1995 in spaceflight

1995 in spaceflight

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first Shuttle-Mir mission to dock with Mir
Orbital launches
First	11 January
Last	24 December
Total	80
Successes	72
Failures	5
Partial failures	3
Catalogued	74
National firsts
Satellite	Czech Republic (post Czechoslovakian)   Ukraine (post Soviet)
Rockets
Maiden flights	Athena I Conestoga Delta II 7920 Long March 1D Volna Shavit 1
Retirements	Atlas E/F Conestoga Long March 2E Mu-3SII Soyuz-U2
Crewed flights
Orbital	9
Total travellers	48
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This article outlines notable events occurring in 1995 in spaceflight , including major launches and EVAs.

Launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
10 January 06:18	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
		Intelsat 704	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 January 13:45	Mu-3SII			Uchinoura		ISAS
		Express 1	ISAS	Low Earth	Material research	15 January	Failure
		Final flight of Mu-3SII Second stage control malfunction, decayed from orbit shortly after launch over Ghana; Spacecraft intended to be recovered
19 January	UGM-133 Trident II			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	19 January	Successful
19 January	UGM-133 Trident II			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	19 January	Successful
19 January 20:01	LGM-118 Peacekeeper			Vandenberg LF-02		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	19 January	Successful
23 January 12:30	S-520			Uchinoura LA-K		ISAS
			ISAS	Suborbital	Infrared astronomy	23 January	Successful
24 January 03:54	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1
		Tsikada	MO RF	Low Earth (Polar)	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Astrid	SSC	Low Earth (Polar)	Auroral research	27 September	Successful
		FAISAT	FAI	Low Earth (Polar)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 January 03:54	Black Brant XII			Andøya		NASA
		SCIFER	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	25 January	Successful
		Apogee: 1,453 kilometres (903 mi). Launch led to Norwegian rocket incident; Russia briefly mistook the launch as a potential nuclear attack despite receiving prior notice of the launch.
25 January 22:40	Long March 2E			Xichang LC-2		CASC
		Apstar 2	APT	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	25 January	Launch Failure
		Windshear caused the collapse of the payload fairing and a guidance error caused the launch vehicle to explode; 20-120 ground casualties
28 January 16:00	S-520			Uchinoura LA-K		ISAS
			ISAS	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	28 January	Successful
29 January 06:18	Atlas II			Cape Canaveral LC-36A
		USA-108 (UHF F/O F4)	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
1 February	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force
		GT-156GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	1 February	Successful
2 February 15:27	Black Brant VIIIC			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	2 February	Successful
2 February 15:51	Nike Tomahawk			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	2 February	Successful
3 February 05:22	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-63	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	11 February 11:51	Successful
		SpaceHab LSM	NASA/SpaceHab	Low Earth (Discovery)	Scientific research
		SPARTAN 204	NRL	Low Earth	Ultraviolet astronomy
		ODERACS 2A	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	9 March 1996	Successful
		ODERACS 2B	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	28 August	Successful
		ODERACS 2C	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	7 February 1996	Successful
		ODERACS 2D	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	2 March	Successful
		ODERACS 2E	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	27 February	Successful
		ODERACS 2F	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	20 February	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; First Shuttle-Mir flight (rendezvous only, no docking) ODERACS deployed on 4 February
7 February	Storm			White Sands		US Air Force
		BTTV-6	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	7 February	Successful
12 February	Aries			Wallops Island		BMDO
		LEAP	BMDO	Suborbital	Target	7 February	Successful
14 February	M4			Centre d'Essais des Landes
				Suborbital	Missile test	14 February	Successful
15 February 16:48	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-26	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	15 March 06:15	Successful
16 February 17:39	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4		Roskosmos
		Foton 10	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Microgravity research	3 March	Successful
24 February 10:21	Black Brant XII			Poker Flat		NASA
		AMICIST	NASA	Suborbital	Auroral research	24 February	Successful
2 March 06:38	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-67	NASA	Low Earth	Astronomy	18 March 21:48	Successful
		Spacelab Pallets and Igloo	NASA	Low Earth (Endeavour)	ASTRO-2
		EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Endeavour)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
2 March 13:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1
		Kosmos 2306 (Rhomb)	MO RF	Low Earth	Laser calibration	30 October 2000	Successful
4 March	Aries			Wallops Island		BMDO
		LEAP	BMDO	Suborbital	Target	4 March	Successful
6 March	UGM-96 Trident I			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 March	Successful
6 March	UGM-96 Trident I			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 March	Successful
6 March	UGM-96 Trident I			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 March	Successful
7 March 09:23	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39
		Kosmos 2307 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2308 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2309 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
14 March	UGM-96 Trident I			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
