1996 in spaceflight

{{Infobox Year in spaceflight

| year = 1996

| image = Long March 3B pitches over 2 seconds into launch.jpg

| caption = The first Long March 3B, carrying Intelsat 708, goes off-course immediately after launch. The rocket later came down over a village, reportedly killing several to hundred on the ground

| first = 11 January

| last = 24 December

| total = 77

| success = 69

| failed = 4

| partial = 4

| catalogued = 73

| firstsat = {{MYS}}

| firsttrav =

| maidens = Ariane 5G
J-I
Long March 3B

| orbital = 9

| totalcrew = 49

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| programme = Timeline of spaceflight

| previous_mission = 1995

| next_mission = 1997

}}

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1996 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

Intelsat 708 launch failure

Orbital launches

|colspan="8"|

= January =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=11 January |time=09:41

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}{{OV|105}}

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
Retrieved Space Flyer Unit

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-72

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Satellite retrieval

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=2

|d-date=20 January

|d-time=07:41

|d-span=2

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}OAST-Flyer

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=12 January |time=23:10

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks=Measat-1 is the first Malaysian satellite

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}PAS-3R

|user=PanAmSat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|MAS}}Measat-1

|user=Binariang

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 January |time=11:10

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Koreasat-2 retired on 8 April 2000

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|KOR}}Koreasat-2

|user=Korea Telecom

|orbit=Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 January |time=15:33

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2327 (Parus)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 January |time=09:56

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gorizont 31

|user=MOM

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

}}

|colspan="8"|

= February =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=1 February |time=01:15

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIAS

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|Indonesia}}Palapa C1

|user=Telkom Indonesia

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

|D-Date=2011

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=5 February |time=07:19

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44P)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}N-STAR b

|user=NTT

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 February |time=19:01

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3B

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LC-2

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CASC

|remarks=Maiden flight of Long March 3B
Loss of control at T+2 seconds, exploded 20 seconds later; Six to hundred fatalities on the ground

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 708

|user=Intelsat

|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Launch Failure

|d-time=+22 seconds

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 February |time=20:43

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-8

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Flyby of 253 Mathilde, entered orbit around and landed on 433 Eros; First probe to orbit and land on an asteroid
Final contact received on 28 February 2001, and unsuccessfully attempted on 10 December 2002

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}NEAR

|user=NASA

|orbit=Erosian
via Heliocentric

|function=Asteroid probe

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=12 February 2001

|d-time=20:01

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6

|date=19 February |time=00:58

|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Tsyklon-3

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 32

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gonets-D1

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gonets-D1

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gonets-D1

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2328 (Strela-3)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2329 (Strela-3)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2330 (Strela-3)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=19 February |time=08:19

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|remarks=Upper stage failed to ignite for second burn due to blocked valve

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Raduga 44L

|user=MOM

|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous
Actual: Geosynchronous transfer

|function=Communications

|outcome=Launch Failure

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 February |time=12:34

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz TM-23

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Mir EO-21

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=2 September

|d-time=07:41

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=22 February |time=20:18

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle {{OV|102|full=no}}

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
TSS-1R tether snapped during deployment; Intended to be returned to Earth by Columbia, but could not be recovered

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-75

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=USMP-3

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 March

|d-time=13:58

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}TSS-1R

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Tether satellite

|outcome=Failure

|d-date=19 March

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}EDO Pallet

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)

|function=Cryogenic mission extension pallet

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 March

|d-time=13:58

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 February |time=11:24

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-10

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Mission concluded in April 2008

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Polar

|user=NASA

|orbit=High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Auroral research

|outcome=Successful

}}

|colspan="8"|

= March =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=9 March |time=01:53

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}REX 2

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Ionosphere research

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 March |time=07:11

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44LP)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 707

|user=Intelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 March |time=17:40

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2331 (Yantar-4K1)

|user=MOM

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=11 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 March |time=04:53

|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}PSLV

|site={{flagicon|IND}}Sriharikota FLP

|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|IND}}IRS-P3

|user=ISRO

|orbit=Sun-synchronous

|function=Remote sensing

|outcome=Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=22 March |time=08:13

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle {{OV|104|full=no}}

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-76

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Shuttle-Mir flight

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=2

|d-date=31 March

|d-time=13:28

|d-span=2

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}SpaceHab LSM

|user=NASA/SpaceHab

|orbit=Low Earth (Atlantis)

|function=Logistics

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 March |time=00:21

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-117 (GPS IIA-16)

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Medium Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

|colspan="8"|

= April =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 April |time=23:01

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UK}}Inmarsat 3F1

|user=Inmarsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=8 April |time=23:09

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|LUX}}Astra 1F

|user=SES Astra

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 April |time=22:36

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (42P)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|CAN}}MSAT-1

|user=TMI

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 April |time=11:48

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Priroda

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Mir module

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=23 March 2001

|d-time=05:50

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 April |time=12:27

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Member of the Space Surveillance Network

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}MSX

|user=BMDO

|orbit=Sun-synchronous

|function=Infrared astronomy

|outcome=Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 April |time=13:00

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2332 (Taifun)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Radar calibration

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 January 2005

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 April |time=23:37

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVA (401)/Centaur

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-41

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-118 (Mercury-2)

|user=NRO

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=ELINT

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=30 April |time=04:31

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas I

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ITA}}BeppoSAX

|user=ASI

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=X-ray astronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=30 April 2003

}}

|colspan="8"|

= May =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=5 May |time=07:04

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-31

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Logistics

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=1 August

|d-time=20:33

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6

|date=12 May |time=21:32

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVA (403)

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4E

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-119 (NOSS 2–3)

|user=NRO

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=SIGINT

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-120 (NOSS 2–3)

|user=NRO

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=SIGINT

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-121 (NOSS 2–3)

|user=NRO

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=SIGINT

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-122 (NOSS 2–3)

|user=NRO

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=SIGINT

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-123 (TiPS)

|user=NRL

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Space tether experiment

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-124 (TiPS)

|user=NRL

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Space tether experiment

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 May |time=08:55

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|remarks=Payload fairing disintegrated

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Yantar-1KFT

|user=VKS

|orbit=Intended: Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Launch Failure

|d-time=+ 49 seconds

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=16 May |time=01:56

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|Indonesia}}Palapa C2

|user=Telkom Indonesia

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ISR}}AMOS 1

|user=Spacecom

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 May |time=02:44

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-H

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}MSTI-3

|user=BMDO

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=11 December 1997

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5

|date=19 May |time=10:30

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Endeavour

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
SPARTAN used to deploy the IAE satellite on 20 May; PAMS deployed on 22 May

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-77

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=3

|d-date=29 May

|d-time=11:10

|d-span=3

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}SpaceHab LSM

|user=NASA/SpaceHab

|orbit=Low Earth (Endeavour)

|function=Scientific experiments

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}SPARTAN-207

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology demonstration

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}IAE

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology demonstration

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=22 May

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}PAMS

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology demonstration

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=26 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 May |time=01:09

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Galaxy 9

|user=PanAmSat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 May |time=02:05

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gorizont 32

|user=MOM

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

|colspan="8"|

= June =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4

|date=4 June |time=12:34

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks=Maiden flight of Ariane 5G; Ariane 5 Flight 501
Programming error led to rocket going off course

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name=23px Cluster F1

|user=ESA

|orbit=Intended: High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Magnetosphere research

|outcome=Launch Failure

|o-span=4

|d-time=+37 seconds

|d-span=4

}}{{TLS-PL

|name=23pxCluster F2

|user=ESA

|orbit=Intended: High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Magnetosphere research

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name=23pxCluster F3

|user=ESA

|orbit=Intended: High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Magnetosphere research

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name=23pxCluster F4

|user=ESA

|orbit=Intended: High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Magnetosphere research

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 June |time=06:55

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44P)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 709

|user=Intelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=20 June |time=14:49

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Columbia

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-78

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=3

|d-date=7 July

|d-time=12:36

|d-span=3

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Spacelab Long Module 2

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)

|function=Spacelab LMS-1

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}EDO Pallet

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)

|function=Cryogenic mission extension pallet

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 June |time=18:45

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 16/2

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|remarks=Payload fairing disintegrated

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Yantar-4K1

|user=VKS

|orbit=Intended: Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Launch Failure

|d-time=+50 seconds

}}

|colspan="8"|

= July =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=2 July |time=07:48

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}TOMS-EP

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Ozone mapping

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 July |time=00:31

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVA (405)

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-40

|LSP=Lockheed Martin

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-125 (SDS 2–4)

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 July |time=10:47

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LC-1

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Apstar 1A

|user=APT

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=9 July |time=22:24

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|SAU}}Arabsat 2A

|user=Arabsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|TUR}}Turksat 1C

|user=Türksat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 July |time=00:50

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-126 (GPS IIA-17)

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Medium Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 July |time=12:42

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-127 (UHF F/O F7)

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=31 July |time=20:00

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-32

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Logistics

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=20 November

|d-time=22:42

}}

|colspan="8"|

= August =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=8 August |time=22:49

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ITA}}Italsat F2

|user=ASI

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Telecom 2D

|user=France Télécom

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 August |time=22:20

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}} Molniya 1-89

|user=MOM

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

|d-date = 7 April 2012

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=17 August |time=01:58

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-II

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}NASDA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}ADEOS (Midori)

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Atmospheric research

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}JAS-2 (Fuji-2)

|user=JARL

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 August |time=13:18

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz TM-24

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Mir EO-22

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=2 March 1997

|d-time=06:44

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=18 August |time=10:27

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LC-1

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|remarks=Third stage failure left satellite in useless orbit

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Chinasat 7

|user=Chinasat

|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous
Actual: High Earth (elliptical)

|function=Communications

|outcome=Launch Failure

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 August |time=09:47

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}FAST

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Magnetosphere research

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=29 August |time=05:22

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|Argentina}}MUSAT

|user=CONAE

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Magnetosphere research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=12 November 1999

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Interbol 2

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Auroral research

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|Czech Republic}}Magion 5

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Auroral research

|outcome=Successful

}}

|colspan="8"|

= September =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=4 September |time=09:01

|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 45/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Kosmos 2333 (Tselina-2)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=ELINT

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=5 September |time=12:47

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2334 (Parus)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|MEX}}Oscar 30

|user=UNAMSAT

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 September |time=17:37

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UK}}Inmarsat 3F2

|user=Inmarsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=8 September |time=21:49

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}GE 1

|user=GE Americom

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=11 September |time=00:00

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (42P)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks=Retired after malfunction on 14 July 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5471 |title=Sea Launch lofts EchoStar 11 – EchoStar 2 dies on orbit |last=Bergin |first=Chris |publisher=NASASpaceflight.com |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=16 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719085257/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5471 |archive-date=19 July 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Echostar II

|user=EchoStar

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=12 September |time=08:49

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-128 (GPS IIA-18)

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Medium Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=16 September |time=08:54

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Atlantis

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-79

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Shuttle-Mir flight

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=2

|d-date=26 September

|d-time=12:13

|d-span=2

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}SpaceHab LDM

|user=NASA/SpaceHab

|orbit=Low Earth (Atlantis)

|function=Logistics

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 September |time=17:50

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Ekspress-6

|user=RSCSC

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

|colspan="8"|

= October =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 October |time=07:20

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 2D

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Jiuquan

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}FSW-2-3

|user=CASC

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=4 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 October |time=11:37

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya 3–48

|user=MOM

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=18 October 2007

|d-time=03:51

}}

|colspan="8"|

= November =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=4 November |time=17:08

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Wallops Island

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences

|remarks=Both payloads failed to separate from the launch vehicle and each other

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}HETE

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Astronomy

|outcome=Launch Failure

|o-span=2

|d-date=7 April 2002

|d-span=2

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|Argentina}}SAC-B

|user=CONAE

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=7 November |time=17:00

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Contact lost on 2 November 2006 and mission declared complete on 10 January 2007 after numerous troubleshooting attempts to regain contact.

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Mars Global Surveyor

|user=NASA

|orbit=Areocentric

|function=Mars orbiter

|outcome=Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=13 November |time=22:40

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|SAU}}Arabsat 2B

|user=Arabsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|MYS}}Measat-2

|user=Binariang

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 November |time=20:48

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/D-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|remarks=Upper stage failed to re-ignite for Earth orbit departure; re-entered the following day

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Mars 96 (Mars-8)

|user=VKS

|orbit=Intended: Areocentric
Actual: Low Earth

|function=Mars orbiter

|outcome=Failure

|d-date=17 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4

|date=19 November |time=19:55

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Columbia

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; All EVAs cancelled due to airlock malfunction; Longest-duration Space Shuttle flight in history{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/07/one.sheet.space.shuttle/index.html | work=CNN | title=CNN Student News One-Sheet: Space Shuttle Facts | access-date=20 April 2010 | date=11 March 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100603060434/http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/07/one.sheet.space.shuttle/index.html| archive-date= 3 June 2010 | url-status= live}}
Story Musgrave becomes the only American astronaut to fly on all five Space Shuttle orbiters[http://www.spacestory.com/storyf.htm Story Musgrave 6-time Space Shuttle Astronaut simulates Space Flight | Hubble Space Telescope | Space Exploration | Space Story] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930011915/http://www.spacestory.com/storyf.htm |date=30 September 2011 }}
ORFEUS-SPAS deployed on 20 November and retrieved on 4 December; WSF deployed on 22 November and retrieved on 26 November

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-80

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=4

|d-date=7 December

|d-time=11:49

|d-span=4

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}ORFEUS-SPAS

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Ultraviolet astronomy

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Wake Shield Facility

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Materials research

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}EDO Pallet

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)

|function=Cryogenic mission extension pallet

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=19 November |time=23:20

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|remarks=Failed to redock after free-flight in February–March 1997

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-33

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)

|function=Logistics

|outcome=Partial Failure

|d-date=12 March 1997

|d-time=03:23

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 November |time=20:47

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Hot Bird 2

|user=Eutelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

|colspan="8"|

= December =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=4 December |time=06:58

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=First Mars rover; landing site: Ares Vallis
Final contact with Sojourner received on 27 September 1997 and the mission was terminated on 10 March 1998

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Mars Pathfinder

|user=NASA

|orbit=Heliocentric

|function=Mars lander

|outcome=Successful

|o-span=2

|d-date=4 July 1997

|d-time=16:57

|d-span=2

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Sojourner

|user=NASA

|orbit=Heliocentric

|function=Mars rover

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=11 December |time=12:00

|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Tsyklon-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 90/20

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2335 (EORSAT)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=1 January 1999

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=18 December |time=01:57

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UK}}Inmarsat 3F3

|user=Inmarsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 December |time=06:43

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2336 (Parus)

|user=MO RF

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 December |time=18:04

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVA (404)

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4E

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin

|remarks=NRO Launch 2

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-129 (KH-12)

|user=NRO

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Operational

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 December |time=13:50

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Bion 11

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Biological research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=7 January 1997

}}

Suborbital launches

|colspan=8|

=January-March=

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=10 January

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}DF-21

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=10 January

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=27 January

|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Prithvi II

|site={{flagicon|IND}}Balasore

|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}DRDO

|remarks=Maiden flight of Prithvi II missile

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=DRDO

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=27 January

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=11 February |time=23:00

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}S-310

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura LA-K

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}ISAS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}NTV-1

|user=ISAS

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Aeronomy research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=11 February

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=11 February |time=23:00

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}J-I

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-N

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}NASDA

|remarks=Only flight of J-I

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}HYFLEX

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Test flight

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=11 February

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=23 February |time=19:17

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=23 February

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=23 February |time=19:44

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Ionosphere research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=23 February

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=2 March |time=10:00

|rocket={{flagicon|UK}}Skylark 7

|site={{flagicon|SWE}}Esrange Area S

|LSP={{flagicon|GER}}DLR

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|GER}}TEXUS 34

|user=DASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=2 March

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 March |time=03:35

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Astronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=6 March

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 March |time=20:01

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-09

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}FOT GT161GM

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=6 March

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=22 March

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Hera

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-94

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=ABM target

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=22 March

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=22 March

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}THAAD

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=ABM Test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=22 March

}}

|colspan=8|

=April-June=

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 April |time=15:59

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant 9CM1

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Aeronomy and microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=3 April

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 April |time=07:00

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PM Topol

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 158

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=17 April

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 April

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=21 April

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 April

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=21 April

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 May |time=04:16

|rocket={{flagicon|UK}}Skylark 7

|site={{flagicon|SWE}}Esrange Area S

|LSP={{flagicon|GER}}DLR

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|SWE}}Maser 7

|user=SSC

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=3 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=8 May |time=08:01

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-118 Peacekeeper

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-05

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=8 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 May

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-96 Trident I

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=16 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 May

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-96 Trident I

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=16 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 May

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-96 Trident I

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=16 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 May

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-96 Trident I

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=16 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=30 May |time=08:01

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-118 Peacekeeper

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-02

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=30 May

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=4 June |time=05:06

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant VIIIC

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}XQC

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=X-ray astronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=4 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 June

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}UR-100N

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=6 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 June

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PM Topol

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 158

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=6 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 June |time=05:50

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Radio astronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=17 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 June |time=14:40

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Test rocket

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=20 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 June |time=12:17

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-10

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=26 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 June |time=14:59

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-04

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=26 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 June |time=19:00

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Solar observation

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=26 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 June

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29 Vysota

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Submarine, Sea of Okhotsk

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Russian Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Russian Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 June

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29 Vysota

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Submarine, Sea of Okhotsk

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Russian Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Russian Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 June

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 June

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29 Vysota

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Submarine, Sea of Okhotsk

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Russian Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Russian Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 June

}}

|colspan=8|

=July-September=

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=9 July

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Aries

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Tracking demonstration

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=14 July |time=07:15

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant 9CM1

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}NUVIEWS 1

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Ultraviolet astronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=14 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 July

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29 Vysota

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Submarine, Barents Sea

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Russian Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Russian Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=15 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 July

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29 Vysota

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Submarine, Barents Sea

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Russian Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Russian Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=15 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 July |time=11:28

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Hera

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-94

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=ABM Target

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=15 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 July |time=11:31

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}THAAD

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=ABM test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=15 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 July |time=18:21

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Castor 4B

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wake Island

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Orbital Sciences

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Re-entry test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=15 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=19 July

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=19 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=19 July

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=19 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 July

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PM Topol

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 158

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=25 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 July |time=09:40

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant 9CM1

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Aeronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=26 July

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=12 August |time=18:58

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Nike Orion

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Aeronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=12 August

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 August |time=15:30

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}S-310

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura Area K

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}ISAS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}SEEK

|user=ISAS

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Plasma research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=20 August

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 August |time=16:00

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant 9CM1

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Solar research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=20 August

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 August |time=14:00

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}S-310

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura Area K

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}ISAS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}SEEK

|user=ISAS

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Plasma research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=26 August

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=29 August

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant VC

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Test rocket

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=29 August

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=31 August |time=15:41

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}STARS II II (Polaris A3)

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Barking Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|remarks=Target for MSX satellite observation.{{Cite report |url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA329052 |title=STARS MDT-II Targets Mission |last=Sims |first=Brent A. |last2=White |first2=John E. |date=1997 |publisher=Sandia National Laboratories |osti=513539 |id=DTIC ADA329052 |via=the Internet Archive |osti-access=free}} Apogee: {{cvt|909|km|}}.

