1997 in spaceflight

1997 in spaceflight

rowspan = "2"|12 January, 09:27 GMT
rowspan = "2"|OV|104
rowspan = "2"|LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "2"|USA
|STS-81, 6 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Manned orbital flight
|22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT
|Successful
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|SpaceHab LDM
|NASA/SpaceHab
|LEO, attached to "Atlantis"
|Resupply Mir
|22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT
|Successful
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|15 January
|R-29
|Submarine, Barents Sea
|VMF
|VMF
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|15 January 1997
|Successful
-
|17 January, 01:17 GMT
|Minuteman II
|LF-03, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|IFT-1
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|EKV ABM target
|17 January 1997
|Successful
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|17 January, 16:28 GMT
|Delta II (7925-9.5)
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|GPS 2R-1 (SVN-42)
|US Air Force
|Intended: MEO
|Navigation
|T+12 seconds
|Failure
|SRB structural failure caused rocket to explode
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rowspan = "2"|29 January
rowspan = "2"|Storm-2
rowspan = "2"|LC-32, White Sands
rowspan = "2"|Orbital Sciences
|MTTV
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|Target spacecraft
rowspan="2"|29 January 1997
rowspan="2"|Failure
rowspan="2"
-
|MTD-2
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|Weapons test

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|30 January
|SR19
|C-130, NAS Point Mugu
|US Air Force
|AltAir (Have Gold)
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|Test flight
|T+28 seconds
|Failure
|Accidentally destroyed by range safety
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|30 January, 07:30 GMT
|S-520
|Pad K, Kagoshima
|ISAS
|ISAS
|Sub-orbital
|Technology development
|30 January 1997
|Successful
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|30 January, 08:42 GMT
|Minuteman III
|LF-26, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|FOT GT163GB
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|30 January 1997
|Successful
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rowspan = "2"|30 January, 22:04 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 4 (44L)
rowspan = "2"|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|GE 2
|GE Americom
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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|Nahuel 1A
|Nahuelsa
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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|31 January, 01:55 GMT
|MR-12
|Kapustin Yar
|AN RF
|Flaksus-1
|APL
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|31 January 1997
|Successful
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|5 February, 02:16 GMT
|MR-12
|Kapustin Yar
|AN RF
|Flaksus-2
|APL
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|5 February 1997
|Successful
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|7 February
|R-17 (Scud)
|Bigen Island, Aur Atoll
|US Air Force
|Willow Dune
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|Target spacecraft
|7 February 1997
|Successful
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|10 February, 05:17 GMT
|Black Brant XII
|Poker Flat
|NASA
|PHAZE 2
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|10 February 1997
|Successful
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|10 February, 06:30 GMT
|Castor-Orbus
|LA-26, Nevada Test Site
|Sandia
|Sandia
|Sub-orbital
|Test sounding rocket
|10 February 1997
|Successful
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|10 February, 14:09 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|LC-1, Baikonur
|RKA
|Soyuz TM-25, 3 cosmonauts
|RKA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Manned orbital flight
|14 August 1997
|Successful
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|11 February, 08:36 GMT
|Black Brant XII
|Poker Flat
|NASA
|Auroral Turbulance 2
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Auroral/Ionosphere research
|11 February 1997
|Successful
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|11 February, 08:55 GMT
|OV|103
|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
|USA
|STS-82, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, rendezvous with HST
|Manned orbital flight
|21 February 1997, 08:32 GMT
|Successful
|Hubble servicing mission 2 (HSM-2)
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|12 February, 04:50 GMT
|M-V
|Kagoshima
|ISAS
|HALCA (MUSES-B)
|ISAS
|MEO
|Astronomy
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
|Maiden flight of M-V
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|12 February, 21:00 GMT
|LCLV
|Wallops Island
|Orbital Sciences
|MDT IV
|Sub-orbital
|Target spacecraft
|12 February 1997
|Successful
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rowspan = "6"|14 February, 03:47 GMT
