1997 in spaceflight

1 Launches
2 Deep-space rendezvous
3 EVAs
4 References
- 4.1 Footnotes

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1997.

← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →

Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
12 January, 09:27 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-81, 6 astronauts	NASA	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT	Successful
12 January, 09:27 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center	USA	SpaceHab LDM	NASA/SpaceHab	LEO, attached to Atlantis	Resupply Mir	22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT	Successful
15 January	R-29	Submarine, Barents Sea	VMF		VMF	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	15 January 1997	Successful
17 January, 01:17 GMT	Minuteman II	LF-03, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	IFT-1	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	EKV ABM target	17 January 1997	Successful
17 January, 16:28 GMT	Delta II (7925-9.5)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral		GPS 2R-1 (SVN-42)	US Air Force	Intended: MEO	Navigation	T+12 seconds	Failure	SRB structural failure caused rocket to explode
29 January	Storm-2	LC-32, White Sands	Orbital Sciences	MTTV	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target spacecraft	29 January 1997	Failure
29 January	Storm-2	LC-32, White Sands	Orbital Sciences	MTD-2	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Weapons test	29 January 1997	Failure
30 January	SR19	C-130, Point Mugu	US Air Force	AltAir (Have Gold)	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Test flight	T+28 seconds	Failure	Accidentally destroyed by range safety
30 January, 07:30 GMT	S-520	Pad K, Kagoshima	ISAS		ISAS	Sub-orbital	Technology development	30 January 1997	Successful
30 January, 08:42 GMT	Minuteman III	LF-26, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	FOT GT163GB	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	30 January 1997	Successful
30 January, 22:04 GMT	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	GE 2	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
30 January, 22:04 GMT	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Nahuel 1A	Nahuelsa	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
31 January, 01:55 GMT	MR-12	Kapustin Yar	AN RF	Flaksus-1	APL	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	31 January 1997	Successful
5 February, 02:16 GMT	MR-12	Kapustin Yar	AN RF	Flaksus-2	APL	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	5 February 1997	Successful
7 February	R-17 (Scud)	Bigen Island, Aur Atoll	US Air Force	Willow Dune	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target spacecraft	7 February 1997	Successful
10 February, 05:17 GMT	Black Brant XII	Poker Flat	NASA	PHAZE 2	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	10 February 1997	Successful
10 February, 06:30 GMT	Castor-Orbus	LA-26, Nevada Test Site	Sandia		Sandia	Sub-orbital	Test sounding rocket	10 February 1997	Successful
10 February, 14:09 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1, Baikonur	RKA	Soyuz TM-25, 3 cosmonauts	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	14 August 1997	Successful
11 February, 08:36 GMT	Black Brant XII	Poker Flat	NASA	Auroral Turbulance 2	NASA	Sub-orbital	Auroral/Ionosphere research	11 February 1997	Successful
11 February, 08:55 GMT	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-82, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO, rendezvous with HST	Manned orbital flight	21 February 1997, 08:32 GMT	Successful	Hubble servicing mission 2 (HSM-2)
12 February, 04:50 GMT	M-V	Kagoshima	ISAS	HALCA (MUSES-B)	ISAS	MEO	Astronomy	Still in orbit	Successful So Far	Maiden flight of M-V
12 February, 21:00 GMT	LCLV	Wallops Island	Orbital Sciences	MDT IV		Sub-orbital	Target spacecraft	12 February 1997	Successful
14 February, 03:47 GMT	Tsyklon 3	LC-32, Plesetsk		Gonets-D1	RKA	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Gonets-D1	RKA	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Gonets-D1	RKA	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Kosmos 2337 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Kosmos 2338 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Kosmos 2339 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
17 February, 01:42 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral		JCSAT 4	JSAT	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
20 February	Trident C-4	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	20 February 1997	Successful
20 February	Trident C-4	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	20 February 1997	Successful
20 February	Trident C-4	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	20 February 1997	Successful
20 February	Trident C-4	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	20 February 1997	Successful
22 February	Castor 4B	Wake Island	Orbital Sciences	TCMP II		Sub-orbital	Re-entry vehicle test	22 February 1997	Successful
23 February	Prithvi	Balasore	IDRDL		IDRDL	Sub-orbital	Test flight	23 February 1997	Successful
23 February, 10:06 GMT	LCLV	Wallops Island	Orbital Sciences	MDT III		Sub-orbital	Target spacecraft	23 February 1997	Successful
23 February, 20:20 GMT	Titan IVB/IUS	LC-40, Cape Canaveral		DSP Block 14 (USA 130)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning	Still in orbit	Successful So Far	Maiden flight of Titan IVB
