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![]() The launch of the Clementine lunar orbiter on a Titan 23G | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 8 January |
Last | 30 December |
Total | 93 |
Successes | 88 |
Failures | 4 |
Partial failures | 1 |
Catalogued | 89 |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | H-II Pegasus-XL Taurus |
Retirements | ASLV Scout G-1 |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 9 |
Total travellers | 44 |
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1994 in spaceflight , including major launches and EVAs.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January | |||||||
8 January 10:05:34 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-15 | 9 July 10:32:35 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
20 January 09:49:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intersputnik | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
24 January 21:37:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Eutelsat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | ~90 seconds | Launch failure | ||
![]() | Türksat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
Third stage malfunction | |||||||
25 January 00:25:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskomsos | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | TUB | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
Tubsat failed after 39 days of operation | |||||||
25 January 16:34:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA/BMDO | Selenocentric and High Earth | Lunar orbiter | In orbit | Partial spacecraft failure | ||
![]() | NASA/BMDO | High Earth | 8 June | Successful | |||
Computer failure after ejection from lunar orbit prevented flyby of 1620 Geographos | |||||||
28 January 02:12:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 23 March 05:13:00 | Successful | ||
February | |||||||
3 February 12:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Mir) | Shuttle-Mir flight | 11 February 19:24 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Discovery) | Scientific research | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Discovery) | Deployable scientific platform | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Discovery) | |||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Laser calibration | 2 October | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Laser calibration | 4 October | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Laser calibration | 31 December | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Laser calibration | 31 December | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Laser calibration | 3 March 1995 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Laser calibration | 24 February 1995 | Successful | ||
![]() | DARA/Bre | Low Earth | Scientific research | 12 February 1995 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; first mission of the Shuttle-Mir Programme ODERACS deployed from Discovery on 9 February | |||||||
3 February 22:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASDA | Low Earth | Reentry experiment | 3 February | Successful | ||
![]() | NASDA | Geosynchronous transfer | Monitor rocket performance | In orbit | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of H-II rocket and first launch from LA-Y | |||||||
5 February 08:46 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
7 February 21:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Maiden flight of Titan IV (401A) | |||||||
8 February 08:34 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | CASC | Medium Earth | Particle research | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | CASC | Geosynchronous transfer | DFH-3 spacecraft boilerplate | In orbit | Successful | ||
12 February 08:54 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
18 February 07:56 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
19 February 23:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
March | |||||||
2 March 03:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() | Intercosmos/Roskosmos | Low Earth | Solar astronomy | 4 March 2001 | Successful | ||
4 March 13:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 18 March 13:10 | Successful | ||
![]() | OAST | Low Earth (Columbia) | Technology development | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Microgravity research | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts | |||||||
10 March 03:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | US Air Force | Low Earth | Tether experiment | 8 May | Successful | ||
13 March 22:32 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SDI | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | DARPA | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of Taurus rocket | |||||||
17 March 16:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | VKS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 21 May | Successful | ||
22 March 04:54 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 23 May | Successful | ||
April | |||||||
9 April 11:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Radar mapping | 20 April 16:54 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Endeavour) | Spacelab SRL-1 | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts | |||||||
11 April 07:49 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
13 April 06:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NOAA | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous | Weather | In orbit | Successful | ||
Retired and moved to graveyard orbit on 5 May 2004 | |||||||
23 April 08:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
26 April 02:14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
28 April 17:14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 10 March 1995 | Successful | ||
May | |||||||
3 May 15:55 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NRO | Molniya | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
4 May 00:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | IRSO | Low Earth | Ionospheric | 12 July 2001 | Successful | ||
Final flight of ASLV | |||||||
9 May 02:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force/BMDO | Low Earth | Technology development | 28 November 1998 | Successful | ||
Final flight of Scout rocket family | |||||||
19 May 17:03 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force/STP | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Partial launch failure | ||
Placed in incorrect orbit due to carrier rocket underperformance | |||||||
20 May 02:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
22 May 04:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 2 July 14:57 | Successful | ||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Sample return | 2 July 15:09 | Successful | ||
25 May 10:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Intended: Low Earth | SIGINT | 25 May | Launch failure | ||
Software error prevented stage 2/3 separation | |||||||
June | |||||||
7 June 07:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 29 July | Successful | ||
14 June 16:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 2 July | Successful | ||
17 June 07:07 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | DRA | Geosynchronous transfer | Technology development | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | DRA | Geosynchronous transfer | Technology development | In orbit | Successful | ||
24 June 13:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
27 June 21:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force/STP | Intended: Low Earth | Technology development | 27 June | Launch failure | ||
Maiden flight of Pegasus-XL | |||||||
July | |||||||
1 July 12:24 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-16 | 4 November | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts | |||||||
3 July 08:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | CASC | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 18 July | Successful | ||
6 July 23:58 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous | Missile defence | In orbit | Unclear | ||
Retired from service on 1 October 1995 | |||||||
8 July 16:43 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 23 July | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Spacelab IML-2 | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
8 July 23:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | NHK | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
14 July 05:13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation/SAR | In orbit | Operational | ||
20 July 17:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 29 September | Successful | ||
21 July 10:55 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | APT | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
29 July 09:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 September | Successful | ||
August | |||||||
2 August 20:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | ||
3 August 14:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force/STP | Low Earth | Technology development | In orbit | Successful | ||
3 August 23:57 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DirecTV | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Retired on 16 April 2007 and moved to graveyard orbit in May 2007 | |||||||
5 August 01:12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Operational | ||
10 August 23:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Brasilsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | Türksat | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