rowspan = "6"|Tsyklon-3
rowspan = "6"|LC-32, Plesetsk
rowspan = "6"
|Gonets-D1
|RKA
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Gonets-D1
|RKA
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Gonets-D1
|RKA
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Kosmos 2337 (Strela)
|MO RF
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Kosmos 2338 (Strela)
|MO RF
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Kosmos 2339 (Strela)
|MO RF
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|17 February, 01:42 GMT
|Atlas IIAS
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|JCSAT 4
|JSAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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|20 February
|Trident C-4
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|20 February 1997
|Successful
-
|20 February
|Trident C-4
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|20 February 1997
|Successful
-
|20 February
|Trident C-4
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|20 February 1997
|Successful
-
|20 February
|Trident C-4
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|20 February 1997
|Successful
-
|22 February
|Castor 4B
|Wake Island
|Orbital Sciences
|TCMP II
|Sub-orbital
|Re-entry vehicle test
|22 February 1997
|Successful
-
|23 February
|Prithvi
|Balasore
|IDRDL
|IDRDL
|Sub-orbital
|Test flight
|23 February 1997
|Successful
-
|23 February, 10:06 GMT
|LCLV
|Wallops Island
|Orbital Sciences
|MDT III
|Sub-orbital
|Target spacecraft
|23 February 1997
|Successful
-
|23 February, 20:20 GMT
|Titan IVB/IUS
|LC-40, Cape Canaveral
|DSP Block 14 (USA 130)
|US Air Force
|Geosynchronous
|Early warning
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
|Maiden flight of Titan IVB
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|26 February, 20:00 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Test sounding rocket
|26 February 1997
|Successful
-
|1 March
|Castor 4B
|Wake Island
|Orbital Sciences
|TCMP II
|Sub-orbital
|Re-entry vehicle test
|1 March 1997
|Successful
-
|1 March, 01:07 GMT
|Ariane 4 (44P)
|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
|Arianespace
|Intelsat 801
|Intelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|4 March, 02:00 GMT
|Start-1
|LC-5, Svobodniy
|Zeya
|MO RF
|LEO
|Comsat
|25 October 1999
|Successful
-
|6 March
|Hera
|LC-94, White Sands
|US Air Force
|BRV
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ABM Target
|6 March 1997
|Successful
-
|6 March
|THAAD
|White Sands
|US Air Force
|ABM
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ABM test
|6 March 1997
|Successful
-
|8 March, 06:01 GMT
|Atlas IIA
|LC-36A, Cape Canaveral
|Tempo 2
|TCI
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|13 March, 10:20 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|Poker Flat
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|13 March 1997
|Successful
-
|18 March, 00:16 GMT
|Trident D-5
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|18 March 1997
|Successful
-
|18 March
|Trident D-5
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|18 March 1997
|Successful
-
|19 March
|R-17 (Scud)
|Bigen Island, Aur Atoll
|US Air Force
|Willow Dune
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|Target spacecraft
|19 March 1997
|Successful
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|25 March, 03:15 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ultraviolet astronomy
|25 March 1997
|Successful
|Studied Hale-Bopp comet
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|30 March, 03:25 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|EUVS
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ultraviolet astronomy
|30 March 1997
|Successful
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|4 April, 16:47 GMT
|Titan IIG
|SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB
|DMSP 5D-2
|US Air Force/NOAA
|LEO
|Weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful
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rowspan = "2"|4 April, 19:20 GMT
rowspan = "2"|OV|102
rowspan = "2"|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "2"|USA
|STS-83, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO
|Manned orbital flight
rowspan="2"|8 April 1997, 18:33 GMT
rowspan="2"|Partial Failure
rowspan="2"|Fuel cell failure, flight aborted.
Reflown as STS-94 later in 1997
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|Spacelab MSL-1
|NASA
|LEO, attached to "Columbia"
|Microgravity research

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|6 April, 03:25 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|6 April 1997
|Successful
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|6 April, 16:04 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|LC-1, Baikonur
|RKA
|Progress M-34
|RKA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Resupply Mir
|2 July 1997, 06:31 GMT
|Partial Failure
|Collided with Mir during rendezvous tests on at 09:18 GMT on 25 June, heavily damaging space station.
