Previous Spaceflight Launches

Filter by Agency, Locations or Vehicles

Show All Launches

Full Launch History

View all launches available - including launches from the past and utilize powerful search filters.

Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-86

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 26, 1997, 2:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 90

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 24, 1997, 9:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
Explore Share

Ariane 42L | INTELSAT 803

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 23, 1997, 11:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Intelsat VIII-VIII/A series has been designed to meet the needs of Intelsat users throughout the system for improved C-band coverage and service. These spacecraft will incorporate six-fold C-band frequency reuse, two-fold frequency reuse of expanded C-band capacity, and the highest C-band power level ever for an Intelsat satellite. Consequently, Intelsat VIII will provide significantly more C-band capacity for public switched telephony and Intelsat Business Service, better quality for video services, and encourage new international VSAT applications.

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Kosmos-3M | Parus 89

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 23, 1997, 4:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 27 to 33

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 14, 1997, 1:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been scaled back. Motorola's Satellite Communications Group designed and manufactured the Iridium satellites with Lockheed Martin providing the LM-700A spacecraft buses.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Atlas IIAS | GE 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 4, 1997, 12:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GE 3 carries also 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders to provide voice and video communications to North America after parking at 127° W longitude.

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Ariane 44LP | Hot Bird 3 & Meteosat 7

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 2, 1997, 10:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hot Bird 3 is a geostationary communications satellite. Meteosat 7 is an European meteorological satellite.

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Long March 2C/SD | Iridium MFS 1 & 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 1, 1997, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Iridium-MFS payloads were mass models of the Iridium communications satellites. Two were launched to test the new CZ-2C (2) SD launch vehicle and the payload dispenser.

Low Earth Orbit
Explore Share

Pegasus XL | Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 29, 1997, 3:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

Explore Share

Proton-K/DM-2M | PAS 5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 1997, 12:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
Explore Share

Get it on Google Play
Get it on the App Store