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Fact Sheet
Orbital Launches
First	6 January
Last	28 December
Total	131
Catalogued	128
National Firsts
Satellite	Indonesia
Rockets
Maiden Flights	Thor DSV-2U
Retirements	Voskhod; Scout B-1; Soyuz; Soyuz-M; Thor-Burner
Manned flights
Orbital	3
Total travellers	6
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[edit] Launches

Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
22 June 18:04:00	Proton-K		Baikonur Site 81/23
	Salyut 5 (Almaz OPS-3)		Low Earth	Space station	8 August 1977	Successful
	Visited by three crews, one of which failed to dock
6 July 12:08:45	Soyuz		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 21		Low Earth (Salyut 5)	Salyut expedition	24 August 18:32:17	Partial mission failure
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, final flight of Soyuz 11A511, returned early due to crew illness
15 September 09:48:30	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 22		Low Earth	Salyut expedition	23 September 07:40:47	Successful
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts
14 October 17:39:18	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 23		Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 5)	Salyut expedition	16 October 17:45:53	Spacecraft failure
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, failed to dock with Salyut 5

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