1979 orbital launches

In 1979, ExGalactic records 110 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
70Russia
19Kazakhstan
16USA
2Japan
1China
1French Guiana
1India

Launches

  1. Zenit-2M 94 — 11 January 1979, 15:00 UTC — Success
  2. Zenit-4MKM 26 — 13 January 1979, 15:30 UTC — Success
  3. Parus 17 — 16 January 1979, 17:37 UTC — Success
  4. Molniya-3 23L — 18 January 1979, 15:42 UTC — Success
  5. Meteor-Priroda 2-3 — 25 January 1979, 05:43 UTC — Success
  6. Zenit-4MKM 27 — 30 January 1979, 15:15 UTC — Success
  7. SCATHA — 30 January 1979, 21:42 UTC — Success
  8. Kosmos 1074 — 31 January 1979, 09:00 UTC — Success
  9. Ayame — 6 February 1979, 08:46 UTC — Failure
  10. Taifun-1 10 — 8 February 1979, 10:00 UTC — Success
  11. Okean-E 1 — 12 February 1979, 13:00 UTC — Success
  12. Tselina-D 18 — 13 February 1979, 21:41 UTC — Success
  13. Zenit-2M 95 — 16 February 1979, 15:00 UTC — Failure
  14. SAGE — 18 February 1979, 16:18 UTC — Success
  15. Hakucho — 21 February 1979, 05:00 UTC — Success
  16. Ekran — 21 February 1979, 07:49 UTC — Success
  17. Zenit-4MKM 28 — 22 February 1979, 12:10 UTC — Success
  18. Solwind — 24 February 1979, 08:20 UTC — Success
  19. Soyuz 32 — 25 February 1979, 11:53 UTC — Success
  20. Yantar-2K 9 — 27 February 1979, 15:00 UTC — Success
  21. AUOS-Z-I-IK 1 — 27 February 1979, 17:00 UTC — Success
  22. Meteor-2 4 — 1 March 1979, 18:45 UTC — Success
  23. Progress 5 — 12 March 1979, 05:47 UTC — Success
  24. Zenit-4MKM 29 — 14 March 1979, 10:50 UTC — Success
  25. Strela-1M 169-176 — 15 March 1979, 02:58 UTC — Success
  26. KH-9 15 — 16 March 1979, 18:30 UTC — Success
  27. Parus 18 — 21 March 1979, 04:13 UTC — Success
  28. Zenit-2M 96 — 31 March 1979, 10:45 UTC — Success
  29. Parus 19 — 7 April 1979, 06:20 UTC — Success
  30. Soyuz 33 — 10 April 1979, 17:34 UTC — Success
  31. Tsikada 5 — 11 April 1979, 21:51 UTC — Success
  32. Molniya-1K 43 — 12 April 1979, 00:28 UTC — Success
  33. Tselina-D 19 — 14 April 1979, 05:27 UTC — Success
  34. US-P 6 — 18 April 1979, 12:00 UTC — Success
  35. Zenit-6U 6 — 20 April 1979, 11:30 UTC — Success
  36. Raduga 5 — 25 April 1979, 03:44 UTC — Success
  37. US-P 7 — 25 April 1979, 10:00 UTC — Success
  38. Yantar-4K1 1 — 27 April 1979, 17:15 UTC — Success
  39. FLTSATCOM 2 — 4 May 1979, 18:57 UTC — Success
  40. Progress 6 — 13 May 1979, 04:17 UTC — Success
  41. Zenit-4MKM 30 — 15 May 1979, 11:40 UTC — Success
  42. Zenit-4MKT 8 — 17 May 1979, 07:10 UTC — Success
  43. TKS-VA 9 & 10 — 22 May 1979, 23:00 UTC — Success
  44. Zenit-2M/NKh 2 — 25 May 1979, 07:00 UTC — Success
  45. KH-8 50 — 28 May 1979, 18:30 UTC — Success
  46. Zenit-6U 7 — 31 May 1979, 16:30 UTC — Success
  47. Parus 20 — 31 May 1979, 17:58 UTC — Success
  48. Ariel 6 — 2 June 1979, 23:26 UTC — Success
  49. Molniya-3 21L — 5 June 1979, 23:28 UTC — Success
  50. Soyuz-34 — 6 June 1979, 18:12 UTC — Success
  51. DMSP-5D1 F4 — 6 June 1979, 18:22 UTC — Success
  52. Bhaskara 1 — 7 June 1979, 10:30 UTC — Success
  53. Zenit-4MKT 9 — 8 June 1979, 07:10 UTC — Success
  54. DSP 8 — 10 June 1979, 13:39 UTC — Success
  55. Zenit-2M/NKh 3 — 12 June 1979, 07:00 UTC — Success
