1992 in spaceflight

none March 2022 January 2014 January 2014 1992 Three_Crew_Members_Capture_Intelsat_VI_-_GPN-2000-001035.jpg Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot undertake the first-ever three-person EVA to repair the Intelsat 603 spacecraft during STS-49, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. 21 January 29 December 97 93 2 2 Atlas IIA105 Commercial Titan IIIDelta II 6920Delta II 6925H-I 10 59 1991 Timeline of spaceflight 1991 1993 The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight. 2 right on Orbital launches 1992 |colspan="8"| January |- 1 21 January 15:00 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS First Russian (post Soviet) satellite launch RUS 1991Kosmos 2175 (Yantar-4K2) VKS Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 20 March 2 22 January 14:52:33 USA103http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-42.html NASA – STS-42 2008-05-26 NASA 2007-11-23 National Aeronautics and Space Administration https://web.archive.org/web/20080609200537/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-42.html 9 June 2008 live USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts USASTS-42 NASA Low Earth Microgravity Successful 2 30 January 16:07:17 223pxUSASpacelab Long Module 2 ESA/NASA Low Earth (Discovery) Spacelab IML-1 inherit inherit 1 24 January 01:18:01 RUS 1991Molniya-M/2BL RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2176 (Oko) VKS Molniya Missile defence Successful 17 January 2012 1 25 January 07:50:17 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Progress M-11 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 13 March 3 29 January 22:19:12 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2177 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2178 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2179 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Successful |colspan="8"| February |- 1 5 February UKRZenit-2 KAZBaikonur Site 45/1 RUS 1991VKS Second stage overheated, causing malfunction RUS 1991Tselina-2 #10 MO RF Intended: Low Earth ELINT Launch failure 5 February 1 11 February 00:41:02 USAAtlas II USACape Canaveral LC-36A USAGeneral Dynamics USAUSA-78 (DSCS IIIB-14) US Air Force Geostationary Communications Operational 1 11 February 01:50 JPNH-I JPNTanegashima LA-N JPNNASDA Final flight of H-I JPNJERS-1 NASDA Sun-synchronous Earth observation Successful 3 December 2001 1 17 February 22:05:08 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2180 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 23 February 22:29 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-79 (GPS IIA-3) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational 2 26 February 23:58:10 FRA 1974Ariane 4 44L FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace Arabsat sold to ISRO in November 1997 and operated until October 2004 as INSAT-2DT JPNSuperbird-B1 SCC Geostationary Communications OperationalSAUArabsat-1C ARABSAT Current: GraveyardOperational: Geostationary Communications Successful |colspan="8"| March |- 1 4 March 04:27 RUS 1991Molniya-M/ML RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Molniya-1 #83 MOM Molniya Communications Successful 1 July 2007 1 9 March 22:35:59 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 132/1 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2181 (Tsikada) MO RF Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 14 March 00:00 USAAtlas I USACape Canaveral LC-36B USAGeneral Dynamics USAGalaxy 5 Hughes Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 17 March 10:54:30 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUS 1991VKS Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts; First crewed Russian (post-Soviet) launch RUS 1991Soyuz TM-14 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-11 Successful 10 August 2 24 March 13:13:39 USASpace Shuttle 104 no USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Belgian in space USASTS-45 NASA Low Earth Microgravity Successful 2 2 April 2USASpacelab Double Pallet NASA Low Earth (Atlantis) Spacelab ATLAS-1 inherit inherit |colspan="8"| April |- NoPL-1 1 April 14:18 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2182 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 30 May 1 2 April 01:50 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Gorizont 25 YeSSS Geostationary Communications Successful 1 8 April 12:20 RUS 1991Soyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2183 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 16 February 1993 1 10 April 03:20 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-80 (GPS IIA-4) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 15 April 07:17:43 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 132/1 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2184 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation Successful 2 15 April 23:25:27 FRA 1974Ariane 4 44L FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace UKInmarsat-2F4 Inmarsat Geostationary Communications OperationalFRA 1974Télécom 2B France Télécom Geostationary Communications Operational 1 19 April 21:29:25 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Progress M-12 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 27 June 1 25 April 08:53 USATitan 23G USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAUS Air Force USAUSA-81 (Bernie/Singleton) NRO Low Earth (Polar) ELINT Operational 1 29 April 09:00 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Resurs-F #14 MO RF Low Earth Remote sensing Successful 29 May 1 29 April 10:10 RUS 1991Soyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2185 (Yantar-1KFT) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 11 June |colspan="8"| May |- 1 7 May 23:40 USASpace Shuttle 105 no USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour; reboosted Intelsat 603 USASTS-49 NASA Low Earth Satellite reboost Successful 16 May 1 14 May 00:40 USADelta II 7925-8 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas IndonesiaPalapa-B4 Telkom Geostationary Communications Successful 1 20 May 00:30 INDASLV INDSriharikota FLP INDISRO Placed into incorrect orbit due to fifth stage spin-up failure INDSROSS-C ISRO Low Earth Magnetosphere Partial failure 14 July 1 28 May 19:09:59 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2186 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 24 July |colspan="8"| June |- 8 3 June 00:50:30 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2187 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2188 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2189 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2190 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2191 (Strela 1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2192 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2193 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2194 (Strela-1M) MO RF Low Earth Communications Successful 1 7 June 16:40 USADelta II 6920-10 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas Final flight of Delta II 6920 USAEUVE NASA Low Earth Ultraviolet astronomy Successful 31 January 2002 1 10 June 00:00 USAAtlas IIA USACape Canaveral LC-36B USAGeneral Dynamics Maiden flight of Atlas IIA UNIntelsat K Intelsat Geostationary Communications Successful 1 23 June 08:00 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Resurs-F #15 MO RF Low Earth Remote sensing Successful 9 July 3 25 June 16:12:22 USASpace Shuttle 102 no USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of EDO Pallet USASTS-50 NASA Low Earth Microgravity Successful 3 9 July 3USASpacelab Long Module 1 NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Spacelab USML-1 inherit inheritUSAEDO Pallet NASA Low Earth (Columbia) Cryogenic mission extension pallet inherit inherit 1 30 June 16:43:13 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Progress M-13 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 24 July |colspan="8"| July |- 1 1 July 20:16:22 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2195 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 2 July 21:54:01 USAAtlas II/IABS USACape Canaveral LC-36A USAGeneral Dynamics USAUSA-82 (DSCS IIIB-12) US Air Force Geostationary Communications Operational 1 3 July 14:19 USAScout G-1 USAVandenberg SLC-5 USANASA USASAMPEX (SMEX-1/Explorer 68) NASA Low Earth Solar Successful 13 November 2012 1 7 July 09:20:01 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-83 (GPS IIA-5) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 8 July 09:53:14 RUS 1991Molniya-M/2BL RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2196 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Missile defence Successful 2 9 July 22:42:19 FRA 1974Ariane 4 44L FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace Eutelsat retired in 2003 INDINSAT-2A ISRO Geostationary Communications SuccessfulFRA 1974Eutelsat 2F4 Eutelsat Geostationary Communications Successful 6 13 July 17:41:40 UKRTsyklon-3 RUS 1991Plesetsk RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2197 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2198 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2199 (Gonets-D) Roskosmos Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2200 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2201 (Gonets-D) Roskosmos Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2202 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications Successful 1 14 July 22:02 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Gorizont 26 YeSSS Geostationary Communications Successful 2 24 July 14:26 USADelta II 6925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas Final flight of Delta II 6000-series JPNUSAGEOTAIL ISAS/NASA High Earth Magnetosphere Successfulhttps://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/topics/003261.html GEOTAIL ends after over 30 years