August 1997

Date	Site	Launcher	#	Payload	Country	Operator	Prime	Mission	Mass	S/C	Orbit
01	VAFB	Pegasus XL	–	OrbView 2 (SeaStar)	US	Orbimage	OSC	Oceanography	309kg	PegaStar	SSO
05	GIK-5	Soyuz U	1,070	Soyuz TM26	Russia	RKA	RKK Energiya	Manned	7,150kg	7K	LEO
07	KSC	Discovery	F23	STS-85	US	NASA	Boeing	Manned	100t	OV103	LEO
–	–	–	–	Crista-SPAS-2	US/Germany	NASA/DARA	DASA/Dornier	Aeronomy	3,503kg	SPAS	LEO
08	CSG	Ariane 44P-3	V98	PAS-6	US	PanAmSat	Hughes	Communications	3,020kg	HS601HP	GTO-GEO
14	GIK-5	Proton K/DM-2	247	Kosmos 2345	Russia	VKS	NPO Lavochkin	Early Warning	2,500kg	Prognoz	GTO-GEO
19	XSLC	CZ-3B	2	Agila 2 (Mabuhay)	Philippines	MPSC	SS/Loral	Communications	3,700kg	FS1300	GTO-GEO
21	VAFB	Delta 2-7920	TD246	Iridium SV022	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV023	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV024	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV025	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
–	–	–	–	Iridium SV026	US	Iridium LLC	Motorola/LMTI	Mobile Comm.	690kg	LM700	LEO
23	VAFB	LMLV-1	LM001	Lewis (SSTI-F1)	US	TRW/NASA	TRW	Remote Sensing	404kg	–	SSO
25	CCAS	Delta 2-7920	TD247	ACE	US	NASA	JHU-APL	Astrophysics	765kg	–	Halo L1
28	GIK-5	Proton K/DM3	248	PAS-5	US	PanAmSat	Hughes	Communications	3,720kg	HS601HP	GEO
29	VAFB	Pegasus XL	–	FORTE (P94/1)	US	DoE	LANL/Sandia	Nuclear Detection	212kg	–	LEO

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