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1 Launches  


1.1  January  




1.2  February  




1.3  March  




1.4  April  




1.5  May  




1.6  June  




1.7  July  




1.8  August  




1.9  September  




1.10  October  




1.11  November  




1.12  December  






2 Deep-space rendezvous  




3 References  


3.1  Footnotes  















1989 in spaceflight






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1989 in spaceflight
The Galileo probe is deployed from Space Shuttle AtlantisonSTS-34, beginning a fourteen-year mission to Jupiter
Orbital launches
First10 January
Last27 December
Total102
Successes101
Failures1
Rockets
Maiden flightsAriane 4 44L
Delta 4925
Delta 5920
Delta II 6925
Titan IVA
RetirementsAriane 2
Ariane 3
Atlas G
Delta 3920
Delta 5920
Titan 34D
Crewed flights
Orbital6
Total travellers27
  • t
  • e
    • The launch of the only Delta 5920 with the Cosmic Background Explorer.

    The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.

    Launches[edit]

  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec →
    • Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
    Payload
    (⚀ = CubeSat)     		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
    Remarks

    January[edit]

    10 January
    02:05     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1987 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1988 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1989 (Etalon-2) Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    12 January
    11:29     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1990 (Resurs-F2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 11 February Successful
    18 January
    08:20     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1991 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 1 February Successful
    26 January
    09:16     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionGorizont 17 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    26 January
    15:36     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1992 (Strela-2M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    27 January
    01:23     		European UnionAriane 2 FranceKourou ELA-1 FranceArianespace
    United NationsIntelsat 515 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    28 January
    12:30     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1993 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 27 March Successful

    February[edit]

    10 February
    08:53     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionProgress 40 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 5 March
    01:59    		 Successful
    10 February
    15:13     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1994 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1995 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1996 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1997 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1998 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 1999 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    10 February
    16:55     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2000 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 March Successful
    14 February
    04:21     		Soviet UnionMolniya-M/2BL Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2001 (Oko) Molniya Early warning In orbit Successful
    14 February
    17:00     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2002 (Taifun-2) Low Earth Radar calibration 15 October Successful
    14 February
    18:30     		United StatesDelta II 6925 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesUSA-35 (GPS II-1) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    Maiden flight of Delta II 6925
    First flight of Block II GPS satellite
    15 February
    11:00     		Soviet UnionMolniya-M/ML Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionMolniya 1-75 Molniya Communications In orbit Successful
    17 February
    14:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2003 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 March Successful
    21 February
    23:30     		JapanMu-3S-II JapanUchinoura JapanISAS
    JapanEXOS-D Akebono ISAS Low Earth Aurora observation In orbit Successful
    22 February
    03:28     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2004 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    28 February
    04:05     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionMeteor 2-18 Low Earth Earth sciences In orbit Successful

    March[edit]

    2 March
    18:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2005 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 25 April Successful
    6 March
    23:29     		European UnionAriane 4 44LP FranceKourou ELA-2 FranceArianespace
    JapanJCSAT 1 JSAT Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    European UnionMeteosat 4 EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Weather satellite In orbit Successful
    13 March
    14:57     		United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery United StatesKennedy LC-39B United States
    United StatesSTS-29 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 18 March
    14:36    		 Successful
    United StatesTDRS-4 (TDRS-D) NASA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
    Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
    16 March
    14:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2006 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 31 March Successful
    16 March
    18:54     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionProgress 41 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 25 April
    12:12    		 Successful
    23 March
    12:25     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2007 (Yantar-4KS1) Low Earth Reconnaissance 22 September Successful
    24 March
    13:38     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2008 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2009 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2010 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2011 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2012 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2013 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2014 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2015 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    24 March
    21:50     		United StatesDelta 3920 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesUSA-36 (Delta Star) US Air Force Low Earth Technology development 23 June 1992 Successful
    Final flight of Delta 3920

    April[edit]

    2 April
    02:28     		European UnionAriane 2 FranceKourou ELA-1 FranceArianespace
    SwedenTele-X Nordic Satellite AB Operational: Geosynchronous
    Current: Graveyard     		Communications In orbit Successful
    Final flight of Ariane 2
    Tele-X retired 16 January 1998
    4 April
    18:36     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2016 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    6 April
    14:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2017 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 19 April Successful
    14 April
    04:08     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionRaduga 23 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    20 April
    18:29     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2018 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 19 June Successful
    26 April
    17:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 41/1 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionFoton 5 Low Earth Microgravity research 11 May Successful

    May[edit]

