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1991 in spaceflight (January–June)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1991. For launches between July and December, see 1991 in spaceflight (July–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1991 in spaceflight.

Launches edit

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January edit

8 January
00:53:01 		  Delta II (7925)   Cape Canaveral SLC-17B   McDonnell Douglas
  NATO-4A NATO Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Successful
14 January
14:50:27 		  Soyuz-U2   Baikonur Site 1/5   RVSN
  Progress M-6 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 15 March 1991 Successful
15 January
23:10:49 		  Ariane 4 (44L)   Kourou ELA-2   Arianespace
  Italsat 1 ASI Geostationary Communication In orbit Successful
  Eutelsat 2F2 Eutelsat Geostationary Communication In orbit Successful
17 January
10:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 16/2   RVSN
  Kosmos 2121 (Zenit-8) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 10 February 1991 Successful
17 January   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 17 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
18 January
11:34 		  Tsyklon-2   Baikonur   RVSN
  Kosmos 2122 (US-P) MO SSSR Low Earth Naval Reconnaissance 28 March 1993 Successful
19 January   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 19 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 19 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 19 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
20 January
18:43 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 20 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 20 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 January
08:29 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 21 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 21 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 January
09:42 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 21 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 January
19:18 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Al Jubayl 21 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 January
00:41 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 22 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 22 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 22 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Aimed at US Air Force base, intercepted by Patriot ABM, warhead fell on a civilian

neighbourhood.

22 January
04:10 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 22 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 22 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 22 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Aimed at US Air Force base. Intercepted by Patriot ABM, but still hit target.
22 January   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 22 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 January   Zhinui   Haikou   CALT
CALT Sub-orbital Test flight 22 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
23 January
19:54 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 23 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 23 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 23 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 January
19:23 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 25 January 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 25 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Aimed at Coalition headquarters, intercepted by Patriot ABM, hit Saudi Department of Interior.
25 January   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 25 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 January
00:28 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 26 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 January
06:25 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
NASA / JHU Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 26 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
26 January
19:46 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 26 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 January   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 26 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
28 January
17:55 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 28 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Aimed at downtown Riyadh, intercepted by Patriot ABM, debris damaged a farm.
28 January
18:24:24 		  ERIS   Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll   US Air Force
  ERIS US Air Force Sub-orbital Interceptor test 28 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
Intercepted Aries rocket
28 January
18:03:00 		  Minuteman IB   Vandenberg LF-03   US Air Force
US Air Force Sub-orbital Target 28 January 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
29 January
11:59:58 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 133/3   RVSN
  Informator-1 MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful

February edit

2 February, 21:41   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 2 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 February   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 2 February 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 2 February 1991 Successful
5 February
02:36 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 133/3   RVSN
  Kosmos 2123 (Tsikada) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
6 February
07:29 		  LCLV   Wallops Island   Orbital Sciences
NRL Sub-orbital Plasma research 6 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 510 kilometres (320 mi)
6 February
17:30 		  MR-12   Kapustin Yar   MO SSSR
MO SSSR Sub-orbital Plasma research 6 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
7 February
08:15 		  RT-2PM Topol   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Sub-orbital Test spacecraft 7 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
7 February
18:15 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 16   RVSN
  Kosmos 2124 (Yantar-4K2) MOM Low Earth 7 April 1991 Successful
7 February
22:54 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 7 February 1991 Successful
11 February
19:20 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 11 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
11 February   Prithvi   Sriharikota   DRDL
DRDL Sub-orbital Test spacecraft 11 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 February
02:44 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 133/3   RVSN
  Kosmos 2125 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2126 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2127 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2128 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2129 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2130 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2131 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2132 (Strela-1M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
12 February
03:29 		  S-520   Andøya   ISAS
ISAS Sub-orbital Auroral 12 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 353 kilometres (219 mi)
12 February
09:11:54 		  Black Brant XII   Poker Flat   NASA
  TOPAZ-3 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 12 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
14 February
08:45 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 14 February 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Hafir Al Batin 14 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi),
hit King Khalid Military City.
14 February
08:31:56 		  Proton-K / DM-2   Baikonur Site 200/39   RVSN
  Kosmos 2133 (Prognoz) MOM Geosynchronous Missile defence In orbit Successful
15 February
09:30 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur   RVSN
  Kosmos 2134 (Yantar-1KFT) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 1 April 1991 Successful
15 February
15:19 		  Molniya-M   Plesetsk Site 43/3   RVSN
  Molniya-1-80 MOM Molniya Communication In orbit Successful
15 February
23:01 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Al Jubayl 15 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 February
13:00 		  S-520   Kagoshima LA-K   ISAS
ISAS Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 16 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 337 kilometres (209 mi)
18 February
14:30 		  Strypi-XI   Barking Sands LC-1   SDIO
  Bow Shock 2 SDIO Sub-orbital Reentry Test 18 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
21 February
14:06 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 21 February 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 21 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 February
18:00 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack King Khalid Military City 21 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
21 February
23:31 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Bahrain 21 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
22 February
19:46 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 22 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
23 February
01:59 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 February 1991 Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 23 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 February
01:32 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 24 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Aimed at Coalition headquarters, intercepted by Patriot ABM, debris fell on a school.
24 February
06:23 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 24 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 February
09:17 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Riyadh 24 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
24 February   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel 24 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
25 February
17:32 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Dhahran 25 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Hit US Army barracks, killing 28 and injuring 110.
25 February
22:26 		  Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Qatar 25 February 1991 Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 February
04:53:06 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 133/3   RVSN
  Kosmos 2135 (Parus) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
28 February
05:30:00 		  Proton-K / DM-2   Baikonur Site 81/23   RVSN
MOM Geostationary Communication In orbit Successful
February   Al Hussein   Iraq   IQAF
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel Within an hour of launch Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel Within an hour of launch Successful
  High Explosive warhead IQAF Sub-orbital Attack Israel Within an hour of launch Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)

March edit

2 March
23:36:00 		  Ariane 4 (44LP)   Kourou ELA-2   Arianespace
  Astra 1B SES Astra Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Successful
  Meteosat 5 ESA / EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Weather In orbit Successful
6 March
15:30 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 16   RVSN
  Kosmos 2136 (Zenit-8) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 March 1991 Successful
8 March
12:03 		  Titan IVA (403A)   Vandenberg SLC-4E   US Air Force
  USA-69 (Lacrosse-2) NRO Low Earth Radar Reconnaissance In orbit Successful
First Titan IV launch from Vandenberg AFB
Was one of the oldest operational reconnaissance satellite till 2008.
8 March
23:03 		  Delta II (6925)   Cape Canaveral SLC-17B   McDonnell Douglas
  Inmarsat 2F2 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Successful
12 March
19:29:04 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 133/3   RVSN
  Nadezhda-3 MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
12 March   LGM-118 Peacekeeper   Vandenberg LF-02   US Air Force
US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 12 March 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 March
10:15 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
  SXT NASA / University of Colorado, Boulder Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 18 March 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
19 March
13:05:15 		  Soyuz-U2   Baikonur Site 1/5   RVSN
  Progress M-7 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 7 May 1991 Successful
19 March
14:30 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1   RVSN
  Kosmos 2137 (Taifun-1) MO SSSR Low Earth Radar calibration 3 April 1995 Successful
19 March   UGM-96 Trident I (Trident C-4)   Submarine, WTR   US Navy
US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 19 March 1991 Successful
US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 19 March 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 March
12:19:59 		  Molniya-M   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN
  Molniya-3-55L MOM Molniya Communication In orbit Successful
23 March
07:00 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
  MAMA NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 23 March 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
26 March
13:45 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 16   RVSN
  Kosmos 2138 (Yantar-4K2) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 24 May 1991 Successful
30 March
02:27 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 30 March 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
31 March
15:12:00 		  Proton-K   Baikonur Site 200/40   RVSN
  Almaz-1 MOM Low Earth Radar reconnaissance 17 October 1992 Successful

