1993 in spaceflight

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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1993.

Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket	Site	LSP	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome	Remarks
January 12, 11:10:17 UTC	Kosmos-3M	LC-133/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2230 (Tsikada)	MO RF	LEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
January 13, 01:49:00 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Molniya-1-85	MOM	Molniya	Comsat	November 15, 2005	Successful
January 13, 13:59:30 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Endeavour^[2]	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	STS-54, 5 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	Successful	January 19, 1993, 13:37:47 UTC
January 13, 13:59:30 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Endeavour^[2]	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	TDRS-6 (TDRS-F)	NASA	GEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
January 19, 14:49:01 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2231 (Yantar-4K2-66)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance	March 25, 1993	Successful
January 24, 05:58:05 UTC	Soyuz-U2	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Soyuz TM-16	RKA	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	July 22, 1993	Successful
January 26, 15:55:26 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2232 (Oko)	MOM	Molniya	Missile defence	Still in orbit	Successful so far
January 27, 10:43:41 UTC	Black Brant XII	Poker Flat	NASA	PHAZE	NASA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	January 27, 1993	Failure	Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) Failed before reaching space
January 28	HPB	Wake Island	Orbital		US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Reentry vehicle test	January 28, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
February 3, 02:55:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-88 (GPS-IIA-18)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
February 5, 16:24 UTC	Storm	SULF, White Sands	US Air Force	BTTV-3 Validation	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Test flight	February 5, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
February 7	Prithvi	Balasore	IDRDL		IDRDL	Sub-orbital	Missile test	February 7, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February 8, 20:00 UTC	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar research	February 8, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
February 9, 02:56:56 UTC	Kosmos-3M	LC-133/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2233 (Parus)	MO RF	LEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
February 9, 14:30 UTC	Pegasus	NB-52, Kennedy	Orbital	Orbcomm SCD-1	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
February 9, 14:30 UTC	Pegasus	NB-52, Kennedy	Orbital	Orbcomm CDS-1	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
February 11	HPB	Wake Island	Orbital		Orbital	Sub-orbital	Re-entry vehicle test	February 11, 1993	Failure	Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
February 17, 20:09:47 UTC	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81/23, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2234 (GLONASS)	MOM	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2235 (GLONASS)	MOM	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2236 (GLONASS)	MOM	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
February 18, 07:00 UTC	S-520	LA-K, Kagoshima	ISAS	METS	ISAS	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere and Plasma research	February 18, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
February 19, 13:45 UTC	RH-560	Sriharikota	ISRO		ISRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research, Barium release	February 19, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
February 19, 13:15 UTC	RH-560	Sriharikota	ISRO		ISRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research, Barium release	February 19, 1993	Successful	PRL/Sridharan Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
February 19, 18:00 UTC	Black Brant 9CM1	LC-36, White Sands	SSI	CONSORT-6	SSI	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	February 19, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 301 kilometres (187 mi)
February 20, 02:20 UTC	Mu-3S-II	LA-M1, Kagoshima	ISAS	Asuka (ASTRO-D)	ISAS	LEO	Astronomy	March 2, 2001	Successful
February 21, 18:32:33 UTC	Soyuz-U2	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Progress M-16	MOM	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	March 27, 1993	Successful
February 25, 13:40 UTC	Topol'	Plesetsk	RVSN		RVSN	Sub-orbital	Missile test	February 25, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
February 26, 20:45 UTC	Polaris (STARS)	LC-42, Barking Sands	SDC	FTU-1	SDC	Sub-orbital	Test flight	February 26, 1993	Successful	Maiden flight of STARS Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi)
March 2	Peacekeeper	LF-02, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force		US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	March 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
March 8, 00:15 UTC	Nike-Orion	White Sands	NASA	CWAS 29	NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	March 8, 1993	Successful	140 kilometres (87 mi)
March 10, 13:38 UTC	Nike-Orion	White Sands	NASA	CWAS-30	NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	March 10, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
March 10	Minuteman III	LF26, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	GT-151GB	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	March 10, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
March 16, 02:12:41 UTC	Black Brant 9CM1	LA-2, Wallops Island	SDIO	SPEAR 3	SDIO	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	March 16, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
March 22	Sonda-2	Alcântara	INPE/IAE	Maruda	INPE	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	March 22, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 102 kilometres (63 mi)
March 25, 02:28:00 UTC	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81/23, Baikonur	VKS	Raduga-29	MOM	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