  56. Zenit-6U 8 — 15 June 1979, 10:50 UTC — Success
  57. Zenit-4MKT 10 — 22 June 1979, 07:00 UTC — Success
  58. NOAA 6 — 27 June 1979, 15:51 UTC — Success
  59. US-K 11 — 27 June 1979, 18:11 UTC — Success
  60. Progress 7 — 28 June 1979, 09:25 UTC — Success
  61. Strela-2M 20 — 28 June 1979, 20:09 UTC — Success
  62. Zenit-6U 9 — 29 June 1979, 16:00 UTC — Success
  63. Gorizont 2 — 5 July 1979, 23:19 UTC — Success
  64. Taifun-2 6 — 6 July 1979, 08:20 UTC — Success
  65. Zenit-4MKM 31 — 10 July 1979, 09:00 UTC — Success
  66. Tselina-O 39 — 11 July 1979, 15:41 UTC — Success
  67. Zenit-4MKT 11 — 13 July 1979, 08:25 UTC — Success
  68. Tselina-D 20 — 20 July 1979, 11:58 UTC — Success
  69. Zenit-4MKM 32 — 25 July 1979, 15:20 UTC — Success
  70. Zenit-2M/NKh 4 — 27 July 1979, 07:30 UTC — Success
  71. Shi Jian 2 — 27 July 1979, 21:28 UTC — Failure
  72. Molniya-1K 44 — 31 July 1979, 03:56 UTC — Success
  73. Zenit-4MT 16 — 3 August 1979, 10:45 UTC — Success
  74. Westar 3 — 10 August 1979, 00:20 UTC — Success
  75. Rohini 1A — 10 August 1979, 02:28 UTC — Failure
  76. Zenit-4MKM 33 — 11 August 1979, 09:15 UTC — Success
  77. Yantar-2K 10 — 14 August 1979, 15:30 UTC — Success
  78. Zenit-2M/NKh 5 — 17 August 1979, 07:45 UTC — Success
  79. Zenit-4MKT 12 — 21 August 1979, 11:10 UTC — Success
  80. US-K 12 — 28 August 1979, 00:17 UTC — Success
  81. Strela-2M 21 — 28 August 1979, 00:55 UTC — Success
  82. Zenit-6U 10 — 31 August 1979, 11:30 UTC — Success
  83. Resurs-F1 17F41 11L — 5 September 1979, 10:20 UTC — Success
  84. Zenit-4MKM 34 — 14 September 1979, 15:30 UTC — Success
  85. HEAO 3 — 20 September 1979, 05:28 UTC — Success
  86. Bion 5 — 25 September 1979, 15:30 UTC — Success
  87. Strela-1M 177-184 — 25 September 1979, 21:00 UTC — Success
  88. Zenit-6U 11 — 28 September 1979, 12:20 UTC — Success
  89. Vortex 9 — 1 October 1979, 11:22 UTC — Success
  90. Ekran — 3 October 1979, 17:12 UTC — Success
  91. Zenit-4MT 17 — 5 October 1979, 11:30 UTC — Success
  92. Strela-2M 22 — 11 October 1979, 16:36 UTC — Success
  93. Zenit-6U 12 — 12 October 1979, 12:30 UTC — Failure
  94. Parus 21 — 16 October 1979, 12:17 UTC — Success
  95. Molniya-1K 45 — 20 October 1979, 07:03 UTC — Success
  96. Zenit-6U 13 — 22 October 1979, 12:30 UTC — Success
  97. Tselina-D 21 — 26 October 1979, 18:12 UTC — Success
  98. Magsat — 30 October 1979, 14:16 UTC — Success
  99. Meteor-2 5 — 31 October 1979, 09:25 UTC — Success
  100. AUOS-Z-R-P-IK 1 — 1 November 1979, 08:05 UTC — Success
  101. Yantar-2K 11 — 2 November 1979, 16:00 UTC — Success
  102. DSCS-2 13 & 14 — 21 November 1979, 02:09 UTC — Success
  103. Tselina-D 22 — 27 November 1979, 09:55 UTC — Success
  104. Taifun-1B 1 — 5 December 1979, 09:00 UTC — Success
  105. Satcom 3 — 7 December 1979, 01:35 UTC — Success
  106. Zenit-6U 14 — 12 December 1979, 12:30 UTC — Success
  107. Soyuz T-1 — 16 December 1979, 12:29 UTC — Success
  108. CAT 1 — 24 December 1979, 17:14 UTC — Success
  109. Gorizont 3 — 28 December 1979, 11:51 UTC — Success
  110. Zenit-4MKM 35 — 28 December 1979, 13:00 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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