14 March	UGM-96 Trident I			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	14 March	Successful
14 March 06:11	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TM-21	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-18	11 September 06:52	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first American to fly on a Russian rocket
15 March 20:21	Nike Orion			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test rocket	15 March	Successful
17 March	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force
		GT-159GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	17 March	Successful
18 March 08:01	H-II			Tanegashima LA-Y1		NASDA [1]
		Space Flyer Unit	NASDA	Low Earth	Materials research	20 January 1996 07:42	Successful
		Himawari 5	NASDA	Low Earth	Weather satellite	In orbit	Operational
		Space Flyer Unit retrieved by Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-72 in January 1996
19 March 15:00	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-37	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 March	Successful
21 March 19:11	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		PIMS	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	21 March	Successful
22 March 04:09	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1
		Kosmos 2310 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
22 March 06:18	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
		Intelsat 705	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 March 16:44	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3
		Kosmos 2311 (Yantar)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	31 May	Successful
24 March 14:05	Atlas E			Vandenberg SLC-3W
		USA-109 (DMSP 5D2 F13)	US Air Force/NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	3 February 2015	Successful
		Final flight of Atlas E and 1.5 stage-to-orbit configuration of Atlas rocket Satellite exploded on 3 February 2015, leaving at least 47 tracked pieces of debris. [2]
25 March 08:55	Black Brant XCM1			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	25 March	Successful
27 March 15:40	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-38	NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	27 March	Successful
28 March	Aries			Wallops Island		BMDO
		LEAP	BMDO	Suborbital	Target	28 March	Successful
28 March 10:00	Start			Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
		Gurwin 1	IAI	Intended: Low Earth	Technology development	28 March	Launch Failure
		EKV		Intended: Low Earth	Technology development
		Oscar 29	UNAM/AMSAT	Intended: Low Earth	Communications
		Failed to orbit, crased into the Sea of Okhotsk
28 March 23:14	Ariane 4 (44LP)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Brasilsat B2	Telebrás	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Hot Bird 1	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
1 April 09:33	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 April	Successful
3 April 13:48	Pegasus-H			Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
		Orbcomm F1	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Orbcomm F2	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Orbview 1	Orbimage	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Successful
5 April 11:16	Shavit-1			Palmachim		IAI
		Ofeq-3	IAI	Low Earth (retrograde)	Reconnaissance	24 October 2000	Successful
7 April 21:47	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral LC-36A		International Launch Services
		AMSC-1	AMSC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 April	UGM-133 Trident II			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	9 April	Successful
9 April	UGM-133 Trident II			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	9 April	Successful
9 April 19:34	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-27	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	23 May 03:27	Successful
		GFZ		Low Earth	Laser calibration	23 June 1999	Successful
		GFZ deployed from Mir on 19 April
14 April 11:30	RT-2PM Topol			Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	14 April	Successful
15 April 10:07	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 April	Successful
18 April 18:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	18 April	Successful
21 April 01:44	Ariane 4 (40)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		ERS-2	ESA	Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing	21 February 2024 17:17 [3]	Successful
21 April 15:04	THAAD			White Sands		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	21 April	Successful
		Maiden flight of THAAD
24 April	Hera			White Sands LC-32		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	24 April	Successful
		Maiden flight of Hera
29 April 05:55	Nike Orion			Esrange		DLR
		Mini-Texus 4	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	29 April	Successful
2 May 05:55	Nike Orion			Esrange		DLR
		Mini-Texus 3	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	2 May	Successful
14 May 13:45	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur			Cape Canaveral LC-40		Lockheed Martin
		USA-110 (Mentor-1)	NRO	Geosynchronous	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
15 May 18:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		SERTS-35	NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	15 May	Successful
17 May 06:34	Ariane 4 (44LP)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Intelsat 706	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 May 03:33	Proton-K			Baikonur Site 81/23		Roskosmos
		Spektr	Roskosmos/NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir module	23 March 2001 05:50	Successful
		Heavily damaged in collision with Progress M-34 on 25 June 1997
22 May 07:05	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	22 May	Successful
23 May 05:52	Atlas I			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
		GOES-9 (GOES-J)	NOAA	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
		Retired on 14 June 2007
24 May 20:10	Molniya-M			Plesetsk Site 16/2
