1989 orbital launches

In 1989, ExGalactic records 102 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
46Russia
29Kazakhstan
18USA
7French Guiana
2Japan

Launches

  1. Uragan 32 & 33 — 10 January 1989, 02:05 UTC — Success
  2. Resurs-F2 3 — 12 January 1989, 11:29 UTC — Success
  3. Zenit-8 75 — 18 January 1989, 08:20 UTC — Success
  4. Gorizont 17 — 26 January 1989, 09:16 UTC — Success
  5. Strela-2M 46 — 26 January 1989, 15:36 UTC — Success
  6. Intelsat 515 — 27 January 1989, 01:21 UTC — Success
  7. Yantar-4K2 43 — 28 January 1989, 12:30 UTC — Success
  8. Progress 40 — 10 February 1989, 08:53 UTC — Success
  9. Strela-3 37 to 42 — 10 February 1989, 15:13 UTC — Success
  10. Zenit-8 76 — 10 February 1989, 16:55 UTC — Success
  11. US-K 60 (Kosmos 2001) — 14 February 1989, 04:21 UTC — Success
  12. Duga-K 1 — 14 February 1989, 17:00 UTC — Success
  13. GPS-2 1 — 14 February 1989, 18:30 UTC — Success
  14. Molniya-1T 75 — 15 February 1989, 11:00 UTC — Success
  15. Zenit-8 77 — 17 February 1989, 14:59 UTC — Success
  16. Akebono — 21 February 1989, 23:30 UTC — Success
  17. Parus 64 — 22 February 1989, 03:28 UTC — Success
  18. Meteor-2 18 — 28 February 1989, 04:05 UTC — Success
  19. Yantar-4K2 44 — 2 March 1989, 18:59 UTC — Success
  20. JCSAT 1 & Meteosat 4 — 6 March 1989, 23:29 UTC — Success
  21. STS-29 — 13 March 1989, 14:57 UTC — Success
  22. Zenit-8 78 — 16 March 1989, 14:59 UTC — Success
  23. Progress 41 — 16 March 1989, 18:54 UTC — Success
  24. Yantar-4KS1 12 — 23 March 1989, 12:25 UTC — Success
  25. Strela-1M 337-344 — 24 March 1989, 13:38 UTC — Success
  26. Delta Star — 24 March 1989, 21:50 UTC — Success
  27. Tele-X — 2 April 1989, 02:28 UTC — Success
  28. Parus 65 — 4 April 1989, 18:36 UTC — Success
  29. Zenit-8 79 — 6 April 1989, 14:00 UTC — Success
  30. Raduga 23 — 14 April 1989, 04:08 UTC — Success
  31. Yantar-4K2 45 — 20 April 1989, 18:29 UTC — Success
  32. Foton 5 — 26 April 1989, 17:00 UTC — Success
  33. STS-30 — 4 May 1989, 18:46 UTC — Success
  34. Zenit-8 80 — 5 May 1989, 13:00 UTC — Success
  35. Mercury 13 — 10 May 1989, 19:47 UTC — Success
  36. Yantar-4K2 46 — 17 May 1989, 13:00 UTC — Success
  37. Yantar-1KFT 11 — 24 May 1989, 10:30 UTC — Success
  38. Resurs-F 1 — 25 May 1989, 08:50 UTC — Success
  39. Uragan 34 & 35 — 31 May 1989, 08:31 UTC — Success
  40. Zenit-8 81 — 1 June 1989, 12:59 UTC — Success
  41. Superbird A & DFS-Kopernikus 1 — 5 June 1989, 22:37 UTC — Success
  42. Parus 66 — 7 June 1989, 05:12 UTC — Success
  43. Molniya-3 45L — 8 June 1989, 17:09 UTC — Success
  44. Okean-O1 4 — 9 June 1989, 10:10 UTC — Failure
  45. GPS-2 2 — 10 June 1989, 22:30 UTC — Success
  46. Taifun-1 22 — 14 June 1989, 12:30 UTC — Success
  47. DSP 14 — 14 June 1989, 13:18 UTC — Success
  48. Zenit-8 82 — 16 June 1989, 09:30 UTC — Success
  49. Raduga-1 1 — 21 June 1989, 23:35 UTC — Success
  50. Resurs-F 2 — 27 June 1989, 08:04 UTC — Success
  51. Nadezhda 4 — 4 July 1989, 15:21 UTC — Success
