Orbital Launch Log

Every orbital launch attempt since 1957

Industry / Launches

7,207 launches. Dates are UTC; older records may know only the month or year.

DateMissionVehicleProviderSiteResult
27 Nov 1997 TRMM H-II National Space Development Adminstration Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon Success
19 Nov 1997 OV-102 Research/FF Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
18 Nov 1997 Resurs F-1M Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
12 Nov 1997 Sirius 2 Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
12 Nov 1997 K95K Proton-K/DM-2M Russian Strategic Rocket Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
9 Nov 1997 Iridium MS-5 Delta 7920-10C Boeing Launch Services (?) Vandenberg AFB, California Success
8 Nov 1997 TRUMPET 3 Titan 401A/Centaur USAF 3SLS Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
6 Nov 1997 Navstar GPS SVN 38 Delta 7925 Boeing Launch Services (?) Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
2 Nov 1997 SCD-2A VLS-1 Brazilian Space Agency CLA, Alcantara Space Center Failure
30 Oct 1997 TEAMSAT Ariane 5G European Space Agency Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
25 Oct 1997 DSCS III B-13 Atlas IIA Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
24 Oct 1997 LACROSSE 3 Titan 403A USAF 4SLS South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
22 Oct 1997 STEP M4 Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia Success
16 Oct 1997 Apstar 2R Chang Zheng 3B Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Success
9 Oct 1997 Foton No. 11 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
5 Oct 1997 Echostar 3 Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
5 Oct 1997 Progress 7K-TGM No. 236 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
29 Sep 1997 IRS-1D PSLV Indian Space Research Organization Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India Success
27 Sep 1997 Iridium MS-4 Delta 7920-10C Boeing Launch Services (?) Vandenberg AFB, California Success
26 Sep 1997 OV-104 Shuttle/Mir Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
24 Sep 1997 Molniya-1T No. 98 Molniya 8K78M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
23 Sep 1997 INTELSAT 803 Ariane 42L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
23 Sep 1997 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
14 Sep 1997 Iridium SV029 Proton-K/17S40 Khrunichev State Research and Production Center GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
4 Sep 1997 GE 3 Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
2 Sep 1997 Eutelsat HB3 Ariane 44LP Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
1 Sep 1997 Iridium MFS 1 Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Taiyuan Space Center Success
29 Aug 1997 FORTE Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Vandenberg AFB, California Success
28 Aug 1997 PAS 5 Proton-K/DM-2M International Launch Services, Khrunichev GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
23 Aug 1997 SSTI/Lewis LMLV-1 Lockheed Martin Astronautics South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
21 Aug 1997 Iridium MS-3 Delta 7920-10C Boeing Launch Services (?) Vandenberg AFB, California Success
19 Aug 1997 Mabuhay Chang Zheng 3B Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Success
14 Aug 1997 Oko-S F6 Proton-K/DM-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
8 Aug 1997 PAS 6 Ariane 44P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
7 Aug 1997 OV-103 Research/FF Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
5 Aug 1997 Soyuz 7K-STM No. 75 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
1 Aug 1997 Seastar Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Vandenberg AFB, California Success
28 Jul 1997 Superbird C Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
23 Jul 1997 Navstar GPS SVN 43 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
9 Jul 1997 Iridium MS-2 Delta 7920-10C McDonnell Douglas/HB Vandenberg AFB, California Success
5 Jul 1997 Progress 7K-TGM No. 235 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
1 Jul 1997 OV-102 Spacelab Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
25 Jun 1997 INTELSAT 802 Ariane 44P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
18 Jun 1997 Iridium SV014 Proton-K/17S40 Khrunichev State Research and Production Center GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
10 Jun 1997 Feng Yun Er Jia Chang Zheng 3 Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Success
6 Jun 1997 Arkon 11F664 No. 1 Proton-K/17S40 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
3 Jun 1997 INMARSAT III F4 Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
24 May 1997 Telstar 5 Proton-K/DM-2M International Launch Services, Khrunichev GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
20 May 1997 Thor 2A Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
20 May 1997 Tselina-2 No. 13L Zenit-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Failure

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.