1993 in spaceflight

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Launches

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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1993.


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Date/Time
(GMT)		 Rocket Site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay
(GMT)		 Outcome Remarks
January 12, 11:10:17 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-133/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2230 (Tsikada) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
January 13, 01:49:00 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Molniya-1-85 MOM Molniya Comsat November 15, 2005 Successful
January 13, 13:59:30 GMT[1] Flag of the United StatesSpace Shuttle Endeavour[2] Flag of the United StatesLC-39B, Kennedy Flag of the United StatesUSA Flag of the United StatesSTS-54, 5 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight Successful January 19, 1993, 13:37:47 GMT
Flag of the United StatesTDRS-6 (TDRS-F) NASA GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
January 19, 14:49:01 GMT Soyuz-U LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2231 (Yantar-4K2-66) MOM LEO Reconnaissance March 25, 1993 Successful
January 24, 05:58:05 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Soyuz TM-16 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight July 22, 1993 Successful
January 26, 15:55:26 GMT Molniya-M LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2232 (Oko) MOM Molniya Missile defence Still in orbit Successful so far
January 27, 10:43:41 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA PHAZE NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research January 27, 1993 Failure Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
Failed before reaching space
January 28 HPB Wake Island Orbital US Air Force Sub-orbital Reentry vehicle test January 28, 1993 Successful Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
February 3, 02:55:00 GMT Delta II (7925) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-88 (GPS-IIA-18) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
February 5, 16:24 GMT Storm SULF, White Sands US Air Force BTTV-3 Validation US Air Force Sub-orbital Test flight February 5, 1993 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
February 7 Prithvi Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Missile test February 7, 1993 Successful Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
February 8, 20:00 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Solar research February 8, 1993 Successful Apogee: 289 kilometres (180 mi)
February 9, 02:56:56 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-133/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2233 (Parus) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
February 9, 14:30 GMT Pegasus NB-52, Kennedy Orbital Orbcomm SCD-1 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Orbcomm CDS-1 Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
February 11 HPB Wake Island Orbital Orbital Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test February 11, 1993 Failure Apogee: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
February 17, 20:09:47 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2234 (GLONASS) MOM MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2235 (GLONASS) MOM MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2236 (GLONASS) MOM MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
February 18, 07:00 GMT S-520 LA-K, Kagoshima ISAS METS ISAS Sub-orbital Ionosphere and Plasma research February 18, 1993 Successful Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
February 19, 13:45 GMT RH-560 Sriharikota ISRO ISRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere research, Barium release February 19, 1993 Successful Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
February 19, 13:15 GMT RH-560 Sriharikota ISRO ISRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere research, Barium release February 19, 1993 Successful PRL/Sridharan
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
February 19, 18:00 GMT Black Brant 9CM1 LC-36, White Sands SSI CONSORT-6 SSI Sub-orbital Microgravity research February 19, 1993 Successful Apogee: 301 kilometres (187 mi)
February 20, 02:20 GMT Mu-3S-II LA-M1, Kagoshima ISAS Asuka (ASTRO-D) ISAS LEO Astronomy March 2, 2001 Successful
February 21, 18:32:33 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-16 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir March 27, 1993 Successful
February 25, 13:40 GMT Topol' Plesetsk RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital Missile test February 25, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
February 26, 20:45 GMT Polaris (STARS) LC-42, Barking Sands SDC FTU-1 SDC Sub-orbital Test flight February 26, 1993 Successful Maiden flight of STARS
Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi)
March 2 Peacekeeper LF-02, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight March 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
