February 1997

Date	Site	Launcher	#	Payload	Country	Operator	Prime	Mission	Mass	S/C	Orbit
05	Kalmar	[RSM-50]	–	–	Russia	RVSN	–	SLBM Test	–	–	S/O
05	Kalmar	[RSM-50]	–	–	Russia	RVSN	–	SLBM Test	–	–	S/O
10	GIK-5	Soyuz U	1,066	Soyuz TM25	Russia Germany	RKA DARA	RKK Energiya	Manned	7,150kg	7K	LEO
11	KSC	Discovery	F22	STS-82 (HST/SM-2)	US	NASA	Boeing NA	Manned	100 t	OV103	LEO
12	Kagoshima	M-5	1	Haruka (Muses-B/VSOP)	Japan	ISAS	NEC	Radio Astronomy	823kg	–	HEO
13	VAFB	[Minuteman 3]	–	–	US	US Air Force	–	ICBM Test	–	–	S/O
14	GIK-1	Tsyklon 3	249	Kosmos 2337	Russia	VKS	NPO PM	Mil. Messaging	225kg	Strela 3	LEO
–	–	–	–	Kosmos 2338	Russia	VKS	NPO PM	Mil. Messaging	225kg	Strela 3	LEO
–	–	–	–	Kosmos 2339	Russia	VKS	NPO PM	Mil. Messaging	225kg	Strela 3	LEO
–	–	–	–	Gonets D4	Russia	Smolsat	NPO PM	Messaging	225kg	Strela 3	LEO
–	–	–	–	Gonets D5	Russia	Smolsat	NPO PM	Messaging	225kg	Strela 3	LEO
–	–	–	–	Gonets D6	Russia	Smolsat	NPO PM	Messaging	225kg	Strela 3	LEO
16	CCAS	Atlas 2AS	AC127	JC Sat 4	Japan	JSS	Hughes	Communications	3,100kg	HS601	GTO-GEO
22	Wake	[Castor 4B]	–	TCMP-2-F2	US	USASSDC	–	Mil. Technology	–	–	S/O
23	CCAS	Titan 402B/IUS	K24	DSP-18	US	NSA	TRW	Early Warning	2,600kg	DSP-3	GEO

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