1994 in spaceflight

1994 in spaceflight
Orbital launches
The launch of the Clementine lunar orbiter on a Titan 23G
First	8 January
Last	30 December
Total	93
Successes	88
Failures	4
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	89
Rockets
Maiden flights	H-II Pegasus-XL Taurus
Retirements	ASLV Scout G-1
Manned flights
Orbital	9
Total travellers	44

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks

8 January 10:05:34	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-18	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-15	9 July 10:32:35	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
20 January 09:49:00	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23
20 January 09:49:00	Gals-1	Intersputnik	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 January	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
20 January	FCET-10	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 January	Successful
20 January	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
20 January	FCET-10	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 January	Successful
20 January	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
20 January	FCET-10	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 January	Successful
20 January	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
20 January	FCET-10	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 January	Successful
24 January 21:37:00	Ariane 4 (44LP)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Eutelsat 2F5	Eutelsat	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	~90 seconds	Launch failure
	Turksat-1A	Turksat	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	~90 seconds	Launch failure
	Third stage malfunction
25 January 00:25:00	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32		Roskosmos
	Meteor-3-06	Roskomsos	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Operational
	Tubsat-B	TUB	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Tubsat failed after 39 days of operation
25 January 16:34:00	Titan 23G		Vandenberg SLC-4W		BMDO/NASA
	Clementine	NASA/BMDO	Selenocentric and High Earth	Lunar orbiter	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
	ISA	NASA/BMDO	High Earth		8 June	Successful
	Computer failure after ejection from lunar orbit prevented flyby of 1620 Geographos
28 January 02:12:00	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
28 January 02:12:00	Progress M-21	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	23 March 05:13:00	Successful
30 January 22:00	Black Brant VIIIC		Poker Flat		NASA
30 January 22:00		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	30 January	Successful

2 February	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-26		US Air Force
2 February	GT-154GB	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	2 February	Successful
3 February 12:10	Space Shuttle Discovery		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-60	NASA	Low Earth (Mir)	Shuttle-Mir flight	11 February 19:24	Successful
	SpaceHab LSM	NASA/SpaceHab	Low Earth (Discovery)	Scientific research
	Wake Shield Facility	NASA	Low Earth (Discovery)	Deployable scientific platform
	GBA-6	NASA	Low Earth (Discovery)
	ODERACS A	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	2 October	Successful
	ODERACS B	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	4 October	Successful
	ODERACS C	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	31 December	Successful
	ODERACS D	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	31 December	Successful
	ODERACS E	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	3 March 1995	Successful
	ODERACS F	NASA	Low Earth	Laser calibration	24 February 1995	Successful
	BremSat 1	DARA/Bre	Low Earth	Scientific research	12 February 1995	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts; first mission of the Shuttle-Mir Programme ODERACS deployed from Discovery on 9 February
3 February 22:00	H-II		Tanegashima LA-Y		NASDA
	OREX (Ryusei)	NASDA	Low Earth	Reentry experiment	3 February	Successful
	VEP (Myojo)	NASDA	Geosynchronous transfer	Monitor rocket performance	In orbit	Successful
	Maiden flight of H-II rocket and first launch from LA-Y
5 February 08:46	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		Roskosmos
5 February 08:46	Raduga 1-3	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 February 21:47	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur		Cape Canaveral LC-40
	USA-99 (Milstar 1)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Maiden flight of Titan IV (401A)
8 February 08:34	Long March 3A		Xichang LA-2		CASC
	Shi Jian 4	CASC	Medium Earth	Particle research	In orbit	Operational
	KF-1	CASC	Geosynchronous transfer	DFH-3 spacecraft boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
9 February 23:43	Black Brant IX		Andøya		NASA
	PULSAUR-2	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	9 February	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
10 February 05:35	Black Brant 9CM1		White Sands LC-36
	GEMINI	CSA/NASA	Suborbital	Plasma/Aeronomy	10 February	Successful
	Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
12 February 08:54	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32		Roskosmos
	Kosmos 2268 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2269 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2270 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2271 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2272 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2273 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 February 13:08	Nike Tomahawk		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	12 February	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
12 February 13:12	Nike Tomahawk		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	12 February	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
12 February 13:16	Black Brant VIIIC		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	12 February	Successful
	Apogee: 242 kilometres (150 mi)
15 February 16:18	Storm		White Sands SULF		US Air Force
	ERINT GTF-3	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	15 February	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
15 February 23:52	S-310		Andøya		ISAS
		ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 February	Successful
	Apogee: 192 kilometres (119 mi)
18 February 07:56	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		Roskosmos
18 February 07:56	Raduga 31	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 February 12:13	Agni-I		Balasore		DRDO
		DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
19 February 23:45	Delta II (7925–8)		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		Boeing IDS
19 February 23:45	Galaxy 1R		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational

1 March	Black Brant 9CM1		Centre d'Essais des Landes		Matra
	NOIR	Matra	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
2 March 03:25	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32		Roskosmos
2 March 03:25	Intercosmos 26 (Koronas-I)	Intercosmos/Roskosmos	Low Earth	Solar astronomy	4 March 2001	Successful
4 March 13:15	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
	STS-62	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	18 March 13:10	Successful
	OAST-2	OAST	Low Earth (Columbia)	Technology development
	USMP-2	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Microgravity research
	EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
	Manned orbital flight with five astronauts
6 March 08:21	Black Brant XII		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Auroral	6 March	Successful
	Apogee: 455 kilometres (283 mi)
7 March 09:11	Nike Orion		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	7 March	Failure
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
8 March 03:50	LGM-118 Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 March	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 March 03:40	Delta II (7925)		Cape Canaveral LC-17A		US Air Force
	USA-100 (GPS IIA-15)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	SEDS-2	US Air Force	Low Earth	Tether experiment	8 May	Successful
11 March 06:50	Black Brant IX		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	11 March	Successful
	Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi)
13 March 22:32	Taurus		Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital Sciences
	USA-101 (STEP-0)	SDI	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Successful
	USA-102 (DARPASAT)	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Successful
	Maiden flight of Taurus rocket
17 March 16:30	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
17 March 16:30	Kosmos 2274 (Yantar)	VKS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	21 May	Successful
22 March 04:54	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
22 March 04:54	Progress M-22	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	23 May	Successful
28 March	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
	FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 March	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
	FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 March	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
	FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 March	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	28 March	Successful
	FCET-44; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

5 April 18:22	Terrier-Orion		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Rocket test	5 April	Successful
	Apogee: 127 kilometres (79 mi)
9 April 11:05	Space Shuttle Endeavour		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-59	NASA	Low Earth	Radar mapping	20 April 16:54	Successful
	Spacelab Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Endeavour)	Spacelab SRL-1	20 April 16:54	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts
11 April 07:49	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
	Kosmos 2275 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2276 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2277 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
13 April 06:04	Atlas I		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		Lockheed Martin
	GOES 8	NOAA	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Weather	In orbit	Successful
	Retired and moved to graveyard orbit on 5 May 2004
16 April 01:22	INTA-300B		El Arenosillo		INTA
		INTA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 April	Successful
	Apogee: 156 kilometres (97 mi)
17 April 04:30	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	17 April	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
23 April 08:01	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
23 April 08:01	Kosmos 2278 (Tselina)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
25 April 20:45	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	25 April	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
26 April 02:14	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
26 April 02:14	Kosmos 2279 (Parus)	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
28 April 17:14	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
28 April 17:14	Kosmos 2280 (Yantar)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	10 March 1995	Successful

