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This article outlines notable events occurring in 1996 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
Quick Facts Orbital launches, First ...
![]() The first Long March 3B, carrying Intelsat 708, goes off-course immediately after launch. The rocket later came down over a village, reportedly killing several to hundred on the ground | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 11 January |
Last | 24 December |
Total | 77 |
Successes | 69 |
Failures | 4 |
Partial failures | 4 |
Catalogued | 73 |
National firsts | |
Satellite | Malaysia |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Ariane 5G J-I Long March 3B |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 9 |
Total travellers | 49 |
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Intelsat 708 launch failure
Orbital launches
More information Date and time (UTC), Rocket ...
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
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11 January 09:41 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Satellite retrieval | 20 January 07:41 | Successful | ||
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NASA | Low Earth | Technology development | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts Retrieved Space Flyer Unit | |||||||
12 January 23:10 |
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PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Binariang | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Measat-1 is the first Malaysian satellite | |||||||
14 January 11:10 |
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Korea Telecom | Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous |
Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Koreasat-2 retired on 8 April 2000 | |||||||
16 January 15:33 |
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MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
25 January 09:56 |
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MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
February | |||||||
1 February 01:15 |
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Telkom Indonesia | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 February 07:19 |
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NTT | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
14 February 19:01 |
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Intelsat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | +22 seconds | Launch Failure | ||
Maiden flight of Long March 3B Loss of control at T+2 seconds, exploded 20 seconds later; Six to hundred fatalities on the ground | |||||||
17 February 20:43 |
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NASA | Erosian via Heliocentric |
Asteroid probe | 12 February 2001 20:01 | Successful | ||
Flyby of 253 Mathilde, entered orbit around and landed on 433 Eros; First probe to orbit and land on an asteroid Final contact received on 28 February 2001, and unsuccessfully attempted on 10 December 2002 | |||||||
19 February 00:58 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Roskosmos | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Roskosmos | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
19 February 08:19 |
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MOM | Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: Geosynchronous transfer |
Communications | In orbit | Launch Failure | ||
Upper stage failed to ignite for second burn due to blocked valve | |||||||
21 February 12:34 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-21 | 2 September 07:41 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts | |||||||
22 February 20:18 |
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NASA | Low Earth | USMP-3 | 9 March 13:58 | Successful | ||
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NASA | Low Earth | Tether satellite | 19 March | Failure | ||
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NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | 9 March 13:58 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts TSS-1R tether snapped during deployment; Intended to be returned to Earth by Columbia, but could not be recovered | |||||||
24 February 11:24 |
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NASA | High Earth (elliptical) | Auroral research | In orbit | Successful | ||
Mission concluded in April 2008 | |||||||
March | |||||||
9 March 01:53 |
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US Air Force | Low Earth | Ionosphere research | In orbit | Operational | ||
14 March 07:11 |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
14 March 17:40 |
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MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 June | Successful | ||
21 March 04:53 |
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ISRO | Sun-synchronous | Remote sensing | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 March 08:13 |
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NASA | Low Earth (Mir) | Shuttle-Mir flight | 31 March 13:28 | Successful | ||
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NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Atlantis) | Logistics | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts | |||||||
28 March 00:21 |
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
April | |||||||
3 April 23:01 |
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Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
8 April 23:09 |
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SES Astra | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
20 April 22:36 |
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TMI | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
21 April 11:48 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir module | 23 March 2001 05:50 | Successful | ||
24 April 12:27 |
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BMDO | Sun-synchronous | Infrared astronomy | In orbit | Successful | ||
Member of the Space Surveillance Network | |||||||
24 April 13:00 |
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MO RF | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 28 January 2005 | Successful | ||
24 April 23:37 |
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NRO | Geosynchronous | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
30 April 04:31 |
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ASI | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | 30 April 2003 | Successful | ||
May | |||||||
5 May 07:04 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 1 August 20:33 | Successful | ||
12 May 21:32 |
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NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
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NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
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NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
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NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
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NRL | Low Earth | Space tether experiment | In orbit | Operational | ||
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NRL | Low Earth | Space tether experiment | In orbit | Operational | ||
14 May 08:55 |
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VKS | Intended: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | + 49 seconds | Launch Failure | ||
Payload fairing disintegrated | |||||||
16 May 01:56 |
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Telkom Indonesia | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Spacecom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
17 May 02:44 |
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BMDO | Low Earth | Technology development | 11 December 1997 | Successful | ||
19 May 10:30 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 29 May 11:10 | Successful | ||
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NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Endeavour) | Scientific experiments | ||||
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NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | ||||
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NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 22 May | Successful | ||
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NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 26 October | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts SPARTAN used to deploy the IAE satellite on 20 May; PAMS deployed on 22 May | |||||||
24 May 01:09 |
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PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
25 May 02:05 |
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MOM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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4 June 12:34 |
