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This graph shows the number of civilian spacecraft launched every year since 1957 by the Soviet Union/Russia (in red), the United States (in blue), other governments (in gray: Europe, Japan, China, India, Canada, Israel and others) and by non-governmental sponsors (in green: private corporations and amateurs/students). It shows an average of 50 spacecraft launched yearly with a gradual augmentation over time (of some 30 launchs in the 1960s up to 70 at present time). Note that there was a peak of about 100 spacecraft/year at the end of the 1990s.
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1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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# Spacecraft Country ranks Launch date . Mission
1 9 5 7 (3 Civilian spacecrafts in 3 missions = 100 %)
1) Sputnik 1st Soviet 4 Oct 57 Technology
2) Sputnik 2 2nd Soviet 3 Nov 57 Biology
3) Vanguard TV-3 1st American 6 Dec 57 Technology
1 9 5 8 (21 Civilian spacecrafts in 28 missions = 75 %)
4) Explorer 1 2nd American 1 Feb 58 Earth/Space Science
5) Vanguard TV-3bu 3rd American 5 Feb 58 Technology
6) Explorer 2 4th American 5 Mar 58 Earth/Space Science
7) Vanguard I 5th American 17 Mar 58 Earth/Space Science
8) Explorer 3 6th American 26 Mar 58 Earth/Space Science
9) "Sputnik" 3rd Soviet 27 Apr 58 Earth/Space Science
10) Vanguard TV-5 7th American 29 Apr 58 Earth/Space Science
11) Sputnik 3 4th Soviet 15 May 58 Earth/Space Science
12) Vanguard SLV-1 8th American 28 May 58 Earth/Space Science
13) Vanguard SLV-2 9th American 26 Jun 58 Earth/Space Science
14) Explorer 4 10th American 26 Jul 58 Earth/Space Science
15) Able 1 / "Pioneer 0" 11th American 17 Aug 58 Planetary Exploration (1st)
(1st Moon Attempt)
16) Explorer 5 12th American 24 Aug 58 Earth/Space Science
17) "Luna" 5th Soviet 23 Sep 58 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
18) Vanguard SLV-3 13th American 26 Sep 58 Earth/Space Science
19) Able 2 / Pîoneer 1 14th American 11 Oct 58 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
20) "Luna" 6th Soviet 11 Oct 58 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
21) Beacon 1 15th American 23 Oct 58 Earth/Space Science
22) Pioneer 2 16th American 8 Nov 58 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
23) "Luna" 7th Soviet 4 Dec 58 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
24) Able 3 / Pioneer 3 17th American 6 Dec 58 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
1 9 5 9 (14 Civilian spacecrafts in 24 missions = 58 %)
25) "Luna 1" 8th Soviet 2 Jan 59 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
26) Vanguard II 18th American 17 Feb 59 Earth/Space Science
27) Pioneer 4 19th American 3 Mar 59 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
28) Vanguard SLV 5 20th American 14 Apr 59 Earth/Space Science
29) "Luna" 9th Soviet 18 Jun 59 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
30) Vanguard SLV-6 21st American 22 Jun 59 Earth/Space Science
31) Explorer S-1 22nd American 16 Jul 59 Earth/Space Science
32) Explorer 6 23rd American 7 Aug 59 Earth/Space Science
33) Beacon 2 24th American 15 Aug 59 Earth/Space Science
34) "Luna 2" 10th Soviet 12 Sep 59 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
35) Vanguard III 25th American 18 Sep 59 Earth/Space Science
36) "Luna 3" 11th Soviet 4 Oct 59 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
37) Explorer 7 26th American 13 Oct 59 Earth/Space Science
38) Pioneer P-3 27th American 26 Nov 59 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
1 9 6 0 (22 Civilian spacecrafts in 44 missions = 50 %)
39) Pioneer 5 28th American 11 Mar 60 Planetary Exploration
(1st Venus Attempt)
40) Explorer S-46 / IE-B 29th American 23 Mar 60 Earth/Space Science
41) Tiros 1 30th American 1 Apr 60 Meteorology (1st)
42) Luna 12th Soviet 15 Apr 60 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
43) Luna 13th Soviet 19 Apr 60 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
44) Echo A-10 31st American 13 May 60 Communications (R&D) 
45) Korabl Sputnik 1 14th Soviet 15 May 60 Piloted Spaceship Test (1st)
46) Korabl Sputnik 15th Soviet 28 Jul 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
47) Mercury-Atlas 1 / MA-1 32nd American 29 Jul 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
48) Echo 1 33rd American 12 Aug 60 Communications (R&D)
49) Korabl Sputnik 2 16th Soviet 19 Aug 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
50) Pioneer P-30 34th American 25 Sep 60 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
51) Mars 17th Soviet 10 Oct 60 Planetary Exploration
(1st Mars Attempt)
52) Mars 18th Soviet 14 Oct 60 Planetary Exploration (Mars)
53) Explorer 8 35th American 3 Nov 60 Earth/Space Science
54) Mercury-Redstone 1 / MR-1 36th American 21 Nov 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
55) Tiros 2 37th American 23 Nov 60 Meteorology
56) Korabl Sputnik 3 19th Soviet 1 Dec 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
57) Explorer S-56 38th American 4 Dec 60 Earth/Space Science
58) Pioneer P-31 39th American 15 Dec 60 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
59) Mercury-Redstone 1A / MR-1A 40th American 19 Dec 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
60) Korabl Sputnik 20th Soviet 22 Dec 60 Piloted Spaceship Test
1 9 6 1 (26 Civilian satellites in 60 missions = 43 %)
61) Mercury-Redstone 2 / MR-2 41st American 31 Jan 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
62) Venera 21st Soviet 4 Feb 61 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
63) Venera 1 22nd Soviet 12 Feb 61 Planetary Exploration
(First Venus Flyby)
64) Explorer 9 42nd American 16 Feb 6 Earth/Space Science
65) Mercury-Atlas 2 / MA-2 43rd American 21 Feb 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
66) Explorer S-45 44th American 25 Feb 61 Earth/Space Science
67) Korabl Sputnik 4 23rd Soviet 9 Mar 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
68) Korabl Sputnik 5 24th Soviet 25 Mar 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
69) Explorer 10 45th American 25 Mar 61 Earth/Space Science
70) Vostok 25th Soviet 12 Apr 61 Piloted Spaceship
(1st Man in Space)
71) Mercury-Atlas 3 / MA-3 46th American 25 Apr 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
72) Explorer 11 47th American 27 Apr 61 Earth/Space Science
73) Mercury 3 (MR-3 / 
Mercury-Redstone 3)
48th American 5 May 61 Piloted Spaceship
74) Explorer S-45A 49th American 24 May 61 Earth/Space Science
75) Explorer S-55 50th American 30 Jun 61 Earth/Space Science
76) Tiros 3 51st American 12 Jul 61 Meteorology
77) Mercury 4 (MR-3 / 
Mercury-Redstone 4)
52nd American 21 Jul 61 Piloted Spaceship
78) Vostok 2 26th Soviet 6 Aug 61 Piloted Spaceship
79) Explorer 12 / EPE-A 53rd American 16 Aug 61 Earth/Space Science
80) Ranger 1 54th American 23 Aug 61 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
81) Explorer 13 55th American 25 Aug 61 Earth/Space Science
82) Mercury-Atlas 4 MA-4 56th American 13 Sep 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
83) Mercury-Scout 1 / MS-1 57th American 1 Nov 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
84) Ranger 2 58th American 18 Nov 61 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
85) Mercury-Atlas 5 / MA-5 59th American 29 Nov 61 Piloted Spaceship Test
86) OSCAR I 1st amateur 12 Dec 61 Radio-Amateur (1st)
1 9 6 2 (32 Civilian satellites in 96 missions = 33 %)
87) Ranger 3 60th American 26 Jan 62 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
88) Tiros 4 61st American 8 Feb 62 Meteorology
89) Mercury 6 (MA-6 / 
Mercury-Atlas 6)
62nd American 20 Feb 62 Piloted Spaceship
90) OSO 1 63rd American 7 Mar 62 Solar Observatory (1st)
91) Ranger 4 64th American 23 Apr 62 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
92) Kosmos 3 (2MS 1) 27th Soviet 24 Apr 62 Earth/Space Science
(Radiations studies)
93) Ariel 1 / UK 1 1st European 26 Apr 62 Earth/Space Science
-- AC-1 / Atlas-Centaur 1 n/a 8 May 62 Technolog (Launcher test)
94) Mercury 7 (MA-7 / 
Mercury-Atlas 7)
65th American 24 May 62 Piloted Spaceship
95) Kosmos 5 (2MS 2) 28th Soviet 28 May 62 Earth/Space Science
(Radiations studies)
96) OSCAR II 2nd amateur 2 Jun 62 Radio-Amateur
97) Tiros 5 66th American 19 Jun 62 Meteorology
98) Telstar 1 1st commercial 10 Jul 62 Communications
(1st Commercial comsat)
99) Mariner 1 67th American 22 Jul 62 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
100) Vostok 3 29th Soviet 11 Aug 62 Piloted Spaceship
101) Vostok 4 30th Soviet 12 Aug 62 Piloted Spaceship
102) Kosmos 8 (DS-K-8 1) 31st Soviet 18 Aug 62 Earth/Space Science
(Micrometeoroids studies)
103) Venera 32nd Soviet 25 Aug 62 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
104) Mariner 2 68th American 27 Aug 62 Planetary Exploration
(Venus, 1st to successfully
flyby another planet)
105) Venera 33rd Soviet 1 Sep 62 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
106) Venera 34th Soviet 10 Sep 62 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
107) Tiros 6 69th American 18 Sep 62 Meteorology
108) Alouette 1 1st Canadian 29 Sep 62 Earth/Space Science
109) TAVE 70th American 29 Sep 62 Earth/Space Science
(Radiations belts studies?)
110) Explorer 14 / EPE B 71st American 2 Oct 62 Earth/Space Science
(Sun studies)
111) Mercury 8 (MA-8 / 
Mercury-Atlas 8)
72nd American 3 Oct 62 Piloted Spaceship
112) Ranger 5 73rd American 18 Oct 62 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
113) Mars 35th Soviet 24 Oct 62 Planetary Exploration (Mars)
114) Explorer 15 / EPE C / SERB 74th American 27 Oct 62 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiations studies)
115) Mars 1 36th Soviet 1 Nov 62 Planetary Exploration (Mars)
116) Mars 37th Soviet 4 Nov 62 Planetary Exploration (Mars)
117) Relay 1 75th American 13 Dec 62 Communications (R&D)
118) Explorer 16 76th American 16 Dec 62 Earth/Space Science
(Micrometeoroids studies)
1 9 6 3 (20 Civilian satellites in 97 missions = 21 %)
119) Luna 38th Soviet 4 Jan 63 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
120) Luna 39th Soviet 3 Feb 63 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
121) Syncom 1 77th American 14 Feb 63 Communications  (R&D)
122) Luna 4 40th Soviet 2 Apr 63 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
123) Explorer 17 / AE-A 78th American 3 Apr 63 Earth/Space Science
124) Kosmos 14 (Omega-1 1) 41st Soviet 13 Apr 63 Meteorology (R&D)
125) Telstar 2 2nd commercial 7 May 63 Communications
126) Mercury 9 (MA-9 / 
Mercury-Atlas 9)
79th American 15 May 63 Piloted Spaceship
127) Flashlight 80th American 15 May 63 Technology
(Rendezvous target)
128) Kosmos (DS-MT 1) 42nd Soviet 1 Jun 63 Astronomy (1st)
(Cosmic rays studies)
129) Vostok 5 43rd Soviet 14 Jun 63 Piloted Spaceship
130) Vostok 6 44th Soviet 16 Jun 63 Piloted Spaceship
131) Tiros 7 81st American 19 Jun 63 Meteorology
132) Syncom 2 82nd American 26 Jul 63 Communications
(Experimental comsat, 
1st geosynchronous satellite)
133) Kosmos 21 (3MV-1 1) 45th Soviet 11 Nov 63 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
134) Explorer 18 / IMP A 83rd American 27 Nov 63 Earth/Space Science
(Deep space radiations data)
135) AC-2 / Atlas-Centaur 2 84th American 27 Nov 63 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
136) Kosmos 23 (Omega-1 2) 46th Soviet 13 Dec 63 Meteorology (R&D)
137) Explorer 19 / AD-A 85th American 19 Dec 63 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric density studies)
138) Tiros 8 86th American 21 Dec 63 Meteorology
1 9 6 4 (42 Civilian satellites in 127 missions = 33 %)
139) Relay 2 87th American 21 Jan 64 Communications
(Experimental comsat)
140) Echo 2 88th American 25 Jan 64 Communications
(Passive comsat)
141) Saturn SA-5 89th American 29 Jan 64 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
142) Elektron 1 (2D 1) 47th Soviet 30 Jan 64 Earth/Space Science
(Van Allen belts studies)
143) Elektron 2 (2D 2) 48th Soviet 30 Jan 64 Earth/Space Science
(Van Allen belts studies)
144) Ranger 6 90th American 30 Jan 64 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
145) Zond 49th Soviet 19 Feb 64 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
146) Beacon Explorer A 91st American 19 Mar 64 Earth/Space Science
147) Luna 50th Soviet 21 Mar 64 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
148) Kosmos 27 (3MV-1 3  51st Soviet 27 Mar 64 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
149) Ariel 2 / UK-C 2nd European 27 Mar 64 Astronomy
(Galactic radio noise)
150) Zond 1 52nd Soviet 2 Apr 64 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
151) Gemini 1 92nd American 8 Apr 64 Piloted Spaceship Test
152) Luna 53rd Soviet 20 Apr 64 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
153) Apollo SA-6 93rd American 28 May 64 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
154) Molniya-1 No 2 54th Soviet 4 Jun 64 Communications
(1st Molniya attempt)
155) Kosmos 31 (DS-MT 2) 55th Soviet 6 Jun 64 Astronomy
156) AC-3 / Atlas-Centaur 3 94th American 30 Jun 64 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
157) Elektron 3 56th Soviet 10 Jul 64 Earth/Space Science
(Van Allen belts studies)
158) Elektron 4 57th Soviet 10 Jul 64 Earth/Space Science
(Van Allen belts studies)
159) Ranger 7 95th American 28 Jul 64 Planetary Exploration
(Moon, 1st successful Ranger)
160) Syncom 3 96th American 19 Aug 64 Communications
(Experimental comsat)
161) Kosmos 41 (Molniya-1) 58th Soviet 22 Aug 64 Communications
(1st successful launch
of a Molniya comsat)
162) Explorer 20 / IE-A / TOPSI 97th American 25 Aug 64 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric research)
163) Nimbus 1 98th American 28 Aug 64 Meteorology
164) Kosmos 44 (Meteor 1) 59th Soviet 28 Aug 64 Meteorology
(1st Meteor launch)
165) OGO 1 / EOGO 1 99th American 5 Sep 64 Earth/Space Science
(Particles & magnetic field studies)
166) Apollo SA-7 100th American 18 Sep 64 Technology
(Launch vehicle & spacecraft test)
167) Explorer 21 / IMP 2 101st American 4 Oct 64 Earth/Space Science
(Deep space studies)
168) Kosmos 47 (Voskhod 3KV 2) 60th Soviet 6 Oct 64 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Voskhod 1 qualification)
169) Explorer 22 / BE-B 102nd American 10 Oct 64 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric and geodetic data)
170) Voskhod 61st Soviet 12 Oct 64 Piloted Spaceship
171) Mariner 3 103rd American 5 Nov 64 Planetary Exploration (Mars)
172) Explorer 23 104th American 6 Nov 64 Earth/Space Science
(Micrometeoroids data)
173) Explorer 24 / AD-B 105th American 21 Nov 64 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric density studies)
174) Explorer 25 / Injun 4 106th American 21 Nov 64 Earth/Space Science
(Radiations data)
175) Mariner 4 107th American 28 Nov 64 Planetary Exploration
(1st close up pictures of Mars)
176) Zond 2 62nd Soviet 30 Nov 64 Planetary Exploration (Mars)
177) Kosmos 51 (DS-MT 3) 63rd Soviet 8 Dec 64 Astronomy (Measured