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|8 April, 03:55 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|WISP
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ultraviolet Astronomy
|8 April 1997
|Successful
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|9 April, 08:58 GMT
|Molniya-M
|LC-16, Plesetsk
|Kosmos 2340 (Oko)
|MO RF
|Molniya
|Early warning
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|16 April, 23:08 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 4 (44LP)
rowspan = "2"|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|Thaicom 3
|Shinawat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|BSAT 1a
|BSAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|17 April
|R-36M ("Satan")
|Baikonur
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|17 April 1997
|Successful
-
|17 April, 13:03 GMT
|Kosmos-3M
|LC-132, Plesetsk
|Kosmos 2341
|MO RF
|LEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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rowspan = "2"|21 April, 11:59 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Pegasus XL
rowspan = "2"|L-1011, Gando
rowspan = "2"|Orbital Sciences
|Minisat-01
|INTA
|LEO
|Technology demonstration
|26 February 2002
|Successful
-
|Celestis
|Space Services Incorporated
|LEO
|Space burial of human remains
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|25 April, 05:49 GMT
|Atlas I
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|GOES-10 (GOES-K)
|NOAA
|Geosynchronous
|Weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
|Final flight of Atlas I rocket
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|28 April, 16:42 GMT
|VS-30
|Alacantara
|INPE
|AL-VS30-223
|DLR
|Sub-orbital
|Test sounding rocket
|28 April 1997
|Successful
-
|30 April
|RH-560/300 Mk.II
|Sriharikota
|ISRO
|ISRO
|Sub-orbital
|Test sounding rocket
|30 April 1997
|Successful
-
|2 May, 07:30 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|X-ray Astronomy
|2 May 1997
|Successful
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rowspan = "5"|5 May, 14:55 GMT
rowspan = "5"|Delta II (7920-10C)
rowspan = "5"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "5"|Boeing
|Iridium 8
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 7
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 6
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 5
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 4
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|8 May, 07:10 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Astronomy
|8 May 1997
|Successful
-
|8 May, 08:01 GMT
|Peacekeeper
|LF-05, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|9 re-entry vehicles
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM Test
|8 May 1997
|Successful
-
|11 May, 16:17 GMT
|Long March 3A (CZ-3A)
|LC-2, Xichang
|Zhongxing-6 (Chinasat-6)
|Chinasat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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|14 April, 00:33 GMT
|Molniya-M
|LC-43, Plesetsk
|Kosmos 2342 (Oko)
|MO RF
|Molniya
|Early warning
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|15 May, 08:07 GMT
rowspan = "2"|OV|104
rowspan = "2"|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "2"|USA
|STS-84, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Manned orbital flight
|24 May 1997
13:27 GMT
|Successful
|Mir crew change
-
|SpaceHab LDM
|NASA/SpaceHab
|LEO, attached to "Atlantis"
|Resupply Mir
|24 May 1997
13:27 GMT
|Successful
-
|15 May, 12:10 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|LC-31, Baikonur
|Kosmos 2343
|MO RF
|LEO
|Reconnaissance
|15 September 1999
|Successful
-
|15 May, 19:16 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|NCAR/CU-6
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ultraviolet Astronomy/Solar observation
|15 May 1997
|Successful
-
|20 May, 07:07 GMT
|Zenit-2
|LC-45L, Baikonur
|Tselina-2
|VKS
|Intended: LEO
|ELINT
|T+48 seconds
|Failure
|Stage 1 engine failure
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|20 May, 22:39 GMT
|Delta II
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|Boeing
|Thor 2
|Telenor
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|21 May, 08:27 GMT
|Minuteman III
|LF-04, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|FOT GT164GM/SHARP
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM and re-entry vehicle test
|21 May 1997
|Successful
-
|23 May, 21:44 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|MSX
|SMDC
|Sub-orbital
|Target mission
|23 May 1997
|Successful
-
|24 May, 17:00 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-81, Baikonur
|ILS
|Telstar 5
|Loral
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|29 May, 04:56 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Radio astronomy
|29 May 1997
|Successful
-
|30 May
|Trident D-5
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|30 May 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|3 June, 23:20 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 4 (44L)
rowspan = "2"|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|Inmarsat 3
|Inmarsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Insat 2D
|ISRO
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|6 June, 16:56 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-200, Baikonur
