1992 in spaceflight

The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.

1992 in spaceflight

Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot undertake the first-ever three-person EVA to repair the Intelsat 603 spacecraft during STS-49, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Orbital launches
First	21 January
Last	29 December
Total	97
Successes	93
Failures	2
Partial failures	2
National firsts
Satellite	South Korea
Orbital launch	Russia
Space traveller	Belgium  Italy  Switzerland
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas IIA Space Shuttle Endeavour
Retirements	Commercial Titan III Delta II 6920 Delta II 6925 H-I
Crewed flights
Orbital	10
Total travellers	59
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1992 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 1991 1993 →

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
21 January 15:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2175 (Yantar-4K2)	VKS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	20 March	Successful
		First Russian (post Soviet) satellite launch
22 January 14:52:33	Space Shuttle Discovery[1]			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-42	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity	30 January 16:07:17	Successful
		Spacelab Long Module 2	ESA/NASA	Low Earth (Discovery)	Spacelab IML-1
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
24 January 01:18:01	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2176 (Oko)	VKS	Molniya	Missile defence	17 January 2012	Successful
25 January 07:50:17	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Progress M-11	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	13 March	Successful
29 January 22:19:12	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Kosmos 2177 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2178 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2179 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
February
5 February	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
		Tselina-2 #10	MO RF	Intended: Low Earth	ELINT	5 February	Launch failure
		Second stage overheated, causing malfunction
11 February 00:41:02	Atlas II			Cape Canaveral LC-36A		General Dynamics
		USA-78 (DSCS IIIB-14)	US Air Force	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 February 01:50	H-I			Tanegashima LA-N		NASDA
		JERS-1	NASDA	Sun-synchronous	Earth observation	3 December 2001	Successful
		Final flight of H-I
17 February 22:05:08	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2180 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
23 February 22:29	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		USA-79 (GPS IIA-3)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
26 February 23:58:10	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Superbird-B1	SCC	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Arabsat-1C	ARABSAT	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Arabsat sold to ISRO in November 1997 and operated until October 2004 as INSAT-2DT
March
4 March 04:27	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
		Molniya-1 #83	MOM	Molniya	Communications	1 July 2007	Successful
9 March 22:35:59	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2181 (Tsikada)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
14 March 00:00	Atlas I			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		General Dynamics
		Galaxy 5	Hughes	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 March 10:54:30	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Soyuz TM-14	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-11	10 August	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; First crewed Russian (post-Soviet) launch
24 March 13:13:39	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-45	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity	2 April	Successful
		Spacelab Double Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Spacelab ATLAS-1
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Belgian in space
April
1 April 14:18	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2182 (Yantar-4K2)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	30 May	Successful
2 April 01:50	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Gorizont 25	YeSSS	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
8 April 12:20	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Kosmos 2183 (Yantar-4K2)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 February 1993	Successful
10 April 03:20	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		USA-80 (GPS IIA-4)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
15 April 07:17:43	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2184 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
15 April 23:25:27	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Inmarsat-2F4	Inmarsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Télécom 2B	France Télécom	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 April 21:29:25	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Progress M-12	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	27 June	Successful
25 April 08:53	Titan 23G			Vandenberg SLC-4W		US Air Force
		USA-81 (Bernie/Singleton)	NRO	Low Earth (Polar)	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
29 April 09:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
		Resurs-F #14	MO RF	Low Earth	Remote sensing	29 May	Successful
29 April 10:10	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Kosmos 2185 (Yantar-1KFT)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	11 June	Successful
May
7 May 23:40	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-49	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite reboost	16 May	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour; reboosted Intelsat 603
14 May 00:40	Delta II 7925-8			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		Palapa-B4	Telkom	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 May 00:30	ASLV			Sriharikota FLP		ISRO
		SROSS-C	ISRO	Low Earth	Magnetosphere	14 July	Partial failure
		Placed into incorrect orbit due to fifth stage spin-up failure
28 May 19:09:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2186 (Yantar-4K2)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	24 July	Successful
June
3 June 00:50:30	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2187 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2188 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2189 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2190 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2191 (Strela 1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2192 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2193 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2194 (Strela-1M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
7 June 16:40	Delta II 6920-10			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas
		EUVE	NASA	Low Earth	Ultraviolet astronomy	31 January 2002	Successful
		Final flight of Delta II 6920
10 June 00:00	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		General Dynamics
