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1980 in spaceflight
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| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 9 January |
| Last | 26 December |
| Total | 108 |
| Successes | 102 |
| Failures | 6 |
| Partial failures | 0 |
| Catalogued | 105 |
| National firsts | |
| Orbital launch |  India |
| Space traveller |  Hungary Vietnam Cuba |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Mu-3S |
| Retirements | Thor DSV-2U |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 6 |
| Total travellers | 13 |
The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.
Launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
January | |||||||
| 9 January 12:15 |
 Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Site 43/3
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| Kosmos 1149 (Zenit-6)
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Low Earth | Optical imaging | 23 January | Successful | |||
| 11 January 12:28 |
Molniya-M/ML
|
Plesetsk Site 41/1
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| Molniya 1-46
|
Molniya | Communications | 22 October 1992 | Successful | |||
| 18 January 01:26:00 |
 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR
|
Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|
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| OPS 6293 (FLTSATCOM 3)
|
US Navy | Geostationary | Communication | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 14 January 19:49 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Site 132/2
|
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| Kosmos 1150 (Parus)
|
Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 23 January 07:00 |
Tsyklon-3
|
Plesetsk Site 32/1
|
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| Kosmos 1151 (Okean-E No.2)
|
Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Prototype oceanography satellite, not equipped with radar | |||||||
| 24 January 15:45 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Site 43/3
|
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| Kosmos 1152 (Yantar-2K No.928)
|
Low Earth | Optical imaging | 6 February | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
| 25 January 20:36 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Site 132/2
|
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| Kosmos 1153 (Parus)
|
Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 30 January 12:51 |
Vostok-2M
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
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| Kosmos 1154 (Tselina-D)
|
Low Earth | SIGINT | 5 November 2002 | Successful | |||
February | |||||||
| 7 February 11:00 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
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| Kosmos 1155 (Zenit-6)
|
Low Earth | Optical imaging | 21 February | Successful | |||
| 7 February 21:10 |
Titan III(23)D
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
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| OPS 2581 (KH-11)
|
NRO | Low Earth | Optical imaging | 30 October 1982 | Successful | ||
| 9 February 23:08 |
Atlas E/F-SGS-1
|
Vandenberg SLC-3E
|
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| OPS 5117 (Navstar 5)
|
Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 11 February 23:32 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Site 132/2
|
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| Kosmos 1156 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1157 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1158 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1159 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1160 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1161 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1162 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Kosmos 1163 (Strela-1M)
|
Low Earth | Communication | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 12 February 00:53 |
Molniya-M/2BL
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
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| Kosmos 1164 (Oko)
|
Intended: Molniya Achieved: Highly elliptical |
Missile defence | 12 February | Launch failure | |||
| Upper stage malfunction | |||||||
| 14 February 15:57 |
Delta 3910
|
Cape Canaveral LC-17A
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| SolarMax
|
NASA | Low Earth | Solar | 2 December 1989 | Successful | ||
| Spacecraft's attitude control system malfunctioned ten months after launch, subsequently repaired by Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-41-C in April 1984 | |||||||