Launch record · 98 launches match

Launches in 1981 · owner CIS

Launches per year by launch-site region

6,944 launches · 27,712 payloads since 1957

United States
Russia / Kazakhstan
China
Other / unknown site

Monthly cadence · last 36 months

206 launches in 2026

Date	COSPAR	Primary payload	Payloads	Objects	On orbit	Site	Owners
23 Dec 1981	1981-123	MOLNIYA 1-52	1	5	3	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	CIS
19 Dec 1981	1981-121	COSMOS 1330	1	2	0	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	CIS
17 Dec 1981	1981-120	RADIO 3

Launches are derived: SatelliteIndex groups catalogued objects by the launch part of their COSPAR international designator (e.g. 1998-067) and takes the earliest launch date and the launch site from SATCAT. Launches that placed nothing in the catalogue (failures below orbit, suborbital flights) do not appear. Region split uses the launch-site country. See the methodology.