		Intelsat K	Intelsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Atlas IIA
23 June 08:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Resurs-F #15	MO RF	Low Earth	Remote sensing	9 July	Successful
25 June 16:12:22	Space Shuttle Columbia			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-50	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity	9 July	Successful
		Spacelab Long Module 1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Spacelab USML-1
		EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of EDO Pallet
30 June 16:43:13	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Progress M-13	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	24 July	Successful
July
1 July 20:16:22	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2195 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
2 July 21:54:01	Atlas II/IABS			Cape Canaveral LC-36A		General Dynamics
		USA-82 (DSCS IIIB-12)	US Air Force	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
3 July 14:19	Scout G-1			Vandenberg SLC-5		NASA
		SAMPEX (SMEX-1/Explorer 68)	NASA	Low Earth	Solar	13 November 2012	Successful
7 July 09:20:01	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		USA-83 (GPS IIA-5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
8 July 09:53:14	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2196 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
9 July 22:42:19	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		INSAT-2A	ISRO	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Eutelsat 2F4	Eutelsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Eutelsat retired in 2003
13 July 17:41:40	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk		VKS
		Kosmos 2197 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2198 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2199 (Gonets-D)	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2200 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2201 (Gonets-D)	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2202 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
14 July 22:02	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Gorizont 26	YeSSS	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
24 July 14:26	Delta II 6925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas
		GEOTAIL	ISAS/NASA	High Earth	Magnetosphere	In orbit	Successful[2]
		DUVE	NASA/California	Low Earth	Ultraviolet astronomy	16 March 2003	Successful
		Final flight of Delta II 6000-series
24 July 19:40	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2203 (Yantar-4K2)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	22 September	Successful
27 July 06:08:42	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Soyuz TM-15	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-12	1 February 1993	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
30 July 01:59:01	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Kosmos 2204 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2205 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2206 (GLONASS)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
30 July 11:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
		Kosmos 2207 (Zenit-8)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	13 August	Successful
31 July 13:56:48	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-46	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	8 August	Successful
		TSS-1	ASI	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Technology		Failure
		EURECA	ESA	Low Earth	Microgravity/Solar	1 July 1993	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Swiss and Italian in space TSS tether jammed during deployment; EURECA returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-57
August
6 August 19:30:59	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Molniya-1 #84	MOM	Molniya	Communications	4 April 2008	Successful
9 August 08:00	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-2B		CALT
		FSW-2 #1	CASC	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	1 September	Successful
10 August 23:08:07	Ariane 4 42P			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		TOPEX/Poseidon	CNES/NASA	Low Earth	Oceanography	In orbit	Successful
		S80/T	CNES	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		KITSAT-1 (OSCAR-23)	KAIST	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		TOPEX/Poseidon mission ended in October 2005 and was deactivated on 18 January 2006. KITSAT-1 was the first South Korean satellite.
12 August 05:44:01	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2208 (Strela-2M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
13 August 23:00	Long March 2E			Xichang LA-2		CALT
		Optus B1	Optus	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Retired and moved to graveyard orbit in May 2008
15 August 22:18:32	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Progress M-14	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	21 October	Successful
19 August 10:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Resurs-F #16	MO RF	Low Earth	Remote sensing	4 September	Successful
		Pion-Germes 1	MOM	Low Earth	Remote sensing	25 September	Successful
		Pion-Germes 2	MOM	Low Earth	Remote sensing	24 September	Successful
22 August 22:40	Atlas I			Cape Canaveral LC-36B		General Dynamics
		Galaxy 1R	Hughes	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	22 August	Launch failure
		Upper stage turbopump failed to start, destroyed by range safety
31 August 10:41	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		Satcom C4	GE Americom	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
September
9 September 08:57	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas
		USA-84 (GPS IIA-6)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
10 September 18:01:18	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Kosmos 2209 (Prognoz)	MO RF	Geostationary	Missile defence	In orbit	Operational
10 September 23:04	Ariane 4 44LP			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Hispasat 1A	Hispasat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Satcom C3	GE Americom	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Hispasat retired in 2003
12 September 14:23	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-47	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity	20 September	Successful
		Spacelab Long Module 2	NASDA/NASA	Low Earth (Endeavour)	Spacelab-J
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; 50th mission of the Space Shuttle programme
22 September 16:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2210 (Yantar-4K2)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	20 November	Successful
25 September 17:05:01	Commercial Titan III/TOS			Cape Canaveral LC-40		Martin Marietta
		Mars Observer	NASA	Intended: Areocentric Achieved: Heliocentric	Mars orbiter	Unknown	Partial failure
		Final flight of Commercial Titan III; Maiden flight of TOS Contact lost three days before orbit insertion. It is unclear whether the spacecraft entered Aerocentric orbit, remained in Heliocentric orbit, or exploded.
