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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1089065853">.mw-parser-output .ib-spaceflight{width:25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-spaceflight .infobox-header{background:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .ib-edit-wd{float:right}</style><table class="infobox ib-spaceflight"><caption class="infobox-title">STS-69</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_(STS069-723-072).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_%28STS069-723-072%29.jpg/260px-Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_%28STS069-723-072%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_%28STS069-723-072%29.jpg/390px-Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_%28STS069-723-072%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_%28STS069-723-072%29.jpg/520px-Wake_Shield_Facility_on_STS-69_%28STS069-723-072%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4095" data-file-height="4095" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>Endeavour</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Canadarm grapples the Wake Shield Facility, prior to its deployment</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Names</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_Transportation_System" title="Space Transportation System">Space Transportation System</a>-69</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission type</th><td class="infobox-data">Research</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1995-048A">1995-048A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324699#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Catalog_Number" title="Satellite Catalog Number">SATCAT <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">23667<span style="float:right"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324699?uselang=en#P377" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission duration</th><td class="infobox-data">10 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes, 56 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance travelled</th><td class="infobox-data">7,200,000 kilometres (4,500,000 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbits completed</th><td class="infobox-data">171</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spacecraft</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour"><i>Endeavour</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Payload mass</th><td class="infobox-data">11,499 kg (25,351 lb)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Crew</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Crew size</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_M._Walker_(astronaut)" title="David M. Walker (astronaut)">David M. Walker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Cockrell" title="Kenneth Cockrell">Kenneth Cockrell</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_S._Voss" title="James S. Voss">James S. Voss</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Newman" title="James H. Newman">James H. Newman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Gernhardt" title="Michael L. Gernhardt">Michael L. Gernhardt</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">7 September 1995, 15:09:00<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1995-09-07UTC15:09Z</span>)</span> UTC<sup id="cite_ref-ssmr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A">LC-39A</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing date</th><td class="infobox-data">18 September 1995, 11:38:56<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1995-09-18UTC11:38:57Z</span>)</span> UTC<sup id="cite_ref-ssmr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing site</th><td class="infobox-data">Kennedy, <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility" title="Shuttle Landing Facility">SLF Runway 33</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">Low Earth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">321 kilometres (199 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">321 kilometres (199 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28.4 degrees</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">91.4 min</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-69_patch.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/STS-69_patch.svg/180px-STS-69_patch.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/STS-69_patch.svg/270px-STS-69_patch.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/STS-69_patch.svg/360px-STS-69_patch.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1148" /></a></span><br />STS-69 mission patch<br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-69_crew.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/STS-69_crew.jpg/220px-STS-69_crew.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/STS-69_crew.jpg/330px-STS-69_crew.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/STS-69_crew.jpg/440px-STS-69_crew.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4095" data-file-height="3253" /></a></span><br />Left to right – Seated: Cockrell, Walker; Standing: Gernhardt, Newman, Voss<div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle program</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a> (70)</div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a> (72) →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>STS-69</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour"><i>Endeavour</i></a> mission, and the second flight of the <a href="/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility" title="Wake Shield Facility">Wake Shield Facility</a> (WSF).<sup id="cite_ref-69-archive_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69-archive-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mission launched from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, Florida on 7 September 1995. It was the 100th successful crewed NASA spaceflight<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, not including X-15 flights. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crew">Crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-69&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:150px;"><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Position</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:200px;">Astronaut </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Commander </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_M._Walker_(astronaut)" title="David M. Walker (astronaut)">David M. Walker</a><sup id="cite_ref-presskit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presskit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Fourth and last spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pilot </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Cockrell" title="Kenneth Cockrell">Kenneth Cockrell</a><sup id="cite_ref-presskit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presskit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Second spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_S._Voss" title="James S. Voss">James S. Voss</a><sup id="cite_ref-presskit_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presskit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Third spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 