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	; Voyager 1 flew past Saturn on 12 November
Fact Sheet
Orbital Launches
First	9 January
Last	26 December
Total	108
Catalogued	105
National Firsts
Orbital Launch	India
Space Traveller	Hungary; Vietnam; Cuba
Rockets
Maiden Flights	Mu-3S
Retirements	Thor DSV-2U
Manned flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	13
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[edit] Launches

Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
9 April 11:38:22	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz 35		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-4	3 June 15:06	Successful
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts
26 May 18:20:39	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz 36		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-5	31 July 15:15	Successful
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first Hungarian in space
5 June 14:19:30	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Soyuz T-2		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-6	9 June 12:39	Successful
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first manned flight of Soyuz-T spacecraft
18 July 02:33:45	SLV		Sriharikota FLP		ISRO
	Rohini RS-1B	ISRO	Low Earth	Technology	20 May 1981	Successful
	First successful Indian orbital launch
23 July 18:33:03	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 37		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-7	11 October 09:49	Successful
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first Vietnamese space traveller
18 September 19:11:03	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 38		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-8	26 September 15:54	Successful
	Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first Cuban in space
27 November 14:18:28	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz T-3		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-5	10 December 09:26	Successful
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts, first three-man Soyuz flight since 1971

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