1992 in spaceflight
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 21 January |
Last | 29 December |
Total | 98 |
Successes | 94 |
Failures | 2 |
Partial failures | 2 |
National firsts | |
Satellite | South Korea |
Orbital launch | Russia |
Space traveller | Belgium Italy Switzerland |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Atlas IIA Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Retirements | Commercial Titan III Delta II 6920 Delta II 6925 H-I |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 10 |
Total travellers | 59 |
The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.
Launches[edit]
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January[edit] | |||||||
11 January 03:40 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 11 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi) | |||||||
17 January | Storm | White Sands SULF | US Air Force | ||||
BTTV-1 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
21 January 15:00 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2175 (Yantar-4K2) | VKS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 20 March | Successful | ||
First Russian (post Soviet) satellite launch | |||||||
22 January 14:52:33 | Space Shuttle Discovery[1] | Kennedy LC-39A | United Space Alliance | ||||
STS-42 | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity | 30 January 16:07:17 | Successful | ||
Spacelab Long Module 2 | ESA/NASA | Low Earth (Discovery) | Spacelab IML-1 | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
23 January 19:19 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 23 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
24 January 01:18:01 | Molniya-M/2BL | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2176 (Oko) | VKS | Molniya | Missile defence | 17 January 2012 | Successful | ||
25 January 07:50:17 | Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | VKS | ||||
Progress M-11 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 13 March | Successful | ||
28 January 12:00 | S-310 | Kagoshima LA-K | ISAS | ||||
ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 January | Successful | |||
Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi) | |||||||
29 January 22:19:12 | Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 81/23 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2177 (GLONASS) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2178 (GLONASS) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2179 (GLONASS) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
31 January 11:55 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
SXT | NASA/Boulder | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 31 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
February[edit] | |||||||
1 February 16:00 | S-520 | Kagoshima LA-K | ISAS | ||||
CIR | ISAS | Suborbital | Infrared astronomy | 1 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi) | |||||||
5 February | Zenit-2 | Baikonur Site 45/1 | VKS | ||||
Tselina-2 #10 | MO RF | Intended: Low Earth | ELINT | 5 February | Launch failure | ||
Second stage overheated, causing malfunction | |||||||
11 February 00:41:02 | Atlas II | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | General Dynamics | ||||
USA-78 (DSCS IIIB-14) | US Air Force | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
11 February 01:50 | H-I | Tanegashima LA-N | NASDA | ||||
JERS-1 | NASDA | Sun-synchronous | Earth observation | 3 December 2001 | Successful | ||
Final flight of H-I | |||||||
17 February 22:05:08 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 133/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2180 (Parus) | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
18 February | Aries | White Sands LC-36 | SDIO | ||||
SDIO | Suborbital | Technology | 18 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) | |||||||
22 February 03:15 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 22 February | Successful | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
22 February | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 February | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
22 February | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 February | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
22 February | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 February | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
22 February | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 February | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
23 February 22:29 | Delta II 7925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-79 (GPS IIA-3) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
26 February 23:58:10 | Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
Superbird-B1 | SCC | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Arabsat-1C | ARABSAT | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Arabsat sold to ISRO in November 1997 and operated until October 2004 as INSAT-2DT | |||||||
March[edit] | |||||||
3 March 13:57:30 | Nike Tomahawk | Poker Flat | NASA | ||||
Aria-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 3 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi) | |||||||
3 March 14:06:48 | Black Brant VIIIC | Poker Flat | NASA | ||||
Aria-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 3 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
3 March 14:57 | Nike Tomahawk | Poker Flat | NASA | ||||
Aria-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 3 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
4 March 04:27 | Molniya-M/ML | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | VKS | ||||
Molniya-1 #83 | MOM | Molniya | Communications | 1 July 2007 | Successful | ||
4 March | LGM-118 Peacekeeper | Vandenberg LF-05 | US Air Force | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
6 March 13:57:30 | Nike Tomahawk | Poker Flat | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 6 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
9 March 22:35:59 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2181 (Tsikada) | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
12 March 22:42 | Nike Orion | White Sands | NASA | ||||
CWAS-21 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