26 February, 20:00 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Test sounding rocket	26 February 1997	Successful
1 March	Castor 4B	Wake Island	Orbital Sciences	TCMP II		Sub-orbital	Re-entry vehicle test	1 March 1997	Successful
1 March, 01:07 GMT	Ariane 4 (44P)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Intelsat 801	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
4 March, 02:00 GMT	Start-1	LC-5, Svobodniy		Zeya	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	25 October 1999	Successful
6 March	Hera	LC-94, White Sands	US Air Force	BRV	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ABM Target	6 March 1997	Successful
6 March	THAAD	White Sands	US Air Force	ABM	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ABM test	6 March 1997	Successful
8 March, 06:01 GMT	Atlas IIA	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral		Tempo 2	TCI	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
13 March, 10:20 GMT	Black Brant IX	Poker Flat	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	13 March 1997	Successful
18 March, 00:16 GMT	Trident D-5	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	18 March 1997	Successful
18 March	Trident D-5	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	18 March 1997	Successful
19 March	R-17 (Scud)	Bigen Island, Aur Atoll	US Air Force	Willow Dune	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target spacecraft	19 March 1997	Successful
25 March, 03:15 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	25 March 1997	Successful	Studied Hale-Bopp comet
30 March, 03:25 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	EUVS	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	30 March 1997	Successful
4 April, 16:47 GMT	Titan IIG	SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB		DMSP 5D-2	US Air Force/NOAA	LEO	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful
4 April, 19:20 GMT	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-83, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	8 April 1997, 18:33 GMT	Partial Failure	Fuel cell failure, flight aborted. Reflown as STS-94 later in 1997
4 April, 19:20 GMT	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	Spacelab MSL-1	NASA	LEO, attached to Columbia	Microgravity research	8 April 1997, 18:33 GMT	Partial Failure
6 April, 03:25 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital		6 April 1997	Successful
6 April, 16:04 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-34	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	2 July 1997, 06:31 GMT	Partial Failure	Collided with Mir during rendezvous tests on at 09:18 GMT on 25 June, heavily damaging space station.
8 April, 03:55 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	WISP	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet Astronomy	8 April 1997	Successful
9 April, 08:58 GMT	Molniya-M	LC-16, Plesetsk		Kosmos 2340 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Early warning	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
16 April, 23:08 GMT	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Thaicom 3	Shinawat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
16 April, 23:08 GMT	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	BSAT 1a	BSAT	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
17 April	R-36M ("Satan")	Baikonur	RVSN		RVSN	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	17 April 1997	Successful
17 April, 13:03 GMT	Kosmos-3M	LC-132, Plesetsk		Kosmos 2341	MO RF	LEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
21 April, 11:59 GMT	Pegasus XL	L-1011, Gando	Orbital Sciences	Minisat-01	INTA	LEO	Technology demonstration	26 February 2002	Successful
21 April, 11:59 GMT	Pegasus XL	L-1011, Gando	Orbital Sciences	Celestis	Space Services Incorporated	LEO	Space burial of human remains	Still in orbit	Successful
25 April, 05:49 GMT	Atlas I	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral		GOES-10 (GOES-K)	NOAA	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful So Far	Final flight of Atlas I rocket
28 April, 16:42 GMT	VS-30	Alacantara	INPE	AL-VS30-223	DLR	Sub-orbital	Test sounding rocket	28 April 1997	Successful
30 April	RH-560/300 Mk.II	Sriharikota	ISRO		ISRO	Sub-orbital	Test sounding rocket	30 April 1997	Successful
2 May, 07:30 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	X-ray Astronomy	2 May 1997	Successful
5 May, 14:55 GMT	Delta II (7920-10C)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing	Iridium 8	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 7	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 6	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 5	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 4	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
8 May, 07:10 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Astronomy	8 May 1997	Successful
8 May, 08:01 GMT	Peacekeeper	LF-05, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	9 re-entry vehicles	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ICBM Test	8 May 1997	Successful
11 May, 16:17 GMT	Long March 3A (CZ-3A)	LC-2, Xichang		Zhongxing-6 (Chinasat-6)	Chinasat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
14 April, 00:33 GMT	Molniya-M	LC-43, Plesetsk		Kosmos 2342 (Oko)	MO RF	Molniya	Early warning	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
