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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-27

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1988, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 73

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 30, 1988, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-7

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 26, 1988, 3:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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Soyuz TM-7 was the seventh mission to Mir space station. The mission began on November 26, 1988, 15:49:34 UTC, launching Commander Alexander Volkov, Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalyov and Research Cosmonaut Jean-Loup Chrétien. They docked with Mir two days later, meeting with the resident crew. While Jean-Loup Chrétien returned 3 weeks later, two other cosmonauts were a part of the fourth long-duration expedition on Mir. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed an EVA and various experiments in biology, medicine, X-ray astronomy, technology etc. They also carried out sky surveys, spectrographic and topographic Earth observation experiments. Crew were visited by three Progress resupply spacecrafts. Jean-Loup Chrétien returned to Earth on December 21, 1988 in a Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft. The long-duration expedition crew returned on a Soyuz TM-7 spacecraft, landing safely back on Earth on April 27, 1989, 02:57:58 UTC.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 72

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1988, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 23, 1988, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 29

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 18, 1988, 12:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Energiya/Buran | Buran OK-1K

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 15, 1988, 3 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First and only flight of the Buran space shuttle

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 11

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 11, 1988, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

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Titan 34D | KH-11 9

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 6, 1988, 6:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 2 | TDF 1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 28, 1988, 2:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

French direct broadcasting satellite

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