  52. Zenit-8 83 — 5 July 1989, 08:00 UTC — Success
  53. Gorizont 18 — 5 July 1989, 22:45 UTC — Success
  54. Olympus — 12 July 1989, 00:14 UTC — Success
  55. Yantar-4K2 47 — 12 July 1989, 15:00 UTC — Success
  56. Resurs-F 3 — 18 July 1989, 09:44 UTC — Success
  57. Orlets-1 1 — 18 July 1989, 12:10 UTC — Success
  58. Zenit-8 84 — 20 July 1989, 08:59 UTC — Success
  59. US-P 30 — 24 July 1989, 00:00 UTC — Success
  60. Parus 67 — 25 July 1989, 07:48 UTC — Success
  61. Zenit-8 85 — 2 August 1989, 11:29 UTC — Success
  62. STS-28 — 8 August 1989, 12:37 UTC — Success
  63. TV-Sat 2 — 8 August 1989, 23:25 UTC — Success
  64. Resurs-F2 4 — 15 August 1989, 10:29 UTC — Success
  65. GPS-2 3 — 18 August 1989, 05:57 UTC — Success
  66. Zenit-8 86 — 22 August 1989, 12:59 UTC — Success
  67. Progress M-1 — 23 August 1989, 03:09 UTC — Success
  68. Marcopolo 1 — 27 August 1989, 22:59 UTC — Success
  69. Geo-IK 11 — 28 August 1989, 00:14 UTC — Success
  70. DSCS-2 15 — 4 September 1989, 05:54 UTC — Success
  71. Himawari 4 — 5 September 1989, 19:11 UTC — Success
  72. Soyuz TM-8 — 5 September 1989, 21:38 UTC — Success
  73. P-11 5104 — 6 September 1989, 01:48 UTC — Success
  74. Resurs-F 5 — 6 September 1989, 10:49 UTC — Success
  75. Strela-3 43 to 48 — 14 September 1989, 09:49 UTC — Success
  76. Bion 9 — 15 September 1989, 06:30 UTC — Success
  77. Zenit-8 87 — 22 September 1989, 08:00 UTC — Success
  78. FLTSATCOM F8 — 25 September 1989, 08:56 UTC — Success
  79. Molniya-1T 76 — 27 September 1989, 14:38 UTC — Success
  80. US-P 31 — 27 September 1989, 16:20 UTC — Success
  81. AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1 — 28 September 1989, 00:04 UTC — Success
  82. Gorizont 19 — 28 September 1989, 17:05 UTC — Success
  83. Yantar-4K2 48 — 3 October 1989, 14:59 UTC — Success
  84. Zenit-8 88 — 17 October 1989, 13:00 UTC — Success
  85. STS-34 — 18 October 1989, 16:53 UTC — Success
  86. GPS-2 4 — 21 October 1989, 09:31 UTC — Success
  87. Meteor-3 3 — 24 October 1989, 21:35 UTC — Success
  88. Intelsat 602 — 27 October 1989, 23:05 UTC — Success
  89. Yantar-4KS1 13 — 17 November 1989, 10:50 UTC — Success
  90. COBE — 18 November 1989, 14:34 UTC — Success
  91. STS-33 — 23 November 1989, 00:23 UTC — Success
  92. US-K 61 — 23 November 1989, 20:35 UTC — Success
  93. US-P 32 — 24 November 1989, 23:22 UTC — Failure
  94. Kvant-2 — 26 November 1989, 13:01 UTC — Success
  95. Molniya-3 46L — 28 November 1989, 10:02 UTC — Success
  96. Yantar-4K2 49 — 30 November 1989, 15:00 UTC — Success
  97. Granat — 1 December 1989, 20:20 UTC — Success
  98. GPS-2 5 — 11 December 1989, 18:10 UTC — Success
  99. Raduga 24 — 15 December 1989, 11:30 UTC — Success
  100. Progress M-2 — 20 December 1989, 03:30 UTC — Success
  101. Koltso 2 — 27 December 1989, 00:00 UTC — Success
  102. Luch #3 — 27 December 1989, 11:10 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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