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Orbital Launches in 1981

7,412 orbital launches since 1957

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7,412

Total launches

228

This year

92.9%

Success rate

161

Crewed

1957

Since

Orbital Radar lists 126 orbital launches in 1981, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

Full launch index (126 launches)

Molniya-1 11F658 No. 55 (1981-12-23)Marecs A (1981-12-20)Navstar GPS SVN 7 (1981-12-19)Feniks No. 952 (1981-12-19)RS-3 (1981-12-17)INTELSAT V F3 (1981-12-15)Zenit-6 (1981-12-04)Tselina-D (1981-12-03)Strela-1M (1981-11-28)RCA-D (1981-11-20)SEO B (1981-11-20)Molniya-1 (1981-11-17)Zenit-6 (1981-11-13)OV-102 OFT-2 (1981-11-12)4V-1M No. 761 (1981-11-04)Feniks No. 944 (1981-11-03)VORTEX 3 (1981-10-31)Oko (1981-10-31)4V-1M No. 760 (1981-10-30)Molniya-3 No. 31 (1981-10-17)Zenit-6 (1981-10-15)Tselina-D (1981-10-13)Gran' No. 20L (1981-10-09)Fram (1981-10-09)Solar Mesosphere Explore (1981-10-06)Zenit-6 (1981-10-01)Musson No. 12 (1981-09-30)Romb (1981-09-28)SBS 2 (1981-09-24)Vektor (1981-09-23)AUOS-Z 401 M-A-IK (1981-09-21)shijian erhao B xing (1981-09-19)Orion (1981-09-18)Parus (1981-09-18)Zenit-6 (1981-09-15)US-PM (1981-09-14)Molniya-3 No. 28 (1981-09-11)Tsikada (1981-09-04)Zenit-6 (1981-09-04)KH11-4 KENNAN (1981-09-03)Strela-2M (1981-08-28)Resurs-F1 17F41 No. 16 (1981-08-27)US-A reactor (1981-08-24)Tselina-D (1981-08-24)Yantar'-4K2 (1981-08-21)Zenit-6 (1981-08-18)Feniks No. 943 (1981-08-13)Parus (1981-08-12)GMS 2 (1981-08-10)IK Bulgaria-1300 (1981-08-07)FLTSATCOM F5 (1981-08-06)Strela-1M (1981-08-06)US-PM1 (1981-08-04)Oko (1981-08-04)DE A (1981-08-03)Gran' No. 19L (1981-07-30)Zenit-6 (1981-07-29)Zenit-6 (1981-07-17)Feniks No. 951 (1981-07-15)Meteor-Priroda No. 2-4 (1981-07-10)Zenit-6 (1981-07-07)Resurs-F1 17F41 No. 15 (1981-07-02)Zenit-6 (1981-07-01)Ekran No. 21L (1981-06-25)Molniya-1 (1981-06-24)NOAA C (1981-06-23)Meteosat F2 (1981-06-19)Zenit-6 (1981-06-17)Fram (1981-06-16)Molniya-3 No. 30 (1981-06-09)Parus (1981-06-04)Feniks No. 942 (1981-06-03)Rohini RS-D-1 (1981-05-31)INTELSAT V F1 (1981-05-23)GOES E (1981-05-22)Fram (1981-05-22)Zenit-6 (1981-05-21)Tselina-D (1981-05-19)Feniks No. 980 (1981-05-18)Nova 1 (1981-05-15)Meteor-2 No. 8 (1981-05-14)Soyuz 7K-T No. 56 (1981-05-14)Strela-2M (1981-05-07)Zenit-6 (1981-04-28)TKS No. 16301 (1981-04-25)Jumpseat 6 (1981-04-24)US-A reactor (1981-04-21)Zenit-6 (1981-04-16)Zenit-6 (1981-04-15)OV-102 OFT-1 (1981-04-12)Vektor (1981-04-09)Zenit-6 (1981-04-07)Oko (1981-03-31)Feniks No. 979 (1981-03-28)Molniya-3 No. 24 (1981-03-24)Soyuz 7K-T No. 55 (1981-03-22)US-P (1981-03-20)Gran' No. 18L (1981-03-18)Zenit-6 (1981-03-17)DSP 10 (1981-03-16)Soyuz 7K-ST No. 10L (1981-03-12)Strela-1M (1981-03-06)US-A reactor (1981-03-05)Feniks No. 940 (1981-03-05)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4351 (1981-02-28)Comstar D-4 (1981-02-21)ASTRO-A (1981-02-21)Oko (1981-02-19)Siluet No. 1 (1981-02-18)Zenit-6 (1981-02-13)Parus (1981-02-12)ETS-4 (1981-02-11)AUOS-Z R-P-IK (1981-02-06)Molniya-1 (1981-01-30)Tselina-D (1981-01-27)Progress 7K-TG No. 113 (1981-01-24)Musson No. 11 (1981-01-23)Lira (1981-01-21)Feniks No. 975 (1981-01-20)Orion (1981-01-16)Vektor (1981-01-16)Molniya-3 No. 25 (1981-01-09)Zenit-6 (1981-01-06)

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