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1980 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1980 |
| image | EC Voyager Saturn.jpg |
| caption | Voyager 1 flew past Saturn on 12 November |
| first | 9 January |
| last | 26 December |
| total | 108 |
| success | 102 |
| failed | 6 |
| partial | 0 |
| catalogued | 105 |
| maidens | Mu-3S |
| retired | Thor DSV-2U |
| firstlaunch | |
| firsttrav | |
| orbital | 6 |
| totalcrew | 13 |
The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.
Launches
January
|- |d-date = 23 January |d-date = 22 October 1992}} |d-date = 6 February |d-date = 5 November 2002}}
February
|- |d-date = 21 February |d-date = 30 October 1982}} Achieved: Highly elliptical |d-date = 12 February}} |d-date = 2 December 1989 |d-date = 12 May 1983 |d-date = 5 March Achieved: Transfer
March
|- |d-date = 2 April 2021 |d-time = 16:08 |d-date = 18 March |d-date = 1 October 1981 |d-date = 3 March 1983}} |d-date = 26 April |d-time = 07:40
April
|- |d-date = 12 April |d-date = 3 June |d-time = 15:06 |d-date = 26 December 1997}} |d-date = 28 April |d-date = 20 April 1981 Achieved: Low Earth |d-date = 29 September}} |d-date = 22 May |d-time = 01:30 |d-date = 4 October |d-date = 12 June
May
|- |d-date = 22 May |d-date = 18 July 1989}} |d-date = 26 May |d-date = 5 June |d-span=7 |o-span=7 |d-date = 23 May |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit }} |d-date = 31 July |d-time = 15:15 |d-date = 11 June |d-date = 3 May 1981
June
|- |d-date = 29 April 2002}} |d-date = 9 June |d-time = 12:39 |d-date = 20 June |d-date = 1 January 1982 |d-date = 24 September |d-date = 14 September |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 1 May 1981 |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 3 May 1981 |d-date = 28 May 1981 |d-date = 20 May 1981 |d-date = 22 June 1981 |d-date = 18 June 1981 |d-date = 27 September 1981 |d-date = 22 June 1981 |d-date = 18 June 1981 |d-date = 17 June 1981 |d-date = September 1981 |d-date = 14 June 1981 |d-date = 10 June 1981 |d-date = 14 June 1981 |d-date = 20 June 1981 |d-date = 13 June 1981 |d-date = 26 June Current: Graveyard |d-date = 1 March 1992}} |d-date = 6 March 1981 |d-date = 24 July |d-date = 7 September |d-date = 24 October |d-date = 5 March 1981 |d-date = 14 October |d-date = 1 April 1991}} |d-date = 10 July |d-date = 19 July |d-time = 02:30
July
|- |d-date = 23 July |d-date = 15 July}} |d-date = 28 July |d-date = 20 May 1981 |d-date = 11 October |d-time = 09:49 |d-date = 7 August |d-date = 14 August |d-date = 23 February 1981 |d-date = 11 October |d-date = 14 October |d-date = 31 October |d-date = 24 October |d-date = 24 October |d-date = 26 October |d-date = 3 November |d-date = 3 November |d-date = 4 November |d-date = 10 November |d-date = 27 November |d-date = 18 November |d-date = 18 November |d-date = 23 November |d-date = 3 December |d-date = 19 November |d-date = 17 November |d-date = 17 November |d-date = 16 November |d-date = 23 November |d-date = 14 December |d-date = 13 December
August
|- |d-date = 26 August |d-date = 14 January 2002}} |d-date = 4 September |d-date = 24 September |d-date = 21 January 1981
September
|- |d-date = 17 September Current: Graveyard |d-date = 26 September |d-time = 15:54 |d-date = 3 October |d-date = 4 October |d-date = 9 October |d-date = 11 December |d-time = 14:45
October
|- |d-date = 17 October |d-date = 23 October |d-date = 12 May 1983 |d-date = 30 October |d-date = 13 November |d-date = 12 December
November
|- |d-date = 20 June 1982 |d-date = 26 November Current: Graveyard |d-date = 18 November 1995}} |d-date = 27 April 2011}} |d-date = 10 December |d-time = 09:26
December
|- |d-date = 15 December |d-span=5 |o-span=5 |d-date = 9 December |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit}} |d-date = 30 October 1982}} |d-date = 28 December Magnetospheric |d-date = 28 December 1984}} |}
Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November | Voyager 1 | Flyby of Saturn | Closest approach: 124000 km |
Orbital launch statistics
By country
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| failures | style="text-align:left;" | style="text-align:left;" | style="text-align:left;" | style="text-align:left;" | style="text-align:left;" | World | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 89 | 87 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
By rocket
By family
| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 63 | 61 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| /Delta | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Includes N-I | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
By type
| Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 1 | France | Ariane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atlas E/F | Atlas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Atlas-Centaur | Atlas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delta 3000 | Thor/Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kosmos | R-12/R-14 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molniya | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mu-3 | Japan | Mu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| N | Japan/ | Thor/Delta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton | Universal Rocket | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SLV | SLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Soyuz | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Titan III | Titan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tsyklon | R-36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thor DSV-2U | Thor/Delta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired | |
| Vostok | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By configuration
| Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 1 | France | Ariane 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atlas E/F-MSD | Atlas E/F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Retired | |
| Atlas E/F-SGS-1 | Atlas E/F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired | |
| Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS | Atlas E/F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | Atlas-Centaur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delta 3910 | Delta 3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delta 3910/PAM-D | Delta 3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delta 3914 | Delta 3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kosmos-3M | Kosmos | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N-I | Japan/ | N | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mu-3S | Japan | Mu-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Molniya-M/2BL | Molniya | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molniya-M/ML | Molniya | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molniya-M/SO-L | Molniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SLV | SLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Proton-K/DM | Proton | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Soyuz-U | Soyuz | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Titan III(34)B | Titan III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Titan III(23)D | Titan III | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thor DSV-2U | Thor DSV-2U | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired | |
| Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vostok-2M | Vostok | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By launch site
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cape Canaveral | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kourou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kagoshima | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kapustin Yar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plesetsk | 64 | 62 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sriharikota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tanegashima | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vandenberg | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| achieved | Remarks | ||||
| Low Earth | 82 | 80 | 2 | 1 | |
| Medium Earth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geosynchronous/transfer | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Including highly elliptical (HEO) and Molniya orbits, one launch to Molniya orbit ended up in HEO |
References
Footnotes
References
- McDowell, Jonathan. (3 April 2021). "One of the NRO PARCAE 3 signals intelligence sats launched in March 1980 reentered east of Christchurch, New Zealand on Apr 2 at 1608 UTC.".
- Wade, Mark. "Tiros N".
- Wade, Mark. "NOSS".
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