luminosity of starry sky)
178) Surveyor SD-1 (AC-4) 108th American 11 Dec 64 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
179) San Marco 1 3rd European 15 Dec 64 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric density studies)
180) Explorer 26 / EPE-D 109th American 21 Dec 64 Earth/Space Science
1 9 6 5 (54 Civilian satellites in 180 missions = 30 %)
181) Gemini 2 110th American 19 Jan 65 Piloted Spaceship Test
182) Tiros 9 111th American 22 Jan 65 Meteorology
183) OSO 2 112th American 3 Feb 65 Solar Observatory
184) Pegasus 1 113th American 16 Feb 65 Earth/Space Science
(Meteoroids detection)
185) Apollo BP-16 (SA-8) 114th American 16 Feb 65 Technology (Spaceship R&D)
186) Ranger 8 115th American 17 Feb 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
187) Kosmos 57 / Voskhod 3KD 1 64th Soviet 22 Feb 65 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Voskhod 2 validation)
188) Kosmos 58 65th Soviet 26 Feb 65 Meteorology
(Probable weather satellite)
189) AC-5 / Atlas-Centaur 5 (SD-1) 116th American 2 Mar 65 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
190) OSCAR III 3rd amateur 9 Mar 65 Radio-Amateur
191) Kosmos 60 66th Soviet 12 Mar 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
192) Voskhod 2 67th Soviet 18 Mar 65 Piloted Spaceship
193) Ranger 9 117th American 21 Mar 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
194) Gemini 3 / Gemini III 118th American 23 Mar 65 Piloted Spaceship
195) Intelsat 1 / Early Bird 3rd Commercial 6 Apr 65 Communications (1st international 
comsat, 1st Intelsat satellite)
196) Luna 68th Soviet 10 Apr 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
197) Molniya 1-1 69th Soviet 23 Apr 65 Communications
(1st announced Molniay comsat)
198) Explorer 27 / BE-C 119th American 29 Apr 65 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric research and geodetic data)
199) Luna 5 70th Soviet 9 May 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
200) Pegasus 2 120th American 25 May 65 Earth/Space Science
(Meteoroids detection)
201) Apollo BP-26 121st American 25 May 65 Technology (Spaceship R&D)
202) Explorer 28 / IMP 3 122nd American 29 May 65 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetic field, radiation data)
203) Gemini 4 123rd American 3 Jun 65 Piloted Spaceship
204) Luna 6 71st Soviet 8 Jun 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
205) Tiros 10 124th American 2 Jul 65 Meteorology
206) Proton 1 72nd Soviet 16 Jul 65 Astronomy
(1st launch of the Proton launcher)
207) Zond 3 73rd Soviet 18 Jul 65 Planetary Exploration
(Moon & R&D)
208) Pegasus 3 125th American 30 Jul 65 Earth/Space Science
(Meteoroids detection)
209) Apollo BP 9A (SA-10) 126th American 30 Jul 65 Technology (Spaceship R&D)
210) SEV 127th American 10 Aug 65 Technology (Geodesy)
211) Surveyor SD-2 (AC-6) 128th American 11 Aug 65 Technology (Launch vehicle test)
212) Gemini 5 129th American 21 Aug 65 Piloted Spaceship
213) REP 130th American 21 Aug 65 Technology (Rendezvous target)
214) OSO 3 131st American 25 Aug 65 Solar Observatory
215) Luna 7 74th Soviet 4 Oct 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
216) OGO-2 / POGO-2 132nd American 14 Oct 65 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere studies)
217) Molniya 1-2 75th Soviet 14 Oct 65 Communications
218) GATV 6 133rd American 25 Oct 65 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
219) Proton 2 76th Soviet 2 Nov 65 Astronomy
(High-energy physics)
220) Explorer 29 / GEOS 1 134th American 6 Nov 65 Earth/Space Science
(Global geodetic measurements)
221) Venera 2 77th Soviet 12 Nov 65 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
222) Venera 3 78th Soviet 16 Nov 65 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
223) Explorer 30 / SOLRAD 8  135th American 19 Nov 65 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation data)
224) Kosmos 96 79th Soviet 23 Nov 65 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
225) A-1 / Asterix 4th European 26 Nov 65 Technology (1st French 
launch, 1st French satellite)
226) Alouette 2 2nd Canadian 29 Nov 65 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric research)
227) Explorer 31 / DME-A 136th American 29 Nov 65 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric research)
228) Luna 8 80th Soviet 3 Dec 65 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
229) Gemini 7 137th American 4 Dec 65 Piloted Spaceship
230) FR 1 5th European 6 Dec 65 Earth/Space Science
(Very-low frequency wave propagation studies)
231) Gemini VI-A 138th American 15 Dec 65 Piloted Spaceship
232) Pioneer 6 139th American 16 Dec 65 Earth/Space Science
(Solar wind & magnetic field measurements)
233) Kosmos 100 81st Soviet 17 Dec 65 Meteorology
(Probable Meteor satellite)
234) OSCAR IV 4th amateur 21 Dec 65 Radio-Amateur
1 9 6 6 (55 Civilian satellites in 174 missions = 32 %)
235) Luna 9 82nd Soviet 31 Jan 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon, 1st landing)
236) ESSA 1 140th American 3 Feb 66 Meteorology
237) Kosmos 108 / DS-U1-G 1 83rd Soviet 11 Feb 66 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere and 
solar activity relations)
238) D-1A / Diapason 1 6th European 17 Feb 66 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
239) Kosmos 110 / 
Voskhod 3KV 5
84th Soviet 22 Feb 66 Biology
240) Apollo AS-201 141st American 26 Feb 66 Piloted Spaceship Test
241) ESSA-2 142nd American 28 Feb 66 Meteorology)
242) Kosmos 111 / E-6S 204 85th Soviet 1 Mar 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
243) GATV 8 / TDA 3 143rd American 16 Mar 66 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
244) Gemini VIII 144th American 16 Mar 66p Piloted Spaceshi
245) Proton 86th Soviet 24 Mar 66 Astronomy
246) Molniya 87th Soviet 27 Mar 66 Communications
247) Luna 10 88th Soviet 31 Mar 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon, 1st orbiter)
248) Surveyor Model 3 (AC-7) 145th American 8 Apr 66 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
249) OAO 1 146th American 8 Apr 66 Astronomy
250) Molniya 1-3 89th Soviet 25 Apr 66 Communications (Also 
transmitted cloud cover images)
251) Kosmos 118 / Meteor 4 90th Soviet 11 May 66 Meteorology
(Probable weather satellite)
252) Nimbus 3 147th American 15 May 66 Meteorology
253) GATV 9 / TDA 5 148th American 17 May 66 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
254) Explorer 32 / AE-B 149th American 25 May 66 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric studies)
255) Surveyor 1 150th American 30 May 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
256) ATDA / TDA 4 151st American 1 Jun 66 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
257) Gemini IX-A 152nd American 3 Jun 66 Piloted Spaceship
258) OGO 3 / EOGO 3 153rd American 7 Jun 66 Earth/Space Science
(Geophysics)
259) Pageos A 154th American 24 Jun 66 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
260) Kosmos 122 / Meteor 91st Soviet 25 Jun 66 Meteorology
261) Explorer 33 / AIMP D 155th American 1 Jul 66 Earth/Space Science
(Deep space studies)
262) Apollo 2 / AS-203 156th American 5 Jul 66 Technology
(Launch venicle test)
263) Proton 3 92nd Soviet 6 Jul 66 Astronomy
(Ultra-high energy cosmic particles studies)
264) GATV 10 / TDA 1A 157th American 18 Jul 66 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
265) Gemini X 158th American 18 Jul 66 Piloted Spaceship
266) Lunar Orbiter 1 159th American 10 Aug 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
267) Pioneer 7 160th American 17 Aug 66 Earth/Space Science
(Solar wind and cosmic rays monitoring)
268) Luna 11 93rd Soviet 24 Aug 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
269) Apollo AS-202 161st American 25 Aug 66 Piloted Spaceship Test
270) GATV 11 / TDA 6 162nd American 12 Sep 66 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
271) Gemini XI 163rd American 12 Sep 66 Piloted Spaceship
272) Surveyor 2 164th American 20 Sep 66 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
273) "Osumi #1" 1st Japanese 26 Sep 66 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
274) ESSA 3 165th American 2 Oct 66 Meteorology
275) Molniya 1-4 94th Soviet 20 Oct 66 Communications
276) Luna 12 95th Soviet 22 Oct 66 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
277) Surveyor Model 4 (AC-10) 166th American 25 Oct 66 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
278) Intelsat 2A 4th Commercial 26 Oct 66 Communications
279) Lunar Orbiter 2 167th American 6 Nov 66 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
280) GATV 12 / TDA 7 168th American 11 Nov 66 Piloted Program
(Rendezvous target)
281) Gemini XII 169th American 11 Nov 66 Piloted Spaceship
282) Kosmos 133 / Soyuz 7K-OK 2 96th Soviet 28 Nov 66 Piloted Spaceship Test
283) ATS 1 170th American 7 Dec 66 (Communications and 
meteorological experiments)
284) Kosmos 135 / DS-U2-MP 1 97th Soviet 12 Dec 66 Earth/Space Science
(Cosmic dust particles  studies)
285) Kosmos / Soyuz 1 98th Soviet 14 Dec 66 Piloted Spaceship Test
286) Biosatellite 1 171st American 14 Dec 66 Biology
287) "Osumi #2" 2nd Japanese 20 Dec 66 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
288) Luna 13 99th Soviet 21 Dec 66 Planetary Exploration (Moon)
289) Kosmos 137 / DS-U2-D 1 100th Soviet 21 Dec 66 Earth/Space Science
(Charged particle flows studies)
1 9 6 7 (55 civilian satellites in 172 missions = 33%)
290) Intelsat 2B 5th Commercial 11 Jan 67 Communications
291) ESSA 4 172nd American 26 Jan 67 Meteorology
292) Apollo 1 (Apollo 204) 173rd American 27 Jan 67 Piloted Spaceship
293) Lunar Orbiter 3 174th American 5 Feb 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
294) Kosmos 140 / Soyuz 3 101st Soviet 7 Feb 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
295) D-1C / Diadème 1 7th European 8 Feb 67 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
296) D-1D / Diadème 2 8th European 15 Feb 67 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
297) Kosmos 144 / Meteor 6 102nd Soviet 28 Feb 67 Science & Technology
(Development test of 
atomic clock)
298) OSO 3 175th American 8 Mar 67 Astronomy
299) Kosmos 146 / L-1 2P 103rd Soviet 10 Mar 6 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Protoype of the Soyuz 
circumlunar craft)
300) Intelsat 2C 6th Commercial 23 Mar 67 Communications
301) ATS 2 176th American 6 Apr 67 Technology
(Communications test)
302) Research Payload 
Module 481
177th American 6 Apr 67 Technology
303) Kosmos 154 / L-1 3P 104th Soviet 8 Apr 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Protoype piloted circumlunar craft)
304) "Osumi 3" 3rd Japanese 13 Apr 67 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
305) Surveyor 3 178th American 17 Apr 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
306) ESSA 5 179th American 20 Apr 67 Meteorology
307) Soyuz 1 105th Soviet 23 Apr 67 Piloted Spaceship
308) San Marco 2 9th European 26 Apr 67 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric density data)
309) Kosmos 156 / Meteor 106th Soviet 27 Apr 67 Meteorology
310) Lunar Orbiter 4 180th American 4 May 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
311) Ariel 3 / UK-3 10th European 5 May 67 Earth/Space Science
312) Kosmos 159 / E-6LS 111 107th Soviet 16 May 67 Technology
(Tracking and communications 
networks test for piloted lunar 
program)
313) Explorer 34 / IMP 4 181st American 24 May 67
Earth/Space Science
(Radiation, magnetic field data)
314) Molniya 1-5 108th Soviet 25 May 67 Communications
315) ESRO 2A 11th European 30 May 67 Astronomy
(Solar and cosmic radiation)
316) Kosmos 163 / DS-U2-MP 2 109th Soviet 5 Jun 67 Earth/Space Science
(Cosmic dust particles studies)
317) Venera 4 110th Soviet 12 Jun 67 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
318) Mariner 5 182nd American 14 Jun 67 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
319) Kosmos 166 / DS-U3-S 1 111th Soviet 16 Jun 67 Astronomy
(Solar radiation data)
320) Kosmos 167 / 4V-1 311 112th Soviet 17 Jun 67 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
321) Surveyor 4 183rd American 14 Jul 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
322) Explorer 35 / AIMP E 184th American 19 Jul 67 Earth/Space Science
(Earth magnetic tail measurements)
323) OGO 4 /  POGO 2 185th American 28 Jul 67 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetospheric studies)
324) Lunar Orbiter 5 186th American 1 Aug 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
325) Kosmos 174 / Molniya-1Yu 113th Soviet 31 Aug 67 Connunications
(Probable comsat failure)
326) Biosatellite 2 187th American 7 Sep 67 Biology
327) Surveyor 5 188th American 8 Sep 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
328) Zond / L-1 4L 114th Soviet 27 Sep 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
(1st circumlunar flight attempt)
329) Intelsat 2D 7th Commercial 28 Sep 67 Communications
330) Molniya 1-6 115th Soviet 3 Oct 67 Communications
331) OSO 4 189th American 18 Oct 67 Astronomy
(Extreme UV solar observations)
332) Molniya 1-7 116th Soviet 22 Oct 67 Communications
333) Kosmos 184 / Meteor 8 117th Soviet 24 Oct 67 Meteorology
334) Kosmos 186 / Soyuz 6 118th Soviet 27 Oct 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
(1st automatic docking, 
with Kosmos 188)
335) Kosmos 188 / Soyuz 5 119th Soviet 30 Oct 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
(1st automatic docking, 
with Kosmos 186)
336) ATS 3 190th American 5 Nov 67 Technology
(Communications test)
337) Surveyor 6 191st American 7 Nov 67 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
338) Apollo 4 (AS-501) 192nd American 9 Nov 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
(1st all-up test of the Saturn V)
339) ESSA 6 193rd American 10 Nov 67 Meteorology
340) Zond L-1 5L 120th Soviet 22 Nov 67 Piloted Spaceship Test
341) Wresat 1 1st Australian 29 Nov 67 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation, upper 
atmosphere data)
342) Pioneer 8 194th American 13 Dec 67 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation data)
343) TTS 1 195th American 13 Dec 67 Technology
(Tested Apollo tracking network)
344) Kosmos 196 / DS-U1-G 2 121st Soviet 19 Dec 67 Earth/Space Science
(Variations in the upper 
atmosphere and solar activity studies)
1 9 6 8 (50 civilian satellites in 166 missions = 34%)
345) Surveyor 7 196th American 7 Jan 68 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
346) Explorer 36 / GEOS 2 197th American 11 Jan 68 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
347) Apollo 5 (AS-204) 198th American 22 Jan 68 Piloted Spaceship Test 
(1st unmanned LM testflight)
348) Luna 122nd Soviet 7 Feb 68 Planetary Exploration
(Moon, Soviet manned lunar program tracking test)
349) Zond 4 123rd Soviet 2 Mar 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Circumlunar testflight)
350) OGO 5 199th American 4 Mar 68 Earth/Space Science
(Particle and magnetic field studies)
351) Explorer 37 / SOLRAD 9 200th American 5 Mar 68 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation studies)
