1996

1. 1996-11-13 launch

   Arab. 2B/Measat 2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Arab. 2B/Measat 2

   • Space transportation

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

2. 1996-11-16 launch

   Mars-96 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Mars-96

   • Space transportation

   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.

3. 1996-11-19 launch

   ORFEUS/WSF — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ORFEUS/WSF

   • Space transportation

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

4. 1996-11-19 launch

   Progress M-33 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Progress M-33

   • Space transportation

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

5. 1996-12-11 launch

   Kosmos-2335 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-2335

   • Space transportation

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

6. 1996-12-13 space policy

   UN adopts resolution 51/122

   Category: Programs, Policy, and Governance › Type: UN resolution or principles

   • Space law
   • International cooperation

   International: UN General Assembly resolution 51/122

   International cooperation benefits declaration: General Assembly adoption.

7. 1996-12-20 launch

   Kosmos-2336 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-2336

   • Space transportation

   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

   Bion No. 11 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Bion No. 11

   • Space transportation

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