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1958 - 02:35 GMT - Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-1. Model: A-1. -
Ionosphere / aeronomy mission Nation: USSR. Agency: MVS. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1958 - 17:22 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC9. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Navaho. Model: Navaho G-26. LV Configuration: Navaho II SM-64 12. FAILURE: Booster shut down at T+20 seconds.
1960 - 17:25 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC14. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas Agena A. LV Configuration: Atlas Agena A 29D / Agena A 1008. FAILURE: Second stage failed to separate.
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1963 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. FAILURE: Failure. -
Mass spectrometer Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1964 - Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.
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Soyuz plans Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L1. Spacecraft: Soyuz A, Soyuz B, Soyuz V. Flight: Soyuz A-1, Soyuz A-2, Soyuz A-3, Soyuz A-4. The cosmonauts meet with engineers at TsNII-30 in Noginsk to review plans for docking trainers for the new Soyuz spacecraft. The trainers were supposed to be completed by now, but they are being held up for television and optical equipment to be delivered from Leningrad and Sverdlovsk. The mock-up of the 7K manned spacecraft trainer is immobile; it can only be turned around its centre of mass. The 1/30 scale of the 9K and 11K propulsion spacecraft with which the 7K will dock are free to rotate in all 3 axes. The cosmonauts in the 7K mock-up will see the 9K or 11K via the television screen aboard the spacecraft or in the Soyuz spacecraft in what the engineers promise will be a life-like appearance. They will practice approach and docking from a simulated distance of 300 m at a typical approach rate of 2 m/s. At the scale of the installation, this will equate to 10 cm/s. After the trainer review General Ioffe briefed the cosmonauts on plans for an electronic digital computer, with a mass of 40 kg, which was being developed for use in spacecraft navigation. Kamanin sees that very close collaboration will be needed between TsNII-30, TsPK, and GKNII VVS to complete trainer development on an accelerated schedule.
1964 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-16. Model: R-16U. FAILURE: Failure. -
State trials missile test Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).
1964 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC31B. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B 437. -
Research and development launch Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
1964 - 20:15 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC15. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Model: Titan 2. LV Configuration: Titan II N-32. -
Research and development launch Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
1964 - 21:18 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150 NASA 04.124UA. FAILURE: Failure. -
JHU Aurora 2 Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 161 km (100 mi).
1965 - Launch Vehicle: Titan. Model: Titan 2. -
A full-scale rehearsal of the flight crew countdown for Gemini-Titan 3 was conducted at the launch site. Nation: USA. Flight: Gemini 3. Procedures were carried out for moving the flight crew from their quarters in the Manned Spacecraft Center operations building at Merritt Island to the pilot's ready room at complex 16 at Cape Kennedy. Complete flight crew suiting operation in the ready room, the transfer to complex 19, and crew ingress into the spacecraft were practiced. Practice countdown proceeded smoothly and indicated that equipment and procedures were flight ready.
1965 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC41/3. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-16. Model: R-16U. -
PBG Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi).
1965 - 05:02 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC31. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Vostok 8A92M. LV Configuration: Vostok 8A92M R15000-09.
1965 - 11:10 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache Sphere 24. -
Sphere Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1965 - 19:45 GMT - Launch Site: Delamar Dry Lake DZ. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: 37.3 N x 114.9 W. Launch Vehicle: X-15. LV Configuration: X-15 1-52-85.
1966 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: PL87. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: RT-2. -
Test mission Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1966 - 13:59 GMT - Launch Site: Sonmiani. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.212IA. -
Rehbar 10 (Na) Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1966 - 16:12 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC34. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Saturn I. Model: Saturn IB. LV Configuration: Saturn IB SA-201. -
Apollo 201 (AS-201) Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 488 km (303 mi). Apollo-Saturn 201 was launched from Cape Kennedy, with liftoff of an Apollo Block I spacecraft (CSM 009) on a Saturn IB launch vehicle at 11:12:01 EST. Launched from Launch Complex 34, the unmanned suborbital mission was the first flight test of the Saturn IB and an Apollo spacecraft. Total launch weight was 22,000 kilograms. Spacecraft communications blackout lasted 1 minute 22 seconds. Reentry was initiated with a space-fixed velocity of 29,000 kilometers per hour. CM structure and heatshields performed adequately. The CM was recovered by the USS Boxer from the Atlantic about 72 kilometers uprange from the planned landing point. (8.18 S x 11.15 W).