|Kosmos 2344 (Arkon)
|MO RF
|MEO
|Reconnaissance
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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|10 June
|UR-100NU
|Baikonur
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|10 June 1997
|Successful
-
|10 June, 12:01 GMT
|Long March 3 (CZ-3)
|LC-1, Xichang
|Feng Yun 2A
|CASC
|Geosynchronous
|Weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Partial Failure
|Stopped transmitting data in April 1998, resumed transmission but imaging system failed in September
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|18 June, 14:02 GMT
|Minuteman III
|LF-10, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|FOT GT165GM
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|18 June 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "7"|18 June, 14:02 GMT
rowspan = "7"|Proton-K
rowspan = "7"|LC-81, Baikonur
rowspan = "7"
|Iridium 14
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
-
|Iridium 12
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 9
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|11 March 2003
|Failure
-
|Iridium 10
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 13
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 16
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 11
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
-
|24 June, 03:39 GMT
|Minuteman II
|LF-03, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|MSLS IFT-1A target
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ABM target
|24 June 1997
|Partial Failure
|Some decoys failed to deploy
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|24 June, 04:00 GMT
|Payload Launch Vehicle
|Meck, Kwajalein Atoll
|Orbital Sciences
|IFT-1A EKV
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ABM test
|24 June 1997
|Partial Failure
|Poor system performance
Non-destructive flyby test
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|25 June, 23:44 GMT
|Ariane 4 (44P)
|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
|Arianespace
|Intelsat 802
|Intelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|1 July, 18:02 GMT
rowspan = "2"|OV|102
rowspan = "2"|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "2"|USA
|STS-94, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO
|Manned orbital flight
|17 July 1997
10:40 GMT
|Successful
|Reflight of STS-83
First instance of astronauts making multiple orbital flights in the same year
-
|Spacelab MSL-1
|NASA
|LEO, attached to "Columbia"
|Microgravity research
|17 July 1997
10:40 GMT
|Successful
-
|5 July, 04:11 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|LC-1, Baikonur
|RKA
|Progress M-35
|RKA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Resupply Mir
|7 October 1997, 17:23 GMT
|Successful
-
|8 July, 12:25 GMT
|Topol
|LC-158, Plesetsk
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|8 July 1997
|Successful
-
|9 July
|KSR-II
|Anhueng
|KARI
|KARI
|Sub-orbital
|X-ray astronomy/Ionosphere research
|9 July 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "5"|9 July, 13:04 GMT
rowspan = "5"|Delta II (7920-10C)
rowspan = "5"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "5"|Boeing
|Iridium 15
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 17
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 20
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
-
|Iridium 18
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 21
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
-
|23 July
|R-29
|Submarine, Barents Sea
|VMF
|VMF
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|23 July 1997
|Successful
-
|23 July, 03:42 GMT
|Delta II (7925-9.5)
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|GPS 2R-2 (USA-132/SVN-43)
|US Air Force
|MEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|28 July, 01:15 GMT
|Atlas IIAS
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|Superbird C
|SCC
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
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|1 August, 20:20 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Vandenberg AFB
|Orbital Sciences
|Orbview-2
|GeoEye
|LEO
|Earth Observation
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|5 August, 15:35 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|LC-1, Baikonur
|RKA
|Soyuz TM-26, 2 cosmonauts
|RKA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Manned orbital flight
|19 February 1998
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|7 August, 14:41 GMT
rowspan = "2"|OV|103
rowspan = "2"|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "2"|USA
|STS-85, 6 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO
|Manned orbital flight
|19 August 1997
11:08 GMT
|Successful
-
|CRISTA
|DLR/NASA
|LEO
|Atmosphere research
|19 August 1997
11:08 GMT
|Successful
|Deployed: 7 August, 22:27 GMT
Retrieved: 16 August, 15:14 GMT
-
|8 August, 06:46 GMT
|Ariane 4 (44LP)
|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
|Arianespace
|Panamsat 6
|Panamsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|8 August, 13:19 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|8 August 1997
|Successful
-
|8 August, 13:24 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|COORS