352) Kosmos / DS-U1-Ya 1 124th Soviet 6 Mar 68 Earth/Space Science
(Charged particle flows and cosmic rays studies)
353) Kosmos 206 / Meteor 9 125th Soviet 14 Mar 68 Meteorology
354) Apollo 6 (SA-502) 201st American 4 Apr 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
355) Luna 14 126th Soviet 7 Apr 68 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
356) Kosmos 212 / Soyuz 8 127th Soviet 14 Apr 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Docked with Kosmos 213)
357) Kosmos 213 / Soyuz 7 128th Soviet 15 Apr 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Docked with Kosmos 213)
358) Kosmos 215 / DS-U1-A 129th Soviet 19 Apr 68 Astronomy
(Radiation observatory)
359) Molniya I-8 130th Soviet 21 Apr 68 Communications
360) Zond 131st Soviet 22 Apr 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Circumlunar testflight)
361) Kosmos 219 /  DS-U2-D 2 132nd Soviet 26 Apr 68 Earth/Space Science
(Charged particle flows studies)
362) ESRO 2B / IRIS 12th European 17 May 68 Astronomy
(Solar and cosmic rays studies)
363) Nimbus B 202nd American 18 May 68 Meteorology
364) Kosmos 225 / DS-U1-Ya 2 133rd Soviet 11 Jun 68 Earth/Space Science
(Charged particle flows and cosmic rays studies)
365) Kosmos 226 / Meteor 10 134th Soviet 12 Jun 68 Meteorology
366) Explorer 38 / RAE 1 203rd American 4 Jul 68 Astronomy
(Radio-Astronomy)
367) Kosmos 230 / DS-U3-S 2 135th Soviet 5 Jul 68 Astronomy
368) Molniya 1-9 136th Soviet 5 Jul 68 Communications
369) Zond 137th Soviet 21 Jul 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Circumlunar testflight)
370) Explorer 39 / AD-C 204th American 8 Aug 68 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric density and temperature data)
371) Explorer 40 / Injun 5 205th American 8 Aug 68 Earth/Space Science
(Radiation data)
372) ATS 4 206th American 10 Aug 68 Technology
373) ESSA 7 207th American 16 Aug 68 Meteorology
374) Kosmos 238 / Soyuz 9 138th Soviet 27 Aug 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
375) Zond 5 139th Soviet 15 Sep 68 Piloted Spaceship Test
376) Intelsat 3A 8th Commercial 19 Sep 68 Communications
377) ESRO 1A / Aurorae 13th European 3 Oct 68 Earth/Space Science
(Aurora, polar ionosphere investigation)
378) Molniya 1-10 140th Soviet 5 Oct 68 Communications
379) Apollo 7 208th American 11 Oct 68 Piloted Spaceship
380) Soyuz 2 141st Soviet 25 Oct 68 Piloted Spaceship
(Rendezvous target)
381) Soyuz 3 142nd Soviet 26 Oct 68 Piloted Spaceship
382) Pioneer 9 209th American 8 Nov 68 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation data)
383) TTS 2 / TETR 2 210th American 8 Nov 68 Technology
(Test of NASA Manned Space Flight Network)
384) Zond 6 143rd Soviet 10 Nov 6 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Circumlunar testflight)
385) Proton 4 144th Soviet 16 Nov 68 Astronomy
386) STV 1 14th European 29 Nov 68 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
387) HEOS 1 15th European 5 Dec 68 Earth/Space Science
(High-altitude magnetic field studies)
388) OAO 2 211th American 7 Dec 68 Astronomy
389) ESSA 8 212th American 15 Dec 68 Meteorology
390) Kosmos 260 / Molniya-1Yu? 145th Soviet 16 Dec 68 Communications
391) Intelsat 3B 9th Commercial 19 Dec 68 Communications
392) Kosmos 261 / DS-U2-GK 1 146th Soviet 20 Dec 68 Earth/Space Science
(Air density, auroral investigations)
)393 Apollo 8 213th American 21 Dec 68 Piloted Spaceship
(1st piloted Moonflight)
394) Kosmos 262 / DS-U2-GF 1 147th Soviet 26 Dec 68 Earth/Space Science
(Heliophysical studies)
1 9 6 9 (58 civilian satellites in 155 missions = 39%)
395) Venera 5 148th Soviet 5 Jan 69 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
396) Venera 6 149th Soviet 10 Jan 69 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
397) Soyuz 4 150th Soviet 14 Jan 69 Piloted Spaceship
398) Soyuz 5 151st Soviet 15 Jan 69 Piloted Spaceship
399) Zond 152nd Soviet 20 Jan 69 Piloted Spaceship Test
400) OSO 5 214th American 22 Jan 69 /Solar Observatory
401) ISIS 1 1st Canadian 30 Jan 69 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric studies)
402) Meteor 153rd Soviet 1 Feb 69 Meteorology
403) Intelsat 3C 10th Commercial 6 Feb 69 Communications
404) Luna 154th Soviet 19 Feb 69 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
405) Lunokhod 155th Soviet 19 Feb 69 Planetary Exploration
(Moon, 1st lunar rover attempt)
406) N-1 test 156th Soviet 21 Feb 69 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Launch vehicle test)
407) Mariner 6 215th American 25 Feb 69 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
408) ESSA 9 216th American 26 Feb 69 Meteorology
409) Apollo 9 Gumdrop 217th American 3 Mar 69 Piloted Spaceship
410) Apollo 9 Spider 218th American 3 Mar 69 Piloted Spaceship
411) Meteor 1-1 157th Soviet 26 Mar 69 Meteorology
412) Mars 158th Soviet 27 Mar 69 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
413) Mariner 7 219th American 27 Mar 69 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
414) Mars 159th Soviet 2 Apr 69 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
415) Molniya 1-11 160th Soviet 11 Apr 69 Communications
416) Nimbus 3 220th American 14 Apr 69 Meteorology
417) Apollo 10 Charlie Brown 221st American 18 May 69 Piloted Spaceship
418) Apollo 10 Snoopy 222nd American 18 May 69 Piloted Spaceship
419) Intelsat 3D 11th Commercial 22 May 69 Communications
420) OGO 6 / POGO 6 223rd American 5 Jun 69 Earth/Space Science
(High-altitude atmospheric 
parameters)
421) Luna 161st Soviet 14 Jun 69 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
422) Explorer 41 / IMP 5 224th American 21 Jun 69 Earth/Space Science
(Cislunar radiation data)
423) Biosatellite 3 225th American 29 Jun 69 Biology
424) STV 2 16th European 2 Jul 69 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
425) L-3S 162nd Soviet 3 Jul 69 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Launch vehicle test)
426) Luna 15 163rd Soviet 13 Jul 69 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
427) Apollo 11 Columbia 226th American 16 Jul 69 Piloted Spaceship
428) Apollo 11 Eagle 227th American 16 Jul 69 Piloted Spaceship
(1st lunar landing)
429) Molniya 1-12 164th Soviet 22 Jul 69 Communications
430) Intelsat 3E 12th Commercial 26 Jul 69 Communications
431) Zond 7 165th Soviet 7 Aug 69 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Circumlunar flight)
432) OSO 6 228th American 9 Aug 69 Solar Observatory
433) PAC 1 229th American 9 Aug 69 Technology
(Gravity-gradient stabilization tests)
434) ATS 5 230th American 12 Aug 69 Technology
(Communications test)
435) Pioneer E 231st American 27 Aug 69 Earth/Space Science
(Interplanetary phenomena studies)
436) TTS 3 / TETR C 232nd American 27 Aug 69 Technology
(Communications network test)
437) "Osumi 4" 4th Japanese 22 Sep 69 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
438) Kosmos 300 (Luna) 166th Soviet 23 Sep 69 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
439) ESRO 1B / Boreas 17th European 1 Oct 69 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric and auroral i
nvestigations)
440) Meteor 1-2 167th Soviet 6 Oct 69 Meteorology
441) Soyuz 6 168th Soviet 11 Oct 69 Piloted Spaceship
442) Soyuz 7 169th Soviet 12 Oct 69 Piloted Spaceship
443) Soyuz 8 170th Soviet 13 Oct 69 Piloted Spaceship
444) Interkosmos 1 171st Soviet 14 Oct 69 Earth/Space Science
(1st Sovier-East European 
science satellite)
445) Kosmos 305 (Luna) 172nd Soviet 22 Oct 69 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
446) "Chinasat 0" 1st Chinise 4 or 16 Nov 69 Technology
(Launch vehicle test,
1er Chinese launch attempt)
447) Azur 1 / GRS-A 18th European 8 Nov 69 Earth/Space Science
(Examined Van Allen belts, 
solar particles, aurora)
448) Apollo 12 Yankee Clipper 233rd American 14 Nov 69 Piloted Spaceship
449) Apollo 12 Intrepid 234th American 14 Nov 69 Piloted Spaceship
450) Kosmos /  L-1e No 1 173rd Soviet 28 Nov 69 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Launch venicle test)
451) Interkosmos 2 174th Soviet 25 Dec 69 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric studies)
452) Kosmos / Ionosfernaya? 175th Soviet 27 Dec 69 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric studies)
1 9 7 0 (49 civilian satellites in 142 missions = 34½%)
453) Intelsat 3F 13th Commercial 15 Jan 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
454) Kosmos 321 / DS-U2-MG 1 176th Soviet 20 Jan 70 Earth/Space Science
(Earth's magnetic poles studies)
455) ITOS I / Tiros M 235th American 23 Jan 70 Meteorology
456) Australis-OSCAR 5 5th amateur 23 Jan 70 Radio-amateur
457) SERT II 236th American 4 Feb 70 Technology
(Electric engine test)
458) Luna 177th Soviet 6 Feb 70 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
459) Osumi 5th Japanese 11 Feb 70 Technology
(Launch vehicle test, 
1st Japanese satellite)
460) Molniya 1-13 178th Soviet 19 Feb 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
461) Dial-MIKA 19th European 10 Mar 70 Technology
(Engineering package; monitored 
launch vehicle performance)
462) DUAL-wika 20th European 10 Mar 70 Earth/Space Science
(Radiations and particules studies)
463) Meteor 1-3 179th Soviet 17 Mar 70 Meteorology
464) Nimbus 4 237th American 8 Apr 70 Meteorology
465) Apollo 13 Odyssey 238th American 11 Apr 70 Piloted Spaceship
466) Apollo 13 Aquarius 239th American 11 Apr 70 Piloted Spaceship
467) Intelsat 3G 14th Commercial 23 Apr 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
468) DFH-1 ("Chinasat 1") 2nd Chinese 24 Apr 70 Technology
(1st Chinese satellite, 
broadcast patriotic song)
469) Meteor 1-4 180th Soviet 28 Apr 70 Meteorology
470) Soyuz 9 181st Soviet 1 Jun 70 Piloted Spaceship
471) STV 3 21st European 12 Jun 70 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
472) Kosmos 348 / DS-U2-GK 2 182nd Soviet 13 Jun 70 Earth/Space Science
(Geophysical studies of the upper atmosphere)
473) Meteor 1-5 183rd Soviet 23 Jun 70 Meteorology
474) Molniya 1-14 184th Soviet 26 Jun 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
475) Intelsat 3H 15th Commercial 23 Jul 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
476) Interkosmos 3 185th Soviet 7 Aug 70 Earth/Space Science
(Studied protons, electrons, alpha particles)
477) Kosmos 356 / DS-U2-MG 2 186th Soviet 10 Aug 70 Earth/Space Science
(Studies of protons, 
electrons and alpha particles)
478) Venera 7 187th Soviet 17 Aug 70 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
479) Kosmos 359 (Venera) 188th Soviet 22 Aug 70 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
480) Orba / X-2 22nd European 2 Sep 70 Earth/Space Science
(Micrometeorids studies)
481) Luna 16 189th Soviet 12 Sep 70 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
482) MS-F1 6th Japanese 25 Sep 70 Earth/Space Science
483) Molniya 1-15 190th Soviet 29 Sep 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
484) Interkosmos 4 191st Soviet 14 Oct 70 Earth/Space Science
(Studied UV, X-ray effects)
485) Meteor 1-6 192nd Soviet 15 Oct 70 Meteorology
486) Zond 8 193rd Soviet 20 Oct 70 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Final circumlunar flight; success)
487) OFO 240th American 9 Nov 70 Biology
488) RM 1 / RMS 241st American 9 Nov 70 Earth/Space Science
(Radiation & meteoroids studies)
489) Luna 17 194th Soviet 10 Nov 70 Planetary Exploration
(Lunar rover)
490) Lunokhod 195th Soviet 10 Nov 70 Planetary Exploration
(Lunar rover)
491) Kosmos 378 / DS-U2-IP 1 196th Soviet 17 Nov 70 Earth/Space Science
(Studied the ionosphere and charged particle flows)
492) Kosmos 379 / T2K 1 197th Soviet 24 Nov 70 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Moon lander test)
493) Molniya 1-16 198th Soviet 27 Nov 70 Communications
494) OAO-B 242nd American 30 Nov 70 Astronomy
495) Kosmos 381 / Ionosfernaya? 199th Soviet 2 Dec 70 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric studies)
496) Kosmos 382 (Soyuz) 200th Soviet 2 Dec 70 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Test of Block D upper stage)
497) NOAA 1 243rd American 11 Dec 70 Meteorology
498) CEP 1 / CEPE 244th American 11 Dec 70 Technology
499) Explorer 42 / SAS 1 / Uhuru 245th American 12 Dec 70 Astronomy
500) Péole 23rd European 12 Dec 70 Communications
(Gathered data from meteorological balloon system)
501) Molniya 1-17 201st Soviet 25 Dec 70 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 7 1 (50 civilian satellites in 175 missions = 30%)
502) Meteor 1-7 202nd Soviet 20 Jan 71 Meteorology
503) Intelsat 4A 16th Commercial 26 Jan 71 Communications
(Multi-service)
504) Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk 246th American 31 Jan 71 Piloted Spaceship
505) Apollo 14 Antares 247th American 31 Jan 71 Piloted Spaceship
506) MS-T1 / Tansei 1 7th Japanese 16 Feb 71 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
507) Kosmos 398 / T2K 2 203rd Soviet 26 Feb 71 Piloted Spaceship Test
(LK Moon lander test)
508) Explorer 43 / IMP 6 248th  American 13 Mar 71 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetospheric studies)
509) ISIS 2 4th Canadian t Apr 71 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric research)
510) D-2A Tournesol 24th European 15 Apr 71 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
511) Meteor 1-8 204th Soviet 17 Apr 71 Meteorology
512) Salyut 1 205th Soviet 19 Apr 71 Space Station
(1st space station, civilian)
513) Soyuz 10 206th Soviet 22 Apr 71 Piloted Spaceship
514) San Marco 3 25th European 24 Apr 71 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric research)
515) Mariner 8 249th American 9 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
516) Kosmos 419 (Mars) 207th Soviet 10 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
517) Mars 2 Orbiter 208th Soviet 19 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
518) Mars 2 Lander 209th Soviet 19 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
519) Mars 3 Orbiter 210th Soviet 28 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
520) Mars 3 Lander 211th Soviet 28 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
521) Mariner 9 250th American 30 May 71 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
522) Kosmos 426 / DS-U2-K 1 212th Soviet 4 Jun 71 Earth/Space Science
(Charged particle flows and cosmic radiation)
523) Soyuz 11 213th Soviet 6 Jun 71 Piloted Spaceship
524) LK (N-1 test) 214th Soviet 26 Jun 71 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Lunar launch vehicle test)
525) Explorer 44 / Solrad 10 251st American 8 Jul 71 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radition data)
526) Meteor 1-9 215th Soviet 16 Jul 71 Meteorology
527) Apollo 15 Endeavour 252nd American 26 Jul 71 Piloted Spaceship
528) Apollo 15 Falcon 253rd American 26 Jul 71 Piloted Spaceship
529) Lunar Rover (LRV-1) 254th American 26 Jul 71 Piloted Spaceship
530) Apollo 15 Subsatellite 255th American 26 Jul 71 Planetary Studies
(Moon)
531) Molniya 1-18 216th Soviet 28 Jul 71 Communications
