 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident |
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| Fact Sheet | |
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| Orbital Launches | |
| 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 |
| Retirements | Energia Titan 34D |
| Manned flights | |
| Orbital | 5 |
| Total travellers | 19 |
| Date/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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||
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