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Delta 3924 | GOES 7
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 26, 1987, 11:05 p.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 29
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 1987, 1:30 p.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 9
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 20, 1987, 4:43 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 44
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 19, 1987, 10:15 a.m.
N-2 | Momo 1a
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 19, 1987, 1:23 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 58
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 18, 1987, 1:53 p.m.
Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 14, 1987, 8:30 a.m.
Titan 34B | Quasar 7
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 12, 1987, 6:40 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 43
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 7, 1987, 10:30 a.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-2
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 1987, 9:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TM-2 was the first crewed flight of the new Soyuz TM spacecraft and the second long-duration mission to Mir space station. The mission began on February 5, 1987, 21:38:16 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Romanenko and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Laveykin into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, new module was docked to the station. Crew was visited by several Progress resupply missions and by a crewed Soyuz TM-3 mission. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on December 29, 1987, 09:16:00 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
