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Launches

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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1992. ISS in earth orbit. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →
Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
11 January, 03:40 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Astronomy 11 January 1992 Successful Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi)
17 January Storm SULF, White Sands US Air Force BTTV-1 US Air Force Sub-orbital Test flight 17 January 1992 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
21 January, 15:00:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2175 (Yantar) MOM LEO 20 March 1992 Successful First Russian (post Soviet) satellite launch
22 January, 14:52:33 GMT Flag of the United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery[1] Flag of the United StatesLC-39A, Kennedy Flag of the United StatesUSA Flag of the United StatesSTS-42, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 30 January 1993, 16:07:17 GMT Successful
Flag of Europe/ Flag of the United StatesSpacelab-IML1 (LM-2) ESA/NASA LEO Microgravity research Successful
23 January, 19:19 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 23 January 1992 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
24 January, 01:18:01 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2176 (Oko) MOM Molniya Missile defence Still in orbit Successful so far
25 January, 07:50:17 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-11 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 13 March 1992 Successful
28 January, 12:00 GMT S-310 LA-K, Kagoshima ISAS ISAS Sub-orbital Aeronomy 28 January 1992 Successful Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi)
29 January, 22:19:12 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2177 (GLONASS) MOM MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2178 (GLONASS) MOM MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2179 (GLONASS) MOM MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
31 January, 11:55 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA SXT NASA/UoC Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy 31 January 1992 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
1 February, 16:00 GMT S-520 LA-K, Kagoshima ISAS CIR ISAS Sub-orbital Infrared astronomy 1 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi)
5 February Zenit-2 LC-45/1, Baikonur VKS Tselina-2-10 MO RF Intended: LEO ELINT 5 February 1992 Failure Second stage overheated, causing malfunction
11 February, 00:41:02 GMT Atlas II LC-36A, Cape Canaveral General Dynamics USA-78 (DSCS IIIB-14) US Air Force GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
11 February, 01:50 GMT H-I LA-N, Tanegashima NASDA Fuyo (JERS) NASDA LEO (SSO) Earth observation 3 December 2001 Successful Final flight of H-I rocket
17 February, 22:05:08 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-133/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2180 (Parus) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
18 February Aries LC-36, White Sands SDIO SDIO Sub-orbital Technology demonstration 18 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
22 February, 03:15 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Astronomy 22 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
22 February Trident D-5 USS West Virginia, ETR US Navy CET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 22 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February Trident D-5 USS West Virginia, ETR US Navy CET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 22 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February Trident D-5 USS West Virginia, ETR US Navy CET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 22 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
22 February Trident D-5 USS West Virginia, ETR US Navy CET US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 22 February 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
23 February, 22:29:00 GMT Delta II 7925 LC-17B, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-79 (GPS IIA-12) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
26 February, 23:58:10 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG Arianespace Superbird B1 SCC GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Arabsat-1C Arabsat GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far Later sold to ISRO as Insat-2DT
3 March, 13:57:30 GMT Nike-Tomahawk Poker Flat NASA Aria-1 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 3 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 295 kilometres (183 mi)
3 March, 14:06:48 GMT Black Brant 8C Poker Flat NASA Aria-1 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 3 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
3 March, 14:57 GMT Nike-Tomahawk Poker Flat NASA Aria-1 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 3 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
4 March, 04:27:00 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/4, Plesetsk VKS Molniya-1-83 MOM Molniya Comsat 1 July 2007 Successful
4 March Peacekeeper LF-05, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 4 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
6 March, 13:57:30 GMT Nike-Tomahawk Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 6 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
9 March, 22:35:59 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132/1, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2181 (Tsikada) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
12 March, 22:42 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-21 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 12 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
13 March, 18:15:00 GMT Minuteman IB LF-03, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force GBI-2B US Air Force Sub-orbital Target 13 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
13 March, 18:36:27 GMT Aries Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll US Air Force ERIS US Air Force Sub-orbital Interceptor test 13 March 1992 Partial failure Final flight of ERIS
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
Missed target due to programming issue caused by test conditions, enough data collected to proceed with operational programme.
