The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.

1992 in spaceflight
Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot undertake the first-ever three-person EVA to repair the Intelsat 603 spacecraft during STS-49, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Orbital launches
First21 January
Last29 December
Total98
Successes94
Failures2
Partial failures2
National firsts
Satellite South Korea
Orbital launch Russia
Space traveller Belgium
 Italy
 Switzerland
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas IIA
Space Shuttle Endeavour
RetirementsCommercial Titan III
Delta II 6920
Delta II 6925
H-I
Crewed flights
Orbital10
Total travellers59

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

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21 January
15:00
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2175 (Yantar-4K2) VKS Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 March Successful
First Russian (post Soviet) satellite launch
22 January
14:52:33
 Space Shuttle Discovery[1]  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-42 NASA Low Earth Microgravity 30 January
16:07:17
Successful
  Spacelab Long Module 2 ESA/NASA Low Earth (Discovery) Spacelab IML-1
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
24 January
01:18:01
 Molniya-M/2BL  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2176 (Oko) VKS Molniya Missile defence 17 January 2012 Successful
25 January
07:50:17
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 1/5  VKS
 Progress M-11 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 13 March Successful
29 January
22:19:12
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Kosmos 2177 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2178 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2179 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful

February

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5 February  Zenit-2  Baikonur Site 45/1  VKS
 Tselina-2 #10 MO RF Intended: Low Earth ELINT 5 February Launch failure
Second stage overheated, causing malfunction
11 February
00:41:02
 Atlas II  Cape Canaveral LC-36A  General Dynamics
 USA-78 (DSCS IIIB-14) US Air Force Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
11 February
01:50
 H-I  Tanegashima LA-N  NASDA
 JERS-1 NASDA Sun-synchronous Earth observation 3 December 2001 Successful
Final flight of H-I
17 February
22:05:08
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 133/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2180 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
23 February
22:29
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 USA-79 (GPS IIA-3) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
26 February
23:58:10
 Ariane 4 44L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Superbird-B1 SCC Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
 Arabsat-1C ARABSAT Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geostationary
Communications In orbit Successful
Arabsat sold to ISRO in November 1997 and operated until October 2004 as INSAT-2DT

March

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4 March
04:27
 Molniya-M/ML  Plesetsk Site 43/4  VKS
 Molniya-1 #83 MOM Molniya Communications 1 July 2007 Successful
9 March
22:35:59
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  VKS
 Kosmos 2181 (Tsikada) MO RF Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
14 March
00:00
 Atlas I  Cape Canaveral LC-36B  General Dynamics
 Galaxy 5 Hughes Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
17 March
10:54:30
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 1/5  VKS
 Soyuz TM-14 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-11 10 August Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; First crewed Russian (post-Soviet) launch
24 March
13:13:39
 Space Shuttle Atlantis  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-45 NASA Low Earth Microgravity 2 April Successful
 Spacelab Double Pallet NASA Low Earth (Atlantis) Spacelab ATLAS-1
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Belgian in space

April

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1 April
14:18
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 16/2  VKS
 Kosmos 2182 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 30 May Successful
2 April
01:50
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Gorizont 25 YeSSS Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
8 April
12:20
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 31/6  VKS
 Kosmos 2183 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 February 1993 Successful
10 April
03:20
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 USA-80 (GPS IIA-4) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
15 April
07:17:43
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  VKS
 Kosmos 2184 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
15 April
23:25:27
 Ariane 4 44L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Inmarsat-2F4 Inmarsat Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
 Télécom 2B France Télécom Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
19 April
21:29:25
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 1/5  VKS
 Progress M-12 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 27 June Successful
25 April
08:53
 Titan 23G  Vandenberg SLC-4W  US Air Force
 USA-81 (Bernie/Singleton) NRO Low Earth (Polar) ELINT In orbit Operational
29 April
09:00
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/4  VKS
 Resurs-F #14 MO RF Low Earth Remote sensing 29 May Successful
29 April
10:10
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  VKS
 Kosmos 2185 (Yantar-1KFT) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 11 June Successful
7 May
23:40
 Space Shuttle Endeavour  Kennedy LC-39B  United Space Alliance
 STS-49 NASA Low Earth Satellite reboost 16 May Successful
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour; reboosted Intelsat 603
14 May
00:40
 Delta II 7925-8  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 Palapa-B4 Telkom Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
20 May
00:30
 ASLV  Sriharikota FLP  ISRO
 SROSS-C ISRO Low Earth Magnetosphere 14 July Partial failure
Placed into incorrect orbit due to fifth stage spin-up failure
28 May
19:09:59
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 16/2  VKS
 Kosmos 2186 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 24 July Successful