of observational operations ISAS/JAXA 28 November 2022 28 November 2022USADUVE NASA/California Low Earth Ultraviolet astronomy Successful 16 March 2003 1 24 July 19:40 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2203 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 22 September 1 27 July 06:08:42 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUS 1991VKS Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts RUS 1991Soyuz TM-15 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-12 Successful 1 February 1993 3 30 July 01:59:01 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2204 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2205 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2206 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 30 July 11:00 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2207 (Zenit-8) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 13 August 3 31 July 13:56:48 USASpace Shuttle Atlantis USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Swiss and Italian in spaceTSS tether jammed during deployment; EURECA returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-57 USASTS-46 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 8 August 2ITATSS-1 ASI Low Earth (Atlantis) Technology Failure inherit23pxEURECA ESA Low Earth Microgravity/Solar Successful 1 July 1993 |colspan="8"| August |- 1 6 August 19:30:59 RUS 1991Molniya-M/ML RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Molniya-1 #84 MOM Molniya Communications Successful 4 April 2008 1 9 August 08:00 PRCLong March 2D PRCJiuquan LA-2B PRCCALT PRCFSW-2 #1 CASC Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 1 September 3 10 August 23:08:07 FRA 1974Ariane 4 42P FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace TOPEX/Poseidon mission ended in October 2005 and was deactivated on 18 January 2006. KITSAT-1 was the first South Korean satellite. FRA 1974USATOPEX/Poseidon CNES/NASA Low Earth Oceanography SuccessfulFRA 1974S80/T CNES Low Earth Technology SuccessfulSouth KoreaKITSAT-1 (OSCAR-23) KAIST Low Earth Communications Successful 1 12 August 05:44:01 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 132/1 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2208 (Strela-2M) MO RF Low Earth Communications Successful 1 13 August 23:00 PRCLong March 2E PRCXichang LA-2 PRCCALT Retired and moved to graveyard orbit in May 2008 AUSOptus B1 Optus Current: GraveyardOperational: Geostationary Communications Successful 1 15 August 22:18:32 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Progress M-14 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 21 October 3 19 August 10:20 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Resurs-F #16 MO RF Low Earth Remote sensing Successful 4 SeptemberRUS 1991Pion-Germes 1 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing Successful 25 SeptemberRUS 1991Pion-Germes 2 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing Successful 24 September 1 22 August 22:40 USAAtlas I USACape Canaveral LC-36B USAGeneral Dynamics Upper stage turbopump failed to start, destroyed by range safety USAGalaxy 1R Hughes Intended: Geosynchronous Communications Launch failure 22 August 1 31 August 10:41 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas USASatcom C4 GE Americom Geostationary Communications Successful |colspan="8"| September |- 1 9 September 08:57 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-84 (GPS IIA-6) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 10 September 18:01:18 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2209 (Prognoz) MO RF Geostationary Missile defence Operational 2 10 September 23:04 FRA 1974Ariane 4 44LP FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace Hispasat retired in 2003 ESPHispasat 1A Hispasat Geostationary Communications SuccessfulUSASatcom C3 GE Americom Geostationary Communications Operational 2 12 September 14:23 USASpace Shuttle Endeavour USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; 50th mission of the Space Shuttle programme USASTS-47 NASA Low Earth Microgravity Successful 2 20 September 2JPNUSASpacelab Long Module 2 NASDA/NASA Low Earth (Endeavour) Spacelab-J inherit inherit 1 22 September 16:10 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2210 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 20 November 1 25 September 17:05:01 USACommercial Titan III/TOS USACape Canaveral LC-40 USAMartin Marietta Final flight of Commercial Titan III; Maiden flight of TOSContact lost three days before orbit insertion. It is unclear whether the spacecraft entered Aerocentric orbit, remained in Heliocentric orbit, or exploded. USAMars Observer NASA Intended: AreocentricAchieved: Heliocentric Mars orbiter Partial failure Unknown |colspan="8"| October |- 2 6 October 06:20:05 PRCLong March 2C PRCJiuquan LA-2B PRCCALT Freja mission ended 30 June 1995 and last contact made on 14 October 1996 PRCFSW-1 #4 