3 May 07:40	Nike Orion		Esrange		DLR
	MINI-TEXUS 2	DLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	3 May	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 May 15:55	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur		Cape Canaveral LC-41
3 May 15:55	USA-103 (Trumpet)	NRO	Molniya	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
4 May 00:00	ASLV		Sriharikota		ISRO
	SROSS-C2	IRSO	Low Earth	Ionospheric	12 July 2001	Successful
	Final flight of ASLV
5 May 04:15	Skylark 7		Esrange LA-S		DASA
	TEXUS-32	DASA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	5 May	Successful
	Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
9 May 02:47	Scout-G1		Vandenberg SLC-5
	MSTI-2	US Air Force/BMDO	Low Earth	Technology development	28 November 1998	Successful
	Final flight of Scout rocket family
17 May	LGM-118A Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-02		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	17 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 May 17:03	Pegasus/HAPS		Stargazer, Edwards		Orbital Sciences
	STEP-2 (SIDEX)	US Air Force/STP	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Partial launch failure
	Placed in incorrect orbit due to carrier rocket underperformance
20 May 02:01	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
20 May 02:01	Gorizont 30	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 May 04:30	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Progress M-23	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	2 July 14:57	Successful
	VBK Raduga	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Sample return	2 July 15:09	Successful
25 May 10:15	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32/2		VKS
	Tselina	MO RF	Intended: Low Earth	SIGINT	25 May	Launch failure
	Software error prevented stage 2/3 separation
26 May	UGM-133 Trident II		HMS Vanguard, Eastern Range		Royal Navy
	DASO-1	Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	26 May	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

4 June	Prithvi		Balasore		DRDO
		DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	4 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 June	Prithvi		Balasore		DRDO
		DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	6 June	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 June 07:20	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
7 June 07:20	Kosmos 2281 (Zenit-8/Obilik)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	29 July	Successful
8 June	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force
	GT-155GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	8 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
14 June 16:05	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS
14 June 16:05	Foton 9	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Microgravity research	2 July	Successful
17 June 07:07	Ariane 4 (44LP)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Intelsat 702	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	STRV-1A	DRA	Geosynchronous transfer	Technology development	In orbit	Successful
	STRV-1B	DRA	Geosynchronous transfer	Technology development	In orbit	Successful
20 June 03:00	UGM-133 Trident II		HMS Vanguard, Eastern Range		Royal Navy
	DASO-2	Royal Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	20 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 June 02:20	Nike Orion		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	22 June	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
22 June 08:22	RT-2PM Topol		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 June	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
24 June 13:50	Atlas I		Cape Canaveral LC-36B
24 June 13:50	USA-104 (UHF F/O 3)	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 June 21:15	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
	STEP-1	US Air Force/STP	Intended: Low Earth	Technology development	27 June	Launch failure
	Maiden flight of Pegasus-XL
27 June 07:40	Taurus-Orion		Poker Flat		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Plasma	27 June	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

1 July 12:24	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-19	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-16	4 November	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts
3 July 08:00	Long March 2D		Jiuquan LA-2B		CASC
3 July 08:00	FSW-2	CASC	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 July	Successful
6 July 23:58	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
	Kosmos 2282 (Prognoz)	MOM	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Missile defence	In orbit	Unclear
	Retired from service on 1 October 1995
6 July	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force
	GT-156GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	6 July	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
8 July 16:43	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-65	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	23 July	Successful
	Spacelab Long Module 1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Spacelab IML-2
	EDO Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Cryogenic mission extension pallet
	Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts
8 July 23:05	Ariane 4 (44L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	PanAmSat-2	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Yuri-3N	NHK	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 July	MGM-29 Sergeant		Wallops Island		BMDO
	MSTI-2	BMDO	Suborbital	Target	8 July	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
14 July 05:13	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKS
14 July 05:13	Nadezhda-4	MO RF	Low Earth	Navigation/SAR	In orbit	Operational
16 July 00:23	Nike Orion		Wallops Island		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	16 July	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
20 July 05:53	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	20 July	Successful
	Apogee: 163 kilometres (101 mi)
20 July 17:35	Soyuz-U		Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
20 July 17:35	Kosmos 2283 (Yantar)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	29 September	Successful
21 July 10:55	Long March 3		Xichang LC-1		CASC
21 July 10:55	Apstar 1	APT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 July	STARS		Barking Sands		US Air Force
	ODES	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	22 July	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 July 22:39	Nike Orion		Andøya		DLR
	Echo 94 F-102 DUSTY	DLR	Suborbital	Ionospheric	28 July	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
29 July 09:30	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
29 July 09:30	Kosmos 2284 (Yantar)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	11 September	Successful
31 July 00:50	Nike Orion		Andøya		DLR
	Echo 94 F-103 DUSTY	DLR	Suborbital	Ionospheric	31 July	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)