April edit

4 April
10:47:12 		  Proton-K / DM-2   Baikonur Site 200/39   RVSN
  Kosmos 2139 (GLONASS) MOM Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2140 (GLONASS) MOM Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2141 (GLONASS) MOM Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
4 April
23:33:00 		  Ariane 4 (44P)   Kourou ELA-2   Arianespace
  Anik E2 Telesat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Successful
5 April
14:22:45 		  Space Shuttle Atlantis   Kennedy LC-39B   United Space Alliance
  STS-37 NASA Low Earth Manned orbital flight 11 April 1991 Successful
  Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) NASA Low Earth Gamma ray astronomy 4 June 2000 Successful
5 April
14:05 		  RT-2PM Topol   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Sub-orbital Test spacecraft 5 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 April
17:50 		 Skylark 7   Esrange LA-S   DLR
  SISSI-4 DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy 9 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
9 April
18:18 		  Viper 3A   Esrange   DLR
  PMSE DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy 9 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
9 April
19:20 		  Viper 3A   Esrange   DLR
  PMSE DLR Sub-orbital Aeronomy 9 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
12 April   HPB   Wallops Island   Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences Sub-orbital Target 12 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
13 April
00:09 		  Delta II (7925)   Cape Canaveral SLC-17B   McDonnell Douglas
  Spacenet 4 GE Americom Geostationary Communication In orbit Successful
15 April
22:10 		  UGM-133 Trident II (Trident D-5)   USS West Virginia, ETR   US Navy
  DASO-6 US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 15 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
16 April
07:21:42 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1   RVSN
  Kosmos 2142 (Parus) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
17 April
07:46 		  Black Brant 10CM1   Wallops Island   SDIO
  SPFE-2 SDIO Sub-orbital Technology demonstration 17 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
18 April
18:33 		  MGM-134 Midgetman   Vandenberg TP-01   US Air Force
US Air Force Sub-orbital Test spacecraft 18 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
18 April
23:30 		  Atlas I   Cape Canaveral LC-36B General Dynamics
  Yuri 3H General Dynamics Intended: Geosynchronous Communication T+361 seconds Failure
Destroyed by RSO after upper stage turbopump malfunction
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
24 April
01:37:00 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk   RVSN
  Meteor-3-4 MO SSSR Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
25 April
18:00 		  Nike Orion   Poker Flat   NASA
  CWAS-19 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 25 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
28 April
11:33:14 		  Space Shuttle Discovery   Kennedy LC-39A   United Space Alliance
  STS-39 NASA Low Earth Manned orbital flight 6 May 1991 Successful
  IBSS-SPAS SDIO Low Earth Scientific research 6 May 1991 Successful
  USA-70 (MPEC) DARPA Low Earth Technology 13 May 1991 Successful
  CRO-C SDIO Low Earth Chemical release 14 May 1991 Successful
  CRO-B SDIO Low Earth Chemical release 12 May 1991 Successful
  CRO-A SDIO Low Earth Chemical release 13 May 1991 Successful
29 April   Sonda-3   Barreira do Inferno   IAE
INPE Sub-orbital Ionosphere 29 April 1991 Successful
Apogee: 441 kilometres (274 mi)
30 April
19:19 		  Nike Orion   Poker Flat   NASA
  CWAS-20 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 30 April 1991 Failure
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)