2<br />Flight Engineer </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_H._Newman" title="James H. Newman">James H. Newman</a><sup id="cite_ref-presskit_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presskit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Second spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 3 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Gernhardt" title="Michael L. Gernhardt">Michael L. Gernhardt</a><sup id="cite_ref-presskit_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presskit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spacewalks">Spacewalks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-69&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Spacewalks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>EVA 1 – Voss and Gernhardt<sup id="cite_ref-ssmr_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ul><li><b>EVA 1 Start</b>: 16 September 1995 – 08:20 UTC</li> <li><b>EVA 1 End</b>: 16 September 1995 – 15:06 UTC</li> <li><b>Duration</b>: 6 hours, 46 minutes</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crew_seat_assignments">Crew seat assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-69&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Crew seat assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Seat<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Launch </th> <th>Landing </th> <td rowspan="8"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/150px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/225px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg/300px-Space_Shuttle_seating_plan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="834" /></a></span><br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td colspan="2">Walker </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td colspan="2">Cockrell </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Voss </td> <td>Gernhardt </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td colspan="2">Newman </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>Gernhardt </td> <td>Voss </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgray"><i>Unused</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgray"><i>Unused</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_highlights">Mission highlights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-69&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mission highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg/220px-Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg/330px-Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg/440px-Michael_Gernhardt_in_space_during_STS-69_in_1995.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3011" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut <a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Gernhardt" title="Michael L. Gernhardt">Michael Gernhardt</a>, who is attached to the Shuttle <i>Endeavour'</i>s robot arm during a spacewalk on the STS-69 mission in 1995. Unlike earlier spacewalking astronauts, Gernhardt was able to use an electronic cuff checklist, a prototype developed for the assembly of the International Space Station.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attempt</th> <th>Planned</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Turnaround</th> <th>Reason</th> <th>Decision point</th> <th>Weather go (%)</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="1995-08-31 11:04 AM !">31 Aug 1995, 11:04:00 am</span></td> <td>Scrubbed</td> <td>—</td> <td>Technical</td> <td><span data-sort-value="1995-08-31 3:30 !">31 Aug 1995, 3:30 am</span> (T−06:00:00 hold)</td> <td></td> <td>High condenser exit temperature in fuel cell #2.<sup id="cite_ref-ssmr_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 3">: 3 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="1995-09-07 11:09 AM !">7 Sep 1995, 11:09:00 am</span></td> <td>Success</td> <td>7 days 0 hours 5 minutes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The 11-day mission was the second flight of the <a href="/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility" title="Wake Shield Facility">Wake Shield Facility</a> (WSF), a saucer-shaped satellite that was to fly free of the Shuttle for several days. The purpose of the WSF was to <a href="/wiki/Thin-film_deposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Thin-film deposition">grow thin films</a> in a near perfect vacuum created by the wake of the satellite as it moved through space.<sup id="cite_ref-ssmr_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crew also deployed and retrieved the Spartan 201 astronomy satellite, performed a six-hour spacewalk to test assembly techniques for the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">international Space Station</a> and tested thermal improvements made to <a href="/wiki/Spacesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Spacesuit">spacesuits</a> used during space walks. </p><p>The Spartan 201 free-flyer made its third flight aboard the Shuttle. The Spartan 201 mission was a scientific research effort aimed at the investigation of the interaction between the Sun and its outflowing wind of charged particles. Spartan's goal was to study the outer atmosphere of the Sun and its transition into the solar wind that constantly flows past the Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-csr962_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csr962-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>STS-69 saw the first flight of the <a href="/wiki/International_Extreme_Ultraviolet_Hitchhiker" class="mw-redirect" title="International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker">International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker</a> (IEH-1), the first of five planned flights to measure and monitor long-term variations in the magnitude of absolute extreme ultraviolet (EUV) flux coming from the Sun, and to study EUV emissions from the plasma torus system around Jupiter originating from its moon Io.<sup id="cite_ref-69-archive_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69-archive-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also aboard <i>Endeavour</i> were the combined Capillary Pumped Loop-2<sup id="cite_ref-cplreport_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cplreport-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>/Gas Bridge Assembly<sup id="cite_ref-CPL3report_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPL3report-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (CAPL-2/GBA) payload. This experiment consisted of the CAPL-2 Hitchhiker payload designed as an in-orbit microgravity demonstration of a cooling system planned for the Earth Observing System Program and the Thermal Energy Storage-2 payload, part of an effort to develop advanced energy generation techniques. Also a part of this payload were several <a href="/wiki/Get_Away_Special" class="mw-redirect" title="Get Away Special">Getaway Special</a> (GAS) experiments which investigated areas such as the interaction of spacecraft attitude and orbit control systems with spacecraft structures, fluid-filled beams as structural dampers in space and the effects of smoldering combustion in a long-term microgravity environment. </p><p>Another payload flown with a connection to the development of the Space Station was the <a href="/wiki/Electrolysis" title="Electrolysis">Electrolysis</a> Performance Improvement Concept Study (EPICS). Supply of oxygen and hydrogen by electrolyzing water in space plays an important role in meeting NASA's needs and goals for future space missions. On-board generation of oxygen was expected to reduce the annual resupply requirement for the Space Station by approximately 5,400 kilograms (11,900 lb). </p><p>Other payloads aboard were the National Institutes of Health- Cells-4 (NIH-C4) experiment that investigates <a href="/wiki/Osteoporosis" title="Osteoporosis">bone loss</a> during space flight; the Biological Research in Canister-6 (BRIC-6) that studies the gravity-sensing mechanism within mammalian cells. Also flying were two commercial experiments. (CMIX-4) whose objectives included analysis of cell change in microgravity along with studies of neuro-muscular development disorders and the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus-7 (CGBA-7). 