    4 May
    18:47     		United StatesSpace Shuttle Atlantis United StatesKennedy LC-39B United States
    United StatesSTS-30 NASA Low Earth Interplanetary probe deployment 8 May
    05:43    		 Successful
    United StatesMagellan NASA Cytherean Radar mapping 12 October 1994 Successful
    Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
    5 May
    13:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2019 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 18 May Successful
    10 May
    19:47     		United StatesTitan 34D/Transtage United StatesCape Canaveral LC-40 United StatesMartin Marietta
    United StatesUSA-37 (Vortex 6) NRO Geosynchronous SIGINT In orbit Successful
    17 May
    13:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2020 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 15 July Successful
    24 May
    10:30     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2021 (Yantar-1KFT) Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 July Successful
    25 May
    08:50     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionResurs-F1 Low Earth Reconnaissance 17 June Successful
    Soviet UnionPion 1 Low Earth Atmospheric research 23 July Successful
    Soviet UnionPion 2 Low Earth Atmospheric research 24 July Successful
    31 May
    08:31     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2022 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2023 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2024 (Etalon 2) Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful

    June[edit]

    1 June
    12:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2025 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 15 June Successful
    5 June
    22:37     		European UnionAriane 4 44L FranceKourou ELA-2 FranceArianespace
    JapanSuperbird A SCC Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    GermanyDFS-1 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    Maiden flight of Ariane 4 44L
    7 June
    05:12     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 132/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2026 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    8 June
    17:09     		Soviet UnionMolniya-M/ML Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionMolniya 3-45L Molniya Communications 14 December 2001 Successful
    9 June
    10:10     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionOkean-01 Intended: Low Earth 9 June Launch failure
    10 June
    22:19     		United StatesDelta II 6925 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesUSA-38 (GPS II-2) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    14 June
    12:30     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 133/3 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2027 (Taifun-1) Low Earth Radar calibration 14 April 1992 Successful
    14 June
    13:18     		United StatesTitan IVA 402/IUS United StatesCape Canaveral LC-41 United StatesMartin Marietta
    United StatesUSA-39 (DSP-14) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning In orbit Operational
    Maiden flight of Titan IVA
    16 June
    09:30     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2028 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 July Successful
    21 June
    23:35     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionRaduga 1-1 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    27 June
    08:04     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionResurs-F2 Low Earth Reconnaissance 11 July Successful

    July[edit]

    4 July
    15:21     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 133/3 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionNadezhda 1 Low Earth Maritime surveillance In orbit Successful
    5 July
    08:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2029 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 17 July Successful
    5 July
    22:45     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionGorizont 18 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    12 July
    00:14     		European UnionAriane 3 FranceKourou ELA-1 FranceArianespace
    European UnionOlympus 1 ESA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    Final flight of Ariane 3 and launch from ELA-1
    12 July
    15:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2030 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 28 July Spacecraft failure
    Spacecraft exploded in orbit on 28 July
    18 July
    09:44     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 16/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionResurs-F3 Low Earth Reconnaissance 8 August Successful
    Soviet UnionPion 3 Low Earth Atmospheric research 19 September Successful
    Soviet UnionPion 4 Low Earth Atmospheric research 19 September Successful
    18 July
    12:10     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2031 (Orlets-1) Low Earth Reconnaissance 15 September Successful
    20 July
    08:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2032 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 August Successful
    24 July
    00:00     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2033 (US-P) Low Earth ELINT 6 January 1991 Successful
    25 July
    07:48     		Soviet UnionKosmos-3M Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 133/3 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2034 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful

    August[edit]

    2 August
    11:29     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2035 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 August Successful
    8 August
    12:37     		United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia United StatesKennedy LC-39B United States
    United StatesSTS-28 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 13 August Successful
    United StatesUSA-40 (SDS-2-1) US Air Force Molniya Communications In orbit Successful
    United StatesUSA-41 DoD SIGINT In orbit Successful
    Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
    8 August
    23:25     		European UnionAriane 4 44LP FranceKourou ELA-2 FranceArianespace
    GermanyTV-Sat 2 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    European UnionHipparcos ESA Geosynchronous transfer Astronomy In orbit Successful
    15 August
    10:29     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 43/4 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionResurs-F4 Low Earth Reconnaissance 14 September Successful
    18 August
    05:57     		United StatesDelta II 6925 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesUSA-42 (GPS II-3) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    22 August
    12:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2036 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 5 September Successful
    23 August
    03:09     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionProgress M-1 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 1 December
    11:21    		 Successful
    Maiden flight of Progress-M spacecraft
    27 August
    22:59     		United StatesDelta 4925 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United KingdomMarco Polo 1 BSkyB Operational: Geosynchronous
    Current: Graveyard     		Communications In orbit Successful
    Maiden flight of Delta 4925
    28 August
    00:14     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2037 (Geo-IK) Low Earth Earth science In orbit Successful

    September[edit]