March 25, 13:15:27 UTC	Start-1	LC-158, Plesetsk	RVSN	EKA	MO RF	LEO	Tecnnology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful so far
March 25, 21:38 UTC	Atlas I	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral	General Dynamics	UHF-1	US Navy	GEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Failure	Booster engine failure left spacecraft in useless orbit
March 26, 02:21:00 UTC	Zenit-2	LC-45/1, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2237 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful
March 30, 03:09:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-90 (GPS-IIA-19)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
March 30, 12:00:00 UTC	Tsyklon-2	LC-90, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2238 (US-PM)	MO RF	LEO	Naval reconnaissance	December 10, 1994	Successful
March 31, 03:34:13 UTC	Soyuz-U2	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Progress M-17	MOM	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	March 3, 1994	Successful
April 1, 18:57:26 UTC	Kosmos-3M	LC-133/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2239 (Parus)	MO RF	LEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
April 2, 10:09 UTC	Black Brant XII	Poker Flat	NASA	Alaska 93	NASA/ UCB	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	April 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,425 kilometres (885 mi)
April 2, 14:30:01 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2240 (Yantar-4K2)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance	June 7, 1993	Successful
April 6, 19:07:27 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2241 (Oko)	MOM	Molniya	Missile defence	Still in orbit	Successful so far
April 8, 05:29:00 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Discovery^[3]	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	STS-56, 5 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	April 17, 1993, 11:37:19 UTC	Successful
					/Atlas-2 (Spacelab)	ESA/NASA	Solar research		Successful
					SPARTAN-201	NASA	Solar research		Successful	Deployed from Discovery on April 11, retrieved on April 13
April 12, 17:18 UTC	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	NIXT	NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar research	April 12, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi)
April 16, 07:49:00 UTC	Tsyklon-3	Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2242 (Tselina)	MO RF	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful so far
April 17, 09:15 UTC	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	SXT	NASA/UoC	Sub-orbital	X-Ray astronomy	April 17, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
April 19, 05:50 UTC	RH-560	Sriharikota	ISRO	SPICE-3	ISRO	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	April 19, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi)
April 21, 00:23:00 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	VKS	Molniya-3-57L	MOM	Molniya	Comsat	January 25, 2004	Successful
April 25, 13:56 UTC	Pegasus	NB-52, Edwards AFB	Orbital	Alexis	STP	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful so far
April 25, 13:56 UTC	Pegasus	NB-52, Edwards AFB	Orbital	Orbcomm CDS-2 (VSUME)	Orbcomm	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
April 26, 14:50:00 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Columbia^[4]	LC-39A, Kennedy	USA	STS-55, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	May 6, 1993, 14:30 UTC	Successful
April 26, 14:50:00 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Columbia^[4]	LC-39A, Kennedy	USA	Spacelab D-2	NASA/DLR	LEO	Microgravity research	May 6, 1993, 14:30 UTC	Successful
April 27, 10:35:00 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-31/6, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2243 (Yantar-1KFT)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance satellite	May 6, 1993	Failure	Mission aborted after six days
April 28, 03:39:20 UTC	Tsyklon-2	LC-90, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2244 (US-PM)	MO RF	LEO	Naval reconnaissance	March 18, 1995	Successful
May 1, 05:35 UTC	Skylark 7	LA-S, Esrange	DLR	TEXUS 30	DLR	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	May 1, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi)
May 6, 15:38 UTC	Black Brant 8C	Poker Flat	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	May 6, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 271 kilometres (168 mi)
May 11, 14:56:01 UTC	Tsyklon-3	Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2245 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2246 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2247 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2248 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2249 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2250 (Strela)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
May 12, 00:56:32 UTC	Ariane 4 (42L)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Astra 1C	SES Astra	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
May 12, 00:56:32 UTC	Ariane 4 (42L)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Arsene (Oscar-24)	RACE/AMSAT	MEO	Amateur radio satellite	Still in orbit	Partial failure	VHF transponder failed during launch, UHF/S-band transponder failed on September 6, 1993 making satellite unusable
May 13, 00:07:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-91 (GPS-IIA-20)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
May 14, 01:10 UTC	Nike-Orion	White Sands	NASA	CWAS-31	NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	May 14, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
May 19, 00:47 UTC	Nike-Orion	White Sands	NASA	CWAS-32	NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	May 19, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
May 21, 09:15:01 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Resurs-F-17	MOM	LEO	Remote sensing	June 20, 1993	Successful
May 22, 06:41:47 UTC	Soyuz-U2	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Progress M-18	MOM	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	July 4, 1993	Successful
May 23, 09:17 UTC	LCLV	LC-20, Cape Canaveral	BMDO	Red Tigress 2A	BMDO	Sub-orbital	Target	May 23, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 378 kilometres (235 mi)
May 26, 03:23 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	VKS	Molniya-1-86	MOM	Molniya	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
