02 – Kennedy – Discovery (F24) – LEO – LAST FLIGHT TO MIR

STS-91 (S/MM-09) – Manned, Mir Servicing – NASA (U.S.), RKA (Russia)
Boeing Reusable Space Systems – OV-103 – about 100,000kg

03 – Vandenberg – Minuteman 3 – Suborbital

[Dummy Warhead] – ICBM Test – U.S. Air Force (U.S.)

09 – Cape Canaveral – Delta 2/7925 (TD-258) – GTO/GEO

Thor 3 – Direct Broadcasting – Telenor (Norway)
Hughes Space & Communications – HS-376W – 1,750kg

15 – Plesetsk – Tsyklon 3 – LEO – PARTIAL FAILURE

Kosmos 2352 – Military Communications – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot/NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki – Strela 3 – 230kg

Kosmos 2353 – Military Communications – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot/NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki – Strela 3 – 230kg

Kosmos 2354 – Military Communications – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot/NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki – Strela 3 – 230kg

Kosmos 2355 – Military Communications – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot/NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki – Strela 3 – 230kg

Kosmos 2356 – Military Communications – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot/NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki – Strela 3 – 230kg

Kosmos 2357 – Military Communications – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot/NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki – Strela 3 – 230kg

18 – Cape Canaveral – Atlas 2AS (AC-153) – GTO/GEO

Intelsat 805 – Communications – Intelsat (International)
Lockheed Martin Telecommunications – LM-7000 – 3,570kg

24 – Vandenberg – Minuteman 3 – Suborbital

[Dummy Warhead] – ICBM Test – U.S. Air Force (U.S.)

24 – Vandenberg – Minuteman 3 – Suborbital – SUCCESSIVE LAUNCHES

[Dummy Warhead] – ICBM Test – U.S. Air Force (U.S.)

24 – Plesetsk – Soyuz U (734) – LEO

Kosmos 2358 – Military Observation – VKS (Russia)
TsSKB-Progress – Yantar 4K – 6,700kg?

25 – Baykonur – Soyuz U (735) – LEO

Kosmos 2359 – Military Observation – VKS (Russia)
TsSKB-Progress – 7,200kg?

 

Date – Site – Vehicle – Orbit

Spacecraft – Mission – Operator
Prime – Bus – Mass

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