1988 in spaceflight

1988 in spaceflight
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US crewed spaceflight after the Challenger accident
Orbital launches
First6 January 1988
Last29 December 1988
Total121
Catalogued116
National firsts
Satellite Israel
 Luxembourg
Orbital launch Israel
Space traveller Afghanistan
Rockets
Maiden flightsAriane 4
Long March 4A
Shavit
RetirementsEnergia
Titan 34D
Crewed flights
Orbital5
Total travellers19
1988 in spaceflight

The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.

Shuttle return to flight

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

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
25 March Scout G-1 San Marco mobile range, Kenya ASI
San Marco-D/L ASI Low Earth Atmospheric research In orbit Successful
7 June
21:38:16 		Soyuz-U2 Baikonur Site 1/5
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 		Ariane 4 44LP Kourou ELA-2 Arianespace
Meteosat-3 EUMETSAT GTO Meteorology In orbit Successful
PAS 1 PanAmSat GTO Communications In orbit Successful
AMSAT-OSCAR-13 AMSAT Low Earth Amateur radio 6 December 1996 Successful
Maiden flight of the Ariane 4 rocket
7 July
17:38 		Proton-K Baikonur site LC200/39
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 		Proton-K Baikonur site LC200/40
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 		Soyuz-U2 Baikonur Site 1/5
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 		Space Shuttle Discovery Kennedy LC-39B United Space Alliance
STS-26R NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment 3 October
16:37:11		 Successful
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 		Energia Baikonur Site 110/37
Buran 1K1 Low Earth Test flight 06:26 Successful
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 		Soyuz-U2 Baikonur Site 1/5
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 		Space Shuttle Atlantis Kennedy LC-39B United Space Alliance
STS-27R NASA/NRO Low Earth Satellite deployment 6 December
23:30:39		 Successful
USA-34 (Lacrosse) NRO/CIA Low Earth Radar imaging 25 March 1997 Successful
Crewed flight with five astronauts
11 December
00:33 		Ariane 4 44LP Kourou ELA-2 Arianespace
Skynet 4B UK Ministry of Defence GTO Communications In orbit Successful
Astra 1A SES Astra GTO Communications In orbit Successful

Deep-space rendezvous

There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.

References

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  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
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Generic references:
Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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