1982 in spaceflight

1982 in spaceflight
National firsts
Space traveller	France
Rockets
Maiden flights	Titan 34D
Retirements	Titan IIIC; Titan IIID
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	16

The following is an outline of 1982 in spaceflight.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks

7 January 15:38^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]
7 January 15:38^[1]	Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
14 January 07:51^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]
14 January 07:51^[1]	Kosmos 1333 (Parus)		Low Earth	Communications Navigation	In orbit	Successful
16 January 01:55^[1]	Delta 3910/PAM-D		Cape Canaveral LC-17A
16 January 01:55^[1]	Satcom 4		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
21 January 19:30	Titan III(24)B		Vandenberg SLC-4W
21 January 19:30	OPS 2849 (KH-852)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	23 May	Successful
29 January 11:00^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]
29 January 11:00^[1]	Kosmos 1335 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Calibration	5 April 1987	Successful

11 February 01:11^[1]	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur Site 90
	Kosmos 1337 (US-PM1)		Low Earth	ELINT	25 July	Spacecraft failure
	Satellite propulsion or avionics system failed
17 February 21:56^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]
17 February 21:56^[1]	Kosmos 1339 (Tsikada)		Low Earth	Navigation	in orbit?	Successful
26 February 00:04:44^[1]	Delta 3910/PAM-D		Cape Canaveral LC-17A
26 February 00:04:44^[1]	Westar 4		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful

4 March	Kosmos-3M		Kapustin Yar Site 107/1^[1]
4 March	Taifun-2		Intended: Low Earth	Calibration	4 March	Launch failure
5 March 00:23	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR		Cape Canaveral LC-36A
5 March 00:23	Intelsat 504	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
6 March 19:25	Titan III(23)C		Cape Canaveral LC-40
	OPS 8701 (DSP-10)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
	Final flight of Titan IIIC
22 March 16:00	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-3	NASA	Low Earth	Development test flight	30 March 16:04	Successful
	Development Flight Instrumentation	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Monitor orbiter performance		Successful
	OSTA-1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Remote sensing		Successful
	Manned orbital flight with two astronauts Only Shuttle flight to land at White Sands Space Harbor Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-1)
24 March 19:47^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1^[1]
24 March 19:47^[1]	Kosmos 1344 (Parus)		Low Earth	Communications Navigation	In orbit	Successful
25 March 09:50^[1]	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32/1^[1]
25 March 09:50^[1]	Meteor-2 No.8		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
31 March 09:00^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]
31 March 09:00^[1]	Kosmos 1345 (Tselina-O)		Low Earth	ELINT	27 September 1989	Successful

8 April 00:15^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]
8 April 00:15^[1]	Kosmos 1349 (Parus)		Low Earth	Communication Navigation	In orbit	Successful
10 April 06:47^[1]	Delta 3910/PAM-D		Cape Canaveral LC-17A
	INSAT-1A	ISRO	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Attitude control system malfunction, ceased operations in September 1983^[2]
19 April 19:45:00^[1]	Proton-K		Baikonur Site 200/40
	Salyut 7 (DOS-6)		Low Earth	Space station	7 February 1991	Successful
	Final space station launched as part of the Salyut programme
21 April 01:40^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Kapustin Yar Site 107/1
21 April 01:40^[1]	Kosmos 1351 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Calibration	14 March 1983	Successful
28 April 02:52^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1^[1]
28 April 02:52^[1]	Kosmos 1354 (Strela-2)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
29 April 09:55^[1]	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur Site 90
29 April 09:55^[1]	Kosmos 1355 (US-PM1)		Low Earth	ELINT	7 March 1984	Successful

6 May 18:07^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/2
	Kosmos 1357 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1358 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1359 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1360 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1361 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1362 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1363 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 1364 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
11 May 18:35	Titan III(23)D		Vandenberg SLC-4E
	OPS 5642 (KH-9-17)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	5 December	Successful
	OPS 6553 (SSF-D)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
13 May 09:58	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz T-5		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EO-1	27 August 15:04	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts, first mission to Salyut 7
14 May 19:39	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur Site 90
14 May 19:39	Kosmos 1365 (US-A)		Low Earth	Radar imaging	19 October	Successful
23 May 05:58	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
23 May 05:58	Progress 13		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	6 June 00:05	Successful