1968 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 576A1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas F. LV Configuration: Atlas F 116F.
1969 - 07:47 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor Delta E1. LV Configuration: Thor Delta E1 483/D67.
1969 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Pad: LC1 or LC31. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Voskhod 11A57.
1969 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Site: Thumba. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure ISRO-45.002. -
ISRO 45.02 Ionosphere mission Nation: India. Agency: ISRO. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi).
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Kamanin views DOS, continuation of N1-L3 with dismay Nation: USSR. Program: Soyuz, Salyut, Lunar L3, Almaz. Spacecraft: Salyut 1, Soyuz 7K-LOK, LK, Almaz OPS, Soyuz OB-VI, Soyuz VI. Flight: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 11. The Ministry of Defence and VVS approve the draft DOS resolution. Kamanin has fought against it. He would prefer to develop a single reliable Soyuz spacecraft model by building and flying ten more (there are only four left of the original production lot in assembly). Instead the space leadership keep dreaming up new projects. In Kamanin's view, the DOS and its new Soyuz ferry design join Almaz, Soyuz VI, and the L3 as 'paper spacecraft'. Mishin still thinks he will 'teach the N1 to fly' and complete the L3, but Kamanin thinks the chances of this are nil. There is no coherent plan for Soviet spaceflight.
1970 - 04:47 GMT - Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Complex: S. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Skylark. Model: Skylark 2. LV Configuration: Skylark 2 S61/2. -
ESRO S61 / 2 Aeronomy mission Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).
1970 - 13:30 GMT - Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: MR-12. -
Aeronomy mission Nation: USSR. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1970 - 14:15 GMT - Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: MR-12. -
Polar Atmospheric pressure Aeronomy/Ionosphere mission Nation: USSR. Apogee: 181 km (112 mi).
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1971 - 05:06 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC31. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Soyuz 11A511L.
1971 - 10:18 GMT - Launch Site: Salto di Quirra. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Skylark. Model: Skylark 3 AC. LV Configuration: Skylark 3 AC S54. FAILURE: Failure. -
ESRO S54 Solar x-ray mission Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).
1973 - 03:23 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 2. LV Configuration: Black Brant II ADD-2-127. -
Auroral VUV Aurora / aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi).
1974 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC173. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100. Model: MR-UR-100. -
State trials missile test Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
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1975 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC109. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: R-36M. -
Missile accuracy test launch Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1975 - 09:00 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Pad: LC1 or LC31. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Voskhod 11A57.
1975 - 22:50 GMT - Launch Site: Poker Flat. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Astrobee. Model: Astrobee D. LV Configuration: Astrobee D CRL A30.413-3. -
Gerdian Condenser Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 104 km (64 mi).
1976 - Launch Site: Natal. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Model: Sonda 3. LV Configuration: Sonda 3 XV-01. FAILURE: Failure. -
Serido test Nation: Brazil. Agency: IAE. Apogee: 47 km (29 mi).
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1977 - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: A-15. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Honest John. Model: HJ Nike Hydac. -
STRESS BETTY Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: DNA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1977 - 20:02 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Model: Nike Orion. LV Configuration: Nike Orion NASA 31.01UA. -
Auroral NO Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).
1977 - 21:18 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Vostok 8A92M. -
Cosmos 895 Nation: USSR. Program: Tselina. Payload: Tselina-D no. 11. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Class: Sigint. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 433 km (269 mi). Apogee: 442 km (274 mi). Inclination: 81.20 deg. Period: 93.30 min. COSPAR: 1977-015A. USAF Sat Cat: 9853. Decay Date: 1992-03-22.
1978 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Model: Kappa 9M. LV Configuration: Kappa 9M K-9M-60. -
Ultraviolet astronomy / extreme ultraviolet astronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi).
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1979 - Launch Vehicle: Shuttle.