May 26, 09:43 UTC	Nike-Orion	Biscarosse	DLR		DLR/Aerospatiale	Sub-orbital	Test flight	May 26, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
May 27, 01:22:00 UTC	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81/23, Baikonur	VKS	Gorizont-28	RSCC	Intended: GEO	Comsat	May 27, 1993	Failure
May 28, 08:34 UTC	LCLV	LC-20, Cape Canaveral	BMDO		BMDO	Sub-orbital	Target	May 28, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 390 kilometres (240 mi)
May 29	Hwasong 6	Musudan	DPRK		DPRK	Sub-orbital	Missile test	May 29, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
May 29	Hwasong 6	Musudan	DPRK		DPRK	Sub-orbital	Missile test	May 29, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
May 29	Nodong 1	Musudan	DPRK		DPRK	Sub-orbital	Missile test	May 29, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May 30	Hwasong 6	Musudan	DPRK		DPRK	Sub-orbital	Missile test	May 30, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June 15, 17:30 UTC	Minuteman IB	LF-03, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	RSLP TDT-1	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target	June 15, 1993	Failure	Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
June 16, 04:39 UTC	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	June 16, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi)
June 16, 04:17:00 UTC	Kosmos-3M	LC-132/1, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2251 (Strela-2M)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	10 February 2009	Successful	Collided with Iridium 33 after retirement.^[5]
June 21, 13:07:22 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Endeavour^[6]	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	STS-57, 6 astronauts	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	July 1, 1993, 12:52 UTC	Successful
June 21, 13:07:22 UTC^[1]	Space Shuttle Endeavour^[6]	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	SpaceHAB SH-01	NASA/SpaceHAB	LEO	Microgravity research	July 1, 1993, 12:52 UTC	Successful
June 22	Aries	LC-36, White Sands	Orbital		BMDO	Sub-orbital	Technology demonstration	June 22, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
June 24, 04:12:41 UTC	Tsyklon-3	Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2252 (Strela-3)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2253 (Strela-3)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2254 (Strela-3)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2255 (Strela-3)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2256 (Strela-3)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kosmos-2257 (Strela-3)	MO RF	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
June 25, 00:18:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (42P)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Galaxy-4H	Hughes	GEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
June 25, 08:20:00 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Resurs-F-18	MOM	LEO	Remote sensing	July 12, 1993	Successful
June 25, 23:30 UTC	Scout G-1	SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB	NASA	RADCAL (P92-1)	USAF/STP	LEO (Polar)	Radar calibration	Still in orbit	Successful so far
June 26, 13:27:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-92 (GPS IIA-21)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
June 26, 13:27:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	PMG	NASA	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful so far
June	Prithvi	Balasore	IDRDL		IDRDL	Sub-orbital	Missile test	Within an hour of launch	Successful	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
July 1, 14:32:58 UTC	Soyuz-U2	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Soyuz TM-17	MOM	LEO, docked to Mir	Manned orbital flight	January 14, 1994	Successful
July 2	Minuteman III	LF-09, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	GT-152GM	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	July 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
July 7, 07:15:00 UTC	Tsyklon-2	Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2258 (US-PM)	MO RF	LEO	Naval reconnaissance	June 8, 1995	Successful
July 7	Trident D-5	USS Pennsylvania, ETR	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	July 7, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 7	Trident D-5	USS Pennsylvania, ETR	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	July 7, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 14, 03:19 UTC	Peacekeeper	LF-05, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force		US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	July 14, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 14, 16:40:00 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2259 (Yantar-4K2)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance	July 25, 1993	Successful
July 19, 22:04 UTC	Atlas II/IABS	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral	General Dynamics	USA-93 (DSCS IIIB-9)	US Air Force	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
July 22, 08:25 UTC	Black Brant X	Wallops Island	NASA	WISP-2	NASA	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	July 22, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi)
July 22, 08:45:00 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2260 (Zenit-8)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance	August 5, 1993	Successful
July 22, 22:58:55 UTC	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Hispasat 1B	Hispasat	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
July 22, 22:58:55 UTC	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Insat 2B	ISRO	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
July 23, 08:22 UTC	Topol'	Plesetsk	RVSN		RVSN	Sub-orbital	Test	July 23, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 27	Black Brant 9CM1	LA-CE, Biscarosse	MATRA	BLANC	MATRA	Sub-orbital	Photography	July 27, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
July 28, 05:43 UTC	Viper 3A	Esrange	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	July 28, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
July 30, 06:19 UTC	Viper 3A	Esrange	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	July 30, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
August 1, 01:46 UTC	Nike-Orion	Andøya	NDRE	SCT-06	NDRE	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	August 1, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