June

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3 June
00:50:30
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 133/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2187 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2188 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2189 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2190 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2191 (Strela 1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2192 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2193 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2194 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
7 June
16:40
 Delta II 6920-10  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  McDonnell Douglas
 EUVE NASA Low Earth Ultraviolet astronomy 31 January 2002 Successful
Final flight of Delta II 6920
10 June
00:00
 Atlas IIA  Cape Canaveral LC-36B  General Dynamics
 Intelsat K Intelsat Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Atlas IIA
23 June
08:00
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Resurs-F #15 MO RF Low Earth Remote sensing 9 July Successful
25 June
16:12:22
 Space Shuttle Columbia  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-50 NASA Low Earth Microgravity 9 July Successful
 Spacelab Long Module 1 NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Spacelab USML-1
 EDO Pallet NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Cryogenic mission extension pallet
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of EDO Pallet
30 June
16:43:13
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 31/6  VKS
 Progress M-13 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 24 July Successful

July

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1 July
20:16:22
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 133/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2195 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
2 July
21:54:01
 Atlas II/IABS  Cape Canaveral LC-36A  General Dynamics
 USA-82 (DSCS IIIB-12) US Air Force Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
3 July
14:19
 Scout G-1  Vandenberg SLC-5  NASA
 SAMPEX (SMEX-1/Explorer 68) NASA Low Earth Solar 13 November 2012 Successful
7 July
09:20:01
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 USA-83 (GPS IIA-5) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
8 July
09:53:14
 Molniya-M/2BL  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2196 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Missile defence In orbit Successful
9 July
22:42:19
 Ariane 4 44L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 INSAT-2A ISRO Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
 Eutelsat 2F4 Eutelsat Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
Eutelsat retired in 2003
13 July
17:41:40
 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk  VKS
 Kosmos 2197 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2198 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2199 (Gonets-D) Roskosmos Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2200 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2201 (Gonets-D) Roskosmos Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2202 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
14 July
22:02
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Gorizont 26 YeSSS Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
24 July
14:26
 Delta II 6925  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  McDonnell Douglas
  GEOTAIL ISAS/NASA High Earth Magnetosphere In orbit Successful[2]
 DUVE NASA/California Low Earth Ultraviolet astronomy 16 March 2003 Successful
Final flight of Delta II 6000-series
24 July
19:40
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2203 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 22 September Successful
27 July
06:08:42
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 1/5  VKS
 Soyuz TM-15 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-12 1 February 1993 Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
30 July
01:59:01
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Kosmos 2204 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2205 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2206 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
30 July
11:00
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/4  VKS
 Kosmos 2207 (Zenit-8) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 August Successful
31 July
13:56:48
 Space Shuttle Atlantis  Kennedy LC-39B  United Space Alliance
 STS-46 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 8 August Successful
 TSS-1 ASI Low Earth (Atlantis) Technology Failure
 EURECA ESA Low Earth Microgravity/Solar 1 July 1993 Successful
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Swiss and Italian in space
TSS tether jammed during deployment; EURECA returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-57

August

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6 August
19:30:59
 Molniya-M/ML  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Molniya-1 #84 MOM Molniya Communications 4 April 2008 Successful
9 August
08:00
 Long March 2D  Jiuquan LA-2B  CALT
 FSW-2 #1 CASC Low Earth Reconnaissance 1 September Successful
10 August
23:08:07
 Ariane 4 42P  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
  TOPEX/Poseidon CNES/NASA Low Earth Oceanography In orbit Successful
 S80/T CNES Low Earth Technology In orbit Successful
 KITSAT-1 (OSCAR-23) KAIST Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
TOPEX/Poseidon mission ended in October 2005 and was deactivated on 18 January 2006. KITSAT-1 was the first South Korean satellite.
12 August
05:44:01
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  VKS
 Kosmos 2208 (Strela-2M) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
13 August
23:00
 Long March 2E  Xichang LA-2  CALT
 Optus B1 Optus Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geostationary
Communications In orbit Successful
Retired and moved to graveyard orbit in May 2008
15 August
22:18:32
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 31/6  VKS
 Progress M-14 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 21 October Successful
19 August
10:20
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 16/2  VKS
 Resurs-F #16 MO RF Low Earth Remote sensing 4 September Successful
 Pion-Germes 1 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 25 September Successful
 Pion-Germes 2 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 24 September Successful
22 August
22:40
 Atlas I  Cape Canaveral LC-36B  General Dynamics
 Galaxy 1R Hughes Intended: Geosynchronous Communications 22 August Launch failure
Upper stage turbopump failed to start, destroyed by range safety
31 August
10:41
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 Satcom C4 GE Americom Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful

September

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9 September
08:57
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  McDonnell Douglas
 USA-84 (GPS IIA-6) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
10 September
18:01:18
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Kosmos 2209 (Prognoz) MO RF Geostationary Missile defence In orbit Operational
10 September
23:04
 Ariane 4 44LP  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Hispasat 1A Hispasat Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
 Satcom C3 GE Americom Geostationary Communications In orbit Operational
Hispasat retired in 2003
12 September
14:23
 Space Shuttle Endeavour  Kennedy LC-39B  United Space Alliance
 STS-47 NASA Low Earth Microgravity 20 September Successful
  Spacelab Long Module 2 NASDA/NASA Low Earth (Endeavour) Spacelab-J
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; 50th mission of the Space Shuttle programme
22 September
16:10
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 16/2  VKS
 Kosmos 2210 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 November Successful
25 September
17:05:01
 Commercial Titan III/TOS  Cape Canaveral LC-40  Martin Marietta
 Mars Observer NASA Intended: Areocentric
Achieved: Heliocentric
Mars orbiter Unknown Partial failure
Final flight of Commercial Titan III; Maiden flight of TOS
Contact lost three days before orbit insertion. It is unclear whether the spacecraft entered Aerocentric orbit, remained in Heliocentric orbit, or exploded.

October

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6 October
06:20:05
 Long March 2C  Jiuquan LA-2B  CALT
 FSW-1 #4 CASC Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 October Successful
 Freja SSC Low Earth Magnetosphere In orbit Successful
Freja mission ended 30 June 1995 and last contact made on 14 October 1996
8 October
19:00
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/4  VKS
 Foton-8 Roskosmos Low Earth Microgravity 24 October Successful
12 October
09:47
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 DFS-3 Bundespost Current: Graveyard
Operational: Geostationary
Communications In orbit Successful
Retired in February 2003
14 October
19:58
 Molniya-M/ML  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Molniya-3 #50L MOM Molniya Communications In orbit Operational
20 October
12:58:12
 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk  VKS
 Kosmos 2211 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2212 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2213 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2214 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2215 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
 Kosmos 2216 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications In orbit Successful
21 October
10:21:22
 Molniya-M/2BL  Plesetsk Site 16/2  VKS
 Kosmos 2217 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Missile defence 6 November 2010
04:22[3]
Successful
22 October
17:09:40
 Space Shuttle Columbia  Kennedy LC-39B  United Space Alliance
 STS-52 NASA Low Earth USMP-1 1 November Successful
 CANEX-2 CSA Low Earth (Columbia) Microgravity
 LAGEOS-2 ASI Medium Earth Geodesy In orbit Operational
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
27 October
17:19:41
 Soyuz-U2  Baikonur Site 31/6  VKS
 Progress M-15 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 7 February 1993 Successful
 Mak-2 Roskosmos Low Earth Ionosphere 1 April 1993 Successful
 Znamya 2 Roskosmos Low Earth Solar mirror 5 February 1993 Successful
Mak-2 deployed from Mir on 20 November 1992; Znamya deployed from Progress on 4 February 1993
28 October
00:15
 Ariane 4 42P  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Galaxy 7 Hughes Geostationary Communications In orbit Spacecraft failure
Major spacecraft malfunction November 2000
29 October
10:40:33
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 133/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2218 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
30 October
14:59
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Ekran-M3 MOM Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful

November

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15 November
21:45:01
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 16/2  VKS
 Resurs 500 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 22 November Successful
17 November
07:47
 Zenit-2  Baikonur Site 45/1  VKS
 Kosmos 2219 (Tselina-2) MO RF Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
20 November
15:29:59
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/4  VKS
 Kosmos 2220 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 18 January 1993 Successful
21 November
13:45
 Scout G-1  Vandenberg SLC-5  NASA
 MSTI-1 US Air Force/SDIO Sun-synchronous Technology 18 July 1993 Successful
22 November
23:54
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17A  McDonnell Douglas
 USA-85 (GPS IIA-7) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
24 November
04:09:59
 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk  VKS
 Kosmos 2221 (Tselina-D) MO RF Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
25 November
12:18:54
 Molniya-M/2BL  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2222 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Missile defence 3 May 2023
03:58[4]
Successful
27 November
13:10
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/23  VKS
 Gorizont 27 YeSSS Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
28 November
21:34
 Titan IVA (404)  Vandenberg SLC-4E  US Air Force
 USA-86 (KH-12-1) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance 5 June 2000 Successful

December

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1 December
22:48
 Ariane 4 42P  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Superbird A1 SCC Geostationary Communications In orbit Successful
2 December
01:57
 Molniya-M/ML  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Molniya-3 #56L MOM Molniya Communications 8 November 2008 Successful
2 December
13:24
 Space Shuttle Discovery  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-53 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 9 December Successful
 USA-89 (SDS-2-3) NRO Molniya Communications In orbit Operational
 ODERACS A NASA Low Earth Calibration 9 December Failure
 ODERACS B NASA Low Earth Calibration
 ODERACS C NASA Low Earth Calibration
 ODERACS D NASA Low Earth Calibration
 ODERACS E NASA Low Earth Calibration
 ODERACS F NASA Low Earth Calibration
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; ODERACS deployment cancelled and reflown on STS-60
9 December
11:25
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  VKS
 Kosmos 2223 (Yantar-4KS1) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 December 1993 Successful
17 December
12:45
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 200/39  VKS
 Kosmos 2224 (Prognoz) MO RF Geosynchronous Missile defence In orbit Operational
18 December
22:16
 Delta II 7925  Cape Canaveral LC-17B  McDonnell Douglas
 USA-87 (GPS IIA-8) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
21 December
11:21
 Long March 2E  Xichang LA-2  CALT
 Optus B2 Optus Intended: Geosynchronous
Achieved: Low Earth
Communications 29 June 1995 Launch Partial Failure
Payload fairing collapsed during ascent; rocket continued to orbit deploying remains of payload and upper stage into low Earth orbit
22 December
12:00
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 31/6  VKS
 Kosmos 2225 (Orlets) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 18 February 1993 Successful
22 December
12:36
 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk Site 32/2  VKS
 Kosmos 2226 (Geo-IK) MO RF Low Earth Geodesy In orbit Successful
25 December
05:56
 Zenit-2  Baikonur Site 45/1  VKS
 Kosmos 2227 (Tselina-2) MO RF Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
25 December
20:07:59
 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk  VKS
 Kosmos 2228 (Tselina-D) MO RF Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
29 December
13:30:01
 Soyuz-U  Plesetsk Site 43/3  VKS
 Kosmos 2229 (Bion 10) Roskosmos Low Earth Biological 10 January 1993 Successful

Suborbital launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

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11 January
03:40
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
NASA Suborbital Astronomy 11 January Successful
Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
17 January  Storm  White Sands SULF  US Air Force
 BTTV-1 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 17 January Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 January
19:19
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma 23 January Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
28 January
12:00
 S-310  Kagoshima LA-K  ISAS
ISAS Suborbital Aeronomy 28 January Successful
Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi)
31 January
11:55
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
 SXT NASA/Boulder Suborbital X-ray astronomy 31 January Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)

February

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1 February
16:00
 S-520  Kagoshima LA-K  ISAS
 CIR ISAS Suborbital Infrared astronomy 1 February Successful
Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi)
18 February  Aries  White Sands LC-36  SDIO
SDIO Suborbital Technology 18 February Successful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
22 February
03:15
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
NASA Suborbital Astronomy 22 February Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
22 February  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 22 February Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 22 February Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 22 February Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 22 February Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

