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 |
Contents |
| 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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