August 2, 00:37 UTC	Viper 3A	Esrange	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	August 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
August 2, 01:02 UTC	Nike-Orion	Esrange	DLR/SSC	Decimals-B	SSC	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	August 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
August 2, 01:24 UTC	Viper 3A	Esrange	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	August 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
August 2, 03:24 UTC	Viper 3A	Esrange	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	August 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
August 2, 05:54 UTC	Viper 3A	Esrange	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	August 2, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
August 2, 19:59 UTC	Titan IVA (403A)	SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	SLDCOM-3	US NRO	Intended: LEO	Comsat	T+101 seconds	Failure	Apogee: 33 kilometres (21 mi)
				NOSS-2-3-A	US NRO	Intended: LEO	Naval reconnaissance
				NOSS-2-3-B	US NRO	Intended: LEO	Naval reconnaissance
				NOSS-2-3-C	US NRO	Intended: LEO	Naval reconnaissance
August 4, 00:52:00 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Molniya-3-58L	MOM	Molniya	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
August 9, 10:02 UTC	Atlas-E	SLC-3W, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	NOAA-13	NOAA	LEO (SSO)	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
August 10, 14:53:45 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2261 Oko	MOM	Molniya	Missile defence	Still in orbit	Successful so far
August 10, 22:23:45 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Progress M-19	MOM	LEO, docked to Mir	Resupply Mir	October 13, 1993	Successful
August 17, 18:00 UTC	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	SERTS-93-5	NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar research	August 17, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 312 kilometres (194 mi)
August 20, 18:27 UTC	Trident D-5	USS Nebraska, ETR	US Navy		US Navy	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	August 20, 1993		Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
August 24, 10:45:00 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-16/2, Plesetsk	VKS	Resurs-F-19	MOM	LEO	Remote sensing	September 10, 1993	Successful
August 25, 10:00 UTC	Polaris (STARS)	LC-42, Barking Sands	SDC	Zodiac Beauchamp	SDC	Sub-orbital	Target	August 25, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi)
August 28, 09:45 UTC	Aries	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	SXT (XOGS)	NASA	Sub-orbital	X-Ray astronomy	August 28, 1993	Failure	Apogee: 8 kilometres (5.0 mi)
August 30, 12:38:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-94 (GPS IIA-22)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
August 31, 04:40:00 UTC	Tsyklon-3	Plesetsk	VKS	Meteor-2-21	RKA	LEO	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
August 31, 04:40:00 UTC	Tsyklon-3	Plesetsk	VKS	Temisat	Telespazio	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful
August 31	Minuteman III	LF26, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	GT-153GB	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	August 31, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
September 3, 11:17 UTC	Atlas I	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral	General Dynamics	USA-95 (UHF-F2)	US Navy	GEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
September 7, 13:25:00 UTC	Soyuz-U2	LC-31/6, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2262 (Don)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance	December 18, 1993	Successful
September 10, 16:00 UTC	Nike-Orion	White Sands	NASA	CWAS-33	NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	September 10, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
September 12, 11:45:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Discovery	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	STS-51	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	September 22, 1993	Successful
				ORFEUS-SPAS	NASA/DARA	LEO	Astronomy	September 22, 1993	Successful	Deployed and retrieved by Discovery
				ACTS	NASA	GEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful	Deployed from Discovery using TOS
September 13, 18:00 UTC	Nike-Orion	White Sands	NASA	CWAS-34	NASA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	September 13, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
September 15	Peacekeeper	LF-02, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force		US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	September 15, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
September 16, 07:36:19 UTC	Zenit-2	LC-45/1, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2263 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	LEO	ELINT	Still in orbit	Successful
September 16, 23:00 UTC	TR-1A	LA-T, Tanegashima	NASDA		NASDA	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	September 16, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 264 kilometres (164 mi)
September 17, 00:43:10 UTC	Tsyklon-2	Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2264 (US-PM)	MO RF	LEO	Naval reconnaissance	August 7, 1995	Successful
September 20, 05:12 UTC	PSLV-D	FLP, Sriharikota	ISRO	IRS-1E	ISRO	Intended: LEO	Remote sensing	September 20, 1993	Failure	Maiden flight of PSLV Failed to reach orbit due to guidance system malfunction
September 26, 01:45:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (40)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Spot-3	CNES	LEO (SSO)	Remote sensing	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Stella	CNES	LEO	Gravity research	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Healthsat-2	SatelLife	LEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Kitsat-2	KAIST	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful
				Eyesat	Interferometrics Inc/AMSAT	LEO	Amateur radio	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				Itamsat	Interferometrics Inc/AMSAT	LEO	Amateur radio	Still in orbit	Successful so far
				PoSAT-1	PoSAT	LEO	Technology demonstration	Still in orbit	Successful
September 30, 17:05:59 UTC	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81/23, Baikonur	VKS	Raduga-30	MOM	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
