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Orbital launches in 1981

Attempts124

Successes12097%

Failures4

Busiest vehicleSoyuz-U42

By country

Soviet Union98

United States19

Japan3

ESA2

India1

China1

By vehicle family

Soyuz-U42

Kosmos 11K65M18

Molniya 8K78M14

Tsiklon-28

Vostok 8A92M6

Tsiklon-35

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur4

Proton-K/DM4

N-22

Titan IIIC2

Space Shuttle2

Ariane 12

Nearby years

1976129

1977128

1978123

1979110

1980109

1981 ◀124

1982129

1983126

1984128

1985123

1986110

All launches

Date	Payload	Vehicle	Site	Result
1981-01-06	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-01-09	Molniya-3 No. 25	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-01-16	Vektor	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-01-16	Orion	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-01-20	Feniks No. 975	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-01-21	Lira	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-01-23	Musson No. 11	Tsiklon-3	NIIP-53	Failure
1981-01-24	Progress 7K-TG No. 113	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-01-27	Tselina-D	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-01-30	Molniya-1	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-02-02	IS	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-02-06	AUOS-Z R-P-IK	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-02-11	ETS-4	N-2	TNSC	Success
1981-02-12	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-02-13	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-02-18	Siluet No. 1	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-02-19	Oko	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-02-21	ASTRO-A	Mu-3S	KASC	Success
1981-02-21	Comstar D-4	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	CC	Success
1981-02-28	GAMBIT-3 Mission 4351	Titan 24B	VS	Success
1981-03-05	Feniks No. 940	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-03-05	US-A reactor	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-06	Strela-1M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-03-12	Soyuz 7K-ST No. 10L	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-14	IS	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-16	DSP 10	Titan IIIC	CC	Success
1981-03-17	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-18	Gran' No. 18L	Proton-K/DM	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-20	US-P	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-22	Soyuz 7K-T No. 55	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-03-24	Molniya-3 No. 24	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-03-28	Feniks No. 979	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Failure
1981-03-31	Oko	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-04-07	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-04-09	Vektor	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-04-12	OV-102 OFT-1	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1981-04-15	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-04-16	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-04-21	US-A reactor	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-04-24	Jumpseat 6	Titan 34B	VS	Success
1981-04-25	TKS No. 16301	Proton-K	NIIP-5	Success
1981-04-28	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-05-07	Strela-2M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-05-14	Soyuz 7K-T No. 56	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-05-14	Meteor-2 No. 8	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-05-15	Nova 1	Scout G-1	VS	Success
1981-05-18	Feniks No. 980	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-05-19	Tselina-D	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-05-21	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-05-22	Fram	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-05-22	GOES E	Delta 3914	CC	Success
1981-05-23	INTELSAT V F1	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	CC	Success
1981-05-31	Rohini RS-D-1	SLV-3	SHAR	Success
1981-06-03	Feniks No. 942	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-06-04	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-06-09	Molniya-3 No. 30	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-06-16	Fram	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-06-17	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-06-19	Meteosat F2	Ariane 1	CSG	Success
1981-06-19	Oko	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-06-23	NOAA C	Atlas F	VS	Success
1981-06-24	Molniya-1	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-06-25	Ekran No. 21L	Proton-K/DM	NIIP-5	Success
1981-07-01	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-07-02	Resurs-F1 17F41 No. 15	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-07-07	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-07-10	Meteor-Priroda No. 2-4	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-5	Success
1981-07-15	Feniks No. 951	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-07-17	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-07-29	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-07-30	Gran' No. 19L	Proton-K/DM	NIIP-5	Success
1981-08-03	DE A	Delta 3913	V	Success
1981-08-04	Oko	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-04	US-PM1	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-08-06	FLTSATCOM F5	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	CC	Failure
1981-08-06	Strela-1M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-07	IK Bulgaria-1300	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-10	GMS 2	N-2	TNSC	Success
1981-08-12	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-13	Feniks No. 943	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-18	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-21	Yantar'-4K2	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-08-24	US-A reactor	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-08-24	Tselina-D	Tsiklon-3	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-27	Resurs-F1 17F41 No. 16	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-08-28	Strela-2M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-03	KH11-4 KENNAN	Titan IIID	VS	Success
1981-09-04	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-09-04	Tsikada	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-11	Molniya-3 No. 28	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-14	US-PM	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1981-09-15	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-18	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-18	Orion	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-19	shijian erhao B xing	Feng Bao 1	JQ	Success
1981-09-21	AUOS-Z 401 M-A-IK	Tsiklon-3	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-23	Vektor	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-24	SBS 2	Delta 3910/PAM	CC	Success
1981-09-28	Romb	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-09-30	Musson No. 12	Tsiklon-3	NIIP-53	Success
1981-10-01	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-10-06	Solar Mesosphere Explore	Delta 2310	V	Success
1981-10-09	Fram	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-10-09	Gran' No. 20L	Proton-K/DM	NIIP-5	Success
1981-10-13	Tselina-D	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-10-15	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-10-17	Molniya-3 No. 31	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-10-31	VORTEX 3	Titan IIIC	CC	Success
1981-10-31	Oko	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-11-03	Feniks No. 944	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1981-11-12	OV-102 OFT-2	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1981-11-13	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-11-17	Molniya-1	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-11-20	RCA-D	Delta 3910/PAM	CC	Success
1981-11-20	SEO B	Kosmos 11K65M	GTsP-4	Success
1981-11-28	Strela-1M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-12-03	Tselina-D	Tsiklon-3	NIIP-53	Success
1981-12-04	Zenit-6	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-12-15	INTELSAT V F3	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	CC	Success
1981-12-17	RS-3	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1981-12-19	Navstar GPS SVN 7	Atlas E/SVS	VS	Failure
1981-12-19	Feniks No. 952	Soyuz-U	NIIP-5	Success
1981-12-20	Marecs A	Ariane 1	CSG	Success
1981-12-23	Molniya-1 11F658 No. 55	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-5	Success

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Counts orbital launch attempts (successes and failures); suborbital flights excluded. Countries are those of the launching agency.