1997 orbital launches

In 1997, ExGalactic records 89 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
34USA
18Kazakhstan
12French Guiana
11Russia
6China
5Other
2Japan
1India

Launches

  1. STS-81 — 12 January 1997, 09:27 UTC — Success
  2. GPS IIR-1 — 17 January 1997, 16:28 UTC — Failure
  3. GE 2 & Nahuel 1A — 30 January 1997, 22:04 UTC — Success
  4. Soyuz TM-25 — 10 February 1997, 14:09 UTC — Success
  5. STS-82 — 11 February 1997, 08:55 UTC — Success
  6. Haruka — 12 February 1997, 04:50 UTC — Success
  7. Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6 — 14 February 1997, 03:47 UTC — Success
  8. JCSAT R — 17 February 1997, 01:42 UTC — Success
  9. DSP 18 — 23 February 1997, 20:20 UTC — Success
  10. INTELSAT 801 — 1 March 1997, 01:07 UTC — Success
  11. Zeya — 4 March 1997, 02:00 UTC — Success
  12. Tempo 2 — 8 March 1997, 06:01 UTC — Success
  13. DMSP-5D2 F14 — 4 April 1997, 16:47 UTC — Success
  14. STS-83 — 4 April 1997, 19:20 UTC — Success
  15. Progress M-34 — 6 April 1997, 16:04 UTC — Success
  16. US-K 77 — 9 April 1997, 08:58 UTC — Success
  17. Thaicom 3 & BSat 1a — 16 April 1997, 23:08 UTC — Success
  18. Parus 88 — 17 April 1997, 13:03 UTC — Success
  19. Minisat & Celestis Space Burial #1 — 21 April 1997, 11:59 UTC — Success
  20. GOES 10 — 25 April 1997, 05:49 UTC — Success
  21. Iridium 04 to 08 — 5 May 1997, 14:55 UTC — Success
  22. Zhongxing 6 — 11 May 1997, 16:17 UTC — Success
  23. US-K 78 — 14 May 1997, 00:33 UTC — Success
  24. STS-84 — 15 May 1997, 08:07 UTC — Success
  25. Orlets-1 6 — 15 May 1997, 12:10 UTC — Success
  26. Tselina-2 19 — 20 May 1997, 07:07 UTC — Failure
  27. Thor II — 20 May 1997, 22:39 UTC — Success
  28. Telstar 5 — 24 May 1997, 17:00 UTC — Success
  29. INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D — 3 June 1997, 23:20 UTC — Success
  30. Araks-N 1 — 6 June 1997, 16:56 UTC — Success
  31. Feng Yun 2A — 10 June 1997, 12:01 UTC — Success
  32. Iridium 09 to 14 & Iridium 16 — 18 June 1997, 14:02 UTC — Success
  33. INTELSAT 802 — 25 June 1997, 23:44 UTC — Success
  34. STS-94 — 1 July 1997, 18:02 UTC — Success
  35. Progress M-35 — 5 July 1997, 04:11 UTC — Success
  36. Iridium 15 — 9 July 1997, 13:04 UTC — Success
  37. GPS IIR-2 — 23 July 1997, 03:43 UTC — Success
  38. Superbird 3 — 28 July 1997, 01:15 UTC — Success
  39. OrbView-2 — 1 August 1997, 20:20 UTC — Success
  40. Soyuz TM-26 — 5 August 1997, 15:35 UTC — Success
  41. STS-85 — 7 August 1997, 14:41 UTC — Success
  42. PAS 6 — 8 August 1997, 06:46 UTC — Success
  43. US-KS 7 — 14 August 1997, 20:49 UTC — Success
  44. Agila 2 — 19 August 1997, 17:50 UTC — Success
  45. Iridium 22 to 26 — 21 August 1997, 00:38 UTC — Success
  46. Lewis — 23 August 1997, 06:51 UTC — Success
  47. ACE — 25 August 1997, 14:39 UTC — Success
  48. PAS 5 — 28 August 1997, 00:33 UTC — Success
  49. Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE) — 29 August 1997, 15:02 UTC — Success
  50. Iridium MFS 1 & 2 — 1 September 1997, 14:00 UTC — Success
  51. Hot Bird 3 & Meteosat 7 — 2 September 1997, 22:21 UTC — Success
  52. GE 3 — 4 September 1997, 12:03 UTC — Success
  53. Iridium 27 to 33 — 14 September 1997, 01:36 UTC — Success
  54. Parus 89 — 23 September 1997, 16:44 UTC — Success
  55. INTELSAT 803 — 23 September 1997, 23:58 UTC — Success
  56. Molniya-1T 90 — 24 September 1997, 21:30 UTC — Success
  57. STS-86 — 26 September 1997, 02:34 UTC — Success
  58. Iridium 34 to 37 & 19 — 27 September 1997, 01:23 UTC — Success
  59. IRS-1D — 29 September 1997, 04:47 UTC — Failure
  60. Progress M-36 — 5 October 1997, 15:08 UTC — Success
  61. Echostar III — 5 October 1997, 21:01 UTC — Success
  62. Foton 11 & Mirka — 9 October 1997, 17:59 UTC — Success
  63. Cassini-Huygens — 15 October 1997, 08:43 UTC — Success
  64. Apstar 2R — 16 October 1997, 19:13 UTC — Success
  65. Space Test Experiments Platform-4 (STEP-4) — 22 October 1997, 13:13 UTC — Success
  66. Onyx 3 — 24 October 1997, 02:32 UTC — Success
  67. DSCS-3 B13 — 25 October 1997, 00:46 UTC — Success
  68. MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, YES — 30 October 1997, 13:43 UTC — Failure
  69. SCD-2A — 2 November 1997, 12:25 UTC — Failure
  70. GPS IIA-19 — 6 November 1997, 00:30 UTC — Success
  71. NROL-4 — 8 November 1997, 02:05 UTC — Success
  72. Iridium 38 to 43 — 9 November 1997, 01:34 UTC — Success
  73. Kupon — 12 November 1997, 17:00 UTC — Success
  74. Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 — 12 November 1997, 21:48 UTC — Success
  75. Resurs F-1M — 18 November 1997, 11:14 UTC — Success
  76. STS-87 — 19 November 1997, 19:46 UTC — Success
  77. TRMM & ETS 7 — 27 November 1997, 21:27 UTC — Success
  78. JCSAT 1B & Equator-S — 2 December 1997, 22:52 UTC — Success
  79. Astra 1G — 2 December 1997, 23:10 UTC — Success
  80. Iridium 42 & 44 — 8 December 1997, 07:16 UTC — Success
  81. Galaxy 8i — 8 December 1997, 23:52 UTC — Success
  82. US-PM 9 — 9 December 1997, 07:17 UTC — Success
  83. Yantar-4K2 77 — 15 December 1997, 15:40 UTC — Success
  84. Progress M-37 — 20 December 1997, 08:45 UTC — Success
  85. Iridium 45 to 49 — 20 December 1997, 13:16 UTC — Success
  86. INTELSAT 804 — 22 December 1997, 00:16 UTC — Success
  87. Orbcomm-A1 - A8 — 23 December 1997, 19:11 UTC — Success
  88. EarlyBird — 24 December 1997, 13:32 UTC — Success
  89. Asiasat 3 — 24 December 1997, 23:19 UTC — Failure

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

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