CASC Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 13 OctoberSWEFreja SSC Low Earth Magnetosphere Successful 1 8 October 19:00 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Foton-8 Roskosmos Low Earth Microgravity Successful 24 October 1 12 October 09:47 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas Retired in February 2003 GERDFS-3 Bundespost Current: GraveyardOperational: Geostationary Communications Successful 1 14 October 19:58 RUS 1991Molniya-M/ML RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Molniya-3 #50L MOM Molniya Communications Operational 6 20 October 12:58:12 UKRTsyklon-3 RUS 1991Plesetsk RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2211 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2212 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2213 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2214 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2215 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications SuccessfulRUS 1991Kosmos 2216 (Strela-3) MO RF Low Earth Communications Successful 1 21 October 10:21:22 RUS 1991Molniya-M/2BL RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2217 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Missile defence Successful 6 November 2010 04:22http://reentrynews.aero.org/1992069a.html The Aerospace Corporation - Assuring Mission Success reentrynews.aero.org 26 April 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120513042527/http://reentrynews.aero.org/1992069a.html 13 May 2012 dmy-all 3 22 October 17:09:40 USASpace Shuttle Columbia USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts USASTS-52 NASA Low Earth USMP-1 Successful 2 1 November 2CANCANEX-2 CSA Low Earth (Columbia) Microgravity inherit inheritITALAGEOS-2 ASI Medium Earth Geodesy Operational 3 27 October 17:19:41 RUS 1991Soyuz-U2 KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 RUS 1991VKS Mak-2 deployed from Mir on 20 November 1992; Znamya deployed from Progress on 4 February 1993 RUS 1991Progress M-15 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 7 February 1993RUS 1991Mak-2 Roskosmos Low Earth Ionosphere Successful 1 April 1993RUS 1991Znamya 2 Roskosmos Low Earth Solar mirror Successful 5 February 1993 1 28 October 00:15 FRA 1974Ariane 4 42P FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace Major spacecraft malfunction November 2000 USAGalaxy 7 Hughes Geostationary Communications Spacecraft failure 1 29 October 10:40:33 RUS 1991Kosmos-3M RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2218 (Parus) MO RF Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 30 October 14:59 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Ekran-M3 MOM Geostationary Communications Successful |colspan="8"| November |- 1 15 November 21:45:01 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Resurs 500 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing Successful 22 November 1 17 November 07:47 UKRZenit-2 KAZBaikonur Site 45/1 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2219 (Tselina-2) MO RF Low Earth ELINT Operational 1 20 November 15:29:59 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2220 (Yantar-4K2) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 18 January 1993 1 21 November 13:45 USAScout G-1 USAVandenberg SLC-5 USANASA USAMSTI-1 US Air Force/SDIO Sun-synchronous Technology Successful 18 July 1993 1 22 November 23:54 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-85 (GPS IIA-7) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 24 November 04:09:59 UKRTsyklon-3 RUS 1991Plesetsk RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2221 (Tselina-D) MO RF Low Earth ELINT Successful 1 25 November 12:18:54 RUS 1991Molniya-M/2BL RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2222 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Missile defence Successful 3 May 2023 03:58Jonathan McDowell planet4589 1653764989159628803 The Russian early warning satellite Oko 73D6-6051, codename Kosmos-2222, reentered south of New Zealand at 0358 UTC May 3 after 30.4 years in space. It operated from 1992 to about 1995 and has been space junk since then. 3 May 2023 1 27 November 13:10 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 81/23 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Gorizont 27 YeSSS Geostationary Communications Successful 1 28 November 21:34 USATitan IVA (404) USAVandenberg SLC-4E USAUS Air Force USAUSA-86 (KH-12-1) NRO Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance Successful 5 June 2000 |colspan="8"| December |- 1 1 December 22:48 FRA 1974Ariane 4 42P FRA 1974Kourou ELA-2 FRA 1974Arianespace JPNSuperbird A1 SCC Geostationary Communications Successful 1 2 December 01:57 RUS 1991Molniya-M/ML RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Molniya-3 #56L MOM Molniya Communications Successful 8 November 2008 8 2 December 13:24 USASpace Shuttle Discovery USAKennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; ODERACS