October 4, 17:45 UTC	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	CU-4	NASA	Sub-orbital	Solar ultraviolet astronomy	October 4, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October 4, 19:35 UTC	Taurus-Orion	White Sands	NASA		NASA	Sub-orbital	Plasma research	October 4, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
October 5, 17:56 UTC	Titan II (23G)	SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB	US Air Force	Landsat 6	NASA	Intended: LEO	Remote sensing	October 5, 1993	Failure	Upper stage (kick motor) failed to ignite Apogee: 724 kilometres (450 mi)
October 8, 08:00 UTC	Long March 2C (CZ-2C)	LA-2B, JSLC	CALT	FSW-1-5	CASC	LEO	Reconnaissance	October 28, 1993	Successful
October 8	Storm	SULF, White Sands	US Air Force	BTTV-4 (PAC-2) Target	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target	October 8, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
October 11, 21:33:19 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Progress M-20	MOM	LEO (Mir)	Resupply Mir	November 21, 1993	Successful
October 18, 14:53:10 UTC	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	STS-58	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	November 1, 1993	Successful
October 18, 14:53:10 UTC	Space Shuttle Columbia	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	Spacelab SLS-2	LEO	Biological research	Successful	November 1, 1993
October 21, 01:46 UTC	INTA-300B	El Arenosillo	INTA	FEIROX (FEIROH)	INTA	Sub-orbital	Aeronomy	October 21, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
October 22, 06:46:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Intelsat 701	Intelsat	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
October 26, 10:00:04 UTC	Kosmos-3M	LC-132/1, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2265 (Taifun)	MO RF	LEO	Calibration	August 11, 2003	Successful
October 26, 17:04:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17B, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-96 (GPS IIA-23)	US Air Force	MEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
October 26	Storm	LC-36, White Sands	US Air Force	BTTV-5 (ERINT)	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target	October 26, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
October 28, 15:17:00 UTC	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81/23, Baikonur	VKS	Gorizont-28	MOM	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
November 2, 12:10:09 UTC	Kosmos-3M	LC-132/1, Plesetsk	VKS	Kosmos-2266 (Parus)	MO RF	LEO	Navigation	Still in orbit	Successful so far
November 3	SSBS S3	Biscarosse	DMA		DMA	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	November 3, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
November 4, 07:07 UTC	Skylark 7	LA-S, Esrange	SSC	MASER 6	SSC	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	November 4, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi)
November 5, 08:25:00 UTC	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	VKS	Kosmos-2267 (Yantar-4KS1M)	MOM	LEO	Reconnaissance satellite	December 28, 1994	Successful
November 17	Sonda-3	Natal	IAE		IAE	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	November 17, 1993	Successful	INPE/ Apogee: 555 kilometres (345 mi)
November 18, 13:54:59 UTC	Proton-K/DM-2	LC-81/23, Baikonur	VKS	Gorizont-29	MOM	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Sold to Rimsat as Rimsat-1, then to PASI as PASI-1, then to LMI as LIM-AP-1
November 18	Trident D-5	USS Nebraska, ETR	US Navy	PGW	US Navy	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	November 18, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
November 20, 01:17:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Solidaridad-1	Tele Mexico	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
November 20, 01:17:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (44LP)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Meteosat-6	ESA/EUMETSAT	GSO	Weather satellite	Still in orbit	Successful so far
November 26, 11:00 UTC	Skylark 7	LA-S, Esrange	DLR	TEXUS 31	DLR	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	November 26, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 257 kilometres (160 mi)
November 28, 23:40 UTC	Atlas II	LC-36A, Cape Canaveral	General Dynamics	USA-97 (DSCS IIIB-10)	US Air Force	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
November 29, 09:30 UTC	Nike-Improved Orion	Esrange	DLR	Mini-TEXUS-1	DLR	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	November 29, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)
November 30	Storm	LC-36, White Sands	US Air Force	BTTV-6 (ERINT/GTF-2)	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target	November 30, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
December 2, 09:27:00 UTC	Space Shuttle Endeavour	LC-39B, Kennedy	USA	STS-61	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	December 13, 1993	Successful	Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
December 8, 00:48:00 UTC	Delta II (7925)	LC-17A, Cape Canaveral	McDonnell Douglas	USA-98 (NATO-4B)	NATO/US Air Force	GEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
December 16, 00:38 UTC	Atlas IIAS	LC-36B, Cape Canaveral	General Dynamics	Telstar 401	AT&T	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Maiden flight of Atlas IIAS
December 17	Storm	SULF, White Sands	US Air Force	MTTV-1 (ERINT)	US Air Force	Sub-orbital	Target	December 17, 1993	Successful	Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
December 18, 01:27:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	DBS-1	Hughes	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
December 18, 01:27:00 UTC	Ariane 4 (44L)	ELA-2, CSG	Arianespace	Thaicom 1	Thaicom	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
December 22, 20:37:16 UTC	Molniya-M	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	VKS	Molniya-1-87	MOM	Molniya	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
December	Volna	Delta class submarine	VMF		VMF	Sub-orbital	Operational test flight	Within an hour of launch	Successful	Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
December	Zyb	Submarine, Pacific Ocean	RVSN	Efir	RVSN	Sub-orbital	Technology demonstration	Within an hour of launch	Successful	Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1993