2 August 20:00	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
2 August 20:00	Kosmos 2285 (Taifun)	MO RF	Low Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
3 August 14:38	Pegasus		Stargazer, Edwards		Orbital Sciences
3 August 14:38	P90-6 APEX	US Air Force/STP	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Successful
3 August 23:57	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral LC-36A		Lockheed Martin
	DirecTV-2	DirecTV	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Retired on 16 April 2007 and moved to graveyard orbit in May 2007
5 August 01:12	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
5 August 01:12	Kosmos 2286 (Oko)	MOM	Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Operational
8 August	MGM-29 Sergeant		Wallops Island		US Navy
	CEC	US Navy	Suborbital	Target	8 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
10 August 23:05	Ariane 4 (44LP)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Brasilsat B1 (Star One B1)	Brasilsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Turksat 1B	Turksat	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
11 August 15:27	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
	Kosmos 2287 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 2288 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
	Kosmos 2289 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
12 August 00:53	Nike Orion		Andøya		DLR
	Echo 94 F-101 CONE	DLR	Suborbital	Ionospheric	12 August	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
16 August 03:25	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 August	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
18 August	MGM-29 Sergeant		Wallops Island		BMDO
	JTF-95 MSTI	BMDO	Suborbital	Target	18 August	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 August 15:08	Nike Orion		Alcântara		NASA
	MALTED/CADRE	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	19 August	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
20 August 02:18	Nike Orion		Alcântara		NASA
	MALTED/CADRE	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	20 August	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
23 August 14:30	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
23 August 14:30	Molniya 3–46	MOM	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 August 13:45	Nike Orion		Alcântara		NASA
	MALTED/CADRE	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	24 August	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
25 August 01:43	Nike Orion		Alcântara		NASA
	MALTED/CADRE	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	25 August	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
25 August 14:25	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
	Progress M-24	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	4 October 22:41:48	Successful
	Minor issues with docking, low speed collision with Mir
26 August 12:00	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
26 August 12:00	Kosmos 2290 (Ortlets)	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	4 April 1995	Successful
27 August 08:58	Titan IVA (401)/Centaur		Cape Canaveral LC-41
27 August 08:58	USA-105 (Mercury)	NRO	Geosynchronous	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
27 August 23:10	Long March 2E		Xichang LC-2		CASC
27 August 23:10	Optus B3	Optus	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 August 07:50	H-II		Tanegashima LA-Y		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
	Kiku 6 (ETS-6)	NASDA	Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: Geosynchronous transfer	Technology development	In orbit	Partial launch failure
	Apogee motor failed to ignite, some experiments successful
29 August 17:38	Atlas E		Vandenberg SLC-3W
29 August 17:38	USA-106 (DMSP-5D1-F12)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Operational

7 September 14:41	LGM-118 Peacekeeper		Vandenberg LF-05		US Air Force
		US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	7 September	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 September 00:29	Ariane 4 (42L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Telstar 402	AT&T Skynet	Planned: Geosynchronous Actual: Geosynchronous transfer	Communications	14 November 2004	Satellite failure
	Satellite exploded during propellant system pressurisation^[1]
9 September 13:33	Black Brant VC		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	9 September	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
9 September 22:22	Space Shuttle Discovery		Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
	STS-64	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity experiments	20 September 21:11	Successful
	SPARTAN-201	NASA	Low Earth	Astronomy	20 September 21:11	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts;SPARTAN deployed from Discovery on 13 September and retrieved on 15 September
12 September 15:34	Nike Orion		White Sands		NASA
	CWAS-35	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	12 September	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 September 15:00	Nike Orion		White Sands		NASA
	CWAS-36	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	15 September	Successful
	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 September	Jericho II		Palmachim		ISA
		ISA	Suborbital	Missile test	15 September	Failure
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
16 September 04:00	ST-735		Kagoshima		ISAS
	FIH	ISAS	Suborbital	Rocket test	16 September	Successful
	Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
21 September 13:56	Black Brant VC		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	21 September	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
21 September 17:53	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
21 September 17:53	Kosmos 2291 (Potok)	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 September 15:15	RT-2PM Topol		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	23 September	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 September 21:15	Nike Tomahawk		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	23 September	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
23 September 21:17	Nike Tomahawk		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	23 September	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
24 September 21:15	Nike Tomahawk		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	24 September	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
24 September 21:17	Nike Tomahawk		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	24 September	Successful
	Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
27 September 14:00	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132		VKS
27 September 14:00	Kosmos 2292 (Taifun)	MO RF	Low Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
30 September 11:16	Space Shuttle Endeavour		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-68	NASA	Low Earth	Radar mapping	11 October 17:03	Successful
	Spacelab Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Endeavour)	Spacelab SRL-2	11 October 17:03	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts

3 October 22:42	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
	Soyuz TM-20	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-17	2 March 1995	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
4 October 18:58	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	PIMS	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	4 October	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
5 October 08:00	LGM-30G Minuteman III		Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force
	GT-157GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 October	Successful
	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
6 October 06:35	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral LC-36B		Lockheed Martin
6 October 06:35	Intelsat 703	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 October 13:22	Black Brant VC		Alcântara		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	6 October	Failure
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
8 October 01:07	Ariane 4 (44L)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Solidaridad 2	Tele Mex	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Thaicom 2	Shinawat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 October 14:30	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32/2		VKS
11 October 14:30	Okean-O1-7	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Oceanography	In orbit	Successful
13 October 16:19	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
13 October 16:19	Ekspress-1	SCO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
14 October 22:25	Black Brant X		Alcântara		NASA
	H.Alt Spread F	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	14 October	Successful
	Apogee: 956 kilometres (594 mi)
15 October 15:05	PSLV		Sriharikota FLP		ISRO
15 October 15:05	IRS-P2	ISRO	Sun-synchronous	Observation	In orbit	Successful
15 October 13:41	Black Brant VC		Alcântara		NASA
	H.Alt Spread F	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	15 October	Successful
	Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
21 October	UGM-96 Trident I		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
	DASO-33	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	21 October	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
31 October 14:30	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
	Elektro 1	MOM	Geosynchronous	Weather	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	No useful imagery returned due to sensor malfunction and was written off in 1998

1 November 00:37	Ariane 4 (42P)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
1 November 00:37	Astra 1D	SES Astra	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
1 November 09:31	Delta II (7925–10)		Cape Canaveral LC-17B		Boeing IDS
1 November 09:31	Wind	NASA	Earth-Sun L₁ halo	Solar	In orbit	Successful
2 November 01:04	Tsyklon-2		Baikonur Site 90		VKS
2 November 01:04	Kosmos 2293 (EORSAT)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	13 May 1996	Successful
3 November 00:37	Space Shuttle Atlantis		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-66	NASA	Low Earth	Solar astronomy	14 November	Successful
	Spacelab Pallet	NASA	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Spacelab ATLAS-3
	CRISTA-SPAS	DLR	Low Earth	Atmospheric
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts; CRISTA-SPAS deployed on 4 November and retrieved on 12 November Final solo (non-space station) flight of Atlantis until STS-125 in May 2009
3 November 18:45	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	NCAR/CU-5	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	3 November	Successful
	Apogee: 231 kilometres (144 mi)
3 November 19:15	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
	MSSTA	NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	3 November	Successful
	Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
4 November 05:47	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
4 November 05:47	Resurs-O1-3	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Earth resources	In orbit	Successful
10 November 07:30	RT-2PM Topol		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 November	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
11 November 19:15	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		VKS
11 November 19:15	Progress M-25	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	16 February 1995 16:45:00	Successful
20 November 00:39	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
	Kosmos 2294 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2295 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2296 (GLONASS)	MOM	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
22 November 15:40	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	22 November	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
24 November 09:15	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
24 November 09:15	Kosmos 2297 (Tselina)	MO RF	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
24 November 10:20	S-310		Andøya		ISAS
		ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	24 November	Successful
	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
29 November 02:54	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32/2		VKS
29 November 02:54	Geo-IK	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
29 November 10:21	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral LC-36A		Lockheed Martin
29 November 10:21	Orion 1	Orion	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 November 17:02	Long March 3A		Xichang LA-2		CASC
	Zhongxing-5	Chinasat	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Satellite failure
	First DFH-3 prototype; propulsion system malfunctioned during on-orbit positioning manoeuvres
30 November 10:30	Skylark 7		Esrange Area S		DLR
	TEXUS 33	DASA	Suborbital	Microgravity	30 November	Successful
	Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi)

