1997 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1997 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

1997 in spaceflight

Launch of the Cassini and Huygens spacecraft on a Titan IVB
Orbital launches
First	12 January
Last	24 December
Total	89
Successes	83
Failures	3
Partial failures	3
Catalogued	86
National firsts
Satellite	Philippines
Rockets
Maiden flights	M-V Titan IVB VLS-1
Retirements	Atlas I
Crewed flights
Orbital	10
Total travellers	51

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket	Flight number	Launch site		LSP
	Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
January
12 January 09:27	Space Shuttle Atlantis		Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
	STS-81	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	22 January 14:23	Successful
	SpaceHab LDM	NASA/SpaceHab	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Logistics
	Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
15 January	R-29		Submarine, Barents Sea		Russian Navy
		Russian Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	15 January	Successful
17 January 01:17	LGM-30F Minuteman II		Vandenberg LF-03		US Air Force
	IFT-1 (EKV)	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM target	17 January	Successful
17 January 16:28	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Boeing IDS
	GPS IIR-1	US Air Force	Intended: Medium Earth	Navigation	+12 seconds	Launch Failure
	SRB structural failure caused rocket to explode; First flight of GPS Block IIR satellite
29 January	Storm-2		White Sands LC-32		Orbital Sciences
	MTTV	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target spacecraft	29 January	Failure
	MTD-2	US Air Force	Suborbital	Weapons test
30 January	SR19		C-130, NAS Point Mugu		US Air Force
	AltAir (Have Gold)	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	+28 seconds	Launch Failure
	Accidentally destroyed by range safety
30 January 07:30	S-520		Uchinoura Pad K		ISAS
		ISAS	Suborbital	Technology development	30 January	Successful
30 January 08:42	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
	FOT GT163GB	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	30 January	Successful
30 January 22:04	Ariane 4 (44L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	GE 2	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Nahuel 1A	Nahuelsa	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 January 01:55	MR-12		Kapustin Yar		AN RF
	Flaksus-1	APL	Suborbital	Plasma research	31 January	Successful
February
5 February 02:16	MR-12		Kapustin Yar		AN RF
	Flaksus-2	APL	Suborbital	Plasma research	5 February	Successful
7 February	R-17 Scud		Bigen Island, Aur Atoll		US Air Force
	Willow Dune	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	7 February	Successful
10 February 05:17	Black Brant XII		Poker Flat		NASA
	PHAZE 2	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	10 February	Successful
10 February 06:30	Castor- Orbus		Nevada Test Site LA-26		Sandia
		Sandia	Suborbital	Rocket test	10 February	Successful
10 February 14:09	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-25	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-23	14 August 12:17	Successful
	Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
11 February 08:36	Black Brant XII		Poker Flat		NASA
	Auroral Turbulance 2	NASA	Suborbital	Auroral/Ionosphere research	11 February	Successful
11 February 08:55	Space Shuttle Discovery		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-82	NASA	Low Earth (HST)	Hubble Servicing Mission 2	21 February 08:32	Successful
	Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
12 February 04:50	M-V		Uchinoura		ISAS
	HALCA (MUSES-B)	ISAS	Medium Earth	Astronomy	In orbit	Successful
	Maiden flight of M-V; Mission concluded in November 2005
12 February 21:00	LCLV		Wallops Island		Orbital Sciences
	MDT IV		Suborbital	Target	12 February	Successful
14 February 03:47	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32
	Gonets-D1	Gonets SatCom	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Gonets-D1	Gonets SatCom	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Gonets-D1	Gonets SatCom	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2337 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2338 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2339 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 February 01:42	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
	JCSAT-4	JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 February	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
20 February	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
20 February	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
20 February	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 February	Successful
22 February	Castor 4B		Wake Island		Orbital Sciences
	TCMP II		Suborbital	Re-entry vehicle test	22 February	Successful
23 February	Prithvi		Balasore		DRDO
		DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	23 February	Successful
23 February 10:06	LCLV		Wallops Island		Orbital Sciences
	MDT III		Suborbital	Target	23 February	Successful
23 February 20:20	Titan IVB (402)/IUS		Cape Canaveral LC-40		Lockheed Martin
	USA-130 (DSP F18)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
	Maiden flight of Titan IVB
26 February 20:00	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Rocket test	26 February	Successful
March
1 March	Castor 4B		Wake Island		OrbitalSciences
	TCMP II		Suborbital	Re-entry vehicle test	1 March	Successful
1 March 01:07	Ariane 4 (44P)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Intelsat 801	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
4 March 02:00	Start-1		Svobodniy Site 5
	Zeya	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	25 October 1999	Successful
6 March	Hera		White Sands LC-94		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM Target	6 March	Successful
6 March	THAAD		White Sands		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM Interceptor	6 March	Successful
8 March 06:01	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral LC-36A		International Launch Services
	Tempo 2	TCI	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Suffered damage from a solar flare in April 1997 and was retired on 15 August 2006.