deployment cancelled and reflown on STS-60 USASTS-53 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 9 DecemberUSAUSA-89 (SDS-2-3) NRO Molniya Communications OperationalUSAODERACS A NASA Low Earth Calibration Failure 6 9 December 6USAODERACS B NASA Low Earth Calibration inherit inheritUSAODERACS C NASA Low Earth Calibration inherit inheritUSAODERACS D NASA Low Earth Calibration inherit inheritUSAODERACS E NASA Low Earth Calibration inherit inheritUSAODERACS F NASA Low Earth Calibration inherit inherit 1 9 December 11:25 RUS 1991Soyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2223 (Yantar-4KS1) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 16 December 1993 1 17 December 12:45 RUS 1991Proton-K/DM-2 KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2224 (Prognoz) MO RF Geosynchronous Missile defence Operational 1 18 December 22:16 USADelta II 7925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-87 (GPS IIA-8) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 21 December 11:21 PRCLong March 2E PRCXichang LA-2 PRCCALT Payload fairing collapsed during ascent; rocket continued to orbit deploying remains of payload and upper stage into low Earth orbit AUSOptus B2 Optus Intended: GeosynchronousAchieved: Low Earth Communications Launch Partial Failure 29 June 1995 1 22 December 12:00 RUS 1991Soyuz-U KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2225 (Orlets) MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 18 February 1993 1 22 December 12:36 UKRTsyklon-3 RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 32/2 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2226 (Geo-IK) MO RF Low Earth Geodesy Successful 1 25 December 05:56 UKRZenit-2 KAZBaikonur Site 45/1 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2227 (Tselina-2) MO RF Low Earth ELINT Successful 1 25 December 20:07:59 UKRTsyklon-3 RUS 1991Plesetsk RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2228 (Tselina-D) MO RF Low Earth ELINT Successful 1 29 December 13:30:01 RUS 1991Soyuz-U RUS 1991Plesetsk Site 43/3 RUS 1991VKS RUS 1991Kosmos 2229 (Bion 10) Roskosmos Low Earth Biological Successful 10 January 1993 |} 1992 Suborbital launches 1992 |colspan=8| January |- 1 11 January 03:40 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 248 km NASA Suborbital Astronomy Successful 11 January 1 17 January USAStorm USAWhite Sands SULF USAUS Air Force Apogee: 200 km USABTTV-1 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 17 January 1 23 January 19:19 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 300 km NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 23 January 1 28 January 12:00 JPNS-310 JPNKagoshima LA-K JPNISAS Apogee: 223 km ISAS Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 28 January 1 31 January 11:55 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 300 km USASXT NASA/Boulder Suborbital X-ray astronomy Successful 31 January |colspan=8| February |- 1 1 February 16:00 JPNS-520 JPNKagoshima LA-K JPNISAS Apogee: 338 km JPNCIR ISAS Suborbital Infrared astronomy Successful 1 February 1 18 February USAAries USAWhite Sands LC-36 USASDIO Apogee: 320 km SDIO Suborbital Technology Successful 18 February 1 22 February 03:15 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 300 km NASA Suborbital Astronomy Successful 22 February 1 22 February USAUGM-133 Trident II USAWest Virginia SSBN-736 6, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 22 February 1 22 February USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 22 February 1 22 February USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 22 February 1 22 February USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 22 February |colspan=8| March |- 1 3 March 13:57:30 USANike Tomahawk USAPoker Flat USANASA Apogee: 295 km USAAria-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 3 March 1 3 March 14:06:48 CANBlack Brant VIIIC USAPoker Flat USANASA Apogee: 289 km USAAria-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 3 March 1 3 March 14:57 USANike Tomahawk USAPoker Flat USANASA Apogee: 270 km USAAria-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 3 March 1 4 March USALGM-118 Peacekeeper USAVandenberg LF-05 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 4 March 1 6 March 13:57:30 USANike Tomahawk USAPoker Flat USANASA Apogee: 270 km NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 6 March 1 12 March 22:42 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-21 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 12 March 1 13 March 18:15 USALGM-30B Minuteman I USAVandenberg LF-03 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km US Air Force Suborbital Target Successful 13 March 1 13 March 18:36:27 USAAries Marshall IslandsMeck USAUS Air Force Final flight of ERIS; missed target due to programming issue caused by test conditions, enough data collected to proceed with operagional programme.Apogee: 290 km USAERIS US Air Force Suborbital Interceptor