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ESA | Intended: High Earth (elliptical) | Magnetosphere research | +37 seconds | Launch Failure | ||
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ESA | Intended: High Earth (elliptical) | Magnetosphere research | ||||
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ESA | Intended: High Earth (elliptical) | Magnetosphere research | ||||
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ESA | Intended: High Earth (elliptical) | Magnetosphere research | ||||
Maiden flight of Ariane 5G; Ariane 5 Flight 501 Programming error led to rocket going off course | |||||||
15 June 06:55 |
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Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
20 June 14:49 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 7 July 12:36 | Successful | ||
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NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Spacelab LMS-1 | ||||
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NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
20 June 18:45 |
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VKS | Intended: Low Earth | Reconnaissance | +50 seconds | Launch Failure | ||
Payload fairing disintegrated | |||||||
July | |||||||
2 July 07:48 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Ozone mapping | In orbit | Operational | ||
3 July 00:31 |
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US Air Force | High Earth (elliptical) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
3 July 10:47 |
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APT | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
9 July 22:24 |
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Arabsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Türksat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
16 July 00:50 |
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
25 July 12:42 |
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US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
31 July 20:00 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 20 November 22:42 | Successful | ||
August | |||||||
8 August 22:49 |
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ASI | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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France Télécom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
14 August 22:20 |
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MOM | Molniya | Communications | 7 April 2012 | Successful | ||
17 August 01:58 |
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NASDA | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Operational | ||
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JARL | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
17 August 13:18 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-22 | 2 March 1997 06:44 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
18 August 10:27 |
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Chinasat | Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: High Earth (elliptical) |
Communications | In orbit | Launch Failure | ||
Third stage failure left satellite in useless orbit | |||||||
21 August 09:47 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Magnetosphere research | In orbit | Operational | ||
29 August 05:22 |
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CONAE | Molniya | Magnetosphere research | 12 November 1999 | Successful | ||
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Roskosmos | Molniya | Auroral research | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Molniya | Auroral research | In orbit | Successful | |||
September | |||||||
4 September 09:01 |
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MO RF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
5 September 12:47 |
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MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
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UNAMSAT | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
6 September 17:37 |
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Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
8 September 21:49 |
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GE Americom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
11 September 00:00 |
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EchoStar | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Retired after malfunction on 14 July 2008[1] | |||||||
12 September 08:49 |
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US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
16 September 08:54 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Shuttle-Mir flight | 26 September 12:13 | Successful | ||
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NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Atlantis) | Logistics | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts | |||||||
26 September 17:50 |
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RSCSC | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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20 October 07:20 |
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CASC | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 4 November | Successful | ||
24 October 11:37 |
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MOM | Molniya | Communications | 18 October 2007 03:51 | Successful | ||
November | |||||||
4 November 17:08 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Astronomy | 7 April 2002 | Launch Failure | ||
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CONAE | Low Earth | Technology development | ||||
Both payloads failed to separate from the launch vehicle and each other | |||||||
7 November 17:00 |
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NASA | Areocentric | Mars orbiter | In orbit | Successful | ||
Contact lost on 2 November 2006 and mission declared complete on 10 January 2007 after numerous troubleshooting attempts to regain contact. | |||||||
13 November 22:40 |
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Arabsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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Binariang | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
16 November 20:48 |
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VKS | Intended: Areocentric Actual: Low Earth |
Mars orbiter | 17 November | Failure | ||
Upper stage failed to re-ignite for Earth orbit departure; re-entered the following day | |||||||
19 November 19:55 |
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NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 7 December 11:49 | Successful | ||
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NASA | Low Earth | Ultraviolet astronomy | ||||
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NASA | Low Earth | Materials research | ||||
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NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; All EVAs cancelled due to airlock malfunction; Longest-duration Space Shuttle flight in history[2] Story Musgrave becomes the only American astronaut to fly on all five Space Shuttle orbiters[3] ORFEUS-SPAS deployed on 20 November and retrieved on 4 December; WSF deployed on 22 November and retrieved on 26 November | |||||||
19 November 23:20 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 12 March 1997 03:23 | Partial Failure | ||
Failed to redock after free-flight in February–March 1997 | |||||||
21 November 20:47 |
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Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
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4 December 06:58 |
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NASA | Heliocentric | Mars lander | 4 July 1997 16:57 | Successful | ||
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NASA | Heliocentric | Mars rover | ||||
First Mars rover; landing site: Ares Vallis Final contact with Sojourner received on 27 September 1997 and the mission was terminated on 10 March 1998 | |||||||
11 December 12:00 |
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MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 1 January 1999 | Successful | ||
18 December 01:57 |
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Inmarsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
20 December 06:43 |
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MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
20 December 18:04 |
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NRO | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | ||
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24 December 13:50 |
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Roskosmos | Low Earth | Biological research | 7 January 1997 | Successful |
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Suborbital launches
More information Date and time (UTC), Rocket ...