13 March 10:20	Black Brant IX		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	13 March	Successful
18 March 00:16	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
18 March	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
19 March	R-17 Scud		Bigen Island, Aur Atoll		US Air Force
	Willow Dune	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	19 March	Successful
25 March 03:15	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	25 March	Successful
	Studied Hale-Bopp comet
30 March 03:25	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	EUVS	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	30 March	Successful
April
4 April 16:47	Titan 23G		Vandenberg SLC-4W		Lockheed Martin
	USA-131 (DMSP 5D2 F14)	US Air Force/NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
4 April 19:20	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-83	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	8 April 18:33	Partial Failure
	Spacelab Long Module 1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Spacelab MSL-1
	EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
	Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts Fuel cell failure caused the flight to be aborted. Re-flown as STS-94 later the same year.
6 April 03:25	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital		6 April	Successful
6 April 16:04	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Progress M-34	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	2 July 06:31	Partial Failure
	Collided with Mir during rendezvous tests on 25 June, heavily damaging the station and permanently depressurizing the Spektr module.
8 April 03:55	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	WISP	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	8 April	Successful
9 April 08:58	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 16/2
	Kosmos 2340 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
16 April 23:08	Ariane 4 (44LP)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Thaicom 3	Thaicom	Geosynchronous	Communications	2 October 2006	Successful
	BSAT-1A	BSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Thaicom 3 deorbited after suffering severe power degradation.[1]
17 April	R-36M		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	17 April	Successful
17 April 13:03	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1
	Kosmos 2341 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
21 April 11:59	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Gando		Orbital Sciences
	Minisat-01	INTA	Low Earth	Technology development	26 February 2002	Successful
	Celestis Founders	Celestis	Low Earth	Space burial	20 May 2002	Successful
25 April 05:49	Atlas I		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
	GOES 10 (GOES-K)	NOAA	Geosynchronous Graveyard (after retirement)	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
	Final flight of Atlas I, satellite retired and boosted to graveyard orbit on 1 December 2009.[2]
28 April 16:42	VS-30		Alcântara		INPE
	AL-VS30-223	DLR	Suborbital	Test rocket	28 April	Successful
30 April	RH-560/300 Mk.II		Sriharikota		ISRO
		ISRO	Suborbital	Test rocket	30 April	Successful
May
2 May 07:30	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	X-ray Astronomy	2 May	Successful
5 May 14:55	Delta II (7920-10C)		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 8	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	24 November 2017[4]	Successful
	Iridium 7	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 6	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	23 December 2017[6]	Successful
	Iridium 5	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 4	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 May 07:10	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	8 May	Successful
8 May 08:01	LGM-118 Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
	9 re-entry vehicles	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 May	Successful
11 May 16:17	Long March 3A		Xichang LC-2
	Zhongxing-6 (Chinasat-6)	Chinasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
14 May 00:33	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 43/4
	Kosmos 2342 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
15 May 08:07	Space Shuttle Atlantis		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-84	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	24 May 13:27	Successful
	SpaceHab LDM	NASA/SpaceHab	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Logistics
	Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
15 May 12:10	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
	Kosmos 2343	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 September	Successful
15 May 19:16	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	NCAR/CU-6	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy/Solar observation	15 May	Successful
20 May 07:07	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1
	Tselina-2	VKS	Intended: Low Earth	ELINT	+ 48 seconds	Launch Failure
	Stage 1 engine failure
20 May 22:39	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Boeing IDS
	Thor-2	Telenor	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 May 08:27	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force
	FOT GT164GM/SHARP	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile and re-entry vehicle test	21 May	Successful
23 May 21:44	Terrier- Orion		Wallops Island		NASA
	MSX	SMDC	Suborbital	Target	23 May	Successful
24 May 17:00	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
	Telstar 5	Loral Skynet	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 May 04:56	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Radio astronomy	29 May	Successful
30 May	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	30 May	Successful
June
3 June 23:20	Ariane 4 (44L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Inmarsat 3F4	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	INSAT 2D	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	Insat 2D declared a total loss on 4 October 1997.