Partial failure 13 March 1 15 March 22:46 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-22 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 15 March 1 18 March USAScout-II ITASalto di Quirra ITAASI ASI Suborbital Test flight Launch failure 18 March 1 19 March 16:05 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 CANCSA Apogee: 226 km CANCSAR-1 CSA Suborbital Microgravity Successful 19 March 1 19 March 16:10 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 300 km USAHIRAAS-2 NASA Suborbital Airglow Successful 19 March 1 29 March 07:27 CANBlack Brant XI USAPoker Flat USANASA Apogee: 267 km USACHARGE-2B NASA Suborbital Ionosphere Successful 29 March 1 29 March 08:07:45 USAHPB USAPoker Flat USAOrbital Sciences Apogee: 400 km Orbital Sciences Suborbital Infrared astronomy Successful 29 March |colspan=8| April |- 1 8 April USAUGM-96 Trident I USAHenry L. Stimson SSBN-655 6, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 8 April 1 8 April USAUGM-96 Trident I USAUSS Henry L. Stimson, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 40; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 8 April 1 9 April 10:40 CANBlack Brant IXBM1 SWEEsrange SWESSC Apogee: 317 km SWEMASER-5 SSC Suborbital Microgravity Successful 9 April 1 15 April 09:09 USAHPB USAWallops Island USAOrbital Sciences Apogee: 450 km Orbital Sciences Suborbital Target Successful 15 April 1 29 April PRCDF-21 PRCTaiyuan PRCCALT CALT Suborbital Test flight Launch failure 29 April |colspan=8| May |- 1 5 May USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-10 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km USAGT-147GM-1 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 5 May 1 5 May INDPrithvi INDBalasore INDDRDO Apogee: 100 km DRDO Suborbital Test flight Successful 5 May 1 12 May 14:26 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 300 km USASPARTAN (SPDE) NASA Suborbital Solar Successful 12 May 1 23 May 00:00 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-23 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 23 May 1 24 May USATerrier Malemute USABarking Sands USASDIO Apogee: 290 km USACDX (LWIS) SDIO Suborbital Target Successful 24 May 1 25 May 23:52 USANike Tomahawk USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 270 km USAAA-3A NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 25 May 1 27 May 12:27 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-24 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 27 May 1 28 May INDAgni-I INDBalasore INDDRDO DRDO Suborbital Test flight Failure 28 May 1 30 May 08:11 CANBlack Brant IX USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 308 km USAAA-4IFH NASA/NRL Suborbital Plasma Successful 30 May 1 May PRCDF-21 PRCTaiyuan PRCCALT CALT Suborbital Test flight Failure L+1 hour |colspan=8| June |- 1 1 June 02:52 BRASonda 3 BRAAlcântara BRAINPE Apogee: 282 km INPE Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 1 June 1 2 June USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-26 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km USAGT-148GB US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 2 June 1 6 June 08:37:31 CANBlack Brant IX USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 370 km USAAA-3B NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 6 June 1 9 June 05:32 CANBlack Brant IX USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 300 km NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 9 June 1 16 June USAStorm USAWhite Sands SULF USAUS Air Force Apogee: 200 km USABTTV-2 US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Failure 16 June 1 18 June USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 18 June 1 18 June USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 18 June 1 18 June USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 18 June 1 18 June USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS West Virginia, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 18 June 2 19 June 11:01 USAAries USAWhite Sands LC-36 USASDIO Apogee: 330 km. All systems of the LEAP kill vehicle performed as planned. LEAP identified and tracked the target, but not intercepted it due to lower than planned closing velocity.Baker Paul Kelley Buster Avetissian Anne June 1993 Lightweight exo-atmospheric projectile (LEAP) Space Flight Test, June 1992, performance validation https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA344793 Annual Interceptor Technology Conference AIAA 10.2514/6.1993-2696 the Internet Archive USALEAP 2 SDIO Suborbital Missile defence technology test Partial success 19 JuneUSATarget SDIO Suborbital Target Spacecraft failure 19 June 1 23 June 00:24 CANBlack Brant VC USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 250 km NASA Suborbital Ionosphere Successful 23 June 1 June North KoreaRodong-1 North KoreaMusudan-ri North KoreaKPA KPA Suborbital Test flight Failure L+1 hour |colspan=8| July |- 1 1 July 02:20 USALGM-118 