1991 in spaceflight (January–June)

none September 2025 January 2014 January 2014 This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1991. For launches between July and December, see 1991 in spaceflight (July–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1991 in spaceflight. 2 Orbital launches 1991 yes |colspan=8| January |- 1 8 January 00:53:01 USA Delta II (7925) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA McDonnell Douglas USA NATO-4A NATO Geosynchronous Communication Successful 1 14 January 14:50:27 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Progress M-6 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 15 March 1991 Successful 2 15 January 23:10:49 EU Ariane 4 (44L) FRA Kourou ELA-2 FRA Arianespace ITA Italsat 1 ASI Geostationary Communication Successful FRA Eutelsat 2F2 Eutelsat Geostationary Communication Successful 1 17 January 10:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 16/2 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2121 (Zenit-8) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 10 February 1991 Successful 1 18 January 11:34 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2122 (US-P) MO SSSR Low Earth Naval Reconnaissance 28 March 1993 Successful 1 29 January 11:59:58 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Informator-1 MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful |colspan=8| February |- 1 5 February 02:36 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2123 (Tsikada) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 7 February 18:15 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 16 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2124 (Yantar-4K2) MOM Low Earth 7 April 1991 Successful 8 12 February 02:44 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2125 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2126 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2127 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2128 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2129 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2130 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2131 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2132 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful 1 14 February 08:31:56 USSR 1955 Proton-K / DM-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 200/39 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2133 (Prognoz) MOM Geosynchronous Missile defence Successful 1 15 February 09:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2134 (Yantar-1KFT) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 1 April 1991 Successful 1 15 February 15:19 USSR 1955 Molniya-M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Molniya-1-80 MOM Molniya Communication Successful 1 26 February 04:53:06 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2135 (Parus) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 28 February 05:30:00 USSR 1955 Proton-K / DM-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81/23 USSR 1955 RVSN Raduga-27 MOM Geostationary Communication Successful |colspan=8| March |- 2 2 March 23:36:00 EU Ariane 4 (44LP) FRA Kourou ELA-2 FRA Arianespace LUX Astra 1B SES Astra Geosynchronous Communication Successful EU Meteosat 5 ESA / EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Weather Successful 1 6 March 15:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 16 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2136 (Zenit-8) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 March 1991 Successful 1 8 March 12:03 USA Titan IVA (403A) USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA US Air Force First Titan IV launch from Vandenberg AFBWas one of the oldest operational reconnaissance satellite till 2008. USA USA-69 (Lacrosse-2) NRO Low Earth Radar Reconnaissance Successful 1 8 March 23:03 USA Delta II (6925) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA McDonnell Douglas USA Inmarsat 2F2 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communication Successful 1 12 March 19:29:04 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Nadezhda-3 MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 19 March 13:05:15 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Progress M-7 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 7 May 1991 Successful 1 19 March 14:30 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2137 (Taifun-1) MO SSSR Low Earth Radar calibration 3 April 1995 Successful 1 22 March 12:19:59 USSR 1955 Molniya-M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Molniya-3-55L MOM Molniya Communication Successful 1 26 March 13:45 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 16 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2138 (Yantar-4K2) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 24 May 1991 Successful 1 31 March 15:12:00 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 200/40 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Almaz-1 MOM Low Earth Radar reconnaissance 17 October 1992 Successful |colspan=8| April |- 3 4 April 10:47:12 USSR 1955 Proton-K / DM-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 200/39 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2139 (GLONASS) MOM Medium Earth Navigation Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2140 (GLONASS) MOM Medium Earth Navigation Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2141 (GLONASS) MOM Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 4 April 23:33:00 EU Ariane 4 (44P) FRA Kourou ELA-2 FRA Arianespace CAN Anik E2 Telesat Geosynchronous Communication Successful 2 5 April 14:22:45 USA 104 USA Kennedy LC-39B USA United Space Alliance USA STS-37 NASA Low Earth Manned orbital flight 11 April 1991 