		Kosmos 2312 (Oko)	MOM	Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Successful
29 May	Long March 1D			Taiyuan		CASC
			CASC	Suborbital	Test flight	29 May	Successful
		Maiden flight of Long March 1D
31 May 15:27	Atlas II			Cape Canaveral LC-36A
		USA-111 (UHF F/O F5)	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 June 22:00	Taurus-Orion			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	6 June	Successful
6 June 22:10	Volna			Submarine, Barents Sea		Russian Navy
			Bremen	Suborbital	Test flight	6 June	Successful
		Maiden flight of Volna
8 June 04:43	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20
		Kosmos 2313 (EORSAT)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	11 July 1997	Successful
8 June 12:45	UR-100N			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	8 June	Successful
10 June 00:24	Ariane 4 (42P)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		DirecTV-2	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
14 June	LGM-118 Peacekeeper			Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
22 June 19:58	Pegasus-XL			Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
		STEP 3	US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Technology development	22 June	Launch Failure
		Second stage malfunction, destroyed by range safety
26 June	Strypi IX			Barking Sands		US Air Force
		ETCE-11	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	26 June	Failure
27 June 19:32	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-71	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	7 July 14:55	Successful
		Spacelab Long Module 2	NASA	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Medical research
		Crewed orbital flight launching with seven and landing with eight astronauts First Shuttle-Mir docking, exchanged Mir EO-18 for EO-19 (first space station crew exchange using a Space Shuttle)
28 June 18:25	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3
		Kosmos 2314 (Yantar-4K1)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	6 September	Successful
29 June	Strypi IX			Barking Sands		US Air Force
		ETCE-12	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	29 June	Successful
30 June 18:00	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test rocket	30 June	Successful
5 July 03:09	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1
		Kosmos 2315 (Tsikada)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
7 July 16:23	Ariane 4 (40)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Helios 1A	CNES	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Cerise	CNES	Sun-synchronous	Radiation research	In orbit	Operational
		LBSAT/UPM-Sat 1	UPM	Sun-synchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
10 July 12:38	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur			Cape Canaveral LC-41		Lockheed Martin
		USA-112 (Trumpet-2)	NRO	Molniya	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
13 July 13:41	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-70	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	22 July 12:02	Successful
		TDRS-7 (TDRS-G)	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts TDRS deployed on 13 July using an Inertial Upper Stage
20 July 03:04	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-28	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	4 September 08:58	Successful
24 July 15:52	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39
		Kosmos 2316 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2317 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2318 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
24 July 22:30	UGM-133 Trident II			HMS Victorious, Eastern Range		Royal Navy
			Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	24 July	Successful
		First missile launch from HMS Victorious
26 July 09:33	Nike Orion			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	26 July	Successful
31 July	THAAD			White Sands		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	31 July	Successful
31 July 23:30	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral LC-36A
		USA-113 (DSCS III B-7)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful [4]
July	DF-21			Taiyuan
				Suborbital	Missile test	+15 minutes	Successful
2 August 23:59	Molniya-M			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Interbol 1	Roskosmos	High Earth (elliptical)	Magnetospheric research	16 October 2000	Successful
		Magion 4		High Earth (elliptical)	Magnetospheric research	16 October 2000	Successful
		Magion 4 was the first Czech (post Czechoslovakian) satellite
3 August 22:58	Ariane 4 (42L)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		PAS-4	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
5 August 11:10	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		Boeing IDS
		Koreasat 1	Korea Telecom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Partial Failure
		SRM malfunction resulted in incorrect orbit which was corrected using the satellite's own engines at the expense of half of the expected lifespan of the satellite
8 August 08:20	Nike Orion			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	8 August	Successful
9 August 23:59	Molniya-M			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Molniya 3-47	MOM	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 August 22:30	Athena I			Vandenberg SLC-6		Lockheed Martin
		GemStar 1 (VitaSat)	VITA	Intended: Low Earth	Communications	+160 seconds	Launch Failure
		Maiden flight of Athena I and first launch from SLC-6 Destroyed by range safety after loss of control system
16 August	Storm			White Sands LC-36		US Air Force
		MTD-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	GPS targeting	16 August	Successful
16 August	RH-560			Sriharikota		ISRO
			ISRO	Suborbital	Test rocket	16 August	Successful
22 August	UGM-133 Trident II			HMS Victorious, Eastern Range		Royal Navy
			Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 August	Successful
24 August 20:00	TR-1			Tanegashima LA-T		NASDA
			NASDA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	24 August	Successful
