April 1997

Date	Site	Launcher	#	Payload	Country	Operator	Prime	Mission	Mass	S/C	Orbit
04	VAFB	Titan 23G	G6	DMSP-5D2-09 (S14)	US	US Air Force	LMTI	Mil. Meteorology	823kg	Tiros N	SSO
04	KSC	Columbia	F22	STS-83 (MSL-1)	US International	NASA	Boeing NA	Manned Microgravity	117.8 t	OV102	LEO
06	GIK-5	Soyuz U	1,067	Progress M34	Russia	RKA	RKK Energiya	Cargo	7,250kg	7K	LEO
09	GIK-1	Molniya M	319	Kosmos 2340	Russia	VKS	NPO Lavochkin	Early Warning	1,900kg	Oko	HEO
16	CSG	Ariane 44LP-3	V95	Thaicom 3	Thailand	Shinawatra	Aerospatiale	Communications	2,650kg	SB3000	GTO-GEO
–	–	–	–	B-Sat 1a	Japan	BSSC	Hughes	Direct Broadcasting	1,236kg	HS376	GTO-GEO
17	GIK-1	Kosmos 3M	444	Kosmos 2341	Russia	VKS	NPO PM	Mil. Navigation	825kg	Parus	LEO
17	GIK-5	[RS-20]	–	–	Russia	RVSN	–	ICBM Test	–	–	S/O
21	Gando	Pegasus XL	‘Gran	Minisat 0.1	Spain	INTA	INTA	Sciences	201kg	Minisat 0	LEO
–	–	–	Canaria’	Celestis F1	US	Celestis	–	‘Space Burial’	1kg	–	LEO
24	CCAS	Atlas 1	AC79	GOES-10	US	NOAA	SS/Loral	Meteorology	2,105kg	GOES-Next	S/O

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