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Launches

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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1997.


← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →
Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
12 January, 09:27 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-81, 6 astronauts NASA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT Successful
SpaceHab LDM NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply Mir 22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT Successful
15 January R-29 Submarine, Barents Sea VMF VMF Sub-orbital SLBM test 15 January 1997 Successful
17 January, 01:17 GMT Minuteman II LF-03, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force IFT-1 US Air Force Sub-orbital EKV ABM target 17 January 1997 Successful
17 January, 16:28 GMT Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS 2R-1 (SVN-42) US Air Force Intended: MEO Navigation T+12 seconds Failure SRB structural failure caused rocket to explode
29 January Storm-2 LC-32, White Sands Orbital Sciences MTTV US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 29 January 1997 Failure
MTD-2 US Air Force Sub-orbital Weapons test
30 January SR19 C-130, Point Mugu US Air Force AltAir (Have Gold) US Air Force Sub-orbital Test flight T+28 seconds Failure Accidentally destroyed by range safety
30 January, 07:30 GMT S-520 Pad K, Kagoshima ISAS ISAS Sub-orbital Technology development 30 January 1997 Successful
30 January, 08:42 GMT Minuteman III LF-26, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force FOT GT163GB US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM test 30 January 1997 Successful
30 January, 22:04 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace GE 2 GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Nahuel 1A Nahuelsa Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
31 January, 01:55 GMT MR-12 Kapustin Yar AN RF Flaksus-1 APL Sub-orbital Plasma research 31 January 1997 Successful
5 February, 02:16 GMT MR-12 Kapustin Yar AN RF Flaksus-2 APL Sub-orbital Plasma research 5 February 1997 Successful
7 February R-17 (Scud) Bigen Island, Aur Atoll US Air Force Willow Dune US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 7 February 1997 Successful
10 February, 05:17 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA PHAZE 2 NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 10 February 1997 Successful
10 February, 06:30 GMT Castor-Orbus LA-26, Nevada Test Site Sandia Sandia Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 10 February 1997 Successful
10 February, 14:09 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur RKA Soyuz TM-25, 3 cosmonauts RKA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 14 August 1997 Successful
11 February, 08:36 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA Auroral Turbulance 2 NASA Sub-orbital Auroral/Ionosphere research 11 February 1997 Successful
11 February, 08:55 GMT Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-82, 7 astronauts NASA LEO, rendezvous with HST Manned orbital flight 21 February 1997, 08:32 GMT Successful Hubble servicing mission 2 (HSM-2)
12 February, 04:50 GMT M-V Kagoshima ISAS HALCA (MUSES-B) ISAS MEO Astronomy Still in orbit Successful So Far Maiden flight of M-V
12 February, 21:00 GMT LCLV Wallops Island Orbital Sciences MDT IV Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 12 February 1997 Successful
14 February, 03:47 GMT Tsyklon 3 LC-32, Plesetsk Gonets-D1 RKA LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Gonets-D1 RKA LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Gonets-D1 RKA LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos 2337 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos 2338 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos 2339 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
17 February, 01:42 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral JCSAT 4 JSAT Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
22 February Castor 4B Wake Island Orbital Sciences TCMP II Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test 22 February 1997 Successful
23 February Prithvi Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Test flight 23 February 1997 Successful
23 February, 10:06 GMT LCLV Wallops Island Orbital Sciences MDT III Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 23 February 1997 Successful
23 February, 20:20 GMT Titan IVB/IUS LC-40, Cape Canaveral DSP Block 14 (USA 130) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far Maiden flight of Titan IVB
26 February, 20:00 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 26 February 1997 Successful
1 March Castor 4B Wake Island Orbital Sciences TCMP II Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test 1 March 1997 Successful
1 March, 01:07 GMT Ariane 4 (44P) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Intelsat 801 Intelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
4 March, 02:00 GMT Start-1 LC-5, Svobodniy Zeya MO RF LEO Comsat 25 October 1999 Successful
6 March Hera LC-94, White Sands US Air Force BRV US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM Target 6 March 1997 Successful
6 March THAAD White Sands US Air Force ABM US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM test 6 March 1997 Successful
8 March, 06:01 GMT Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral Tempo 2 TCI Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
13 March, 10:20 GMT Black Brant IX Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 13 March 1997 Successful
18 March, 00:16 GMT Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 18 March 1997 Successful
18 March Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 18 March 1997 Successful
19 March R-17 (Scud) Bigen Island, Aur Atoll US Air Force Willow Dune US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 19 March 1997 Successful
25 March, 03:15 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 25 March 1997 Successful Studied Hale-Bopp comet
30 March, 03:25 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA EUVS NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 30 March 1997 Successful
4 April, 16:47 GMT Titan IIG SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB DMSP 5D-2 US Air Force/NOAA LEO Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful
4 April, 19:20 GMT Space Shuttle Columbia LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-83, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 8 April 1997, 18:33 GMT Partial Failure Fuel cell failure, flight aborted.