13 March 18:15 | LGM-30B Minuteman I | Vandenberg LF-03 | US Air Force | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 13 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
13 March 18:36:27 | Aries | Meck | US Air Force | ||||
ERIS | US Air Force | Suborbital | Interceptor | 13 March | Partial failure | ||
Final flight of ERIS; missed target due to programming issue caused by test conditions, enough data collected to proceed with operagional programme. Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
14 March 00:00 | Atlas I | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | General Dynamics | ||||
Galaxy 5 | Hughes | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
15 March 22:46 | Nike Orion | White Sands | NASA | ||||
CWAS-22 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
17 March 10:54:30 | Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | VKS | ||||
Soyuz TM-14 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-11 | 10 August | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; First crewed Russian (post-Soviet) launch | |||||||
18 March | Scout-II | Salto di Quirra | ASI | ||||
ASI | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 March | Launch failure | |||
19 March 16:05 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | CSA | ||||
CSAR-1 | CSA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 19 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi) | |||||||
19 March 16:10 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
HIRAAS-2 | NASA | Suborbital | Airglow | 19 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
24 March 13:13:39 | Space Shuttle Atlantis | Kennedy LC-39A | United Space Alliance | ||||
STS-45 | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity | 2 April | Successful | ||
Spacelab Double Pallet | NASA | Low Earth (Atlantis) | Spacelab ATLAS-1 | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Belgian in space | |||||||
29 March 07:27 | Black Brant XI | Poker Flat | NASA | ||||
CHARGE-2B | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 29 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi) | |||||||
29 March 08:07:45 | HPB | Poker Flat | Orbital Sciences | ||||
Orbital Sciences | Suborbital | Infrared astronomy | 29 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
April[edit] | |||||||
1 April 14:18 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2182 (Yantar-4K2) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 30 May | Successful | ||
2 April 01:50 | Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 81/23 | VKS | ||||
Gorizont 25 | YeSSS | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
8 April 12:20 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/6 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2183 (Yantar-4K2) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 16 February 1993 | Successful | ||
8 April | UGM-96 Trident I | USS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 April | Successful | |||
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 April | UGM-96 Trident I | USS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 8 April | Successful | |||
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
9 April 10:40 | Black Brant IXBM1 | Esrange | SSC | ||||
MASER-5 | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity | 9 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 317 kilometres (197 mi) | |||||||
10 April 03:20 | Delta II 7925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-80 (GPS IIA-4) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 April 07:17:43 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2184 (Parus) | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 April 09:09 | HPB | Wallops Island | Orbital Sciences | ||||
Orbital Sciences | Suborbital | Target | 15 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 450 kilometres (280 mi) | |||||||
15 April 23:25:27 | Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
Inmarsat-2F4 | Inmarsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Télécom 2B | France Télécom | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
19 April 21:29:25 | Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | VKS | ||||
Progress M-12 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 27 June | Successful | ||
25 April 08:53 | Titan 23G | Vandenberg SLC-4W | US Air Force | ||||
USA-81 (Bernie/Singleton) | NRO | Low Earth (Polar) | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
29 April 09:00 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | VKS | ||||
Resurs-F #14 | MO RF | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 29 May | Successful | ||
29 April 10:10 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2185 (Yantar-1KFT) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 June | Successful | ||
29 April | DF-21 | Taiyuan | CALT | ||||
CALT | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 April | Launch failure | |||
May[edit] | |||||||
5 May | LGM-30G Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-10 | US Air Force | ||||
GT-147GM-1 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
5 May | Prithvi | Balasore | DRDO | ||||
DRDO | Suborbital | Test flight | 5 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
7 May 23:40 | Space Shuttle Endeavour | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance | ||||
STS-49 | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite reboost | 16 May | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour; reboosted Intelsat 603 | |||||||
12 May 14:26 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
SPARTAN (SPDE) | NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 12 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
14 May 00:40 | Delta II 7925-8 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
Palapa-B4 | Telkom | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
20 May 00:30 | ASLV | Sriharikota FLP | ISRO | ||||
SROSS-C | ISRO | Low Earth | Magnetosphere | 14 July | Partial failure | ||
Placed into incorrect orbit due to fifth stage spin-up failure | |||||||
23 May 00:00 | Nike Orion | White Sands | |||||
CWAS-23 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 23 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
24 May | Terrier Malemute | Barking Sands | SDIO | ||||