14 March, 00:00 GMT Atlas I LC-36B, Cape Canaveral General Dynamics Galaxy 5 Hughes GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
15 March, 22:46 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-22 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 15 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
17 March, 10:54:30 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Soyuz TM-14 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 10 August 1992 Successful First manned Russian launch
18 March Scout-II SL, Salto di Quirra ASI ASI Sub-orbital Test 18 March 1992 Failure Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
19 March, 16:05 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands CSA CSAR-1 CSA Sub-orbital Microgravity research 19 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi)
19 March, 16:10 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA HIRAAS-2 NASA Sub-orbital Airglow research 19 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
24 March, 13:13:39 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Kennedy USA STS-45 NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 2 April 1992 Successful
Atlas-1 (Spacelab) ESA/NASA LEO Scientific research Successful
29 March, 07:27 GMT Black Brant XI Poker Flat NASA CHARGE-2B NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere and tether research 29 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 267 kilometres (166 mi)
29 March, 08:07:45 GMT HPB Poker Flat Orbital Orbital Sub-orbital Infrared astronomy 29 March 1992 Successful Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
1 April, 14:18:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2182 (Yantar-4K2) MOM LEO Reconnaissance satellite 30 May 1992 Successful
2 April, 01:50:00 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur VKS Gorizont-25 MOM GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
8 April, 12:20:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-31/6, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2183 (Yantar-4K2) MOM LEO Reconnaissance satellite 16 February 1993 Successful
8 April Trident C-4 USS Henry L. Stimson, ETR US Navy FCET-40 US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 8 April 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
8 April Trident C-4 USS Henry L. Stimson, ETR US Navy FCET-40 US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight 8 April 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
9 April, 10:40 GMT Black Brant 9BM1 Esrange SSC MASER-5 SSC Sub-orbital Microgravity research 9 April 1992 Successful Apogee: 317 kilometres (197 mi)
10 April, 03:20:00 GMT Delta II 7925 LC-17B, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-80 (GPS IIA-13) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
15 April, 07:17:43 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132/1, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2184 (Parus) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
15 April, 09:09 GMT HPB Wallops Island Orbital Orbital Sub-orbital Target 15 April 1992 Successful Apogee: 450 kilometres (280 mi)
15 April, 23:25:27 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG Arianespace Inmarsat-2F4 Inmarsat GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Télécom 2B France Télécom GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
19 April, 21:29:25 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-12 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 27 June 1992 Successful
25 April, 08:53 GMT Titan II (23G) SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force USA-81 (Bernie/Singleton) US NRO LEO (Polar) ELINT Still in orbit Successful so far
29 April, 09:00:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-43/4, Plesetsk VKS Resurs-F-14 MOM LEO Remote sensing 29 May 1992 Successful
29 April, 10:10:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2185 (Yantar-1KFT) MOM LEO Reconnaissance satellite 11 June 1992 Successful
29 April DF-21 TSLC CALT CALT Sub-orbital Test flight 29 April 1992 Failure
5 May Minuteman III LF-10, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force GT-147GM-1 US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 5 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
5 May Prithvi Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Test 5 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
7 May, 23:40:00 GMT Space Shuttle Endeavour LC-39B, Kennedy USA STS-49 NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 16 May 1992 Successful Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Reboosted Intelsat VI
12 May, 14:26 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA SPARTAN (SPDE) NASA Sub-orbital Solar research 12 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
14 May, 00:40 GMT Delta II 7925 LC-17B, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas Palapa B4 Telkom GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
20 May, 00:30 GMT ASLV FLP, Sriharikota ISRO SROSS-C ISRO LEO Magnetosphere research 14 July 1992 Partial failure Placed in incorrect orbit due to fifth stage spin-up failure.
23 May, 00:00 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-23 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 23 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
24 May Terrier-Malemute Barking Sands SDIO CDX (LWIS) SDIO Sub-orbital Target 24 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
25 May, 23:52 GMT Nike-Tomahawk Arecibo NASA AA-3A NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 25 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
27 May, 12:27 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-24 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy 27 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
28 May, 19:09:59 GMT Soyuz-U LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2186 (Yantar-4K2) MOM LEO Reconnaissance satellite 24 July 1992 Successful
28 May Agni Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Test flight 28 May 1992 Failure Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
30 May, 08:11 GMT Black Brant IX Arecibo NASA AA-4IFH NASA/NRL Sub-orbital Plasma research 30 May 1992 Successful Apogee: 308 kilometres (191 mi)
May DF-21 TSLC CALT CALT Sub-orbital Test flights Within an hour of launch Failure
1 June, 02:52 GMT Sonda-3 Alcântara IAE INPE Sub-orbital Aeronomy 1 June 1992 Successful Apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)
2 June Minuteman III LF-26, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force GT-148GB US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight 2 June 1992 Successful Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
3 June, 00:50:30 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-133/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2187 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2188 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2189 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2190 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2191 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2192 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2193 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2194 (Strela-1M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
6 June, 08:37:31 GMT Black Brant IX Arecibo NASA AA-3B NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research 6 June 1992 Successful Apogee: 370 kilometres (230 mi)
7 June, 16:40 GMT Delta II (6920-10) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas EUVE