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1980s

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  1. 1989

    1. 1989-07-18 launch

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

    2. 1989-07-18 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2031 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1989-07-20 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2032 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1989-07-24 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2033 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1989-07-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2034 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1989-08-02 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2035 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1989-08-08 launch

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      Ariane 44LP (44LP) launched on the TV-SAT 2/Hipparcos flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1989-08-15 launch

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

    9. 1989-08-22 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2036 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1989-08-23 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1989-08-25 planetary flyby

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      Voyager 2 made the first close spacecraft encounter with Neptune.

    12. 1989-08-28 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2037 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1989-09-05 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-8 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1989-09-06 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Resurs-F flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1989-09-14 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2038/2043 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1989-09-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2044 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1989-09-22 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2045 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1989-09-25 launch

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      Atlas G Centaur launched on the USA 46 (FLTSATCOM 8) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1989-09-27 launch

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

    20. 1989-09-27 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2046 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1989-09-28 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Interkosmos-24 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1989-09-28 launch

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

    23. 1989-10-03 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2047 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1989-10-17 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2048 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1989-10-18 launch

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      Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.

    26. 1989-10-24 launch

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

    27. 1989-10-27 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L) launched on the Intelsat 602 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1989-11-17 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2049 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1989-11-18 launch

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      Delta 5920-8 launched on the COBE flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1989-11-23 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the USA 48 (ORION 2) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1989-11-23 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2050 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1989-11-24 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2051 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Partial launch success/failure.

    33. 1989-11-26 launch

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      Proton-K launched on the Kvant-2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1989-11-28 launch

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

    35. 1989-11-30 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2052 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1989-12-01 launch

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      Proton-K/D-1 launched on the Granat flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1989-12-15 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1989-12-20 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress M-2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1989-12-27 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2053 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1989-12-27 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2054 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

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