CDX (LWIS) | SDIO | Suborbital | Target | 24 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
25 May 23:52 | Nike Tomahawk | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
AA-3A | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 25 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
27 May 12:27 | Nike Orion | White Sands | NASA | ||||
CWAS-24 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 27 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
28 May 19:09:59 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2186 (Yantar-4K2) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 24 July | Successful | ||
28 May | Agni-I | Balasore | DRDO | ||||
DRDO | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 May | Failure | |||
30 May 08:11 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
AA-4IFH | NASA/NRL | Suborbital | Plasma | 30 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi) | |||||||
May | DF-21 | Taiyuan | CALT | ||||
CALT | Suborbital | Test flight | L+1 hour | Failure | |||
June[edit] | |||||||
1 June 02:52 | Sonda 3 | Alcântara | INPE | ||||
INPE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi) | |||||||
2 June | LGM-30G Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | ||||
GT-148GB | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
3 June 00:50:30 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 133/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2187 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2188 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2189 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2190 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2191 (Strela 1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2192 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2193 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2194 (Strela-1M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
6 June 08:37:31 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
AA-3B | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 6 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 370 kilometres (230 mi) | |||||||
7 June 16:40 | Delta II 6920-10 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
EUVE | NASA | Low Earth | Ultraviolet astronomy | 31 January 2002 | Successful | ||
Final flight of Delta II 6920 | |||||||
9 June 05:32 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 9 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
10 June 00:00 | Atlas IIA | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | General Dynamics | ||||
Intelsat K | Intelsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of Atlas IIA | |||||||
16 June | Storm | White Sands SULF | US Air Force | ||||
BTTV-2 | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 16 June | Failure | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
18 June | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 June | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
18 June | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 June | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
18 June | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 June | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
18 June | UGM-133 Trident II | USS West Virginia, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 June | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
19 June 11:01 | Aries | White Sands LC-36 | SDIO | ||||
SDIO | Suborbital | Technology | 19 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 330 kilometres (210 mi) | |||||||
23 June 00:24 | Black Brant VC | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 23 June | Successful | |||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
23 June 08:00 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Resurs-F #15 | MO RF | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 9 July | Successful | ||
25 June 16:12:22 | Space Shuttle Columbia | Kennedy LC-39A | United Space Alliance | ||||
STS-50 | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity | 9 July | Successful | ||
Spacelab Long Module 1 | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Spacelab USML-1 | ||||
EDO Pallet | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of EDO Pallet | |||||||
30 June 16:43:13 | Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | VKS | ||||
Progress M-13 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 24 July | Successful | ||
June | Rodong-1 | Musudan-ri | KPA | ||||
KPA | Suborbital | Test flight | L+1 hour | Failure | |||
July[edit] | |||||||
1 July 02:20 | LGM-118 Peacekeeper | Vandenberg LF-02 | US Air Force | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
1 July 20:16:22 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 133/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2195 (Parus) | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
2 July 09:01:15 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
AA-1 | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 2 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
2 July 21:54:01 | Atlas II/IABS | Cape Canaveral LC-36A | General Dynamics | ||||
USA-82 (DSCS IIIB-12) | US Air Force | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
3 July 14:19 | Scout G-1 | Vandenberg SLC-5 | NASA | ||||
SAMPEX (SMEX-1/Explorer 68) | NASA | Low Earth | Solar | 13 November 2012 | Successful | ||
3 July | RH-560 | Sriharikota | ISRO | ||||
ISRO | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 3 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) | |||||||
4 July 08:58 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
AA-7 | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 4 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
7 July 09:20:01 | Delta II 7925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-83 (GPS IIA-5) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
8 July 09:53:14 | Molniya-M/2BL | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2196 (Oko) | MO RF | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Successful | ||
9 July 22:42:19 | Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
INSAT-2A | ISRO | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Eutelsat 2F4 | Eutelsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Eutelsat retired in 2003 | |||||||