15 May, 08:07 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-84, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	24 May 1997 13:27 GMT	Successful	Mir crew change
15 May, 08:07 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	SpaceHab LDM	NASA/SpaceHab	LEO, attached to Atlantis	Resupply Mir	24 May 1997 13:27 GMT	Successful
15 May, 12:10 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-31, Baikonur		Kosmos 2343	MO RF	LEO	Reconnaissance	15 September 1999	Successful
15 May, 19:16 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	NCAR/CU-6	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet Astronomy/Solar observation	15 May 1997	Successful
20 May, 07:07 GMT	Zenit-2	LC-45L, Baikonur		Tselina-2	VKS	Intended: LEO	ELINT	T+48 seconds	Failure	Stage 1 engine failure
20 May, 22:39 GMT	Delta II	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	Boeing	Thor 2	Telenor	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in Orbit	Successful So Far
21 May, 08:27 GMT	Minuteman III	LF-04, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	FOT GT164GM/SHARP	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ICBM and re-entry vehicle test	21 May 1997	Successful
23 May, 21:44 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Wallops Island	NASA	MSX	SMDC	Sub-orbital	Target mission	23 May 1997	Successful
24 May, 17:00 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	Telstar 5	Loral	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
29 May, 04:56 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Radio astronomy	29 May 1997	Successful
30 May	Trident D-5	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	30 May 1997	Successful
3 June, 23:20 GMT	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Inmarsat 3	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
3 June, 23:20 GMT	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Insat 2D	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
6 June, 16:56 GMT	Proton-K	LC-200, Baikonur		Kosmos 2344 (Arkon)	MO RF	MEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
10 June	UR-100NU	Baikonur	RVSN		RVSN	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	10 June 1997	Successful
10 June, 12:01 GMT	Long March 3 (CZ-3)	LC-1, Xichang		Feng Yun 2A	CASC	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Partial Failure	Stopped transmitting data in April 1998, resumed transmission but imaging system failed in September
18 June, 14:02 GMT	Minuteman III	LF-10, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	FOT GT165GM	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	18 June 1997	Successful
18 June, 14:02 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur		Iridium 14	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure
				Iridium 12	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 9	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	11 March 2003	Failure
				Iridium 10	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 13	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 16	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 11	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure
24 June, 03:39 GMT	Minuteman II	LF-03, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	MSLS IFT-1A target	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ABM target	24 June 1997	Partial Failure	Some decoys failed to deploy
24 June, 04:00 GMT	Payload Launch Vehicle	Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll	Orbital Sciences	IFT-1A EKV	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ABM test	24 June 1997	Partial Failure	Poor system performance Non-destructive flyby test
25 June, 23:44 GMT	Ariane 4 (44P)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Intelsat 802	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
1 July, 18:02 GMT	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-94, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	17 July 1997 10:40 GMT	Successful	Reflight of STS-83 First instance of astronauts making multiple orbital flights in the same year
1 July, 18:02 GMT	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	Spacelab MSL-1	NASA	LEO, attached to Columbia	Microgravity research	17 July 1997 10:40 GMT	Successful
5 July, 04:11 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-35	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	7 October 1997, 17:23 GMT	Successful
8 July, 12:25 GMT	Topol	LC-158, Plesetsk	RVSN		RVSN	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	8 July 1997	Successful
9 July	KSR-II	Anhueng	KARI		KARI	Sub-orbital	X-ray astronomy/Ionosphere research	9 July 1997	Successful
9 July, 13:04 GMT	Delta II (7920-10C)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing	Iridium 15	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 17	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 20	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure
				Iridium 18	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 21	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure
23 July	R-29	Submarine, Barents Sea	VMF		VMF	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	23 July 1997	Successful
23 July, 03:42 GMT	Delta II (7925-9.5)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral		GPS 2R-2 (USA-132/SVN-43)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
