1984 in spaceflight

Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup

National firsts
Space traveller  Canada
 India
Rockets
Maiden Flights Ariane 3
Atlas G
Space Shuttle Discovery
Retirements Titan 24B
Manned flights
Orbital 8
Total travellers 37

Contents


Launches

← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec →
Date and time (UTC) Rocket Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January
31 January
03:08		 Titan 34D/Transtage Cape Canaveral LC-40
OPS-0441 (Vortex 4) NRO High Earth SIGINT In orbit Successful

February
3 February
13:00		 Space Shuttle Challenger Kennedy LC-39A United Space Alliance
STS-41-B NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 11 February
12:15		 Successful
Westar 6 Western Union Intended: Geosynchronous
Actual: Low Earth		 Communications 16 November
11:59		 Deployment failure
Palapa B2 Telkom Indonesia Intended: Geosynchronous
Actual: Low Earth		 Communications 16 November
11:59		 Deployment failure
SPAS-1A NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Microgravity research 11 February
12:15		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with five astronauts; first use of the Manned Maneuvering Unit and the first Space Shuttle landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
PAM failures led to Westar 6 and Palapa B2 being stranded in Low Earth orbit. The satellites were subsequently retrieved by Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-51-A in November and were returned to Earth for refurbishment.
Westar 6 was sold to AsiaSat and renamed AsiaSat 1, and launched by a Chinese Long March 3 carrier rocket on 7 April 1990.
Palapa B2 was renamed Palapa B2R and was launched by an American Delta II 6925-8 carrier rocket on 13 April 1990.
5 February
18:44		 Atlas H Vandenberg SLC-3E
OPS-8737 (NOSS 7) US Navy Low Earth SIGINT In orbit Successful
8 February
12:07		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 31/6
Soyuz T-10 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-3 11 April
10:48		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
21 February
06:46		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 31/6
Progress 19 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 1 April
18:18		 Successful

March
5 March
00:50		 Ariane 1 Kourou ELA CNES
Intelsat 508 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful

April
3 April
13:08		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 31/6
Soyuz T-11 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-3 2 October
10:57		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first Indian space traveller
6 April
13:58		 Space Shuttle Challenger Kennedy LC-39A United Space Alliance
STS-41-C NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment and repair 13 April
13:38		 Successful
LDEF NASA Low Earth Material science 20 January 1990
06:35		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with five astronauts; Solar Max repair mission
LDEF retrieved by Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-32 in January 1990.
14 April
16:52		 Titan 34D/Transtage Cape Canaveral LC-40
OPS-7641 (DSP-12) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning In orbit Successful
15 April
08:12		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 31/6
Progress 20 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 7 May
00:32		 Successful
17 April
18:45		 Titan 24B Vandenberg SLC-4W
OPS-8424 (KH-8-54) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 13 August Successful
Final flight of Titan 24B and the final KH-8 spacecraft

May
7 May
22:47		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 31/6
Progress 21 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 26 May
15:00		 Successful
23 May
01:33		 Ariane 1 Kourou ELA Arianespace
Spacenet F1 Spacenet Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
28 May
14:12		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 31/6
Progress 22 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 15 July
18:52		 Successful

June
9 June
23:03		 Atlas G Cape Canaveral LC-36B
Intelsat 509 Intelsat Intended: Geosynchronous
Achieved: Low Earth		 Communications 24 October Launch Failure
Maiden flight of Atlas G
Upper stage malfunction left payload in a useless orbit
13 June
11:37		 Atlas E/SGS-2 Vandenberg SLC-3W
USA-1 (GPS-9) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
25 June
18:47		 Titan 34D Vandenberg SLC-4E
USA-2 (KH-9-19) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 18 October Successful
USA-3 (SSF-D-5) NRO Sun-synchronous ELINT In orbit Successful

