Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Launch of Space Flights.

Flights listing

# Date

Notes
1 1984 August 30
First Discovery mission: Launched two communications satellites, including LEASAT F2.
2 1984 November 8
Launched two and rescued two communications satellites including LEASAT F1.
3 1985 January 24
Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite.
4 1985 April 12
Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F3.
5 1985 June 17
Launched two communications satellites, Sultan Salman al-Saud becomes first Saudi Arabian in space.
6 1985 August 27
Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F4. Recovered LEASAT F3.
7 1988 September 29
Return to flight since Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, launched TDRS.
8 1989 March 13
Launched TDRS.
9 1989 November 22
Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite.
10 1990 April 24
Launch of Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
11 1990 October 6
Launch of Ulysses.
12 1991 April 28
Launched DOD Air Force Program-675 (AFP675) satellite.
13 1991 September 12
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).
14 1992 January 22
International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1).
15 1992 December 2
Department of Defense payload.
16 1993 April 8
Atmospheric Laboratory (ATLAS-2).
17 1993 September 12
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS).
18 1994 February 3
Wake Shield Facility (WSF).
19 1994 September 9
LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE).
20 1995 February 3
Rendezvous with Mir space station.
21 1995 July 13
7th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS).
22 1997 February 11
Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-2).
23 1997 August 7
Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes.
24 1998 June 2
Final Shuttle/Mir Docking Mission.
25 1998 October 29
SPACEHAB, second flight of John Glenn, Pedro Duque becomes first Spaniard in space.
26 1999 May 27
Resupply mission for the International Space Station.
27 1999 December 19
Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-3A).
28 2000 October 11
International Space Station Assembly Flight (carried and assembled the Z1 truss); 100th Shuttle mission.
29 2001 March 8
International Space Station crew rotation flight (Expedition 1 and Expedition 2)
30 2001 August 10
International Space Station crew and supplies delivery (Expedition 2 and Expedition 3)
31 2005 July 26
Return to flight since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; International Space Station supplies delivery, new safety procedures testing and evaluation.
32 2006 July 4
International Space Station crew and supplies delivery.
33 2006 December 9
International Space Station crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the P5 truss segment).

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