1997 in spaceflight
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{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox year in spaceflight
|year = 1997
|image = Cassini-Huygens launch.jpg
|caption = Launch of the Cassini and Huygens spacecraft on a Titan IVB
|first = 12 January
|last = 24 December
|total = 89
|success = 83
|failed = 3
|partial = 3
|catalogued = 86
|maidens = M-V
Titan IVB
VLS-1
Taepodong-1
|retired = Atlas I
|orbital = 10
|totalcrew = 51
|firstsat = {{flag|Philippines|1986}}
|firsttrav =
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme = Timeline of spaceflight
| previous_mission = 1996
| next_mission = 1998
}}
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1997 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
Cassini–Huygens launch
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Orbital launches
{{TLS-M|1997}}
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|colspan="8"|
= January =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=12 January |time=09:27
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}{{OV|104}}
|flight=
|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-81
|user=NASA
|function=Shuttle-Mir flight
|outcome=Successful
|o-span=2
|d-date=22 January
|d-time=14:23
|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=17 January |time=16:28
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|remarks=SRB structural failure caused rocket to explode; First flight of GPS Block IIR satellite
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GPS IIR-1
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Intended: Medium Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Launch Failure
|d-time=+12 seconds
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=30 January |time=22:04
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GE 2
|user=GE Americom
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|Argentina}}Nahuel 1A
|user=Nahuelsa
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= February =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 February |time=14:09
|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-25
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Mir EO-23
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 August
|d-time=12:17
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 February |time=08:55
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle {{OV|103|full=no}}
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-82
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (HST)
|function=Hubble Servicing Mission 2
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 February
|d-time=08:32
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 February |time=04:50
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}M-V
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}ISAS
|remarks=Maiden flight of M-V; Mission concluded in November 2005
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}HALCA (MUSES-B)
|user=ISAS
|orbit=Medium Earth
|function=Astronomy
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date=14 February |time=03:47
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Tsyklon-3
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 32
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gonets-D1
|user=Gonets SatCom
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gonets-D1
|user=Gonets SatCom
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Gonets-D1
|user=Gonets SatCom
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2337 (Strela-3)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2338 (Strela-3)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2339 (Strela-3)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 February |time=01:42
|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|JPN}}JCSAT-4
|user=JSAT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 February |time=20:20
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVB (402)/IUS
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-40
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|remarks=Maiden flight of Titan IVB
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-130 (DSP F18)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Early warning
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= March =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 March |time=01:07
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44P)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 801
|user=Intelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 March |time=02:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Start-1
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Svobodniy Site 5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Zeya
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=25 October 1999
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 March |time=06:01
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Suffered damage from a solar flare in April 1997 and was retired on 15 August 2006.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Tempo 2
|user=TCI
|orbit=Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= April =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 April |time=16:47
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan 23G
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-131 (DMSP 5D2 F14)
|user=US Air Force/NOAA
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Meteorology
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=4 April |time=19:20
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle {{OV|102|full=no}}
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
Fuel cell failure caused the flight to be aborted. Re-flown as STS-94 later the same year.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-83
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Microgravity research
|outcome=Partial Failure
|o-span=3
|d-date=8 April
|d-time=18:33
|d-span=3
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Spacelab Long Module 1
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)
|function=Spacelab MSL-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=6 April |time=16:04
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=Collided with Mir during rendezvous tests on 25 June, heavily damaging the station and permanently depressurizing the Spektr module.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-34
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Spacecraft failure
|d-date=2 July
|d-time=06:31
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 April |time=08:58
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 16/2
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2340 (Oko)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Molniya
|function=Early warning
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=16 April |time=23:08
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44LP)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|remarks=Thaicom 3 deorbited after suffering severe power degradation.{{cite web |url=http://www.thaicom.net/eng/satellite_thaicom3.aspx |title = :: Thaicom 3 :: |access-date=2009-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505005827/http://www.thaicom.net/eng/satellite_thaicom3.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2009}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|Thailand}}Thaicom 3
|user=Thaicom
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 October 2006
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}BSAT-1A
|user=BSAT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 April |time=13:03
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2341 (Parus)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=21 April |time=11:59
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|ESP}}Stargazer, Gando
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|ESP}}Minisat-01
|user=INTA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Technology development
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=26 February 2002