Reflown as STS-94 later in 1997
Spacelab MSL-1 NASA LEO, attached to Columbia Microgravity research
6 April, 03:25 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital 6 April 1997 Successful
6 April, 16:04 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur RKA Progress M-34 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 2 July 1997, 06:31 GMT Partial Failure Collided with Mir during rendezvous tests on at 09:18 GMT on 25 June, heavily damaging space station.
8 April, 03:55 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA WISP NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 8 April 1997 Successful
9 April, 08:58 GMT Molniya-M LC-16, Plesetsk Kosmos 2340 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 April, 23:08 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Thaicom 3 Shinawat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
BSAT 1a BSAT Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
17 April R-36M ("Satan") Baikonur RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 17 April 1997 Successful
17 April, 13:03 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132, Plesetsk Kosmos 2341 MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 April, 11:59 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Gando Orbital Sciences Minisat-01 INTA LEO Technology demonstration 26 February 2002 Successful
Celestis Space Services Incorporated LEO Space burial of human remains Still in orbit Successful
25 April, 05:49 GMT Atlas I LC-36B, Cape Canaveral GOES-10 (GOES-K) NOAA Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far Final flight of Atlas I rocket
28 April, 16:42 GMT VS-30 Alacantara INPE AL-VS30-223 DLR Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 28 April 1997 Successful
30 April RH-560/300 Mk.II Sriharikota ISRO ISRO Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 30 April 1997 Successful
2 May, 07:30 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital X-ray Astronomy 2 May 1997 Successful
5 May, 14:55 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 8 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 7 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 6 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 5 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 4 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 May, 07:10 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Astronomy 8 May 1997 Successful
8 May, 08:01 GMT Peacekeeper LF-05, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force 9 re-entry vehicles US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM Test 8 May 1997 Successful
11 May, 16:17 GMT Long March 3A (CZ-3A) LC-2, Xichang Zhongxing-6 (Chinasat-6) Chinasat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
14 April, 00:33 GMT Molniya-M LC-43, Plesetsk Kosmos 2342 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far
15 May, 08:07 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-84, 7 astronauts NASA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 24 May 1997
13:27 GMT		 Successful Mir crew change
SpaceHab LDM NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply Mir 24 May 1997
13:27 GMT		 Successful
15 May, 12:10 GMT Soyuz-U LC-31, Baikonur Kosmos 2343 MO RF LEO Reconnaissance 15 September 1999 Successful
15 May, 19:16 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NCAR/CU-6 NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy/Solar observation 15 May 1997 Successful
20 May, 07:07 GMT Zenit-2 LC-45L, Baikonur Tselina-2 VKS Intended: LEO ELINT T+48 seconds Failure Stage 1 engine failure
20 May, 22:39 GMT Delta II LC-17A, Cape Canaveral Boeing Thor 2 Telenor Geosynchronous Comsat Still in Orbit Successful So Far
21 May, 08:27 GMT Minuteman III LF-04, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force FOT GT164GM/SHARP US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM and re-entry vehicle test 21 May 1997 Successful
23 May, 21:44 GMT Terrier-Orion Wallops Island NASA MSX SMDC Sub-orbital Target mission 23 May 1997 Successful
24 May, 17:00 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS Telstar 5 Loral Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
29 May, 04:56 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Radio astronomy 29 May 1997 Successful
30 May Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 30 May 1997 Successful
3 June, 23:20 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Inmarsat 3 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Insat 2D ISRO Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 June, 16:56 GMT Proton-K LC-200, Baikonur Kosmos 2344 (Arkon) MO RF MEO Reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful So Far
10 June UR-100NU Baikonur RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 10 June 1997 Successful
10 June, 12:01 GMT Long March 3 (CZ-3) LC-1, Xichang Feng Yun 2A CASC Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Partial Failure Stopped transmitting data in April 1998, resumed transmission but imaging system failed in September
18 June, 14:02 GMT Minuteman III LF-10, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force FOT GT165GM US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM test 18 June 1997 Successful
18 June, 14:02 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur Iridium 14 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
Iridium 12 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 9 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat 11 March 2003 Failure