Peacekeeper USAVandenberg LF-02 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 1 July 1 2 July 09:01:15 CANBlack Brant IX USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 250 km USAAA-1 NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 2 July 1 3 July INDRH-560 INDSriharikota INDISRO Apogee: 320 km ISRO Suborbital Ionosphere Successful 3 July 1 4 July 08:58 CANBlack Brant IX USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 250 km USAAA-7 NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 4 July 1 12 July 09:02 CANBlack Brant IX USAArecibo USANASA Apogee: 252 km USAAA-2 NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 12 July 1 24 July 13:36 CANBlack Brant VIIIC USAPoker Flat USANASA Apogee: 340 km NASA Suborbital Plasma Successful 24 July 1 28 July RUS 1991UR-100NU KAZBaikonur RUS 1991RVSN Apogee: 1000 km RUS 1991SLI RVSN Suborbital Test flight Successful 28 July 1 29 July USAUGM-133 Trident II USAMaryland SSBN-738 6, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 9; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 29 July 1 July North KoreaHwasong-6 Syria 1980 Syria 1980Syrian Air Force Apogee: 200 km Syrian Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful L+1 hour 1 July North KoreaHwasong-6 Syria 1980 Syria 1980Syrian Air Force Apogee: 200 km Syrian Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful L+1 hour |colspan=8| August |- 1 4 August USAUGM-133 Trident II USATennessee SSBN-734 6, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 4 August 1 4 August USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 4 August 1 4 August USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 4 August 1 4 August USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 4 August 1 18 August INDPrithvi INDBalasore INDDRDO Apogee: 100 km DRDO Suborbital Test flight Successful 18 August 1 19 August 23:30 JPNTR-1A JPNTanegashima LA-T JPNNASDA Apogee: 290 km NASDA Suborbital Microgravity Successful 19 August 1 21 August 17:46 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 21 August 1 24 August 16:30 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 249 km USAHRTS-8 NASA/NRL Suborbital Solar Successful 24 August 1 26 August 15:10 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-25 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 26 August 1 27 August 18:30 CANBlack Brant VIIIC USAWallops Island USANASA Apogee: 198 km NASA Suborbital Test flight Successful 27 August |colspan=8| September |- 1 1 September 01:00 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-26 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 1 September 1 3 September USAUGM-133 Trident II USAKentucky SSBN-737 6, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 3 September 1 3 September USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Kentucky, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 3 September 1 3 September USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Kentucky, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 3 September 1 3 September USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Kentucky, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Commander's Evaluation Test; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 3 September 1 10 September 14:30 CANBlack Brant IXCM1 USAWhite Sands LC-36 USASSI Apogee: 235 km USACONSORT-5 Huntsville Suborbital Microgravity Failure 10 September 1 16 September 03:15 USALGM-118 Peacekeeper USAVandenberg LF-05 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1000 km US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 16 September 1 28 September USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-26 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 1300 km USAGT-149GB US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 28 September |colspan=8| October |- 1 16 October USACastor-Orbus USAWake Island USAOrbital Sciences Maiden flight of Castor-Orbus; Apogee: 500 km SDIO Suborbital Reentry test Failure 16 October 1 19 October USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Maryland, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 10; Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 19 October 1 22 October USAAries USAWallops Island USASDIO Apogee: 20 km USAOrbus 1 (SPFE-3) SDIO Suborbital Target Failure 22 October 1 25 October 01:06 USALGM-30B Minuteman I USAVandenberg LF-03 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km USAAST-DT2 US Air Force Suborbital Target Failure 25 October 1 27 October 18:30 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 298 km USACU-3 NASA Suborbital Ultraviolet astronomy Successful 27 October |colspan=8| November |- 1 4 November 02:00 USALGM-30G Minuteman III USAVandenberg LF-04 USAUS Air Force Apogee: 100 km USAGT-150GM US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Failure 4 November 1 8 November 10:25 SWEMaxus SWEEsrange SWEGERSSC/DLR Apogee: 717 km 23pxMAXUS 1B ESA Suborbital