6 June 16:56	Proton-K/17S40		Baikonur Site 200/39
	Kosmos 2344 (Arkon)	MO RF	Medium Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
10 June	UR-100NU		Baikonur		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 June	Successful
10 June 12:01	Long March 3		Xichang LC-1
	Feng Yun 2A	CASC	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	Halted transmitting data in April 1998, resumed transmission but imaging system failed later that year in September.
18 June 14:02	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force
	FOT GT165GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	18 June	Successful
18 June 14:02	Proton-K/17S40		Baikonur Site 81/23
	Iridium 14	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 12	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	2 September 2018[8]	Successful
	Iridium 9	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	11 March 2003	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 10	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	6 October 2018[10]	Successful
	Iridium 13	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	29 April 2018[12]	Successful
	Iridium 16	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 11	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
24 June 03:39	LGM-30F Minuteman II		Vandenberg LF-03		US Air Force
	MSLS IFT-1A	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM target	24 June	Partial Failure
	Some decoys failed to deploy
24 June 04:00	Payload Launch Vehicle		Meck Island, Kwajalein		Orbital Sciences
	IFT-1A EKV	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM Test	24 June	Partial Failure
	Poor system performance; Non-destructive flyby
25 June 23:44	Ariane 4 (44P)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Intelsat 802	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
July
1 July 18:02	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-94	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	17 July 10:40	Successful
	Spacelab Long Module 1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Spacelab MSL-1
	EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
	Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts, reflight of STS-83 Final flight of Spacelab Long Module 1
5 July 04:11	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Progress M-35	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	7 October 17:23	Successful
8 July 12:25	RT-2PM Topol		Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	8 July	Successful
9 July	KSR-II		Anhueng		KARI
		KARI	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy/Ionosphere research	9 July	Successful
9 July 13:04	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 15	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	14 October 2018[14]	Successful
	Iridium 17	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 20	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 18	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	19 August 2018[16]	Successful
	Iridium 21	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
23 July	R-29		Submarine, Barents Sea		Russian Navy
		Russian Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	23 July	Successful
23 July 03:42	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Boeing IDS
	USA-132 (GPS IIR-2)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
28 July 01:15	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
	Superbird C	SCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
August
1 August 20:20	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
	Orbview-2	GeoEye	Low Earth	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
5 August 15:35	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-26	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-24	19 February 1998 09:10	Successful
	Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts
7 August 14:41	Space Shuttle Discovery		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-85	NASA	Low Earth	Space sciences	19 August 11:08	Successful
	CRISTA-SPAS-2	DLR/NASA	Low Earth	Atmospheric research
	MFD	NASDA	Low Earth (Discovery)	Dextrous RMS demonstration
	Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts CRISTA-SPAS deployed 7 August and retrieved 16 August
8 August 06:46	Ariane 4 (44LP)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	PAS 6	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	Spacecraft failure occurred in April 2004
8 August 13:19	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	8 August	Successful
8 August 13:24	Terrier-Orion		Wallops Island		NASA
	COORS	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere/Aeronomy research	8 August	Failure
8 August 16:29	Black Brant VC		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere/Aeronomy research	8 August	Successful
9 August 13:29	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	9 August	Successful
9 August 22:57	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	9 August	Successful
10 August 13:36	Viper		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	10 August	Successful
10 August 21:30	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	10 August	Successful
11 August 13:38	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	11 August	Successful
11 August 13:43	Viper		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	11 August	Successful
11 August 18:18	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	11 August	Successful
11 August 21:34	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	11 August	Successful
12 August 12:10	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	12 August	Successful
12 August 12:15	Viper		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	12 August	Successful
12 August 12:26	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	12 August	Successful
12 August 21:41	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	12 August	Successful
13 August 13:50	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	13 August	Successful
13 August 13:55	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	13 August	Successful