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Celestis Founders
|user=Celestis
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Space burial
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=20 May 2002
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 April |time=05:49
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas I
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Final flight of Atlas I, satellite retired and boosted to graveyard orbit on 1 December 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091202_goes.html|title=NOAA Deactivates GOES-10 after 12 Years of Tracking Storms|publisher=NOAA|date=2 December 2009|access-date=3 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091207010218/http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091202_goes.html| archive-date= 7 December 2009 | url-status=live}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GOES 10 (GOES-K)
|user=NOAA
|orbit=Geosynchronous
Graveyard (after retirement)
|function=Meteorology
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= May =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date=5 May |time=14:55
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II (7920-10C)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 8
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 7
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 6
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 5
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 4
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 May |time=16:17
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3A
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LC-2
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Zhongxing-6 (Chinasat-6)
|user=Chinasat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 May |time=00:33
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2342 (Oko)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Molniya
|function=Early warning
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=15 May |time=08:07
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Atlantis
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-84
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Shuttle-Mir flight
|outcome=Successful
|o-span=2
|d-date=24 May
|d-time=13:27
|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=15 May |time=12:10
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2343
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Reconnaissance
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=18 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 May |time=07:07
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-2
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 45/1
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|remarks=Stage 1 engine failure
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Tselina-2
|user=VKS
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=ELINT
|outcome=Launch Failure
|d-time=+ 48 seconds
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 May |time=22:39
|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|NOR}}Thor-2
|user=Telenor
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 May |time=17:00
|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|USA}}Telstar 5
|user=Loral Skynet
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= June =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=3 June |time=23:20
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|remarks=Insat 2D declared a total loss on 4 October 1997.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|UK}}Inmarsat 3F4
|user=Inmarsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|IND}}INSAT 2D
|user=ISRO
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 June |time=16:56
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-5
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2344 (Araks-N)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Medium Earth
|function=Reconnaissance
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 June |time=12:01
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LC-1
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|remarks=Halted transmitting data in April 1998, resumed transmission but imaging system failed later that year in September.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Feng Yun 2A
|user=CASC
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Meteorology
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=7
|date=18 June |time=14:02
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM2
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 14
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 12
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 9
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
|d-date=11 March 2003
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 10
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 13
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 16
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 11
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 June |time=23:44
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44P)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 802
|user=Intelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= July =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=1 July |time=18:02
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Columbia
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts, reflight of STS-83
Final flight of Spacelab Long Module 1
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-94
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Microgravity research
|outcome=Successful
|o-span=3
|d-date=17 July
|d-time=10:40
|d-span=3
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Spacelab Long Module 1
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)
|function=Spacelab MSL-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=5 July |time=04:11
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-35
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=7 October
|d-time=17:23
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date=9 July |time=13:04
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 15
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 17
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 20
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 18
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 21
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 July |time=03:42
|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-132 (GPS IIR-2)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Medium Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 July |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|JPN}}Superbird C
|user=SCC
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= August =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 August |time=20:20
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbview-2
|user=GeoEye
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Earth imaging
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 August |time=15:35
|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-26
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Mir EO-24
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=19 February 1998
|d-time=09:10
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=7 August |time=14:41
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Discovery
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
CRISTA-SPAS deployed 7 August and retrieved 16 August
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-85
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Space sciences
|outcome=Successful
|o-span=3
|d-date=19 August
|d-time=11:08
|d-span=3
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|USA}}CRISTA-SPAS-2
|user=DLR/NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Atmospheric research
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}MFD
|user=NASDA
|orbit=Low Earth (Discovery)
|function=Dextrous RMS demonstration
