1985 orbital launches

In 1985, ExGalactic records 125 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
64Russia
36Kazakhstan
18USA
4French Guiana
2Japan
1China

Launches

  1. Sakigake — 7 January 1985, 19:26 UTC — Success
  2. Yantar-4K2 12 — 9 January 1985, 10:45 UTC — Success
  3. Strela-3 1 to 6 — 15 January 1985, 14:50 UTC — Success
  4. Molniya-3 36L — 16 January 1985, 06:22 UTC — Success
  5. Zenit-8 10 — 16 January 1985, 08:19 UTC — Success
  6. Strela-2M 36 — 17 January 1985, 17:46 UTC — Success
  7. Gorizont 11 — 18 January 1985, 10:25 UTC — Success
  8. US-P 20 — 23 January 1985, 19:58 UTC — Success
  9. Tselina-D 47 — 24 January 1985, 16:45 UTC — Success
  10. STS-51-C — 24 January 1985, 19:50 UTC — Success
  11. Parus 48 — 1 February 1985, 19:36 UTC — Success
  12. Zenit-8 11 — 6 February 1985, 11:00 UTC — Success
  13. Meteor-2 12 — 6 February 1985, 21:45 UTC — Success
  14. Quasar 6 — 8 February 1985, 06:10 UTC — Success
  15. Arabsat 1A & Brasilsat A1 — 8 February 1985, 23:22 UTC — Success
  16. US-KS 3 — 21 February 1985, 07:56 UTC — Success
  17. Yantar-4K2 13 (Kosmos 1630) — 27 February 1985, 11:10 UTC — Success
  18. Taifun-1 18 — 27 February 1985, 12:56 UTC — Success
  19. Zenit-8 12 — 1 March 1985, 10:40 UTC — Success
  20. Tselina-D 48 — 5 March 1985, 15:39 UTC — Success
  21. Geosat 1 — 13 March 1985, 02:00 UTC — Success
  22. Parus 49 — 14 March 1985, 01:09 UTC — Success
  23. Strela-1M 289-296 — 21 March 1985, 00:08 UTC — Success
  24. Ekran — 22 March 1985, 05:00 UTC — Success
  25. Intelsat 510 — 22 March 1985, 23:55 UTC — Success
  26. Yantar-4KS1 3 — 25 March 1985, 10:00 UTC — Success
  27. Zenit-8 13 — 3 April 1985, 08:40 UTC — Success
  28. STS-51-D — 12 April 1985, 13:59 UTC — Success
  29. GVM Tselina-2 — 13 April 1985, 08:00 UTC — Failure
  30. Foton 1 — 16 April 1985, 17:15 UTC — Success
  31. US-P 21 — 18 April 1985, 21:40 UTC — Success
  32. Yantar-4K2 14 — 19 April 1985, 14:00 UTC — Success
  33. Zenit-8 14 — 25 April 1985, 09:30 UTC — Success
  34. Prognoz-10-IK — 26 April 1985, 05:48 UTC — Success
  35. STS-51-B — 29 April 1985, 16:02 UTC — Success
  36. Gstar 1 & Télécom 1B — 8 May 1985, 01:15 UTC — Success
  37. Zenit-8 15 — 15 May 1985, 12:40 UTC — Success
  38. Uragan 10 & 11 — 17 May 1985, 22:28 UTC — Success
  39. Resurs-F1 17F41 52L — 22 May 1985, 08:35 UTC — Success
  40. Yantar-4K2 15 — 23 May 1985, 12:40 UTC — Success
  41. Molniya-3 39L — 29 May 1985, 07:40 UTC — Success
  42. Tsikada 12 — 30 May 1985, 01:14 UTC — Success
  43. Tselina-2 2 — 30 May 1985, 14:59 UTC — Success
  44. Soyuz T-13 — 6 June 1985, 06:39 UTC — Success
  45. Resurs-F1 17F41 54L — 7 June 1985, 07:45 UTC — Success
  46. US-K 39 — 11 June 1985, 14:26 UTC — Success
  47. Zenit-8 16 — 13 June 1985, 12:20 UTC — Success
  48. Geo-IK 6 — 14 June 1985, 10:36 UTC — Success
  49. STS-51-G — 17 June 1985, 11:33 UTC — Success
  50. US-K 40 — 18 June 1985, 00:40 UTC — Success
  51. Taifun-2 20 — 19 June 1985, 11:30 UTC — Success
  52. Progress 24 — 21 June 1985, 00:39 UTC — Success
  53. Resurs-F1 17F41 55L — 21 June 1985, 07:45 UTC — Success
  54. GVM Tselina-2 — 21 June 1985, 08:29 UTC — Failure
  55. Zenit-8 17 — 26 June 1985, 12:35 UTC — Success
  56. Intelsat 511 — 30 June 1985, 00:44 UTC — Success
  57. Giotto — 2 July 1985, 11:23 UTC — Success
  58. Zenit-8 18 — 3 July 1985, 12:10 UTC — Success
  59. Tselina-D 49 — 8 July 1985, 23:40 UTC — Success
  60. Bion 7 — 10 July 1985, 03:15 UTC — Success
  61. Zenit-8 19 — 15 July 1985, 06:30 UTC — Success
  62. Molniya-3 37L — 17 July 1985, 01:05 UTC — Success
  63. Kosmos 1669 — 19 July 1985, 13:05 UTC — Success