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1977 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests" title="Approach and Landing Tests">Approach and Landing Tests</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1981 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-2" title="STS-2">STS-2</a></li></ul></li> <li>1982 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-3" title="STS-3">STS-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-4" title="STS-4">STS-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-5" title="STS-5">STS-5</a></li></ul></li> <li>1983 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-6" title="STS-6">STS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-7" title="STS-7">STS-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-8" title="STS-8">STS-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-9" title="STS-9">STS-9</a></li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-B" title="STS-41-B">STS-41-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-D" title="STS-41-D">STS-41-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41-G" title="STS-41-G">STS-41-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-A" title="STS-51-A">STS-51-A</a></li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-C" title="STS-51-C">STS-51-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-D" title="STS-51-D">STS-51-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-B" title="STS-51-B">STS-51-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-G" title="STS-51-G">STS-51-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-F" title="STS-51-F">STS-51-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-I" title="STS-51-I">STS-51-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-J" title="STS-51-J">STS-51-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-B" title="STS-61-B">STS-61-B</a></li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C">STS-61-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51-L" title="STS-51-L">STS-51-L</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>1988 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-27" title="STS-27">STS-27</a></li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-29" title="STS-29">STS-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-30" title="STS-30">STS-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-28" title="STS-28">STS-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-34" title="STS-34">STS-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-32" title="STS-32">STS-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-36" title="STS-36">STS-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-31" title="STS-31">STS-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-41" title="STS-41">STS-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-38" title="STS-38">STS-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-35" title="STS-35">STS-35</a></li></ul></li> <li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-37" title="STS-37">STS-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-39" title="STS-39">STS-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-40" title="STS-40">STS-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-43" title="STS-43">STS-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-48" title="STS-48">STS-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-44" title="STS-44">STS-44</a></li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-42" title="STS-42">STS-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-45" title="STS-45">STS-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-49" title="STS-49">STS-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-50" title="STS-50">STS-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-46" title="STS-46">STS-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-47" title="STS-47">STS-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-52" title="STS-52">STS-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-53" title="STS-53">STS-53</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-54" title="STS-54">STS-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-56" title="STS-56">STS-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-55" title="STS-55">STS-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-57" title="STS-57">STS-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-51" title="STS-51">STS-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-58" title="STS-58">STS-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61" title="STS-61">STS-61</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-60" title="STS-60">STS-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62" title="STS-62">STS-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-59" title="STS-59">STS-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-65" title="STS-65">STS-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-64" title="STS-64">STS-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-68" title="STS-68">STS-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-66" title="STS-66">STS-66</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-63" title="STS-63">STS-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-67" title="STS-67">STS-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-71" title="STS-71">STS-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-74" title="STS-74">STS-74</a></li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-72" title="STS-72">STS-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-75" title="STS-75">STS-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-77" title="STS-77">STS-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-78" title="STS-78">STS-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-81" title="STS-81">STS-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-83" title="STS-83">STS-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-94" title="STS-94">STS-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-87" title="STS-87">STS-87</a></li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-89" title="STS-89">STS-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-90" title="STS-90">STS-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-91" title="STS-91">STS-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