28 July, 01:15 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral		Superbird C	SCC	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
1 August, 20:20 GMT	Pegasus XL	L-1011, Vandenberg AFB	Orbital Sciences	Orbview-2	GeoEye	LEO	Earth Observation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
5 August, 15:35 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1, Baikonur	RKA	Soyuz TM-26, 2 cosmonauts	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	19 February 1998	Successful
7 August, 14:41 GMT	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-85, 6 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	19 August 1997 11:08 GMT	Successful
7 August, 14:41 GMT	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	CRISTA	DLR/NASA	LEO	Atmosphere research	19 August 1997 11:08 GMT	Successful	Deployed: 7 August, 22:27 GMT Retrieved: 16 August, 15:14 GMT
8 August, 06:46 GMT	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Panamsat 6	Panamsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
8 August, 13:19 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	8 August 1997	Successful
8 August, 13:24 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Wallops Island	NASA	COORS	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere/Aronomy research	8 August 1997	Failure
8 August, 16:29 GMT	Black Brant VC	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere/Aeronomy research	8 August 1997	Successful
9 August, 13:29 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	9 August 1997	Successful
9 August, 22:57 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	9 August 1997	Successful
10 August, 13:36 GMT	Viper	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	10 August 1997	Successful
10 August, 21:30 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	10 August 1997	Successful
11 August, 13:38 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	11 August 1997	Successful
11 August, 13:43 GMT	Viper	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	11 August 1997	Successful
11 August, 18:18 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	11 August 1997	Successful
11 August, 21:34 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	11 August 1997	Successful
12 August, 12:10 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	12 August 1997	Successful
12 August, 12:15 GMT	Viper	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	12 August 1997	Successful
12 August, 12:26 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	12 August 1997	Successful
12 August, 21:41 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	12 August 1997	Successful
13 August, 13:50 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	13 August 1997	Successful
13 August, 13:55 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	13 August 1997	Successful
13 August, 21:40 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	13 August 1997	Successful
14 August, 12:22 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	14 August 1997	Successful
14 August, 12:27 GMT	Viper	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	14 August 1997	Successful
14 August, 20:49 GMT	Proton-K	LC-200, Baikonur		Kosmos 2345 (SPRN)	MO RF	Geosynchronous	Early warning	Still in orbit	Successful	Retired 1 January 1999
14 August, 21:53 GMT	Viper	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	14 August 1997	Successful
15 August, 10:58 GMT	Viper	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	15 August 1997	Successful
15 August, 20:25 GMT	Super Loki	Wallops Island	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	15 August 1997	Successful
19 August, 17:50 GMT	Long March 3B (CZ-3B)	LC-2, Xichang		Agila 2	MPSC	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
21 August, 00:38 GMT	Delta II (7920-10C)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing	Iridium 26	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 25	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 24	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure
				Iridium 23	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 22	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
23 August, 06:51 GMT	Athena-1	SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB		Lewis	NASA/TRW	LEO	Earth research	28 September 1997	Successful
25 August, 14:39 GMT	Delta II (7920-8)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral		ACE	NASA	Earth/Sun L₁ point	Magnetosphere research	Still in Orbit	Successful So Far
28 August, 00:33 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	Panamsat 5	Panamsat	Geosynchronous Then: Graveyard orbit	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
29 August, 15:02 GMT	Pegasus XL	L-1011, Vandenberg AFB	Orbital Sciences	FORTE	US Air Force	LEO	Ionosphere research	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
1 September, 14:00 GMT	Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD)	LC-1, Taiyuan	CASC	Iridium MFS-1	Iridium SSC/CASC	LEO	Boilerplate spacecraft	Still in orbit	Successful
1 September, 14:00 GMT	Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD)	LC-1, Taiyuan	CASC	Iridium MFS-2	Iridium SSC/CASC	LEO	Boilerplate spacecraft	Still in orbit	Successful
2 September, 07:00 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Anna Plains	NASA	DUNDEE 1	NASA	Sub-orbital	Target mission	2 September 1997	Successful