13 August 21:40	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital		13 August	Successful
14 August 12:22	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	14 August	Successful
14 August 12:27	Viper		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	14 August	Successful
14 August 20:49	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 200/39
	Kosmos 2345 (Prognoz)	MO RF	Geosynchronous	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
	Retired on 1 January 1999
14 August 21:53	Viper		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	14 August	Successful
15 August 10:58	Viper		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	15 August	Successful
15 August 20:25	Super Loki		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	15 August	Successful
19 August 17:50	Long March 3B		Xichang LC-2
	Agila 2	MPSC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 August 00:38	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 26	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 25	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	14 May 2018[18]	Successful
	Iridium 24	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	11 May 2019[20]	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 23	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	28 March 2018[22]	Successful
	Iridium 22	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 August 06:51	LMLV-1 (Athena I)		Vandenberg SLC-6		Lockheed Martin
	Lewis	NASA	Low Earth	Earth observation	29 September	Spacecraft failure
	Control lost within three days of launch due to RCS design flaw.[23]
25 August 14:39	Delta II 7920-8		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Boeing IDS
	ACE	NASA	Earth/Sun L1 point	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Operational
28 August 00:33	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
	PAS 5	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 August 15:02	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
	FORTE	US Air Force	Low Earth	Ionosphere research	In orbit	Operational
September
1 September 14:00	Long March 2D		Taiyuan LC-1		CASC
	Iridium MFS-1	Iridium	Low Earth	Boilerplate spacecraft	In orbit	Successful
	Iridium MFS-2	Iridium	Low Earth	Boilerplate spacecraft	In orbit	Successful
2 September 07:00	Terrier-Orion		Anna Plains		NASA
	DUNDEE 1	NASA	Suborbital	Target	2 September	Successful
2 September 22:21	Ariane 4 (44LP)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Hot Bird 3	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Meteosat 7	Eumetsat	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
4 September 12:03	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral LC-36A		International Launch Services
	GE 3	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
5 September 04:00	Terrier=Orion		Anna Plains		NASA
	DUNDEE 2	NASA	Suborbital	Target	5 September	Successful
10 September 02:00	Terrier-Orion		Anna Plains		NASA
	DUNDEE 3	NASA	Suborbital	Target	10 September	Successful
10 September 14:40	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test rocket	10 September	Successful
10 September 15:10	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	10 September	Successful
11 September 20:15	Terrier-Orion		Anna Plains		NASA
	DUNDEE 4	NASA	Suborbital	Target	11 September	Successful
14 September 01:36	Proton-K/17S40		Baikonur Site 81/23
	Iridium 29	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 32	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	10 March 2019[25]	Successful
	Iridium 33	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	10 February 2009	Partial Failure
	Iridium 27	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	1 February 2002	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 28	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 30	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	28 September 2017[27]	Successful
	Iridium 31	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	20 December 2018[29]	Successful
	Iridium 33 destroyed in collision with Kosmos 2251[30]
17 September 08:01	LGM-118 Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
	7 re-entry vehicles	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	17 September	Successful
19 September 13:00	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	19 September	Successful
23 September 16:44	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1
	Kosmos 2346 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	FAISAT-2V	FAI	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 September 23:58	Ariane 4 (42L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Intelsat 803	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 September	Storm-2		White Sands LC-32		US Air Force
	MTTV-4	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	24 September	Successful
24 September 21:30	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 43/4
	Molniya-1T	MO RF	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 September 00:30	TR-1		Tanegashima LA-T		NASDA
		NASDA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	25 September	Successful
26 September 02:34	Space Shuttle Atlantis		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-86	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	6 October 21:55	Successful
	SpaceHab LDM	NASA/SpaceHab	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Logistics
	Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
27 September 01:23	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 19	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	7 April 2018[32]	Successful
	Iridium 37	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	26 May 2018[34]	Successful
	Iridium 36	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 35	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	26 December 2018[36]	Successful
	Iridium 34	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	8 January 2018[38]	Successful
29 September 04:47	PSLV		Sriharikota FLP		ISRO
	IRS-1D	ISRO	Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