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Suborbital | Missile test | 10 January | Successful | ||||
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DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 27 January | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Prithvi II missile | |||||||
11 February 23:00 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Aeronomy research | 11 February | Successful | ||
11 February 23:00 |
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NASDA | Suborbital | Test flight | 11 February | Successful | ||
Only flight of J-I | |||||||
23 February 19:17 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology development | 23 February | Successful | |||
23 February 19:44 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 23 February | Successful | |||
2 March 10:00 |
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DASA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 2 March | Successful | ||
6 March 03:35 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 6 March | Successful | |||
6 March 20:01 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 March | Successful | ||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM target | 22 March | Successful | |||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM Test | 22 March | Successful | |||
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3 April 15:59 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy and microgravity research | 3 April | Successful | |||
17 April 07:00 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 April | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 April | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 April | Successful | |||
3 May 04:16 |
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SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 3 May | Successful | ||
8 May 08:01 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 May | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 May | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 May | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 16 May | Successful | |||
30 May 08:01 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 30 May | Successful | |||
4 June 05:06 |
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NASA | Suborbital | X-ray astronomy | 4 June | Successful | ||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | |||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 June | Successful | |||
17 June 05:50 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Radio astronomy | 17 June | Successful | |||
20 June 14:40 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test rocket | 20 June | Successful | |||
26 June 12:17 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 June | Successful | |||
26 June 14:59 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 June | Successful | |||
26 June 19:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Solar observation | 26 June | Successful | |||
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Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | |||
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Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | |||
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Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 June | Successful | |||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Tracking demonstration | 9 July | Successful | |||
14 July 07:15 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 14 July | Successful | ||
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Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 July | Successful | |||
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Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 July | Successful | |||
15 July 11:28 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM Target | 15 July | Successful | |||
15 July 11:31 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM test | 15 July | Successful | |||
15 July 18:21 |
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Orbital Sciences | Suborbital | Re-entry test | 15 July | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 July | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 July | Successful | |||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 July | Successful | |||
26 July 09:40 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 26 July | Successful | |||
12 August 18:58 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 12 August | Successful | |||
20 August 15:30 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Plasma research | 20 August | Successful | ||
20 August 16:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Solar research | 20 August | Successful | |||
26 August 14:00 |
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ISAS | Suborbital | Plasma research | 26 August | Successful | ||
29 August | ![]() |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Test rocket | 29 August | Successful | |||
31 August 15:41 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 31 August | Successful | ||
Target for MSX satellite observation.[4] Apogee: 909 km (565 mi). | |||||||
11 September 08:01 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 September | Successful | |||
24 September 22:00 |
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NASDA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 24 September | Successful | |||
27 September 16:51 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 27 September | Successful | |||
October-December | |||||||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 October | Successful | |||
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 October | Successful | |||
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Russian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 October | Successful | |||
9 October | ![]() |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM target | 9 October | Successful | |||
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US Air Force | Suborbital | ABM test | 9 October | Successful | |||
16 October 10:41 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 16 October | Successful | ||
16 October 16:02 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology development | 16 October | Successful | |||
21 October 03:00 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Astronomy | 21 October | Successful | |||
28 October | ![]() |
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | |||
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US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 October | Successful | |||
29 October 03:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 29 October | Successful | |||
6 November 13:06 |
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US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 November | Successful | |||
9 November 08:50 |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 November | Successful | |||
13 November 18:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Solar observation | 13 November | Successful | ||
17 November 13:30 |
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NASA | Suborbital | Test rocket | 17 November | Successful | |||
24 November 11:05 |
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DASA | Suborbital | Microgravity research | 24 November | Successful | ||
29 November | ![]() |
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RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 November | Successful | |||
28 December | ![]() |
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Suborbital | Missile test | 28 December | Successful |
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