March 8, 00:15 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS 29 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy March 8, 1993 Successful 140 kilometres (87 mi)
March 10, 13:38 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-30 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy March 10, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
March 10 Minuteman III LF26, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force GT-151GB US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight March 10, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
March 16, 02:12:41 GMT Black Brant 9CM1 LA-2, Wallops Island SDIO SPEAR 3 SDIO Sub-orbital Plasma research March 16, 1993 Successful Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
March 22 Sonda-2 Alcântara INPE/IAE Maruda INPE Sub-orbital Ionosphere research March 22, 1993 Successful Apogee: 102 kilometres (63 mi)
March 25, 02:28:00 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur VKS Raduga-29 MOM GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
March 25, 13:15:27 GMT Start-1 LC-158, Plesetsk RVSN EKA MO RF LEO Tecnnology demonstration Still in orbit Successful so far
March 25, 21:38 GMT Atlas I LC-36B, Cape Canaveral General Dynamics UHF-1 US Navy GEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure Booster engine failure left spacecraft in useless orbit
March 26, 02:21:00 GMT Zenit-2 LC-45/1, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2237 (Tselina-2) MO RF LEO ELINT Still in orbit Successful
March 30, 03:09:00 GMT Delta II (7925) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-90 (GPS-IIA-19) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
March 30, 12:00:00 GMT Tsyklon-2 LC-90, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2238 (US-PM) MO RF LEO Naval reconnaissance December 10, 1994 Successful
March 31, 03:34:13 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-17 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir March 3, 1994 Successful
April 1, 18:57:26 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-133/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2239 (Parus) MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
April 2, 10:09 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA Alaska 93 NASA/ UCB Sub-orbital Ionosphere research April 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,425 kilometres (885 mi)
April 2, 14:30:01 GMT Soyuz-U LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2240 (Yantar-4K2) MOM LEO Reconnaissance June 7, 1993 Successful
April 6, 19:07:27 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/4, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2241 (Oko) MOM Molniya Missile defence Still in orbit Successful so far
April 8, 05:29:00 GMT[1] Flag of the United StatesSpace Shuttle Discovery[3] Flag of the United StatesLC-39B, Kennedy Flag of the United StatesUSA Flag of the United StatesSTS-56, 5 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight April 17, 1993, 11:37:19 GMT Successful
Flag of Europe/Flag of the United StatesAtlas-2 (Spacelab) ESA/NASA Solar research Successful
Flag of the United StatesSPARTAN-201 NASA Solar research Successful Deployed from Discovery on April 11, retrieved on April 13
April 12, 17:18 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NIXT NASA Sub-orbital Solar research April 12, 1993 Successful Apogee: 226 kilometres (140 mi)
April 16, 07:49:00 GMT Tsyklon-3 Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2242 (Tselina) MO RF LEO ELINT Still in orbit Successful so far
April 17, 09:15 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA SXT NASA/UoC Sub-orbital X-Ray astronomy April 17, 1993 Successful Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
April 19, 05:50 GMT RH-560 Sriharikota ISRO SPICE-3 ISRO Sub-orbital Ionosphere research April 19, 1993 Successful Apogee: 323 kilometres (201 mi)
April 21, 00:23:00 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/4, Plesetsk VKS Molniya-3-57L MOM Molniya Comsat January 25, 2004 Successful
April 25, 13:56 GMT Pegasus NB-52, Edwards AFB Orbital Alexis STP LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful so far
Orbcomm CDS-2 (VSUME) Orbcomm LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
April 26, 14:50:00 GMT[1] Flag of the United StatesSpace Shuttle Columbia[4] Flag of the United StatesLC-39A, Kennedy Flag of the United StatesUSA Flag of the United StatesSTS-55, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight May 6, 1993, 14:30 GMT Successful
Spacelab D-2 NASA/DLR LEO Microgravity research Successful
April 27, 10:35:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-31/6, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2243 (Yantar-1KFT) MOM LEO Reconnaissance satellite May 6, 1993 Failure Mission aborted after six days
April 28, 03:39:20 GMT Tsyklon-2 LC-90, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2244 (US-PM) MO RF LEO Naval reconnaissance March 18, 1995 Successful
May 1, 05:35 GMT Skylark 7 LA-S, Esrange DLR TEXUS 30 DLR Sub-orbital Microgravity research May 1, 1993 Successful Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi)
May 6, 15:38 GMT Black Brant 8C Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research May 6, 1993 Successful Apogee: 271 kilometres (168 mi)
