Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident |
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 6 January |
Last | 29 December |
Total | 121 |
Catalogued | 116 |
National firsts | |
Satellite | Israel Luxembourg |
Orbital Launch | Israel |
Space traveller | Afghanistan |
Rockets | |
Maiden Flights | Ariane 4 Long March 4A Shavit |
Retirements | Energia Titan 34D |
Manned flights | |
Orbital | 5 |
Total travellers | 19 |
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Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
Remarks | ||||||
7 June 21:38:16 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
Soyuz TM-5 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EP-2 | 7 September 00:48:38 |
Successful | ||
Manned flight launching three cosmonauts and landing two, computer problems during deorbit nearly resulted in loss of crew, and delayed landing by one day | ||||||
29 August 04:23:11 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
Soyuz TM-6 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EP-3 | 21 December 09:57:00 |
Successful | ||
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, one remained on Mir as part of EO-3, first Afghan space traveller | ||||||
29 September 15:37:00 |
Space Shuttle Discovery | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance | |||
STS-26R | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 3 October 16:37:11 |
Successful | |
TDRS-3 (TDRS-C) | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |
Manned flight with five astronauts, first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident in 1986, TDRS deployed using Inertial Upper Stage | ||||||
15 November 03:00:02 |
Energia | Baikonur Site 110/37 | ||||
Buran Flight 1L | Low Earth | Test flight | 06:26 | Successful | ||
37KB #37070 | Low Earth (Buran) | Test flight | Successful | |||
Unmanned test, only flight of Buran and final flight of Energia | ||||||
26 November 14:49:34 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | ||||
Soyuz TM-7 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-4/EP-4 | 27 April 1989 02:57:58 |
Successful | ||
Manned flight with three cosmonauts | ||||||
2 December 14:30:34 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance | |||
STS-27R | NASA/NRO | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 6 December 23:30:39 |
Successful | |
USA-34 (Lacrosse 1) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Radar imaging | 25 March 1997 | Successful | |
Manned flight with five astronauts |
There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.
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