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere/Aronomy research
|8 August 1997
|Failure
-
|8 August, 16:29 GMT
|Black Brant VC
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere/Aeronomy research
|8 August 1997
|Successful
-
|9 August, 13:29 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|9 August 1997
|Successful
-
|9 August, 22:57 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|9 August 1997
|Successful
-
|10 August, 13:36 GMT
|Viper
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|10 August 1997
|Successful
-
|10 August, 21:30 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|10 August 1997
|Successful
-
|11 August, 13:38 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|11 August 1997
|Successful
-
|11 August, 13:43 GMT
|Viper
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|11 August 1997
|Successful
-
|11 August, 18:18 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ultraviolet astronomy
|11 August 1997
|Successful
-
|11 August, 21:34 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|11 August 1997
|Successful
-
|12 August, 12:10 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|12 August 1997
|Successful
-
|12 August, 12:15 GMT
|Viper
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|12 August 1997
|Successful
-
|12 August, 12:26 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|12 August 1997
|Successful
-
|12 August, 21:41 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|12 August 1997
|Successful
-
|13 August, 13:50 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|13 August 1997
|Successful
-
|13 August, 13:55 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|13 August 1997
|Successful
-
|13 August, 21:40 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|13 August 1997
|Successful
-
|14 August, 12:22 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|14 August 1997
|Successful
-
|14 August, 12:27 GMT
|Viper
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|14 August 1997
|Successful
-
|14 August, 20:49 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-200, Baikonur
|Kosmos 2345 (SPRN)
|MO RF
|Geosynchronous
|Early warning
|Still in orbit
|Successful
|Retired 1 January 1999
-
|14 August, 21:53 GMT
|Viper
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|14 August 1997
|Successful
-
|15 August, 10:58 GMT
|Viper
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|15 August 1997
|Successful
-
|15 August, 20:25 GMT
|Super Loki
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|15 August 1997
|Successful
-
|19 August, 17:50 GMT
|Long March 3B (CZ-3B)
|LC-2, Xichang
|Agila 2
|MPSC
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "5"|21 August, 00:38 GMT
rowspan = "5"|Delta II (7920-10C)
rowspan = "5"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "5"|Boeing
|Iridium 26
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 25
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 24
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
-
|Iridium 23
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 22
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|23 August, 06:51 GMT
|Athena-1
|SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB
|Lewis
|NASA/TRW
|LEO
|Earth research
|28 September 1997
|Successful
-
|25 August, 14:39 GMT
|Delta II (7920-8)
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|ACE
|NASA
|Earth/Sun L1 point
|Magnetosphere research
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|28 August, 00:33 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-81, Baikonur
|ILS
|Panamsat 5
|Panamsat
|Geosynchronous
Then: Graveyard orbit
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|29 August, 15:02 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Vandenberg AFB
|Orbital Sciences
|FORTE
|US Air Force
|LEO
|Ionosphere research
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|1 September, 14:00 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD)
rowspan = "2"|LC-1, Taiyuan
rowspan = "2"|CASC
|Iridium MFS-1
|Iridium SSC/CASC
|LEO
|Boilerplate spacecraft
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|Iridium MFS-2
|Iridium SSC/CASC
|LEO
|Boilerplate spacecraft
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|2 September, 07:00 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Anna Plains
|NASA
|DUNDEE 1
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Target mission
|2 September 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|2 September, 22:21 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 4 (44LP)
rowspan = "2"|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|Hot Bird 3
|Eutelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Meteosat 7
|Eumetsat
|Geosynchronous
|Weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|4 September, 12:03 GMT
|Atlas IIAS
|LC-36A, Cape Canaveral
|GE 3
|GE Americom
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|5 September, 04:00 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Anna Plains
|NASA
|DUNDEE 2
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Target mission
|5 September 1997
|Successful
-
|10 September, 02:00 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Anna Plains
|NASA