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 August |time=06:46
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44LP)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|remarks=Spacecraft failure occurred in April 2004
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}PAS 6
|user=PanAmSat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 August |time=20:49
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|remarks=Retired on 1 January 1999
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2345 (Prognoz)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Early warning
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 August |time=17:50
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3B
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LC-2
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|Philippines|1986}}Agila 2
|user=MPSC
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date=21 August |time=00:38
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 26
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 25
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 24
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 23
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 22
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 August |time=06:51
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LMLV-1 (Athena I)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-6
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|remarks = Control lost within three days of launch due to RCS design flaw.{{cite web|url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/lewis.html|title=Lewis Spacecraft|date=23 June 1998|access-date=27 March 2010|publisher=ASTRONET|archive-date=28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028071601/http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/lewis.html|url-status=live}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Lewis
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Earth observation
|outcome=Spacecraft failure
|d-date=29 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 August |time=14:39
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-8
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ACE
|user=NASA
|orbit=Earth/Sun L1 point
|function=Magnetospheric research
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 August |time=00:33
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}PAS 5
|user=PanAmSat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 August |time=15:02
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FORTE
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Ionosphere research
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= September =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=1 September |time=14:00
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 2C
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CASC
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium MFS-1
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Boilerplate spacecraft
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium MFS-2
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Boilerplate spacecraft
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=2 September |time=22:21
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44LP)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Hot Bird 3
|user=Eutelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name=23pxMeteosat 7
|user=Eumetsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Meteorology
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 September |time=12:03
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIAS
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GE 3
|user=GE Americom
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=7
|date=14 September |time=01:36
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/17S40
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|remarks=Iridium 33 destroyed in collision with Kosmos 2251{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/news/090211-satellite-collision.html|title=U.S. Satellite Destroyed in Space Collision|last=Iannotta|first=Becky|date=11 February 2009|publisher=Space.com|access-date=11 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090213230913/http://www.space.com/news/090211-satellite-collision.html| archive-date= 13 February 2009 | url-status=live}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 29
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 32
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 33
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Partial Failure
|d-date=10 February 2009
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 27
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
|d-date=1 February 2002
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 28
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 30
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 31
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=23 September |time=16:44
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2346 (Parus)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FAISAT-2V
|user=FAI
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 September |time=23:58
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (42L)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 803
|user=Intelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 September |time=21:30
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-1T
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Molniya
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=26 September |time=02:34
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Atlantis
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-86
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Shuttle-Mir flight
|outcome=Successful
|o-span=2
|d-date=6 October
|d-time=21:55
|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=5
|date=27 September |time=01:23
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 19
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 37
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 36
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 35
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 34
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 September |time=04:47
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}PSLV
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Sriharikota FLP
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|IND}}IRS-1D
|user=ISRO
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Remote sensing
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= October =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=5 October |time=15:08
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-36
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=19 December
|d-time=13:20
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Sputnik-40
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Amateur communications
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 May 1998
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|GER}}X-Mir
|user=DASA
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Inspect Mir
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 October 1998
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 October |time=21:01
|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|USA}}Echostar 3
|user=EchoStar
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 October |time=17:59
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/3
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Foton 11
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Microgravity research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=15 October |time=08:43
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVB (401)/Centaur
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-40
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|remarks=Cassini is the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn and Huygens is the first spacecraft to land on Titan.
