992	Successful
22 July 22:11	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Ekran 23L		Intended: Geostationary	Communications	22 July	Failure
		Hydraulic system of the first stage failed, automaticflight termination at T+45 seconds.^[23]
27 July 12:30	Soyuz-U			Pleetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1396 (Zenit-6U/Argon #63)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	10 August	Successful
29 July 19:40	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1

		Kosmos 1397 (Taifun-2 #13) / 22 Romb subsatellites		LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees	Radar calibration	18 May 1983	Successful
August [edit]
3 August 11:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1398 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #23)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	13 August	Successful
4 August 11:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1399 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #5)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 September	Successful
5 August 06:56	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1400 (Tselina-D #37)		Low Earth	ELINT	13 September 2014	Successful
19 August 17:11	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz T-7		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EP-2	10 December 19:02	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
20 August 09:50	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1401 (Resurs-F1 (17F41) #9)		Low Earth	Earth observation	3 September	Successful
26 August 23:10	Delta 3920/PAM-D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Anik D1 (1238kg)	Telesat Canada	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
27 August 00:02	Molniya-M/Blok ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Molniya-3 19 (Molniya-3 33L)		Molniya	Communications	13 January 2002	Successful
30 August 10:06	Tsyklon-2			BaikonurSite 90/19

		Kosmos 1402 (US-A #22)		LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees	Radar ocean surveillance	23 January 1983 (bus) 7 February 1983 (nuclear core)	Successful
30 August 19:55	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Strela-2M #29		Intended: Low Earth	Communications	30 August	Failure
September [edit]
1 September 09:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1403 (Zenit-6U/Argon #64)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	15 September	Successful
1 September 09:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1404 (Zenit-6U/Argon #65)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	15 September	Successful
3 September 05:00	N-I			Tanegashima Space Center LA-N (LA-Y1)		NASDA

		ETS 3 (Kiku 4) (385 kg)		LEO, inclination 44.6 degrees	Technology testing	In orbit	Successful
		Final flight of the N-I
4 September 17:50	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20

		Kosmos 1405 (US-P #15)		LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees	ELINT ocean surveillance	5 February 1984	Successful
8 September 10:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1406 (Zenit-4MKT/Fram #22)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	21 September	Successful
9 September 02:12	Ariane 1			Kourou ELA		Arianespace

		MARECS B	Inmarsat	Intended: Geostationary	Communications	9 September	Launch Failure
		Sirio 2		Intended: Geostationary	Communications	9 September	Launch Failure
		Third stage turbopump malfunction
9 September 07:19	Long March 2C			Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138)

		FSW-0 4		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	21 September	Successful
		Maiden flight of Long March 2C
9 September 15:12	Conestoga I			Matagorda Island		Space Services Inc.

		Test payload	Space Services Inc.	Suborbital	Test flight	9 September	Successful
		First private rocket to reach space. Apogee: ~ 309 kilometers (192 miles)^[24]^[25]
15 September 15:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1407 (Yantar-2K/Feniks #27)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 October	Successful
16 September 04:55	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2

		Kosmos 1408 (Tselina-D #38)		LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees	ELINT	Destroyed on 15 November 2021	Successful
		Satellite was destroyed by ananti-satellite missile test on 15 November 2021.^[26]
16 September 18:31	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Ekran 9 (Ekran 24L)		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
18 September 04:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Progress 15		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	16 October 17:06	Successful
22 September 06:23	Molniya-M/Blok 2BL			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1409 (US-K #28)		Molniya	Early warning	8 June 2009	Successful
24 September 09:15	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/1

		Kosmos 1410 (Geo-IK/Musson #3)		LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
28 September 23:17^[1]^[a]	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR		AC-60	Cape CanaveralLC-36B

		Intelsat V F-5	Intelsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
30 September 11:50	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1411 (Zenit-6U/Argon #66)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	14 October	Successful
October [edit]
2 October 00:01	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20

		Kosmos 1412 (US-A #23)		LEO, inclination 64.8 degrees	Radar ocean surveillance	In orbit	Successful
12 October 14:56	Proton-K/Blok DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Kosmos 1413 (Uragan-GVM #1)		Medium Earth orbit	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1414 (Uragan #1)		Medium Earth orbit	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1415 (Uragan-GVM #2)		Medium Earth orbit	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
		First flight of Blok DM-2 upper stage. First launch ofGLONASS navigation system, with one operational satellite and twomass simulators to test the triple launch system
14 October 09:10	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1416 (Zenit-6U/Argon #67)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	28 October	Successful
19 October 05:58	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1417(Parus #35)		LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees	navigation,Communication	In orbit	Successful
20 October 16:26	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Gorizont 6 (Gorizont 16L)		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
21 October 01:40^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1

		Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B #3)		LEO	Radar calibration	30 September 1983	Successful
28 October 01:27	Delta 3924			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Satcom 5 (Aurora 1) (1102kg)	RCA Americom	GTO	Communications satellite	In orbit	Successful
30 October 04:05	Titan 34D/IUS			Cape Canaveral LC-40