July
17 July
17:40		 Soyuz-U2 Baikonur Site 31/6
Soyuz T-12 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-4 29 July
12:55		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
First manned flight of Soyuz-U2

August
4 August
13:32		 Ariane 3 Kourou ELA Arianespace
Eutelsat 1F2 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
Telecom 1A France Télécom Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Ariane 3
Eutelsat 1F2 retired in 1993
14 August
06:28		 Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 1/5
Progress 23 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics 28 August
01:28		 Successful
28 August
18:03		 Titan 34B Vandenberg SLC-4W
USA-4 (SDS-1-5) US Air Force Molniya Communications In orbit Successful
30 August
12:41		 Space Shuttle Discovery Kennedy LC-39A United Space Alliance
STS-41-D NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 5 September
15:37		 Successful
SBS-4 SBS Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
Telstar 302 AT&T Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
Leasat 2 US Navy Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
OAST-1 NASA Low Earth (Discovery) Solar array R&D 5 September
15:37		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with six astronauts
Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Discovery

September
8 September
21:41		 Atlas E/SGS-2 Vandenberg SLC-3W
USA-5 (GPS-10) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful

October
5 October
11:03		 Space Shuttle Challenger Kennedy LC-39A United Space Alliance
STS-41-G NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 13 October
16:26		 Successful
ERBS NASA Low Earth Radiation budget observation In orbit Successful
OSTA-3 NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Earth imaging 13 October
16:26		 Successful
ORS NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Satellite refuelling demonstration 13 October
16:26		 Successful
Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Canadian space traveller
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B)
ERBS retired on 14 October 2005

November
8 November
12:15		 Space Shuttle Discovery Kennedy LC-39A United Space Alliance
STS-51-A NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment and retrieval 16 November
11:59		 Successful
Anik D2 Telesat Canada Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
Leasat 1 US Navy Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous		 Communications In orbit Successful
Manned orbital flight with five astronauts
Anik D2 retired on 31 January 1995
Retrieved Westar 6 and Palapa B2 satellites which were stranded in Low Earth orbit after PAM failures during deployment from Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41-B in February.
10 November
01:14		 Ariane 3 Kourou ELA Arianespace
Spacenet F2 Spacenet Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
MARECS 2 ESA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful

December
4 December
18:03		 Titan 34D Vandenberg SLC-4E
USA-6 (KH-11-6) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
12 December
10:42		 Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS Vandenberg SLC-3W
NOAA 9 (NOAA-F) NOAA Sun-synchronous Meteorology In orbit Successful
22 December
00:02		 Titan 34D/Transtage Cape Canaveral LC-40
USA-7 (DSP-12) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning In orbit Successful
← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec →

Deep-space rendezvous

There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1984.