March

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3 March
13:57:30
 Nike Tomahawk  Poker Flat  NASA
 Aria-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma 3 March Successful
Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi)
3 March
14:06:48
 Black Brant VIIIC  Poker Flat  NASA
 Aria-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma 3 March Successful
Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
3 March
14:57
 Nike Tomahawk  Poker Flat  NASA
 Aria-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma 3 March Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
4 March  LGM-118 Peacekeeper  Vandenberg LF-05  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 4 March Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 March
13:57:30
 Nike Tomahawk  Poker Flat  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma 6 March Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
12 March
22:42
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-21 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 12 March Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
13 March
18:15
 LGM-30B Minuteman I  Vandenberg LF-03  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Target 13 March Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 March
18:36:27
 Aries  Meck  US Air Force
 ERIS US Air Force Suborbital Interceptor 13 March Partial failure
Final flight of ERIS; missed target due to programming issue caused by test conditions, enough data collected to proceed with operagional programme.
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
15 March
22:46
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-22 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 15 March Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
18 March  Scout-II  Salto di Quirra  ASI
ASI Suborbital Test flight 18 March Launch failure
19 March
16:05
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  CSA
 CSAR-1 CSA Suborbital Microgravity 19 March Successful
Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi)
19 March
16:10
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
 HIRAAS-2 NASA Suborbital Airglow 19 March Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
29 March
07:27
 Black Brant XI  Poker Flat  NASA
 CHARGE-2B NASA Suborbital Ionosphere 29 March Successful
Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi)
29 March
08:07:45
 HPB  Poker Flat  Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences Suborbital Infrared astronomy 29 March Successful
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)

April

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8 April  UGM-96 Trident I  USS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 8 April Successful
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 April  UGM-96 Trident I  USS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 8 April Successful
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 April
10:40
 Black Brant IXBM1  Esrange  SSC
 MASER-5 SSC Suborbital Microgravity 9 April Successful
Apogee: 317 kilometres (197 mi)
15 April
09:09
 HPB  Wallops Island  Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences Suborbital Target 15 April Successful
Apogee: 450 kilometres (280 mi)
29 April  DF-21  Taiyuan  CALT
CALT Suborbital Test flight 29 April Launch failure
5 May  LGM-30G Minuteman III  Vandenberg LF-10  US Air Force
 GT-147GM-1 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 5 May Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
5 May  Prithvi  Balasore  DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Test flight 5 May Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 May
14:26
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
 SPARTAN (SPDE) NASA Suborbital Solar 12 May Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
23 May
00:00
 Nike Orion  White Sands  
 CWAS-23 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 23 May Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
24 May  Terrier Malemute  Barking Sands  SDIO
 CDX (LWIS) SDIO Suborbital Target 24 May Successful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
25 May
23:52
 Nike Tomahawk  Arecibo  NASA
 AA-3A NASA Suborbital Plasma 25 May Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
27 May
12:27
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-24 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 27 May Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
28 May  Agni-I  Balasore  DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Test flight 28 May Failure
30 May
08:11
 Black Brant IX  Arecibo  NASA
 AA-4IFH NASA/NRL Suborbital Plasma 30 May Successful
Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi)
May  DF-21  Taiyuan  CALT
CALT Suborbital Test flight L+1 hour Failure

June

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1 June
02:52
 Sonda 3  Alcântara  INPE
INPE Suborbital Aeronomy 1 June Successful
Apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)
2 June  LGM-30G Minuteman III  Vandenberg LF-26  US Air Force
 GT-148GB US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 2 June Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
6 June
08:37:31
 Black Brant IX  Arecibo  NASA
 AA-3B NASA Suborbital Plasma 6 June Successful
Apogee: 370 kilometres (230 mi)
9 June
05:32
 Black Brant IX  Arecibo  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma 9 June Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
16 June  Storm  White Sands SULF  US Air Force
 BTTV-2 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 16 June Failure
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
18 June  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 18 June Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 June  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 18 June Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 June  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 18 June Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 June  UGM-133 Trident II  USS West Virginia, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 18 June Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
19 June
11:01
 Aries  White Sands LC-36  SDIO
SDIO Suborbital Technology 19 June Successful
Apogee: 330 kilometres (210 mi)
23 June
00:24
 Black Brant VC  Arecibo  NASA
NASA Suborbital Ionosphere 23 June Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
June  Rodong-1  Musudan-ri  KPA
KPA Suborbital Test flight L+1 hour Failure