1 June 04:37	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132 or LC133
1 June 04:37	Kosmos-1371 (875 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	comsat	in orbit?	Successful
1 June 13:58	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur LC 90
1 June 13:58	Kosmos-1372 (3800 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.1 degrees	Reconnaissance	9 September 1982	Successful
3 June 21:30	Kosmos-3MP		Kapustin Yar LC 107
3 June 21:30	BOR-4 (1074 kg)	military	fractional LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees	Test	3 June 1982	Successful
6 June 17:10	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132 or LC133
6 June 17:10	Kosmos-1375 (750 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Anti-satellite weapon target	18 June 1982 (destroyed in orbit)	Successful
9 June 00:24	Delta 3910		Cape Canaveral LC-17A
9 June 00:24	Westar 5 (1108kg)	Commercial	GTO	Communications satellite	unknown	Successful
10 June 17:37	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk LC 32
10 June 17:37	Kosmos-1378 (2500 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.5 degrees	ELINT	in orbit as in 2012	Successful
18 June 11:04	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur LC 90
18 June 11:04	Kosmos-1379 (1400 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Anti-satellite weapon	18 June 1982, destroyed while in orbit	Successful, destroyed Kosmos-1375
18 June 11:58	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
	Kosmos-1380 (810 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees	comsat and navigation	27 June 1982	Partial launch failure
	Second stage malfunction during first burn resulted in low transfer orbit apogee. Satellite was deployed in lower than planned orbit.
24 June 16:29	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz T-6		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EP-1	2 July 14:20	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first French space traveller
27 June 15:00	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-4	NASA	Low Earth	Developmental test flight	4 July 16:09	Successful
	Classified	US Air Force			In orbit	Successful
	Getaway Special	Utah State	Low Earth		In orbit	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with two astronauts, final developmental test flight
29 June 21:45	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
29 June 21:45	Kosmos-1383 (810 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees	navigation, technology	in orbit?	Successful

7 July 09:47	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
7 July 09:47	Kosmos-1386(Parus class)	military	LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees	navigation, Communication	in orbit	Successful
10 July 09:57	Soyuz-U		Baikonur
10 July 09:57	Progress 14		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	13 August 01:29	Successful
16 July 17:59	Delta 3920		Vandenberg SLC-2W
16 July 17:59	Landsat 4 (1972kg)	Civilian	SSO	Satellite imagery	in orbit as in 2007	Successful
21 July 06:31	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
21 July 06:31	Kosmos-1388 - Kosmos 1395(Strela-1M class)	military	LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communication	in orbit	Successful
29 July 19:40	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
29 July 19:40	Kosmos-1397(Romb class)	military	LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees	Calibration	in orbit	Successful

19 August 17:11	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz T-7		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EP-2	10 December 19:02	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
26 August 23:10	Delta 3920		Cape Canaveral LC-17A
26 August 23:10	Anik D1 (1238kg)	Commercial	GTO	Communications satellite	unknown	Successful
30 August 10:06	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur LC 90
30 August 10:06	Kosmos 1402 (3800 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees	Reconnaissance	23 January 1983 (bus), 7 February 1983 (nuclear core)	Successful
30 August unknown	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
30 August unknown	not assigned	military	none	unknown	30 August	Failure to orbit

