1989 in spaceflight

none October 2025 January 2014 February 2022 1989 1/1 260 infobox Galileo Deployment (high res).jpg COBELaunch.jpg The Galileo probe is deployed from 104 on STS-34, beginning a fourteen-year mission to Jupiter The launch of the only Delta 5920 with the Cosmic Background Explorer. 10 January 27 December 102 101 1 Ariane 4 44LDelta 4925Delta 5920Delta II 6925Titan IVA Ariane 2Ariane 3Atlas GDelta 3920Delta 5920Titan 34D 6 27 Timeline of spaceflight 1988 1990 The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight. 2 right on Launches 1989 |colspan="8"| January |- 3 10 January 02:05 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSRKosmos 1987 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation Successful USSRKosmos 1988 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation Successful USSRKosmos 1989 (Etalon-2) Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 12 January 11:29 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 16/2 USSR USSRKosmos 1990 (Resurs-F2) Low Earth Earth observation Successful 11 February 1 18 January 08:20 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 1991 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 1 February 1 26 January 09:16 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/40 USSR USSRGorizont 17 Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 26 January 15:36 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSR USSRKosmos 1992 (Strela-2M) Low Earth Communications Successful 1 27 January 01:23 FRAAriane 2 FRAKourou ELA-1 FRAArianespace UNIntelsat 515 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 28 January 12:30 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 1993 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 27 March |colspan="8"| February |- 1 10 February 08:53 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSRProgress 40 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 5 March 01:59 6 10 February 15:13 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32 USSR USSRKosmos 1994 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 1995 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 1996 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 1997 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 1998 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 1999 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful 1 10 February 16:55 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2000 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 3 March 1 14 February 04:21 USSRMolniya-M/2BL USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2001 (Oko) Molniya Early warning Successful 1 14 February 17:00 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2002 (Taifun-2) Low Earth Radar calibration Successful 15 October 1 14 February 18:30 USADelta II 6925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas Maiden flight of Delta II 6925First flight of Block II GPS satellite USAUSA-35 (GPS II-1) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 15 February 11:00 USSRMolniya-M/ML USSRBaikonur USSR USSRMolniya 1-75 Molniya Communications Successful 1 17 February 14:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2003 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 3 March 1 21 February 23:30 JPNMu-3S-II JPNUchinoura JPNISAS JPNEXOS-D Akebono ISAS Low Earth Aurora observation Successful 1 22 February 03:28 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2004 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 28 February 04:05 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32 USSR USSRMeteor 2-18 Low Earth Earth sciences Successful |colspan="8"| March |- 1 2 March 18:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2005 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 25 April 2 6 March 23:29 FRAAriane 4 44LP FRAKourou ELA-2 FRAArianespace JPNJCSAT 1 JSAT Geosynchronous Communications Successful 23pxMeteosat 4 EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Weather satellite Successful 2 13 March 14:57 USA103 USAKennedy LC-39B USA Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts USASTS-29 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 18 March 14:36 USATDRS-4 (TDRS-D) NASA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 16 March 14:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2006 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 31 March 1 16 March 18:54 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSRProgress 41 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 25 April 12:12 1 23 March 12:25 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 2007 (Yantar-4KS1) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 22 September 8 24 March 13:38 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2008 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2009 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2010 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2011 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2012 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2013 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2014 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2015 (Strela-1M) Low Earth Communications Successful 1 24 March 21:50 USADelta 3920 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas Final flight of Delta 3920 USAUSA-36 (Delta Star) US Air Force Low Earth Technology development Successful 23 June 1992 |colspan="8"| April |- 1 2 April 02:28 FRAAriane 2 FRAKourou ELA-1 FRAArianespace Final flight of Ariane 2Tele-X retired 16 January 1998 SWETele-X Nordic Satellite AB Operational: GeosynchronousCurrent: Graveyard Communications Successful 1 4 April 18:36 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2016 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 6 April 14:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2017 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 19 April 1 14 April 04:08 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSRRaduga 23 Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 20 April 18:29 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2018 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 19 June 1 26 April 17:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSRFoton 5 Low Earth Microgravity research