		OPS 9945 (DSCS II F-16)	US Air Force	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		DSCS III A-1	US Air Force	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Titan 34D and Inertial Upper Stage
31 October 11:20	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 16		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	14 December 17:17	Successful
		Iskra 3 (RK 03)	MAI	Low Earth	Amateur radio	16 December	Successful
		Iskra 3 deployed through Salyut 7 airlock
November [edit]
2 November 09:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1419 (Zenit-6U/Argon #68)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 November	Successful
11 November 06:14	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1420 (Strela-2 #30)		LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communication	In orbit	Successful
11 November 12:19	Space ShuttleColumbia			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-5	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	16 November 14:33	Successful
		SBS-3	SBS	Current:Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Anik C3	Telesat Canada	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Getaway Special	West Germany	Low Earth	Microgravity research	16 November	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; First "operational" Shuttle flight Anik C3 retired 18 June 1997
17 November 21:22	Titan IIID			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS 9627 (KH-11-5)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	13 August 1985	Successful
		Final flight of Titan IIID
18 November 09:25	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1421 (Zenit-6U/Argon #69)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	2 December	Successful
24 November 11:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Strela-1M #249-#256		Intended: Low Earth	Communications	24 November	Failure
26 November 14:13	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Raduga 11 (Gran 21L)		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
December [edit]
3 December 12:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1422 (Zenit-6U/Argon #70)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	17 December	Successful
8 December 13:46	Molniya-M/Blok ML			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 1423 (Molniya-1K 60L)		Intended: Molniya Achieved: Low Earth		18 January 1986	Partial failure
14 December 22:30	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Meteor-2 9		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
16 December 10:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1424 (Yantar-4K1/Oktan #6)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	28 January 1983	Successful
21 December 02:38	Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS			VandenbergSLC-3W

		DMSP 5D-2 F6	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Weather	In orbit	Successful
23 December 09:10	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 1425 (Zenit-6U/Argon #71)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	6 January 1983	Successful
		Maiden flight of Soyuz-U2, fuelled bysyntin
24 December 12:00	Proton-K/Blok DM			Baikonur 200/39

		Raduga (Gran 22L)		Intended: Geostationary	Communications	24 December	Failure
		Second stage engine failure at T+230 seconds, due to high frequency vibrations.^[29]
28 December 12:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1426 (Yantar-4KS1/Terilen #1)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	5 March 1983	Successful
		First Soviet electro-optical reconnaissance satellite
29 December 12:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1427 (Tafun-1B #4)		LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Radar calibration	5 October 1989	Successful

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
1 March	Venera 13	landed onVenus^[30]
5 March	Venera 14	landed on Venus^[31]
30 March	ISEE-3/ICE	1st flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 19,570 kilometres (12,160 mi)
23 April	ISEE-3/ICE	2nd flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 21,137 kilometres (13,134 mi)
27 September	ISEE-3/ICE	3rd flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 22,790 kilometres (14,160 mi)

v t e ← 1981 Orbital launches in1982 1983 →
January	Kosmos 1331 Kosmos 1332 Kosmos 1333 Satcom 4 Kosmos 1334 OPS 2849 Kosmos 1335
February	Kosmos 1336 Ekran No.22L Kosmos 1337 Kosmos 1338 Kosmos 1339 Kosmos 1340 Westar 4
March	Molniya 1-53 Kosmos 1341 Taifun-2 Intelsat V F-4 Kosmos 1342 OPS 8701 Gorizont No.14L Kosmos 1343 STS-3 Molniya 3-18 Kosmos 1344 Meteor 2-8 Kosmos 1345
April	Kosmos 1346 Kosmos 1347 Kosmos 1348 Kosmos 1349 INSAT-1A Kosmos 1350 Salyut 7 (Iskra 2) Kosmos 1351 Kosmos 1352 Kosmos 1353 Kosmos 1354 Kosmos 1355
May	Kosmos 1356 Kosmos 1357 Kosmos 1358 Kosmos 1359 Kosmos 1360 Kosmos 1361 Kosmos 1362 Kosmos 1363 Kosmos 1364 OPS 5642 OPS 6553 Soyuz T-5 Kosmos 1365 Zenit-6 Kosmos 1366 Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1368 Progress 13
June	Kosmos 1369 Kosmos 1370 Molniya 1-54 Kosmos 1371 Kosmos 1372 Kosmos 1373 Kosmos 1374 Kosmos 1375 Kosmos 1376 Kosmos 1377 Westar 5 Kosmos 1378 Yantar-4K2 Kosmos 1379 Kosmos 1380 Kosmos 1381 Soyuz T-6 Kosmos 1382 STS-4 Kosmos 1383
July	Kosmos 1384 Kosmos 1385 Kosmos 1386 Progress 14 Kosmos 1387 Landsat 4 Kosmos 1388 Kosmos 1389 Kosmos 1390 Kosmos 1391 Kosmos 1392 Kosmos 1393 Kosmos 1394 Kosmos 1395 Molniya 1-55 Ekran No.23L Kosmos 1396 Kosmos 1397
August	Kosmos 1398 Kosmos 1399 Kosmos 1400 Soyuz T-7 Kosmos 401 Anik D1 Molniya 3-19 Kosmos 1402
September	Strela-2M Kosmos 1403 Kosmos 1404 Kiku-4 Kosmos 1405 Kosmos 1406 Marecs B Sirio 2 Fanhui Shi Weixing 0-5 Kosmos 1407 Kosmos 1408 Ekran No.24L Progress 15 (Astrozond) Kosmos 1409 Kosmos 1410 Intelsat V F-5
October	Kosmos 1411 Kosmos 1412 Kosmos 1413 Kosmos 1414 Kosmos 1415 Kosmos 1416 Kosmos 1417 Gorizont No.16L Kosmos 1418 Satcom 5 DSCS II F-16 DSCS III A-1 Progress 16 (Iskra 3)
November	Kosmos 1419 Kosmos 1420 STS-5 (SBS-3,Anik C3) OPS 9627
December	Kosmos 1427
Unknown month	Kosmos 1421 Strela-1M (x8) Gran' No.21L Kosmos 1422 Kosmos 1423 Meteor 2-9 Kosmos 1424 OPS 9845 Kosmos 1425 Gran' No.22L Kosmos 1426
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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November

December

Suborbital launches

July-September

Deep-space rendezvous

EVAs

Notes

References

Footnotes