|DUNDEE 3
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Target mission
|10 September 1997
|Successful
-
|10 September, 14:40 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Test sounding rocket
|10 September 1997
|Successful
-
|10 September, 15:10 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Microgravity research
|10 September 1997
|Successful
-
|11 September, 20:15 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Anna Plains
|NASA
|DUNDEE 4
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Target mission
|11 September 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "7"|14 September, 01:36 GMT
rowspan = "7"|Proton-K
rowspan = "7"|LC-81, Baikonur
rowspan = "7"|ILS
|Iridium 29
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 32
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 33
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 27
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|1 February 2002
|Failure
-
|Iridium 28
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 30
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 31
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|17 September, 08:01 GMT
|Peacekeeper
|LF-05, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|7 re-entry vehicles
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM Test
|17 September 1997
|Successful
-
|19 September, 13:00 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|19 September 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|23 September, 16:44 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Kosmos-3M
rowspan = "2"|LC-132, Plesetsk
rowspan = "2"
|Kosmos 2346 (Parus)
|MO RF
|LEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|FAISAT-2V
|FAI
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|23 September, 23:58 GMT
|Ariane 4 (42L)
|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
|Arianespace
|Intelsat 803
|Intelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|24 September
|Storm-2
|LC-32, White Sands
|US Air Force
|MTTV-4
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|Patriot target
|24 September 1997
|Successful
-
|24 September, 21:30 GMT
|Molniya-M
|LC-43, Plesetsk
|Molniya-1T
|MO RF
|Molniya
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|25 September, 00:30 GMT
|TR-1
|Area T, Tanegashima
|NASDA
|NASDA
|Sub-orbital
|Microgravity research
|25 September 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|26 September, 02:34 GMT
rowspan = "2"|OV|104
rowspan = "2"|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "2"|USA
|STS-86, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Manned orbital flight
|6 October 1997, 21:55 GMT
|Successful
-
|SpaceHab LDM
|NASA/SpaceHab
|LEO, attached to "Atlantis"
|Resupply Mir
|6 October 1997, 21:55 GMT
|Successful
-
rowspan = "5"|27 September, 01:23 GMT
rowspan = "5"|Delta II (7920-10C)
rowspan = "5"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "5"|Boeing
|Iridium 19
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 37
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 36
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 35
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 34
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|29 September, 04:47 GMT
|PSLV
|Sriharikota
|ISRO
|IRS-1D
|ISRO
|LEO
|Remote sensing
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|30 September, 20:10 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|HRTS 10
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Solar research
|30 September 1997
|Successful
-
|3 October, 07:07 GMT
|Topol
|LC-158, Plesetsk
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|3 October 1997
|Successful
-
|4 October, 18:30 GMT
|Castor-Orbus
|LA-26, Nevada Test Site
|Sandia
|Sandia
|Sub-orbital
|Test sounding rocket
|4 October 1997
|Failure
-
rowspan = "3"|5 October, 15:08 GMT
rowspan = "3"|Soyuz-U
rowspan = "3"|LC-1, Baikonur
rowspan = "3"|RKA
|Progress M-36
|RKA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Resupply Mir
|19 December 1997, 13:20 GMT
|Successful
-
|Sputnik-40
|RKA
|LEO
|Amateur radio satellite
|21 May 1998
|Successful
-
|X-Mir
|DASA
|LEO
|Inspection of Mir space station
|2 October 1998
|Successful
-
|5 October, 21:01 GMT
|Atlas IIAS
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|Echostar 3
|Echostar
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|9 October, 17:59 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Soyuz-U
rowspan = "2"|LC-43, Plesetsk
rowspan = "2"
|Foton 11
|RKA
|LEO
|Microgravity research
|23 October 1997
|Successful
|Recovered
-
|Mirka
|DFLR
|LEO
|Microgravity research
|23 October 1997
|Successful
|Recovered
-
|10 October
|Trident D-5
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|Royal Navy
|Royal Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|10 October 1997
|Successful
-
|10 October
|Trident D-5
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|Royal Navy
|Royal Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|10 October 1997
|Successful
-
|12 October, 16:42 GMT
|VS-30
|Andoya
|INPE
|AL-VS30-226
|DLR
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy research
|12 October 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|15 October, 08:43 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Titan IVB/Centaur