    4 September
    05:54     		United StatesTitan 34D/Transtage United StatesCape Canaveral LC-40 United StatesMartin Marietta
    United StatesUSA-43 (DSCS-II) DoD Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
    United StatesUSA-44 (DSCS-III) DoD Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
    Final flight of Titan 34D and Transtage upper stage
    5 September
    19:11     		JapanH-I JapanTanegashima LA-N JapanMitsubishi
    JapanGMS-4 NASDA Geosynchronous Weather satellite In orbit Successful
    5 September
    21:38     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-8 Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-5 19 February 1990
    04:36    		 Successful
    Crewed orbital flight with 2 cosmonauts
    6 September
    01:48     		United StatesTitan II 23G United StatesVandenberg SLC-4W United StatesMartin Marietta
    United StatesUSA-45 DoD SIGINT In orbit Successful
    6 September
    10:49     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 43/3 Soviet Union
    Soviet Union/GermanyResurs-F5 Low Earth Microgravity experiments 22 September Successful
    14 September
    09:49     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2038 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2039 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2040 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2041 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2042 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2043 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
    15 September
    06:30     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet Union/European Union/United StatesKosmos 2044 (Bion 9) ESA/NASA Low Earth Microgravity research 29 September Successful
    22 September
    08:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2045 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 2 October Successful
    25 September
    08:56     		United StatesAtlas G United StatesCape Canaveral LC-36B United StatesLockheed
    United StatesUSA-46 (FLTSATCOM 8) DoD Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    Final flight of Atlas G
    27 September
    14:38     		Soviet UnionMolniya-M/ML Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionMolniya 1-76 Molniya Communications 11 November 2000 Successful
    27 September
    16:20     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2046 (US-P) Low Earth Naval reconnaissance 16 April 1991 Successful
    28 September
    00:04     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionIntercosmos 24 Low Earth Atmospheric research In orbit Successful
    Czech RepublicMagion 2 Low Earth Atmospheric research In orbit Successful
    28 September
    17:05     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionGorizont 19 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful

    October[edit]

    3 October
    14:59     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2047 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 21 November Successful
    17 October
    13:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2048 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance 26 October Successful
    18 October
    16:53     		United StatesSpace Shuttle Atlantis United StatesKennedy LC-39B United States
    United StatesSTS-34 NASA Low Earth Interplanetary probe deployment 23 October Successful
    United StatesGalileo NASA Jovian Jupiter orbiter 21 September 2003 Successful
    United StatesGalileo Probe NASA Jovian Jupiter entry probe 7 December 1995 Successful
    Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
    21 October
    09:31     		United StatesDelta II 6925 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17A United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesUSA-47 (GPS II-4) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    24 October
    21:35     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionMeteor 3-3 Low Earth Earth science In orbit Successful
    27 October
    23:05     		European UnionAriane 4 44L FranceKourou ELA-2 FranceArianespace
    United NationsIntelsat 602 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful

    November[edit]

    17 November
    10:50     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionBaikonur Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2049 (Yantar-4KS1) Low Earth Reconnaissance 19 June 1990 Successful
    18 November
    14:34     		United StatesDelta 5920 United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesCOBE NASA Sun-synchronous Cosmology In orbit Successful
    Only flight of Delta 5920
    23 November
    00:23     		United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery United StatesKennedy LC-39B United States
    United StatesSTS-33 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 28 November Successful
    United StatesUSA-48 (Magnum-2) NRO Geosynchronous ELINT In orbit Operational
    Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
    23 November
    20:35     		Soviet UnionMolniya-M/2BL Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2050 (Oko) Molniya Early warning In orbit Successful
    24 November
    23:22     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 90 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2051 (US-P) Low Earth Naval reconnaissance 21 January 1991 Successful
    26 November
    13:01     		Soviet UnionProton-K Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKvant-2 Low Earth (Mir) Mir component 23 March 2001
    05:50    		 Successful
    28 November
    10:02     		Soviet UnionMolniya-M/ML Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionMolniya 3-46L Molniya Communications 20 May 2000 Successful
    30 November
    15:00     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U Soviet UnionPlesetsk Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2052 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance 24 January 1990 Successful

    December[edit]

    1 December
    20:20     		Soviet UnionProton-K/D-1 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/40 Soviet Union
    Soviet Union/FranceGranat CNES High Earth Astronomy 25 May 1999 Successful
    11 December
    18:10     		United StatesDelta II 6925 United StatesCape Canaveral LC-17B United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
    United StatesUSA-49 (GPS II-5) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
    15 December
    11:30     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 81/23 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionRaduga 24 Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
    20 December
    03:30     		Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionProgress M-2 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 9 February 1990
    07:56    		 Successful
    27 December
    00:00     		Soviet UnionTsyklon-3 Soviet UnionPlesetsk Site 32/2 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2053 (Koltso 2) Low Earth Radar calibration 2 September 1997 Successful
    27 December
    11:10     		Soviet UnionProton-K/DM-2 Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 200/39 Soviet Union
    Soviet UnionKosmos 2054 (Luch) Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
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    • Deep-space rendezvous[edit]

    Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
    23 January Phobos 1 Flyby of Mars Failed orbiter mission
    29 January Phobos 2 Areocentric orbit injection
    27 March Phobos 2 Enters synchronous orbit of Phobos
    25 August Voyager 2 Flyby of Neptune Closest approach: 44,800 kilometres (27,800 mi)

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