-95" title="STS-95">STS-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-88" title="STS-88">STS-88</a></li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-96" title="STS-96">STS-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-103" title="STS-103">STS-103</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-99" title="STS-99">STS-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-101" title="STS-101">STS-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-106" title="STS-106">STS-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-92" title="STS-92">STS-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-97" title="STS-97">STS-97</a></li></ul></li> <li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-98" title="STS-98">STS-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-102" title="STS-102">STS-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-100" title="STS-100">STS-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-104" title="STS-104">STS-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-105" title="STS-105">STS-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-108" title="STS-108">STS-108</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-109" title="STS-109">STS-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-110" title="STS-110">STS-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-111" title="STS-111">STS-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-112" title="STS-112">STS-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-113" title="STS-113">STS-113</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-107" title="STS-107">STS-107</a>†</li></ul></li> <li>2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-114" title="STS-114">STS-114</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-121" title="STS-121">STS-121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-115" title="STS-115">STS-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-116" title="STS-116">STS-116</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-117" title="STS-117">STS-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-118" title="STS-118">STS-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-120" title="STS-120">STS-120</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-123" title="STS-123">STS-123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-124" title="STS-124">STS-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-126" title="STS-126">STS-126</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-119" title="STS-119">STS-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-125" title="STS-125">STS-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-127" title="STS-127">STS-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-128" title="STS-128">STS-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-129" title="STS-129">STS-129</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-130" title="STS-130">STS-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-131" title="STS-131">STS-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-132" title="STS-132">STS-132</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Cancelled</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">STS-41-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-E" title="STS-61-E">STS-61-E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-F" title="STS-61-F">STS-61-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-G" title="STS-61-G">STS-61-G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-H" title="STS-61-H">STS-61-H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-62-A" title="STS-62-A">STS-62-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-M" title="STS-61-M">STS-61-M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-J" title="STS-61-J">STS-61-J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">STS-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-3xx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-400" title="STS-400">STS-400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Orbiters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">report</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Columbia</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Columbia disaster">disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Accident_Investigation_Board" title="Columbia Accident Investigation Board">investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Discovery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour">Endeavour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise" title="Space Shuttle Enterprise">Enterprise</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>†</sup> indicates failure missions.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="←_1994Orbital_launches_in_19951996_→618" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Orbital_launches_in_1995" title="Template:Orbital launches in 1995"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Orbital_launches_in_1995" title="Template talk:Orbital launches in 1995"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Orbital_launches_in_1995" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Orbital launches in 1995"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="←_1994Orbital_launches_in_19951996_→618" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/1994_in_spaceflight" title="1994 in spaceflight">← 1994</a></div><a href="/wiki/1995_in_spaceflight" title="1995 in spaceflight"><span class="vevent"><span class="summary">Orbital launches in <span class="dtstart">1995</span></span></span></a><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1996_in_spaceflight" title="1996 in spaceflight">1996 →</a></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_704" title="Intelsat 704">Intelsat 704</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Express_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Express 1 (page does not exist)">Express 1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tsikada_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tsikada 1 (page does not exist)">Tsikada 1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Faisat_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Faisat 1 (page does not exist)">Faisat 1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Astrid_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Astrid 1 (page does not exist)">Astrid 1</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apstar_2" title="Apstar 2">Apstar 2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-108&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-108 (page does not exist)">USA-108</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-63" title="STS-63">STS-63</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=SPARTAN-204&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPARTAN-204 (page does not exist)">SPARTAN-204</a>, <a href="/wiki/ODERACS_2A" class="mw-redirect" title="ODERACS 2A">ODERACS 2A</a>, <a href="/wiki/ODERACS_2B" class="mw-redirect" title="ODERACS 2B">ODERACS 2B</a>, <a href="/wiki/ODERACS_2C" class="mw-redirect" title="ODERACS 2C">ODERACS 2C</a>, <a href="/wiki/ODERACS_2D" class="mw-redirect" title="ODERACS 2D">ODERACS 2D</a>, <a href="/wiki/ODERACS_2E" class="mw-redirect" title="ODERACS 2E">ODERACS 2E</a>, <a