25 August	R-39 Rif			Submarine, North Pole		Russian Navy
			Russian Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	25 August	Successful
28 August 17:30	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test rocket	28 August	Successful
29 August 00:53	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
		JCSAT-3	JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 August 06:41	Ariane 4 (44P)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		N-STAR a	NTT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
30 August	LGM-118 Peacekeeper			Vandenberg LF-02		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	30 August	Successful
30 August 19:33	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Kosmos 2319 (Potok)	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 August 06:49	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32		VKS
		Sich-1 (Okean)	NKAU	Low Earth	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		FASat-Alfa (FASat-Alfa)	FACH	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Partial Failure
		Sich 1 was the first Ukrainian satellite; FASat-Alfa intended to be the first Chilean satellite and failed to separate from Sich 1
2 September 01:13	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		Thunderstorm III	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	2 September	Successful
3 September 09:00	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TM-22	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-20	29 February 1996 10:42	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts Final flight of Soyuz-U2
5 September 07:50	RT-2PM Topol			Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	5 September	Successful
7 September 15:09	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-69	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	16 September 11:38	Successful
		SPARTAN-201	NASA	Low Earth	Solar research
		Wake Shield Facility	NASA	Low Earth	Materials research
		IEH-1	ESA	Low Earth (Endeavour)	Ultraviolet astronomy
		Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts SPARTAN deployed on 8 September and retrieved on 10 September; WSF deployed on 7 September and retrieved on 14 September
12 September 18:05	Black Brant 9CM1			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	12 September	Successful
17 September 07:30	S-520			Uchinoura LA-K		ISAS
			ISAS	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	17 September	Failure
24 September 00:06	Ariane 4 (42L)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Telstar 402R	AT&T	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Power failure on 19 September 2003 resulted in loss of satellite
26 September 11:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
		Resurs F2	MOM	Low Earth	Resource location	26 October	Successful
29 September 04:25	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Kosmos 2320 (Yantar-4KS1)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	28 September 1996	Successful
2 October	Hera			White Sands LC-94		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	2 October	Successful
6 October 03:23	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2321 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	21 August 1997	Partial Failure
		Second stage malfunction, placed in useless orbit
8 October 18:50	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Progress M-29	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	19 December 16:15	Successful
10 October	RT-2PM Topol			Plesetsk Site 158		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 October	Successful
11 October 16:26	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Luch-1 Luch	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Retired on 1 June 1999
13 October	Storm			White Sands SULF		US Air Force
		BTTV-9	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM target	13 October	Successful
13 October	THAAD			White Sands		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM test	13 October	Successful
19 October 00:38	Ariane 4 (42L)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Astra 1E	SES Astra	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 October 13:53	Space Shuttle Columbia			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-73	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	5 November 11:46	Successful
		Spacelab Long Module 1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Spacelab USML-2
		EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
22 October 08:00	Atlas II			Cape Canaveral LC-36A
		USA-114 (UHF F/O F6)	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 October 22:03	Conestoga 1620			Wallops Island LP-0A
		Meteor		Intended: Low Earth	Meteorology	+ 46 seconds	Launch Failure
		Self-destruct activated after loss of control
25 October 13:13	Black Brant IX			Woomera LA-2-N		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	25 October	Successful
28 October 18:00	Black Brant IX			Woomera LA-2-N		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	28 October	Successful
29 October	UGM-96 Trident I			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	29 October	Successful
31 October 20:19	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2322 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
2 November	Kosmos-3MP			Kapustin Yar Site 107		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Test re-entry vehicle	2 November	Successful
4 November 14:22	Delta II 7920-10			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
		RADARSAT-1	CSA	Sun-synchronous	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
		SURFSAT	NASA	Sun-synchronous	Test DSN	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Delta II 7920 and first Delta II launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
5 November 16:14	Black Brant IX			Woomera LA-2-N		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	5 November	Successful
6 November 05:51	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur			Cape Canaveral LC-40		Lockheed Martin
