Previous Spaceflight Launches
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 53L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 23, 1990, 2:51 a.m.
Ariane 40 | SPOT 2
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 22, 1990, 1:35 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 47
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 18, 1990, 12:52 p.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 89
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1990, 2:45 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 9, 1990, 12:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility.
Low Earth Orbit
Commercial Titan III | Skynet 4A & JCSat 2
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 1990, 12:07 a.m.
Proton | Luch #3
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1989, 11:10 a.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1989, midnight
Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-2
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 20, 1989, 3:30 a.m.
Proton | Raduga 24
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 15, 1989, 11:30 a.m.