Successful USA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) NASA Low Earth Gamma ray astronomy 4 June 2000 Successful 1 13 April 00:09 USA Delta II (7925) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA McDonnell Douglas USA Spacenet 4 GE Americom Geostationary Communication Successful 1 16 April 07:21:42 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2142 (Parus) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 18 April 23:30 USA Atlas I USA Cape Canaveral LC-36B General Dynamics Destroyed by RSO after upper stage turbopump malfunctionApogee: 175 km mi JPN Yuri 3H General Dynamics Intended: Geosynchronous Communication T+361 seconds Failure 1 24 April 01:37:00 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-3 USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Meteor-3-4 MO SSSR Low Earth Weather Successful 6 28 April 11:33:14 USA 103 USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance USA STS-39 NASA Low Earth Manned orbital flight 6 May 1991 Successful USA IBSS-SPAS (SPAS 02) SDIO Low Earth Missile defence experiments 6 May 1991 Successful USA USA-70 (MPEC) DARPA Low Earth Technology 13 May 1991 Successful USA CRO-C SDIO Low Earth Chemical release 14 May 1991 Successful USA CRO-B SDIO Low Earth Chemical release 12 May 1991 Successful USA CRO-A SDIO Low Earth Chemical release 13 May 1991 Successful |colspan=8| May |- 1 14 May 15:52:03 USA Atlas-E USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA US Air Force USA NOAA-12 NOAA Low Earth (SSO) Weather Successful 6 16 May 21:40 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-3 USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2143 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2144 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2145 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2146 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2147 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 2148 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful 1 18 May 12:50:28 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Soyuz TM-12 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 10 October 1991 Successful 1 21 May 09:00:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Resurs-F-10 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 20 June 1991 Successful 1 24 May 15:29 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2149 (Yantar-4K2) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 July 1991 Successful 1 29 May 22:55 USA Delta II (7925) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA McDonnell Douglas USA Aurora 2 GE Alascom Geostationary Communication Successful 1 30 May 08:04:03 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Progress M-8 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 16 August 1991 Successful |colspan=8| June |- 1 4 June 08:10:00 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-3 USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 32/2 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Okean-3 MOM Low Earth Oceanography Successful 2 5 June 13:24:51 USA 102 USA Kennedy LC-39B USA United Space Alliance USA STS-40 NASA Low Earth Manned orbital flight 14 June 1991 Successful USA SLS-1 (Spacelab) ESA / NASA Low Earth Biological research Successful 1 11 June 05:41 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2150 (Strela-2M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful 1 13 June 15:41 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-3 USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Kosmos 2151 (Tselina-R) MO SSSR Low Earth ELINT Successful 1 18 June 09:09 USSR 1955 Molniya-M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Molniya-1-81 MOM Molniya Communication Successful 1 25 June USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 RVSN Second stage malfunction USSR 1955 Taifun-2-28 MO SSSR Intended: Low Earth Radar calibration 25 June 1991 Failure 1 28 June 08:09:59 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 RVSN USSR 1955 Resurs-F-11 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 21 July 1991 Successful 1 29 June 14:00 USA Scout G-1 USA Vandenberg SLC-5 NASA USA REX-1 (P89-1A / ISES) US Air Force / STP Low Earth (Polar) Technology demonstration Successful |} 1991 yes Suborbital launches 1991 yes yes |colspan=8| January-March |- 1 17 January Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 17 January 1991 Successful 3 19 January Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 19 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 19 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 19 January 1991 Successful 2 20 January 18:43 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 20 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 20 January 1991 Successful 2 21 January 08:29 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 21 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 21 January 1991 Successful Apogee: 100 km mi 4 21 January 09:42 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful 1 21 January 19:18 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Al Jubayl 21 January 1991 Successful 3 22 January 00:41 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km miAimed at US Air Force base, intercepted by Patriot ABM, warhead fell on a civilian neighbourhood. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 22 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 22 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 22 January 1991 Successful 3 22 January 04:10 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km miAimed at US Air Force base. Intercepted by Patriot ABM, but still hit target. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 22 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 22 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 22 January 1991 Successful 1 22 January Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 22 January 1991 Successful 1 22 January PRC Zhinui 3 PRC Haikou Space Centre, Hainan PRC CALT Apogee: 120 km mi CALT Sub-orbital Test flight 22 January 1991 Successful 5 23 January 19:54 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 23 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 23 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 23 January 1991 Successful 2 25 January 19:23 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km miAimed at Coalition headquarters, intercepted by Patriot ABM, hit Saudi Department of Interior. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 25 January 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 25 January 1991 Successful 1 25 January Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 25 January 1991 Successful 1 26 January 00:28 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 26 January 1991 Successful 1 26 January 06:25 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi NASA / JHU Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 26 January 1991 Successful 1 26 January 19:46 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 26 January 1991 Successful 1 26 January Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 26 January 1991 Successful 1 28 January 17:55 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km miAimed at downtown Riyadh, intercepted by Patriot ABM, debris damaged a farm. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 28 January 1991 Successful 1 28 January 18:24:24 USA ERIS Marshall Islands Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll USA US Air Force Apogee: 270 km miIntercepted Aries rocket USA ERIS US Air Force Sub-orbital Interceptor test 28 January 1991 Successful 1 28 January 18:03:00 USA Minuteman IB USA Vandenberg LF-03 USA US Air Force Apogee: 1300 km mi US Air Force Sub-orbital Target 28 January 1991 Successful 1 2 February, 21:41 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 2 February 1991 Successful 2 2 February Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 2 February 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 2 February 1991 Successful 1 6 February 07:29 USA LCLV USA Wallops Island USA Orbital Sciences Apogee: 510 km mi NRL Sub-orbital Plasma research 6 February 1991 Successful 1 6 February 17:30 USSR 1955 MR-12 USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar USSR 1955 MO SSSR Apogee: 150 km mi MO SSSR Sub-orbital Plasma research 6 February 1991 Successful 1 7 February 08:15 USSR 1955 RT-2PM Topol USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 RVSN Apogee: 1000 km mi RVSN Sub-orbital Missile test 7 February 1991 Successful 1 7 February 22:54 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 7 February 1991 Successful Apogee: 100 km mi 1 11 February 19:20 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 IQAF Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 11 February 1991 Successful 1 11 February IND Prithvi IND Sriharikota IND DRDL Apogee: 100 km mi DRDL Sub-orbital Missile test 11 February 1991 Successful 1 12 February 03:29 JPN S-520 NOR Andøya JPN ISAS Apogee: 353 km mi ISAS Sub-orbital Auroral 12 February 1991 Successful 1 12 February 09:11:54 CAN Black Brant XII USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: 1000 km mi USA TOPAZ-3 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 12 February 1991 Successful 2 14 February 08:45 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi, hit King Khalid Military City. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 14 February 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Hafir Al Batin 14 February 1991 Successful 1 15 February 23:01 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Al Jubayl 15 February 1991 Successful 1 16 February 13:00 JPN S-520 JPN Kagoshima LA-K JPN ISAS Apogee: 337 km mi ISAS Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 16 February 1991 Successful 1 18 February 14:30 USA Strypi-XI USA Barking Sands LC-1 USA SDIO Apogee: 120 km mi USA Bow Shock 2 SDIO Sub-orbital Reentry Test 18 February 1991 Successful 2 21 February 14:06 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 21 February 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 21 February 1991 Successful 1 21 February 18:00 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 21 February 1991 Successful 1 21 February 23:31 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Bahrain 21 February 1991 Successful 1 22 February 19:46 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 22 February 1991 Successful 2 23 February 01:59 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 February 1991 Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 February 1991 Successful 1 24 February 01:32 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km miAimed at Coalition headquarters, intercepted by Patriot ABM, debris fell on a school. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 24 February 1991 Successful 1 24 February 06:23 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 24 February 1991 Successful 1 24 February 09:17 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 24 February 1991 Successful 1 24 February Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 24 February 1991 Successful 1 25 February 17:32 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km miHit US Army barracks, killing 28 and injuring 110. Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 25 February 1991 Successful 1 25 February 22:26 Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Qatar 25 February 1991 Successful 3 February Iraq 1991 Al Hussein Iraq 1991 Iraq Iraq 1991 IQAF Apogee: 100 km mi Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel Within an hour of launch Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel Within an hour of launch Successful Iraq 1991 High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel Within an hour of launch Successful 1 12 March USA LGM-118 Peacekeeper USA Vandenberg LF-02 USA US Air Force Apogee: 1000 km mi US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 12 March 1991 Successful 1 18 March 10:15 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi USA SXT NASA / University of Colorado, Boulder Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 18 March 1991 Successful 2 19 March USA UGM-96 Trident I (Trident C-4) USA Submarine, WTR USA US Navy Apogee: 1000 km mi US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 19 March 1991 Successful US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 19 March 1991 Successful 1 23 March 07:00 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi USA MAMA NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 23 March 1991 Successful 1 30 March 02:27 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 30 March 1991 Successful |colspan=8| April-June |- 1 5 April 14:05 USSR 1955 RT-2PM Topol USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 RVSN Apogee: 1000 km mi RVSN Sub-orbital Missile test 5 April 1991 Successful 1 9 April 17:50 UKSkylark 7 SWE Esrange LA-S GER DLR Apogee: 245 km mi UK SISSI-4 DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy 9 April 1991 Successful 1 9 April 18:18 GER Viper 3A SWE Esrange GER DLR Apogee: 110 km mi USA PMSE DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy 9 April 1991 Successful 1 9 April 19:20 GER Viper 3A SWE Esrange GER DLR Apogee: 110 km mi USA PMSE DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy 9 April 1991 Successful 1 12 April USA HPB USA Wallops Island USA Orbital Sciences Apogee: 400 km mi Orbital Sciences Sub-orbital Target 12 April 1991 Successful 1 15 April 22:10 USA UGM-133 Trident II (Trident D-5) USA West Virginia SSBN-736 6, ETR USA US Navy Apogee: 1000 km mi USA DASO-6 US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 15 April 1991 Successful 1 17 April 07:46 CAN Black Brant 10CM1 USA Wallops Island USA SDIO Apogee: 300 km mi USA SPFE-2 SDIO Sub-orbital Technology demonstration 17 April 1991 Successful 1 18 April 18:33 USA MGM-134 Midgetman USA Vandenberg TP-01 USA US Air Force Final flight of the MidgetmanApogee: 1000 km mi US Air Force Sub-orbital Missile test 18 April 1991 Successful 1 25 April 18:00 USA Nike Orion USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: 140 km mi USA CWAS-19 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 25 April 1991 Successful 1 29 April BRA Sonda-3 BRA Barreira do Inferno BRA IAE Apogee: 441 km mi INPE Sub-orbital Ionospheric research 29 April 1991 Successful 1 30 April 19:19 USA Nike Orion USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: 10 km mi USA CWAS-20 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 30 April 1991 Failure 1 4 May 04:10 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi USA JASPR-I NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 4 May 1991 Successful 1 7 May 18:05 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi USA SERTS-4 NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 7 May 1991 Successful 1 8 May 03:54:00 EURUSA Maxus SWE Esrange SWE SSC Apogee: 157 km mi SSC Sub-orbital Microgravity 8 May 1991 Failure 2 10 May USA UGM-96 Trident I (Trident C-4) USA Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658 6, ETR USA US Navy Apogee: 1000 km mi USA FCET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 10 May 1991 Successful FCET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 10 May 1991 Successful 1 11 May 20:40 USA Minuteman IB USA Vandenberg LF-03 USA US Air Force Apogee: 1300 km miInterceptor launch scrubbed US Air Force Sub-orbital Target 11 May 1991 Successful 1 13 May 19:03 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 230 km mi USA MSSTA-I NASA Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 13 May 1991 Successful 1 20 May 07:30 USA Aries USA White Sands LC-36 USA NASA Apogee: 300 km mi USA SXT (XOGS) NASA Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 20 May 1991 Successful 1 28 May 12:05 USSR 1955 R-36MUTTH (SS-18 Mod 4) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 RVSN Apogee: 1000 km mi USSR 1955 RVSN Sub-orbital Operational test flight 28 May 1991 Successful 1 May PRK Hwasong-6 PRK Qom PRK DPRK Apogee: 200 km mi PRK DPRK Sub-orbital Missile test Within an hour of launch Successful 1 11 June 17:47 USA LGM-118 Peacekeeper USA Vandenberg LF-08 USA US Air Force Apogee: 1000 km mi US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 11 June 1991 Successful 1 18 June 11:34 USA Prospector USA Cape Canaveral LC-20 USA Orbital Sciences Apogee: 1 km mi Orbital Sciences Sub-orbital Microgravity 18 June 1991 Failure 1 21 June USA Minuteman IB USA Vandenberg LF-03 USA US Air Force Apogee: 1300 km mi US Air Force Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test 21 June 1991 Successful 1 24 June FRA SSBS S3 FRA Biscarrosse BLB FRA DMA Apogee: 1000 km mi DMA Sub-orbital Operational test flight 24 June 1991 Successful 1 25 June 17:00 USSR 1955 RT-2PM Topol USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 RVSN Apogee: 1000 km mi RVSN Sub-orbital Missile test 25 June 1991 Successful 1 26 June 02:39 USA Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-26 USA US Air Force Apogee: 1300 km mi USA GT-144GB US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 26 June 1991 Successful |colspan=8| |} 1991 yes References (January-march), 1991 in Spaceflight Category:Spaceflight by year