2 September, 22:21 GMT	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Hot Bird 3	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
2 September, 22:21 GMT	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Meteosat 7	Eumetsat	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
4 September, 12:03 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral		GE 3	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
5 September, 04:00 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Anna Plains	NASA	DUNDEE 2	NASA	Sub-orbital	Target mission	5 September 1997	Successful
10 September, 02:00 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Anna Plains	NASA	DUNDEE 3	NASA	Sub-orbital	Target mission	10 September 1997	Successful
10 September, 14:40 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Test sounding rocket	10 September 1997	Successful
10 September, 15:10 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	10 September 1997	Successful
11 September, 20:15 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Anna Plains	NASA	DUNDEE 4	NASA	Sub-orbital	Target mission	11 September 1997	Successful
14 September, 01:36 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	Iridium 29	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 32	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 33	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 27	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	1 February 2002	Failure
				Iridium 28	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 30	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 31	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
17 September, 08:01 GMT	Peacekeeper	LF-05, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	7 re-entry vehicles	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ICBM Test	17 September 1997	Successful
19 September, 13:00 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	19 September 1997	Successful
23 September, 16:44 GMT	Kosmos-3M	LC-132, Plesetsk		Kosmos 2346 (Parus)	MO RF	LEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
23 September, 16:44 GMT	Kosmos-3M	LC-132, Plesetsk		FAISAT-2V	FAI	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
23 September, 23:58 GMT	Ariane 4 (42L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Intelsat 803	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
24 September	Storm-2	LC-32, White Sands	US Air Force	MTTV-4	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Patriot target	24 September 1997	Successful
24 September, 21:30 GMT	Molniya-M	LC-43, Plesetsk		Molniya-1T	MO RF	Molniya	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
25 September, 00:30 GMT	TR-1	Area T, Tanegashima	NASDA		NASDA	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	25 September 1997	Successful
26 September, 02:34 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-86, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	6 October 1997, 21:55 GMT	Successful
26 September, 02:34 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	USA	SpaceHab LDM	NASA/SpaceHab	LEO, attached to Atlantis	Resupply Mir	6 October 1997, 21:55 GMT	Successful
27 September, 01:23 GMT	Delta II (7920-10C)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing	Iridium 19	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 37	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 36	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 35	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 34	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
29 September, 04:47 GMT	PSLV	Sriharikota	ISRO	IRS-1D	ISRO	LEO	Remote sensing	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
30 September, 20:10 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	HRTS 10	NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar research	30 September 1997	Successful
3 October, 07:07 GMT	Topol	LC-158, Plesetsk	RVSN		RVSN	Sub-orbital	ICBM test	3 October 1997	Successful
4 October, 18:30 GMT	Castor-Orbus	LA-26, Nevada Test Site	Sandia		Sandia	Sub-orbital	Test sounding rocket	4 October 1997	Failure
5 October, 15:08 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-36	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	19 December 1997, 13:20 GMT	Successful
				Sputnik-40	RKA	LEO	Amateur radio satellite	21 May 1998	Successful
				X-Mir	DASA	LEO	Inspection of Mir space station	2 October 1998	Successful
5 October, 21:01 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral		Echostar 3	Echostar	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
9 October, 17:59 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-43, Plesetsk		Foton 11	RKA	LEO	Microgravity research	23 October 1997	Successful	Recovered
9 October, 17:59 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-43, Plesetsk		Mirka	DFLR	LEO	Microgravity research	23 October 1997	Successful	Recovered
10 October	Trident D-5	ETR, Cape Canaveral	Royal Navy		Royal Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	10 October 1997	Successful
10 October	Trident D-5	ETR, Cape Canaveral	Royal Navy		Royal Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	10 October 1997	Successful
12 October, 16:42 GMT	VS-30	Andoya	INPE	AL-VS30-226	DLR	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy research	12 October 1997	Successful
