1993 in spaceflight
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 12 January |
Last | 22 December |
Total | 83 |
Successes | 77 |
Failures | 4 |
Partial failures | 2 |
National firsts | |
Satellite | ![]() |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Ariane 4 42L Atlas IIAS PSLV Start-1 |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 9 |
Total travellers | 47 |
The following is an outline of 1993 in spaceflight.
First Hubble repair mission[edit]
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Launches[edit]
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January[edit] | |||||||
12 January 11:10:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
13 January 01:49 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Communications | 15 November 2005 | Successful | ||
13 January 13:59:30[1] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 19 January 13:37:47 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts | |||||||
19 January 14:49:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 25 March | Successful | ||
24 January 05:58:05 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-13 | 22 July | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts | |||||||
26 January 15:55:26 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Operational | ||
27 January 10:43:41 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere | In orbit | Failure | ||
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi); Failed before reaching space | |||||||
28 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Reentry vehicle test | 28 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) | |||||||
February[edit] | |||||||
3 February 02:55 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 February 16:24 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | BTTV-3 Validation | 5 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi); | |||||||
7 February | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
8 February 20:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 8 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
9 February 02:56:56 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
9 February 14:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | INPE | Low Earth | Environmental | In orbit | Operational | ||
11 February | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Orbital Sciences | Suborbital | Re-entry vehicle test | 11 February | Failure | ||
Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) | |||||||
17 February 20:09:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | MOM | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
18 February 07:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Suborbital | Ionosphere and Plasma | 18 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi) | |||||||
19 February 13:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISRO | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 19 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
19 February 13:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISRO | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 19 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
19 February 18:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SSI | Suborbital | Microgravity | 19 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 301 kilometres (187 mi) | |||||||
20 February 02:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISAS | Low Earth | Astronomy | 2 March 2001 | Successful | ||
21 February 18:32:33 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 27 March | Successful | ||
25 February 13:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
26 February 20:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SDC | Suborbital | Test | 26 February | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of UGM-27 Polaris in STARS configuration; Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi) | |||||||
March[edit] | |||||||
2 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
8 March 00:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 8 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
10 March 13:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
10 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
16 March 02:12:41 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SDIO | Suborbital | Plasma | 16 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
22 March | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | INPE | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 22 March | Successful | ||
Apogee: 102 kilometres (63 mi) | |||||||
25 March 02:28 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
25 March 13:15:27 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of Start-1 | |||||||
25 March 21:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Launch failure | ||
Booster engine failure left spacecraft in useless orbit | |||||||
26 March 02:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
30 March 03:09 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Decommissioned on 24 October 2005 | |||||||
30 March 12:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 10 December 1994 | Successful | ||
31 March 03:34:13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 3 March 1994 | Successful | ||
April[edit] | |||||||
1 April 18:57:26 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
2 April 10:09 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA/UCB | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 2 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,425 kilometres (885 mi) | |||||||
2 April 14:30:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 7 June | Successful | ||
6 April 19:07:27 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Missile defence | 8 March 2022[3] | Successful | ||
8 April 05:29[1] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Solar astronomy | 17 April 11:37:19 | Successful | ||
![]() | ESA/NASA | Low Earth (Discovery) | Spacelab ATLAS-2 | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Discovery) | Solar | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; SPARTAN deployed from Discovery on 11 April and retrieved on 13 April | |||||||
12 April 17:18 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 12 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi) | |||||||
16 April 07:49 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
17 April 09:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA/Colorado at Boulder | Suborbital | X-Ray astronomy | 17 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi) | |||||||
19 April 05:50 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISRO | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 19 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi) | |||||||
21 April 00:23 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Communications | 25 January 2004 | Successful | ||
25 April 13:56 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Orbcomm | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | STP | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
26 April 14:50[1] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() | NASA/DLR | Low Earth | Microgravity | 6 May 14:30 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA/DLR | Low Earth (Columbia) | Spacelab D2 | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
27 April 10:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 6 May | Spacecraft failure | ||
Mission aborted after six days | |||||||
28 April 03:39:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 18 March 1995 | Successful | ||
May[edit] | |||||||
1 May 05:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DLR | Suborbital | Microgravity | 1 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi) | |||||||
6 May 15:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 6 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 271 kilometres (168 mi) | |||||||
11 May 14:56:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
12 May 00:56:32 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SES Astra | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | RACE/AMSAT | Medium Earth | Communications | In orbit | Partial satellite failure | ||
Maiden flight of Ariane 4 (42L); VHF transponder on Arsene failed during launch and UHF/S-band transponder failed on 6 September 1993, making satellite unusable | |||||||
13 May 00:07 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Decommissioned on 20 December 2007 | |||||||
14 May 01:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 14 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
19 May 00:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 19 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
21 May 09:15:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 20 June | Successful | ||
22 May 06:41:47 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 4 July | Successful | ||
23 May 09:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | BMDO | Suborbital | Target | 23 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 378 kilometres (235 mi) | |||||||
26 May 03:23 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
26 May 09:43 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
DLR/Aérospatiale | Suborbital | Test flight | 26 May | Successful | |||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
27 May 01:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | RSCC | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | 27 May | Launch Failure | ||
28 May 08:34 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | BMDO | Suborbital | Target | 28 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 390 kilometres (240 mi) | |||||||
29 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
29 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
29 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi) | |||||||
30 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Suborbital | Missile test | 30 May | Successful | ||||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
June[edit] | |||||||
15 June 17:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 15 June | Launch failure | ||
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) | |||||||
16 June 04:39 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 16 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi) | |||||||
16 June 04:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | 10 February 2009 | Successful | ||
Collided with Iridium 33 after retirement.[6] | |||||||
21 June 13:07:22[1] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity | 1 July 12:52 | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA/SpaceHab | Low Earth (Endeavour) | Scientific research | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; Retrieved European Retrievable Carrier | |||||||
