Orbital launches in 1987

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Orbital launches in 1987

Launches by month:

Launches by launch sites

* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered

Countries:

Russia	97
United States	9
Japan	3
China	2
Europe	2
India	1
Total	114

Rockets:

Soyuz-U	32
Kosmos-3M	13
Proton	13
Soyuz-U2	12
Tsyklon 3	11
Tsyklon 2	6
Zenit 2	5
Molniya-M	4
Others	18

Launch sites:

Plesetsk	48
Baikonur	48
Vandenberg	5
Cape Canaveral	4
Others	9

Launches:

Date	Site	Rocket	Payload	Outcome
1987-01-05	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Meteor-2 15	success
1987-01-09	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1811 (Yantar-4K2 #28, Kobalt #28)	success
1987-01-14	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1812 (Tselina-D #58)	success
1987-01-15	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1813 (Zenit-8 #42, Oblik #42)	success
1987-01-16	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 27	success
1987-01-21	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1814 (Strela-2M #41)	success
1987-01-22	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1815 (Taifun-2 #23) / 0 Romb	success
1987-01-22	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M ML	Molniya-3 31 (Molniya-3 42L)	success
1987-01-29	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1816 (Tsikada #15)	success
1987-01-30	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos-1817 (Ekran-M 11L)	pfailure
1987-02-01	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1818 (Plasma-A #1)	success
1987-02-05	Kagoshima	Mu Mu-3S-II	Astro C (Ginga)	success
1987-02-05	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Soyuz TM-2	success
1987-02-07	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1819 (Zenit-8 #43, Oblik #43)	success
1987-02-12	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 34B	Quasar 7 (USA 21)	success
1987-02-14	Baikonur	Zenit 2	Dummy	success
1987-02-18	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1821 (Parus #58)	success
1987-02-19	Tanegashima	N-2	MOS 1a (Momo 1a)	success
1987-02-19	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1822 (Zenit-8 #44, Oblik #44)	success
1987-02-20	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1823 (Geo-IK #9, Musson #9)	success
1987-02-26	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3914	GOES 7	success
1987-02-26	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1824 (Yantar-4K2 #29, Kobalt #29)	success
1987-03-03	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 28	success
1987-03-03	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1825 (Tselina-D #59)	success
1987-03-11	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1826 (Zenit-8 #45, Oblik #45)	success
1987-03-13	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1827 - 1832 (Strela-3 #19 - #24)	success
1987-03-18	Baikonur	Zenit 2	Dummy	success
1987-03-19	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Raduga (Gran' 31L)	success
1987-03-20	Cape Canaveral	Delta 3000 3920/PAM	Palapa B2P	success
1987-03-24	Sriharikota	ASLV	SROSS-A	failure
1987-03-26	Cape Canaveral	Atlas G Centaur-D1AR	FLTSATCOM 6	failure
1987-03-31	Baikonur	Proton K	Kvant-1/TKM-E	success
1987-04-08	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1834 (US-P #26)	success
1987-04-09	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1835 (Yantar-4K2 #30, Kobalt #30)	success
1987-04-16	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Kosmos 1836 (Yantar-4KS1 #7, Terilen #7)	success
1987-04-21	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 29	success
1987-04-22	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1837 (Zenit-8 #46, Oblik #46)	success
1987-04-24	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos 1838 / 1839 / 1840 (Uragan #17 / #18 / #19, GLONASS #730 / #731 / #732)	pfailure
1987-04-24	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1841 (Foton #3)	success
1987-04-27	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1842 (Tselina-D #60)	success
1987-05-05	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1843 (Zenit-8 #47, Oblik #47)	success
1987-05-11	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Gorizont 23L	success
1987-05-13	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1845 (Zenit-8 #48, Oblik #48)	success
1987-05-13	Baikonur	Zenit 2	Kosmos 1844 (Tselina-2 4)	success
1987-05-15	Vandenberg	Atlas H	Parcae 9A / 9B / 9C (USA 23-25) / MSD 9 / LIPS 3	success
1987-05-15	Baikonur	Energia	Polyus	pfailure
1987-05-19	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 30	success
1987-05-21	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1846 (Resurs-F1 (17F40) #4)	success
1987-05-26	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1847 (Yantar-4K2 #31, Kobalt #31)	success
1987-05-28	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1848 (Zenit-8 #49, Oblik #49)	success
1987-06-04	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL	Kosmos 1849 (US-K #53)	success
1987-06-09	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1850 (Strela-2M #42)	success
1987-06-12	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL	Kosmos 1851 (US-K #54)	success
1987-06-16	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1852 - 1859 (Strela-1M #321 - 328)	success
1987-06-18	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Resurs-F1 (17F40) #5	failure
1987-06-18	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1860 (US-A #30)	success
1987-06-20	Vandenberg	Atlas E Star-37S-ISS	DMSP-5D2 08 (USA 26)	success
1987-06-23	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1861 (Tsikada #16) & RS 10 & RS 11	success
1987-07-01	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1862 (Tselina-D #61)	success
1987-07-04	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1863 (Zenit-8 #50, Oblik #50)	success
1987-07-06	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1864 (Parus #59)	success
1987-07-08	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1865 (Yantar-1KFT #7, Kometa #7)	success
1987-07-09	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1866 (Yantar-4K2 #32, Kobalt #32)	success
1987-07-10	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1867 (Plasma-A #2)	success
1987-07-14	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1868 (Taifun-1B #10, Yug #10)	success
1987-07-16	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1869 (Okean-O1 #2)	success
1987-07-22	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Soyuz TM-3	success
1987-07-25	Baikonur	Proton K	Kosmos-1870 (Almaz-T 2)	success
1987-08-01	Baikonur	Zenit 2	Dummy	success
1987-08-03	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 31	success
1987-08-05	Jiuquan	CZ-2C	FSW-0 9	success
1987-08-18	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Meteor-2 16	success
1987-08-19	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1872 (Zenit-8 #51, Oblik #51)	success
1987-08-27	Tanegashima	H-1	ETS 5 (Kiku 5)	success
1987-08-28	Baikonur	Zenit 2	Dummy	success
1987-09-03	Baikonur	Proton K/DM	Ekran 16	success
1987-09-03	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1874 (Zenit-8 #52, Oblik #52)	success
1987-09-07	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1875 - 1880 (Strela-3 #25 - #30)	success
1987-09-09	Jiuquan	CZ-2C	FSW-1 1	success
1987-09-11	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Kosmos 1881 (Yantar-4KS1 #8, Terilen #8)	success
1987-09-15	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1882 (Resurs-F1 (17F40) #6)	success
1987-09-16	Kourou	Ariane 3	Aussat K3 / ECS 4	success
1987-09-16	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos 1883 / 1884 / 1885 (Uragan #20 / #21 / #22, GLONASS #733 / #734 / #735)	success
1987-09-16	Vandenberg	Scout G	Transit-O 27 / Transit-O 29	success
1987-09-17	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1886 (Yantar-4K2 #33, Kobalt #33)	success
1987-09-23	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 32	success
1987-09-29	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1887 (Bion #8)	success
1987-10-01	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos-1888 (Geizer 15L)	success
1987-10-09	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1889 (Zenit-8 #53, Oblik #53)	success
1987-10-10	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1890 (US-P #27)	success
1987-10-14	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1891 (Parus #60)	success
1987-10-20	Plesetsk	Tsyklon 3 11K68	Kosmos 1892 (Tselina-D #62)	success
1987-10-22	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1893 (Yantar-4K2 #34, Kobalt #34)	success
1987-10-26	Vandenberg	Titan 34D	KH-11 8 (USA 27)	success
1987-10-28	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos-1894 (Oko)	success
1987-11-11	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1895 (Zenit-8 #54, Oblik #54)	success
1987-11-14	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1896 (Yantar-1KFT #8, Kometa #8)	success
1987-11-20	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Progress 33	success
1987-11-21	Kourou	Ariane 2	TV-SAT	success
1987-11-26	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Kosmos-1897 (Altair 12L)	success
1987-11-29	Cape Canaveral	Titan 34D Transtage	DSP 13 (USA 28)	success
1987-12-01	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1898 (Strela-2M #43)	success
1987-12-07	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1899 (Zenit-8 #55, Oblik #55)	success
1987-12-10	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Raduga (Gran' 32L)	success
1987-12-12	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 1900 (US-A #31)	success
1987-12-14	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1901 (Yantar-4K2 #35, Kobalt #35)	success
1987-12-15	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1902 (Taifun-1 #20, Vektor #20)	success
1987-12-21	Plesetsk	Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL	Kosmos 1903 (US-K #55)	success
1987-12-21	Baikonur	Soyuz-U2 11A511U2	Soyuz TM-4	success
1987-12-23	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 1904 (Parus #61)	success
1987-12-25	Baikonur	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1905 (Zenit-8 #56, Oblik #56)	success
1987-12-26	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1906 (Resurs-F2 #1)	success
1987-12-27	Baikonur	Proton K/DM-2	Ekran-M 13L	success
1987-12-29	Plesetsk	Soyuz-U 11A511U	Kosmos 1907 (Zenit-8 #57, Oblik #57)	success