30 September 20:10	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	HRTS 10	NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	30 September	Successful
October
3 October 07:07	RT-2PM Topol		Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	3 October	Successful
4 October 18:30	Castor-Orbus		Nevada Test Site LA-26		Sandia
		Sandia	Suborbital	Test rocket	4 October	Failure
5 October 15:08	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Progress M-36	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	19 December 13:20	Successful
	Sputnik-40	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Amateur communications	21 May 1998	Successful
	X-Mir	DASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Inspect Mir	2 October 1998	Successful
5 October 21:01	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
	Echostar 3	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 October 17:59	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Site 43/3
	Foton 11	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Microgravity research	23 October	Successful
10 October	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		Royal Navy
		Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 October	Successful
10 October	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		Royal Navy
		Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	10 October	Successful
12 October 16:42	VS-30		Andøya		INPE
	AL-VS30-226	DLR	Suborbital	Aeronomy research	12 October	Successful
15 October 08:43	Titan IVB (401)/Centaur		Cape Canaveral LC-40		Lockheed Martin
	Cassini	NASA	Kronocentric Orbit	Saturn orbiter	15 September 2017 10:31	Successful
	Huygens	NASA/ESA	Kronocentric Orbit	Titan lander	14 January 2005 12:43	Successful
	Cassini is the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn and Huygens is the first spacecraft to land on Titan. Huygens released from Cassini on 25 December 2004.
16 October 19:00	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	16 October	Successful
16 October 19:13	Long March 3B		Xichang LC-2
	Apstar 2R	APT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 October 13:13	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Wallops Island		Orbital Sciences
	STEP-4	US Air Force	Low Earth		31 March 2001	Successful
24 October 02:32	Titan IVA (403)		Vandenberg SLC-4E		Lockheed Martin
	USA-133 (Lacrosse 3)	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
25 October 00:46	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral LC-36A
	USA-135 (DSCS III F13)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	FalconSat Gold	USAFA	Geosynchronous transfer	Technology demonstration	27 September 1998	Successful
30 October 13:43	Ariane 5G		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
	MAQSAT-H	ESA	Geosynchronous transfer	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
	MAQSAT-B	ESA	Geosynchronous transfer	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
	TEAMSAT	ESTEC	Geosynchronous transfer	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
	YES	ESTEC	Geosynchronous transfer	Technolovy development	In orbit	Operational
November
2 November 12:25	VLS-1		Alcântara		INPE
	SCD-2A	INPE	Intended: Low Earth	Weather satellite	2 November	Launch Failure
	Maiden flight of VLS-1; First Brazilian orbital launch attempt
5 November 20:02	Terrier-Orion		Andøya		NASA
	Combined Sodium and Sporadic Layers	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	5 November	Successful
5 November 21:01	LGM-118 Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-02		US Air Force
	8 re-entry vehicles	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 November	Successful
6 November 00:30	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Boeing IDS
	USA-134 (GPS IIA-19)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
8 November 02:05	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur		Cape Canaveral LC-41		Lockheed Martin
	USA-136 (Trumpet 3)	NRO	Molniya	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
	NRO Launch 4
9 November 01:34	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 43	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	11 February 2018[40]	Successful
	Iridium 41	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	28 July 2018[42]	Successful
	Iridium 40	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	23 September 2018[44]	Successful
	Iridium 39	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 38	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 November 17:00	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 200/39
	Kupon	RFCB	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	Onboard computer failed
12 November 21:48	Ariane 4 (44L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Sirius 2	NSAB	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
	IndoStar-1	Indostar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Astra 5A (Sirius 2) failed on 16 January 2009
14 November 05:00	Black Brant IX		White Sands		NASA
	SCARI	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	14 November	Successful
17 November	Hera		Fort Wingate LC-96		US Air Force
	MTV	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM Target	17 November	Failure
18 November 11:14	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk
	Resurs F-1M	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Remote sensing	13 December	Successful
18 November 19:35	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	SERTS-97	NASA	Suborbital	Solar observation	18 November	Successful
19 November	RT-23		Nenoksa		RVSN
		Russian Navy	Suborbital	Test rocket	19 November	Failure
19 November 19:46	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
	STS-87	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity experiments	5 December 12:20	Successful
	SPARTAN-201	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research		Failure
	EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet		Successful
	Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts Spartan failed to orient itself due to human error during deployment on 21 November; was retrieved on 25 November.
