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	; The Atlas H launches on its final flight
Fact Sheet
Orbital Launches
First	5 January
Last	29 December
Total	115
Catalogued	110
National Firsts
Space Traveller	Syria
Rockets
Maiden Flights	ASLV; Energia
Retirements	Atlas H; N-II; Titan III(34)B
Manned flights
Orbital	3
Total travellers	8
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[edit] Launches

Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
5 February 21:38:16	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz TM-2		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-2	30 July 01:04:12	Successful
	Manned flight launching two cosmonauts and landing three, first manned flight of Soyuz-TM
31 March 00:16:16	Proton-K		Baikonur Site 200/39
	Kvant-1	1991—2001: Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir module	23 March 2001 05:59:36	Successful
	Kvant FSB		Low Earth (Kvant-1)	Space tug	25 August 1988	Successful
15 May 17:30:01	Energia		Baikonur Site 250
	Polyus		Intended: Low Earth	Weapons tests Technology	15 May	Launch failure
	Maiden flight of Energia, computer error resulted in spacecraft attempting to perform circularisation burn in a retrograde orientation, failed to orbit
22 July 01:59:17	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz TM-3		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EP-1	29 December 09:16:15	Successful
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts, first Syrian in space, carried replacement for ill EO-2 crewmember
21 December 11:18:03	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz TM-4		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-3	17 June 1988 10:12:32	Successful
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts

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