(Multi-service)
532) Kosmos 434 / T2K 3 217th Soviet 12 Aug 71 Piloted Spaceship Test
(LK Moon lander test)
533) Eole 26th European 16 Aug 71 Technology
(Experimental weather satellite)
534) Luna 18 218th Soviet 2 Sep 71 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
535) MS-F2 / Shinsei 8th Japanese 28 Sep 71 Earth/Space Science
536) Luna 19 219th Soviet 28 Sep 71 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
537) OSO 7 256th American 29 Sep 71 Solar Observatory
538) TETR 3 257th American 29 Sep 71 Technology
(Test satellite for NASA's 
Manned Space Flight Network)
539) ITOS B 258th American 21 Oct 71 Meteorology
540) Prospero / X-3 27th European 28 Oct 71 Earth/Space Science
(Micrometeorids studies)
541) STV 4 28th European 5 Nov 71 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
542) Explorer 45 / SSS 1 259th American 15 Nov 71 Earth/Space Science
(Studies magnetosphere, 
energetic particles)
543) Molniya 2-1 220th Soviet 24 Nov 71 Communications
(Multi-service)
544) Interkosmos 5 221st Soviet 2 Dec 71 Earth/Space Science
(Near-Earth radiations and 
megnetism)
545) Kosmos 461 / DS-U2-MT 1 222nd Soviet 2 Dec 71 Earth/Space Science
(Micrometeoroid impacts 
and gamma rays)
546) D-2A Polaire 29th European 5 Dec 71 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric studies)
547) Ariel 4 / UK 4 30th European 11 Dec 71 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric studies)
548) Molniya 1-19 223rd Soviet 19 Dec 71 Communications
549) Intelsat 4B 17th Commercial 20 Dec 71 Communications
550) Oreol 1 (Aureole 1) 31st European 27 Dec 71 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere, 
auroral studies)
551) Meteor 1-10 224th Soviet 29 Dec 71 Meteorology
1 9 7 2 (45 civilian satellites in 143 missions = 31%)
552) Intelsat 4C 18th Commercial 23 Jan 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
553) HEOS 2 32nd European 31 Jan 72 Earth/Space Science
(Particles and fields data)
554) Luna 20 225th Soviet 14 Feb 72 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
555) Pioneer 10 260th American 3 Mar 72 Planetary Exploration
(Outer planets)
556) TD 1A 33rd European 12 Mar 72 Technology
557) Venera 8 226th Soviet 27 Mar 72 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
558) Meteor 1-11 227th Soviet 30 Mar 72 Meteorology
559) Kosmos 482 (Venus) 228th Soviet 31 Mar 72 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
560) Molniya 1-20 229th Soviet 4 Apr 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
561) MAS 1 / SRET 1 34th European 4 Apr 72 Technology
(Technology R&D)
562) Interkosmos 6 230th Soviet 7 Apr 72 Earth/Space Science
(Cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles)
563) Prognoz 1 231st Soviet 14 Apr 72 Earth/Space Science
(Earth/Sun relashionships)
564) Apollo 16 Casper 261st American 16 Apr 72 Piloted Spaceship
565) Apollo 16 Orion 262nd American 16 Apr 72 Piloted Spaceship
566) Lunar Rover (LRV-2) 263rd American 16 Apr 72 Piloted Spaceship
567) Apollo 16 Subsatellite 264th American 16 Apr 72 Planetary Studies
(Moon)
568) Molniya 2-2 232nd Soviet 19 May 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
569) Intelsat 4D 19th Commercial 13 Jun 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
570) Kosmos 496 (Soyuz) 233rd Soviet 26 Jun 72 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Soyuz redesign test)
571) Prognoz 2 234th Soviet 29 Jun 72 Earth/Space Science
(Earht/Sun relashionships)
572) Interkosmos 7 235th Soviet 30 Jun 72 Earth/Space Science
(Solar ultra-violet and x-radiation)
573) Meteor 1-12 236th Soviet 30 Jun 72 Meteorology
574) ERTS 1 / Landsat 1 265th American 23 Jul 72 Earth Remote Sensing
(1st ERS satellite)
575) Salyut 237th Soviet 29 Jul 72 Space Station
576) Explorer 46 / MTC 266th American 13 Aug 72 Technology
(Micrometeoroid tests)
577) REXS / Denpa 9th Japanese 19 Aug 72 Earth/Space Science
(Ionosphere and magnetosphere studies)
578) OAO 3 Copernicus 267th American 21 Aug 72 Astronomy
579) Explorer 47 / IMP 7 268th American 23 Sep 72 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetospheric and magnetic studies)
580) Molniya 2-3 238th Soviet 30 Sep 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
581) Molniya 1-2 239th Soviet 14 Oct 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
582) NOAA 2 269th American 15 Oct 72 Meteorology
583) AMSAT-OSCAR 6 6th amateur 15 Oct 72 Radio-Amateur
584) Meteor 1-13 240th Soviet 26 Oct 72 Meteorology
585) Telesat 1 / Anik 1 5th Canadian 10 Nov 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
586) Explorer 48 / SAS 2 270th American 15 Nov 72 NASA
587) ESRO 4 35th European 22 Nov 72 Technology
(Polar ionosphere studies)
588) N-1 test 241st Soviet 23 Nov 72 Piloted Program test
(Launch vehicle test)
589) Interkosmos 8 242nd Soviet 30 Nov 72 Earth/Space Science
(Ionosphere studies)
590) Molniya 1-22 243rd Soviet 2 Dec 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
591) Apollo 17 America 271st American 7 Dec 72 Piloted Spaceship
592) Apollo 17 Challenger 272nd American 7 Dec 72 Piloted Spaceship
593) Lunar rover (LRV-3) 273rd American 7 Dec 72 Piloted Spaceship
594) Nimbus 5 274th American 11 Dec 72 Meteorology
595) Molniya 2-4 244th Soviet 12 Dec 72 Communications
(Multi-service)
596) Aeros 1 / GRS-B 36th European 16 Dec 72 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetosphere studies)
1 9 7 3 (41 civilian satellites in 146 missions = 30%)
597) Luna 21 245th Soviet 8 Jan 73 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
598) Lunokhod 2 246th Soviet 8 Jan 73 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
599) Molniya 1-23 247th Soviet 3 Feb 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
600) Prognoz 3 248th Soviet 15 Feb 73 Earth/Space Science
(Earht-Sun relationships)
601) Meteor 1-14 249th Soviet 20 Mar 73 Meteorology
602) Molniya 2-5 250th Soviet 5 Apr 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
603) Pioneer 11 275th American 6 Apr 73 Planetary Exploration
(Outer planets)
604) Interkosmos 9 
Kopernik-500
251st Soviet 19 Apr 73 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation monitoring)
608) Telesat 2 / Anik 2 6th Canadian 20 Apr 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
606) Kosmos 557 (Salyut) 252nd Soviet 11 May 73 Space Station
607) Skylab 1 276th American 14 May 73 Space Station
608) D-5A Pollux 37th European 21 May 73 Technology
609) D-5B Castor 38th European 21 May 73 Technology
610) Skylab 2 277th American 25 May 73 Piloted Spaceship
611) Meteor 1-15 253rd Soviet 29 May 73 Meteorology
612) Explorer 49 / RAE-B 278th American 10 Jun 73 Astronomy
613) Kosmos 573 (Soyuz) 254th Soviet 15 Jun 73 Piloted Spaceshi Test
(Soyuz test flight)
614) Molniya 2-6 255th Soviet 11 Jul 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
615) NOAA B 279th American 16 Jul 73 Meteorology
616) Mars 4 256th Soviet 21 Jul 73 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
617) Mars 5 257th Soviet 25 Jul 73 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
618) Skylab 3 280th American 28 Jul 73 Piloted Spaceship
619) Mars 6 258th Soviet 5 Aug 73 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
620) Mars 7 259th Soviet 9 Aug 73 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
621) Intelsat 4G 20th Commercial 23 Aug 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
622) Molniya 1-24 260th Soviet 30 Aug 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
623) Soyuz 12 261st Soviet 27 Sep 73 Piloted Spaceship
624) Molniya 2-7 262nd Soviet 19 Oct 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
625) Explorer 50 / IMP 8  281st American 26 Oct 73 Earth/Space Science
(Solar flare and radiation 
monitoring)
626) Interkosmos 10 263rd Soviet 30 Oct 73 Earth/Space Science
(Geophysics)
627) Kosmos 605 / Biocosmos 1 264th Soviet 31 Oct 73 Biology
628) Mariner 10 282nd American 3 Nov 73 Planetary Exploration
(Mercury)
629) NOAA 3 283rd American 6 Nov 73 Meteorology
630) Molniya 1-25 265th Soviet 14 Nov 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
631) Skylab 4 284th American 16 Nov 73 Piloted Spaceship
632) Kosmos 613 (Soyuz) 266th Soviet 30 Nov 73 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Soyuz test flight)
633) Molniya 1-26 267th Soviet 30 Nov 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
634) Explorer 51 / AE-C 285th American 16 Dec 73 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmospheric research)
635) Soyuz 13 268th Soviet 18 Dec 73 Piloted Spaceship
636) Molniya 2-8 269th Soviet 25 Dec 73 Communications
(Multi-service)
637) Oreol 2 (Aureole 2) 39th European 26 Dec 73 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric research)
1 9 7 4 (43 civilian satellites in 136 missions = 36%)
638) VDS (Viking Model) 286th American 11 Feb 74 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
639) Sphinx 287th American 11 Feb 74 Technology
(Space plasma experiment)
640) MS-T2 / Tansei 2 10th Japanese 16 Feb 74 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
641) San Marco 4 40th European 18 Feb 74 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric measurements)
642) Meteor 16 270th Soviet 5 Mar 74 Meteorology
643) Miranda / X-4 41st European 9 Mar 74 Technology
644) Kosmos 637 (Raduga model) 271th Soviet 26 Mar 74 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
645) Kosmos 638 (Soyuz) 272th Soviet 3 Apr 74 Piloted Spaceshi Test
(Soyuz test flight)
646) Westar 1 21st Commercial 13 Apr 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
647) Molniya 1-27 273th Soviet 20 Apr 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
648) Meteor 1-17 274th Soviet 24 Apr 74 Meteorology
649) Molniya 2-9 275th Soviet 26 Apr 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
650) SMS 1 288th American 17 May 74 Meteorology
651) Intercosmos 11 276th Soviet 17 May 74 Earth/Space Science
(Sun-Earth relationships)
652) Kosmos 656 (Soyuz) 277th Soviet 27 May 74 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Docking system test)
653) Luna 22 278th Soviet 29 May 74 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
654) ATS 6 289th American 30 May 74 Technology
(Communications R&D)
655) Explorer 52 / Hawkeye 1 / Injun 6 290th American 3 Jun 74 Earth/Space Science
(Solar wind experiments)
656) Meteor 1-18 (Priroda) 279th Soviet 9 Jul 74 Meteorology
657) Aeros 2 42nd European 16 Jul 74 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmospheric research)
658) Molniya 2-10 280th Soviet 23 Jul 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
659) Molniya 1-S 281st Soviet 29 Jul 74 Communications
(Experimental)
660) Kosmos 670 (Soyuz) 282nd Soviet 6 Aug 74 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Soyuz test flight)
661) Kosmos 672 (Soyuz) 283rd Soviet 12 Aug 74 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Soyuz ASTP test)
662) ANS 1 43rd European 30 Aug 74 Astronomy
663) Westar 2 22nd Commercial 10 Oct 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
664) Ariel 5 / UK 5 44th European 15 Oct 74 Earth/Space Science
(Cosmic X-ray astronomy)
665) Kosmos 690 / Bion 2 284th Soviet 22 Oct 74 Biology
666) Molniya 1-28 285th Soviet 24 Oct 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
667) Meteor 19 286th Soviet 28 Oct 74 Meteorology
668) Luna 23 287th Soviet 28 Oct 74 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
669) Intercosmos 12 288th Soviet 31 Oct 74 Earth/space Science
(Atmospheric, ionospheric 
research)
670) NOAA 4 291st American 18 Nov 74 Meteorology
671) AMSAT-OSCAR 7 7th amateur 18 Nov 74 Radio-Amateur
672) Intasat 1 45th European 15 Nov 74 Technology
673) Molniya 3-1 289th Soviet 21 Nov 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
674) Intelsat 4F 23rd Commercial 21 Nov 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
675) Soyuz 16 290th Soviet 2 Dec 74 Soviet Union
(Korolev Bureau)
676) Helios 1 46th European 10 Dec 74 Science & Technology
(Study of solar influence)
677) Meteor 1-20 291st Soviet 17 Dec 74 Meteorology
678) Symphonie 1 47th European 19 Dec 74 Communications
(Experimental)
679) Molniya 2-11 292nd Soviet 21 Dec 74 Communications
(Multi-service)
680) Salyut 4 293th Soviet 26 Dec 74 Space Station
1 9 7 5 (61 civilian satellites in 168 missions = 37½%)
681) Soyuz 17 294th Soviet 10 Jan 75 Piloted Spaceship
682) Landsat 2 / ERTS 2 292nd American 22 Jan 75 Earth Remote Sensing
683) Molniya 2-12 295th Soviet 6 Feb 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
864) Starlette 48th European 6 Feb 75 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
685) SMS 2 293rd American 6 Feb 75 Meteorology
686) Intelsat 4G 24th Commercial 20 Feb 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
687) SRATS / Taiyo 11th Japanese 24 Feb 75 Earth/Space Science
(Solar radiation, thermospheric structure)
688) Intercosmos 13 296th Soviet 27 Mar 75 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmospheric experiments)
689) Meteor 1-21 297th Soviet 1 Apr 75 Meteorology
690) April 5 anomaly 298th Soviet 5 Apr 75 Piloted Spaceship
691) GEOS 3 294th American 9 Apr 75 Meteorology
692) Molniya 3-2 299th Soviet 14 Apr 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
693) Aryabhata 1st Indian 19 Apr 75 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric research 
and experimental satellite)
694) Molniya 1-29 300th Soviet 29 Apr 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
695) Explorer 53 / SAS 3 295th American  7 May 75 Earth/Space Science
(Solar studies)
696) Anik 3 / Telesat C 7th Canadian 7 May 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
697) D5-A Pollux 49th European 17 May 75 Technology
(Geodesy)
697) D5-B / Castor 50th European 17 May 75 Technology
(Geodesy)
699) Intelsat 4H 25th Commercial 22 May 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
700) Soyuz 18 301st Soviet 24 May 75 Piloted Spaceship
701) Kosmos 741 / Gektor-Priroda 302nd Soviet 30 May 75 Earth Remote Sensing
702) Intercosmos 303rd Soviet 3 Jun 75 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetosphere research)
703) Molniya 1-30 304th Soviet 5 Jun 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
704) SRET 2 51st European 5 Jun 75 Technology
(System R&D)
705) Venera 9 305th Soviet 8 Jun 75 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
706) Nimbus 6 296th American 12 Jun 75 Meteorology
707) Venera 10 306th Soviet 14 Jun 75 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
708) OSO 8 297th American 21 Jun 75 Solar Observatory
709) Molniya 2-13 307th Soviet 8 Jul 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
710) Meteor 2-4 308th Soviet 11 Jul 75 Meteorology
711) Soyuz 19 309th Soviet 15 Jul 75 Piloted Spaceship
712) Apollo ASTP 298th American 15 Jul 75 Piloted Spaceship
713) COS B 52nd European 9 Aug 75 Technology
(1st ESA satellite)
714) Viking 1 Orbiter 299th American 20 Aug 75 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
715) Viking 1 Lander 300th American 20 Aug 75 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