11 August 15:27 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
23 August 14:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
25 August 14:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 4 October 22:41:48 | Successful | ||
Minor issues with docking, low speed collision with Mir | |||||||
26 August 12:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 4 April 1995 | Successful | ||
27 August 08:58 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NRO | Geosynchronous | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
27 August 23:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Optus | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
28 August 07:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASDA | Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: Geosynchronous transfer | Technology development | In orbit | Partial launch failure | ||
Apogee motor failed to ignite, some experiments successful | |||||||
29 August 17:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Operational | ||
September | |||||||
9 September 00:29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | AT&T Skynet | Planned: Geosynchronous Actual: Geosynchronous transfer | Communications | 14 November 2004 | Satellite failure | ||
Satellite exploded during propellant system pressurisation [1] | |||||||
9 September 22:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity experiments | 20 September 21:11 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Astronomy | Successful | |||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts;SPARTAN deployed from Discovery on 13 September and retrieved on 15 September | |||||||
21 September 17:53 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
27 September 14:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | ||
30 September 11:16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Radar mapping | 11 October 17:03 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Endeavour) | Spacelab SRL-2 | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts | |||||||
October | |||||||
3 October 22:42 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-17 | 2 March 1995 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
6 October 06:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
8 October 01:07 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Tele Mex | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | Shinawat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
11 October 14:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Oceanography | In orbit | Successful | ||
13 October 16:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SCO | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 October 15:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISRO | Sun-synchronous | Observation | In orbit | Successful | ||
31 October 14:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Weather | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | ||
No useful imagery returned due to sensor malfunction and was written off in 1998 | |||||||
November | |||||||
1 November 00:37 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SES Astra | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
1 November 09:31 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Earth-Sun L1 halo | Solar | In orbit | Successful | ||
2 November 01:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | SIGINT | 13 May 1996 | Successful | ||
3 November 00:37 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Solar astronomy | 14 November | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Atlantis) | Spacelab ATLAS-3 | ||||
![]() | DLR | Low Earth | Atmospheric | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; CRISTA-SPAS deployed on 4 November and retrieved on 12 November Final solo (non-space station) flight of Atlantis until STS-125 in May 2009 | |||||||
4 November 05:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Earth resources | In orbit | Successful | ||
11 November 19:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 16 February 1995 16:45:00 | Successful | ||
20 November 00:39 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
24 November 09:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
29 November 02:54 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Geodesy | In orbit | Successful | ||
29 November 10:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Orion | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
29 November 17:02 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Chinasat | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Satellite failure | ||
First DFH-3 prototype; propulsion system malfunctioned during on-orbit positioning manoeuvres | |||||||
December | |||||||
1 December 22:57 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | PanAmSat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | 1 December | Launch failure | ||
Third stage malfunction | |||||||
14 December 14:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
16 December 12:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Retired on 1 August 1998 | |||||||
20 December 05:11 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 December 22:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Missile defence | In orbit | Operational | ||
26 December 03:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Amateur radio | In orbit | Successful | ||
26 December 22:26 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
28 December 11:31 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
29 December 11:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 18 December 1995 | Successful | ||
30 December 10:02 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NOAA | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful |
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January-March | |||||||
20 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 January | Successful | ||
20 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 January | Successful | ||
20 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 January | Successful | ||
20 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 January | Successful | ||
30 January 22:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 30 January | Successful | ||
2 February | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 February | Successful | ||
9 February 23:43 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 9 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
10 February 05:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() | CSA/NASA | Suborbital | Plasma/Aeronomy | 10 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi) | |||||||
12 February 13:08 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 12 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
12 February 13:12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 12 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
12 February 13:16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 12 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 242 kilometres (150 mi) | |||||||
15 February 16:18 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 15 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
15 February 23:52 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi) | |||||||
19 February 12:13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
1 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Matra | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
6 March 08:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Auroral | 6 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 455 kilometres (283 mi) | |||||||
7 March 09:11 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 7 March | Failure | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
8 March 03:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 March | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
11 March 06:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 11 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi) | |||||||
28 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Successful | |||
FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
28 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Successful | |||
FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
28 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Successful | |||
FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
28 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 March | Successful | |||
FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
April-June | |||||||
5 April 18:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
NASA | Suborbital | Rocket test | 5 April | Successful | |||
Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi) | |||||||
16 April 01:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | INTA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi) | |||||||
17 April 04:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 17 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
25 April 20:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Solar astronomy | 25 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
3 May 07:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 3 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
5 May 04:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DASA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 5 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi) | |||||||
17 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
26 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Royal Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