Successful 11 May |colspan="8"| May |- 2 4 May 18:47 USASpace Shuttle 104 no USAKennedy LC-39B USA Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts USASTS-30 NASA Low Earth Interplanetary probe deployment Successful 8 May 05:43 USAMagellan NASA Cytherean Radar mapping Successful 12 October 1994 1 5 May 13:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2019 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 18 May 1 10 May 19:47 USATitan 34D/Transtage USACape Canaveral LC-40 USAMartin Marietta USAUSA-37 (Vortex 6) NRO Geosynchronous SIGINT Successful 1 17 May 13:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 2020 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 15 July 1 24 May 10:30 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 2021 (Yantar-1KFT) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 6 July 3 25 May 08:50 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSRResurs-F1 Low Earth Earth observation Successful 17 June USSRPion 1 Low Earth Atmospheric research Successful 23 July USSRPion 2 Low Earth Atmospheric research Successful 24 July 3 31 May 08:31 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/40 USSR USSRKosmos 2022 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation Successful USSRKosmos 2023 (GLONASS) Medium Earth Navigation Successful USSRKosmos 2024 (Etalon 2) Medium Earth Navigation Successful |colspan="8"| June |- 1 1 June 12:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2025 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 15 June 2 5 June 22:37 FRAAriane 4 44L FRAKourou ELA-2 FRAArianespace Maiden flight of Ariane 4 44L JPNSuperbird A SCC Geosynchronous Communications Successful GERDFS-1 Deutsche Bundespost Telekom Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 7 June 05:12 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2026 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 8 June 17:09 USSRMolniya-M/ML USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRMolniya 3-45L Molniya Communications Successful 14 December 2001 1 9 June 10:10 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32/2 USSR Failure of the third stage USSROkean-O1 4 Intended: Low Earth Oceanography Launch failure 9 June 1 10 June 22:19 USADelta II 6925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-38 (GPS II-2) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 14 June 12:30 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 133/3 USSR USSRKosmos 2027 (Taifun-1) Low Earth Radar calibration Successful 14 April 1992 1 14 June 13:18 USATitan IVA 402/IUS USACape Canaveral LC-41 USAMartin Marietta Maiden flight of Titan IVA USAUSA-39 (DSP-14) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning Operational 1 16 June 09:30 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 2028 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 6 July 1 21 June 23:35 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSRRaduga 1-1 Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 27 June 08:04 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 16/2 USSR USSRResurs-F2 Low Earth Earth observation Successful 11 July |colspan="8"| July |- 1 4 July 15:21 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 133/3 USSR USSRNadezhda 1 COSPAS-SARSAT Low Earth Navigation, search and rescue Successful 1 5 July 08:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2029 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 17 July 1 5 July 22:45 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/40 USSR USSRGorizont 18 Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 12 July 00:14 FRAAriane 3 FRAKourou ELA-1 FRAArianespace Final flight of Ariane 3 and launch from ELA-1 23pxOlympus 1 ESA Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 12 July 15:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR Spacecraft exploded in orbit on 28 July USSRKosmos 2030 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Spacecraft failure 28 July 3 18 July 09:44 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 16/2 USSR USSRResurs-F 3 Low Earth Earth observation Successful 8 August USSRPion 3 Low Earth Atmospheric research Successful 19 September USSRPion 4 Low Earth Atmospheric research Successful 19 September 1 18 July 12:10 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSRKosmos 2031 (Orlets-1) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 15 September 1 20 July 08:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2032 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 3 August 1 24 July 00:00 USSRTsyklon-2 USSRBaikonur Site 90 USSR USSRKosmos 2033 (US-P) Low Earth ELINT Successful 6 January 1991 1 25 July 07:48 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 133/3 USSR USSRKosmos 2034 (Parus) Low Earth Navigation Successful |colspan="8"| August |- 1 2 August 11:29 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2035 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 16 August 3 8 August 12:37 USASpace Shuttle 102 no USAKennedy LC-39B USA Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts USASTS-28 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 13 August USAUSA-40 (SDS-2-1) US Air Force Molniya Communications Successful USAUSA-41 DoD SIGINT Successful 2 8 August 23:25 FRAAriane 4 44LP FRAKourou ELA-2 FRAArianespace GERTV-Sat 2 Geosynchronous Communications Successful 23pxHipparcos ESA Geosynchronous transfer Astronomy Successful 1 15 August 10:29 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 43/4 USSR USSRResurs-F4 Low Earth Earth observation Successful 14 September 1 18 August 05:57 USADelta II 6925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-42 (GPS II-3) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 22 August 12:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2036 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 5 September 1 23 August 03:09 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Maiden flight of Progress-M spacecraft USSRProgress M-1 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 1 December 11:21 1 27 August 22:59 USADelta 4925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas Maiden flight of Delta 4925 UKMarco Polo 1 BSkyB Operational: GeosynchronousCurrent: Graveyard Communications Successful 1 28 August 00:14 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2037 (Geo-IK) Low Earth Earth science Successful |colspan="8"| September |- 2 4 September 05:54 USATitan 34D/Transtage USACape Canaveral LC-40 USAMartin Marietta Final flight of Titan 34D and Transtage upper stage USAUSA-43 (DSCS-II) DoD Geosynchronous Communications Operational USAUSA-44 (DSCS-III) DoD Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 5 September 19:11 JPNH-I JPNTanegashima LA-N JPNMitsubishi JPNGMS-4 NASDA Geosynchronous Weather satellite Successful 1 5 September 21:38 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed orbital flight with 2 cosmonauts USSRSoyuz TM-8 Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-5 Successful 19 February 1990 04:36 1 6 September 01:48 USATitan II 23G USAVandenberg SLC-4W USAMartin Marietta USAUSA-45 DoD SIGINT Successful 1 6 September 10:49 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSR/GERResurs-F5 Low Earth Microgravity experiments Successful 22 September 6 14 September 09:49 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32 USSR USSRKosmos 2038 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2039 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2040 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2041 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2042 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful USSRKosmos 2043 (Strela-3) Low Earth Communications Successful 1 15 September 06:30 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSR/23px/USAKosmos 2044 (Bion 9) ESA/NASA Low Earth Microgravity research Successful 29 September 1 22 September 08:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 2045 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 2 October 1 25 September 08:56 USAAtlas G USACape Canaveral LC-36B USALockheed Final flight of Atlas G USAUSA-46 (FLTSATCOM 8) DoD Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 27 September 14:38 USSRMolniya-M/ML USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRMolniya 1-76 Molniya Communications Successful 11 November 2000 1 27 September 16:20 USSRTsyklon-2 USSRBaikonur Site 90 USSR USSRKosmos 2046 (US-P) Low Earth Naval reconnaissance Successful 16 April 1991 2 28 September 00:04 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32/2 USSR UNIntercosmos 24 (Aktivny-IK/AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1) Intercosmos Low Earth Atmospheric research Successful CSKMagion 2 Low Earth Atmospheric research Successful 1 28 September 17:05 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/40 USSR USSRGorizont 19 Geosynchronous Communications Successful |colspan="8"| October |- 1 3 October 14:59 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2047 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 21 November 1 17 October 13:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2048 (Zenit-8) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 26 October 3 18 October 16:53 USASpace Shuttle Atlantis USAKennedy LC-39B USA Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts USASTS-34 NASA Low Earth Interplanetary probe deployment Successful 23 October USAGalileo NASA Jovian Jupiter orbiter Successful 21 September 2003 USAGalileo Probe NASA Jovian Jupiter entry probe Successful 7 December 1995 1 21 October 09:31 USADelta II 6925 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-47 (GPS II-4) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 24 October 21:35 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32 USSR USSRMeteor 3-3 Low Earth Earth science Successful 1 27 October 23:05 FRAAriane 4 44L FRAKourou ELA-2 FRAArianespace UNIntelsat 602 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful |colspan="8"| November |- 1 17 November 10:50 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur USSR USSRKosmos 2049 (Yantar-4KS1) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 19 June 1990 1 18 November 14:34 USADelta 5920 USAVandenberg SLC-2W USAMcDonnell Douglas Only flight of Delta 5920 USACOBE NASA Sun-synchronous Cosmology Successful 2 23 November 00:23 USASpace Shuttle Discovery USAKennedy LC-39B USA Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts USASTS-33 NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 28 November USAUSA-48 (Magnum-2) NRO Geosynchronous ELINT Operational 1 23 November 20:35 USSRMolniya-M/2BL USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2050 (Oko) Molniya Early warning Successful 1 24 November 23:22 USSRTsyklon-2 USSRBaikonur Site 90 USSR USSRKosmos 2051 (US-P) Low Earth Naval reconnaissance Successful 21 January 1991 1 26 November 13:01 USSRProton-K USSRBaikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSRKvant-2 Low Earth (Mir) Mir component Successful 23 March 2001 05:50 1 28 November 10:02 USSRMolniya-M/ML USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRMolniya 3-46L Molniya Communications Successful 20 May 2000 1 30 November 15:00 USSRSoyuz-U USSRPlesetsk USSR USSRKosmos 2052 (Yantar-4K2) Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 24 January 1990 |colspan="8"| December |- 1 1 December 20:20 USSRProton-K/D-1 USSRBaikonur Site 200/40 USSR USSR/FRAGranat AN SSSR/CNES High Earth Astronomy Successful 25 May 1999 1 11 December 18:10 USADelta II 6925 USACape Canaveral LC-17B USAMcDonnell Douglas USAUSA-49 (GPS II-5) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 1 15 December 11:30 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 81/23 USSR USSRRaduga 24 Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 20 December 03:30 USSRSoyuz-U2 USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSRProgress M-2 Low Earth (Mir) Logistics Successful 9 February 1990 07:56 1 27 December 00:00 USSRTsyklon-3 USSRPlesetsk Site 32/2 USSR USSRKosmos 2053 (Koltso 2) Low Earth Radar calibration Successful 2 September 1997 1 27 December 11:10 USSRProton-K/DM-2 USSRBaikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSRKosmos 2054 (Luch) Geosynchronous Communications Operational |} 1989 Deep-space rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks23 January Phobos 1 Flyby of Mars Failed orbiter mission29 January Phobos 2 Areocentric orbit injection27 March Phobos 2 Enters synchronous orbit of Phobos25 August Voyager 2 Flyby of Neptune Closest approach: 44800 km References Footnotes 1989 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year