  64. STS-51-F — 29 July 1985, 21:00 UTC — Success
  65. US-A 26 — 1 August 1985, 05:36 UTC — Success
  66. Zenit-8 20 — 2 August 1985, 11:40 UTC — Success
  67. Transit-O 24,30 — 3 August 1985, 03:31 UTC — Success
  68. Resurs-F1 17F41 57L — 7 August 1985, 09:50 UTC — Success
  69. Yantar-1KFT 5 — 8 August 1985, 10:19 UTC — Success
  70. Tselina-D 50 — 8 August 1985, 11:49 UTC — Success
  71. Raduga 16 — 8 August 1985, 21:01 UTC — Success
  72. US-K 41 — 12 August 1985, 15:09 UTC — Success
  73. Yantar-4K2 16 — 16 August 1985, 15:10 UTC — Success
  74. Suisei — 18 August 1985, 23:33 UTC — Success
  75. Molniya-1T 64 — 22 August 1985, 19:28 UTC — Success
  76. US-A 27 — 23 August 1985, 22:33 UTC — Success
  77. STS-51-I — 27 August 1985, 10:58 UTC — Success
  78. KH-11 7 — 28 August 1985, 21:20 UTC — Failure
  79. Resurs-F1 17F41 53L — 29 August 1985, 10:15 UTC — Success
  80. Yantar-4K2 17 — 29 August 1985, 11:33 UTC — Success
  81. Strela-2M 37 — 4 September 1985, 07:05 UTC — Success
  82. Zenit-4MKT 27 — 6 September 1985, 10:45 UTC — Success
  83. ECS 3 & Spacenet 3 — 12 September 1985, 23:26 UTC — Failure
  84. Soyuz T-14 — 17 September 1985, 12:38 UTC — Success
  85. US-P 22 — 19 September 1985, 01:32 UTC — Success
  86. Zenit-8 21 — 19 September 1985, 10:10 UTC — Success
  87. US-K 42 — 24 September 1985, 01:18 UTC — Success
  88. Zenit-8 22 — 26 September 1985, 11:15 UTC — Success
  89. TKS-M — 27 September 1985, 08:41 UTC — Success
  90. Intelsat 512 — 28 September 1985, 23:17 UTC — Success
  91. US-K 43 — 30 September 1985, 19:23 UTC — Success
  92. Taifun-2 21 — 2 October 1985, 09:00 UTC — Success
  93. Resurs-O1 1 — 3 October 1985, 05:48 UTC — Success
  94. Molniya-3 38L — 3 October 1985, 07:33 UTC — Success
  95. STS-51-J — 3 October 1985, 15:15 UTC — Success
  96. GPS 11 — 9 October 1985, 02:53 UTC — Success
  97. Strela-3 7 to 12 — 9 October 1985, 21:35 UTC — Success
  98. Zenit-8 23 — 16 October 1985, 09:25 UTC — Success
  99. FSW-0 7 — 21 October 1985, 05:04 UTC — Success
  100. GVM Tselina-2 — 22 October 1985, 07:00 UTC — Success
  101. US-K 44 — 22 October 1985, 20:24 UTC — Success
  102. Molniya-1T 65 — 23 October 1985, 00:42 UTC — Success
  103. Parus 50 — 23 October 1985, 17:24 UTC — Failure
  104. Meteor-3 1 — 24 October 1985, 02:30 UTC — Success
  105. Yantar-4K2 18 — 25 October 1985, 14:40 UTC — Success
  106. Luch #1 — 25 October 1985, 15:45 UTC — Success
  107. Molniya-1T 66 — 28 October 1985, 17:24 UTC — Success
  108. STS-61-A — 30 October 1985, 17:00 UTC — Success
  109. US-K 45 — 9 November 1985, 08:25 UTC — Success
  110. Zenit-8 24 — 13 November 1985, 12:25 UTC — Success
  111. Raduga 17 — 15 November 1985, 14:29 UTC — Success
  112. Tselina-D 51 — 22 November 1985, 22:20 UTC — Success
  113. STS-61-B — 27 November 1985, 00:29 UTC — Success
  114. Parus 51 — 28 November 1985, 13:12 UTC — Success
  115. Zenit-8 25 — 3 December 1985, 12:15 UTC — Success
  116. Yantar-4K2 19 — 11 December 1985, 14:40 UTC — Success
  117. Tselina-D 52 — 12 December 1985, 15:51 UTC — Success
  118. ITV 1 & 2 — 13 December 1985, 02:35 UTC — Success
  119. Resurs-F1 17F41 56L — 13 December 1985, 07:45 UTC — Success
  120. Parus 52 — 19 December 1985, 08:46 UTC — Success
  121. Molniya-3 40L — 24 December 1985, 18:56 UTC — Success
  122. Uragan 12 & 13 — 24 December 1985, 21:43 UTC — Success
  123. Meteor-2 13 — 26 December 1985, 01:50 UTC — Success
  124. Efir 2 — 27 December 1985, 17:06 UTC — Success
  125. Tselina-2 3 — 28 December 1985, 09:16 UTC — Success

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

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