1989 in spaceflight

1989 in spaceflight
	The Galileo probe is deployed from Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-34, beginning a fourteen-year mission to Jupiter The launch of the only Delta 5920 with the Cosmic Background Explorer.
Orbital launches
First	10 January
Last	27 December
Total	102
Successes	101
Failures	1
Rockets
Maiden flights	Ariane 4 44L; Delta 4925 ; Delta 5920 ; Delta II 6925; Titan IVA
Retirements	Ariane 2 ; Ariane 3 ; Atlas G ; Delta 3920 ; Delta 5920 ; Titan 34D
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	27
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Last updated October 13, 2025

The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.

Launches


Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
10 January 02:05	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Kosmos 1987 (GLONASS)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1988 (GLONASS)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1989 (Etalon-2)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
12 January 11:29	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Kosmos 1990 (Resurs-F2)		Low Earth	Earth observation	11 February	Successful
18 January 08:20	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 1991 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	1 February	Successful
26 January 09:16	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Gorizont 17		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
26 January 15:36	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1992 (Strela-2M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
27 January 01:23	Ariane 2			Kourou ELA-1		Arianespace

		Intelsat 515	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
28 January 12:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 1993 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	27 March	Successful
February
10 February 08:53	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 40		Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	5 March 01:59	Successful
10 February 15:13	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32

		Kosmos 1994 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1995 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1996 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1997 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1998 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1999 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
10 February 16:55	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2000 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 March	Successful
14 February 04:21	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2001 (Oko)		Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
14 February 17:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 2002 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	15 October	Successful
14 February 18:30	Delta II 6925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas

		USA-35 (GPS II-1)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Delta II 6925 First flight of Block II GPS satellite
15 February 11:00	Molniya-M/ML			Baikonur

		Molniya 1-75		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
17 February 14:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2003 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 March	Successful
21 February 23:30	Mu-3S-II			Uchinoura		ISAS

		EXOS-D Akebono	ISAS	Low Earth	Aurora observation	In orbit	Successful
22 February 03:28	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 2004 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
28 February 04:05	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32

		Meteor 2-18		Low Earth	Earth sciences	In orbit	Successful
March
2 March 18:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2005 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	25 April	Successful
6 March 23:29	Ariane 4 44LP			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		JCSAT 1	JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Meteosat 4	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	In orbit	Successful
13 March 14:57	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39B

		STS-29	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	18 March 14:36	Successful
		TDRS-4 (TDRS-D)	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
16 March 14:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2006 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	31 March	Successful
16 March 18:54	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 41		Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	25 April 12:12	Successful
23 March 12:25	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 2007 (Yantar-4KS1)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	22 September	Successful
24 March 13:38	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 2008 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2009 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2010 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2011 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2012 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2013 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2014 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2015 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
24 March 21:50	Delta 3920			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas

		USA-36 (Delta Star)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Technology development	23 June 1992	Successful
		Final flight of Delta 3920
April
2 April 02:28	Ariane 2			Kourou ELA-1		Arianespace

		Tele-X	Nordic Satellite AB	Operational: Geosynchronous Current: Graveyard	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Final flight of Ariane 2 Tele-X retired 16 January 1998
4 April 18:36	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 2016 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
6 April 14:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2017 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	19 April	Successful
14 April 04:08	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Raduga 23		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 April 18:29	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2018 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	19 June	Successful
26 April 17:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Foton 5		Low Earth	Microgravity research	11 May	Successful
May
4 May 18:47	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39B

		STS-30	NASA	Low Earth	Interplanetary probe deployment	8 May 05:43	Successful
		Magellan	NASA	Cytherean	Radar mapping	12 October 1994	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
5 May 13:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2019 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 May	Successful
10 May 19:47	Titan 34D/Transtage			Cape Canaveral LC-40		Martin Marietta

		USA-37 (Vortex 6)	NRO	Geosynchronous	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
17 May 13:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 2020 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	15 July	Successful
24 May 10:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 2021 (Yantar-1KFT)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	6 July	Successful
25 May 08:50	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Resurs-F1		Low Earth	Earth observation	17 June	Successful
		Pion 1		Low Earth	Atmospheric research	23 July	Successful
		Pion 2		Low Earth	Atmospheric research	24 July	Successful
31 May 08:31	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Kosmos 2022 (GLONASS)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2023 (GLONASS)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2024 (Etalon 2)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
June
1 June 12:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2025 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	15 June	Successful
5 June 22:37	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Superbird A	SCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		DFS-1	Deutsche Bundespost Telekom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Ariane 4 44L
7 June 05:12	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 2026 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
8 June 17:09	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk

		Molniya 3-45L		Molniya	Communications	14 December 2001	Successful
9 June 10:10	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2

		Okean-O1 4		Intended: Low Earth	Oceanography	9 June	Launch failure
		Failure of the third stage
10 June 22:19	Delta II 6925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas

		USA-38 (GPS II-2)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
14 June 12:30	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3