12 July 09:02 | Black Brant IX | Arecibo | NASA | ||||
AA-2 | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 12 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi) | |||||||
13 July 17:41:40 | Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2197 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2198 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2199 (Gonets-D) | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2200 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2201 (Gonets-D) | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2202 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
14 July 22:02 | Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 81/23 | VKS | ||||
Gorizont 26 | YeSSS | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
24 July 13:36 | Black Brant VIIIC | Poker Flat | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 24 July | Successful | |||
Apogee: 340 kilometres (210 mi) | |||||||
24 July 14:26 | Delta II 6925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
GEOTAIL | ISAS/NASA | High Earth | Magnetosphere | In orbit | Successful[2] | ||
DUVE | NASA/California | Low Earth | Ultraviolet astronomy | 16 March 2003 | Successful | ||
Final flight of Delta II 6000-series | |||||||
24 July 19:40 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2203 (Yantar-4K2) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 22 September | Successful | ||
27 July 06:08:42 | Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | VKS | ||||
Soyuz TM-15 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-12 | 1 February 1993 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
28 July | UR-100NU | Baikonur | RVSN | ||||
SLI | RVSN | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
29 July | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Maryland, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 29 July | Successful | |||
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 9; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
30 July 01:59:01 | Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 81/23 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2204 (GLONASS) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2205 (GLONASS) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2206 (GLONASS) | VKS | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
30 July 11:00 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2207 (Zenit-8) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 13 August | Successful | ||
31 July 13:56:48 | Space Shuttle Atlantis | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance | ||||
STS-46 | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 8 August | Successful | ||
TSS-1 | ASI | Low Earth (Atlantis) | Technology | Failure | |||
EURECA | ESA | Low Earth | Microgravity/Solar | 1 July 1993 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Swiss and Italian in space TSS tether jammed during deployment; EURECA returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-57 | |||||||
July | Hwasong-6 | Syrian Air Force | |||||
Syrian Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | L+1 hour | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
July | Hwasong-6 | Syrian Air Force | |||||
Syrian Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | L+1 hour | Successful | |||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
August[edit] | |||||||
4 August | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Tennessee, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 August | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
4 August | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Tennessee, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 August | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
4 August | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Tennessee, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 August | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
4 August | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Tennessee, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 August | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
6 August 19:30:59 | Molniya-M/ML | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Molniya-1 #84 | MOM | Molniya | Communications | 4 April 2008 | Successful | ||
9 August 08:00 | Long March 2D | Jiuquan LA-2B | CALT | ||||
FSW-2 #1 | CASC | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 1 September | Successful | ||
10 August 23:08:07 | Ariane 4 42P | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
TOPEX/Poseidon | CNES/NASA | Low Earth | Oceanography | In orbit | Successful | ||
S80/T | CNES | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
KITSAT-1 (OSCAR-23) | KAIST | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
TOPEX/Poseidon mission ended in October 2005 and was deactivated on 18 January 2006. KITSAT-1 was the first South Korean satellite. | |||||||
12 August 05:44:01 | Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/1 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2208 (Strela-2M) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
13 August 23:00 | Long March 2E | Xichang LA-2 | CALT | ||||
Optus B1 | Optus | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Retired and moved to graveyard orbit in May 2008 | |||||||
15 August 22:18:32 | Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 31/6 | VKS | ||||
Progress M-14 | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 21 October | Successful | ||
18 August | Prithvi | Balasore | DRDO | ||||
DRDO | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
19 August 10:20 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | VKS | ||||
Resurs-F #16 | MO RF | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 4 September | Successful | ||
Pion-Germes 1 | MOM | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 25 September | Successful | ||
Pion-Germes 2 | MOM | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 24 September | Successful | ||
19 August 23:30 | TR-1A | Tanegashima LA-T | NASDA | ||||
NASDA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 19 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
21 August 17:46 | Nike Orion | White Sands | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