27 November 21:27	H-II		Tanegashima LA-Y1
	TRMM	NASA	Low Earth	Environmental research	16 June 2015 06:55[45]	Successful
	Hikoboshi (ETS-7)	NASDA	Low Earth	Docking test	13 November 2015[46]	Successful
	Orihime (ETS-7)	NASDA	Low Earth	Docking test	13 November 2015[46]	Successful
	The two ETS satellites docked on 7 July 1998[47]
December
2 December 08:42	Black Brant IX		SvalRak		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	2 December	Successful
2 December 22:52	Ariane 4 (44P)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	JCSAT 5	JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Equator-S	DLR	Geosynchronous transfer	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Operational
12 November 17:00	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
	Astra 1G	SES	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
3 December 09:06	Black Brant IX		SvalRak		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	3 December	Successful
8 December 07:16	Long March 2D		Taiyuan LC-1		CASC
	Iridium 42	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 44	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft Failure
8 December 23:52	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
	Galaxy 8i	PanAmSat	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Retired in October 2002
9 December 07:17	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur Site 90/20
	Kosmos 2347 (EORSAT	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	11 December 1999	Successful
15 December 15:40	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk
	Kosmos 2348 (Yantar)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	14 April 1998	Successful
18 December	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	18 December	Successful
20 December 08:45	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Progress M-37	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	15 March 1998 23:04	Successful
20 December 13:16	Delta II 7920-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
	Iridium 45	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 46	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Iridium 47	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	1 September 2018[49]	Successful
	Iridium 48	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	5 May 2001	Spacecraft Failure
	Iridium 49	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	13 February 2018[51]	Successful
22 December 00:16	Ariane 4 (42L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Intelsat 804	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 December 19:11	Pegasus-XL/HAPS		Stargazer, Wallops Island		Orbital Sciences
	Orbcomm A1	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A2	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A3	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A4	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A5	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A6	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A7	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Orbcomm A8	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 December 13:32	Start-1		Svobodniy Site 5
	Early Bird 1	EarthWatch	Low Earth	Earth observation	27 July 2000	Successful
24 December 23:19	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
	AsiaSat 3	AsiaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Partial Launch Failure
	Upper stage failure; Performed lunar flyby to reduce orbital inclination and reach operational position.

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
20 February	Galileo	2nd flyby of Europa
5 April	Galileo	3rd flyby of Ganymede
7 May	Galileo	4th flyby of Ganymede
25 June	Galileo	2nd flyby of Callisto
27 June	NEAR	Flyby of 253 Mathilde	Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
4 July	Mars Pathfinder	Landed on Mars	Location: Ares Vallis; first Mars rover and rover on another planet
11 September	Mars Global Surveyor	Areocentric orbit injection
17 September	Galileo	3rd flyby of Callisto
6 November	Galileo	3rd flyby of Europa
16 December	Galileo	4th flyby of Europa

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
14 February 04:34	6 hours 42 minutes	11:16	STS-82 Discovery	Mark C. Lee Steven Smith	Swapped out the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer and replaced the Faint Object Spectrograph with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. Stowed the GHRS and FOS for return to earth in the payload bay.[52]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
15 February 03:25	7 hours 27 minutes	10:52	STS-82 Discovery	Gregory J. Harbaugh Joseph R. Tanner	Replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor and an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with spare replacement units. Also installed the Optical Control Electronics Enhancement Kit.[53]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