October
6 October 06:20:05	Long March 2C			Jiuquan LA-2B		CALT
		FSW-1 #4	CASC	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	13 October	Successful
		Freja	SSC	Low Earth	Magnetosphere	In orbit	Successful
		Freja mission ended 30 June 1995 and last contact made on 14 October 1996
8 October 19:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
		Foton-8	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Microgravity	24 October	Successful
12 October 09:47	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		DFS-3	Bundespost	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Retired in February 2003
14 October 19:58	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Molniya-3 #50L	MOM	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 October 12:58:12	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk		VKS
		Kosmos 2211 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2212 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2213 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2214 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2215 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 2216 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
21 October 10:21:22	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2217 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Missile defence	6 November 2010 04:22[3]	Successful
22 October 17:09:40	Space Shuttle Columbia			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
		STS-52	NASA	Low Earth	USMP-1	1 November	Successful
		CANEX-2	CSA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Microgravity
		LAGEOS-2	ASI	Medium Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
27 October 17:19:41	Soyuz-U2			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Progress M-15	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	7 February 1993	Successful
		Mak-2	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Ionosphere	1 April 1993	Successful
		Znamya 2	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Solar mirror	5 February 1993	Successful
		Mak-2 deployed from Mir on 20 November 1992; Znamya deployed from Progress on 4 February 1993
28 October 00:15	Ariane 4 42P			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Galaxy 7	Hughes	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Major spacecraft malfunction November 2000
29 October 10:40:33	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2218 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
30 October 14:59	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Ekran-M3	MOM	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
November
15 November 21:45:01	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Resurs 500	MOM	Low Earth	Remote sensing	22 November	Successful
17 November 07:47	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2219 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
20 November 15:29:59	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
		Kosmos 2220 (Yantar-4K2)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 January 1993	Successful
21 November 13:45	Scout G-1			Vandenberg SLC-5		NASA
		MSTI-1	US Air Force/SDIO	Sun-synchronous	Technology	18 July 1993	Successful
22 November 23:54	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17A		McDonnell Douglas
		USA-85 (GPS IIA-7)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
24 November 04:09:59	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk		VKS
		Kosmos 2221 (Tselina-D)	MO RF	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
25 November 12:18:54	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2222 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Missile defence	3 May 2023 03:58[4]	Successful
27 November 13:10	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Gorizont 27	YeSSS	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
28 November 21:34	Titan IVA (404)			Vandenberg SLC-4E		US Air Force
		USA-86 (KH-12-1)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	5 June 2000	Successful
December
1 December 22:48	Ariane 4 42P			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
		Superbird A1	SCC	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
2 December 01:57	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Molniya-3 #56L	MOM	Molniya	Communications	8 November 2008	Successful
2 December 13:24	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
		STS-53	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	9 December	Successful
		USA-89 (SDS-2-3)	NRO	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		ODERACS A	NASA	Low Earth	Calibration	9 December	Failure
		ODERACS B	NASA	Low Earth	Calibration
		ODERACS C	NASA	Low Earth	Calibration
		ODERACS D	NASA	Low Earth	Calibration
		ODERACS E	NASA	Low Earth	Calibration
		ODERACS F	NASA	Low Earth	Calibration
		Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; ODERACS deployment cancelled and reflown on STS-60
9 December 11:25	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
		Kosmos 2223 (Yantar-4KS1)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	16 December 1993	Successful
17 December 12:45	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Kosmos 2224 (Prognoz)	MO RF	Geosynchronous	Missile defence	In orbit	Operational
18 December 22:16	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral LC-17B		McDonnell Douglas
		USA-87 (GPS IIA-8)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
21 December 11:21	Long March 2E			Xichang LA-2		CALT
		Optus B2	Optus	Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Low Earth	Communications	29 June 1995	Launch Partial Failure
		Payload fairing collapsed during ascent; rocket continued to orbit deploying remains of payload and upper stage into low Earth orbit
22 December 12:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
		Kosmos 2225 (Orlets)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 February 1993	Successful
22 December 12:36	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2226 (Geo-IK)	MO RF	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
25 December 05:56	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2227 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