15 October, 08:43 GMT	Titan IVB/Centaur	LC-40, Cape Canaveral		Cassini	NASA	Saturnian orbit via Heliocentric orbit	Saturn orbiter	Still in orbit	Successful So Far	First spacecraft to enter Saturnian orbit
15 October, 08:43 GMT	Titan IVB/Centaur	LC-40, Cape Canaveral		Huygens	NASA/ESA	Saturnian orbit via Heliocentric orbit	Titan lander	14 January 2005, 12:43 GMT	Successful	First spacecraft to land on Titan Released from Cassini on 25 December 2004
16 October, 19:00 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar research	16 October 1997	Successful
16 October, 19:13 GMT	Long March 3B (CZ-3B)	LC-2, Xichang		Apstar 2R	APT	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
22 October, 13:13 GMT	Pegasus XL	L-1011, Wallops Island	Orbital Sciences	STEP-4	US Air Force	LEO		31 March 2001	Successful
24 October, 02:32 GMT	Titan IVA	SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Lacrosse 3 (USA-133)	NRO/CIA	LEO	Reconnaissance	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
25 October, 00:46 GMT	Atlas IIA	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral		DSCS III B-13 (USA 135)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
25 October, 00:46 GMT	Atlas IIA	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral		FalconSat Gold	United States Air Force Academy	GTO	Technology demonstration	27 September 1998	Successful
30 October, 13:43 GMT	Ariane 5	ELA-3, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	MAQSAT-H	ESA	GTO	Boilerplate spacecraft	Still in orbit	Successful
				MAQSAT-B	ESA	GTO	Boilerplate spacecraft	Still in orbit	Successful
				TEAMSAT	ESTEC	GTO	Technology development	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				YES	ESTEC	GTO	Technology development	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
2 November, 12:25 GMT	VLS-1	Alacantara	INPE	SCD-2A	INPE	Intended: LEO	Weather satellite	2 November 1997	Failure	Maiden flight of VLS-1 First Brazilian attempt to orbit a satellite
5 November, 20:02 GMT	Terrier-Orion	Andoya	NASA	KANE	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	5 November 1997	Successful
5 November, 21:01 GMT	Peacekeeper	LF-02, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	8 re-entry vehicles	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ICBM Test	5 November 1997	Successful
6 November, 00:30 GMT	Delta II (7925-9.5)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral		GPS 2A-28 (USA-134/SVN-38)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
8 November, 02:05 GMT	Titan IVA/Centaur	LC-41, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Trumpet 3 (USA-136)	NRO/US Air Force	Molniya	SIGINT	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
9 November, 01:34 GMT	Delta II (7920-10C)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing	Iridium 43	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 41	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 40	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 39	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 38	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
12 November, 17:00 GMT	Proton-K	LC-200, Baikonur		Kupon	RFCB	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
12 November, 21:48 GMT	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Sirius 2	NSAB	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
12 November, 21:48 GMT	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Cakrawarta 1	Indostar	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
14 November, 05:00 GMT	Black Brant IX	White Sands	NASA	SCARI	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	14 November 1997	Successful
17 November	Hera	LC-96, Fort Wingate	US Air Force	MTV target	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	ABM Target	17 November 1997	Failure
18 November, 11:14 GMT	Soyuz-U	Plesetsk		Resurs F-1M	RKA	LEO	Remote Sensing	13 December 1997	Successful	Recovered
18 November, 19:35 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	SERTS-97	NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar observation	18 November 1997	Successful
19 November	RT-23	Nenoksa	RVSN		VMF	Sub-orbital	Test rocket	19 November 1997	Failure
19 November, 19:46 GMT	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center	USA	STS-87, 6 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	5 December 1997	Successful
				SPARTAN 201	NASA	LEO	Microgravity research	5 December 1997, 12:20 GMT	Failure	Deployed: 21 November Retrieved: 25 November Failed to orient itself due to human error during deployment
				AERCam-Sprint	NASA	LEO	Observation/inspection satellite	5 December 1997, 12:20 GMT	Partial Failure	Deployed and recovered on 3 December Only one of two planned tests conducted due to time pressure after SPARTAN failure
27 November, 21:27 GMT	H-II	Area Y, Tanegashima		TRMM	NASA	LEO	Environmental research	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Hikoboshi (ETS-7)	NASDA	LEO	Automated docking test	Still in orbit	Successful	Docking test with Orihime on 7 July 1998
				Orihime (ETS-7)	NASDA	LEO	Automated docking test	27 January 1999^[1]^{[verification needed]}	Successful	Docking test with Hikoboshi on 7 July 1998
November	Long March 1D (CZ-1D)	Taiyuan				Sub-orbital	Test rocket	Within an hour of launch	Successful
2 December, 08:42 GMT	Black Brant IX	SvalRak	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	2 December 1997	Successful
