Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Space history timeline

Showing the 1980s. Show all decades

1,090 records

1980s

50 records
  1. 1985

    1. 1985-09-30 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1687 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1985-10-02 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1688 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC107/1. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1985-10-03 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-1689 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1985-10-03 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1985-10-03 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Space Shuttle launched on the USA 11/12 [DSCS] flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1985-10-09 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1690/1695 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1985-10-16 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1696 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1985-10-21 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Chang Zheng 2C launched on the FSW flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LA2B. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1985-10-22 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Zenit-2 launched on the Kosmos-1697 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1985-10-22 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1698 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1985-10-23 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1985-10-23 launch failure

      Category:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Parus flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch failure.

    13. 1985-10-24 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Meteor-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1985-10-25 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1699 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1985-10-25 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-1700 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1985-10-28 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1985-10-30 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Space Shuttle launched on the Spacelab D-1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1985-11-09 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1701 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1985-11-13 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1702 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1985-11-15 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Proton-K/DM launched on the Raduga flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1985-11-22 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1703 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1985-11-27 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Space Shuttle launched on the PAM-D Deploy flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1985-11-28 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1704 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1985-12-03 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1705 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1985-12-11 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1706 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1985-12-12 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1707 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1985-12-13 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1708 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1985-12-19 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1709 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1985-12-24 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1985-12-24 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-1710/1712 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1985-12-26 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Meteor-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1985-12-27 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1713 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1985-12-28 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Zenit-2 launched on the Kosmos-1714 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1986

    1. 1986-01-08 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1715 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1986-01-09 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1716/1723 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1986-01-12 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Space Shuttle launched on the PAM-D Deploy/MSL-2 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1986-01-15 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1724 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1986-01-16 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1725 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1986-01-17 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1726 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1986-01-17 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Proton-K/DM launched on the Raduga flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1986-01-23 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1727 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1986-01-24 planetary flyby

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to fly past Uranus.

    10. 1986-01-28 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1728 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1986-01-28 launch failure

      Category:

      Mission:

      Space Shuttle launched on the TDRS-B/Spartan flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch failure.

    12. 1986-02-01 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Chang Zheng 3 launched on the DFH-2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1986-02-01 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1729 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1986-02-04 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1730 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1986-02-07 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1731 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1986-02-11 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1732 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1986-02-19 launch

      Category: , type:

      Mission:

      Proton-K launched on the Mir flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

×