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1979 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1979 |
| image | Skylab and Earth Limb - GPN-2000-001055.jpg |
| caption | The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July |
| first | 11 January |
| last | 28 December |
| total | 110 |
| success | |
| failed | |
| partial | |
| catalogued | 106 |
| maidens | Ariane 1 |
| Scout G-1 | |
| SLV | |
| retired | Delta 2000 |
| Mu-3C | |
| Scout D-1 | |
| firsttrav | Bulgaria |
| orbital | 2 |
| totalcrew | 4 |
Scout G-1 SLV Mu-3C Scout D-1
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
Launches
January
|- |d-date = 20 January 1979 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown Technology demo |d-date = In orbit |d-date = unknown
February
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 16 February 1979 |d-date = 11 April 1989 |d-date = 16 April 1985 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 13 September 1985 |d-date = 13 June |d-time = 16:18:26 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
March
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
April
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = 12 April |d-time = 16:35 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 23 March 2000 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
May
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
June
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 19 August |d-time = 12:29 |d-date = In orbit}} |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
July
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 27 July |d-span =3 |o-span =3}}{{TLS-PL |d-date = |d-time = |d-span =inherit |o-span =inherit |d-date = |d-time = |d-span =inherit |o-span =inherit |d-date = unknown
August
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 10 August 1979 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
September
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
October
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 12 October 1979 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 11 June 1980 |d-date = unknown
November
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown
December
|- |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |d-date = 21:47, 25 March 1980 |d-date = 27 November 1989 |d-date = unknown |d-date = unknown |}
Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March | Voyager 1 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 280000 km |
| 9 July | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 645000 km |
| 1 September | Pioneer 11 | Flyby of Saturn | Closest approach: 20900 km |
EVAs
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August | |||||
| 14:16 | 1 hour | ||||
| 23 minutes | 15:39 | Salyut 6 | |||
| PE-3 | USSRValery Ryumin | ||||
| USSRVladimir Lyakhov | Removed the KRT-10 antenna that had failed to separate from Salyut and had fouled the aft docking port target. After disposing of the antenna, Ryumin collected samples of damaged insulation and a retrieved a micrometeoroid detector. |
References
Footnotes
References
- "Cosmos 1070". [[NASA]].
- "SAGE". [[NASA]].
- Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
- Portree, David S. F.. (March 1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage". NASA.
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