716) Symphonie 2 53rd European 27 Aug 75 Communications
(Experimental
717) Molniya 1-31 310th Soviet 2 Sep 7 Communications
(Multi-service)
718) Molniya 2-14 311th Soviet 9 Sep 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
719) ETS 1 / Kiku-1 12th Japanese 9 Sep 75 Technology
(Satellite R&D test)
720) Viking 2 Orbiter 301st American 9 Sep 75 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
721) Viking 2 Lander 302nd American 9 Sep 75 Planetary Exploration
(Mars)
722) Meteor 1-22 312th Soviet 18 Sep 75 Meteorology
723) Intelsat 4A F-1 26th Commercial 26 Sep 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
724) D-2B Aura 54th European 27 Sep 75 Astronomy
725) Kosmos 772  (Soyuz) 313th Soviet 29 Sep 75 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Soyuz test flight)
726) Explorer 54 / AE-D 303rd American 6 Oct 75 Earth/Space Science
(Atmospheric research)
727) Luna 314th Soviet 16 Oct 75 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
728) GOES 1 / SMS 3 304th American 16 Oct 75 Meteorology
729) Molniya 3-3 315th Soviet 14 Nov 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
730) Soyuz 20 316th Soviet 17 Nov 75 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Unmanned long duration test)
731) Explorer 55 / AE-E 305th American 20 Nov 75 Earth/Space Science
(Atmosphere studies)
732) Kosmos 782 / Bion 3 317th Soviet 25 Nov 75 Biology
733) Explorer / DAD-A 306th American 6 Dec 75 Earth/Space Science
(Air density experiments)
734) Explorer / DAD-B 307th American 6 Dec 75 Earth/Space Science
(Air density experiments)
735) Intercosmos 14 318th Soviet  11 Dec 75 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetosphere studies)
736) RCA Satcom 1 27th Commercial 13 Dec 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
737) Molniya 2-15 319th Soviet 17 Dec 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
738) Prognoz 4 320th Soviet 22 Dec 75 Earth/Space Science
(Earth/Sun relationships)
739) Raduga 1 (Statsionar-1) 321st Soviet 22 Dec 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
740) Meteor 1-23 322nd Soviet 25 Dec 75 Meteorology
741) Molniya 3-4 323rd Soviet 27 Dec 75 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 7 6 (34 civilian satellites in 164 missions = 24%)
742) Helios 2 55th European 15 Jan 76 Earth/Space Science
(Solar observatory)
743) CTS 1 / Hermes 8th Canadian 17 Jan 76 Communications
(Experimental)
744) Molniya 1-32 324th Soviet 22 Jan 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
745) Intelsat 4A-2 28th Commercial 29 Jan 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
746) CORSA 13th Japanese 4 Feb 76 Technology
747) Marisat 1 29th Commercial 19 Feb 76 Communications
(Maritime services)
748) ISS / Ume 1 14th Japanese 29 Feb 76 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric sounding)
749) Molniya 1-33 325th Soviet 11 Mar 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
750) Molniya 1-34 326th Soviet 19 Mar 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
751) RCA Satcom 2 30th Commercial 26 Mar 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
752) Meteor 1-24 327th Soviet 7 Apr 76 Meteorology
753) Lageos 308th American 4 May 76 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
754) Molniya 3-5 328th Soviet 12 May 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
755) Comstar 1 31st Commercial 13 May 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
756) Meteor 1-25 329th Soviet 15 May 76 Meteorology
757) Marisat 2 32nd Commercial 10 Jun 76 Communications
(Maritime services)
758) Interkosmos 15 330th Soviet 19 Jun 76 Earth/Space Science
(Equipment test)
759) Kosmos 837 (Molniya-2) 331st Soviet 1 Jul 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
760) Palapa 1 1st Indonesian 8 Jul 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
761) Comstar 2 33rd Commercial 22 Jul 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
762) Molniya 1-35 332nd Soviet 23 Jul 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
763) Interkosmos 16 333rd Soviet 27 Jul 76 Earth/Space Science
(Studied solar X-rays)
764) NOAA 5 309th American 29 Jul 76 Meteorology
765) Luna 24 334th Soviet 9 Aug 76 Planetary Exploration
(Moon)
766) Kosmos 853 (Molniya-2) 335th Soviet 1 Sep 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
767) Raduga 2 336th Soviet 11 Sep 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
768) Soyuz 22 337th Soviet 15 Sep 76 Piloted Spaceship
769) Marisat 3 34th Commercial 14 Oct 76 Communications
(Maritime services)
770) Meteor 1-26 338th Soviet 16 Oct 76 Meteorology
771) Ekran 1 339th Soviet 26 Oct 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
772) Prognoz 5 340th Soviet 25 Nov 76 Earth/Space Science
(Solar studies)
773) Kosmos 869 (Soyuz) 341st Soviet 29 Nov 76 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Soyuz test flight)
774) Molniya 2-16 342nd Soviet 2 Dec 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
775) Molniya 3-6 343rd Soviet 28 Dec 76 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 7 7 (38 civilian satellites in 147 missions = 30%)
776) Meteor 2-2 344th Soviet 6 Jan 77 Meteorology
777) Molniya 2-17 345th Soviet 11 Feb 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
778) Kosmos 893 / GVM DS-U2-IK 346th Soviet 15 Feb 77 Earth/Space Science
(Mass model of a scientific satellite)
779) MS-T3 / Tansei-3 15th Japanese 19 Feb 77 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere studies)
780) ETS 2 / Kiku 2 16th Japanese 23 Feb 77 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
781) Palapa 2 2nd Indonesian 10 Mar 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
782) Molniya 1-36 347th Soviet 24 Mar 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
783) Kosmos 900 / AUOS-Z-R-O 348th Soviet 29 Mar 77 Earth/Space Science
(Satellite test)
784) Meteor 1-27 349th Soviet 5 Apr 77 Meteorology
785) GEOS 1 56th European 20 Apr 77 Earth/Space Science
786) Molniya 3-7 350th Soviet 28 Apr 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
787) Intelsat 4A F-4 35th Commercial 26 May 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
788) GOES 2 310th American 16 Jun 77 Meteorology
789) D-2B Gamma / Signe 3 57th European 17 Jun 77 Earth/Space Science
790) Molniya 1-37 351st Soviet 24 Jun 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
791) Meteor 1-28 352nd Soviet 29 Jun 77 Meteorology
792) GMS 1 / Himawari 1 17th Japanese 14 Jul 77 Meteorology
793) Raduga 3 353rd Soviet 23 Jul 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
794) Kosmos 936 / Bion 4 354th Soviet 3 Aug 77 Biology
795) HEAO 1 311th American 12 Aug 77 Astronomy
796) Voyager 2 312th American 20 Aug 77 Planetary Exploration
(Outer planets)
797) Sirio 1 58th European 25 Aug 77 Technology
(Communications)
798) Molniya 1-38 355th Soviet 30 Aug 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
799) Voyager 1 313th American 5 Sep 77 Planetary Exploration
(Outer planets)
800) OTS A 59th European 13 Sep 77 Technology
801) Ekran 2 356th Soviet 20 Sep 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
802) Prognoz 6 357th Soviet 22 Sep 77 Earth/Space Science
(Sun/Earth relationships)
803) Interkosmos 17 358th Soviet 24 Sep 77 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere studies)
804) Salyut 6 359th Soviet 29 Sep 77 Space Station
805) Intelsat 4A 4 36th Commercial 30 Sep 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
806) Soyuz 25 360th Soviet 9 Oct 77 Piloted Spaceship
807) ISEE 1 314th American 22 Oct 77 Earth/Space Science
(Sun-Earth studies)
808) ISEE 2 315th American 22 Oct 77 Earth/Space Science
(Sun-Earth studies)
809) Molniya 3-8 361st Soviet 28 Oct 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
810) Meteosat 1 60th European 23 Nov 77 Meteorology
811) Soyuz 26 362nd Soviet 10 Dec 77 Piloted Spaceship
812) Meteor 2-3 363rd Soviet 14 Dec 77 Meteorology
813) CS 1 / Sakura 18th Japanese 15 Dec 77 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 7 8 (60 civilian satellites in 174 missions = 36%)
814) Intelsat 4A F-3 37th Commercial 7 Jan 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
815) Soyuz 27 364th Soviet 10 Jan 78 Piloted Spaceship
816) Progress 1 365th Soviet 20 Jan 78 Cargo Spaceship
817) Molniya 3-9 366th Soviet 24 Jan 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
818) IUE 316th American 26 Jan 78 Astronomy
819) EXOS 2 / Kyokko 19th Japanese 4 Feb 78 Earth/Space Science
(Aurora studies)
820) ISS 2 / Ume-2 20th Japanese 16 Feb 78 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric sounding)
821) Soyuz 28 367th Soviet 2 Mar 78 Piloted Spaceship
822) Molniya 1-39 368th Soviet 2 Mar 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
823) Landsat 3 317th American 5 Mar 78 Earth Remote Sensing
824) AMSAT-OSCAR 8 8th amateur 5 Mar 78 Radio-Amateur
825) PIX 318th American 5 Mar 78 Technology
(Plasma interaction experiment)
826) Intelsat 4A F-6 38th Commercial 31 Mar 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
827) Kosmos 1001 (Soyuz) 369th Soviet 4 Apr 78 Piloted Spaceship
(Soyuz test)
828) BSE 1 / Yuri 1 21st Japanese 7 Apr 78 Technology
(Communications)
829) HCMM 319th American 26 Apr 78 Earth/Space Science
(Thermal maps of atmosphere)
730) OTS 2 61st European 11 May 78 Technology
(Communications)
831) Pioneer Venus 1 320th American 20 May 78 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
832) Ekran 370th Soviet 27 May 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
833) Molniya 1-40 371st Soviet 2 Jun 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
834) Soyuz 29 372nd Soviet 15 Jun 78 Piloted Spaceship
835) GOES 3 321st American 16 Jun 78 Meteorology
836) Seasat 1 322nd American 27 Jun 78 Ocean Remote Sensing
837) Soyuz 30 373rd Soviet 27 Jun 78 Piloted Spaceship
838) Comstar 1C 39th Commercial 29 Jun 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
839) Kosmos 1026 / Energia 2 374th Soviet 2 Jul 78 Earth/Space Science
(Study of cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles in near-Earth)
840) Progress 2 375th Soviet 7 Jul 78 Cargo Spaceship
841) GEOS 2 62nd European 14 Jul 78 Earth/Space Science
(Magnetospheric research)
842) Molniya 1-41 376th Soviet 18 Jul 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
843) Raduga 4 377th Soviet 19 Jul 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
844) Progress 3 378th Soviet 7 Aug 78 Cargo Spaceship
845) Pioneer Venus 2 323rd American 8 Aug 78 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
846) Sounder Probe 324th American 8 Aug 78 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
847) North Probe 325th American 8 Aug 78 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
848) Day Probe 326th American 8 Aug 78 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
849) Night Probe 327th American 8 Aug 78 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
850) ISEE 3 328th American 12 Aug 78 Earth/Space Science
(Sun-Earth studies)
851) Ekran 379th Soviet 17 Aug 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
852) Molniya 1-42 380th Soviet 22 Aug 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
853) Soyuz 31 381st Soviet 26 Aug 78 Piloted Spaceship
854) Venera 11 382nd Soviet 9 Sep 78 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
855) Venera 12 383rd Soviet 14 Sep 78 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
856) EXOS B / Jikiken 22nd Japanese 16 Sep 78 Earth/Space Science
(Plasma studies)
857) Progress 4 384th Soviet 3 Oct 78 Cargo Spaceship
858) Molniya 3-10 385th Soviet 13 Oct 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
859) Tiros 11 329th American 13 Oct 78 Meteorology
860) Ekran 386th Soviet 17 Oct 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
861) Nimbus 7 330th American 24 Oct 78 Meteorology
862) Cameo 331st American 24 Oct 78 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric studies)
863) Interkosmos 18 387th Soviet 24 Oct 78 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere studies)
864) Magion 63rd European 14 Oct 78 Earth/Space Science
(Ionospheric, magnetospheric studies)
865) Kosmos 1045 / Meteor-2 GVM 388th Soviet 26 Oct 78 Meteorology
(Meteor-2 mass model)
866) Radio 1 389th Soviet 26 Oct 78 Radio-Amateur
867) Radio 2 390th Soviet 26 Oct 78 Radio-Amateur
868) Prognoz 7 391st Soviet 30 Oct 78 Earth/Space Science
(Sun-Earth relationships)
869) HEAO 2 / Einstein Observatory 332nd American 13 Nov 7 Astronomy
870) Anik B / Telesat 4 9th Canadian 16 Dec 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
871) ORIMS 333rd American 16 Dec 78
872) Gorizont 1 392nd Soviet 19 Dec 78 Communications
(Multi-service)
873) Kosmos 1066 / Astrofizika 1 393rd Soviet 23 Dec 78 Astronomy
1 9 7 9 (45 civilian satellites in 134 missions = 35%)
874) Molniya 3-11 394th Soviet 18 Jan 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
875) Meteor 1-29 395th Soviet 25 Jan 79 Meteorology
876) Kosmos 1074 (Soyuz) 396th Soviet 31 Jan 79 Piloted Spaceship Test
877) ECS 1A / Ayame 23rd Japanese 6 Feb 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
878) Kosmos 1076 / 
Okean-E NKh 1
397th Soviet 12 Feb 79 Ocean Remote Sensing
(Test mission of Okean satellite)
879) SAGE / AEM-B 334th American 18 Feb 79 Earth/Space Science
(Studied dust, liquid droplets in upper atmosphere)
880) CORSA B / Hakucho 24th Japanese 21 Feb 79 Earth/Space Science
(Soft X-ray observations)
881) Ekran 3 398th Soviet 21 Feb 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
882) Soyuz 32 399th Soviet 25 Feb 79 Piloted Spaceship
883) Interkosmos 19 400th Soviet 27 Feb 79 Earth/Space Science
(Upper atmosphere studies)
884) Meteor 2-4 401st Soviet 1 Mar 79 Meteorology
885) Progress 5 402nd Soviet 12 Mar 79 Cargo Spaceship
886) Soyuz 33 403rd Soviet 10 Apr 79 Piloted Spaceship
887) Molniya 1-43 404th Soviet 12 Apr 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
888) Raduga 5 405th Soviet 25 Apr 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
889) Progress 6 406th Soviet 13 May 79 Cargo Spaceship
890) Kosmos 1102 / 
Gektor-Priroda
407th Soviet 25 May 79 Earth Remote Sensing
891) Ariel 6 / UK 6 64th European 2 Jun 79 Astronomy
892) Molniya 3-12 408th Soviet 5 Jun 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
893) Soyuz 34 409th Soviet 6 Jun 79 Piloted Spaceship
894) Bhaskara 2nd Indian 7 Jun 79 Earth/Space Science
(Earth resources survey)
895) Kosmos 1106 / 
Gektor-Priroda
410th Soviet 12 Jun 79 Earth Remote Sensing
896) NOAA 6 335th American 27 Jun 79 Meteorology
897) Progress 7 411th Soviet 28 Jun 79 Cargo Spaceship
897) Gorizont 2 412th Soviet 5 Jul 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
899) Kosmos 1118 / 
Gektor-Priroda
413th Soviet 27 Jul 79 Earth Remote Sensing
900) SJ-1 14th Chinese 28 Jul 79 Earth/Space Science
(Communication?)
901) SJ-1A 15th Chinese 28 Jul 79 Earth/Space Science
(Communication?)
902) SJ-1B 16th Chinese 28 Jul 79 Earth/Space Science
(Communication?)