		Kosmos 2027 (Taifun-1)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	14 April 1992	Successful
14 June 13:18	Titan IVA 402/IUS			Cape Canaveral LC-41		Martin Marietta

		USA-39 (DSP-14)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Titan IVA
16 June 09:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 2028 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	6 July	Successful
21 June 23:35	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Raduga 1-1		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
27 June 08:04	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Resurs-F2		Low Earth	Earth observation	11 July	Successful
July
4 July 15:21	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3

		Nadezhda 1	COSPAS-SARSAT	Low Earth	Navigation, search and rescue	In orbit	Successful
5 July 08:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2029 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	17 July	Successful
5 July 22:45	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Gorizont 18		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
12 July 00:14	Ariane 3			Kourou ELA-1		Arianespace

		Olympus 1	ESA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Final flight of Ariane 3 and launch from ELA-1
12 July 15:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2030 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	28 July	Spacecraft failure
		Spacecraft exploded in orbit on 28 July
18 July 09:44	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2

		Resurs-F 3		Low Earth	Earth observation	8 August	Successful
		Pion 3		Low Earth	Atmospheric research	19 September	Successful
		Pion 4		Low Earth	Atmospheric research	19 September	Successful
18 July 12:10	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 2031 (Orlets-1)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	15 September	Successful
20 July 08:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2032 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 August	Successful
24 July 00:00	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 2033 (US-P)		Low Earth	ELINT	6 January 1991	Successful
25 July 07:48	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3

		Kosmos 2034 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
August
2 August 11:29	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2035 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 August	Successful
8 August 12:37	Space Shuttle Columbia			Kennedy LC-39B

		STS-28	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	13 August	Successful
		USA-40 (SDS-2-1)	US Air Force	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		USA-41	DoD		SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
8 August 23:25	Ariane 4 44LP			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		TV-Sat 2		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Hipparcos	ESA	Geosynchronous transfer	Astronomy	In orbit	Successful
15 August 10:29	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4

		Resurs-F4		Low Earth	Earth observation	14 September	Successful
18 August 05:57	Delta II 6925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas

		USA-42 (GPS II-3)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
22 August 12:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2036 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	5 September	Successful
23 August 03:09	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress M-1		Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	1 December 11:21	Successful
		Maiden flight of Progress-M spacecraft
27 August 22:59	Delta 4925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas

		Marco Polo 1	BSkyB	Operational: Geosynchronous Current: Graveyard	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Delta 4925
28 August 00:14	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2

		Kosmos 2037 (Geo-IK)		Low Earth	Earth science	In orbit	Successful
September
4 September 05:54	Titan 34D/Transtage			Cape Canaveral LC-40		Martin Marietta

		USA-43 (DSCS-II)	DoD	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		USA-44 (DSCS-III)	DoD	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Titan 34D and Transtage upper stage
5 September 19:11	H-I			Tanegashima LA-N		Mitsubishi

		GMS-4	NASDA	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	In orbit	Successful
5 September 21:38	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz TM-8		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-5	19 February 1990 04:36	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 2 cosmonauts
6 September 01:48	Titan II 23G			Vandenberg SLC-4W		Martin Marietta

		USA-45	DoD		SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
6 September 10:49	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		/ Resurs-F5		Low Earth	Microgravity experiments	22 September	Successful
14 September 09:49	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32

		Kosmos 2038 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2039 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2040 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2041 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2042 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2043 (Strela-3)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
15 September 06:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		/ / Kosmos 2044 (Bion 9)	ESA/NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	29 September	Successful
22 September 08:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 2045 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	2 October	Successful
25 September 08:56	Atlas G			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		Lockheed

		USA-46 (FLTSATCOM 8)	DoD	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Final flight of Atlas G
27 September 14:38	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk

		Molniya 1-76		Molniya	Communications	11 November 2000	Successful
27 September 16:20	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 2046 (US-P)		Low Earth	Naval reconnaissance	16 April 1991	Successful
28 September 00:04	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2

		Intercosmos 24 (Aktivny-IK/AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1)	Intercosmos	Low Earth	Atmospheric research	In orbit	Successful
		Magion 2		Low Earth	Atmospheric research	In orbit	Successful
28 September 17:05	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Gorizont 19		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
October
3 October 14:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2047 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	21 November	Successful
17 October 13:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2048 (Zenit-8)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	26 October	Successful
18 October 16:53	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39B

		STS-34	NASA	Low Earth	Interplanetary probe deployment	23 October	Successful
		Galileo	NASA	Jovian	Jupiter orbiter	21 September 2003	Successful
		Galileo Probe	NASA	Jovian	Jupiter entry probe	7 December 1995	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
21 October 09:31	Delta II 6925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas

		USA-47 (GPS II-4)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
24 October 21:35	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32

