1989 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.
The Galileo probe is deployed from Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-34, beginning a fourteen-year mission to Jupiter | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 10 January |
Last | 27 December |
Total | 102 |
Successes | 101 |
Failures | 1 |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Ariane 4 44L Delta 4925 Delta 5920 Delta II 6925 Titan IVA |
Retirements | Ariane 2 Ariane 3 Atlas G Delta 3920 Delta 5920 Titan 34D |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 6 |
Total travellers | 27 |
Launches
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
January | |||||||
10 January 02:05 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | |||||
Kosmos 1987 (GLONASS) | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1988 (GLONASS) | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1989 (Etalon-2) | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 January 11:29 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | |||||
Kosmos 1990 (Resurs-F2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 February | Successful | |||
18 January 08:20 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 1991 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 1 February | Successful | |||
26 January 09:16 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | |||||
Gorizont 17 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
26 January 15:36 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | |||||
Kosmos 1992 (Strela-2M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 January 01:23 |
Ariane 2 | Kourou ELA-1 | Arianespace | ||||
Intelsat 515 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
28 January 12:30 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 1993 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 27 March | Successful | |||
February | |||||||
10 February 08:53 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Progress 40 | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 5 March 01:59 | Successful | |||
10 February 15:13 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32 | |||||
Kosmos 1994 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1995 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1996 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1997 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1998 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 1999 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
10 February 16:55 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2000 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 3 March | Successful | |||
14 February 04:21 |
Molniya-M/2BL | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2001 (Oko) | Molniya | Early warning | In orbit | Successful | |||
14 February 17:00 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2002 (Taifun-2) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 15 October | Successful | |||
14 February 18:30 |
Delta II 6925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-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 |
Molniya-M/ML | Baikonur | |||||
Molniya 1-75 | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
17 February 14:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2003 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 3 March | Successful | |||
21 February 23:30 |
Mu-3S-II | Uchinoura | ISAS | ||||
EXOS-D Akebono | ISAS | Low Earth | Aurora observation | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 February 03:28 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2004 (Parus) | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
28 February 04:05 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32 | |||||
Meteor 2-18 | Low Earth | Earth sciences | In orbit | Successful | |||
March | |||||||
2 March 18:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2005 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 25 April | Successful | |||
6 March 23:29 |
Ariane 4 44LP | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
JCSAT 1 | JSAT | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Meteosat 4 | EUMETSAT | Geosynchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
13 March 14:57 |
Space Shuttle Discovery | Kennedy LC-39B | |||||
STS-29 | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 18 March 14:36 | Successful | ||
TDRS-4 (TDRS-D) | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
16 March 14:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2006 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 31 March | Successful | |||
16 March 18:54 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Progress 41 | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 25 April 12:12 | Successful | |||
23 March 12:25 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 2007 (Yantar-4KS1) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 22 September | Successful | |||
24 March 13:38 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2008 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2009 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2010 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2011 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2012 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2013 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2014 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2015 (Strela-1M) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
24 March 21:50 |
Delta 3920 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-36 (Delta Star) | US Air Force | Low Earth | Technology development | 23 June 1992 | Successful | ||
Final flight of Delta 3920 | |||||||
April | |||||||
2 April 02:28 |
Ariane 2 | Kourou ELA-1 | Arianespace | ||||
Tele-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 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2016 (Parus) | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
6 April 14:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2017 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 19 April | Successful | |||
14 April 04:08 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | |||||
Raduga 23 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
20 April 18:29 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2018 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 19 June | Successful | |||
26 April 17:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 41/1 | |||||
Foton 5 | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 11 May | Successful | |||
May | |||||||
4 May 18:47 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis | Kennedy LC-39B | |||||
STS-30 | NASA | Low Earth | Interplanetary probe deployment | 8 May 05:43 | Successful | ||
