The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.
Launches
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December
Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks 12 November Voyager 1 Flyby of Saturn Closest approach:
Orbital launch statistics By country
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 89 87 2 0 15 12 3 0 World
By rocket
By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks 1 0 1 0 8 6 2 0 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 RemarksAriane 1 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 Mu 1 1 0 0 N / 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 RetiredVostok 6 6 0 0
By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 1 Ariane 1 1 0 1 0 Atlas E/F-MSD Atlas E/F 2 1 1 0 RetiredAtlas E/F-SGS-1 Atlas E/F 2 2 0 0 RetiredAtlas 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 / N 1 1 0 0 Mu-3S Mu-3 1 1 0 0 Maiden flightMolniya-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 RetiredTsyklon-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 RemarksBaikonur 24 24 0 0 Cape Canaveral 6 6 0 0 Kourou 1 0 1 0 Kagoshima 1 1 0 0 Kapustin Yar 1 1 0 0 Plesetsk 64 62 2 0 Sriharikota 1 1 0 0 Tanegashima 1 1 0 0 Vandenberg 9 6 3 0
By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved Accidentallyachieved RemarksLow 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
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