1988 in spaceflight

1988 in spaceflight
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.

Launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket 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-27 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 orbiterIn orbitSpacecraft failure
stationary lander Phobos landerIn orbitNever 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 orbiterIn orbitSpacecraft failure
stationary lander Phobos landerIn orbitNever deployed
"hopping" lander Phobos landerIn orbitNever 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-321 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 deployment3 October
16:37:11		Successful
United StatesTDRS-3 (TDRS-C) NASA Geosynchronous CommunicationsIn orbitOperational
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 flight06:26Successful
Soviet Union 37KB No.3770 Low Earth (Buran) Test flightSuccessful
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-427 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 deployment6 December
23:30:39		Successful
United StatesUSA-34 (Lacrosse) NRO/CIA Low Earth Radar imaging25 March 1997Successful
Manned flight with five astronauts
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Deep-space rendezvous

There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1988.

References

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