1988 in spaceflight

1988 in spaceflight
Orbital launches
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-26R, the first US manned spaceflight after the Challenger accident
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
Manned flights
Orbital	5
Total travellers	19

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
7 June 21:38:16	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 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	Proton-K		Baikonur site LC200/39
	Fobos 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	Proton-K		Baikonur site LC200/40
	Fobos 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	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 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	Space Shuttle Discovery		Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
	STS-26R	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	3 October 16:37:11	Successful
	TDRS-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	Energia		Baikonur Site 110/37
	Buran 1K1		Low Earth	Test flight	06:26	Successful
	37KB No.3770		Low Earth (Buran)	Test flight	06:26	Successful
	Unmanned test, only flight of Buran and final flight of Energia
26 November 14:49:34	Soyuz-U2		Baikonur Site 1/5
	Soyuz 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	Space Shuttle Atlantis		Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance
	STS-27R	NASA/NRO	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	6 December 23:30:39	Successful
	USA-34 (Lacrosse)	NRO/CIA	Low Earth	Radar imaging	25 March 1997	Successful
	Manned flight with five astronauts

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Deep-space rendezvous

There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.

References

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".
"NASASpaceFlight.com".
"Spaceflight Now".
"Space Information Center". JAXA.
"Space Calendar". NASA JPL.
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
"Launch Forecast". Space.com.
Clark, Stephen. "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now.
"U.S. Space Objects Registry".
"Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. Cosmoworld.ru (in Russian).

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Footnotes

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Kosmos 1908 \| Kosmos 1909 · Kosmos 1910 · Kosmos 1911 · Kosmos 1912 · Kosmos 1913 · Kosmos 1914 \| Gorizont No.25L \| Progress 34 \| Kosmos 1915 \| Meteor-2 No.20 \| USA-29 \| Kosmos 1916 \| USA-30 \| Kosmos 1919 · Kosmos 1917 · Kosmos 1918 \| Kosmos 1920 \| Kosmos 1921 \| Sakura 3a \| Kosmos 1922 \| Zhongxing-1 \| Kosmos 1923 \| Kosmos 1924 · Kosmos 1925 · Kosmos 1926 · Kosmos 1927 · Kosmos 1928 · Kosmos 1929 · Kosmos 1930 · Kosmos 1931 \| Molniya-1 No.65 \| Spacenet 3R · Telecom 1C \| Kosmos 1932 \| Kosmos 1933 \| IRS-1A \| Molniya-1 No.64 \| Kosmos 1934 \| Progress 35 \| Kosmos 1935 \| San Marco 5 \| Kosmos 1936 \| Gorizont No.26L \| Kosmos 1937 \| Kosmos 1938 \| Foton No.4L \| Kosmos 1939 \| Transit-O 23 · Transit-O 32 \| Kosmos 1940 \| Kosmos 1941 \| Ekran No.31L \| Kosmos 1942 \| Progress 36 \| Kosmos 1943 \| Intelsat VA F-13 \| Kosmos 1944 \| Kosmos 1945 \| Kosmos 1946 · Kosmos 1947 · Kosmos 1948 \| Molniya-3 No.49 \| Kosmos 1949 \| Kosmos 1950 \| Kosmos 1951 \| Soyuz TM-5 \| Kosmos 1952 \| Kosmos 1953 \| Meteosat 3 · PAS-1 · OSCAR-13 \| Nova 2 \| Kosmos 1954 \| Kosmos 1955 \| Kosmos 1956 \| Okean-O1 No.5 \| Kosmos 1957 \| Fobos 1 \| Unnamed \| Fobos 2 \| SROSS-B \| Kosmos 1958 \| Progress 37 \| Kosmos 1959 \| INSAT-1C · ECS-5 \| Meteor-3 No.3 \| Resurs-F1 No.30 \| Kosmos 1960 \| Kosmos 1961 \| Fanhui Shi Weixing I-02 \| Kosmos 1962 \| Molniya-1 No.66 \| Kosmos 1963 \| Gorizont No.28L \| Kosmos 1964 \| Kosmos 1965 \| Transit-O 25 · Transit-O 31 \| Soyuz TM-6 \| Kosmos 1966 \| USA-31 \| USA-32 \| Kosmos 1967 \| Fengyun I-01 \| GStar-3 · SBS-5 \| Kosmos 1968 \| Progress 38 \| Kosmos 1969 \| Kosmos 1970 · Kosmos 1971 · Kosmos 1972 \| Sakura 3b \| Ofek-1 \| Kosmos 1973 \| NOAA-11 \| Molniya-3 No.51 \| STS-26 (TDRS-3) \| Kosmos 1974 \| Kosmos 1975 \| Kosmos 1976 \| Gran' No.34L \| Kosmos 1977 \| Kosmos 1978 \| TDF-1 \| USA-33 \| Unnamed \| Buran 1K1 (37KB No.3770) \| Kosmos 1979 \| Kosmos 1980 \| Kosmos 1981 \| Soyuz TM-7 \| Kosmos 1982 \| STS-27 (USA-34) \| Kosmos 1983 \| Ekran-M No.12L \| Skynet 4B · Astra 1A \| Kosmos 1984 \| Zhongxing-2 \| Molniya-3 No.52 \| Kosmos 1985 \| Progress 39 \| Molniya-1 No.63 \| Kosmos 1986

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