Huygens released from Cassini on 25 December 2004.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Cassini
|user=NASA
|orbit=Kronocentric Orbit
|function=Saturn orbiter
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=15 September 2017
|d-time=10:31
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}23pxHuygens
|user=NASA/ESA
|orbit=Kronocentric Orbit
|function=Titan lander
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 January 2005
|d-time=12:43
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=16 October |time=19:13
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3B
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LC-2
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Apstar 2R
|user=APT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 October |time=13:13
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STEP-4
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Low Earth
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=31 March 2001
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 October |time=02:32
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVA (403)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-133 (Lacrosse 3)
|user=NRO
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Reconnaissance
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=25 October |time=00:46
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-135 (DSCS III F13)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FalconSat Gold
|user=USAFA
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Technology demonstration
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=27 September 1998
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date=30 October |time=13:43
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=ESA
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Boilerplate
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|user=ESA
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Boilerplate
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|user=ESTEC
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Technology development
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name=23pxYES
|user=ESTEC
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Technolovy development
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= November =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 November |time=12:25
|rocket={{flagicon|BRA}}VLS-1
|flight = V01
|site={{flagicon|BRA}}Alcântara
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}}INPE
|remarks=Maiden flight of VLS-1; First Brazilian orbital launch attempt
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|BRA}}SCD-2A
|user=INPE
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Weather satellite
|outcome=Launch Failure
|d-date=2 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 November |time=00:30
|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-134 (GPS IIA-19)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Medium Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 November |time=02:05
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVA (401)/Centaur
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-41
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|remarks=NRO Launch 4
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-136 (Trumpet 3)
|user=NRO
|orbit=Molniya
|function=SIGINT
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date=9 November |time=01:34
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 43
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 41
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 40
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 39
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 38
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 November |time=17:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|remarks=Onboard computer failed
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kupon
|user=RFCB
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=12 November |time=21:48
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44L)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|remarks=Astra 5A (Sirius 2) failed on 16 January 2009
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|SWE}}Sirius 2
|user=NSAB
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|Indonesia}}IndoStar-1
|user=Indostar
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 November |time=11:14
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Resurs F-1M
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Remote sensing
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=19 November |time=19:46
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Columbia
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
Spartan failed to orient itself due to human error during deployment on 21 November; was retrieved on 25 November.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-87
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Microgravity experiments
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=5 December
|d-time=12:20
|d-span=3
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}SPARTAN-201
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Microgravity research
|outcome=Failure
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}EDO Pallet
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (Columbia)
|function=Cryogenic mission extension pallet
|outcome=Successful
|d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=27 November |time=21:27
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-II
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}
|remarks=The two ETS satellites docked on 7 July 1998{{cite web|url=http://robotics.jaxa.jp/project/ets7-HP/ets7_e/rvd/rvd_index_e.html|access-date=29 July 2008|date=16 September 1999|title=Rendezvous Docking Experiment Plan and Results|publisher=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828012141/http://robotics.jaxa.jp/project/ets7-HP/ets7_e/rvd/rvd_index_e.html|archive-date=28 August 2007|url-status=dead}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}TRMM
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Environmental research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=16 June 2015
|d-time=06:55{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/rainfall-spacecraft-re-enters-over-tropics |title=Rainfall Spacecraft Re-enters Over Tropics |publisher=NASA |date=16 June 2015 |access-date=21 February 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617084747/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/rainfall-spacecraft-re-enters-over-tropics/ |url-status=live }}
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Hikoboshi (ETS-7)
|user=NASDA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Docking test
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Orihime (ETS-7)
|user=NASDA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Docking test
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
|colspan="8"|
= December =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=2 December |time=22:52
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (44P)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}JCSAT 5
|user=JSAT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|GER}}Equator-S
|user=DLR
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Magnetospheric research
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 November |time=17:00
|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 1G
|user=SES
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=8 December |time=07:16
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 2C
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CASC
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 42
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 44
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 December |time=23:52
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIAS
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Retired in October 2002
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Galaxy 8i
|user=PanAmSat
|orbit=Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 December |time=07:17
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Tsyklon-2
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 90/20
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2347 (EORSAT
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=SIGINT
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 December 1999
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 December |time=15:40
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2348 (Yantar)
|user=MO RF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Reconnaissance
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 April 1998
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 December |time=08:45
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-37
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (Mir)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=15 March 1998
|d-time=23:04
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date=20 December |time=13:16
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 45
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 46
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 47
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 48
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft Failure
|d-date=5 May 2001
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Iridium 49
|user=Iridium
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 December |time=00:16
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 (42L)
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 804
|user=Intelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date=23 December |time=19:11
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL/HAPS
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A1
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A2
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A3
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A4
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A5
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A6
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A7
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Orbcomm A8
|user=Orbcomm
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 December |time=13:32
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Start-1
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Svobodniy Site 5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Early Bird 1
|user=EarthWatch
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Earth observation
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=27 July 2000
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 December |time=23:19
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Upper stage failure; Performed lunar flyby to reduce orbital inclination and reach operational position.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}AsiaSat 3
|user=AsiaSat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Partial Launch Failure
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|1997}}