href="/wiki/ODERACS_2F" class="mw-redirect" title="ODERACS 2F">ODERACS 2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-26" title="Progress M-26">Progress M-26</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foton_No.10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Foton No.10 (page does not exist)">Foton #10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-67" title="STS-67">STS-67</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2306&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2306 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2306</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2307&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2307 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2307</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2308&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2308 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2308</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2309&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2309 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2309</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-21" title="Soyuz TM-21">Soyuz TM-21</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Flyer_Unit" title="Space Flyer Unit">SFU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himawari_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Himawari 5">Himawari 5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2310&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2310 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_705" title="Intelsat 705">Intelsat 705</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2311&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2311 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2311</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-109 (page does not exist)">USA-109</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurwin_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurwin 1 (page does not exist)">Gurwin 1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=EKA-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EKA-2 (page does not exist)">EKA-2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=UNAMSAT-A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UNAMSAT-A (page does not exist)">UNAMSAT-A</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brasilsat_B2" title="Brasilsat B2">Brasilsat B2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hot_Bird_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Bird 1">Hot Bird 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM1 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM2 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=OrbView-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OrbView-1 (page does not exist)">OrbView-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofek-3" class="mw-redirect" title="Ofek-3">Ofek-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AMSC-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AMSC-1 (page does not exist)">AMSC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-27" title="Progress M-27">Progress M-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Remote-Sensing_Satellite" title="European Remote-Sensing Satellite">ERS-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-110&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-110 (page does not exist)">USA-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_706" title="Intelsat 706">Intelsat 706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spektr" title="Spektr">Spektr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES_9" title="GOES 9">GOES 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2312" title="Kosmos 2312">Kosmos 2312</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-111&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-111 (page does not exist)">USA-111</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2313&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2313 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2313</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DirecTV-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DirecTV-3 (page does not 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title="UPMSat (page does not exist)">UPMSat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-112&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-112 (page does not exist)">USA-112</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-70" title="STS-70">STS-70</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/TDRS-7" title="TDRS-7">TDRS-7</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-28" title="Progress M-28">Progress M-28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2316&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2316 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2316</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2317&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2317 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2317</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2318&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2318 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2318</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-113&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-113 (page does not exist)">USA-113</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interbol_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interbol 1 (page does not exist)">Interbol 1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maigon_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maigon 4 (page does not exist)">Maigon 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intelsat_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intelsat 4 (page does not exist)">PAS-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe*Star_B" class="mw-redirect" title="Europe*Star B">Koreasat 1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya_3-59&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya 3-59 (page does not exist)">Molniya 3-59</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=GEMStar_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GEMStar 1 (page does not exist)">GEMStar 1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-3" title="JCSAT-3">JCSAT-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-STAR_a" title="N-STAR a">N-STAR a</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2319&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2319 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sich-1" title="Sich-1">Sich-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/FASat-Alfa" title="FASat-Alfa">FASat-Alfa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-22" title="Soyuz TM-22">Soyuz TM-22</a></u></li> <li><u><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-69</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=SPARTAN-201&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPARTAN-201 (page does not exist)">SPARTAN-201</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility" title="Wake Shield Facility">WSF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telstar_4" title="Telstar 4">Telstar 402R</a></li> <li><a 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