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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-29" title="STS-29 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="STS-29" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS%E2%80%9329" title="STS–29 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="STS–29" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-29" title="STS-29 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="STS-29" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li 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.infobox-header{background:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .ib-edit-wd{float:right}</style><table class="infobox ib-spaceflight"><caption class="infobox-title">STS-29</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg/260px-Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg/390px-Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg/520px-Earth_through_the_bay_door2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/TDRS-4" title="TDRS-4">TDRS-D</a> being deployed on Flight Day 1 of the mission.</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>-29<br />STS-29R</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"><a href="/wiki/TDRS-4" title="TDRS-4">TDRS-D deployment</a></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=1989-021A">1989-021A</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/Q281355#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">19882<span style="float:right"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281355?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">4 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 50 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance travelled</th><td class="infobox-data">3,200,000 km (2,000,000 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbits completed</th><td class="infobox-data">80</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_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery"><i>Discovery</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">116,281 kg (256,356 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing mass</th><td class="infobox-data">88,353 kg (194,785 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Payload mass</th><td class="infobox-data">17,280 kg (38,100 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/Michael_Coats" title="Michael Coats">Michael Coats</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Blaha" title="John E. Blaha">John E. Blaha</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Springer" title="Robert C. Springer">Robert C. Springer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_Buchli" title="James Buchli">James Buchli</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_P._Bagian" title="James P. Bagian">James P. Bagian</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">March 13, 1989, 14:57:00<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">March 13, 1989, 14:57:00</span>)</span><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> (9:57<span class="nowrap"> </span>am<span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time">EST</a>)</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_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">LC-39B</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_International" title="Rockwell International">Rockwell International</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">March 18, 1989, 14:35:50<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">March 18, 1989, 14:35:50</span>)</span><span class="nowrap"> </span>UTC (6:35:50<span class="nowrap"> </span>am<span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Landing site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards</a>, Runway<span class="nowrap"> </span>22</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 orbit</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 orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">297 km (185 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">308 km (191 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">28.45°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">90.60 minutes</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Instruments</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Maui_Optical_and_Supercomputing_observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory">Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory</a> (AMOS)</li><li>Chromosomes and Plant Cell Division in Space (CHROMEX)</li><li>Protein Crystal Growth (PCG)</li><li>Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element (SHARE)</li><li>Two Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sts-29-patch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sts-29-patch.png/180px-Sts-29-patch.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sts-29-patch.png/270px-Sts-29-patch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sts-29-patch.png/360px-Sts-29-patch.png 2x" data-file-width="716" data-file-height="714" /></a></span><br />STS-29 mission patch<br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-29_crew.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/STS-29_crew.jpg/220px-STS-29_crew.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/STS-29_crew.jpg/330px-STS-29_crew.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/STS-29_crew.jpg/440px-STS-29_crew.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7760" data-file-height="6540" /></a></span><br />Back row: <a href="/wiki/James_P._Bagian" title="James P. Bagian">Bagian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Springer" title="Robert C. Springer">Springer</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Buchli" title="James Buchli">Buchli</a><br />Front row: <a href="/wiki/John_E._Blaha" title="John E. Blaha">Blaha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Coats" title="Michael Coats">Coats</a><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-27" title="STS-27">STS-27</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/STS-30" title="STS-30">STS-30</a> (29) →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>STS-29</b> was the 28th <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> mission, during which <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i></a> inserted a <a href="/wiki/U.S._tracking_and_data_relay_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. tracking and data relay satellite">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite</a> (TDRS) into <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-STS-29_Press_Kit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS-29_Press_Kit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the third shuttle mission following the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster"><i>Challenger</i> disaster</a> in 1986, and launched from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, on March 13, 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1989-03-14_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes_1989-03-14-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>STS-29R</b> was the eighth flight of <i>Discovery</i> and the 28th Space Shuttle mission overall; its planned predecessor, <a href="/wiki/STS-28" title="STS-28">STS-28</a>, was delayed until August 1989. </p><p>The mission was technically designated <b>STS-29R</b> as the original STS-29 designator belonged to <a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">STS-61-A</a>, the 22nd Space Shuttle mission. Official documentation and paperwork for that mission contained the designator STS-29 when it was allocated to Space Shuttle <i>Columbia</i> and later as STS-30 when allocated to <i>Challenger</i>. As <a href="/wiki/STS-51-L" title="STS-51-L">STS-51-L</a> was designated STS-33, future flights with the <a href="/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a> through <a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a> designators would require the <b>R</b> in their documentation to avoid conflicts in tracking data from one mission to another. </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-29&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/Michael_Coats" title="Michael Coats">Michael Coats</a><br />Second spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Pilot </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_E._Blaha" title="John E. Blaha">John E. Blaha</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 1 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Springer" title="Robert C. Springer">Robert C. Springer</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 2<br />Flight Engineer </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Buchli" title="James Buchli">James Buchli</a><br />Third spaceflight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Mission Specialist 3 </th> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_P._Bagian" title="James P. Bagian">James P. Bagian</a><br />First spaceflight </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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-29&action=edit&section=2" 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-Spacefacts_STS-29_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spacefacts_STS-29-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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">Coats </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td colspan="2">Blaha </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Springer </td> <td>Bagian </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td colspan="2">Buchli </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>Bagian </td> <td>Springer </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_summary">Mission summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-29&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mission summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Discovery</i> lifted off from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">Launch Complex 39B</a>, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:57:00 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a> on March 13, 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-Chen_2012_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chen_2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The launch was originally scheduled for February 18, 1989, but was postponed to allow for the replacement of faulty <a href="/wiki/Liquid_oxygen" title="Liquid oxygen">liquid oxygen</a> turbopumps on the three main engines. The amended target date of March 11, 1989, was postponed by 1 day, because of the failure of a master event controller (MEC); #2 when it was powered up during prelaunch checkout,<sup id="cite_ref-STIsummary_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STIsummary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as an additional day to replace a faulty fuel preburner oxidizer valve (FPOV).