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1988 in spaceflight

STS-26 Return to Flight Launch - GPN-2000-001870.jpg

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident

Orbital launches
First
6 January
Last
29 December
Total
121
Catalogued
116
National firsts
Satellite
 Israel
 Luxembourg
Orbital launch
 Israel
Space traveller
 Afghanistan
Rockets
Maiden flights
Ariane 4
Long March 4A
Shavit
Retirements
Energia
Titan 34D
Crewed flights
Orbital
5
Total travellers
19

The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.






Contents






  • 1 Launches


  • 2 Deep-space rendezvous


  • 3 References


    • 3.1 Footnotes







Launches[edit]



































































































































































































Date and time (UTC)

Rocket
Flight number

Launch site

LSP

Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)

Operator

Orbit

Function

Decay (UTC)

Outcome

Remarks

7 June
21:38:16

Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2


Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5

Soviet Union

Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-5


Low Earth (Mir)
Mir EP-2

7 September
00:48:38
Successful
Manned flight launching three cosmonauts and landing two, computer problems during deorbit nearly resulted in loss of crew, and delayed landing by one day

7 July
17:38

Soviet UnionProton-K


Soviet UnionBaikonur site LC200/39

Soviet Union

Soviet UnionFobos 1

Intended: Areocentric
Actual: Heliocentric
Mars orbiter In orbit Spacecraft failure
stationary lander


Phobos lander In orbit Never deployed
Loss of communication 2 September 1988 en route to Mars

12 July
17:01

Soviet UnionProton-K


Soviet UnionBaikonur site LC200/40

Soviet Union

Soviet UnionFobos 2

Areocentric
Mars orbiter In orbit Spacecraft failure
stationary lander


Phobos lander In orbit Never deployed
"hopping" lander


Phobos lander In orbit Never deployed
Loss of communication 27 March 1989 near Phobos

29 August
04:23:11

Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2


Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5

Soviet Union

Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-6

Low Earth (Mir)
Mir EP-3

21 December
09:57:00
Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, one remained on Mir as part of EO-3, first Afghan space traveller

29 September
15:37:00

United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery


United StatesKennedy LC-39B

United StatesUnited Space Alliance

United StatesSTS-26R

NASA
Low Earth
Satellite deployment
3 October
16:37:11
Successful

United StatesTDRS-3 (TDRS-C)

NASA

Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit Operational
Manned flight with five astronauts, first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident in 1986, TDRS deployed using Inertial Upper Stage

15 November
03:00:02

Soviet UnionEnergia


Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 110/37

Soviet Union

Soviet Union Buran 1K1

Low Earth
Test flight
06:26
Successful

Soviet Union 37KB No.3770

Low Earth (Buran)
Test flight Successful
Unmanned test, only flight of Buran and final flight of Energia

26 November
14:49:34

Soviet UnionSoyuz-U2


Soviet UnionBaikonur Site 1/5

Soviet Union

Soviet UnionSoyuz TM-7

Low Earth (Mir)
Mir EO-4/EP-4

27 April 1989
02:57:58
Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts

2 December
14:30:34

United StatesSpace Shuttle Atlantis


United StatesKennedy LC-39B

United StatesUnited Space Alliance

United StatesSTS-27R
NASA/NRO
Low Earth
Satellite deployment
6 December
23:30:39
Successful

United StatesUSA-34 (Lacrosse)
NRO/CIA
Low Earth
Radar imaging
25 March 1997
Successful
Manned flight with five astronauts



Deep-space rendezvous[edit]


There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.



References[edit]






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  • Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".


  • Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.


  • Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".


  • Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".


  • McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".


  • Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".


  • Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".


  • Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".


  • Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".


  • "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.


  • "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.


  • "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


  • "Space Information Center". JAXA.


  • "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).




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