903) Molniya 1-44 414th Soviet 31 Jul 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
904) Rhohini 1A 3rd Indian 10 Aug 79 Technology
905) Westar 3 40th Commercial 10 Aug 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
906) Kosmos 1122 / 
Gektor-Priroda
415th Soviet 17 Aug 79 Earth Remote Sensing
907) Kosmos 1127 /
Resurs-F1 11
416th Soviet 5 Sep 79 Earth Remote Sensing
908) HEAO 3 336th American 20 Sep 79 Astronomy
909) Kosmos 1129 / Bion 5 417th Soviet 25 Sep 79 Biology
910) Ekran 4 418th Soviet 3 Oct 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
911) Molniya 1-45 419th Soviet 20 Oct 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
912) Magsat / AEM-C 337th American 30 Oct 79 Earth/Space Science
(Measured near-Earth magnetic field)
913) Meteor 2-5 420th Soviet 31 Oct 79 Meteorology
914) Interkosmos 20 421st Soviet 1 Nov 79 Earth/Space Science
915) RCA Satcom 3 41st Commercial 7 Dec 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
916) Soyuz T 422nd Soviet 16 Dec 79 Piloted Spaceship Test
(Unmanned testflight of a new generation Soyuz craft)
917) CAT 1 65th European 24 Dec 79 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
918) Gorizont 3 423rd Soviet 28 Dec 79 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 8 0 (42 civilian satellites in 144 missions = 29%)
919) Molniya I-46 424th Soviet 11 Jan 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
920) Kosmos 1151 / 
Okean-E NKh 2
425th Soviet 23 Jan 80 Ocean Remote Sensing
(Test mission of Okean satellite without the radar)
921) SMM / Solar 
Maximum Mission
338th American 14 Feb 80 Earth/Space Science
(Solar observatory)
922) MS-T4 / Tansei-4 25th Japanese 17 Feb 80 Technology
923) Raduga 6 426th Soviet 20 Feb 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
924) ECS 2 / Ayame 2 26th Japanese 22 Feb 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
925) Progress 8 427th Soviet 27 Mar 80 Cargo Spaceship
926) Soyuz 35 428th Soviet 9 Apr 80 Piloted Spaceship
927) Kosmos 1175 
(Molniya-3)
429th Soviet 18 Apr 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
928) Progress 9 430th Soviet 27 Apr 80 Cargo Spaceship
929) CAT 66th European 23 May 80 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
930) AMSAT-Phase 3a 9th amateur 23 May 80 Radio-Amateur
931) Feuerrad 67th European 23 May 80 Technology
932) Feuerrad subsatellite 1 68th European 23 May 80 Technology
933) Feuerrad subsatellite 2 69th European 23 May 80 Technology
934) Feuerrad subsatellite 3 70th European 23 May 80 Technology
935) Feuerrad subsatellite 4 71th European 23 May 80 Technology
936) Soyuz 36  431st Soviet 26 May 80 Piloted Spaceship
937) NOAA 7 339th American 29 May 80 Meteorology
938) Soyuz T-2 432nd Soviet 5 Jun 80 Piloted Spaceship
936) Kosmos 1185 / 
Resurs-F1 12
433rd Soviet 6 Jun 80 Earth Remote Sensing
940) Gorizont 4  434th Soviet 14 Jun 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
941) Meteor 1-30 435th Soviet 18 Jun 80 Meteorology
942) Molniya 1-47 436th Soviet 21 Jun 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
943) Progress 10 437th Soviet 29 Jun 80 Cargo Spaceship
944) Ekran 5 438th Soviet 14 Jul 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
945) Rohini 1 4th Indian 18 Jul 80 Earth Remote Sensing
946) Molniya 3-13 439th Soviet 18 Jul 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
947) Soyuz 37 440th Soviet 23 Jul 80 Piloted Spaceship
948) Kosmos 1203 / 
Resurs-F1 13
441st Soviet 31 Jul 80 Earth Remote Sensing
949) Kosmos 1209 / 
Resurs-F1 14
442nd Soviet 3 Sep 80 Earth Remote Sensing
950) Meteor 2-6 443rd Soviet 9 Sep 80 Meteorology
951) GOES 4 340th American 9 Sep 80 Meteorology
952) Soyuz 38 444th Soviet 18 Sep 80 Piloted Spaceship
953) Progress 11 445th Soviet 28 Sep 80 Cargo Spaceship
954) Raduga 7 446th Soviet 5 Oct 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
955) SBS 1 42nd commercial 15 Nov 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
956) Molniya 1-48 447th Soviet 16 Nov 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
957) Soyuz T-3 448th Soviet 27 Nov 80 Piloted Spaceship
958) Intelsat 5A F-2 43rd commercial 6 Dec 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
959) Prognoz 8 449th Soviet 25 Dec 80 Earth/Space Science
(Examined solar wind 
interaction with magnetosphere)
960) Ekran 6 450th Soviet 26 Dec 80 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 8 1 (61 civilian satellites in 160 missions = 39%)
961) Molniya 3-14 451st Soviet 9 Jan 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
962) Kosmos / Geo-IK 1 452nd Soviet 23 Jan 81 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
963) Progress 12 453rd Soviet 24 Jan 81 Cargo Spaceship
964) Molniya 1-49 454th Soviet 30 Jan 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
965) Intercosmos 21 455th Soviet 6 Feb 81 Earth/Space Science
(Oceanographic, 
terrestrial studies)
966) ETS 4 / Kiku-3 27th Japanese 11 Feb 81 Technology
(Satellite R&D)
967) ASTRO-A / Hinoturi 28th Japanese 21 Feb 81 Astronomy
968) Comstar 4 44th commercial 21 Feb 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
969) Soyuz T-4 456th Soviet 12 Mar 81 Piloted Spaceship
970) Raduga 8 457th Soviet 18 Mar 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
971) Soyuz 39 458th Soviet 22 Mar 81 Piloted Spaceship
972) Molniya 3-15 459th Soviet 24 Mar 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
973) STS-1 / OFT-1 341st American 12 Apr 81 Piloted Spaceship
974) Soyuz 40 460th Soviet 14 May 81 Piloted Spaceship
975) Meteor 2-7 461st Soviet 14 May 81 Meteorology
976) GOES 5 342nd American 22 May 81 Meteorology
977) Intelsat 501 45th commercial 23 May 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
978) Rohini 2 5th Indian 31 May 81 Technology
979) Molniya 3-16 462nd Soviet 9 Jun 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
980) CAT 72nd European 19 Jun 81 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
981) Meteosat 2 73rd European 19 Jun 81 Meteorology
982) Apple (Insat 1) 6th Indian 19 Jun 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
983) NOAA 7 343rd American 23 Jun 81 Meteorology
984) Molniya 1-50 463rd Soviet 24 Jun 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
985) Ekran 7 464th Soviet 25 Jun 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
986) Kosmos 1280 / 
Resurs-F1 15
465th Soviet 2 Jul 81 Earth Remote Sensing
987) Meteor Priroda 2-4 466th Soviet 16 Jul 81 Meteorology
988) Iskra 467th Soviet 10 Jul 81 Material Processing
989) Raduga 9 468th Soviet 30 Jul 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
911) DE-1 / Dynamic 
Explorer 1
344th American 3 Aug 81 Earth/Space Science
991) DE-2 / Dynamic 
Explorer 2
345th American 3 Aug 81 Earth/Space Science
992) Interkosmos-
Bulgaria 1300
469th Soviet 7 Aug 81 Earth/Space Science
(Ionosphere and 
magnetosphere studies)
993) GMS 2 / Himawari 2 29th Japanese 10 Aug 81 Meteorology
994) Kosmos 1301 / 
Resurs-F1 16
470th Soviet 27 Aug 81 Earth Remote Sensing
995) Kosmos 1305
(Molniya-3)
471st Soviet 11 Sep 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
996) SJ-2 ("Chinasat 9") 6th Chinese 19 Sep 81 Earth/Space Science
997) SJ-2A ("Chinasat 10") 7th Chinese 19 Sep 81 Earth/Space Science
998) SJ-2B ("Chinasat 11") 8th Chinese 19 Sep 81 Earth/Space Science
999) Oreol 3 (Aureole 3) 74th European 21 Sep 81 Earth/Space Science
(Carried Soviet/French 
magnetosphere and ionosphere experiments)
1000) SBS 2 46th commercial 24 Sep 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1001) Kosmos 1312 / Geo-IK 2 472nd Soviet 30 Sep 81 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
1002) SME / Solar 
Mesosphere Explorer
346th American 6 Oct 81 Earth/Space Science
(Solar observatory)
1003) UoSAT 1 / 
UoSAT-Oscar 9
10th amateur 6 Oct 81 Radio-Amateur
1004) Raduga 10 473nd Soviet 9 Oct 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1005) Molniya 3-17 474th Soviet 17 Oct 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1006) Venera 13 475th Soviet 30 Oct 81 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
1007) Venera 14 476th Soviet 4 Nov 81 Planetary Exploration
(Venus)
1008) STS-2 / OFT-2 347th American 12 Nov 81 Piloted Spaceship
1009) Molniya 1-51 477th Soviet 17 Nov 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1010) RCA Satcom 3R 47th commercial 20 Nov 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1011) Bhaskara 2 7th Indian 26 Nov 81 Earth/Space Science
(Experimental Earth 
observations)
1012) Intelsat 5-F3 48th commercial 15 Dec 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1013) Radio 3 (RS-3) 478th Soviet 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateu
1014) Radio 4 (RS-4) 479th Soviet 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateu
1015) Radio 5 (RS-5) 480th Soviet 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateu
1016) Radio 6 (RS-6) 481st Soviet 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateu
1017) Radio 7 (RS-7) 482nd Soviet 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateu
1018) Radio 8 (RS-8) 483rd Soviet 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateu
1019) CAT 75th European 20 Dec 81 Technology
(Launch vehicle test)
1020) Marecs A 76th European 20 Dec 81 Communications
(Maritime services)
1021) Molniya 1-52 484th Soviet 23 Dec 81 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 8 2 (47 civilian satellites in 160 missions = 30%)
1022) RCA Satcom 4 49th commercial 16 Jan 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1023) Ekran 8 485th Soviet 5 Feb 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1024) Westar 4 50th commercial 26 Feb 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1025) Molniya 1-53 486th Soviet 26 Feb 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1026) Intelsat 5 F-4 51st commercial 5 Mar 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1027) Gorizont 5 487th Soviet 15 Mar 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1028) STS-3 / OFT-3 348th American 22 Mar 82 Piloted Spaceship
1029) Molniya 3-18 488th Soviet 24 Mar 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1030) Meteor 2-8 489th Soviet 25 Mar 82 Meteorology
1031) Insat 1A 8th Indian 10 Apr 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1032) Salyut 7 490th Soviet 19 Apr 82 Space Station
1033) Soyuz T-5 491st Soviet 13 May 82 Piloted Spaceship
1034) Iskra 2 492nd Soviet 17 May 82 Radio-Amateur
1035) Progress 13 493rd Soviet 23 May 82 Cargo Spaceship
1036) Kosmos 1369 / 
Resurs-F1 17
494th Soviet 25 May 82 Earth Remote Sensing
1037) Molniya 1-54 495th Soviet 28 May 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1038) Kosmos 1376 / 
Resurs-F1 18
496th Soviet 8 Jun 82 Earth Remote Sensing
1039) Westar 5 52nd commercial 9 Jun 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1040) Soyuz T-6 497th Soviet 24 Jun 82 Piloted Spaceship
1041) STS-4 / OFT-4 349th American 27 Jun 82 Piloted Spaceship
1042) Progress 14 498th Soviet 10 Jul 82 Cargo Spaceship
1043) Landsat 4 350th American 16 Jul 82 Earth Remote Sensing
1044) Molniya 1-55 499th Soviet 21 Jul 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1045) Ekran 500th Soviet 22 Jul 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1046) Soyuz T-7 501st Soviet 19 Aug 82 Piloted Spaceship
1047) Kosmos 1401 / 
Resurs-F1 19
502nd Soviet 20 Aug 82 Earth Remote Sensing
1048) Anik D-1 / Telesat 5 10th Canadian 26 Aug 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1049) Molniya 3-19 503rd Soviet 27 Aug 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1050) ETS 3 / Kiku 4 30th Japanese 3 Sep 82  Technology
(Satellite R&D)
1051) Marecs B 77th European 9 Sep 82 Communications
(Maritime services)
1052) Sirio 2 78th European 9 Sep 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1053) Ekran 9 504th Soviet 16 Sep 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1054) Progress 15 505th Soviet 18 Sep 82 Cargo Spaceship
1055) Astrozond 506th Soviet 18 Sep 82 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
1056) Kosmos 1410 / 
Geo-IK 3
507th Soviet 24 Sep 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1057) Intelsat 5 F-5 53rd commercial 28 Sep 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1058) Gorizont 6 508th Soviet 20 Oct 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1059) RCA Satcom 5 54th commercial 28 Oct 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1060) Progress 16 509th Soviet 31 Oct 82 Cargo Spaceship
1061) STS-5 351st American 11 Nov 82 Piloted Spacehsip
1062) SBS 3 55th commercial 11 Nov 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1063) Anik C-3 / Telesat 6 11th Canadian 11 Nov 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1064) Iskra 3 510th Soviet 18 Nov 82 Radio-Amateur
1065) Raduga 11 511th Soviet 26 Nov 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1066) Kosmos 1423 
(Molniya-1 49)
512th Soviet 8 Dec 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1067) Meteor 2-9 513th Soviet 14 Dec 82 Meteorology
1068) Raduga 514th Soviet 24 Dec 82 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 8 3 (60 civilian satellites in 162 missions = 38%)
1069) IRAS 352nd American 26 Jan 83 Astronomy
1070) PIX-2 353rd American 26 Jan 83 Technology
1071) CS-2A / Sakura 2A 31st Japanese 4 Feb 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1072) Kosmos 1440 
/ Resurs-F1 20
515th Soviet 10 Feb 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1073) ASTRO-B / Temna 32nd Japanese 20 Feb 83 Astronomy
1074) Molniya 3-20 516th Soviet 11 Mar 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1075) Ekran 10 517th Soviet 12 Mar 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1076) Molniya 1-56 518th Soviet 16 Mar 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1077) Astron 519th Soviet 23 Mar 83 Astronomy
1078) NOAA 8 354th American 28 Mar 83 Meteorology
1079) Molniya 1-57 520th Soviet 2 Apr 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1080) STS-6 355th American 4 Apr 83 Piloted Spaceship
1081) TDRS 1 356th American 4 Apr 83 Communications
(Data relay)
1082) Raduga 12 521st Soviet 8 Apr 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1083) RCA Satcom 6 (1R) 56th commercial 11 Apr 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1084) Rohini 3 9th Indian 17 Apr 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1085) Soyuz T-8 522nd Soviet 20 Apr 83 Piloted Spaceship
1086) GOES 6 357th American 28 Apr 83 Meteorology
1087) Kosmos 1462 / 
Resurs-F1 21
523rd Soviet 17 May 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1088) Intelsat 5 F-6 57th commercial 19 May 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1089) Exosat 79th European 26 May 83 Astronomy
1090) Venera 15 524th Soviet 2 Jun 83 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
1091) Venera 16 525th Soviet 7 Jun 83 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
1092) Kosmos 1468 / 
Resurs-F1 22
526th Soviet 7 Jun 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1093) ECS 1 / Eutelsat 1 80th European 16 Jun 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1094) AMSAT-OSCAR 10 11th amateur 16 Jun 83 Radio-Amateur