Suborbital launches
{{TLS-M|1997}}
{{TLS-H2}}
|colspan=8|
=January=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 January
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29
|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 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 January |time=01:17
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30F Minuteman II
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-03
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}IFT-1 (EKV)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=17 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=29 January
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Storm-2
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-32
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MTTV
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target spacecraft
|outcome=Failure
|o-span=2
|d-date=29 January
|d-span=2
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MTD-2
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Weapons test
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 January
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}SR19
|site={{flagicon|USA}}C-130, NAS Point Mugu
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|remarks=Accidentally destroyed by range safety
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}AltAir (Have Gold)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test flight
|outcome=Launch Failure
|d-time=+28 seconds
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 January |time=07:30
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}S-520
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura Pad K
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}ISAS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=ISAS
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Technology development
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 January |time=08:42
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-26
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FOT GT163GB
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=31 January |time=01:55
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}MR-12
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Kapustin Yar
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}AN RF
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Flaksus-1
|user=APL
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Plasma research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=31 January
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=February=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 February |time=02:16
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}MR-12
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Kapustin Yar
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}AN RF
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Flaksus-2
|user=APL
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Plasma research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=5 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=7 February
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-17 Scud
|site={{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}Bigen Island, Aur Atoll
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Willow Dune
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=7 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 February |time=05:17
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant XII
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Poker Flat
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}PHAZE 2
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionosphere research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 February |time=06:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Castor-Orbus
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Nevada Test Site LA-26
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Sandia
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=Sandia
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Rocket test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 February |time=08:36
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant XII
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Poker Flat
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Auroral Turbulance 2
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Auroral/Ionosphere research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 February |time=21:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LCLV
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MDT IV
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 February
|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=20 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 February
|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=20 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 February
|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=20 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 February
|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=20 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 February
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Castor 4B
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wake Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}TCMP II
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Re-entry vehicle test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=22 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 February
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Prithvi
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Balasore
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}DRDO
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=DRDO
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 February |time=10:06
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LCLV
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MDT III
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 February |time=20:00
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Rocket test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=26 February
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 March
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Castor 4B
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wake Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}OrbitalSciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}TCMP II
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Re-entry vehicle test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=1 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 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=6 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 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 Interceptor
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=6 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 March |time=10:20
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Poker Flat
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionosphere research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 March |time=00:16
|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=18 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 March
|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=18 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 March
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-17 Scud
|site={{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}Bigen Island, Aur Atoll
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Willow Dune
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=19 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 March |time=03:15
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks=Studied Hale-Bopp comet
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ultraviolet astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=25 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 March |time=03:25
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}EUVS
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ultraviolet astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 March
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 April |time=03:25
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=6 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 April |time=03:55
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}WISP
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ultraviolet astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=8 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 April
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}R-36M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur
|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=28 April |time=16:42
|rocket={{flagicon|BRA}}VS-30
|site={{flagicon|BRA}}Alcântara
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}}INPE
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|GER}}AL-VS30-223
|user=DLR
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test rocket
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=28 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 April
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}RH-560/300 Mk.II
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Sriharikota
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=ISRO
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test rocket
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 April
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 May |time=07:30
|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=X-ray Astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 May |time=07:10
|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=8 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
|name={{flagicon|USA}}9 re-entry vehicles
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=8 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 May |time=19:16
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}NCAR/CU-6
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ultraviolet astronomy/Solar observation
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=15 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 May |time=08:27
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-04
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FOT GT164GM/SHARP
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile and re-entry vehicle test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 May |time=21:44
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MSX
|user=SMDC
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 May |time=04:56
|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=29 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 May
|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=30 May
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 June
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}UR-100NU
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=RVSN
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 June |time=14:02
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-10