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}ODES/MSX MDT-2

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Target

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=31 August

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=11 September |time=08:01

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-118 Peacekeeper

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-05

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=11 September

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 September |time=22:00

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}TR-1

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-T

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}NASDA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=24 September

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=27 September |time=16:51

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30F Minuteman II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-03

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Target

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=27 September

}}

|colspan=8|

=October-December=

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=2 October

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-96 Trident I

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=2 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 October

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PM Topol

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 158

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=3 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 October

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29 Vysota

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Submarine, Barents Sea

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Russian Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=Russian Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=3 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=9 October

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Hera

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-94

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=ABM target

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=9 October

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}THAAD

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=ABM test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 October |time=10:41

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LCLV

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Red Tigress 3

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Target

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=16 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 October |time=16:02

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=16 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 October |time=03:00

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Astronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=21 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 October

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 October

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Submarine, Eastern Range

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Navy

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=29 October |time=03:30

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Aeronomy

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=29 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 November |time=13:06

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-118 Peacekeeper

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-02

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=6 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=9 November |time=08:50

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PM Topol

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 158

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=13 November |time=18:30

|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}SERTS-96

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Solar observation

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=13 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 November |time=13:30

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion

|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=NASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Test rocket

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=17 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 November |time=11:05

|rocket={{flagicon|UK}}Skylark 7

|site={{flagicon|SWE}}Esrange Area S

|LSP={{flagicon|GER}}DLR

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|GER}}TEXUS 35

|user=DASA

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Microgravity research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=24 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=29 November

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PU Topol

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 158

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN

|payload={{TLS-PL

|user=RVSN

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=29 November

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 December

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}DF-21

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|orbit=Suborbital

|function=Missile test

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=28 December

}}

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT) !Spacecraft !Event !Remarks
class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
27 June	Galileo	1st flyby of Ganymede
6 September	Galileo	2nd flyby of Ganymede
4 November	Galileo	1st flyby of Callisto
19 December	Galileo	1st flyby of Europa