rowspan = "2"|LC-40, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = "2"
|Cassini
|NASA
|Saturnian orbit
via Heliocentric orbit
|Saturn orbiter
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
|First spacecraft to enter Saturnian orbit
-
|Huygens
|NASA/ESA
|Saturnian orbit
via Heliocentric orbit
|Titan lander
|14 January 2005, 12:43 GMT
|Successful
|First spacecraft to land on Titan
Released from Cassini on 25 December 2004
-
|16 October, 19:00 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Solar research
|16 October 1997
|Successful
-
|16 October, 19:13 GMT
|Long March 3B (CZ-3B)
|LC-2, Xichang
|Apstar 2R
|APT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|22 October, 13:13 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Wallops Island
|Orbital Sciences
|STEP-4
|US Air Force
|LEO
|31 March 2001
|Successful
-
|24 October, 02:32 GMT
|Titan IVA
|SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|Lacrosse 3 (USA-133)
|NRO/CIA
|LEO
|Reconnaissance
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|25 October, 00:46 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Atlas IIA
rowspan = "2"|LC-36A, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = "2"
|DSCS III B-13 (USA 135)
|US Air Force
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|FalconSat Gold
|United States Air Force Academy
|GTO
|Technology demonstration
|27 September 1998
|Successful
-
rowspan = "4"|30 October, 13:43 GMT
rowspan = "4"|Ariane 5
rowspan = "4"|ELA-3, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "4"|Arianespace
|MAQSAT-H
|ESA
|GTO
|Boilerplate spacecraft
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|MAQSAT-B
|ESA
|GTO
|Boilerplate spacecraft
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|TEAMSAT
|ESTEC
|GTO
|Technology development
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|YES
|ESTEC
|GTO
|Technology development
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|2 November, 12:25 GMT
|VLS-1
|Alacantara
|INPE
|SCD-2A
|INPE
|Intended: LEO
|Weather satellite
|2 November 1997
|Failure
|Maiden flight of VLS-1
First Brazilian attempt to orbit a satellite
-
|5 November, 20:02 GMT
|Terrier-Orion
|Andoya
|NASA
|Combined Sodium and Sporadic Layers
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|5 November 1997
|Successful
-
|5 November, 21:01 GMT
|Peacekeeper
|LF-02, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|8 re-entry vehicles
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM Test
|5 November 1997
|Successful
-
|6 November, 00:30 GMT
|Delta II (7925-9.5)
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|GPS 2A-28 (USA-134/SVN-38)
|US Air Force
|MEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|8 November, 02:05 GMT
|Titan IVA/Centaur
|LC-41, Cape Canaveral
|US Air Force
|Trumpet 3 (USA-136)
|NRO/US Air Force
|Molniya
|SIGINT
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "5"|9 November, 01:34 GMT
rowspan = "5"|Delta II (7920-10C)
rowspan = "5"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "5"|Boeing
|Iridium 43
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 41
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 40
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 39
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 38
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|12 November, 17:00 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-200, Baikonur
|Kupon
|RFCB
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|12 November, 21:48 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 4 (44L)
rowspan = "2"|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|Sirius 2
|NSAB
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Cakrawarta 1
|Indostar
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|14 November, 05:00 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|White Sands
|NASA
|SCARI
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ultraviolet astronomy
|14 November 1997
|Successful
-
|17 November
|Hera
|LC-96, Fort Wingate
|US Air Force
|MTV target
|US Air Force
|Sub-orbital
|ABM Target
|17 November 1997
|Failure
-
|18 November, 11:14 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|Plesetsk
|Resurs F-1M
|RKA
|LEO
|Remote Sensing
|13 December 1997
|Successful
|Recovered
-
|18 November, 19:35 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|LC-36, White Sands
|NASA
|SERTS-97
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Solar observation
|18 November 1997
|Successful
-
|19 November
|RT-23
|Nenoksa
|RVSN
|VMF
|Sub-orbital
|Test rocket
|19 November 1997
|Failure
-
rowspan = "3"|19 November, 19:46 GMT
rowspan = "3"|OV|102
rowspan = "3"|LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan = "3"|USA
|STS-87, 6 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO
|Manned orbital flight
|5 December 1997
|Successful
-
|SPARTAN 201
|NASA
|LEO
|Microgravity research
|5 December 1997, 12:20 GMT
|Failure
|Deployed: 21 November
Retrieved: 25 November
Failed to orient itself due to human error during deployment
-
|AERCam-Sprint
|NASA
|LEO
|Observation/inspection satellite
|5 December 1997, 12:20 GMT
|Partial Failure
|Deployed and recovered on 3 December
Only one of two planned tests conducted due to time pressure after SPARTAN failure
-
rowspan = "3"|27 November, 21:27 GMT
rowspan = "3"|H-II
rowspan = "3"|Area Y, Tanegashima
rowspan = "3"
|TRMM
|NASA
|LEO
|Environmental research
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|Hikoboshi (ETS-7)
|NASDA
|LEO
|Automated docking test
|Still in orbit
|Successful
|Docking test with Orihime on 7 July 1998cite web|url=http://robotics.jaxa.jp/project/ets7-HP/ets7_e/rvd/rvd_index_e.html|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=1999-09-16|title=Rendezvous Docking Experiment Plan and Results|publisher=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]
-
|Orihime (ETS-7)
|NASDA
|LEO
|Automated docking test
|Still in orbit
|Successful
|Docking test with Orihime on 7 July 1998cite web|url=http://robotics.jaxa.jp/project/ets7-HP/ets7_e/rvd/rvd_index_e.html|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=1999-09-16|title=Rendezvous Docking Experiment Plan and Results|publisher=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]
-
|November
|Long March 1D (CZ-1D)
|Taiyuan
|Sub-orbital
|Test rocket
|Within an hour of launch
|Successful
-
|2 December, 08:42 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|SvalRak
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|2 December 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|2 December, 22:52 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 4 (44P)
rowspan = "2"|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|JCSAT 5
|JSAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Equator-S
|MPE
|LEO/HEO
|Magnetosphere research
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|12 November, 17:00 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-200, Baikonur
|ILS
|Astra 1G
|SES Astra
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|3 December, 09:06 GMT
|Black Brant IX
|SvalRak
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|3 December 1997
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|8 December, 07:16 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD)
rowspan = "2"|LC-1, Taiyuan
rowspan = "2"|CASC
|Iridium 42
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|Iridium 44
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
-
|8 December, 23:52 GMT
|Atlas IIAS
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|Galaxy 8i
|Panamsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|9 December, 07:17 GMT
|Tsyklon-2
|LC-90, Baikonur
|Kosmos 2347 (EORSAT)
|MO RF
|LEO
|SIGNIT
|11 December 1999
|Successful
-
|15 December, 15:40 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|Plesetsk
|Kosmos 2348 (Yantar)
|MO RF
|LEO
|Reconnaissance
|14 April 1998
|Successful
-
|18 December
|Trident D-5
|ETR, Cape Canaveral
|US Navy
|77ss
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|18 December 1997
|Successful
-
|20 December, 08:45 GMT
|Soyuz-U
|Plesetsk
|Progress M-37
|RKA
|LEO, docked to Mir
|Resupply Mir
|15 March 1998, 23:04 GMT
|Successful
-
rowspan = "5"|20 December, 13:16 GMT
rowspan = "5"|Delta II (7920-10C)
rowspan = "5"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "5"|Boeing
|Iridium 45
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 46
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 47
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Iridium 48
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|5 May 2001
|Failure
-
|Iridium 49
|Iridium SSC
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|22 December, 00:16 GMT
|Ariane 4 (42L)
|ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)
|Arianespace
|Intelsat 804
|Intelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "8"|23 December, 19:11 GMT
rowspan = "8"|Pegasus XL/HAPS
rowspan = "8"|L-1011, Wallops Island
rowspan = "8"|Orbital Sciences
|Orbcomm A1
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A2
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A3
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A4
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A5
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A6
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A7
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Orbcomm A8
|Orbcomm
|LEO
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|24 December, 13:32 GMT
|Start-1
|LC-5, Svobodniy
|Early Bird
|EarthWatch
|LEO
|Earth observation
|27 July 2000
|Successful
-
|24 December, 23:19 GMT
|Proton-K
|LC-81, Baikonur
|ILS
|HGS-1 (Asiasat 3/Panamsat 22)
|Original: AsiaSat
Then: Hughes
Then: Panamsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Partial Failure
|Upper stage failure
Performed lunar flyby to reduce orbital inclination
Eventually reached correct orbit
-

Deep-space rendezvous

* 20 February - Galileo, 2nd flyby of Europa
* 5 April - Galileo 3rd flyby of Ganymede
* 7 May - Galileo 4th flyby of Ganymede
* 25 June - Galileo, 2nd flyby of Callisto
* 27 June - NEAR, flyby of 253 Mathilde (1,200 km)
* 4 July - Mars Pathfinder, landed in Ares Vallis
* 11 September - Mars Global Surveyor entered Martian orbit
* 17 September - Galileo 3rd flyby of Callisto
* 6 November - Galileo 3rd flyby of Europa
* 16 December - Galileo 4th flyby of Europa

EVAs

References

Footnotes


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