		Meteor 3-3		Low Earth	Earth science	In orbit	Successful
27 October 23:05	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Intelsat 602	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
November
17 November 10:50	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Kosmos 2049 (Yantar-4KS1)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	19 June 1990	Successful
18 November 14:34	Delta 5920			Vandenberg SLC-2W		McDonnell Douglas

		COBE	NASA	Sun-synchronous	Cosmology	In orbit	Successful
		Only flight of Delta 5920
23 November 00:23	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39B

		STS-33	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	28 November	Successful
		USA-48 (Magnum-2)	NRO	Geosynchronous	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
23 November 20:35	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2050 (Oko)		Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
24 November 23:22	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 2051 (US-P)		Low Earth	Naval reconnaissance	21 January 1991	Successful
26 November 13:01	Proton-K			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Kvant-2		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir component	23 March 2001 05:50	Successful
28 November 10:02	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk

		Molniya 3-46L		Molniya	Communications	20 May 2000	Successful
30 November 15:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk

		Kosmos 2052 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Reconnaissance	24 January 1990	Successful
December
1 December 20:20	Proton-K/D-1			Baikonur Site 200/40

		/ Granat	AN SSSR/CNES	High Earth	Astronomy	25 May 1999	Successful
11 December 18:10	Delta II 6925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas

		USA-49 (GPS II-5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
15 December 11:30	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23

		Raduga 24		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 December 03:30	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress M-2		Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	9 February 1990 07:56	Successful
27 December 00:00	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2

		Kosmos 2053 (Koltso 2)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	2 September 1997	Successful
27 December 11:10	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Kosmos 2054 (Luch)		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
23 January	Phobos 1	Flyby of Mars	Failed orbiter mission
29 January	Phobos 2	Areocentric orbit injection
27 March	Phobos 2	Enters synchronous orbit of Phobos
25 August	Voyager 2	Flyby of Neptune	Closest approach: 44,800 kilometres (27,800 mi)

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v t e Timeline of spaceflight
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v t e ← 1988 Orbital launches in 1989 1990 →
January	Kosmos 1987, Kosmos 1988, Kosmos 1989 Kosmos 1990 Kosmos 1991 Gorizont No.29L Kosmos 1992 Intelsat VA F-15 Kosmos 1993
February	Progress 40 Kosmos 1994, Kosmos 1995, Kosmos 1996, Kosmos 1997, Kosmos 1998, Kosmos 1999 Kosmos 2000 Kosmos 2001 Kosmos 2002 USA-35 Molniya-1 No.84 Kosmos 2003 Akebono Kosmos 2004 Meteor-2 No.22
March	Kosmos 2005 JCSAT-1, Meteosat 4 STS-29 (TDRS-4) Kosmos 2006 Progress 41 Kosmos 2007 Kosmos 2008, Kosmos 2009, Kosmos 2010, Kosmos 2011, Kosmos 2012, Kosmos 2013, Kosmos 2014, Kosmos 2015 USA-36
April	Tele-X Kosmos 2016 Kosmos 2017 Gran' No.33L Kosmos 2018 Foton No.5L
May	STS-30 (Magellan) Kosmos 2019 USA-37 Kosmos 2020 Kosmos 2021 Resurs-F1 No.45, Pion 1, Pion 2 Kosmos 2022, Kosmos 2023, Kosmos 2024
June	Kosmos 2025 Superbird-A, DFS Kopernikus 1 Kosmos 2026 Molniya-3 No.45 Okean-O1 No.4 USA-38 Kosmos 2027 USA-39 Kosmos 2028 Globus No.11 Resurs-F1 No.46
July	Nadezhda No.403 Kosmos 2029 Gorizont No.27L Olympus F1 Kosmos 2030 Resurs-F1 No.47, Pion 3, Pion 4 Kosmos 2031 Kosmos 2032 Kosmos 2033 Kosmos 2034
August	Kosmos 2035 STS-28 (USA-40, USA-41) TV-SAT 2, Hipparcos Resurs-F2 No.4 USA-42 Kosmos 2036 Progress M-1 Marco Polo 1 Kosmos 2037
September	USA-43, USA-44 Himawari 4 Soyuz TM-8 USA-45 Resurs-F1 No.48 Kosmos 2038, Kosmos 2039, Kosmos 2040, Kosmos 2041, Kosmos 2042, Kosmos 2043 Kosmos 2044 Kosmos 2045 USA-46 Molniya-1 No.69 Kosmos 2046 Interkosmos 24, Magion 2 Gorizont No.31L
October	Kosmos 2047 Kosmos 2048 STS-34 (Galileo) USA-47 Meteor-3 No.4 Intelsat VI F-2
November	Kosmos 2049 COBE STS-33 (USA-48) Kosmos 2050 Kosmos 2051 Kvant 2 Molniya-3 No.46 Kosmos 2052
December	Granat USA-49 Gran' No.36L Progress M-2 Kosmos 2053 Kosmos 2054
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

1989 in spaceflight

Contents

Launches

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deep-space rendezvous

References

Footnotes