May edit

4 May
04:10 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
  JASPR-I NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 4 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
7 May
18:05 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
  SERTS-4 NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 7 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
8 May
03:54:00 		  Maxus   Esrange   SSC
SSC Sub-orbital Microgravity 8 May 1991 Failure
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
10 May   UGM-96 Trident I (Trident C-4)   USS Mariano G. Vallejo, ETR   US Navy
  FCET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 10 May 1991 Successful
FCET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 10 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
11 May
20:40 		  Minuteman IB   Vandenberg LF-03   US Air Force
US Air Force Sub-orbital Target 11 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
Interceptor launch scrubbed
13 May
19:03 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands LC-36   NASA
  MSSTA-I NASA Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 13 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
14 May
15:52:03 		  Atlas-E   Vandenberg SLC-3W   US Air Force
  NOAA-12 NOAA Low Earth (SSO) Weather In orbit Successful
16 May
21:40 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk   RVSN
  Kosmos 2143 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2144 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2145 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2146 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2147 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
  Kosmos 2148 (Strela-3) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
18 May
12:50:28 		  Soyuz-U2   Baikonur Site 1/5   RVSN
  Soyuz TM-12 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 10 October 1991 Successful
20 May
07:30 		  Aries   White Sands LC-36   NASA
  SXT (XOGS) NASA Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 20 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
21 May
09:00:00 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN
  Resurs-F-10 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 20 June 1991 Successful
24 May
15:29 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3   RVSN
  Kosmos 2149 (Yantar-4K2) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 July 1991 Successful
28 May
12:05 		  R-36MUTTH (SS-18 Mod 4)   Baikonur   RVSN
  RVSN Sub-orbital Operational test flight 28 May 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
29 May
22:55 		  Delta II (7925)   Cape Canaveral SLC-17B   McDonnell Douglas
  Aurora 2 GE Alascom Geostationary Communication In orbit Successful
30 May
08:04:03 		  Soyuz-U2   Baikonur Site 1/5   RVSN
  Progress M-8 MOM Low Earth, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 16 August 1991 Successful
May   Hwasong 6   Qom   DPRK
  DPRK Sub-orbital Test spacecraft Within an hour of launch Successful
Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

June edit

4 June
08:10:00 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk Site 32/2   RVSN
  Okean-3 MOM Low Earth Oceanography In orbit Successful
5 June
13:24:51 		  Space Shuttle Columbia   Kennedy LC-39B   United Space Alliance
  STS-40 NASA Low Earth Manned orbital flight 14 June 1991 Successful
  SLS-1 (Spacelab) ESA / NASA Low Earth Biological research In orbit Successful
11 June
05:41 		  Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 133/3   RVSN
  Kosmos 2150 (Strela-2M) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication In orbit Successful
11 June
17:47 		  LGM-118 Peacekeeper   Vandenberg LF-08   US Air Force
US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 11 June 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
13 June
15:41 		  Tsyklon-3   Plesetsk   RVSN
  Kosmos 2151 (Tselina-R) MO SSSR Low Earth ELINT In orbit Successful
18 June
09:09 		  Molniya-M   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN
  Molniya-1-81 MOM Molniya Communication In orbit Successful
18 June
11:34 		  Prospector   Cape Canaveral LC-20   Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences Sub-orbital Microgravity 18 June 1991 Failure
Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
21 June   Minuteman IB   Vandenberg LF-03   US Air Force
US Air Force Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test 21 June 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
24 June   SSBS S3   Biscarrosse BLB   DMA
DMA Sub-orbital Operational test flight 24 June 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 June
17:00 		  RT-2PM Topol   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Sub-orbital Test spacecraft 25 June 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
25 June   Kosmos-3M   Plesetsk Site 132/1   RVSN
  Taifun-2-28 MO SSSR Intended: Low Earth Radar calibration 25 June 1991 Failure
Second stage malfunction
26 June
02:39 		  Minuteman III   Vandenberg LF-26   US Air Force
  GT-144GB US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 26 June 1991 Successful
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
28 June
08:09:59 		  Soyuz-U   Plesetsk Site 43/3   RVSN
  Resurs-F-11 MOM Low Earth Remote sensing 21 July 1991 Successful
29 June
14:00 		  Scout G-1   Vandenberg SLC-5 NASA
  REX-1 (P89-1A / ISES) US Air Force / STP Low Earth (Polar) Technology demonstration In orbit Successful

References edit

  • Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
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