Iridium 10 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 13 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 16 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 11 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
24 June, 03:39 GMT Minuteman II LF-03, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force MSLS IFT-1A target US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM target 24 June 1997 Partial Failure Some decoys failed to deploy
24 June, 04:00 GMT Payload Launch Vehicle Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll Orbital Sciences IFT-1A EKV US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM test 24 June 1997 Partial Failure Poor system performance
Non-destructive flyby test
25 June, 23:44 GMT Ariane 4 (44P) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Intelsat 802 Intelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 July, 18:02 GMT Space Shuttle Columbia LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-94, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 17 July 1997
10:40 GMT		 Successful Reflight of STS-83
First instance of astronauts making multiple orbital flights in the same year
Spacelab MSL-1 NASA LEO, attached to Columbia Microgravity research 17 July 1997
10:40 GMT		 Successful
5 July, 04:11 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur RKA Progress M-35 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 7 October 1997, 17:23 GMT Successful
8 July, 12:25 GMT Topol LC-158, Plesetsk RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 8 July 1997 Successful
9 July KSR-II Anhueng KARI KARI Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy/Ionosphere research 9 July 1997 Successful
9 July, 13:04 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 15 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 17 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 20 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
Iridium 18 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 21 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
23 July R-29 Submarine, Barents Sea VMF VMF Sub-orbital SLBM test 23 July 1997 Successful
23 July, 03:42 GMT Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS 2R-2 (USA-132/SVN-43) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
28 July, 01:15 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral Superbird C SCC Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 August, 20:20 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences Orbview-2 GeoEye LEO Earth Observation Still in orbit Successful So Far
5 August, 15:35 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur RKA Soyuz TM-26, 2 cosmonauts RKA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 19 February 1998 Successful
7 August, 14:41 GMT Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-85, 6 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 19 August 1997
11:08 GMT		 Successful
CRISTA DLR/NASA LEO Atmosphere research 19 August 1997
11:08 GMT		 Successful Deployed: 7 August, 22:27 GMT
Retrieved: 16 August, 15:14 GMT
8 August, 06:46 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Panamsat 6 Panamsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 August, 13:19 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 8 August 1997 Successful
8 August, 13:24 GMT Terrier-Orion Wallops Island NASA COORS NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere/Aronomy research 8 August 1997 Failure
8 August, 16:29 GMT Black Brant VC White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere/Aeronomy research 8 August 1997 Successful
9 August, 13:29 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 9 August 1997 Successful
9 August, 22:57 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 9 August 1997 Successful
10 August, 13:36 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 10 August 1997 Successful
10 August, 21:30 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 10 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 13:38 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 11 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 13:43 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 11 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 18:18 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 11 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 21:34 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 11 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 12:10 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 12:15 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 12:26 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 21:41 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
13 August, 13:50 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 13 August 1997 Successful
13 August, 13:55 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 13 August 1997 Successful
13 August, 21:40 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 13 August 1997 Successful
14 August, 12:22 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 14 August 1997 Successful
14 August, 12:27 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 14 August 1997 Successful
14 August, 20:49 GMT Proton-K LC-200, Baikonur Kosmos 2345 (SPRN) MO RF Geosynchronous Early warning Still in orbit Successful Retired 1 January 1999
14 August, 21:53 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 14 August 1997 Successful
15 August, 10:58 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 15 August 1997 Successful
