![]() The Galileo probe is deployed from Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-34, beginning a fourteen-year mission to Jupiter | |
Orbital launches | |
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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 |
The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January | |||||||
10 January 02:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 January 11:29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 February | Successful | |||
18 January 08:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 1 February | Successful | |||
26 January 09:16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
26 January 15:36 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 January 01:23 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
28 January 12:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 27 March | Successful | |||
February | |||||||
10 February 08:53 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 5 March 01:59 | Successful | |||
10 February 15:13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
10 February 16:55 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 3 March | Successful | |||
14 February 04:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Molniya | Early warning | In orbit | Successful | |||
14 February 17:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 15 October | Successful | |||
14 February 18:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | 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 | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
17 February 14:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 3 March | Successful | |||
21 February 23:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Low Earth | Aurora observation | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 February 03:28 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
28 February 04:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Earth sciences | In orbit | Successful | |||
March | |||||||
2 March 18:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 25 April | Successful | |||
6 March 23:29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | JSAT | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | EUMETSAT | Geosynchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
13 March 14:57 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 18 March 14:36 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
16 March 14:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 31 March | Successful | |||
16 March 18:54 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 25 April 12:12 | Successful | |||
23 March 12:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 22 September | Successful | |||
24 March 13:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
24 March 21:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Low Earth | Technology development | 23 June 1992 | Successful | ||
Final flight of Delta 3920 | |||||||
April | |||||||
2 April 02:28 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
6 April 14:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 19 April | Successful | |||
14 April 04:08 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
20 April 18:29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 19 June | Successful | |||
26 April 17:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 11 May | Successful | |||
May | |||||||
4 May 18:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Interplanetary probe deployment | 8 May 05:43 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Cytherean | Radar mapping | 12 October 1994 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
5 May 13:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 18 May | Successful | |||
10 May 19:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NRO | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
17 May 13:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 July | Successful | |||
24 May 10:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 6 July | Successful | |||
25 May 08:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 17 June | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 23 July | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 24 July | Successful | |||
31 May 08:31 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
June | |||||||
1 June 12:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 June | Successful | |||
5 June 22:37 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SCC | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Ariane 4 44L | |||||||
7 June 05:12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
8 June 17:09 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Molniya | Communications | 14 December 2001 | Successful | |||
9 June 10:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intended: Low Earth | 9 June | Launch failure | ||||
10 June 22:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
14 June 12:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 14 April 1992 | Successful | |||
14 June 13:18 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Early warning | In orbit | Operational | ||
Maiden flight of Titan IVA | |||||||
16 June 09:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 6 July | Successful | |||
21 June 23:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 June 08:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 July | Successful | |||
July | |||||||
4 July 15:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Maritime surveillance | In orbit | Successful | |||
5 July 08:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 17 July | Successful | |||
5 July 22:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 July 00:14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ESA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Final flight of Ariane 3 and launch from ELA-1 | |||||||
12 July 15:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 28 July | Spacecraft failure | |||
Spacecraft exploded in orbit on 28 July | |||||||
18 July 09:44 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 8 August | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 19 September | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 19 September | Successful | |||
18 July 12:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 September | Successful | |||
20 July 08:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 3 August | Successful | |||
24 July 00:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | ELINT | 6 January 1991 | Successful | |||
25 July 07:48 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
August | |||||||
2 August 11:29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 16 August | Successful | |||
8 August 12:37 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 13 August | Successful | ||
![]() | US Air Force | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | DoD | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
8 August 23:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | ESA | Geosynchronous transfer | Astronomy | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 August 10:29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 14 September | Successful | |||
18 August 05:57 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 August 12:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 5 September | Successful | |||
23 August 03:09 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 1 December 11:21 | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Progress-M spacecraft | |||||||
27 August 22:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | BSkyB | Operational: Geosynchronous Current: Graveyard | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of Delta 4925 | |||||||
28 August 00:14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Earth science | In orbit | Successful | |||
September | |||||||
4 September 05:54 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | DoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Final flight of Titan 34D and Transtage upper stage | |||||||
5 September 19:11 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASDA | Geosynchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 September 21:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-5 | 19 February 1990 04:36 | Successful | |||
Crewed orbital flight with 2 cosmonauts | |||||||
6 September 01:48 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DoD | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
6 September 10:49 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() | Low Earth | Microgravity experiments | 22 September | Successful | |||
14 September 09:49 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
15 September 06:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | ESA/NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 29 September | Successful | ||
22 September 08:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 2 October | Successful | |||
25 September 08:56 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Final flight of Atlas G | |||||||
27 September 14:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Molniya | Communications | 11 November 2000 | Successful | |||
27 September 16:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Naval reconnaissance | 16 April 1991 | Successful | |||
28 September 00:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Successful | |||
![]() | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Successful | |||
28 September 17:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
October | |||||||
3 October 14:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 21 November | Successful | |||
17 October 13:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 26 October | Successful | |||
18 October 16:53 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Interplanetary probe deployment | 23 October | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Jovian | Jupiter orbiter | 21 September 2003 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Jovian | Jupiter entry probe | 7 December 1995 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
21 October 09:31 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
24 October 21:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Earth science | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 October 23:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
November | |||||||
17 November 10:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 19 June 1990 | Successful | |||
18 November 14:34 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Sun-synchronous | Cosmology | In orbit | Successful | ||
Only flight of Delta 5920 | |||||||
23 November 00:23 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 28 November | Successful | ||
![]() | NRO | Geosynchronous | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
23 November 20:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Molniya | Early warning | In orbit | Successful | |||
24 November 23:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Naval reconnaissance | 21 January 1991 | Successful | |||
26 November 13:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir component | 23 March 2001 05:50 | Successful | |||
28 November 10:02 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Molniya | Communications | 20 May 2000 | Successful | |||
30 November 15:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 24 January 1990 | Successful | |||
December | |||||||
1 December 20:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() | CNES | High Earth | Astronomy | 25 May 1999 | Successful | ||
11 December 18:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 December 11:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
20 December 03:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 9 February 1990 07:56 | Successful | |||
27 December 00:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 2 September 1997 | Successful | |||
27 December 11:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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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) |
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.
Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958.
1972 saw humanity's last crewed mission to the Moon of the 20th century, Apollo 17.
1973 saw the launch of the first American Space station known as Skylab on a Saturn rocket.
The following is an outline of 1981 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1984 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1985 in spaceflight.
The year 1986 saw the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger shortly after lift-off, killing all seven aboard, the first in-flight deaths of American astronauts. This accident followed the successful flight of Columbia just weeks earlier, and dealt a major setback to the U.S. crewed space program, suspending the Shuttle program for 32 months.
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1994 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
On March 29, 1974 Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to fly by Mercury, that saw a spacecraft for the first and last time in the 20th century.
1978 saw the launch of the Pioneer Venus missions launched by the United States, on 20 May and 8 August. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe landed four spacecraft on the planet, one of which transmitted data for 67 minutes before being destroyed by atmospheric pressure. ISEE-C, which was launched on 8 December, flew past comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner in 1985, and Halley's Comet in 1986.
The following is an outline of 1976 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1987 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.