3 September 05:00	N-I		Osaki LC
3 September 05:00	Kiku 4 (ETS 3) (385 kg)	civilian	LEO, inclination 44.6 degrees	unknown	unknown	Successful
4 September 17:50	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur LC 90
4 September 17:50	Kosmos 1405 (3000 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees	ELINT	5 February 1984	Successful
9 September 02:12	Ariane 1		Kourou ELA		Arianespace
	MARECS B	ESA	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	9 September	Launch Failure
	Sirio 2		Intended: Geosynchronous		9 September	Launch Failure
	Third stage turbopump malfunction
9 September 15:12	Conestoga I		Matagorda Island		Space Services Inc.
	Test payload	Space Services Inc.	Suborbital	Test flight	9 September	Successful
	First private rocket to reach space. Apogee: ~ 309 kilometers (192 miles)^[3]^[4]
16 September ??:??	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk LC 32
16 September ??:??	Kosmos-1408 (2500 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees	ELINT	in orbit as in 2012	Successful
18 September 04:58	Soyuz-U		Baikonur
18 September 04:58	Progress 15		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	16 October 17:06	Successful
24 September ??:??	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk LC 32
24 September ??:??	Kosmos-1410 (2200 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees	Geodesy	in orbit as in 2012	Successful
28 September 23:17	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D		Cape Canaveral LC-36B
28 September 23:17	Intelsat 505	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful

2 October ??:??	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur LC 90
2 October ??:??	Kosmos 1412 (3800 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 64.8 degrees	Reconnaissance	4 December 1982	Successful
19 October ??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
19 October ??:??	Kosmos-1417(Parus class)	military	LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees	navigation, Communication	in orbit	Successful
21 October 01:40^[1]	Kosmos-3M		Kapustin Yar LC 107
21 October 01:40^[1]	Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B class)	military	LEO	Radar target	30 September 1983	Successful
28 October ??:??	Delta 3924		Cape Canaveral LC-17A
28 October ??:??	Aurora 1 (Satcom 5) (1102kg)	Commercial	GTO	Communications satellite	unknown	Successful
30 October 04:05	Titan 34D/IUS		Cape Canaveral LC-40
	OPS-9945 (DSCS II F-16)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	DSCS III A-1	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Maiden flight of Titan 34D and Inertial Upper Stage
31 October 11:20	Soyuz-U		Baikonur
31 October 11:20	Progress 16		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	14 December 17:17	Successful

11 November ??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
11 November ??:??	Kosmos 1420(Strela-2 class)	military	LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communication	in orbit	Successful
11 November 12:19	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-5	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	16 November 14:33	Successful
	SBS-3	SBS	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Anik C3	Telesat Canada	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Getaway Special	West Germany	Low Earth	Microgravity research	16 November	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with four astronauts; First "operational" Shuttle flight Anik C3 retired 18 June 1997
17 November 21:22	Titan IIID		Vandenberg SLC-4E
	OPS-9627 (KH-11-5)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	13 August 1985	Successful
	Final flight of Titan IIID
24 November ??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
24 November ??:??	not assigned	military	none	Communication	24 November	Failure to orbit

21 December 02:38	Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS		Vandenberg SLC-3W
21 December 02:38	DMSP 5D-2 F6	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
29 December ??:??	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk LC132
29 December ??:??	Kosmos 1427(Tafun-1B class)	military	LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Radar target	5 October 1989	Successful

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
1 March	Venera 13	landed on Venus
5 March	Venera 14	landed on Venus
30 March	ISEE-3/ICE	1st flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 19,570 kilometres (12,160 mi)
23 April	ISEE-3/ICE	2nd flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 21,137 kilometres (13,134 mi)
27 September	ISEE-3/ICE	3rd flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 22,790 kilometres (14,160 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
30 July 02:39	2 hours 33 minutes	05:12	Salyut 7 EO-1	Anatoly Berezovoy Valentin Lebedev	Performing the first EVA from Salyut 7, Lebedev anchored himself with a foot restraint, while Berezovoy assisted from the hatch. After collecting and placing samples on the exterior surface of the spacecraft, Lebedev tested methods for assembly and disassembly work in space, including the Istok panel experiment of turning bolts with a special wrench.

References

Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
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Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
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Generic references:

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Insat 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
↑ "The launch of Conestoga 1". Space Services Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
↑ Wade, Mark. "Matagorda Island". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

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[LL-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

[2] Krebs, Gunter. "Insat 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

[3] "The launch of Conestoga 1". Space Services Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[4] Wade, Mark. "Matagorda Island". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

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