1095) STS-7 358th American 18 Jun 83 Piloted Spaceship
1096) Anik C-2 / Telesat 7 12th Canadian 18 Jun 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1097) Palapa 3 (B1) 3rd Indonesian 18 Jun 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1098) SPAS-01 359th American 18 Jun 83 Material Processing
1099) Soyuz T-9 527th Soviet 27 Jun 83 Piloted Spaceship
1100) Galaxy 1 58th commercial 28 Jun 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1101) Gorizont 7 528th Soviet 30 Jun 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1102) Prognoz 9 529th Soviet 1 Jul 83 Earth/Space Science
(Sun-Earth relationships)
1103) Molniya 1-58 530th Soviet 19 Jul 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1104) Kosmos 1483 / 
Resurs-F1 23
531st Soviet 20 Jul 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1105) Kosmos 1484 / 
Resurs-OE 3-2
532nd Soviet 24 Jul 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1106) Telstar 3A / Arabsat 1E 59th commercial 28 Jul 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1107) Kosmos 1487 / 
Resurs-F1 25
533rd Soviet 5 Aug 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1108) CS-2B / Sakura 2B 33rd Japanese 5 Aug 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1109) Progress 17 534th Soviet 17 Aug 83 Cargo Spaceship
1110) Raduga 13 535th Soviet 25 Aug 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1111) STS-8 360th American 30 Aug 83 Piloted Spaceship
1112) Insat 1B 10th Indian 30 Aug 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1113) Molniya 3-21 536th Soviet 30 Aug 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1114) RCA Satcom 7 (2R) 60th commercial 8 Sep 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1115) Kosmos 1498 / 
Resurs-F1 24
537th Soviet 14 Sep 83 Earth Remote Sensing
1116) Galaxy 2R)R 61st commercial 22 Sep 83 Communications
(Multi-service
1117) Soyuz' "Sept, 26 
Anomaly"
538th Soviet 26 Sep 83 Piloted Spaceship
1118) Kosmos 1500 / 
Okean-OE 1
539th Soviet 28 Sep 83 Ocean Remote Sensing
1119) Ekran 11 540th Soviet 29 Sep 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1120) Intelsat 5 F-7 62nd commercial 19 Oct 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1121) Progress 18 541st Soviet 20 Oct 83 Cargo Spaceship
1122) Meteor 2-10 542nd Soviet 26 Oct 83 Meteorology
1123) Molniya 1-59 543rd Soviet 23 Nov 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1124) Kosmos 1510 / 
Geo-IK 4
544th Soviet 24 Nov 83 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
1125) STS-9 / Spacelab 1 361st American 28 Nov 83 Piloted Spaceship
1126) Gorizont 8 545th Soviet 30 Nov 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1127) Kosmos 1514 / Bion 6 546th Soviet 14 Dec 83 Biology
1128) Molniya 3-22 547th Soviet 21 Dec 83 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 8 4 (64 civilian satellites in 169 missions = 38½%)
1129) BS-2A / Yuri 2A 34th Japanese 23 Jan 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1130) STS 41-B 362nd American 3 Feb 84 Piloted Spaceship
1131) Westar 6 63rd commercial 3 Feb 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1132) IRT 363rd American 3 Feb 84 Technology
(Rendezvous target)
1133) Palapa B-2 4th Indonesian 3 Feb 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1134) Soyuz T-10 548th Soviet 8 Feb 84 Piloted Spaceship
1135) EXOS-C / Ohzora  35th Japanese 14 Feb 84 Earth/Space Sciance
(Ionosphere studies)
1136) Raduga 14 549th Soviet 15 Feb 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1137) Kosmos 1537 / 
Resurs-F1 27
550th Soviet 16 Feb 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1138) Progress 19 551st Soviet 21 Feb 84 Cargo Spaceship
1139) Landsat 5 364th American 1 Mar 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1140) UoSAT 2 / UoSAT-
OSCAR 11
12th amateur 1 Mar 84 Radio-Amateur
1141) Intelsat 5-F8 64th commercial 5 Mar 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1142) Kosmos 1543 / Efir 1 552nd Soviet 10 Mar 84 Earth/Space Sciance
1143) Ekran 12 553th Soviet 16 Mar 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1144) Molniya 1-60 554th Soviet 16 Mar 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1145) Soyuz T-11 555th Soviet 3 Apr 84 Piloted Spaceship
1146) STS 41-C 365th American 6 Apr 84 Piloted Spaceship
1147) LDEF 366th American 6 Apr 84 Material Processing
1148) Progress 20 556th Soviet 15 Apr 84 Cargo Spaceship
1149) Gorizont 9 557th Soviet 22 Apr 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1150) Progress 21 558th Soviet 7 May 84 Cargo Spaceship
1151) Spacenet 1 65th commercial 23 May 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1152) Progress 22 559th Soviet 28 May 84 Cargo Spaceship
1153) Intelsat 5-F9 66th commercial 9 Jun 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1154) Kosmos 1572 / 
Resurs-F1 26
560th Soviet 15 Jun 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1155) Raduga 15 561st Soviet 22 Jun 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1156) Kosmos 1575 / 
Resurs-F1 48
562nd Soviet 22 Jun 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1157) Meteor 2-11 563rd Soviet 5 Jul 84 Meteorology
1158) Soyuz T-12 564th Soviet 17 Jul 84 Piloted Spaceship
1159) Kosmos 1582 / 
Resurs-F1 49
565th Soviet 19 Jul 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1160) Gorizont 10 566th Soviet 1 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1161) GMS-3 / Himawari 3  36th Japanese 2 Aug 84 Meteorology
1162) ECS 2 / Eutelsat 2 81st European 4 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1163) Telecom 1A 82nd European 4 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1164) Kosmos 1589 / 
Geo-IK 5
567th Soviet 8 Aug 84 Earth/Space Sciance
(Geodesy)
1165) Molniya 1-61 568th Soviet 10 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1166) Progress 23 569th Soviet 14 Aug 84 Cargo Spaceship
1167) Kosmos 1590 / 
Resurs-F1 50
570th Soviet 16 Aug 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1168) AMPTE 1 / 
AMPTE-CCE
367th American 16 Aug 84 Earth/Space Sciance
(Magnetosphere studies)
1169) AMPTE 2 / 
AMPTE-IRM
368th American 16 Aug 84 Earth/Space Sciance
(Magnetosphere studies)
1170) AMPTE 3 / 
AMPTE-UKS
83rd European 16 Aug 84 Earth/Space Sciance
(Magnetosphere studies)
1171) STP 369th American 16 Aug 84 Technology
(Solar sells experiment)
1172) Molniya 1-62 571st Soviet 24 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1173) Ekran 13 572nd Soviet 24 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1174) Kosmos 1591 / 
Resurs-F1 51
573rd Soviet 30 Aug 84 Earth Remote Sensing
1175) STS 41-D 370th American 30 Aug 84 Piloted Spaceship
1176) SBS 4 67th commercial 30 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1177) Telstar 3C 69th commercial 30 Aug 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1178) Galaxy 3 68th commercial 21 Sep 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1179) Kosmos 1602 / 
Okean-OE
574th Soviet 28 Sep 84 Ocean Remote Sensing
1180) STS 41-G 371st American 5 Oct 84 Piloted Spaceship
1181) ERBS 372nd American 5 Oct 84 Earth/Space Sciance
(Upper atmosphere studies)
1182) STS 51-A 373rd American 8 Nov 84 Piloted Spaceship
1183) Anik D-2 / Telesat  13th Canadian 8 Nov 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1184) Spacenet 2 70th commercial 8 Nov 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1185) Marecs 2 84th European 10 Nov 84 Communications
(Maritime services)
1186) Kosmos 1612
(Meteor-3)
575th Soviet 27 Nov 84 Meteorology
1187) NOAA 9 374th American 12 Dec 84 Meteorology
1188) Molniya 1-63 576th Soviet 14 Dec 84 Communications
(Multi-service)
1189) Vega 1 probe 577th Soviet 15 Dec 84 Planetary Exploration
(Venus & Halley's Comet)
1190) Vega 1 lander 578th Soviet 15 Dec 84 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
1191) Vega 2 probe 579th Soviet 21 Dec 84 Planetary Exploration
(Venus & Halley's Comet)
1192) Vega 2 lander 580th Soviet 21 Dec 84 Planetary Exploration (Venus)
1 9 8 5 (63 civilian satellites in 173 missions = 38%)
1193) MS-T5 / Sakigake 37th Japanese 7 Jan 85 Technology
1194) Molniya 3-23 581st Soviet 16 Jan 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1195) Gorizont 11 582nd Soviet 18 Jan 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1196) Meteor 2-12 583rd Soviet 7 Feb 85 Meteorology
1197) Arabsat 1A 1st Arabian 8 Feb 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1198) Brasilsat 1 1st Brazilian 8 Feb 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1199) Ekran 14 584th Soviet 22 Mar 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1200) Intelsat 5A F10 71st commercial 22 Mar 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1201) STS 51-D 375th American 12 Apr 85 Piloted Spaceship
1202) Anik C-1 / Telesat 14th Canadian 12 Apr 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1203) Kosmos 1645 / Foton 1 585th Soviet 16 Apr 85 Material Processing
1204) Prognoz 10 / 
Intercosmos 23
586th Soviet 26 Apr 85 Earth/Space Science
(Earth-Sun relationship)
1205) STS 51-B / Spacelab 3 376th American 29 Apr 85 Piloted Spaceship
1206) Nusat 13th amateur 29 Apr 85 Student Experimentation
1207) GStar 1 72nd commercial 29 Apr 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1208) Telecom 1B 85th European 8 May 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1209) Kosmos 1653 / 
Resurs-F1 52
587th Soviet 22 May 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1210) Molniya 3-24 588th Soviet 29 May 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1211) Soyuz T-13 589th Soviet 6 Jun 85 Piloted Spaceship
1212) Kosmos 1657 / 
Resurs-F1 54
590th Soviet 7 Jun 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1213) Kosmos 1660 / 
Geo-IK 6
591st Soviet 14 Jun 85 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
1214) STS 51-G 377th American 17 Jun 85 Piloted Spaceship
1215) Morelos 1 1st Mexican 17 Jun 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1216) Arabsat 1B 2nd Arabian 17 Jun 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1217) Telstar 3D 73th commercial 17 Jun 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1218) Spartan 1 378th American 17 Jun 85 Astronomy
1219) Progress 24 592nd Soviet 21 Jun 85 Cargo Spaceship
1220) Kosmos 1663 / 
Resurs-F1 55
593rd Soviet 21 Jun 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1221) Intelsat 5A F11 74th commercial 30 Jun 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1222) Giotto 86th European 2 Jul 85 Planetary Exploration
(Halley's Comet)
1223) Kosmos 1667 / Bion 7 594th Soviet 10 Jul 85 Biology
1224) Molniya 3-25 595th Soviet 17 Jul 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1225) Kosmos 1669 
(Progress)
596th Soviet 19 Jul 85 Cargo Spaceship
1226) STS 51-F / Spacelab 2 379th American 29 Jul 85 Piloted Spaceship
1227) PDP 380th American 29 Jul 85 Earth/Space Science
1228) Kosmos 1672 /
Resurs-F1 57
597th Soviet 7 Aug 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1229) Raduga 16 598th Soviet 9 Aug 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1230) Planet-A / Suisei 38th Japanese 18 Aug 85 Planetary Exploration
(Halley's Comet)
1231) Molniya 1-64 599th Soviet 22 Aug 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1232) STS 51-I 381st American 27 Aug 85 Piloted Spaceship
1233) Aussat 1 2nd Australian 27 Aug 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1234) ASC 1 75th commercial 27 Aug 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1235) Kosmos 1678 / 
Resurs-F1 53
600th Soviet 29 Aug 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1236) ECS 3 / Eutelsat I F-3 87th European 12 Sep 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1237) Spacenet 3 76th commercial 12 Sep 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1238) Soyuz T-14 601st Soviet 17 Sep 85 Piloted Spaceship
1239) Intelsat 5A F12 77th commercial 28 Sep 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1240) Kosmos 1689 / 
Resurs-O1 1L
602nd Soviet 3 Oct 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1241) Molniya 3-26 603rd Soviet 3 Oct 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1242) Molniya 1-65 604th Soviet 23 Oct 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1243) Meteor 3-1 605th Soviet 24 Oct 85 Meteorology
1244) Molniya 1-66 606th Soviet 28 Oct 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1245) STS 61-A / Spacelab D-1 382nd American 30 Oct 85 Piloted Spaceship
1246) Raduga 17 607th Soviet 15 Nov 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1247) STS 61-B 383rd American 27 Nov 85 Piloted Spaceship
1248) Morelos 2 2nd Mexican 27 Nov 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1249) Aussat 2 3rd Australian 27 Nov 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1250) RCA Satcom K-2 78th commercial 27 Nov 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1251) OEX 384th American 27 Nov 85 Technology
1252) Kosmos 1708 / 
Resurs-F1 56
608th Soviet 13 Dec 85 Earth Remote Sensing
1253) Molniya 3-27 609th Soviet 24 Dec 85 Communications
(Multi-service)
1254) Meteor 2-13 610th Soviet 26 Dec 85 Meteorology
1255) Kosmos 1713 / Efir 2 611th Soviet 27 Dec 85 Earth/Space Science
1 9 8 6 (43 civilian satellites in 151 missions = 29%)
1256) STS 61-C 385th American 12 Jan 86 Piloted Spaceship
1257) RCA Satcom K-1 79th commercial 12 Jan 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1258) Raduga 18 612th Soviet 17 Jan 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1259) STS 51-L 386th American 12 Jan 86 Piloted Spaceship
1260) TDRS-B 387th American 12 Jan 86 Communications
(Data relay)
1261) Spartan-Halley 388th American 12 Jan 86 Astronomy
1262) Kosmos 1732 : Geo-IK 7 613th Soviet 11 Feb 86 Earth/Space Science
(Geodesy)
1263) BS-2B / Yuri 2B 39th Japanese 12 Feb 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1264) Mir 614th Soviet 20 Feb 86 Space Station
1265) SPOT 1 88th European 22 Feb 86 Earth Remote Sensing
1266) Viking 89th European 22 Feb 86 Earth/Space Science
1267) Soyuz T-15 615th Soviet 13 Mar 86 Piloted Spaceship
1268) Progress 25 616th Soviet 19 Mar 86 Cargo Spaceship
1269) GStar 2 80th commercial 28 Mar 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1270) Brasilsat 2 / SBTS 2 2nd Brazilian 28 Mar 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1271) Molniya 3-28 617th Soviet 18 Apr 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1272) Progress 26 618th Soviet 23 Apr 86 Cargo Spaceship
1273) GOES G 389th American 3 May 86 Meteorology
1274) Soyuz TM 619th Soviet 21 May 86 Piloted Spaceship Test
1275) Kosmos 1744 / Foton 2 2L 620th Soviet 21 May 86 Material Processing
1276) Ekran 15 621th Soviet 24 May 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1277) Meteor 2-14 622nd Soviet 27 May 86 Meteorology
1278) Kosmos 1746 / Resurs-F1 58 623rd Soviet 28 May 86 Earth/Remote Sensing