22 June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | BMDO | Suborbital | Technology | 22 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
24 June 04:12:41 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
25 June 00:18 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Hughes | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
25 June 08:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 12 July | Successful | ||
25 June 23:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force/STP | Low Earth (Polar) | Radar calibration | In orbit | Successful | ||
26 June 13:27 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | L+1 hour | Successful | ||
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
July[edit] | |||||||
1 July 14:32:58 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-14 | 14 January 1994 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital fight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
2 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
7 July 07:15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 8 June 1995 | Successful | ||
7 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
7 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
14 July 03:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
14 July 16:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 25 July | Successful | ||
19 July 22:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
22 July 08:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 22 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi) | |||||||
22 July 08:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 5 August | Successful | ||
22 July 22:58:55 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Hispasat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
![]() | ISRO | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
23 July 08:22 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
27 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Matra | Suborbital | Photography | 27 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
28 July 05:43 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 28 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi) | |||||||
30 July 06:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi) | |||||||
August[edit] | |||||||
1 August 01:46 | ![]() | ![]() | NDRE | ||||
SCT-06 | NDRE | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 1 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
2 August 00:37 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi) | |||||||
2 August 01:02 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ||||
![]() | SSC | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | |||||||
2 August 01:24 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi) | |||||||
2 August 03:24 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi) | |||||||
2 August 05:54 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 2 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi) | |||||||
2 August 19:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NRO | Intended: Low Earth | Communications | T+101 seconds | Launch Failure | ||
![]() | US Navy | Intended: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Intended: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Intended: Low Earth | ELINT | ||||
Apogee: 33 kilometres (21 mi). One of the UA1207 solid rocket boosters exploded at T+101 seconds. Failure was attributed to damage caused by the ground crew due to an errant cut into one of the SRB segments while repairing the booster. | |||||||
4 August 00:52 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Communications | 31 December 2013 | Successful | ||
9 August 10:02 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NOAA | Sun-synchronous | Weather | In orbit | Successful | ||
10 August 14:53:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Molniya | Missile defence | In orbit | Operational | ||
10 August 22:23:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 13 October | Successful | ||
17 August 18:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Solar | 17 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 312 kilometres (194 mi) | |||||||
20 August 18:27 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
24 August 10:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Remote sensing | 10 September | Successful | ||
25 August 10:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SDC | Suborbital | Target | 25 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi) | |||||||
28 August 09:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | X-Ray astronomy | 28 August | Launch Failure | ||
Apogee: 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) | |||||||
30 August 12:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
Decommissioned on 1 May 2013[8] | |||||||
31 August 04:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | Telespazio | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
31 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 31 August | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |||||||
September[edit] | |||||||
3 September 11:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
7 September 13:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 18 December | Successful | ||
10 September 16:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 10 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
12 September 11:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 22 September 07:56 | Successful | ||
![]() ![]() | NASA/DARA | Low Earth (Discovery) | Astronomy | ||||
![]() | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; ACTS deployed using Transfer Orbit Stage and retired on 28 April 2004 | |||||||
13 September 18:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 13 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi) | |||||||
15 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 15 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
16 September 07:36:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
16 September 23:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASDA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 16 September | Successful | ||
Apogee: 264 kilometres (164 mi) | |||||||
17 September 00:43:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 7 August 1995 | Successful | ||
20 September 05:12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ISRO | Intended: Low Earth | Remote sensing | 20 September | Launch Failure | ||
Maiden flight of PSLV; failed to reach orbit due to guidance system malfunction | |||||||
26 September 01:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Spot Image | Sun-synchronous | Remote sensing | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | CNES | Low Earth | Gravity | In orbit | Successful | ||
Healthsat-2 | SatelLife | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | KAIST | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | Interferometrics/AMSAT | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | Interferometrics/AMSAT | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
![]() | Low Earth | Technology | In orbit | Successful | |||
SPOT 3 ceased functioning on 14 November 1997; PoSAT-1 is the first Portuguese satellite | |||||||
30 September 17:05:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
October[edit] | |||||||
4 October 17:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ultraviolet astronomy | 4 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
4 October 19:35 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Plasma | 4 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
5 October 17:56 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Intended: Low Earth | Remote sensing | 5 October | Launch Failure | ||
Upper stage failed to ignite; Apogee: 724 kilometres (450 mi) | |||||||
8 October 08:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | CASC | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 28 October | Successful | ||
8 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 8 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
11 October 21:33:19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Roskosmos | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 21 November | Successful | ||
18 October 14:53:10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity | 1 November | Successful | ||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Spacelab SLS-2 | ||||
![]() | NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Cryogenic mission extension pallet | ||||
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts | |||||||
21 October 01:46 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | INTA | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 21 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi) | |||||||
22 October 06:46 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Intelsat | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
26 October 10:00:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 11 August 2003 | Successful | ||
26 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Target | 26 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
28 October 15:17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
28 October 17:04 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
November[edit] | |||||||
2 November 12:10:09 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MO RF | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational | ||
2 November | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | RVSN | Suborbital | Technology | L+1 hour | Successful | ||
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) | |||||||
3 November | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Suborbital | Missile test | 3 November | Successful | |||
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |||||||
4 November 07:07 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity | 4 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi) | |||||||
5 November 08:25 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 28 December 1994 | Successful | ||
17 November | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | INPE | Suborbital | Ionosphere | 17 November | Successful | ||
Apogee: 555 kilometres (345 mi) | |||||||
18 November 13:54:59 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MOM | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Sold to Rimsat as Rimsat-1, then to PASI as PASI-1, then to LMI as LIM-AP-1 | |||||||
18 November | ![]() |