15 August, 20:25 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 15 August 1997 Successful
19 August, 17:50 GMT Long March 3B (CZ-3B) LC-2, Xichang Agila 2 MPSC Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 August, 00:38 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 26 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 25 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 24 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
Iridium 23 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 22 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
23 August, 06:51 GMT Athena-1 SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB Lewis NASA/TRW LEO Earth research 28 September 1997 Successful
25 August, 14:39 GMT Delta II (7920-8) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral ACE NASA Earth/Sun L1 point Magnetosphere research Still in Orbit Successful So Far
28 August, 00:33 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS Panamsat 5 Panamsat Geosynchronous
Then: Graveyard orbit		 Comsat Still in orbit Successful
29 August, 15:02 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences FORTE US Air Force LEO Ionosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 September, 14:00 GMT Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD) LC-1, Taiyuan CASC Iridium MFS-1 Iridium SSC/CASC LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
Iridium MFS-2 Iridium SSC/CASC LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
2 September, 07:00 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 1 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 2 September 1997 Successful
2 September, 22:21 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Hot Bird 3 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Meteosat 7 Eumetsat Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far
4 September, 12:03 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36A, Cape Canaveral GE 3 GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
5 September, 04:00 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 2 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 5 September 1997 Successful
10 September, 02:00 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 3 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 10 September 1997 Successful
10 September, 14:40 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 10 September 1997 Successful
10 September, 15:10 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Microgravity research 10 September 1997 Successful
11 September, 20:15 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 4 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 11 September 1997 Successful
14 September, 01:36 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS Iridium 29 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 32 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 33 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 27 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat 1 February 2002 Failure
Iridium 28 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 30 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 31 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
17 September, 08:01 GMT Peacekeeper LF-05, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force 7 re-entry vehicles US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM Test 17 September 1997 Successful
19 September, 13:00 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 19 September 1997 Successful
23 September, 16:44 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132, Plesetsk Kosmos 2346 (Parus) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
FAISAT-2V FAI LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
23 September, 23:58 GMT Ariane 4 (42L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Intelsat 803 Intelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
24 September Storm-2 LC-32, White Sands US Air Force MTTV-4 US Air Force Sub-orbital Patriot target 24 September 1997 Successful
24 September, 21:30 GMT Molniya-M LC-43, Plesetsk Molniya-1T MO RF Molniya Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 September, 00:30 GMT TR-1 Area T, Tanegashima NASDA NASDA Sub-orbital Microgravity research 25 September 1997 Successful
26 September, 02:34 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-86, 7 astronauts NASA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 6 October 1997, 21:55 GMT Successful
SpaceHab LDM NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply Mir 6 October 1997, 21:55 GMT Successful
27 September, 01:23 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 19 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 37 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 36 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 35 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 34 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
29 September, 04:47 GMT PSLV Sriharikota ISRO IRS-1D ISRO LEO Remote sensing Still in orbit Successful So Far
30 September, 20:10 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA HRTS 10 NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 30 September 1997 Successful
3 October, 07:07 GMT Topol LC-158, Plesetsk RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 3 October 1997 Successful
4 October, 18:30 GMT Castor-Orbus LA-26, Nevada Test Site Sandia Sandia Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 4 October 1997 Failure
5 October, 15:08 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur RKA Progress M-36 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 19 December 1997, 13:20 GMT Successful