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
7 February 5 hours
55 minutes		 STS-41-B
Challenger		 Bruce McCandless II
Robert L. Stewart		 McCandless and Stewart rode on the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMUs) during the first untethered EVAs in history. Both astronauts practiced using tools and procedures for the planned capture and repair of the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite to be performed in a subsequent flight.[1]
9 February 6 hours
17 minutes		 STS-41-B
Challenger		 Bruce McCandless II
Robert L. Stewart		 Continued testing the MMUs and practice with tools and procedures to be used with recovery and repair of the SMM satellite.[1]
8 April
14:18		 2 hours
38 minutes		 16:56 STS-41-C
Challenger		 George Nelson
James van Hoften		 Nelson rode the MMU to the SMM satellite. Van Hoften stood by in the payload bay to provide any needed assistance. After three unsuccessful attempts to capture the SMM with the Trunnion Pin Acquisition Device (TPAD) tool and one attempt to grab the satellite by hand, the spacewalkers returned to Challenger. The SMM was recovered the next day with the RMS.[2]
11 April
08:58		 6 hours
44 minutes		 15:42 STS-41-C
Challenger		 George Nelson
James van Hoften		 Completed repair of the SMM satellite and then continued testing of the MMU.[3]
23 April
04:31		 4 hours
20 minutes		 08:46 Salyut 7 EO-3 Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov		 Installed a new ladder to reach the ruptured Main Oxidizer Line on Salyut 7. First of five EVAs to conduct the repair.
26 April
02:40		 4 hours
56 minutes		 07:40 Salyut 7 EO-3 Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov		 Removed installation and installed a valve in the spare oxidizer line. Second of five EVAs to repair the Main Oxidizer Line on the station.
29 April
01:35		 2 hours
45 minutes		 04:20 Salyut 7 EO-3 Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov		 Installed a bypass line around the damaged section of the Main Oxidizer Line on the station. Third of five repair EVAs.
3 May
23:15		 2 hours
45 minutes		 4 May
02:00		 Salyut 7 EO-3 Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov		 Installed a second bypass line and replaced thermal insulation at the Main Oxidizer Line of the station. Fourth of five repair EVAs.
18 May
17:52		 3 hours
5 minutes		 20:57 Salyut 7 EO-3 Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov		 Installed two new solar arrays onto the space station.
25 July
14:55		 3 hours
35 minutes		 18:29 Salyut 7 EP-4 Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Svetlana Savitskaya		 Tested the URI multi-purpose tool with several metal samples.
Savitskaya became the first women in history to perform an EVA.
8 August
08:46		 5 hours 13:46 Salyut 7 EO-3 Leonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov		 Using a pneumatic press tool delivered by Soyuz T-12, the cosmonauts completed the fifth and final EVA to repair the damaged Main Oxidizer Line of the station by crimping the ends of the ruptured pipe.
11 October
15:38		 3 hours
29 minutes		 19:05 STS-41-G
Challenger		 David Leestma
Kathryn Sullivan		 Demonstrated the use of the Orbital Refueling System, including the installation of an ORS valve maintenance kit.[4]
Sullivan was the first American women and the second women in history to conduct an EVA.[5]
12 November
13:25		 6 hours 19:25 STS-51-A
Discovery		 Joseph P. Allen
Dale Gardner		 Allen rode the MMU to the Palapa B2 satellite and retrieved it into the payload bay. Gardner and Allen then secured the satellite in the payload bay for return to Earth.[6]
14 November
11:09		 5 hours
42 minutes		 16:51 STS-51-A
Discovery		 Joseph P. Allen
Dale Gardner		 Gardner rode the MMU to the Westar 6 satellite and retrieved it into the payload bay. Allen and Gardner then secured the satellite in the payload bay for return to Earth.[6]

References
Generic references:

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Collins, Jr., Michael A. (March 1984). "STS 41B National Space Transportation System Program Mission Report" (PDF). NASA. pp. 8. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19850015588_1985015588.pdf. Retrieved February 15, 2009. 
  2. ^ "Space Shuttle Flight 11 (STS-41C)". Space Shuttle Video Library. National Space Society. 2008. http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle11.htm. Retrieved February 17, 2009. 
  3. ^ Collins, Michael (May 1984). "STS-41C National Space Transportation System Program Mission Report" (PDF). NASA. pp. 5. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19850015588_1985015588.pdf. Retrieved February 18, 2009. 
  4. ^ Collins, Jr., Michael A. (November 1984). "STS 41-G National Space Transportation System Program Mission Report" (PDF). NASA. pp. 3. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920075377_1992075377.pdf. Retrieved February 18, 2009. 
  5. ^ Wade, Mark (2008). "Sullivan web page". Encyclopedia Astronautica web site. http://www.astronautix.com/astros/sullivan.htm. Retrieved February 18, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b "Space Shuttle Flight 14 (STS-51A)". Space Shuttle Video Library. National Space Society. July 2008. http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle14.htm. Retrieved February 20, 2009. 
1940s 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013
Preceded by
1983		 Timeline of spaceflight
1984		 Succeeded by
1985