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
10 April	Hiten	Crashed intentionally on the Moon
22 August	Mars Observer	Lost contact prior to orbit insertion
28 August	Galileo	Flyby of 243 Ida	Closest approach: 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi)

[edit] EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
17 January	4 hours 28 minutes		STS-54 Endeavour	Gregory J. Harbaugh Mario Runco, Jr.	Tested space station construction techniques and mobility techniques.^[7]
19 April 17:15	5 hours 25 minutes	22:40	Mir EO-13 Kvant-2	Gennadi Manakov Aleksandr Poleshchuk	Used the Strela boom to install an electric motor on the Kvant-1 module for solar arrays originally installed on the Kristall module. After the installation, Poleshchuk noticed that one of the handles on the Strela boom had become loose and drifted away from Mir. The loss of the Strela handle meant the next EVA would have to be delayed until a new handle could be lifted to orbit the next Progress supply launch.
18 June 17:25	4 hours 33 minutes	21:58	Mir EO-13 Kvant-2	Gennadi Manakov Aleksandr Poleschuk	After receiving the replacement part, Manakov and Poleshchuk first repaired the Strela boom and then installed the second electric drive for the solar array.
25 June	5 hours 50 minutes		STS-57 Endeavour	G. David Low Peter Wisoff	Helped secure the antenna on the captured EURECA satellite in its stored position for return to earth. Then both spacewalkers practiced construction maneuvers on the RMS.^[8]
16 September 05:57	4 hours 18 minutes	10:16	Mir EO-14 Kvant-2	Vasily Tsibliyev Aleksandr Serebrov	Began assembly of the experimental Rapana truss structure.
16 September 08:40	7 hours 5 minutes	15:45	STS-51 Discovery	James H. Newman Carl E. Walz	Carried out tests on tools, tethers, and a foot restraint system in anticipation of the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope. A stuck tool chest lid slowed the closeout of spacewalk for at least 45 minutes.^[9]
20 September 03:51	3 hours 13 minutes	07:05	Mir EO-14 Kvant-2	Vasily Tsibliyev Aleksandr Serebrov	Completed assembly of the Rapana truss.
28 September 00:57	1 hour 52 minutes	02:48	Mir EO-14 Kvant-2	Vasily Tsibliyev Aleksandr Serebrov	Inspected the Mir exterior for damage from the recent Perseid meteoroid shower. The most notable damage they found was a 5-millimetre (0.20 in) hole on one of the solar arrays.
22 October 15:47	38 minutes	16:25	Mir EO-14 Kvant-2	Vasily Tsibliyev Aleksandr Serebrov	Continued their inspection of the Mir exterior for damage from the Perseids.
29 October 13:38	4 hours 12 minutes	17:50	Mir EO-14 Kvant-2	Vasily Tsibliyev Aleksandr Serebrov	Completed their inspection of the entire outer surface of the Mir. They observed several marks on the hull, there were no complete penetrations. The spacewalking team did notice an unidentified piece of metal drifting by the orbital complex during their inspections.
5 December 03:44	7 hours 54 minutes	11:38	STS-61 Endeavour	Story Musgrave Jeffrey A. Hoffman	HST servicing: Replaced two sets of gryoscopes and electrical control units, as well as a set of eight fuses. The spacewalks had considerable difficulty closing the latches on the doors due to thermal expansion of the closure bolts. Before re-entering the shuttle, the team prepared the payload bay for the next EVA.^[10]
6 December 03:29	6 hours 36 minutes	10:05	STS-61 Endeavour	Kathryn C. Thornton Thomas Akers	HST servicing: Thorton rode the RMS to handle the solar arrays while Akers made the cable connections as the team replaced two solar arrays on Hubble. One array was discarded into space, and one array was furled and stowed for return to earth.^[10]
7 December 03:35	6 hours 47 minutes	10:22	STS-61 Endeavour	Story Musgrave Jeffrey A. Hoffman	HST servicing: Replaced the WFPC with WFPC 2 and two magnetometers.^[10]
8 December 03:13	7 hours 21 minutes	10:03	STS-61 Endeavour	Kathryn C. Thornton Thomas Akers	HST servicing: Replaced Hubble's High Speed Photometer (HSP) with the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR). This replacement fixed the spherical aberration in Hubble's mirror. The HSP was stowed for return to earth.^[10]
9 December 03:30	7 hours 21 minutes	10:51	STS-61 Endeavour	Story Musgrave Jeffrey A. Hoffman	HST servicing: Replaced the electronics for the solar array drive motors. They also placed some made-on-Endeavour covers over the new magnetometers to protect them from debris.^[10]