22 August 22:40 | Atlas I | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | General Dynamics | ||||
Galaxy 1R | Hughes | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | 22 August | Launch failure | ||
Upper stage turbopump failed to start, destroyed by range safety | |||||||
24 August 16:30 | Black Brant IX | White Sands LC-36 | NASA | ||||
HRTS-8 | NASA/NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 24 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 249 kilometres (155 mi) | |||||||
26 August 15:10 | Nike Orion | White Sands | NASA | ||||
CWAS-25 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
27 August 18:30 | Black Brant VIIIC | Wallops Island | NASA | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 27 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi) | |||||||
31 August 10:41 | Delta II 7925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
Satcom C4 | GE Americom | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
September[edit] | |||||||
1 September 01:00 | Nike Orion | White Sands | NASA | ||||
CWAS-26 | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
3 September | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Kentucky, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 September | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
3 September | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Kentucky, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 September | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
3 September | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Kentucky, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 September | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
3 September | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Kentucky, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 3 September | Successful | |||
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
9 September 08:57 | Delta II 7925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-84 (GPS IIA-6) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
10 September 14:30 | Black Brant IXCM1 | White Sands LC-36 | SSI | ||||
CONSORT-5 | Huntsville | Suborbital | Microgravity | 10 September | Failure | ||
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi) | |||||||
10 September 18:01:18 | Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 81/23 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2209 (Prognoz) | MO RF | Geostationary | Missile defence | In orbit | Operational | ||
10 September 23:04 | Ariane 4 44LP | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
Hispasat 1A | Hispasat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Satcom C3 | GE Americom | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Hispasat retired in 2003 | |||||||
12 September 14:23 | Space Shuttle Endeavour | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance | ||||
STS-47 | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity | 20 September | Successful | ||
Spacelab Long Module 2 | NASDA/NASA | Low Earth (Endeavour) | Spacelab-J | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; 50th mission of the Space Shuttle programme | |||||||
16 September 03:15 | LGM-118 Peacekeeper | Vandenberg LF-05 | US Air Force | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 16 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
22 September 16:10 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2210 (Yantar-4K2) | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 20 November | Successful | ||
25 September 17:05:01 | Commercial Titan III/TOS | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | Martin Marietta | ||||
Mars Observer | NASA | Intended: Areocentric Achieved: Heliocentric | Mars orbiter | Unknown | Partial failure | ||
Final flight of Commercial Titan III; Maiden flight of TOS Contact lost three days before orbit insertion. It is unclear whether the spacecraft entered Aerocentric orbit, remained in Heliocentric orbit, or exploded. | |||||||
28 September | LGM-30G Minuteman III | Vandenberg LF-26 | US Air Force | ||||
GT-149GB | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 28 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
October[edit] | |||||||
6 October 06:20:05 | Long March 2C | Jiuquan LA-2B | CALT | ||||
FSW-1 #4 | CASC | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 13 October | Successful | ||
Freja | SSC | Low Earth | Magnetosphere | In orbit | Successful | ||
Freja mission ended 30 June 1995 and last contact made on 14 October 1996 | |||||||
8 October 19:00 | Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | VKS | ||||
Foton-8 | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Microgravity | 24 October | Successful | ||
12 October 09:47 | Delta II 7925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
DFS-3 | Bundespost | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Retired in February 2003 | |||||||
14 October 19:58 | Molniya-M/ML | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS | ||||
Molniya-3 #50L | MOM | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
16 October | Castor-Orbus | Wake Island | Orbital Sciences | ||||
SDIO | Suborbital | Reentry test | 16 October | Failure | |||
Maiden flight of Castor-Orbus; Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
19 October | UGM-133 Trident II | USS Maryland, Eastern Range | US Navy | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 19 October | Successful | |||
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 10; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
20 October 12:58:12 | Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2211 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2212 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2213 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2214 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2215 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Kosmos 2216 (Strela-3) | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
21 October 10:21:22 | Molniya-M/2BL | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | VKS | ||||
Kosmos 2217 (Oko) | MO RF | Molniya | Missile defence | 6 November 2010 04:22[3] | Successful | ||
22 October 17:09:40 |
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