EVAs

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Start Date/Time !Duration !End Time !Spacecraft !Crew !Remarks
15 January 05:35 \|6 hours 9 minutes \|11:44 \|STS-72 {{OV\|105\|full=no}} \|{{flagicon\|USA}}Leroy Chiao {{flagicon\|USA}}Daniel T. Barry \|Practiced construction techniques for the upcoming International Space Station. The activities included installing a cable tray, hooking up cables and fluid lines, handling small screws and bolts in the screw, and grappling large objects at the end of the robotic arm.{{cite web \|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-05-highlights.html \|title=STS-72 Day 5 Highlights \|last=Dumoulin\|first=Jim\|year=2001\|work=NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive\|publisher=NASA\|access-date=7 March 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090321061029/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-05-highlights.html\| archive-date= 21 March 2009 \| url-status= live}}
17 January 05:40 \|6 hours {{nowrap\|54 minutes}} \|12:34 \|STS-72 Endeavour \|{{flagicon\|USA}}Leroy Chiao {{flagicon\|USA}}Winston E. Scott \|Continued testing of construction techniques with utility boxes, slidewires and a portable work stanchion attached to the robotic arm. Scott also tested the heating capabilities of his spacesuit by riding the robotic arm into a cold night zone while Endeavour{{'}}s payload bay was oriented toward space.{{cite web\|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-07-highlights.html\|title=STS-72 Day 7 Highlights\|last=Dumoulin\|first=Jim\|year=2001\|work=NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive \|publisher=NASA\|access-date=7 March 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090321060920/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-07-highlights.html\| archive-date= 21 March 2009 \| url-status= live}}
8 February 14:03 \|3 hours 5 minutes \|17:08 \|Mir EO-20 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|GER}}Thomas Reiter {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yuri Gidzenko \|Moved a YMK maneuvering unit from the Kvant-2 airlock and secured it on the module exterior. Then collected experiments deployed earlier on the ESEF. The team was unable to remove an antenna from Kristall when they were unable to loosen some bolts on the antenna.
15 March 01:04 \|5 hours 51 minutes \|06:55 \|Mir EO-21 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Usachov \|To improve access to the outside of the Kristall module, Onufriyenko and Usachev installed a second Strela boom on the Mir base block. Also prepared cables and connectors for the future installation of the Mir Cooperative Solar Array.
27 March 06:34 \|6 hours 2 minutes \|12:36 \|STS-76 Mir {{OV\|104\|full=no}} \|{{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|USA}}Michael R. Clifford}} {{flagicon\|USA}}Linda M. Godwin \|Added four canisters of experiments, called the Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP), to the outside of docking module. Also tested new tethers and foot restraints for future use on Mir and the upcoming ISS assembly. First Shuttle-Mir EVA and EVA performed from a Space Shuttle docked at a space station.
20 May 22:50 \|6 hours 20 minutes \|21 May 04:10 \|Mir EO-21 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Usachov \|Moved the Mir Cooperative Solar Array (MCSA) from its stowage position on Kristal to a final location on Kvant-1, and prepared the array for complete deployment. Also released a balloon shaped like a large Pepsi can, and filmed it for a television commercial.
24 May 20:47 \|6 hours 43 minutes \|25 May 02:30 \|Mir EO-21 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Usachov \|Completed deployment of the Mir Cooperative Solar Array (MCSA) on the Kvant-1 module.
30 May 18:20 \|4 hours 20 minutes \|22:40 \|Mir EO-21 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Usachov \|Installed the German made Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner (MOMS) camera to the exterior of the Priroda module. Also installed a new handrail on the exterior of Kvant-2 to aid future spacewalks.
6 June 16:56 \|3 hours 34 minutes \|20:30 \|Mir EO-21 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Usachov \|Installed two American micrometeoroid detector experiments to the exterior of Kvant-2. Also replaced a cassette for the Komza experiment of the surface of Spektr.
13 June 12:45 \|5 hours 42 minutes \|18:27 \|Mir EO-21 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko {{flagicon\|RUS}}Yury Usachov \|Installed the Rapana girder to the exterior of Kvant-1 in anticipation of mounting future experiments to the girder. Also manually deployed the Travers radar on the surface of Priroda.
2 December 15:54 \|5 hours 58 minutes \|21:52 \|Mir EO-22 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Valery Korzun {{flagicon\|RUS}}Aleksandr Kaleri \|Successfully connected electrical cables to the solar panels on surface installed on Kvant-1.{{cite web\|url=http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws337.txt \|title=MIRNEWS 3 DECEMBER 1996 (337) \|last=van der Berg \|first=Chris \|date=3 December 1996 \|work=MirNews \|publisher=SpaceOnLine \|access-date=7 March 2009 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090308010750/http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws337.txt \|archive-date=8 March 2009 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy }}
9 December 13:50 \|6 hours 38 minutes \|20:28 \|Mir EO-22 Kvant-2 \|{{flagicon\|RUS}}Valery Korzun {{flagicon\|RUS}}Aleksandr Kaleri \|Completed the construction of the Rapana truss structure and the installed the Kurs docking antenna. Also fixed an amateur radio antenna that had loosened.{{cite web\|url=http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws338.txt \|title=MIRNEWS 10 DECEMBER 1996 (338) \|last=van der Berg \|first=Chris \|date=10 December 1996 \|work=MirNews \|publisher=SpaceOnLine \|access-date=8 March 2009 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090308021434/http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws338.txt \|archive-date=8 March 2009 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy }}

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Start Date/Time

!Duration

!End Time

!Spacecraft

!Crew

!Remarks

15 January
05:35

|6 hours
9 minutes

|11:44

|STS-72
{{OV|105|full=no}}

|{{flagicon|USA}}Leroy Chiao
{{flagicon|USA}}Daniel T. Barry

|Practiced construction techniques for the upcoming International Space Station. The activities included installing a cable tray, hooking up cables and fluid lines, handling small screws and bolts in the screw, and grappling large objects at the end of the robotic arm.{{cite web |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-05-highlights.html |title=STS-72 Day 5 Highlights |last=Dumoulin|first=Jim|year=2001|work=NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive|publisher=NASA|access-date=7 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090321061029/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-05-highlights.html| archive-date= 21 March 2009 | url-status= live}}

17 January
05:40

|6 hours
{{nowrap|54 minutes}}

|12:34

|STS-72
Endeavour

|{{flagicon|USA}}Leroy Chiao
{{flagicon|USA}}Winston E. Scott

|Continued testing of construction techniques with utility boxes, slidewires and a portable work stanchion attached to the robotic arm. Scott also tested the heating capabilities of his spacesuit by riding the robotic arm into a cold night zone while Endeavour{{'}}s payload bay was oriented toward space.{{cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-07-highlights.html|title=STS-72 Day 7 Highlights|last=Dumoulin|first=Jim|year=2001|work=NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive |publisher=NASA|access-date=7 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090321060920/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/sts-72-day-07-highlights.html| archive-date= 21 March 2009 | url-status= live}}

