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**1972:** An Agat spacecraft designated Kosmos-162 accidentally collides with USA-130, disabling both spacecraft. | **1972:** An Agat spacecraft designated Kosmos-162 accidentally collides with USA-130, disabling both spacecraft. | ||
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**1975:** Starbolt-K is commissioned into service, using a kinetic-kill " | **1975:** Starbolt-K is commissioned into service, using a kinetic-kill " | ||
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+ | **1975:** NESSA scientist Burton Cour-Palais uses NORAD data to assess the probabilities of debris from ASAT testing causing a loss of one of NESSA’s polar orbiting Tempest weather satellites. | ||
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**1977:** The USSR and DDR establish a joint office in the Berlin Free City Zone under Gosneft for the export of Soviet oil to Western Europe. | **1977:** The USSR and DDR establish a joint office in the Berlin Free City Zone under Gosneft for the export of Soviet oil to Western Europe. | ||
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+ | **1977:** Burt Cour-Palais postulates that a large enough debris generating event on orbit could go on to spark a chain reaction of satellite destruction, | ||
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**31st January 1978: | **31st January 1978: | ||
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+ | **June 1978:** Columbia-10 is launched, the final Columbia curcumlunar mission, carrying pilot Doug Boone and NACAA scientist-astronaut Eugene Lippmann. | ||
**11th July 1978:** A large solar flare, rated X15, is observed. | **11th July 1978:** A large solar flare, rated X15, is observed. | ||
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+ | **August 1978:** Launch of //Thebe// with a DEL-ED (Extended Duration) module, which is left on-orbit for later retrieval. | ||
**September 1978:** First international "Space Summit" | **September 1978:** First international "Space Summit" | ||
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**28th October 1978:** Launch of the Zarya-16 mission to Chasovoy-3 carrying East German Klaus Hartmann, the first space traveller not to be a citizen of either the USA or USSR. | **28th October 1978:** Launch of the Zarya-16 mission to Chasovoy-3 carrying East German Klaus Hartmann, the first space traveller not to be a citizen of either the USA or USSR. | ||
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+ | **Early 1979:** The Tehran crisis. | ||
**3rd March 1979:** Mayflower-2 makes its closest approach to Jupiter at a distance of 250 000 km. | **3rd March 1979:** Mayflower-2 makes its closest approach to Jupiter at a distance of 250 000 km. | ||
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+ | **June 1979:** President Rockefeller suffers a heart attack in the Oval Office. | ||
**November 1979:** The Nuclear Arms Limitation Treaty is signed between the USA and USSR. The signing also includes an agreement to begin talks on a joint Soviet-American manned space mission. | **November 1979:** The Nuclear Arms Limitation Treaty is signed between the USA and USSR. The signing also includes an agreement to begin talks on a joint Soviet-American manned space mission. | ||
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**1979:** The Agat standing on-orbit force is decomissioned, | **1979:** The Agat standing on-orbit force is decomissioned, | ||
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+ | **February 1980:** President Rockefeller announces he will not stand for re-election. | ||
**July 1980:** The Summer Olympics are held in Moscow. | **July 1980:** The Summer Olympics are held in Moscow. | ||
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+ | **4th November 1980:** Democrat Frank Church beats Republican Daniel Evans to be elected President of the United States. | ||
**1980:** The Protocol on Conventional Forces in Europe is signed between the USA and USSR. | **1980:** The Protocol on Conventional Forces in Europe is signed between the USA and USSR. | ||
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+ | ====1981==== | ||
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+ | **March 1981:** Andrei Kirilenko steps down from both his role as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and First secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | ||
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+ | **12th December 1981:** Launch of //Thebe// on DS-34. | ||
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+ | **1981:** An attempted coup in Saudi Arabia is foiled, but oil prices briefly spike in response. | ||
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+ | ====1982==== | ||
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+ | **1982:** Oil prices begin to fall from their peak, the start of a sustained drop. | ||
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+ | **1982:** Ford's Liberty rocket debuts. | ||
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+ | **August 1982:** Chasovoy-3 is decommissioned. | ||
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+ | **September 1982:** The Dynasoar spaceplanes are retired following the conclusion of mission DS-36. | ||
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+ | ====1985==== | ||
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+ | **1985:** Richard Branson investigates the possibility of developing an ultra-cheap rocket based on Lutz Kayser' | ||
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+ | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
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