4 June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
6 June | ![]() | ![]() | DRDO | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
8 June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
20 June 03:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Royal Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
22 June 02:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 22 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
22 June 08:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
27 June 07:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 27 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
July-September | |||||||
6 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
8 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | BMDO | Suborbital | Target | 8 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
16 July 00:23 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 16 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
20 July 05:53 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 20 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 163 kilometres (101 mi) | |||||||
22 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 22 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
28 July 22:39 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DLR | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 28 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
31 July 00:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DLR | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 31 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
8 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Target | 8 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
12 August 00:53 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DLR | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 12 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
16 August 03:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
18 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | BMDO | Suborbital | Target | 18 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
19 August 15:08 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 19 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
20 August 02:18 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 20 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
24 August 13:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 24 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
25 August 01:43 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 25 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
7 September 14:41 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
9 September 13:33 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 9 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
12 September 15:34 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
15 September 15:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 15 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
15 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
ISA | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 September | Failure | |||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
16 September 04:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Suborbital | Rocket test | 16 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi) | |||||||
21 September 13:56 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 21 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
23 September 15:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 September | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
23 September 21:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 23 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
23 September 21:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 23 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
24 September 21:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 24 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
24 September 21:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 24 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
October-December | |||||||
4 October 18:58 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 4 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
5 October 08:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
6 October 13:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 6 October | Failure | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
14 October 22:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 14 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 956 kilometres (594 mi) | |||||||
15 October 13:41 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 15 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
21 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
3 November 18:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionospheric | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 231 kilometres (144 mi) | |||||||
3 November 19:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 3 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi) | |||||||
10 November 07:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 November | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
22 November 15:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
24 November 10:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 24 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
30 November 10:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DASA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 30 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi) | |||||||
1 December 21:39 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Suborbital | Auroral | 1 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 344 kilometres (214 mi) | |||||||
1 December | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
3 December 07:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 3 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
7 December | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
7 December | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 December | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | CSA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 8 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
17 December 02:55 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 17 December | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
20 December 08:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 December | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Topol M missile; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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19 February | Clementine | Selenocentric orbit injection | 400 kilometres (250 mi) |
4 May | Clementine | Leaves Selenocentric orbit | |
13 October | Magellan | Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere |
Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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9 September 07:00 | 5 hours 4 minutes | 12:06 | Mir EO-16 Kvant-2 | ![]() ![]() | Inspected a docking port on Kvant-1 for damage from a recent Progress and repaired a thermal blanket on Soyuz TM-19. |
13 September 06:30 | 6 hours 1 minute | 12:32 | Mir EO-16 Kvant-2 | ![]() ![]() | Continued construction work in preparation of moving solar arrays from the Kristall module to the Kvant-2 module. |
16 September 14:42 | 6 hours 51 minutes | 21:33 | STS-64 Discovery | ![]() ![]() | Untethered tests of SAFER EVA rescue device. [2] |
The year 1967 in spaceflight saw the most orbital launches of the 20th century and more than any other year until 2021, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.
The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1968. The first crewed Apollo missions occurred in 1968. It was also the year in which Earth lifeforms first left low Earth orbit, during the successful Zond 5 mission to the Moon and the Zond 6 lunar mission which crashed upon return, and the year that humans first left low Earth orbit, during the successful Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.
Japan and China each launched their first satellites in 1970, bringing the total number of nations with independent launch capability to five.
Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958.
The following is an outline of 1981 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
This was the final year of the Soviet Union, and thus the end of the Cold War competition between the two space superpowers. The number of launches subsequently declined in the 1990s, and 2018 was the first year since 1990 to have more than 100 orbital launches.
The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.
Spaceflight in 1977 included some important events such as the roll out of the Space Shuttle orbiter, Voyager 1 and Voyager space probes were launched. NASA received the Space Shuttle orbiter later named Enterprise, on 14 January. This unpowered sub-orbital space plane was launched off the top of a modified 747 and was flown uncrewed until 13 August until a human crew landed the Enterprise for the first time.
In 1975 several notable events happened in spaceflight such as the launch and arrival at Venus of Venera 9 and 10, the launch to Mars of the Viking orbiter/landers missions, the joint Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, and the launch of satellite Aryabhatta.
The following is an outline of 1976 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1987 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2020s.