1994 in spaceflight

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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1994.

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Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site 		Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function 		Re-Entry/
Destruction 		Outcome Remarks
8 January, 10:05:34 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1, Baikonur RKA Soyuz TM-18, 3 cosmonauts RKA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 9 July 1994, 10:32:35 GMT Successful Mir Expedition 18
20 January, 09:49:00 GMT Proton-K/DM-2M LC-81/23, Baikonur RKA Gals-1 Intersputnik Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
20 January Trident D-5 Submarine, Cape Canaveral US Navy FCET-10 US Navy Sub-orbital Test SLBM 20 January 1994 Successful
20 January Trident D-5 Submarine, Cape Canaveral US Navy FCET-10 US Navy Sub-orbital Test SLBM 20 January 1994 Successful
20 January Trident D-5 Submarine, Cape Canaveral US Navy FCET-10 US Navy Sub-orbital Test SLBM 20 January 1994 Successful
20 January Trident D-5 Submarine, Cape Canaveral US Navy FCET-10 US Navy Sub-orbital Test SLBM 20 January 1994 Successful
24 January, 21:37:00 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA2, Kourou Arianespace Eutelsat 2F5 Eutelsat Intended:Geosynchronous Comsat T+90 seconds Failure Third stage malfunction.
Turksat-1A Turksat Intended:Geosynchronous Comsat
25 January, 00:25:00 GMT Tsyklon-3 LC-32, Plesetsk RKA Meteor-3-06 RKA LEO Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful so far
Tubsat-B TUB LEO Technology development Still in orbit Partial Failure Failed after 39 days of operation
25 January, 16:34:00 GMT Titan IIG SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB BMDO/NASA Clementine NASA/BMDO Selenocentric, then HEO Lunar orbiter, flyby of 1620 Geographos Still in orbit Partial failure Computer failure after ejection from Selenocentric orbit prevented flyby of 1620 Geographos
ISA NASA/BMDO HEO 8 June 1994 Successful
28 January, 02:12:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur RKA Progress M-21 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 23 March 1994, 05:13:00 GMT Successful
30 January, 22:00 GMT Black Brant 8C Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 30 January 1994 Successful
2 February Minuteman III LF-26, Vandenberg AFB USAF GT-154GB USAF Sub-orbital ICBM test 2 February 1994 Successful
3 February, 12:10 GMT Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A Kennedy USA STS-60, 6 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 11 February 1994, 19:24 GMT Successful First mission of the Shuttle-Mir Programme
SpaceHab SH-03 NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Discovery Scientific research Successful
Wake Shield Facility NASA LEO, attached to Discovery Experimental science platform Successful
GBA-6 NASA LEO, attached to Discovery Successful
ODERACS A NASA LEO Laser calibration 2 October 1994 Successful Deployed from Shuttle on 9 February
ODERACS B NASA LEO Laser calibration 4 October 1994 Successful Deployed from Shuttle on 9 February
ODERACS C NASA LEO Laser calibration 31 December 1994 Successful Deployed from Shuttle on 9 February
ODERACS D NASA LEO Laser calibration 31 December1994 Successful Deployed from Shuttle on 9 February
ODERACS E NASA LEO Laser calibration 3 March 1995 Successful Deployed from Shuttle on 9 February
ODERACS F NASA LEO Laser calibration 24 February 1995 Successful Deployed from Shuttle on 9 February
BremSat 1 DARA/Bre LEO Scientific research 12 February1995 Successful
3 February, 22:00 GMT H-II LC-Y, Tanegashima NASDA OREX (Ryusei) NASDA LEO Orbital Reentry Experiment 3 February 1994 Successful Maiden flight of H-II rocket
VEP (Myojo) NASDA GTO Test rocket Still in orbit Successful so far
5 February, 08:46 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur RKA Raduga 1-3 MOM GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
7 February, 21:47 GMT Titan IV/Centaur LC-40, Cape Canaveral Milstar-1 F1 US Air Force GEO Military Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
8 February, 08:34 GMT Long March 3A LC-2, Xichang CASC SJ-4 CASC MEO Particle research Still in orbit Successful so far
KF-1 CASC GTO Boilerplate payload Still in orbit Successful Boilerplate DFH-3 spacecraft
9 February, 23:43 GMT Black Brant IX Andøya NASA PULSAUR-2 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 9 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 300 km (186 mi)
10 February, 05:35 GMT Black Brant 9CM1 LC-36, White Sands NASA GEMINI CSA/NASA Sub-orbital Plasma/Aeronomy research 10 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 245 km (152 mi)
12 February, 08:54 GMT Tsyklon-3 LC-32, Plesetsk RKA Kosmos-2268 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2269 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2270 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2271 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2272 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2273 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
12 February, 13:08 GMT Nike-Tomahawk Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 12 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 270 km (168 mi)
12 February, 13:12 GMT Nike-Tomahawk Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 12 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 270 km (168 mi)
12 February, 13:16 GMT Black Brant 8C Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 12 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 242 km (150 mi)
15 February, 16:18 GMT Storm SULF, White Sands US Air Force ERINT GTF-3 US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 15 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 200 km (124 mi)
15 February, 23:52 GMT S-310 Andøya ISAS ISAS Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 16 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 192 km (119 mi)
18 February, 07:56 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur RKA Raduga 31 MOM GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
19 February, 12:13 GMT Agni Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Missile test 19 February 1994 Successful Apogee: 300 km (186 mi)
19 February, 23:45 GMT Delta II 7925-8 LC-17B, Cape Canaveral Boeing Galaxy 1R Hughes GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
1 March Black Brant 9CM1 Biscarosse MATRA NOIR MATRA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 1 March 1994 Successful Apogee: 200 km (124 mi)
2 March, 03:25 GMT Tsyklon-3 (R-36 11K68) LC-32, Plesetsk RKA Intercosmos 26 (Koronas-I) Intercosmos/RKA LEO Solar astronomy 4 March 2001 Successful
4 March, 13:15 GMT Space Shuttle Columbia LC-39B, Kennedy USA STS-62, 5 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 18 March 1994, 13:10 GMT Successful
OAST-2 OAST LEO, attached to Columbia Technology development Successful
USMP-2 NASA LEO, attached to Columbia Microgravity research Successful

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1994

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