16 February 02:53	7 hours 11 minutes	10:04	STS-82 Discovery	Mark C. Lee Steven Smith	Replaced a Data Interface Unit with a spare unit and replaced a reel-to-reel tape drive Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a solid-state digital version. Also replaced one of the four Reaction Wheel Assembly units that help point the telescope at targets.[54]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
17 February 03:45	6 hours 34 minutes	10:19	STS-82 Discovery	Gregory J. Harbaugh Joseph R. Tanner	Replaced the Solar Array Drive Electronics package with a spare, also replaced the covers of the satellite's magnetometers. Installed thermal blankets over areas of degraded insulation.[55]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
18 February 03:15	5 hours 17 minutes	08:32	STS-82 Discovery	Mark C. Lee Steven Smith	Installed more thermal insulation on three more areas that had undergone degradation.[56]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
29 April 05:10	4 hours 59 minutes	10:09	Mir EO-23 Kvant-2	Vasily Tsibliyev Jerry M. Linenger	Installed the Optical Properties Monitor on the exterior of Kristall. Used the Strela crane to move to the Kvant-2 module. At Kvant-2 they retrieved two American experiments, the Partial Impact Experiment and the Mir Sample Experiment, from the Kvant-2 hull, and installed the Benton Radiation Dosimeter on Kvant-2.[57]	First use of the new Orlan-M space suit.
22 August 11:14	3 hours 16 minutes	14:30	Mir EO-24 Transfer compartment of DOS-7	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov	Reconnected power cabling to the Spektr solar arrays, thus restoring part of the power lost in the collision. Although the spacewalkers were able to recover equipment and supplies from the module, they were not able to find the puncture hole.[58]	Internal EVA to inspect the damaged Spektr module
6 September 01:07	6 hours	07:07	Mir EO-24 Kvant-2	Anatoly Solovyev /Michael Foale	Solovyev rode the Strela crane operated by Foale on the base block to Spektr to inspect for damage. Although an extensive documentation and search of Spektr, he was unable to find the hole. Before he returned to the airlock, Foale collected the radiation dosimeter installed outside earlier.[59]	Foale became the first person to conduct EVAs in both American and Russian spacesuits.[60]
1 October 17:29	5 hours 1 minute	22:30	STS-86 Mir Atlantis	Scott E. Parazynski Vladimir Titov	Retrieved the four Mir Environmental Effects Packages from the docking module surface. Also installed the Solar Array Cap to the docking module, to be used to plug the hole in the Spektr module on a future EVA. To close out the EVA, the spacewalkers tested the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue jet packs.[61]
20 October 09:40	6 hours 38 minutes	16:18	Mir EO-24 Transfer compartment of DOS-7	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov	Attempted to install three control cables between the solar array servo motors to the special adapter plate that seals Spektr from the rest of Mir. After cleaning up some of the debris and loose items in Spektr, Solovyev was able to connect the three cables to the servos. But even after an effort that extended into the "emergency oxygen supply" of the Orlan space suits, Solovyev was only able to connect two of the cables to the adapter plate.[62]	Internal EVA to repair the damaged Spektr module
3 November 03:32	6 hours 4 minutes	09:36	Mir EO-24 Kvant-2	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov	Released a minispunik (mini-satellite) into orbit. The spacewalkers then dismantled the old solar panel MSB-4 on Kvant-1. They stowed the panel on the outside of the base block.[63]
6 November 00:12	6 hours 12 minutes	06:24	Mir EO-24 Kvant-2	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov	Installed a new solar array on Kvant-1 to replace the panel removed on their previous spacewalk.[64]
25 November 00:02	7 hours 43 minutes	07:45	STS-87 Columbia	Winston E. Scott Takao Doi	Captured the Spartan satellite by hand and secured it in the payload bay. Then the spacewalking team set up and tested a crane that will be used to construct the International Space Station.[65]	Doi became the first Japanese spacewalker.
3 December 09:09	4 hours 59 minutes	14:09	STS-87 Columbia	Winston E. Scott Takao Doi	Conducted more testing and evaluation of the crane in the payload bay. They repeated many of the same crane motion tests with smaller objects than in the earlier EVA. During the EVA a small free-flying video camera was deployed to record the work.[66]

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