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1990s

50 records

  1. 1996

    1. 1996-10-24 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1996-11-13 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Arab. 2B/Measat 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1996-11-16 launch

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      Mars 96 (sometimes called Mars-8) was a failed Mars mission launched in 1996 to investigate Mars by the Russian Space Forces and not directly related to the Soviet Mars probe program of the same name.

    4. 1996-11-19 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ORFEUS/WSF flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1996-11-19 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Progress M-33 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1996-12-11 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2335 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1996-12-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2336 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1996-12-24 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Bion No. 11 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1997

    1. 1997-01-12 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the Shuttle/Mir-5 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1997-01-30 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Nahuel 1A/GE-2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1997-02-10 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Soyuz TM-25 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1997-02-11 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the HST SM-2 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1997-02-14 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Gonets/Kosmos flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1997-03-01 launch

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      Ariane 44P (44P-3) launched on the Intelsat 801 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1997-03-04 launch

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      Start-1.2 launched on the Zeya flight from GIK-2, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya, pad LC5. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1997-04-04 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the Spacelab MSL-1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1997-04-06 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Progress M-34 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1997-04-09 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2340 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1997-04-16 launch

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      Ariane 44LP (44LP-3) launched on the Thaicom 3/BSAT 1a flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1997-04-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2341 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1997-05-11 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3A launched on the Zhongxing 6 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1997-05-14 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2342 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1997-05-15 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the Shuttle/Mir-6 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1997-05-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2343 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1997-05-20 launch failure

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      Zenit-2 launched on the Tselina-2 No. 13L flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch failure.

    18. 1997-05-24 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM4) launched on the Telstar 5 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1997-06-03 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Inmarsat 3/Insat 2D flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1997-06-06 launch

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      Proton-K/17S40 (DM-5) launched on the Kosmos-2344 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1997-06-10 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3 launched on the Feng Yun 2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3?. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1997-06-18 launch

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      Proton-K/17S40 (DM2) launched on the Iridium flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1997-06-25 launch

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      Ariane 44P (44P-3) launched on the Intelsat 802 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1997-06-27 flyby

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      NEAR observed Mathilde during its journey toward Eros.

    25. 1997-07-01 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the Spacelab MSL-1R flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1997-07-04 landing

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      Pathfinder reached the surface of Mars.

    27. 1997-07-05 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Progress M-35 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1997-08-05 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Soyuz TM-26 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1997-08-07 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the CRISTA/MFD/IEH flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1997-08-08 launch

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      Ariane 44P (44P-3) launched on the PAS 6 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1997-08-14 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2345 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1997-08-19 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B launched on the Agila 2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1997-08-21 launch

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      Delta 7920-10C launched on the Iridium MS-3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1997-08-25 launch

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      Delta 7920-8 launched on the ACE flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1997-08-28 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the PAS 5 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1997-09-01 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD launched on the Iridium MFS flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1997-09-02 launch

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      Ariane 44LP (44LP-3) launched on the Hot Bird 3/MTP flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1997-09-14 launch

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      Proton-K/17S40 (DM2) launched on the Iridium flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1997-09-23 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2346/FAISAT flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1997-09-23 launch

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      Ariane 42L (42L-3) launched on the Intelsat 803 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1997-09-24 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1T flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1997-09-26 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the Shuttle/Mir-7 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

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