Magellan | NASA | Cytherean | Radar mapping | 12 October 1994 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
5 May 13:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2019 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 18 May | Successful | |||
10 May 19:47 |
Titan 34D/Transtage | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | Martin Marietta | ||||
USA-37 (Vortex 6) | NRO | Geosynchronous | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | ||
17 May 13:00 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 2020 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 July | Successful | |||
24 May 10:30 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 2021 (Yantar-1KFT) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 6 July | Successful | |||
25 May 08:50 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | |||||
Resurs-F1 | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 17 June | Successful | |||
Pion 1 | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 23 July | Successful | |||
Pion 2 | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 24 July | Successful | |||
31 May 08:31 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | |||||
Kosmos 2022 (GLONASS) | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2023 (GLONASS) | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2024 (Etalon 2) | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
June | |||||||
1 June 12:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2025 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 June | Successful | |||
5 June 22:37 |
Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
Superbird A | SCC | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
DFS-1 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Ariane 4 44L | |||||||
7 June 05:12 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 132/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2026 (Parus) | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
8 June 17:09 |
Molniya-M/ML | Plesetsk | |||||
Molniya 3-45L | Molniya | Communications | 14 December 2001 | Successful | |||
9 June 10:10 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32/2 | |||||
Okean-01 | Intended: Low Earth | 9 June | Launch failure | ||||
10 June 22:19 |
Delta II 6925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-38 (GPS II-2) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
14 June 12:30 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 133/3 | |||||
Kosmos 2027 (Taifun-1) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 14 April 1992 | Successful | |||
14 June 13:18 |
Titan IVA 402/IUS | Cape Canaveral LC-41 | Martin Marietta | ||||
USA-39 (DSP-14) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Early warning | In orbit | Operational | ||
Maiden flight of Titan IVA | |||||||
16 June 09:30 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 2028 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 6 July | Successful | |||
21 June 23:35 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | |||||
Raduga 1-1 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 June 08:04 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | |||||
Resurs-F2 | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 11 July | Successful | |||
July | |||||||
4 July 15:21 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 133/3 | |||||
Nadezhda 1 | Low Earth | Maritime surveillance | In orbit | Successful | |||
5 July 08:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2029 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 17 July | Successful | |||
5 July 22:45 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | |||||
Gorizont 18 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
12 July 00:14 |
Ariane 3 | Kourou ELA-1 | Arianespace | ||||
Olympus 1 | ESA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Final flight of Ariane 3 and launch from ELA-1 | |||||||
12 July 15:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2030 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 28 July | Spacecraft failure | |||
Spacecraft exploded in orbit on 28 July | |||||||
18 July 09:44 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 16/2 | |||||
Resurs-F3 | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 8 August | Successful | |||
Pion 3 | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 19 September | Successful | |||
Pion 4 | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | 19 September | Successful | |||
18 July 12:10 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Kosmos 2031 (Ortlets-1) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 15 September | Successful | |||
20 July 08:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2032 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 3 August | Successful | |||
24 July 00:00 |
Tsyklon-2 | Baikonur Site 90 | |||||
Kosmos 2033 (US-P) | Low Earth | ELINT | 6 January 1991 | Successful | |||
25 July 07:48 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Site 133/3 | |||||
Kosmos 2034 (Parus) | Low Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | |||
August | |||||||
2 August 11:29 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2035 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 16 August | Successful | |||
8 August 12:37 |
Space Shuttle Columbia | Kennedy LC-39B | |||||
STS-28 | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 13 August | Successful | ||
USA-40 (SDS-2-1) | US Air Force | Molniya | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
USA-41 | DoD | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
8 August 23:25 |
Ariane 4 44LP | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
TV-Sat 2 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Hipparcos | ESA | Geosynchronous transfer | Astronomy | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 August 10:29 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | |||||
Resurs-F4 | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 14 September | Successful | |||
18 August 05:57 |
Delta II 6925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-42 (GPS II-3) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
22 August 12:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2036 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 5 September | Successful | |||
23 August 03:09 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Progress M-1 | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 1 December 11:21 | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Progress-M spacecraft | |||||||
27 August 22:59 |
Delta 4925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
Marco Polo 1 | BSkyB | Operational: Geosynchronous Current: Graveyard |
Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Maiden flight of Delta 4925 | |||||||