25 December 20:07:59	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk		VKS
		Kosmos 2228 (Tselina-D)	MO RF	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
29 December 13:30:01	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
		Kosmos 2229 (Bion 10)	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Biological	10 January 1993	Successful

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Suborbital launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
11 January 03:40	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	11 January	Successful
		Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
17 January	Storm			White Sands SULF		US Air Force
		BTTV-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	17 January	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 January 19:19	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
28 January 12:00	S-310			Kagoshima LA-K		ISAS
			ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi)
31 January 11:55	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		SXT	NASA/Boulder	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
February
1 February 16:00	S-520			Kagoshima LA-K		ISAS
		CIR	ISAS	Suborbital	Infrared astronomy	1 February	Successful
		Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi)
18 February	Aries			White Sands LC-36		SDIO
			SDIO	Suborbital	Technology	18 February	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
22 February 03:15	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	22 February	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	22 February	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	22 February	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	22 February	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	22 February	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
March
3 March 13:57:30	Nike Tomahawk			Poker Flat		NASA
		Aria-1	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi)
3 March 14:06:48	Black Brant VIIIC			Poker Flat		NASA
		Aria-1	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
3 March 14:57	Nike Tomahawk			Poker Flat		NASA
		Aria-1	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
4 March	LGM-118 Peacekeeper			Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	4 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 March 13:57:30	Nike Tomahawk			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	6 March	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
12 March 22:42	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-21	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 March	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
13 March 18:15	LGM-30B Minuteman I			Vandenberg LF-03		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	13 March	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 March 18:36:27	Aries			Meck		US Air Force
		ERIS	US Air Force	Suborbital	Interceptor	13 March	Partial failure
		Final flight of ERIS; missed target due to programming issue caused by test conditions, enough data collected to proceed with operagional programme. Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
15 March 22:46	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-22	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 March	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
18 March	Scout-II			Salto di Quirra		ASI
			ASI	Suborbital	Test flight	18 March	Launch failure
19 March 16:05	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		CSA
		CSAR-1	CSA	Suborbital	Microgravity	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi)
19 March 16:10	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		HIRAAS-2	NASA	Suborbital	Airglow	19 March	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
29 March 07:27	Black Brant XI			Poker Flat		NASA
		CHARGE-2B	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi)
29 March 08:07:45	HPB			Poker Flat		Orbital Sciences
			Orbital Sciences	Suborbital	Infrared astronomy	29 March	Successful
		Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
April
8 April	UGM-96 Trident I			USS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	8 April	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 April	UGM-96 Trident I			USS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	8 April	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 April 10:40	Black Brant IXBM1			Esrange		SSC
		MASER-5	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: 317 kilometres (197 mi)
15 April 09:09	HPB			Wallops Island		Orbital Sciences
			Orbital Sciences	Suborbital	Target	15 April	Successful
		Apogee: 450 kilometres (280 mi)
29 April	DF-21			Taiyuan		CALT
			CALT	Suborbital	Test flight	29 April	Launch failure
May
5 May	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force
		GT-147GM-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	5 May	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
5 May	Prithvi			Balasore		DRDO
			DRDO	Suborbital	Test flight	5 May	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 May 14:26	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		SPARTAN (SPDE)	NASA	Suborbital	Solar	12 May	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
23 May 00:00	Nike Orion			White Sands
		CWAS-23	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	23 May	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
24 May	Terrier Malemute			Barking Sands		SDIO
		CDX (LWIS)	SDIO	Suborbital	Target	24 May	Successful
		Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
25 May 23:52	Nike Tomahawk			Arecibo		NASA
		AA-3A	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	25 May	Successful
		Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
27 May 12:27	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-24	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	27 May	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
28 May	Agni-I			Balasore		DRDO
			DRDO	Suborbital	Test flight	28 May	Failure
30 May 08:11	Black Brant IX			Arecibo		NASA
		AA-4IFH	NASA/NRL	Suborbital	Plasma	30 May	Successful
		Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi)
May	DF-21			Taiyuan		CALT
			CALT	Suborbital	Test flight	L+1 hour	Failure
June
1 June 02:52	Sonda 3			Alcântara		INPE
			INPE	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 June	Successful
		Apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)
2 June	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
		GT-148GB	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	2 June	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
6 June 08:37:31	Black Brant IX			Arecibo		NASA
		AA-3B	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	6 June	Successful
		Apogee: 370 kilometres (230 mi)
9 June 05:32	Black Brant IX			Arecibo		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	9 June	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
16 June	Storm			White Sands SULF		US Air Force
		BTTV-2	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	16 June	Failure
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 June	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 June	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 June	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 June	UGM-133 Trident II			USS West Virginia, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	18 June	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 June 11:01	Aries			White Sands LC-36		SDIO
		LEAP 2	SDIO	Suborbital	Missile defence technology test	19 June	Partial success
		Target	SDIO	Suborbital	Target	19 June	Spacecraft failure
		Apogee: 330 kilometres (210 mi). All systems of the LEAP kill vehicle performed as planned. LEAP identified and tracked the target, but not intercepted it due to lower than planned closing velocity.[5]
23 June 00:24	Black Brant VC			Arecibo		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere	23 June	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
June	Rodong-1			Musudan-ri		KPA
			KPA	Suborbital	Test flight	L+1 hour	Failure
July
1 July 02:20	LGM-118 Peacekeeper			Vandenberg LF-02		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	1 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 July 09:01:15	Black Brant IX			Arecibo		NASA
		AA-1	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	2 July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 July	RH-560			Sriharikota		ISRO
			ISRO	Suborbital	Ionosphere	3 July	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
4 July 08:58	Black Brant IX			Arecibo		NASA
		AA-7	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	4 July	Successful
		Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 July 09:02	Black Brant IX			Arecibo		NASA
		AA-2	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	12 July	Successful
		Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
24 July 13:36	Black Brant VIIIC			Poker Flat		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	24 July	Successful
		Apogee: 340 kilometres (210 mi)
28 July	UR-100NU			Baikonur		RVSN
		SLI	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	28 July	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 July	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Maryland, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	29 July	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 9; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July	Hwasong-6					Syrian Air Force
			Syrian Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	L+1 hour	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
July	Hwasong-6					Syrian Air Force
			Syrian Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	L+1 hour	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
August
4 August	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	4 August	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 August	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	4 August	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 August	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	4 August	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 August	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	4 August	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 August	Prithvi			Balasore		DRDO
			DRDO	Suborbital	Test flight	18 August	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 August 23:30	TR-1A			Tanegashima LA-T		NASDA
			NASDA	Suborbital	Microgravity	19 August	Successful
		Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
21 August 17:46	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 August	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
24 August 16:30	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		HRTS-8	NASA/NRL	Suborbital	Solar	24 August	Successful
		Apogee: 249 kilometres (155 mi)
26 August 15:10	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-25	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	26 August	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
27 August 18:30	Black Brant VIIIC			Wallops Island		NASA
			NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	27 August	Successful
		Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)
September
1 September 01:00	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-26	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 September	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Kentucky, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	3 September	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Kentucky, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	3 September	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Kentucky, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	3 September	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Kentucky, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	3 September	Successful
		Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 September 14:30	Black Brant IXCM1			White Sands LC-36		SSI
		CONSORT-5	Huntsville	Suborbital	Microgravity	10 September	Failure
		Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
16 September 03:15	LGM-118 Peacekeeper			Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	16 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 September	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
		GT-149GB	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	28 September	Successful
		Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
October
16 October	Castor-Orbus			Wake Island		Orbital Sciences
			SDIO	Suborbital	Reentry test	16 October	Failure
