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Fact Sheet
Rockets
Maiden Flights	Atlas H; Space Shuttle Challenger
Retirements	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D
Manned flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	25
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[edit] Launches

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Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
[edit] February
9 February 13:47	Atlas H		Vandenberg SLC-3E
	OPS-0252 (NOSS 5)	US Navy	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
	Maiden flight of Atlas H
[edit] March
2 March 09:37	Proton-K		Baikonur Site 200/39
	Kosmos 1443 (TKS-3) FGB		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	19 September 00:28	Successful
	Kosmos-1443 (TKS-3) VA		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Sample return	23 August	Successful
28 March 15:52	Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS		Vandenberg SLC-3W
	NOAA-8 (NOAA-E)	NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Spacecraft failed in June 1984^[1]
[edit] April
4 April 18:30	Space Shuttle Challenger		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-6	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	9 April 18:53	Successful
	TDRS-1 (TDRS-A)	NASA	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Manned orbital flight with four astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Challenger
15 April 18:45	Titan 24B		Vandenberg SLC-4W
15 April 18:45	OPS-2925 (KH-8-53)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	21 August	Successful
20 April 13:10	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz T-8		Low Earth Planned: Docked to Salyut 7	Salyut 7 EO-2	22 April 13:28	Docking failure
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts; Failed to dock with Salyut 7
[edit] May
19 May 22:26	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D		Cape Canaveral LC-36A
	Intelsat 506	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Final flight of Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D
[edit] June
9 June 23:23	Atlas H		Vandenberg SLC-3E
9 June 23:23	OPS-6432 (NOSS 6)	US Navy	Low Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
16 June 11:59	Ariane 1		Kourou ELA		CNES
	Eutelsat 1F1	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Oscar 10	AMSAT	Geosynchronous transfer	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Eutelsat 1F1 retired in 1996
18 June 11:33	Space Shuttle Challenger		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-7	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	24 June 14:56	Successful
	Anik C2	Telesat Canada	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Palapa B1	Telkom Indonesia	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	SPAS-I	NASA	Low Earth (Challenger)	Microgravity research	24 June 14:56	Successful
	OSTA-2	NASA	Low Earth (Challenger)	Scientific experiments	24 June 14:56	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with five astronauts; including the first female American astronaut Anik C2 retired 7 January 1998
20 June 18:45	Titan 34D		Vandenberg SLC-4E
	OPS-0721 (KH-9-18)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	21 March 1984	Successful
	OPS-3899 (SSF-C-7)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
27 June 09:12	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz T-9		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EO-2	23 November 19:58	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts
[edit] July
14 July 10:21	Atlas E/SGS-2		Vandenberg SLC-3W
14 July 10:21	GPS-8	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
31 July 15:41	Titan 34B		Vandenberg SLC-4W
31 July 15:41	OPS-7304 (Jumpseat 7)	NRO	Molniya	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
[edit] August
17 August 12:08	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
17 August 12:08	Progress 17		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	17 September 23:43	Successful
30 August 06:32	Space Shuttle Challenger		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-8	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	5 September 07:40	Successful
	INSAT 1B	ISRO	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
	Payload Flight Test Article	NASA	Low Earth (Challenger)	Payload compatibility testing	5 September 07:40	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with five astronauts
[edit] October
19 October 00:45	Ariane 1		Kourou ELA		CNES
19 October 00:45	Intelsat 507	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
20 October 09:59	Soyuz-U		Baikonur
20 October 09:59	Progress 18		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	16 November 04:18	Successful
[edit] November
18 November 06:32	Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS		Vandenberg SLC-3W
18 November 06:32	DMSP 5D-2 F7	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
28 November 16:00	Space Shuttle Columbia		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-9	NASA	Low Earth	Microgravity research	8 December 23:47	Successful
	Spacelab Long Module 1	NASA/ESRO	Low Earth (Columbia)	Microgravity research	8 December 23:47	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts; Maiden flight of Spacelab Long Module

[edit] Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
10 October	Venera 15	Entered Cytherean orbit	Radar mapper mission
14 October	Venera 16	Entered Cytherean orbit	Radar mapper mission
21 October	ISEE-3/ICE	4^th flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 17,440 kilometres (10,840 mi)
22 December	ISEE-3/ICE	5^th flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 120 kilometres (75 mi)

[edit] EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
7 April 21:05	4 hours 10 minutes	8 April 01:15	STS-6 (Challenger)	Story Musgrave Donald H. Peterson	Test spacesuits and tools for future space construction.^[2] First spacewalk from a Space Shuttle.^[3]
1 November 04:47	2 hours 50 minutes	07:36	Salyut 7 EO-2	Vladimir Lyakhov Aleksandr Aleksandrov	Installed a new solar panel to increase the station's electrical output.
3 November 03:47	2 hours 55 minutes	06:42	Salyut 7 EO-2	Vladimir Lyakhov Aleksandr Aleksandrov	Installed a second new solar panel, increasing electrical output by 50%.

[edit] References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Repot". http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/.
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
"Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
"Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
"NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
"Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
"Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
"Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
"Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
"Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

[edit] Footnotes

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^ Ottawan (2005). "Mission: STS 6". The Space Race. TheSpaceRace.com. http://www.thespacerace.com/forum/index.php?topic=1102.0. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
^ "STS-6". Space Shuttle Mission Archieves. NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-6.html. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

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[1] Ottawan (2005). "Mission: STS 6". The Space Race. TheSpaceRace.com. http://www.thespacerace.com/forum/index.php?topic=1102.0. Retrieved February 15, 2009.

[2] "STS-6". Space Shuttle Mission Archieves. NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-6.html. Retrieved 2009-02-14.

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Contents

[edit] Launches

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] Deep-space rendezvous

[edit] EVAs

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes