1987 in spaceflight

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1987 in spaceflight
Atlas-H.jpg
The Atlas H launches on its final flight
Orbital launches
First5 January
Last29 December
Total115
Catalogued 110
National firsts
Space traveller Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Rockets
Maiden flights ASLV
Energia
Retirements Atlas H
N-II
Titan III(34)B
Crewed flights
Orbital3
Total travellers8

The following is an outline of 1987 in spaceflight.

Contents

Launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC)Outcome
Remarks
5 February
21:38:16
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz-U2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Baikonur Site 1/5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz TM-2 Low Earth (Mir)Mir EO-2 30 July
01:04:12
Successful
Crewed flight launching two cosmonauts and landing three, first crewed flight of Soyuz-TM
12 February
06:40
Flag of the United States.svg Titan 34B/Agena-D Flag of the United States.svg Vandenberg SLC-4W Flag of the United States.svg U.S. Air Force
Flag of the United States.svg SDS-1 F-6 [2] U.S. Air Force Molniya Communications In orbitSuccessful
Final flight of the Titan IIIB rocket. Final use of the RM-81 Agena upper stage in any rocket.
26 February
23:05
Flag of the United States.svg Delta 3914 Flag of the United States.svg Cape Canaveral LC-17A Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of the United States.svg GOES 7 NOAA Geostationary Weather In orbitOperational
20 March
23:05
Flag of the United States.svg Delta-3920 Flag of the United States.svg Cape Canaveral LC-17 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Indonesia.svg Palapa B2-P PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara ? Communications In orbitSuccessful
31 March
00:16:16
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Proton-K Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Baikonur Site 200/39 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Kvant-1 1991–2001: Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir)Mir module23 March 2001
05:59:36
Successful
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Kvant FSB Low Earth (Kvant-1)Space tug25 August 1988Successful
15 May
17:30:01
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Energia Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Baikonur Site 250 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Polyus Intended: Low EarthWeapons tests
Technology
15 MayLaunch failure
Maiden flight of Energia, computer error resulted in spacecraft attempting to perform circularisation burn in a retrograde orientation, failed to orbit
8 June Flag of India.svg RH-300 Mk II Flag of India.svg Sriharikota Flag of India.svg ISRO
Flag of India.svg ISRO SuborbitalEngineering test8 JuneSuccessful
First flight of the RH-300 Mk II, reached an altitude of 130 km (80 miles)
22 July
01:59:17
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz-U2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Baikonur Site 1/5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz TM-3 Low Earth (Mir)Mir EP-1 29 December
09:16:15
Successful
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, first Syrian in space, carried replacement for ill EO-2 crewmember
24 August
16:30
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Skylark 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Woomera Test Range LA2 D Flag of Germany.svg MORABA
Flag of Germany.svg Supernova (W-GR-147) DFVLR Suborbital X-ray astronomy 24 AugustSuccessful
Apogee: ~270 km
8 October Flag of Brazil.svg Sonda IV Flag of Brazil.svg Barreira do Inferno Launch Center Flag of Brazil.svg IAE
Flag of Brazil.svg IAE SuborbitalEngineering test8 OctoberSuccessful
"Operation Petrópolis". R&D launch for the VLS program. 510 kg payload. 570 km apogee. [3]
21 November
02:19:00
Flag of Europe.svg Ariane 2 Flag of France.svg Kourou ELA-2 Flag of France.svg Arianespace
Flag of Germany.svg TV-SAT 1 Deutsche Bundespost Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous
Communications In orbitSpacecraft failure
Immediately after launch, one of its solar panels failed to deploy, and as a result of this the main uplink antenna, which was located behind the solar panel, could not deploy either. Briefly used to verify the systems of the Spacebus 300 satellite bus before being retired to a graveyard orbit.
21 December
11:18:03
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz-U2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Baikonur Site 1/5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soyuz TM-4 Low Earth (Mir)Mir EO-3 17 June 1988
10:12:32
Successful
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts

Deep-space rendezvous

There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1987.

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References

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Footnotes

  1. "NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. "Lançamento do foguete Sonda IV foi um sucesso". O Pioneiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). No. 528. 9 October 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2024.