Sputnik-40 RKA LEO Amateur radio satellite 21 May 1998 Successful
X-Mir DASA LEO Inspection of Mir space station 2 October 1998 Successful
5 October, 21:01 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral Echostar 3 Echostar Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
9 October, 17:59 GMT Soyuz-U LC-43, Plesetsk Foton 11 RKA LEO Microgravity research 23 October 1997 Successful Recovered
Mirka DFLR LEO Microgravity research 23 October 1997 Successful Recovered
10 October Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral Royal Navy Royal Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 10 October 1997 Successful
10 October Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral Royal Navy Royal Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 10 October 1997 Successful
12 October, 16:42 GMT VS-30 Andoya INPE AL-VS30-226 DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 October 1997 Successful
15 October, 08:43 GMT Titan IVB/Centaur LC-40, Cape Canaveral Cassini NASA Saturnian orbit
via Heliocentric orbit		 Saturn orbiter Still in orbit Successful So Far First spacecraft to enter Saturnian orbit
Huygens NASA/ESA Saturnian orbit
via Heliocentric orbit		 Titan lander 14 January 2005, 12:43 GMT Successful First spacecraft to land on Titan
Released from Cassini on 25 December 2004
16 October, 19:00 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 16 October 1997 Successful
16 October, 19:13 GMT Long March 3B (CZ-3B) LC-2, Xichang Apstar 2R APT Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
22 October, 13:13 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Wallops Island Orbital Sciences STEP-4 US Air Force LEO 31 March 2001 Successful
24 October, 02:32 GMT Titan IVA SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Lacrosse 3 (USA-133) NRO/CIA LEO Reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 October, 00:46 GMT Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral DSCS III B-13 (USA 135) US Air Force Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
FalconSat Gold United States Air Force Academy GTO Technology demonstration 27 September 1998 Successful
30 October, 13:43 GMT Ariane 5 ELA-3, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace MAQSAT-H ESA GTO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
MAQSAT-B ESA GTO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
TEAMSAT ESTEC GTO Technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
YES ESTEC GTO Technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
2 November, 12:25 GMT VLS-1 Alacantara INPE SCD-2A INPE Intended: LEO Weather satellite 2 November 1997 Failure Maiden flight of VLS-1
First Brazilian attempt to orbit a satellite
5 November, 20:02 GMT Terrier-Orion Andoya NASA KANE NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 5 November 1997 Successful
5 November, 21:01 GMT Peacekeeper LF-02, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force 8 re-entry vehicles US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM Test 5 November 1997 Successful
6 November, 00:30 GMT Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS 2A-28 (USA-134/SVN-38) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 November, 02:05 GMT Titan IVA/Centaur LC-41, Cape Canaveral US Air Force Trumpet 3 (USA-136) NRO/US Air Force Molniya SIGINT Still in orbit Successful So Far
9 November, 01:34 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 43 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 41 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 40 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 39 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 38 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 November, 17:00 GMT Proton-K LC-200, Baikonur Kupon RFCB Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 November, 21:48 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Sirius 2 NSAB Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Cakrawarta 1 Indostar Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
14 November, 05:00 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA SCARI NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 14 November 1997 Successful
17 November Hera LC-96, Fort Wingate US Air Force MTV target US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM Target 17 November 1997 Failure
18 November, 11:14 GMT Soyuz-U Plesetsk Resurs F-1M RKA LEO Remote Sensing 13 December 1997 Successful Recovered
18 November, 19:35 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA SERTS-97 NASA Sub-orbital Solar observation 18 November 1997 Successful
19 November RT-23 Nenoksa RVSN VMF Sub-orbital Test rocket 19 November 1997 Failure
19 November, 19:46 GMT Space Shuttle Columbia LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-87, 6 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 5 December 1997 Successful
SPARTAN 201 NASA LEO Microgravity research 5 December 1997, 12:20 GMT Failure Deployed: 21 November
Retrieved: 25 November
Failed to orient itself due to human error during deployment
AERCam-Sprint NASA LEO Observation/inspection satellite 5 December 1997, 12:20 GMT Partial Failure Deployed and recovered on 3 December
Only one of two planned tests conducted due to time pressure after SPARTAN failure
27 November, 21:27 GMT H-II Area Y, Tanegashima TRMM NASA LEO Environmental research Still in orbit Successful so far
Hikoboshi (ETS-7) NASDA LEO Automated docking test Still in orbit Successful Docking test with Orihime on 7 July 1998