		USA-115 (Milstar-2)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 November 06:38	Black Brant XII			Poker Flat		NASA
		OEDIPUS-C	CSA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	7 November	Successful
10 November	DF-21			Taiyuan
				Suborbital	Missile test	10 November	Successful
12 November 12:30	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-74	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	20 November 17:02	Successful
		Mir Docking Module	Roskosmos/NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir module	23 March 2001 05:50	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts
14 November 17:04	Black Brant IX			Woomera LA-2-N		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	14 November	Successful
17 November 01:20	Ariane 4 (44P)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Infrared Space Observatory	ESA	High Earth (elliptical)	Infrared astronomy	In orbit	Successful
		Retired on 16 May 1998
17 November 14:25	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Gals-2	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 November 15:30	Black Brant IX			Woomera LA-2-N		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	19 November	Successful
20 November 17:00	Black Brant IX			Woomera LA-2-N		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	20 November	Successful
24 November 14:00	Nike Tomahawk			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Ionospheric research		24 November	Successful
27 November 08:03	Nike Tomahawk			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	27 November	Successful
27 November 08:07	Black Brant VIIIC			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	27 November	Successful
28 November 09:42	Maxus			Esrange		SSC
			DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	28 November	Successful
28 November 11:30	Long March 2E			Taiyuan LC-2		CASC
		AsiaSat 2	AsiaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
2 December 08:08	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		International Launch Services
		SOHO	ESA/NASA	Earth-Sun L1 point	Solar research	In orbit	Operational
4 December 11:20	Black Brant VIIIC			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	4 December	Successful
5 December 21:18	Titan IVA (404)			Vandenberg SLC-4E		Lockheed Martin
		USA-116 (KH-12)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
6 December 23:23	Ariane 4 (44L)			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Telecom 2C	France Télécom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		INSAT-2C	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
7 December	UGM-133 Trident II			Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 December	Successful
13 December	Storm			White Sands SULF		US Air Force
		BTTV-10	US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM target	13 December	Successful
13 December	THAAD			White Sands		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	ABM test	13 December	Successful
14 December 06:10	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Kosmos 2323 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2324 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2325 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
15 December 00:23	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral LC-36A		International Launch Services
		Galaxy 3R	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Failed March 2006
18 December 14:31	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Progress M-30	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	22 February 1996 11:02	Successful
20 December 00:52	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20		VKS
		Kosmos 2326 (EORSAT)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	8 November 1997	Successful
28 December 06:45	Molniya-M			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		IRS-1C	ISRO	Low Earth	Remote sensing	In orbit	Successful
		Skipper	Utah State	Low Earth	Aerobraking experiment	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Skipper suffered a solar array malfunction
28 December 11:50	Long March 2E			Xichang LC-2		CASC
		EchoStar 1	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Long March 2E
30 December 13:48	Delta II 7920-10			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Boeing IDS
		RXTE	NASA	Low Earth	X-ray astronomy	30 April 2018	Successful

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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
7 December	Galileo	First impact of spacecraft to Jupiter - subprobe descent through the Jovian atmosphere
8 December	Galileo	First orbiter of Jupiter - jovian orbit insertion
no date	Ulysses	Pass over solar north pole

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
9 February 11:56	4 hours 39 minutes	16:35	STS-63 Discovery	/ Michael Foale Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	Conducted a test of moving large mass objects and tested the effectiveness of the new spacesuit temperature control underwear by being lofted outside the payload bay by the RMS. [5]
12 May 04:20	6 hours 15 minutes	10:35	Mir EO-18 Kvant-2	Vladimir Dezhurov Gennadi Strekalov	Made preparations for the arrival of the Spektr module. Installed some electrical cable attachments, adjusted solar array actuators, and practiced folding the Kristall solar arrays for the future move to Kvant-1 . [6]
17 May 02:38	6 hours 42 minutes	09:20	Mir EO-18 Kvant-2	Vladimir Dezhurov Gennadi Strekalov	Moved the solar arrays from Kristall to Kvant-1. Their suits ran low on oxygen before they were able to re-install the arrays on Kvant-1. [6]
22 May 00:10	5 hours 15 minutes	05:25	Mir EO-18 Kvant-2	Vladimir Dezhurov Gennadi Strekalov	Completed installation of the relocated solar array on Kvant-1. Also retracted some solar panels to prepare for moving Kristall. [6]
28 May 22:22	21 minutes	22:43	Mir EO-18 base block	Vladimir Dezhurov Gennadi Strekalov	Conducting a spacewalk inside the transfer compartment of the Mir base block Dezhurov and Strekalov relocated a docking cone from the -X port to the -Z port.