[edit] References

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
"Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
"Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
"NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
"Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
"Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
"Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
"Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
"Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.

[edit] Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt". http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
^ NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-54". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-54.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
^ NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-56". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-56.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
^ NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-55". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-55.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
^ Iannotta, Becky (2009-02-11). "U.S. Satellite Destroyed in Space Collision". Space.com. http://www.space.com/news/090211-satellite-collision.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-11.
^ NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-57". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-57.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
^ "Space Shuttle Flight 53 (STS-54)". NASA. 2008. http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle53.htm. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.
^ Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-57 (56)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-57/mission-sts-57.html. Retrieved on March 2, 2009.
^ Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-51 (57)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-51/mission-sts-51.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-61 (59)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-61/mission-sts-61.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.

[launchlog-0] "http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt". http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

[1] NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-54". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-54.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

[2] NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-56". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-56.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

[3] NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-55". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-55.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

[collision-4] Iannotta, Becky (2009-02-11). "U.S. Satellite Destroyed in Space Collision". Space.com. http://www.space.com/news/090211-satellite-collision.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-11.

[5] NASA (2007-11-23). "NASA - STS-57". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-57.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.

[6] "Space Shuttle Flight 53 (STS-54)". NASA. 2008. http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle53.htm. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.

[7] Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-57 (56)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-57/mission-sts-57.html. Retrieved on March 2, 2009.

[8] Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-51 (57)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-51/mission-sts-51.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.

[sts-61-9] Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-61 (59)". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-61/mission-sts-61.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.

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