May 11, 14:56:01 GMT Tsyklon-3 Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2245 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2246 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2247 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2248 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2249 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2250 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
May 12, 00:56:32 GMT Ariane 4 (42L) ELA-2, CSG Arianespace Astra 1C SES Astra GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Arsene (Oscar-24) RACE/AMSAT MEO Amateur radio satellite Still in orbit Partial failure VHF transponder failed during launch, UHF/S-band transponder failed on September 6, 1993 making satellite unusable
May 13, 00:07:00 GMT Delta II (7925) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-91 (GPS-IIA-20) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
May 14, 01:10 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-31 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy May 14, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
May 19, 00:47 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-32 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy May 19, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
May 21, 09:15:01 GMT Soyuz-U LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Resurs-F-17 MOM LEO Remote sensing June 20, 1993 Successful
May 22, 06:41:47 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-18 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir July 4, 1993 Successful
May 23, 09:17 GMT LCLV LC-20, Cape Canaveral BMDO Red Tigress 2A BMDO Sub-orbital Target May 23, 1993 Successful Apogee: 378 kilometres (235 mi)
May 26, 03:23 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/4, Plesetsk VKS Molniya-1-86 MOM Molniya Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
May 26, 09:43 GMT Nike-Orion Biscarosse DLR DLR/Aerospatiale Sub-orbital Test flight May 26, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
May 27, 01:22:00 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur VKS Gorizont-28 RSCC Intended: GEO Comsat May 27, 1993 Failure
May 28, 08:34 GMT LCLV LC-20, Cape Canaveral BMDO BMDO Sub-orbital Target May 28, 1993 Successful Apogee: 390 kilometres (240 mi)
May 29 Hwasong 6 Musudan DPRK DPRK Sub-orbital Missile test May 29, 1993 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
May 29 Hwasong 6 Musudan DPRK DPRK Sub-orbital Missile test May 29, 1993 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
May 29 Nodong 1 Musudan DPRK DPRK Sub-orbital Missile test May 29, 1993 Successful Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
May 30 Hwasong 6 Musudan DPRK DPRK Sub-orbital Missile test May 30, 1993 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
June 15, 17:30 GMT Minuteman IB LF-03, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force RSLP TDT-1 US Air Force Sub-orbital Target June 15, 1993 Failure Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
June 16, 04:39 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy June 16, 1993 Successful Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi)
June 16, 04:17:00 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132/1, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2251 (Strela-2M) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
June 21, 13:07:22 GMT[1] Flag of the United StatesSpace Shuttle Endeavour[5] Flag of the United StatesLC-39B, Kennedy Flag of the United StatesUSA Flag of the United StatesSTS-57, 6 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight July 1, 1993, 12:52 GMT Successful
SpaceHAB SH-01 NASA/SpaceHAB LEO Microgravity research Successful
June 22 Aries LC-36, White Sands Orbital BMDO Sub-orbital Technology demonstration June 22, 1993 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
June 24, 04:12:41 GMT Tsyklon-3 Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2252 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2253 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2254 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2255 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2256 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kosmos-2257 (Strela-3) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
June 25, 00:18:00 GMT Ariane 4 (42P) ELA-2, CSG Arianespace Galaxy-4H Hughes GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
June 25, 08:20:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Resurs-F-18 MOM LEO Remote sensing July 12, 1993 Successful
June 25, 23:30 GMT Scout G-1 SLC-5, Vandenberg AFB NASA RADCAL (P92-1) USAF/STP LEO (Polar) Radar calibration Still in orbit Successful so far
June 26, 13:27:00 GMT Delta II (7925) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-92 (GPS IIA-21) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
PMG NASA LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful so far
June Prithvi Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Missile test Within an hour of launch Successful Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