<sup id="cite_ref-STIsummary_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STIsummary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the rescheduled launch day of March 13, 1989, the launch was delayed for nearly two hours because of ground fog and high upper winds.<sup id="cite_ref-STIsummary_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STIsummary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A waiver was approved for the orbiter's wing loads. </p><p>The primary payload was <a href="/wiki/TDRS-4" title="TDRS-4">TDRS-D</a>, the third and final component of the <a href="/wiki/Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite_System" title="Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System</a> (TDRSS) constellation in <a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit" title="Geosynchronous orbit">geosynchronous orbit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-STS-29_Press_Kit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STS-29_Press_Kit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three on-orbit satellites were stationed over the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a> at about 35,900 km (22,300 mi) above Earth; two of them were positioned 130° apart, while the third was located between them as an on-orbit spare. </p><p>On Flight Day 1, one of three cryogenic hydrogen tanks which supplied shuttle's electricity-generating fuel cells exhibited erratic pressure fluctuations. It was deactivated while engineers studied the problem, and the crew was told to conserve electrical power. The tank was reactivated on Flight Day 3, March 15, 1989, and operated successfully thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-MSER_STS-29_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSER_STS-29-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Discovery</i> landed on March 18, 1989, after orbit 80, one orbit earlier than planned, in order to avoid possible excessive wind buildup expected at the landing site. The shuttle touched down on Runway 22 at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, at 9:35:51 a.m. EST. The total mission duration was 4 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, and 52 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-STIsummary_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STIsummary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Payload_and_experiments">Payload and experiments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-29&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Payload and experiments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TDRS_horizon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/TDRS_horizon.jpg/220px-TDRS_horizon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/TDRS_horizon.jpg/330px-TDRS_horizon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/TDRS_horizon.jpg/440px-TDRS_horizon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1274" data-file-height="1164" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/TDRS-4" title="TDRS-4">TDRS-4</a> after deployment</figcaption></figure> <p>The mission's primary payload was TDRS-D,<sup id="cite_ref-STIsummary_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STIsummary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which became TDRS-4 after deployment, and its attached <a href="/wiki/Inertial_Upper_Stage" title="Inertial Upper Stage">Inertial Upper Stage</a> (IUS). The satellite was deployed from the shuttle's payload bay less than six hours after launch, at 3:12 a.m. EST. The first-stage orbit burn of the IUS took place an hour later, and the second burn to circularize the orbit occurred 12 hours and 30 minutes into the mission. The satellite was stationed at 41.0° West <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a>. </p><p><i>Discovery</i> also carried eight <a href="/wiki/Secondary_payload" title="Secondary payload">secondary payloads</a>, including two Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments. One student experiment, using four live <a href="/wiki/Rat" title="Rat">rats</a> with tiny pieces of bone removed from their bodies, was to test whether the environmental effects of space flight inhibit bone healing. The other student experiment was to fly 32 <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">chicken</a> <a href="/wiki/Egg_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (food)">eggs</a> to determine the effects of space flight on fertilized chicken <a href="/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">embryos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_1990_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown_1990-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One experiment, mounted in the payload bay, was only termed "partially successful". The Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element (SHARE), a potential cooling system for the planned <a href="/wiki/Space_Station_Freedom" title="Space Station Freedom">Space Station <i>Freedom</i></a>, operated continuously for less than 30 minutes under powered electrical loads. The failure was blamed on the faulty design of the equipment, especially the manifold section.<sup id="cite_ref-AIAA_Share_Paper_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIAA_Share_Paper-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All other experiments operated successfully. <a href="/wiki/Crystal" title="Crystal">Crystals</a> were obtained from all the <a href="/wiki/Protein" title="Protein">proteins</a> in the Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) experiment. The Chromosomes and Plant Cell Division in Space (CHROMEX), a life sciences experiment, was designed to show the effects of <a href="/wiki/Micro-g_environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Micro-g environment">microgravity</a> on root development. An <a href="/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX</a> (70 mm) camera was used to film a variety of scenes for the 1990 IMAX film <a href="/wiki/Blue_Planet_(film)" title="Blue Planet (film)"><i>Blue Planet</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes_1989-03-18_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes_1989-03-18-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the effects of floods, hurricanes, wildfires and volcanic eruptions on Earth. A ground-based <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> experiment used the orbiter as a calibration target for the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Maui_Optical_and_Supercomputing_observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory">Air Force Maui Optical Site</a> (AMOS) in <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SOAR_90_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOAR_90-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wake-up_calls">Wake-up calls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-29&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wake-up calls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the <a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Project Gemini</a>, and first used music to wake up a flight crew during <a href="/wiki/Apollo_15" title="Apollo 15">Apollo 15</a>. Each track is specially chosen, often by the astronauts' families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Wakeup_Calls_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wakeup_Calls-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Flight Day </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Artist/Composer </th></tr> <tr> <td>Day 2 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_You_(I_Feel_Good)" title="I Got You (I Feel Good)">I Got You (I Feel Good)</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 3 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Hymn" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Corps Hymn">Marine Corps Hymn</a>" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 4 </td> <td>"Theme from <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series"><i>Star Trek: TOS</i></a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Courage" title="Alexander Courage">Alexander Courage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 5 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Heigh-Ho" title="Heigh-Ho">Heigh-Ho</a>" </td> <td>Song from the <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)" title="Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)">Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day 6 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Wonderful_World" title="What a Wonderful World">What a Wonderful World</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-29&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-29_Launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Liftoff of STS-29"><img alt="Liftoff of STS-29" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/STS-29_Launch.jpg/110px-STS-29_Launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/STS-29_Launch.jpg/165px-STS-29_Launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/STS-29_Launch.jpg/220px-STS-29_Launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2756" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Liftoff of STS-29</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-29_External_Tank.