1979 - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Honest John. Model: Taurus Orion. LV Configuration: Taurus Orion NASA 33.03UA. -
Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1979 - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Honest John. Model: Taurus Orion. LV Configuration: Taurus Orion NASA 33.04UE. -
Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1979 - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 5A. LV Configuration: Black Brant VA AMF-VA-51. -
Eclipse mission Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi).
1979 - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois GL A07.712-2. -
Eclipse DEN Sphere Eclipse / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 215 km (133 mi). Eclipse DEN. Launched from Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada - Latitude: 50.88 N, Longitude:93.47 W.
1979 - 16:28 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Model: Nike Orion. LV Configuration: Nike Orion GL A12.9B1. -
Eclipse ASL-SE-79B1 Eclipse aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). Eclipse ASL-SE-79B1. Launched from Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada - Latitude: 50.88 N, Longitude:93.47 W.
1979 - 16:28 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Model: Nike Orion. LV Configuration: Nike Orion GL A12.9A1. -
Eclipse ASL-SE-79A1 Eclipse aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). Eclipse ASL-SE-79A1. Launched from Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada - Latitude: 50.88 N, Longitude:93.47 W.
1979 - 16:51 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Model: Nike Orion. LV Configuration: Nike Orion GL A12.9A2. -
Eclipse LWIR Eclipse / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 141 km (87 mi). Eclipse LWIR. Launched from Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada - Latitude: 50.88 N, Longitude:93.47 W.
1979 - 16:52 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.1021UE. -
Eclipse Eclipse / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi). Eclipse. Launched from Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada - Latitude: 50.88 N, Longitude:93.47 W.
1979 - 16:52 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Paiute Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Paiute Tomahawk GL A10.802-1. -
Eclipse / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 115 km (71 mi).
1979 - 16:54 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.1022UE. -
Eclipse Eclipse / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 132 km (82 mi). Eclipse. Launched from Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada - Latitude: 50.88 N, Longitude:93.47 W.
1979 - 17:41 GMT - Launch Site: Red Lake. Launch Complex: CHK. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Paiute Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Paiute Tomahawk GL A10.802-2. -
Eclipse / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF GL. Apogee: 116 km (72 mi).
1982 - 00:04 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Delta 3910/PAM. LV Configuration: Delta 3910/PAM 644/D160. -
Westar 4 Nation: USA. Program: Westar. Mass: 1,072 kg (2,363 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: HS 376. Agency: WUTC. Perigee: 35,915 km (22,316 mi). Apogee: 35,943 km (22,333 mi). Inclination: 2.00 deg. Period: 1,443.40 min. COSPAR: 1982-014A. USAF Sat Cat: 13069. Completed Operations Date: 1991-11-09. TV, telephone. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 99 deg W in 1982-1991 As of 2 September 2001 located at 83.31 deg W drifting at 1.825 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 8 located at 112.98W drifting at 1.830W degrees per day.
1982 - 03:50 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Honest John. Model: Taurus Orion. LV Configuration: Taurus Orion NASA 33.25UL. -
Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
1982 - 20:10 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Molniya 8K78M.
1986 - 12:02 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: LC35?. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 5B. LV Configuration: Black Brant VB NASA 21.93UG. -
JHU FOT 6 Halley Ultraviolet astronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi).
1986 - 13:40 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Soyuz 11A511U.
1987 - Launch Site: Sonde Stromfjord. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 9. LV Configuration: Black Brant IX GL A21.628. -
POLAR ARC / COPE II Plasma mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 387 km (240 mi).
1987 - 13:30 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Soyuz 11A511U.
1987 - 23:05 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Delta 3914. LV Configuration: Delta 3914 D179.
1987 - 23:43 GMT - Launch Site: Sonde Stromfjord. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Model: Terrier Malemute. LV Configuration: Terrier Malemute NASA 29.25UE. -
Plasma mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
1988 - 09:00 GMT -
1988 - 09:31 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC41/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Molniya 8K78M. LV Configuration: Molniya 8K78M-2BL.
1990 - 02:06 GMT - Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: S. Model: S-520. LV Configuration: S-520-12. -
Auroral mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 369 km (229 mi).
1991 - 04:53 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC133/3. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Model: Kosmos 11K65M. LV Configuration: Kosmos 11K65M 47168-254.