Orihime (ETS-7) NASDA LEO Automated docking test 27 January 1999[1][verification needed] Successful Docking test with Hikoboshi on 7 July 1998
November Long March 1D (CZ-1D) Taiyuan Sub-orbital Test rocket Within an hour of launch Successful
2 December, 08:42 GMT Black Brant IX SvalRak NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 2 December 1997 Successful
2 December, 22:52 GMT Ariane 4 (44P) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace JCSAT 5 JSAT Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Equator-S MPE LEO/HEO Magnetosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 November, 17:00 GMT Proton-K LC-200, Baikonur ILS Astra 1G SES Astra Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
3 December, 09:06 GMT Black Brant IX SvalRak NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 3 December 1997 Successful
8 December, 07:16 GMT Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD) LC-1, Taiyuan CASC Iridium 42 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful
Iridium 44 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
8 December, 23:52 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral Galaxy 8i Panamsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
9 December, 07:17 GMT Tsyklon 2 LC-90, Baikonur Kosmos 2347 (EORSAT) MO RF LEO SIGNIT 11 December 1999 Successful
15 December, 15:40 GMT Soyuz-U Plesetsk Kosmos 2348 (Yantar) MO RF LEO Reconnaissance 14 April 1998 Successful
18 December Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy 77ss US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 18 December 1997 Successful
20 December, 08:45 GMT Soyuz-U Plesetsk Progress M-37 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 15 March 1998, 23:04 GMT Successful
20 December, 13:16 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 45 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 46 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 47 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 48 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat 5 May 2001 Failure
Iridium 49 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
22 December, 00:16 GMT Ariane 4 (42L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Intelsat 804 Intelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
23 December, 19:11 GMT Pegasus XL/HAPS L-1011, Wallops Island Orbital Sciences Orbcomm A1 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A2 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A3 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A4 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A5 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A6 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A7 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Orbcomm A8 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
24 December, 13:32 GMT Start-1 LC-5, Svobodniy Early Bird EarthWatch LEO Earth observation 27 July 2000 Successful
24 December, 23:19 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS HGS-1 (Asiasat 3/Panamsat 22) Original: AsiaSat
Then: Hughes
Then: Panamsat		 Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Partial Failure Upper stage failure
Performed lunar flyby to reduce orbital inclination
Eventually reached correct orbit
← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →

[edit] Deep-space rendezvous

[edit] EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Function Remarks
14 February, 04:34 GMT 6 hours, 42 mins 11:16GMT STS-82 (Discovery) Mark C. Lee
Steven Smith		 Hubble servicing - install NICMOS
15 February, 03:25 GMT 7 hours, 27 mins 10:52GMT STS-82 (Discovery) Joseph R. Tanner
Gregory Harbaugh		 Hubble servicing - replace guidance sensors
16 February, 02:53 GMT 7 hours, 11 mins 10:04GMT STS-82 (Discovery) Mark C. Lee
Steven Smith		 Hubble servicing - replace Data Interface Unit
17 February, 03:45 GMT 6 hours, 34 mins 10:19GMT STS-82 (Discovery) Joseph R. Tanner
Gregory Harbaugh		 Hubble servicing - replace solar array motors
18 February, 03:15 GMT 5 hours, 17 mins 08:32GMT STS-82 (Discovery) Mark C. Lee
Steven Smith		 Hubble servicing - repair insulation blanket
29 April, 05:10 GMT 4 hours, 59 mins 10:09GMT Mir Vasili Tsibliyev
Jerry Linenger		 Test Orlan-M spacesuits
22 August, 11:14 GMT 3 hours, 16 mins 14:30GMT Mir Anatoly Solovyev
Pavel Vinogradov		 Inspect interior damage caused by Progress/Mir collision EVA performed inside Spektr module
6 September, 01:07 GMT 6 hours 07:07GMT Mir Anatoly Solovyev
Michael Foale		 Inspect exterior damage caused by Progress/Mir collision
1 October 5 hours, 1 mins STS-86 (Atlantis) Scott Parazynski
Vladimir G. Titov		 Retrieve experiment package from Mir
20 October, 09:40 GMT 6 hours, 38 mins 16:18GMT Mir Anatoly Solovyev
Michael Foale		 Reconnect Spektr solar panels to main power system
3 November, 03:32 GMT 6 hours, 4 mins 09:36GMT Mir Anatoly Solovyev
Michael Foale		 Remove old solar panel from Kvant module
6 November, 00:12 GMT 6 hours, 12 mins 06:24GMT Mir Anatoly Solovyev
Michael Foale		 Install new solar panel on Kvant module
25 November, 00:02 GMT 7 hours, 43 mins 07:45GMT STS-87 (Columbia) Winston E. Scott
Takao Doi		 Recapture malfunctioning SPARTAN satellite
3 December, 09:09 GMT 5 hours 14:09GMT STS-87 (Columbia) Winston E. Scott
Takao Doi		 Test EVA techniques and tools for ISS assembly

[edit] References

Generic references:
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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica - H-II


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