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The External Tank after separation"><img alt="The External Tank after separation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/STS-29_External_Tank.jpg/120px-STS-29_External_Tank.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/STS-29_External_Tank.jpg/180px-STS-29_External_Tank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/STS-29_External_Tank.jpg/240px-STS-29_External_Tank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4565" data-file-height="4565" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_External_Tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Shuttle External Tank">External Tank</a> after separation</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Closeup shot of the deployment of TDRS-D"><img alt="Closeup shot of the deployment of TDRS-D" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg/120px-1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg/180px-1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg/240px-1989_s29_TDRS-D_deployment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Closeup shot of the deployment of TDRS-D</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Natron, Tanzania, imaged from orbit."><img alt="Lake Natron, Tanzania, imaged from orbit." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg/120px-EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg/180px-EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg/240px-EFS_highres_STS029_STS029-92-38.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Natron" title="Lake Natron">Lake Natron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, imaged from orbit.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=STS-29&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Retired</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On display</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. 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Udvar-Hazy Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_in_Space" title="Destiny in Space">Destiny in Space</a></i> (1994 documentary)</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="U.S._Space_Shuttle_missions" 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 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missions</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Completed<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_crews" title="List of Space Shuttle crews">(crews)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/STS-69" title="STS-69">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="←_1988Orbital_launches_in_19891990_→" 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 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→</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="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1987&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1987 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1987</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1988&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1988 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1988</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1989&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1989 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1990&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1990 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1991&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1991 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorizont_No.29L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorizont No.29L (page does not exist)">Gorizont No.29L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1992&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1992 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_VA_F-15" title="Intelsat VA F-15">Intelsat VA F-15</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1993&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1993 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1993</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><a href="/wiki/Progress_40" title="Progress 40">Progress 40</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1994&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1994 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1994</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1995&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1995 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1995</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1996&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1996 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1996</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1997&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1997 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1997</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1998&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1998 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1998</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_1999&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 1999 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2000&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2000 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2001" title="Kosmos 2001">Kosmos 2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2002&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2002 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-35" title="USA-35">USA-35</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1_No.84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1 No.84 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1 No.84</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2003&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2003 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akebono_(satellite)" title="Akebono (satellite)">Akebono</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2004&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2004 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meteor-2_No.22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meteor-2 No.22 (page does not exist)">Meteor-2 No.22</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><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2005&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2005 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-1" title="JCSAT-1">JCSAT-1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meteosat_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meteosat 4 (page does not exist)">Meteosat 4</a></li> <li><u><a class="mw-selflink selflink">STS-29</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/TDRS-4" title="TDRS-4">TDRS-4</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2006 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_41" title="Progress 41">Progress 41</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2007&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2007 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2008&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2008 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2008</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2009&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2009 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2009</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2010&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2010 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2010</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2011&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2011 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2011</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2012&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2012 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2012</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2013&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2013 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2013</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2014&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2014 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2014</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2015&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2015 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-36 (page does not exist)">USA-36</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="/wiki/Tele-X" title="Tele-X">Tele-X</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2016&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2016 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2017&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2017 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gran%27_No.33L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gran' No.33L (page does not exist)">Gran' No.33L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2018&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2018 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foton_No.5L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Foton No.5L (page does not exist)">Foton No.5L</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><u><a href="/wiki/STS-30" title="STS-30">STS-30</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Magellan_(spacecraft)" title="Magellan (spacecraft)">Magellan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2019&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2019 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-37&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-37 (page does not exist)">USA-37</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2020&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2020 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2021&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2021 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resurs-F1_No.45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resurs-F1 No.45 (page does not exist)">Resurs-F1 No.45</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pion_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pion 1 (page does not exist)">Pion 1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pion_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pion 2 (page does not exist)">Pion 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2022&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2022 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2022</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2023&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2023 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2023</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2024&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2024 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2024</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_2025&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2025 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 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exist)">USA-39</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2028&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2028 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2028</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Globus_No.11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globus No.11 (page does not exist)">Globus No.11</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resurs-F1_No.46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resurs-F1 No.46 (page does not exist)">Resurs-F1 No.46</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</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=Nadezhda_No.403&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nadezhda No.403 (page does not exist)">Nadezhda No.403</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2029&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2029 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2029</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorizont_No.27L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorizont No.27L (page does not exist)">Gorizont No.27L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympus_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympus F1">Olympus F1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2030&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2030 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2030</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resurs-F1_No.47&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resurs-F1 No.47 (page does not exist)">Resurs-F1 No.47</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pion_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pion 3 (page does not exist)">Pion 3</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pion_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pion 4 (page does not exist)">Pion 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2031&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2031 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2031</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2032&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2032 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2032</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2033&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2033 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2033</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2034&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2034 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2034</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=Kosmos_2035&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2035 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2035</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-28" title="STS-28">STS-28</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-40 (page does not exist)">USA-40</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-41&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-41 (page does not exist)">USA-41</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TV-SAT_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TV-SAT 2 (page does not exist)">TV-SAT 2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hipparcos_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hipparcos (satellite) (page does not exist)">Hipparcos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resurs-F2_No.4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resurs-F2 No.4 (page does not exist)">Resurs-F2 No.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-42" title="USA-42">USA-42</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2036&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2036 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2036</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-1" title="Progress M-1">Progress M-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius 1">Marco Polo 1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2037&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2037 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2037</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><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-43&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-43 (page does not exist)">USA-43</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-44 (page does not exist)">USA-44</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Himawari_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Himawari 4 (page does not exist)">Himawari 4</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-8" title="Soyuz TM-8">Soyuz TM-8</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-45 (page does not exist)">USA-45</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resurs-F1_No.48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resurs-F1 No.48 (page does not exist)">Resurs-F1 No.48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2038&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2038 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2038</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2039&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2039 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2039</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2040&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2040 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2040</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2041&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2041 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2041</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2042&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2042 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2042</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2043&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2043 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2043</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2044" title="Kosmos 2044">Kosmos 2044</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2045&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2045 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2045</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-46 (page does not exist)">USA-46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1_No.69&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1 No.69 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1 No.69</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2046&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2046 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2046</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interkosmos_24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interkosmos 24 (page does not exist)">Interkosmos 24</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Magion_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magion 2 (page does not exist)">Magion 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorizont_No.31L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorizont No.31L (page does not exist)">Gorizont No.31L</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2049&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2049 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2049</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_Background_Explorer" title="Cosmic Background Explorer">COBE</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-48 (page does not exist)">USA-48</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2050" title="Kosmos 2050">Kosmos 2050</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2051&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2051 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2051</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kvant_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kvant 2 (page does not exist)">Kvant 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-3_No.46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-3 No.46 (page does not exist)">Molniya-3 No.46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2052&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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