Microgravity Successful 8 November 1 10 November USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 10 November 1 10 November USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 10 November 1 10 November USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 10 November 1 10 November USAUGM-133 Trident II USAUSS Tennessee, Eastern Range USAUS Navy Apogee: 1000 km US Navy Suborbital Test flight Successful 10 November 1 22 November 09:22 UKSkylark 7 SWEEsrange LA-S GERDLR Apogee: 230 km GERTEXUS 29 DLR Suborbital Microgravity Successful 22 November |colspan=8| December |- 1 1 December RUS 1991UR-100NU KAZBaikonur RUS 1991RVSN RVSN Suborbital Test flight Failure 1 December 1 6 December 16:00 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-27 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 6 December 1 9 December 00:00 RUS 1991Zyb RUS 1991Submarine, Pacific Ocean RUS 1991VMF Apogee: 500 km RUS 1991Efir RVSN Suborbital Technology Successful 9 December 1 9 December CANBlack Brant IXCM1 FRA 1974Centre d'Essais des Landes FRA 1974MATRA Apogee: 300 km FRA 1974POIVRE (VERT) MATRA Suborbital Imaging Successful 9 December 1 11 December 22:45 USANike Orion USAWhite Sands USANASA Apogee: 140 km USACWAS-28 NASA Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 11 December 1 15 December 03:00 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands LC-36 USANASA Apogee: 302 km NASA/JHU Suborbital Ultraviolet astronomy Successful 15 December |} 1992 Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks8 February Ulysses 1st flyby of Jupiter Gravity assist, inclination change15 February Hiten Selenocentric orbit injection14 July Giotto Flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest approach: 200 km8 October Pioneer Venus Orbiter Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere8 December Galileo 2nd flyby of the Earth Gravity assist; Closest approach: 305 km EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks20 February20:094 hours12 minutes21 February00:21Mir EO-10Kvant-2RUS 1991Aleksandr VolkovRUS 1991Sergei KrikalevPerformed maintenance activities on the outside of Mir, including cleaning camera lenses. Volkov had problems with the cooling system on his Orlan space suit, and was limited in his mobility.10 May20:403 hours43 minutes11 May00:23STS-49105 noUSAPierre J. ThuotUSARichard HiebThuot attempted to capture the Intelsat VI satellite using a capture bar while Hieb stood by to assist with placement in the payload bay. After multiple attempts to catch Intelsat VI, the spacewalkers returned to the airlock to consider the failed attempts.http://uu.cx/flight/49/ STS-49, The Rescue Of Intelsat-VI 603 28 February 2009 Kallender Mark https://web.archive.org/web/20081216075632/http://uu.cx/flight/49/ 16 December 2008 dead dmy 11 May21:055 hours30 minutes12 May02:35STS-49EndeavourUSAPierre J. ThuotUSARichard HiebThuot tried five more times to capture Intelsat VI while Hieb stood by to assist. Once again Thuot was unable to engage the capture bar to the satellite.13 May21:178 hours29 minutes14 May05:46STS-49EndeavourUSAPierre J. ThuotUSARichard HiebUSAThomas AkersThuot, Hieb and Akers captured Intelsat VI with their hands. The trio then pulled the satellite into the payload bay, added a new perigee kick motor, and launched the satellite away from Endeavour. This spacewalk was the first three-person spacewalk in history. The three spacewalkers also set a new record for elapsed spacewalk time.14 May~21:007 hours44 minutes15 May~04:45STS-49EndeavourUSAThomas AkersUSAKathryn C. ThorntonTested space station assembly techniques on an experimental structure, the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods (ASEM).8 July12:382 hours3 minutes14:41Mir EO-11Kvant-2RUS 1991Aleksandr ViktorenkoRUS 1991Aleksandr KaleriInspected several gyrodynes, located on the Kvant-2 module, near the airlock to provide data needed to prepare for the planned repair and replacement work of the gyrodynes.3 September13:323 hours56 minutes17:28Mir EO-12Kvant-2RUS 1991Sergei AvdeyevRUS 1991Anatoly SolovyevMoved the VDU thruster unit to its position and prepared the Sofora girder for installation of the VDU.7 September11:475 hours8 minutes16:55Mir EO-12Kvant-2RUS 1991Sergei AvdeyevRUS 1991Anatoly SolovyevInstalled the electrical and control cables needed by the VDU thruster for operation on the Sofora truss and recovered the Russian flag installed on the Sofora truss the year before.11 September10:065 hours44 minutes15:50Mir EO-12Kvant-2RUS 1991Sergei AvdeyevRUS 1991Anatoly SolovyevCompleted install of the VDU thruster on Sofora truss, and moved the truss into its extended position.15 September07:493 hours33 minutes11:22Mir EO-12Kvant-2RUS 1991Sergei AvdeyevRUS 1991Anatoly SolovyevCollected samples of a solar array and relocated the Kurs docking antenna on the Kristall module in preparation of the arrival of Soyuz TM-16. References Footnotes 2 1992 on Category:Spaceflight by year