1992 - 23:58 GMT - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Ariane. Model: Ariane 44L. LV Configuration: Ariane 44L V49.
1993 - 20:45 GMT - Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: LC42. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Model: STARS. LV Configuration: STARS FTU-1. -
FTU-1 test Nation: USA. Agency: USA SDC. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
1997 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC36. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 9. LV Configuration: Black Brant IX NASA 36.161NP. -
DARTFire 3 Microgravity mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
1998 - 07:07 GMT - Launch Site: Point Arguello WADZ. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: 36.0 N x 123.0 W. Launch Vehicle: Pegasus. Model: Pegasus XL. LV Configuration: Pegasus XL F20.
1999 - 22:44 GMT - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Ariane. Model: Ariane 44L. LV Configuration: Ariane 44L-3 V116.
2000 - Launch Site: ETR Launch Area. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Trident. Model: Trident C-4. LV Configuration: Trident C-4 FCET-51. -
Operational test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
2000 - Launch Site: ETR Launch Area. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Trident. Model: Trident C-4. LV Configuration: Trident C-4 FCET-51. -
Operational test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
2000 - Launch Site: ETR Launch Area. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Trident. Model: Trident C-4. LV Configuration: Trident C-4 FCET-51. -
Operational test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
2000 - Launch Site: ETR Launch Area. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Trident. Model: Trident C-4. LV Configuration: Trident C-4 FCET-51. -
Operational test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
2000 - 09:19 GMT - Launch Site: Poker Flat. Launch Complex: LC4. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 12. LV Configuration: Black Brant XII NASA 40.15IE. -
GEODESIC Ionosphere mission Nation: Canada. Agency: CSA. Apogee: 990 km (610 mi).
2001 - 08:09 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Soyuz 11A511U. LV Configuration: Soyuz 11A511U 670 / ISS-3P. -
Progress M-44 Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Payload: Progress M s/n 244. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Logistics. Spacecraft: Progress M. Manufacturer: RKK Energiya. Agency: RAKA. Perigee: 193 km (119 mi). Apogee: 243 km (150 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. COSPAR: 2001-008A. USAF Sat Cat: 26713. Duration: 49.22 days. Decay Date: 2001-04-16. Flight: ISS EO-1. ISS Servicing flight. Launch delayed from February10/20. Progress M-44 was a Russian, automatic cargo carrier that carried 2.5 tonnes of food, water, fuel, oxygen, and equipment to the International Space Station. In preparation for the docking, the ISS crew repositioned the Soyuz TM-31 escape craft from its port on Zvezda to a port on the Zarya module. Progress M-44 docked with the -Y port on Zvezda at 09:47 UT on 28 February. It undocked from Zvezda's aft port on April 16 at 0848 GMT and was deorbited at 1323 GMT over the Pacific Ocean.
2005 - 09:25 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Y. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: H-2. Model: H-IIA 2022. LV Configuration: H-IIA 2022 H-IIA-7F. -
Himawari 6 Nation: Japan. Payload: MT-Sat 1R. Mass: 3,300 kg (7,200 lb). Class: Meteorology. Spacecraft: FS-1300. Manufacturer: Space Systems/Loral. Agency: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Perigee: 35,778 km (22,231 mi). Apogee: 35,798 km (22,243 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.20 min. COSPAR: 2005-006A. USAF Sat Cat: 28622. Return to flight after earlier failure; first commercial mission for H-2A. Delayed from August 2003, January 2004, and February 24, 2005. The dual-purpose satellite was to provide weather data for the Japanese Meteorological Agency (as with others in the Himawari-GMS series), and air traffic control support (airplane-ATC voice/data links, GPS augmentation and airplane position tracking) for the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 140.26E drifting at 0.000E degrees per day.
Born on this day in:
- 1936 - Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Birth City: Novocherkassk. Birth State: Rostov. Birth Country: Russia.
- 1958 - Susan Jane Helms. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Birth City: Charlotte. Birth State: North Carolina. Birth Country: USA.
Died on this day in: - 2000 - Petr Aleksandrovich Tyurin
. Russian Chief Designer.
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