28 August 00:14 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2037 (Geo-IK) | Low Earth | Earth science | In orbit | Successful | |||
September | |||||||
4 September 05:54 |
Titan 34D/Transtage | Cape Canaveral LC-40 | Martin Marietta | ||||
USA-43 (DSCS-II) | DoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
USA-44 (DSCS-III) | DoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
Final flight of Titan 34D and Transtage upper stage | |||||||
5 September 19:11 |
H-I | Tanegashima LA-N | Mitsubishi | ||||
GMS-4 | NASDA | Geosynchronous | Weather satellite | In orbit | Successful | ||
5 September 21:38 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Soyuz TM-8 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-5 | 19 February 1990 04:36 | Successful | |||
Crewed orbital flight with 2 cosmonauts | |||||||
6 September 01:48 |
Titan II 23G | Vandenberg SLC-4W | Martin Marietta | ||||
USA-45 | DoD | SIGINT | In orbit | Successful | |||
6 September 10:49 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | |||||
/Resurs-F5 | Low Earth | Microgravity experiments | 22 September | Successful | |||
14 September 09:49 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32 | |||||
Kosmos 2038 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2039 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2040 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2041 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2042 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
Kosmos 2043 (Strela-3) | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
15 September 06:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
//Kosmos 2044 (Bion 9) | ESA/NASA | Low Earth | Microgravity research | 29 September | Successful | ||
22 September 08:00 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 2045 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 2 October | Successful | |||
25 September 08:56 |
Atlas G | Cape Canaveral LC-36B | Lockheed | ||||
USA-46 (FLTSATCOM 8) | DoD | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Final flight of Atlas G | |||||||
27 September 14:38 |
Molniya-M/ML | Plesetsk | |||||
Molniya 1-76 | Molniya | Communications | 11 November 2000 | Successful | |||
27 September 16:20 |
Tsyklon-2 | Baikonur Site 90 | |||||
Kosmos 2046 (US-P) | Low Earth | Naval reconnaissance | 16 April 1991 | Successful | |||
28 September 00:04 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32/2 | |||||
Intercosmos 24 | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Successful | |||
Magion 2 | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Successful | |||
28 September 17:05 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | |||||
Gorizont 19 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
October | |||||||
3 October 14:59 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2047 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 21 November | Successful | |||
17 October 13:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2048 (Zenit-8) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 26 October | Successful | |||
18 October 16:53 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis | Kennedy LC-39B | |||||
STS-34 | NASA | Low Earth | Interplanetary probe deployment | 23 October | Successful | ||
Galileo | NASA | Jovian | Jupiter orbiter | 21 September 2003 | Successful | ||
Galileo Probe | NASA | Jovian | Jupiter entry probe | 7 December 1995 | Successful | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
21 October 09:31 |
Delta II 6925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17A | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-47 (GPS II-4) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
24 October 21:35 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32 | |||||
Meteor 3-3 | Low Earth | Earth science | In orbit | Successful | |||
27 October 23:05 |
Ariane 4 44L | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace | ||||
Intelsat 602 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
November | |||||||
17 November 10:50 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur | |||||
Kosmos 2049 (Yantar-4KS1) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 19 June 1990 | Successful | |||
18 November 14:34 |
Delta 5920 | Vandenberg SLC-2W | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
COBE | NASA | Sun-synchronous | Cosmology | In orbit | Successful | ||
Only flight of Delta 5920 | |||||||
23 November 00:23 |
Space Shuttle Discovery | Kennedy LC-39B | |||||
STS-33 | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 28 November | Successful | ||
USA-48 (Magnum-2) | NRO | Geosynchronous | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | ||
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts | |||||||
23 November 20:35 |
Molniya-M/2BL | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2050 (Oko) | Molniya | Early warning | In orbit | Successful | |||
24 November 23:22 |
Tsyklon-2 | Baikonur Site 90 | |||||
Kosmos 2051 (US-P) | Low Earth | Naval reconnaissance | 21 January 1991 | Successful | |||
26 November 13:01 |
Proton-K | Baikonur Site 200/39 | |||||
Kvant-2 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir component | 23 March 2001 05:50 | Successful | |||
28 November 10:02 |
Molniya-M/ML | Plesetsk | |||||
Molniya 3-46L | Molniya | Communications | 20 May 2000 | Successful | |||
30 November 15:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk | |||||
Kosmos 2052 (Yantar-4K2) | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 24 January 1990 | Successful | |||
December | |||||||
1 December 20:20 |
Proton-K/D-1 | Baikonur Site 200/40 | |||||
/Granat | CNES | High Earth | Astronomy | 25 May 1999 | Successful | ||
11 December 18:10 |
Delta II 6925 | Cape Canaveral LC-17B | McDonnell Douglas | ||||
USA-49 (GPS II-5) | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Successful | ||
15 December 11:30 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 81/23 | |||||
Raduga 24 | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | |||
20 December 03:30 |
Soyuz-U2 | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Progress M-2 | Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 9 February 1990 07:56 | Successful | |||
27 December 00:00 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Site 32/2 | |||||
Kosmos 2053 (Koltso 2) | Low Earth | Radar calibration | 2 September 1997 | Successful | |||
27 December 11:10 |
Proton-K/DM-2 | Baikonur Site 200/39 | |||||
Kosmos 2054 (Luch) | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
Deep-space rendezvous
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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Spaceflight portal
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Footnotes
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