2 December, 22:52 GMT	Ariane 4 (44P)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	JCSAT 5	JSAT	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
2 December, 22:52 GMT	Ariane 4 (44P)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Equator-S	MPE	LEO/HEO	Magnetosphere research	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
12 November, 17:00 GMT	Proton-K	LC-200, Baikonur	ILS	Astra 1G	SES Astra	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
3 December, 09:06 GMT	Black Brant IX	SvalRak	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	3 December 1997	Successful
8 December, 07:16 GMT	Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD)	LC-1, Taiyuan	CASC	Iridium 42	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful
8 December, 07:16 GMT	Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD)	LC-1, Taiyuan	CASC	Iridium 44	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure
8 December, 23:52 GMT	Atlas IIAS	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral		Galaxy 8i	Panamsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
9 December, 07:17 GMT	Tsyklon 2	LC-90, Baikonur		Kosmos 2347 (EORSAT)	MO RF	LEO	SIGNIT	11 December 1999	Successful
15 December, 15:40 GMT	Soyuz-U	Plesetsk		Kosmos 2348 (Yantar)	MO RF	LEO	Reconnaissance	14 April 1998	Successful
18 December	Trident D-5	ETR, Cape Canaveral	US Navy	77ss	US Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	18 December 1997	Successful
20 December, 08:45 GMT	Soyuz-U	Plesetsk		Progress M-37	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	15 March 1998, 23:04 GMT	Successful
20 December, 13:16 GMT	Delta II (7920-10C)	SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB	Boeing	Iridium 45	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 46	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 47	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Iridium 48	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	5 May 2001	Failure
				Iridium 49	Iridium SSC	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
22 December, 00:16 GMT	Ariane 4 (42L)	ELA-2, CSG(Kourou)	Arianespace	Intelsat 804	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
23 December, 19:11 GMT	Pegasus XL/HAPS	L-1011, Wallops Island	Orbital Sciences	Orbcomm A1	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A2	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A3	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A4	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A5	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A6	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A7	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
				Orbcomm A8	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful So Far
24 December, 13:32 GMT	Start-1	LC-5, Svobodniy		Early Bird	EarthWatch	LEO	Earth observation	27 July 2000	Successful
24 December, 23:19 GMT	Proton-K	LC-81, Baikonur	ILS	HGS-1 (Asiasat 3/Panamsat 22)	Original: AsiaSat Then: Hughes Then: Panamsat	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Partial Failure	Upper stage failure Performed lunar flyby to reduce orbital inclination Eventually reached correct orbit

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Deep-space rendezvous

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

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
14 February, 04:34 GMT	6 hours, 42 mins	11:16GMT	STS-82 (Discovery)	Mark C. Lee Steven Smith	Hubble servicing - install NICMOS
15 February, 03:25 GMT	7 hours, 27 mins	10:52GMT	STS-82 (Discovery)	Joseph R. Tanner Gregory Harbaugh	Hubble servicing - replace guidance sensors
16 February, 02:53 GMT	7 hours, 11 mins	10:04GMT	STS-82 (Discovery)	Mark C. Lee Steven Smith	Hubble servicing - replace Data Interface Unit
17 February, 03:45 GMT	6 hours, 34 mins	10:19GMT	STS-82 (Discovery)	Joseph R. Tanner Gregory Harbaugh	Hubble servicing - replace solar array motors
18 February, 03:15 GMT	5 hours, 17 mins	08:32GMT	STS-82 (Discovery)	Mark C. Lee Steven Smith	Hubble servicing - repair insulation blanket
29 April, 05:10 GMT	4 hours, 59 mins	10:09GMT	Mir	Vasili Tsibliyev Jerry Linenger	Test Orlan-M spacesuits
22 August, 11:14 GMT	3 hours, 16 mins	14:30GMT	Mir	Anatoly Solovyev Pavel Vinogradov	Inspect interior damage caused by Progress/Mir collision	EVA performed inside Spektr module
6 September, 01:07 GMT	6 hours	07:07GMT	Mir	Anatoly Solovyev Michael Foale	Inspect exterior damage caused by Progress/Mir collision
1 October	5 hours, 1 mins		STS-86 (Atlantis)	Scott Parazynski Vladimir G. Titov	Retrieve experiment package from Mir
20 October, 09:40 GMT	6 hours, 38 mins	16:18GMT	Mir	Anatoly Solovyev Michael Foale	Reconnect Spektr solar panels to main power system
3 November, 03:32 GMT	6 hours, 4 mins	09:36GMT	Mir	Anatoly Solovyev Michael Foale	Remove old solar panel from Kvant module
6 November, 00:12 GMT	6 hours, 12 mins	06:24GMT	Mir	Anatoly Solovyev Michael Foale	Install new solar panel on Kvant module
25 November, 00:02 GMT	7 hours, 43 mins	07:45GMT	STS-87 (Columbia)	Winston E. Scott Takao Doi	Recapture malfunctioning SPARTAN satellite
3 December, 09:09 GMT	5 hours	14:09GMT	STS-87 (Columbia)	Winston E. Scott Takao Doi	Test EVA techniques and tools for ISS assembly

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