1279) Intelsat 5 F-14 81st commercial 31 May 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1280) Gorizont 12 624th Soviet 10 Jun 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1281) Molniya 3-29 625th Soviet 20 Jun 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1282) Kosmos 1762 / Resurs-F1 59 626th Soviet 16 Jul 86 Earth/Space Science
1283) Kosmos 1766 / Okean-O1 3 627th Soviet 29 Jul 86 Ocean Remote Sensing
1284) Molniya 1-67 628th Soviet 30 Jul 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1285) Kosmos 1768 / Resurs-F1 60 629th Soviet 2 Aug 86 Earth Remote Sensing
1286) EGP / Ajisai 40th Japanese 12 Aug 86 Earth/Space Science
1287) JAS-1 / Fuji-OSCAR 12 14th amateur 12 Aug 86 Radio-Amateur
1288) MABES / Jindai 41st European 12 Aug 86 Technology
1289) Molniya 1-68 630th Soviet 5 Sep 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1290) NOAA 10 390th American 17 Sep 86 Meteorology
1291) Molniya 3-30 631st Soviet 20 Oct 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1292) Raduga 19 632nd Soviet 25 Oct 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1293) Kosmos 1789 / Resurs-F1 61 633th Soviet 31 Oct 86 Earth Remote Sensing
1294) Molniya 1-69 634th Soviet 16 Nov 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1295) Gorizont 13 635th Soviet 18 Nov 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1296) Kosmos 1803 / Geo-IK 8 636th Soviet 2 Dec 86 Earth/Space Science
1297) Kosmos 1809 / AUOS-Z 
501 Ionozond-E
637th Soviet 18 Dec 86 Technology
1298) Molniya 1-70 638th Soviet 26 Dec 86 Communications
(Multi-service)
1 9 8 7 (38 civilian satellites in 141 missions = 27%)
1299) Meteor 2-15 639th Soviet 5 Jan 87 Meteorology
1300) Progress 27 640th Soviet 16 Jan 87 Cargo Spaceship
1301) Molniya 3-31 641st Soviet 22 Jan 87 Communications
1302) Kosmos 1817 /  Ekran-M 11L 642nd Soviet 30 Jan 87 Communications
1303) ASTRO-C / Ginga 42nd Japanese 5 Feb 87 Astronomy
1304) Soyuz TM-2 643rd Soviet 5 Feb 87 Piloted Spaceship
1305) MOS-1 / Momo 1  43rd Japanese 19 Feb 87 Earth Remote Sensing
1306) Kosmos 1823 / Geo-IK 9 644th Soviet 20 Feb 87 Earth/Space Science
1907) GOES 7 391st American 26 Feb 87 Meteorology 
1308) Progress 28 645th Soviet 3 Mar 87 Cargo Spaceship
1309) Raduga 20 646th Soviet 19 Mar 87 Communications
1310) Palapa 5 (B2P) /  Agila 1 5th Indonesian 20 Mar 87 Communications
1311) SROSS-A 11th Indian 24 Mar 87 Earth/Space Science
1312) Kvant 647th Soviet 31 Mar 87 Space Station Module
1313) Progress 29 648th Soviet 21 Apr 87 Cargo Spaceship
1314) Kosmos 1841 / Foton 3L 649th Soviet 24 Apr 87 Material Processing
1315) Gorizont 14 650th Soviet 11 May 87 Communications
1316) "Energyia" 651st Soviet 15 May 87 Technology
1317) Progress 30 652nd Soviet 19 May 87 Cargo Spaceship
1318) Kosmos 1846 / Resurs-F1 104 653rd Soviet 21 May 87 Earth Remote Sensing
1319) Kosmos / Resurs-F1 105 654th Soviet 18 Jun 87 Earth Remote Sensing
1320) Kosmos 1869 / Okean-O1 2 655th Soviet 16 Jul 87 Ocean Remote Sensing
1321) Soyuz TM-3 656th Soviet 22 Jul 87 Piloted Spaceship
1322) Progress 31 657th Soviet 4 Aug 87 Cargo Spaceship
1323) Meteor 2-16 658th Soviet 18 Aug 87 Meteorology
1324) ETS-5 / Kiku 5 44th Japanese 27 Aug 87 Communications
1325) Ekran 16 659th Soviet 3 Sep 87 Communications
1326) Kosmos 1882 / Resurs-F1 107 660th Soviet 15 Sep 87 Earth Remote Sensing
1327) AUSSAT K-3 4th Australian 16 Sep 87 Communications
1328) ECS 4 / Eutelsat I F-4 90th European 16 Sep 87 Communications
1329) Progress 32 661st Soviet 24 Sep 87 Cargo Spaceship
1330) Kosmos 1887 / Bion 8 662nd Soviet 29 Sep 87 Biology
1331) Progress 33 663rd Soviet 21 Nov 87 Cargo Spaceship
1332) TV-Sat 1 91st European 21 Nov 87 Communications
1333) Raduga 21 664th Soviet 10 Dec 87 Communications
1334) Soyuz TM-4 665th Soviet 21 Dec 87 Piloted Spaceship
1335) Kosmos 1906 / Resurs-F2 1 666th Soviet 26 Dec 87 Earth Remote Sensing
1336) Ekran 17 667th Soviet 27 Dec 87 Communications
1 9 8 8 (62 civilian satellites in 155 missions = 42%)
1337) Gorizont 668th Soviet 18 Jan 88 Communications
1338) Progress 34 669th Soviet 21 Jan 88 Cargo Spaceship
1339) Meteor 2-17 670th Soviet 30 Jan 88 Meteorology
1340) Kosmos 1920 / Resurs-F1 106 671st Soviet 18 Feb 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1341) CS-3A / Sakura 3A 45th Japanese 19 Feb 88 Communications
1342) Molniya 1-71 672nd Soviet 11 Mar 88 Communications
1343) Spacenet 3 82nd commercial 11 Mar 88 Communications
1344) Télécom 1C 92nd European 11 Mar 88 Communications
1345) IRS 1A 12th Indian 17 Mar 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1346) Molniya 1-72 673rd Soviet 22 Mar 88 Communications
1347) Progress 35 674th Soviet 24 Mar 88 Cargo Spaceship
1348) San Marco 5 93rd European 25 Mar 88 Earth/Space Science
1349) Gorizont 15 675th Soviet 31 Mar 88 Communications
1350) Foton 1 676th Soviet 14 Apr 88 Material Processing
1351) Kosmos 1939 / Resurs-O1 2L 677th Soviet 20 Apr 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1352) Ekran 18 678th Soviet 6 May 88 Communications
1353) Progress 36 679th Soviet 13 May 88 Cargo Spaceship
1354) Intelsat 5A F13 83rd commercial 18 May 88 Communications
1355) Molniya 3-32 680th Soviet 26 May 88 Communications
1356) Kosmos 1950 / Geo-IK 10 681st Soviet 30 May 88 Earth/Space Science
1357) Kosmos 1951 / Resurs-F1 28 682nd Soviet 31 May 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1358) Soyuz TM-5 683rd Soviet 7 Jun 88 Piloted Spaceship
1369) Meteosat 3 94th European 15 Jun 88 Meteorology
1360) AMSAT-OSCAR 13 15th amateur 15 Jun 88 Radio-Amateur
1361) Panamsat 1 / PAS 1 84th commercial 15 Jun 88 Communications
1362) Okean 1 684th Soviet 5 Jul 88 Ocena Remote Sensing
1363) Kosmos 1957 / Resurs-F1 29 685th Soviet 7 Jul 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1364) Phobos 1 (Fobos 1) 686th Soviet 7 Jul 88 Planetary Probe
1365) Phobos 1 DPS 687th Soviet 7 Jul 88 Planetary Probe
1366) Phobos 1 PPS 688th Soviet 7 Jul 88 Planetary Probe
1367) Phobos 2 (Fobos 2) 689th Soviet 12 Jul 88 Planetary Probe
1368) Phobos 2 DPS 690th Soviet 12 Jul 88 Planetary Probe
1369) Phobos 2 PPS 691st Soviet 12 Jul 88 Planetary Probe
1371) SROSS 13th Indian 12 Jul 88 Earth/Space Science
1371) Progress 37 692nd Soviet 19 Jul 88 Cargo Spaceship
1372) Insat 1C 14th Indian 21 Jul 88 Communications
1373) ECS 5 / Eutelsat I F-5 95th European 21 Jul 88 Communications
1374) Meteor 3-2 693th Soviet 26 Jul 88 Meteorology
1375) Kosmos / Resurs-F1 30 694th Soviet 27 Jul 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1376) Molniya 1-73 695th Soviet 12 Aug 88 Communications
1377) Gorizont 16 696th Soviet 18 Aug 88 Communications
1378) Kosmos 1965 / Resurs-F2 2 697th Soviet 23 Aug 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1379) Soyuz TM-6 698th Soviet 29 Aug 88 Piloted Spaceship
1380) FY-1A / Fengyun 1 ("
Chinasat 24")
9th Cninese 6 Sep 88 Meteorology
1381) GStar 3 85th commercial 8 Sep 88 Communications
1382) SBS 5 86th commercial 8 Sep 88 Communications
1983) Kosmos 1968 / Resurs-F1 31 699th Soviet 9 Sep 88 Earth Remote Sensing
1384) Progress 38 700th Soviet 10 Sep 88 Cargo Spaceship
1385) CS-3B / Sakura 3B 46th Japanese 16 Sep 88 Communications
1386) NOAA 11 392nd American 24 Sep 88 Meteorology
1387) Molniya 3-33 701st Soviet 29 Sep 88 Communications
1388) STS-26 383rd American 29 Sep 88 Piloted  Spaceship
1389) TDRS 3 394th American 29 Sep 88 Communications
1390) Raduga 22 702nd Soviet 20 Oct 88 Communications
1391) TDF 1 96th European 28 Oct 88 Communications
1392) Buran F-1 703rd Soviet 15 Nov 88 Piloted Spaceship
(Unmanned)
1393) Soyuz TM-7 704th Soviet 26 Nov 88 Piloted Spaceship
1394) Ekran 19 705th Soviet 10 Dec 88 Communications
1395) Astra 1A 87th commercial 11 Dec 88 Communications
1396) Molniya 3-34 706th Soviet 11 Dec 88 Communications
1397) Progress 39 707th Soviet 25 Dec 88 Cargo Spaceship
1398) Molniya 1-74 708th Soviet 17 Dec 88 Communications
1 9 8 9 (56 civilian satellites in 139 missions = 43%)
1399) Kosmos 1990 / Resurs-F2 3 709th Soviet 12 Jan 89 Earth Remote Sensing
1400) Gorizont 17 710th Soviet 26 Jan 89 Communications
1401) Intelsat 5A F1 88th commercial 27 Jan 89 Communications
1402) Progress 40 711th Soviet 10 Feb 89 Cargo Spaceship
1403) Molniya 1-75 712th Soviet 10 Feb 89 Communications
1404) EXOS-D / Akebono 47th Japanese 21 Feb 89 Earth/Space Science
1405) Meteor 2-18 713th Soviet 28 Feb 89 Meteorology
1406) JCSAT 1 89th commercial 6 Mar 89 Communications
1407) Meteosat 4 / MOP 1 97th European 6 Mar 89 Meteorology
1408) STS-29 395th American 13 Mar 89 Piloted Spaceship
1409) TDRS 4 396th American 13 Mar 89 Communications
1410) Progress 41 714th Soviet 16 Mar 89 Cargo Spaceship
1411) TELE-X 90th commercial 2 Apr 89 Communication
1412) Raduga 23 715th Soviet 14 Apr 89 Communications
1413) Photon 2 716th Soviet 26 Apr 89 Material Processing
1414) STS-30 397th American 4 May 89 Piloted Spaceship
1415) Magellan 398th American 4 May 89 Planetary Probe
1416) Resurs F-01 717th Soviet 25 May 89 Earth Remote Sensing
1417) Pion 1 718th Soviet 25 May 89 Earth/Space Science
1418) Pion 2 719th Soviet 25 May 89 Earth/Space Science
1419) Superbird A 91st commercial 5 Jun 89 Communications
1420) DFS-Kopernikus 1 91nd commercial 5 Jun 89 Communications
1421) Molniya 3-35 720th Soviet 8 Jun 89 Communications
1422) Okean 721st Soviet 9 Jun 89 Ocean Remote Sensing
1423) Raduga 101 722nd Soviet 22 Jun 89 Communications
1424) Resurs F-02 723rd Soviet 27 Jun 89 Earth Remote Sensing
1425) Gorizont 18 724th Soviet 6 Jul 89 Communications
1426) Olympus F1 98th European 12 Jul 89 Communications
1427) Resurs F-03 725th Soviet 18 Jul 89 Earth Remote Sensing
1428) Pion 3 726th Soviet 18 Jul 89 Earth/Space Science
1429) Pion 4 727th Soviet 18 Jul 89 Earth/Space Science
1430) TV-Sat 2 99th European 8 Aug 89 Communications
1431) Hipparcos 100th European 8 Aug 89 Astronomy
1432) Resurs F-04 728th Soviet 15 Aug 89 Earth Remote Sensing
1433) Progress M-1 729th Soviet 23 Aug 89 Cargo Spaceship
1434) Marcopolo 1 (Sirius 1) BSB R1 92nd commercial 27 Aug 89 Communications
1435) Kosmos 2037 / Geo-IK 11 730th Soviet 28 Aug 89 Earth/Space Science
1436) GMS 4 / Himawari 4 48th Japanese 5 Sap 89 Meteorology
1437) Soyuz TM-8 731st Soviet 5 Sep 89 Piloted Spaceship
1438) Resurs F-05 732th Soviet 6 Sep 89 Earth Remote Sensing
1439) Kosmos 2044 / Bion 9 733rd Soviet 15 Sep 89 Biology
1440) Molniya 1-76 734th Soviet 27 Sep 89 Communications
1441) Intercosmos 24 735th Soviet 28 Sep 89 Earth/Space Science
1442) Magion 2 101st European 25 Sep 89 Earth/Space Science
1443) Gorizont 19 736th Soviet 28 Sep 89 Communications
1444) STS-34 399th American 18 Oct 89 Piloted Spaceship
1445) Galileo 400th American 18 Oct 89 Planetary Probe
1446) Jovian probe 401st American 18 Oct 89 Planetary Probe
1447) Meteor 3-03 737th Soviet 25 Oct 89 Meteorology
1448) Intelsat 6 F2 95th commercial 27 Oct 89 Communications
1449) COBE 402nd American 18 Nov 89 Astronomy
1450) Kvant 2 738th Soviet 26 Nov 89 Space Station Module
1451) Molniya 3-36 379th Soviet 28 Nov 89 Communications
1452) Granat 740th Soviet 1 Dec 89 Astronomy
1453) Raduga 24 741st Soviet 15 Dec 89 Communications
1454) Progress M-2 742th Soviet 20 Dec 89 Cargo Spaceship
1 9 9 0 (74 civilian satellites in 173 missions = 44%)
1455) JCSat 2 95th commercial 1st Jan 90 Communications
1456) STS-32 403rd American 9 Jan 90 Piloted Spaceship
1457) SPOT 2 102nd European 22 Jan 90 Earth Remote Sensing
1458) WEBERSAT / WEBERSAT-
OSCAR 18 
16th amateur 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
1459) LUSAT / LUSAT-
OSCAR 19 (LO-19)
17th amateur 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
1460) DOVE / DOVE-
OSCAR 17 (DO-17)
18th amateur 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
1461) PACSAT / AMSAT-
ORCAR 16 (AO-16)
19th amateur 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
1665) UoSAT 3 / UoSAT-
OSCAR 14
20th amateur 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
1463) UoSAT 4 / UoSAT-
OSCAR 15
21st amateur 22 Jan 90 Technology
1466) Molniya 3-37 743rd Soviet 23 Jan 90 Communications
1467) Muses A / Hiten 49th Japanese 24 Jan 90 Planetary Probe
1468) Hagoromo 50th Japanese 24 Jan 90 Planetary Probe
1469) MOS 1b / MOMO 1B 51st Japanese 7 Feb 90 Earth Remote Sensing
1460) Debut / Orizuru 52nd Japanese 7 Feb 90 Technology
1469) JAS 1b / Fuji 2 / Fuji-
OSCAR 20
22nd amateur 7 Feb 90 Radio-Amateur
1470) Soyuz TM-9 744th Soviet 11 Feb 90 Piloted spaceship
1471) Raduga 25 745th Soviet 15 Feb 90 Communications
1472) Superbird B 96th commercial 22 Feb 90 Communications
1473) BS-2X 53rd Japanese 22 Feb 90 Communications
1474) Okean 2 746th Soviet 28 Feb 90 Ocean Remote Sensing
1475) Progress M-3 747th Soviet 1st Mar 90 Cargo Spaceship
1476) Intelsat VI F-3 97th commercial 14 Mar 90 Communications
1477) AsiaSat 1 98th commercial 7 Apr 90 Communications
1478) Foton 3 748th Soviet 11 Apr 90 Material Processing
1479) Palapa 6 (B2R) / Newsat-1 6th Indonesian 13 Apr 90 Communications
1480) STS-31 404th American 24 Apr 90 Piloted Spaceship
1481) HST / Hubble Space Telescope 405th American 24 Apr 90 Astronomy
1482) Molniya 1-77 749th Soviet 26 Apr 90 Communications
1483) Progress 42 750th Soviet 6 May 90 Cargo Spaceship
1484) Resurs F-06 751st Soviet 29 May 90 Earth Remote Sensing
1485) Kristall 752nd Soviet 31 May 90 Space Station Module
1486) ROSAT 103rd European 1st Jun 90 Astronomy
1487) Insat 1D 15th Indian 12 Jun 90 Communications
1488) Molniya 3-38 753rd Soviet 13 Jun 90 Communications
1489) Gorizont 20 754th Soviet 21 Jun 90 Communications
1490) Intelsat 6 F-4 99th commercial 23 Jun 90 Communications
1491) Meteor 2-19 755th Soviet 28 Jun 90 Meteorology
1492) Gamma 756th Soviet 11 Jul 90 Astronomy
1493) BARD / Badr-A 1st Pakistenese 16 Jul 90 Technology
1494) Aussat B model 5th Australian 16 Jul 90 Technology
1495) Resurs F-07 757th Soviet 17 Jul 90 Earth Remote Sensing
1496) TDF 2 104th European 24 Jul 90 Communications
1497) DFS Kopernikus 2 100th commercial 24 Jul 90 Communications
1498) CRRES 406th American 25 Jul 90 Earth/Space Sciences
1499) Kosmos 2088 / Geo-IK 12 758th Soviet 30 Jul 90 Earth/Space Science
1500) Soyuz TM-10 759th Soviet 1 Aug 90 Piloted Spaceship
1501) Ekran-M 760th Soviet 9 Aug 90 Communications
1502) Molniya 1-78 761st Soviet 11 Aug 90 Communications
1503) Progress M-4 762nd Soviet 15 Aug 90 Cargo Spaceship
1504) Resurs F-08 763rd Soviet 16 Aug 90 Earth Remote Sensing
1505) Marcopolos 2 (Thor 1) BSB R2 101st commercial 17 Aug 90 Communications
1506) BS 3A / Yuri 3A 54th Japanese 28 Aug 90 Communications
1507) Eutelsat II F-1 105th European 30 Aug 90 Communications
1508) FY-1B / Feng Yun 1B 
("Chinasat 28")
10th Chinese 3 Sep 90 Meteorology
1509) Q 1 / Da Qi Qui Weixing 1 
("Chinasat 31")
11th Chinese 3 Sep 90 Earth/Space Science
1510) DQ 2 / Da Qi Qui Weixing 2 
("Chinasat 32")
12th Chinese 3 Sep 90 Earth/Space Science
1511) Resurs F-09 764th Soviet 7 Sep 90 Earth Remote Sensing
1512) Molniya 3-39 765th Soviet 21 Sep 90 Communications
1513) Progress M-5 766th Soviet 27 Sep 90 Cargo Spaceship
1514) Meteor 2-2 767th Soviet 28 Sep 90 Meteorology
1515) STS-41 407th American 6 Oct 90 Piloted Spaceship
1516) Ulysses 106th European 6 Oct 90 Planetary Probe
1517) SBS 6 102nd commercial 12 Oct 90 Communications