1 December 21:39	S-520		Andøya		ISAS
		ISAS	Suborbital	Auroral	1 December	Successful
	Apogee: 344 kilometres (214 mi)
1 December 22:57	Ariane 4 (42P)		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	PanAmSat 3	PanAmSat	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	1 December	Launch failure
	Third stage malfunction
1 December	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
	DASO-13	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	1 December	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 December 07:45	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	3 December	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
7 December	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
	FCET-45	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 December	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
7 December	UGM-133 Trident II		Submarine, Eastern Range		US Navy
	FCET-45	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	7 December	Successful
	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 December	Black Brant IX		White Sands		CSA
	CSAR-2	CSA	Suborbital	Microgravity	8 December	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
14 December 14:21	Molniya-M		Plesetsk Site 43/4		VKS
14 December 14:21	Molniya 1–88	MOM	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
16 December 12:00	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
	Luch	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Retired on 1 August 1998
17 December 02:55	Black Brant IX		White Sands LC-36		NASA
		NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	17 December	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
20 December 05:11	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
20 December 05:11	Kosmos 2298 (Strela-2M)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 December 08:50	RT-2UTTH Topol M		Plesetsk		RVSN
		RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	20 December	Successful
	Maiden flight of Topol M missile; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 December 22:19	Titan IVA (402)/IUS		Cape Canaveral LC-40		Lockheed Martin
22 December 22:19	USA-107 (DSP)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Missile defence	In orbit	Operational
26 December 03:01	Rokot		Baikonur Site 175/59		VKS
26 December 03:01	Radio-ROSTRO RS-15	Roskosmos	Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
26 December 22:26	Tsyklon-3		Plesetsk Site 32/2		VKS
	Kosmos 2299 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2300 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2301 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2302 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2303 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Kosmos 2304 (Strela-3)	MO RF	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 December 11:31	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
28 December 11:31	Raduga 32	MOM	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 December 11:30	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 31/6		VKS
29 December 11:30	Kosmos 2305 (Yantar)	MOM	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 December 1995	Successful
30 December 10:02	Atlas E/Star 37		Vandenberg SLC-3W
30 December 10:02	NOAA-14 (NOAA-K)	NOAA	Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
19 February	Clementine	Selenocentric orbit injection	400 kilometres (250 mi)
4 May	Clementine	Leaves Selenocentric orbit
13 October	Magellan	Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
9 September 07:00	5 hours 4 minutes	12:06	Mir EO-16 Kvant-2	Yuri Malenchenko Talgat Musabayev	Inspected a docking port on Kvant-1 for damage from a recent Progress and repaired a thermal blanket on Soyuz TM-19.
13 September 06:30	6 hours 1 minute	12:32	Mir EO-16 Kvant-2	Yuri Malenchenko Talgat Musabayev	Continued construction work in preparation of moving solar arrays from the Kristall module to the Kvant-2 module.
16 September 14:42	6 hours 51 minutes	21:33	STS-64 Discovery	Mark C. Lee Carl J. Meade	Untethered tests of SAFER EVA rescue device.^[2]

References

Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
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Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
"NASASpaceFlight.com".
"Spaceflight Now".
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"Space Calendar". NASA JPL.
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
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Generic references:

Footnotes

↑ SAT-ND – Failures – Telstar 402
↑ Dumoulin, Jim. "STS-64 (64)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.

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