		Maiden flight of Castor-Orbus; Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
19 October	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Maryland, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	19 October	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 10; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 October	Aries			Wallops Island		SDIO
		Orbus 1 (SPFE-3)	SDIO	Suborbital	Target	22 October	Failure
		Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
25 October 01:06	LGM-30B Minuteman I			Vandenberg LF-03		US Air Force
		AST-DT2	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	25 October	Failure
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 October 18:30	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
		CU-3	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	27 October	Successful
		Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi)
November
4 November 02:00	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force
		GT-150GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	4 November	Failure
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
8 November 10:25	Maxus			Esrange		SSC/DLR
		MAXUS 1B	ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	8 November	Successful
		Apogee: 717 kilometres (446 mi)
10 November	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 November	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 November	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 November	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Tennessee, Eastern Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 November 09:22	Skylark 7			Esrange LA-S		DLR
		TEXUS 29	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity	22 November	Successful
		Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
December
1 December	UR-100NU			Baikonur		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	1 December	Failure
6 December 16:00	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-27	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 December	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
9 December 00:00	Zyb			Submarine, Pacific Ocean		VMF
		Efir	RVSN	Suborbital	Technology	9 December	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
9 December	Black Brant IXCM1			Centre d'Essais des Landes		MATRA
		POIVRE (VERT)	MATRA	Suborbital	Imaging	9 December	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
11 December 22:45	Nike Orion			White Sands		NASA
		CWAS-28	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	11 December	Successful
		Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 December 03:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands LC-36		NASA
			NASA/JHU	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	15 December	Successful
		Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi)

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

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
8 February	Ulysses	1st flyby of Jupiter	Gravity assist, inclination change
15 February	Hiten	Selenocentric orbit injection
14 July	Giotto	Flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup	Closest approach: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 October	Pioneer Venus Orbiter	Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere
8 December	Galileo	2nd flyby of the Earth	Gravity assist; Closest approach: 305 kilometres (190 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
20 February 20:09	4 hours 12 minutes	21 February 00:21	Mir EO-10 Kvant-2	Aleksandr Volkov Sergei Krikalev	Performed maintenance activities on the outside of Mir, including cleaning camera lenses. Volkov had problems with the cooling system on his Orlan space suit, and was limited in his mobility.
10 May 20:40	3 hours 43 minutes	11 May 00:23	STS-49 Endeavour	Pierre J. Thuot Richard Hieb	Thuot attempted to capture the Intelsat VI satellite using a capture bar while Hieb stood by to assist with placement in the payload bay. After multiple attempts to catch Intelsat VI, the spacewalkers returned to the airlock to consider the failed attempts.[6]
11 May 21:05	5 hours 30 minutes	12 May 02:35	STS-49 Endeavour	Pierre J. Thuot Richard Hieb	Thuot tried five more times to capture Intelsat VI while Hieb stood by to assist. Once again Thuot was unable to engage the capture bar to the satellite.[6]
13 May 21:17	8 hours 29 minutes	14 May 05:46	STS-49 Endeavour	Pierre J. Thuot Richard Hieb Thomas Akers	Thuot, Hieb and Akers captured Intelsat VI with their hands. The trio then pulled the satellite into the payload bay, added a new perigee kick motor, and launched the satellite away from Endeavour. This spacewalk was the first three-person spacewalk in history. The three spacewalkers also set a new record for elapsed spacewalk time.[6]
14 May ~21:00	7 hours 44 minutes	15 May ~04:45	STS-49 Endeavour	Thomas Akers Kathryn C. Thornton	Tested space station assembly techniques on an experimental structure, the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods (ASEM).
8 July 12:38	2 hours 3 minutes	14:41	Mir EO-11 Kvant-2	Aleksandr Viktorenko Aleksandr Kaleri	Inspected several gyrodynes, located on the Kvant-2 module, near the airlock to provide data needed to prepare for the planned repair and replacement work of the gyrodynes.
3 September 13:32	3 hours 56 minutes	17:28	Mir EO-12 Kvant-2	Sergei Avdeyev Anatoly Solovyev	Moved the VDU thruster unit to its position and prepared the Sofora girder for installation of the VDU.
7 September 11:47	5 hours 8 minutes	16:55	Mir EO-12 Kvant-2	Sergei Avdeyev Anatoly Solovyev	Installed the electrical and control cables needed by the VDU thruster for operation on the Sofora truss and recovered the Russian flag installed on the Sofora truss the year before.
11 September 10:06	5 hours 44 minutes	15:50	Mir EO-12 Kvant-2	Sergei Avdeyev Anatoly Solovyev	Completed install of the VDU thruster on Sofora truss, and moved the truss into its extended position.
15 September 07:49	3 hours 33 minutes	11:22	Mir EO-12 Kvant-2	Sergei Avdeyev Anatoly Solovyev	Collected samples of a solar array and relocated the Kurs docking antenna on the Kristall module in preparation of the arrival of Soyuz TM-16.