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FOT GT165GM
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=18 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 June |time=03:39
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30F Minuteman II
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-03
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|remarks=Some decoys failed to deploy
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MSLS IFT-1A
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM target
|outcome=Partial Failure
|d-date=24 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 June |time=04:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Payload Launch Vehicle
|site={{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}Meck Island, Kwajalein
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|remarks=Poor system performance; Non-destructive flyby
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}IFT-1A EKV
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM Test
|outcome=Partial Failure
|d-date=24 June
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 July |time=12:25
|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=8 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 July
|rocket={{flagicon|KOR}}KSR-II
|site={{flagicon|KOR}}Anhueng
|LSP={{flagicon|KOR}}KARI
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=KARI
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=X-ray astronomy/Ionosphere research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 July
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29
|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=23 July
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 August |time=13:19
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=8 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 August |time=13:24
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}COORS
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionosphere/Aeronomy research
|outcome=Failure
|d-date=8 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 August |time=16:29
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant VC
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionosphere/Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=8 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 August |time=13:29
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 August |time=22:57
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 August |time=13:36
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Viper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 August |time=21:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 August |time=13:38
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 August |time=13:43
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Viper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 August |time=18:18
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ultraviolet astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 August |time=21:34
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 August |time=12:10
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 August |time=12:15
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Viper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 August |time=12:26
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 August |time=21:41
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 August |time=13:50
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 August |time=13:55
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 August |time=21:40
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 August |time=12:22
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 August |time=12:27
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Viper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 August |time=21:53
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Viper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 August |time=10:58
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Viper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=15 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 August |time=20:25
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Super Loki
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=15 August
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 September |time=07:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site=Anna Plains
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}DUNDEE 1
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 September |time=04:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site=Anna Plains
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}DUNDEE 2
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=5 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 September |time=02:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site=Anna Plains
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}DUNDEE 3
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 September |time=14:40
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test rocket
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 September |time=15:10
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Microgravity research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 September |time=20:15
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site=Anna Plains
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}DUNDEE 4
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 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
|name={{flagicon|USA}}7 re-entry vehicles
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=17 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 September |time=13:00
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionosphere research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=19 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 September
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Storm-2
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-32
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MTTV-4
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=24 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 September |time=00:30
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}TR-1
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-T
|LSP=NASDA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Microgravity research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=25 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 September |time=20:10
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}HRTS 10
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 September
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=3 October |time=07:07
|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=4 October |time=18:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Castor-Orbus
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Nevada Test Site LA-26
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Sandia
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=Sandia
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test rocket
|outcome=Failure
|d-date=4 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 October
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II
|site={{flagicon|UK}}Submarine, Eastern Range
|LSP={{flagicon|UK}}Royal Navy
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=Royal Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 October
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II
|site={{flagicon|UK}}Submarine, Eastern Range
|LSP={{flagicon|UK}}Royal Navy
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=Royal Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 October |time=16:42
|rocket={{flagicon|BRA}}VS-30
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}}INPE
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|GER}}AL-VS30-226
|user=DLR
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=16 October |time=19:00
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=16 October
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 November |time=20:02
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Combined Sodium and Sporadic Layers
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionosphere research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=5 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 November |time=21:01
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-118 Peacekeeper
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-02
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}8 re-entry vehicles
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=5 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 November |time=05:00
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}SCARI
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ultraviolet astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 November
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Hera
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Fort Wingate LC-96
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MTV
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM Target
|outcome=Failure
|d-date=17 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 November |time=19:35
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}SERTS-97
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar observation
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=18 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 November
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-23
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Nenoksa
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=Russian Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test rocket
|outcome=Failure
|d-date=19 November
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 December |time=08:42
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}SvalRak
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Plasma research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=3 December |time=09:06
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}SvalRak
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Plasma research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=3 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 December
|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=18 December
}}
}}
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{{TLS-M|1997}}
Deep-space rendezvous
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| Date (GMT)
!Spacecraft !Event !Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Closest approach: {{convert|1200|km}} |
| 4 July | Mars Pathfinder | Landed on Mars | Location: Ares Vallis; first Mars rover and rover on another planet |
| 11 September | Mars Global Surveyor | Areocentric orbit injection | |
| 17 September | Galileo | 3rd flyby of Callisto | |
| 6 November | Galileo | 3rd flyby of Europa | |
| 16 December | Galileo | 4th flyby of Europa |
[[Extravehicular activity|EVA]]s
References
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=Footnotes=
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{{Orbital launches in 1997}}