1988 in spaceflight
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| Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US crewed spaceflight after the Challenger accident | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 6 January 1988 |
| Last | 29 December 1988 |
| Total | 121 |
| Catalogued | 116 |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite | Israel Luxembourg |
| Orbital launch | Israel |
| Space traveller | Afghanistan |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Ariane 4 Long March 4A Shavit |
| Retirements | Energia Titan 34D |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 5 |
| Total travellers | 19 |
The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.
Shuttle return to flight
[edit ]This section is an excerpt from STS-26 § Mission summary.[edit ]
Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:37:00 a.m. EDT on September 29, 1988, 975 days after the Challenger disaster.
Launches
[edit ]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 25 March | United States Scout G-1 | Italy San Marco mobile range, Kenya | Italy ASI | ||||
| Italy San Marco-D/L | ASI | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Successful | ||
| 7 June 21:38:16 |
Soviet Union Soyuz-U2 | Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 | Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Union Soyuz TM-5 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EP-2 | 7 September 00:48:38 |
Successful | |||
| Crewed flight launching three cosmonauts and landing two, computer problems during deorbit nearly resulted in loss of crew, and delayed landing by one day | |||||||
| 15 June 11:19 |
France Ariane 4 44LP | France Kourou ELA-2 | France Arianespace | ||||
| Meteosat-3 | EUMETSAT | GTO | Meteorology | In orbit | Successful | ||
| United States PAS 1 | PanAmSat | GTO | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| Germany AMSAT-OSCAR-13 | AMSAT | Low Earth | Amateur radio | 6 December 1996 | Successful | ||
| Maiden flight of the Ariane 4 rocket | |||||||
| 7 July 17:38 |
Soviet Union Proton-K | Soviet Union Baikonur site LC200/39 | Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Union Fobos 1 | Intended: Areocentric Actual: Heliocentric |
Mars orbiter | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |||
| stationary lander | Phobos lander | In orbit | Never deployed | ||||
| Loss of communication 2 September 1988 en route to Mars | |||||||
| 12 July 17:01 |
Soviet Union Proton-K | Soviet Union Baikonur site LC200/40 | Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Union Fobos 2 | Areocentric | Mars orbiter | In orbit | Spacecraft failure | |||
| stationary lander | Phobos lander | In orbit | Never deployed | ||||
| "hopping" lander | Phobos lander | In orbit | Never deployed | ||||
| Loss of communication 27 March 1989 near Phobos | |||||||
| 29 August 04:23:11 |
Soviet Union Soyuz-U2 | Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 | Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Union Soyuz TM-6 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EP-3 | 21 December 09:57:00 |
Successful | |||
| Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, one remained on Mir as part of EO-3, first Afghan space traveller | |||||||
| 29 September 15:37:00 |
United States Space Shuttle Discovery | United States Kennedy LC-39B | United States United Space Alliance | ||||
| United States STS-26R | NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 3 October 16:37:11 |
Successful | ||
| United States TDRS-3 (TDRS-C) | NASA | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Crewed flight with five astronauts, first US crewed spaceflight after the Challenger accident in 1986, TDRS deployed using Inertial Upper Stage | |||||||
| 15 November 03:00:02 |
Soviet Union Energia | Soviet Union Baikonur Site 110/37 | Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Union Buran 1K1 | Low Earth | Test flight | 06:26 | Successful | |||
| Soviet Union 37KB No.3770 | Low Earth (Buran) | Test flight | Successful | ||||
| Uncrewed test, only flight of Buran and final flight of Energia | |||||||
| 26 November 14:49:34 |
Soviet Union Soyuz-U2 | Soviet Union Baikonur Site 1/5 | Soviet Union | ||||
| Soviet Union Soyuz TM-7 | Low Earth (Mir) | Mir EO-4/EP-4 | 27 April 1989 02:57:58 |
Successful | |||
| Crewed flight with three cosmonauts | |||||||
| 2 December 14:30:34 |
United States Space Shuttle Atlantis | United States Kennedy LC-39B | United States United Space Alliance | ||||
| United States STS-27R | NASA/NRO | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 6 December 23:30:39 |
Successful | ||
| United States USA-34 (Lacrosse) | NRO/CIA | Low Earth | Radar imaging | 25 March 1997 | Successful | ||
| Crewed flight with five astronauts | |||||||
| 11 December 00:33 |
France Ariane 4 44LP | France Kourou ELA-2 | France Arianespace | ||||
| United Kingdom Skynet 4B | UK Ministry of Defence | GTO | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| Luxembourg Astra 1A | SES Astra | GTO | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
Deep-space rendezvous
[edit ]There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.
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