| Year: | 1980 |
| First: | 9 January |
| Last: | 26 December |
| Total: | 108 |
| Success: | 102 |
| Failed: | 6 |
| Partial: | 0 |
| Catalogued: | 105 |
| Maidens: | Mu-3S |
| Retired: | Thor DSV-2U |
| Firsttrav: | |
| Orbital: | 6 |
| Totalcrew: | 13 |
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| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 89 | 87 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 63 | 61 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Includes N-I | |||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Atlas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Atlas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thor/Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R-12/R-14 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Mu-3 | Mu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Japan/ | Thor/Delta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Universal Rocket | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Titan III | Titan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tsyklon | R-36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thor DSV-2U | Thor/Delta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Atlas E/F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Atlas E/F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Atlas E/F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Atlas-Centaur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delta 3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delta 3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delta 3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kosmos-3M | Kosmos | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Japan/ | N | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mu-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Molniya | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Molniya | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Molniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Proton | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Soyuz-U | Soyuz | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Titan III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Titan III | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thor DSV-2U | Thor DSV-2U | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired | |
| Tsyklon-2 | Tsyklon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tsyklon-3 | Tsyklon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vostok-2M | Vostok | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kourou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kagoshima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kapustin Yar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plesetsk | 64 | 62 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sriharikota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vandenberg | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally achieved | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 82 | 80 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Medium Earth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |||
| High Earth | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Including highly elliptical (HEO) and Molniya orbits, one launch to Molniya orbit ended up in HEO |