1988 in spaceflight

none yes yes October 2025 January 2014 April 2021 1988 STS-26 Return to Flight Launch - GPN-2000-001870.jpg 103 launches on STS-26R, the first US crewed spaceflight after the Challenger accident 6 January 1988 29 December 1988 121 116 Ariane 4Long March 4AShavit EnergiaTitan 34D Afghanistan 1987 5 19 Timeline of spaceflight 1987 1989 The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight. Shuttle return to flight STS-26 Mission summary 1 - left on Launches 1988 1 25 March USA Scout G-1 ITA San Marco mobile range, Kenya ITA ASI ITA San Marco-D/L ASI Atmospheric research Low Earth Successful 1 7 June 21:38:16 USSR Soyuz-U2 USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed flight launching three cosmonauts and landing two, computer problems during deorbit nearly resulted in loss of crew, and delayed landing by one day USSR Soyuz TM-5 Mir EP-2 Low Earth (Mir) 7 September 00:48:38 Successful 3 15 June 11:19 FRA Ariane 4 44LP FRA Kourou ELA-2 FRA Arianespace Maiden flight of the Ariane 4 rocket 23px Meteosat-3 EUMETSAT Meteorology GTO Successful USA PAS 1 PanAmSat Communications GTO Successful GER AMSAT-OSCAR-13 AMSAT Amateur radio Low Earth 6 December 1996 Successful 2 7 July 17:38 USSRProton-K USSRBaikonur site LC200/39 USSR Loss of communication 2 September 1988 en route to Mars USSRFobos 1 Mars orbiter Intended: AreocentricActual: Heliocentric Spacecraft failure stationary lander Phobos lander Never deployed 3 12 July 17:01 USSRProton-K USSRBaikonur site LC200/40 USSR Loss of communication 27 March 1989 near Phobos USSRFobos 2 Mars orbiter Areocentric Spacecraft failure stationary lander Phobos lander Never deployed "hopping" lander Phobos lander Never deployed 1 29 August 04:23:11 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, one remained on Mir as part of EO-3, first Afghan space traveller USSRSoyuz TM-6 Mir EP-3 Low Earth (Mir) 21 December 09:57:00 Successful 2 29 September 15:37:00 USA103 USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed flight with five astronauts, first US crewed spaceflight after the Challenger accident in 1986, TDRS deployed using Inertial Upper Stage USASTS-26R NASA Satellite deployment Low Earth 3 October 16:37:11 Successful USATDRS-3 (TDRS-C) NASA Communications Geosynchronous Operational 2 15 November 03:00:02 USSREnergia USSRBaikonur Site 110/37 USSR Uncrewed test, only flight of Buran and final flight of Energia USSR Buran 1K1 Test flight Low Earth 06:26 2 Successful USSR 37KB No.3770 Test flight Low Earth (Buran) inherit Successful 1 26 November 14:49:34 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed flight with three cosmonauts USSRSoyuz TM-7 Mir EO-4/EP-4 Low Earth (Mir) 27 April 1989 02:57:58 Successful 2 2 December 14:30:34 USASpace Shuttle 104 no USAKennedy LC-39B USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed flight with five astronauts USASTS-27R NASA/NRO Satellite deployment Low Earth 6 December 23:30:39 Successful USAUSA-34 (Lacrosse) NRO/CIA Radar imaging Low Earth 25 March 1997 Successful 2 11 December 00:33 FRAAriane 4 44LP FRAKourou ELA-2 FRAArianespace UKSkynet 4B UK Ministry of Defence Communications GTO Successful LUXAstra 1A SES Astra Communications GTO Successful |} February 2011 Deep-space rendezvous There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988. References Footnotes 2 1988 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year