8 February
14:03

|3 hours
5 minutes

|17:08

|Mir EO-20
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|GER}}Thomas Reiter
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yuri Gidzenko

|Moved a YMK maneuvering unit from the Kvant-2 airlock and secured it on the module exterior. Then collected experiments deployed earlier on the ESEF. The team was unable to remove an antenna from Kristall when they were unable to loosen some bolts on the antenna.

15 March
01:04

|5 hours
51 minutes

|06:55

|Mir EO-21
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Usachov

|To improve access to the outside of the Kristall module, Onufriyenko and Usachev installed a second Strela boom on the Mir base block. Also prepared cables and connectors for the future installation of the Mir Cooperative Solar Array.

27 March
06:34

|6 hours
2 minutes

|12:36

|STS-76
Mir {{OV|104|full=no}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}}Michael R. Clifford}}
{{flagicon|USA}}Linda M. Godwin

|Added four canisters of experiments, called the Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP), to the outside of docking module. Also tested new tethers and foot restraints for future use on Mir and the upcoming ISS assembly. First Shuttle-Mir EVA and EVA performed from a Space Shuttle docked at a space station.

20 May
22:50

|6 hours
20 minutes

|21 May
04:10

|Mir EO-21
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Usachov

|Moved the Mir Cooperative Solar Array (MCSA) from its stowage position on Kristal to a final location on Kvant-1, and prepared the array for complete deployment. Also released a balloon shaped like a large Pepsi can, and filmed it for a television commercial.

24 May
20:47

|6 hours
43 minutes

|25 May
02:30

|Mir EO-21
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Usachov

|Completed deployment of the Mir Cooperative Solar Array (MCSA) on the Kvant-1 module.

30 May
18:20

|4 hours
20 minutes

|22:40

|Mir EO-21
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Usachov

|Installed the German made Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner (MOMS) camera to the exterior of the Priroda module. Also installed a new handrail on the exterior of Kvant-2 to aid future spacewalks.

6 June
16:56

|3 hours
34 minutes

|20:30

|Mir EO-21
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Usachov

|Installed two American micrometeoroid detector experiments to the exterior of Kvant-2. Also replaced a cassette for the Komza experiment of the surface of Spektr.

13 June
12:45

|5 hours
42 minutes

|18:27

|Mir EO-21
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|RUS}}Yury Usachov

|Installed the Rapana girder to the exterior of Kvant-1 in anticipation of mounting future experiments to the girder. Also manually deployed the Travers radar on the surface of Priroda.

2 December
15:54

|5 hours
58 minutes

|21:52

|Mir EO-22
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Valery Korzun
{{flagicon|RUS}}Aleksandr Kaleri

|Successfully connected electrical cables to the solar panels on surface installed on Kvant-1.{{cite web|url=http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws337.txt |title=MIRNEWS 3 DECEMBER 1996 (337) |last=van der Berg |first=Chris |date=3 December 1996 |work=MirNews |publisher=SpaceOnLine |access-date=7 March 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090308010750/http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws337.txt |archive-date=8 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}

9 December
13:50

|6 hours
38 minutes

|20:28

|Mir EO-22
Kvant-2

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Valery Korzun
{{flagicon|RUS}}Aleksandr Kaleri

|Completed the construction of the Rapana truss structure and the installed the Kurs docking antenna. Also fixed an amateur radio antenna that had loosened.{{cite web|url=http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws338.txt |title=MIRNEWS 10 DECEMBER 1996 (338) |last=van der Berg |first=Chris |date=10 December 1996 |work=MirNews |publisher=SpaceOnLine |access-date=8 March 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090308021434/http://www.ik1sld.org/mirnews/dat_mirnws338.txt |archive-date=8 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}

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