July

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1 July
02:20
 LGM-118 Peacekeeper  Vandenberg LF-02  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 1 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 July
09:01:15
 Black Brant IX  Arecibo  NASA
 AA-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma 2 July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
3 July  RH-560  Sriharikota  ISRO
ISRO Suborbital Ionosphere 3 July Successful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
4 July
08:58
 Black Brant IX  Arecibo  NASA
 AA-7 NASA Suborbital Plasma 4 July Successful
Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi)
12 July
09:02
 Black Brant IX  Arecibo  NASA
 AA-2 NASA Suborbital Plasma 12 July Successful
Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
24 July
13:36
 Black Brant VIIIC  Poker Flat  NASA
NASA Suborbital Plasma 24 July Successful
Apogee: 340 kilometres (210 mi)
28 July  UR-100NU  Baikonur  RVSN
 SLI RVSN Suborbital Test flight 28 July Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 July  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Maryland, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 29 July Successful
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 9; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July  Hwasong-6    Syrian Air Force
Syrian Air Force Suborbital Test flight L+1 hour Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
July  Hwasong-6    Syrian Air Force
Syrian Air Force Suborbital Test flight L+1 hour Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

August

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4 August  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 4 August Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 August  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 4 August Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 August  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 4 August Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
4 August  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 4 August Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 August  Prithvi  Balasore  DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Test flight 18 August Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 August
23:30
 TR-1A  Tanegashima LA-T  NASDA
NASDA Suborbital Microgravity 19 August Successful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
21 August
17:46
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 21 August Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
24 August
16:30
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
 HRTS-8 NASA/NRL Suborbital Solar 24 August Successful
Apogee: 249 kilometres (155 mi)
26 August
15:10
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-25 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 26 August Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
27 August
18:30
 Black Brant VIIIC  Wallops Island  NASA
NASA Suborbital Test flight 27 August Successful
Apogee: 198 kilometres (123 mi)

September

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1 September
01:00
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-26 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 1 September Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
3 September  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Kentucky, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 3 September Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 September  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Kentucky, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 3 September Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 September  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Kentucky, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 3 September Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
3 September  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Kentucky, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 3 September Successful
Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 September
14:30
 Black Brant IXCM1  White Sands LC-36  SSI
 CONSORT-5 Huntsville Suborbital Microgravity 10 September Failure
Apogee: 235 kilometres (146 mi)
16 September
03:15
 LGM-118 Peacekeeper  Vandenberg LF-05  US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 16 September Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
28 September  LGM-30G Minuteman III  Vandenberg LF-26  US Air Force
 GT-149GB US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 28 September Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)

October

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16 October  Castor-Orbus  Wake Island  Orbital Sciences
SDIO Suborbital Reentry test 16 October Failure
Maiden flight of Castor-Orbus; Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
19 October  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Maryland, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 19 October Successful
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 10; Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 October  Aries  Wallops Island  SDIO
 Orbus 1 (SPFE-3) SDIO Suborbital Target 22 October Failure
Apogee: 20 kilometres (12 mi)
25 October
01:06
 LGM-30B Minuteman I  Vandenberg LF-03  US Air Force
 AST-DT2 US Air Force Suborbital Target 25 October Failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 October
18:30
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
 CU-3 NASA Suborbital Ultraviolet astronomy 27 October Successful
Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi)

November

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4 November
02:00
 LGM-30G Minuteman III  Vandenberg LF-04  US Air Force
 GT-150GM US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 4 November Failure
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
8 November
10:25
 Maxus  Esrange   SSC/DLR
 MAXUS 1B ESA Suborbital Microgravity 8 November Successful
Apogee: 717 kilometres (446 mi)
10 November  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 10 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 November  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 10 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 November  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 10 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
10 November  UGM-133 Trident II  USS Tennessee, Eastern Range  US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 10 November Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 November
09:22
 Skylark 7  Esrange LA-S  DLR
 TEXUS 29 DLR Suborbital Microgravity 22 November Successful
Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)

December

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1 December  UR-100NU  Baikonur  RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Test flight 1 December Failure
6 December
16:00
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-27 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 6 December Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
9 December
00:00
 Zyb  Submarine, Pacific Ocean  VMF
 Efir RVSN Suborbital Technology 9 December Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)
9 December  Black Brant IXCM1  Centre d'Essais des Landes  MATRA
 POIVRE (VERT) MATRA Suborbital Imaging 9 December Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
11 December
22:45
 Nike Orion  White Sands  NASA
 CWAS-28 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy 11 December Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
15 December
03:00
 Black Brant IX  White Sands LC-36  NASA
NASA/JHU Suborbital Ultraviolet astronomy 15 December Successful
Apogee: 302 kilometres (188 mi)