1 June 22:05	23 minutes	22:28	Mir EO-18 base block	Vladimir Dezhurov Gennadi Strekalov	Again working from the depressurized base block transfer compartment, Dezhurov and Strekalov prepared to move the recently arrived Spektr module by relocating a docking cone from the -Z port to the -Y port.
14 July 03:56	5 hours 34 minutes	09:30	Mir EO-19 Kvant-2	Anatoly Solovyev Nikolai Budarin	Used the Strela boom to move to the Spektr module and freed the stuck solar array. Also inspected the -Z docking port and found it to be undamaged.
19 July 00:39	3 hours 8 minutes	03:47	Mir EO-19 Kvant-2	Anatoly Solovyev Nikolai Budarin	Solovyev had problems with his Orlan-DMA spacesuit cooling system, and had to stay tethered to an umbilical at Kvant-2. Budarin was able work his way to the far end of Spektr and do some preparations for the installation of the Mir infrared spectrometer (MIRAS). He also collected the American TREK cosmic ray panel that had been installed on Kvant-2 since 1991.
21 July 00:28	5 hours 50 minutes	06:18	Mir EO-19 Kvant-2	Anatoly Solovyev Nikolai Budarin	Used the Strela boom to reach the Spektr module, where they completed the installation of MIRAS.
16 September 08:20	6 hours 46 minutes	15:06	STS-69 Endeavour	James S. Voss Michael L. Gernhardt	Installed thermal instruments on the apparatus in the payload bay. Also tested redesigned spacesuit helmet lights and spacesuit heaters. [7]
20 October 11:50	5 hours 16 minutes	17:06	Mir EO-20 Kvant-2	Sergei Avdeyev Thomas Reiter	Used the Strela boom to move to the Spektr module and installed several experiments on the European Space Exposure Facility. Reiter became the first ESA cosmonaut and German to complete an EVA.
8 December 19:23	29 minutes	19:52	Mir EO-20 base block	Sergei Avdeyev Yuri Gidzenko	From inside the depressurized base block transfer compartment, Avdeyev and Gidzenko moved the Konus docking cone from the -Z port to the +Z port.

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Footnotes

1. "H-II". astronautix.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
2. "20-Year-Old Military Weather Satellite Apparently Exploded in Orbit". 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
3. Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (21 February 2024). "ESA ERS-2 satellite reentry on a track from Alaska to the Pacific confirmed: Space-Track gives 151.9W 37.4N over the Pacific at 1717 UTC. NOAA radar data taken 1842 UTC shows an upper-atmosphere debris trail extending S from the Alaska coast near 144W 59.5N" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Gibson, Hillary (14 December 2022). "SpOC officially retires DSCS satellite". Space Operations Command . United States Space Force. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
5. Dumouline, Jim (2001). "sts-63-patch STS-63 (67)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
6. McDonald, Sue (December 1998). "Mir Mission Chronicle" (PDF). NASA. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
7. Dudoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-69 Day 9 Highlights". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.