Deep Space Rendezvous

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Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
8 February Ulysses 1st flyby of Jupiter Gravity assist, inclination change
15 February Hiten Selenocentric orbit injection
14 July Giotto Flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest approach: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
8 October Pioneer Venus Orbiter Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere
8 December Galileo 2nd flyby of the Earth Gravity assist; Closest approach: 305 kilometres (190 mi)

EVAs

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Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
20 February
20:09
4 hours
12 minutes
21 February
00:21
Mir EO-10
Kvant-2
 Aleksandr Volkov
 Sergei Krikalev
Performed maintenance activities on the outside of Mir, including cleaning camera lenses. Volkov had problems with the cooling system on his Orlan space suit, and was limited in his mobility.
10 May
20:40
3 hours
43 minutes
11 May
00:23
STS-49
Endeavour
 Pierre J. Thuot
 Richard Hieb
Thuot attempted to capture the Intelsat VI satellite using a capture bar while Hieb stood by to assist with placement in the payload bay. After multiple attempts to catch Intelsat VI, the spacewalkers returned to the airlock to consider the failed attempts.[5]
11 May
21:05
5 hours
30 minutes
12 May
02:35
STS-49
Endeavour
 Pierre J. Thuot
 Richard Hieb
Thuot tried five more times to capture Intelsat VI while Hieb stood by to assist. Once again Thuot was unable to engage the capture bar to the satellite.[5]
13 May
21:17
8 hours
29 minutes
14 May
05:46
STS-49
Endeavour
 Pierre J. Thuot
 Richard Hieb
 Thomas Akers
Thuot, Hieb and Akers captured Intelsat VI with their hands. The trio then pulled the satellite into the payload bay, added a new perigee kick motor, and launched the satellite away from Endeavour. This spacewalk was the first three-person spacewalk in history. The three spacewalkers also set a new record for elapsed spacewalk time.[5]
14 May
~21:00
7 hours
44 minutes
15 May
~04:45
STS-49
Endeavour
 Thomas Akers
 Kathryn C. Thornton
Tested space station assembly techniques on an experimental structure, the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods (ASEM).
8 July
12:38
2 hours
3 minutes
14:41 Mir EO-11
Kvant-2
 Aleksandr Viktorenko
 Aleksandr Kaleri
Inspected several gyrodynes, located on the Kvant-2 module, near the airlock to provide data needed to prepare for the planned repair and replacement work of the gyrodynes.
3 September
13:32
3 hours
56 minutes
17:28 Mir EO-12
Kvant-2
 Sergei Avdeyev
 Anatoly Solovyev
Moved the VDU thruster unit to its position and prepared the Sofora girder for installation of the VDU.
7 September
11:47
5 hours
8 minutes
16:55 Mir EO-12
Kvant-2
 Sergei Avdeyev
 Anatoly Solovyev
Installed the electrical and control cables needed by the VDU thruster for operation on the Sofora truss and recovered the Russian flag installed on the Sofora truss the year before.
11 September
10:06
5 hours
44 minutes
15:50 Mir EO-12
Kvant-2
 Sergei Avdeyev
 Anatoly Solovyev
Completed install of the VDU thruster on Sofora truss, and moved the truss into its extended position.
15 September
07:49
3 hours
33 minutes
11:22 Mir EO-12
Kvant-2
 Sergei Avdeyev
 Anatoly Solovyev
Collected samples of a solar array and relocated the Kurs docking antenna on the Kristall module in preparation of the arrival of Soyuz TM-16.

References

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Generic references:
  Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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  1. ^ NASA (23 November 2007). "NASA – STS-42". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  2. ^ "GEOTAIL ends after over 30 years of observational operations". ISAS/JAXA. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ^ "The Aerospace Corporation - Assuring Mission Success". reentrynews.aero.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589] (3 May 2023). "The Russian early warning satellite Oko 73D6-6051, codename Kosmos-2222, reentered south of New Zealand at 0358 UTC May 3 after 30.4 years in space. It operated from 1992 to about 1995 and has been space junk since then" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c Kallender, Mark. "STS-49, The Rescue Of Intelsat-VI 603". Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2009.