July 1, 14:32:58 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Soyuz TM-17 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight January 14, 1994 Successful
July 2 Minuteman III LF-09, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force GT-152GM US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight July 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
July 7, 07:15:00 GMT Tsyklon-2 Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2258 (US-PM) MO RF LEO Naval reconnaissance June 8, 1995 Successful
July 7 Trident D-5 USS PennsylvaniaTemplate:WP Ships USS instances, ETR US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight July 7, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 7 Trident D-5 USS PennsylvaniaTemplate:WP Ships USS instances, ETR US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight July 7, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 14, 03:19 GMT Peacekeeper LF-05, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight July 14, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 14, 16:40:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2259 (Yantar-4K2) MOM LEO Reconnaissance July 25, 1993 Successful
July 19, 22:04 GMT Atlas II/IABS LC-36A, Cape Canaveral General Dynamics USA-93 (DSCS IIIB-9) US Air Force GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
July 22, 08:25 GMT Black Brant X Wallops Island NASA WISP-2 NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research July 22, 1993 Successful Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi)
July 22, 08:45:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2260 (Zenit-8) MOM LEO Reconnaissance August 5, 1993 Successful
July 22, 22:58:55 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG Arianespace Hispasat 1B Hispasat GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Insat 2B ISRO GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
July 23, 08:22 GMT Topol' Plesetsk RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital Test July 23, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
July 27 Black Brant 9CM1 LA-CE, Biscarosse MATRA BLANC MATRA Sub-orbital Photography July 27, 1993 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
July 28, 05:43 GMT Viper 3A Esrange NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy July 28, 1993 Successful Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
July 30, 06:19 GMT Viper 3A Esrange NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy July 30, 1993 Successful Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi)
August 1, 01:46 GMT Nike-Orion Andøya NDRE SCT-06 NDRE Sub-orbital Aeronomy August 1, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
August 2, 00:37 GMT Viper 3A Esrange NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy August 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
August 2, 01:02 GMT Nike-Orion Esrange DLR/SSC Decimals-B SSC Sub-orbital Aeronomy August 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
August 2, 01:24 GMT Viper 3A Esrange NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy August 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 105 kilometres (65 mi)
August 2, 03:24 GMT Viper 3A Esrange NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy August 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi)
August 2, 05:54 GMT Viper 3A Esrange NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy August 2, 1993 Successful Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)
August 2, 19:59 GMT Titan IVA (403A) SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force SLDCOM-3 US NRO Intended: LEO Comsat T+101 seconds Failure Apogee: 33 kilometres (21 mi)
NOSS-2-3-A US NRO Intended: LEO Naval reconnaissance
NOSS-2-3-B US NRO Intended: LEO Naval reconnaissance
NOSS-2-3-C US NRO Intended: LEO Naval reconnaissance
August 4, 00:52:00 GMT Molniya-M LC-43/3, Plesetsk VKS Molniya-3-58L MOM Molniya Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
August 9, 10:02 GMT Atlas-E SLC-3W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force NOAA-13 NOAA LEO (SSO) Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful so far
August 10, 14:53:45 GMT Molniya-M LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Kosmos-2261 Oko MOM Molniya Missile defence Still in orbit Successful so far
August 10, 22:23:45 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-19 MOM LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir October 13, 1993 Successful
August 17, 18:00 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA SERTS-93-5 NASA Sub-orbital Solar research August 17, 1993 Successful Apogee: 312 kilometres (194 mi)
August 20, 18:27 GMT Trident D-5 USS NebraskaTemplate:WP Ships USS instances, ETR US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital Operational test flight August 20, 1993 Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
August 24, 10:45:00 GMT Soyuz-U LC-16/2, Plesetsk VKS Resurs-F-19 MOM LEO Remote sensing September 10, 1993 Successful
August 25, 10:00 GMT Polaris (STARS) LC-42, Barking Sands SDC Zodiac Beauchamp SDC Sub-orbital Target August 25, 1993 Successful Apogee: 900 kilometres (560 mi)
August 28, 09:45 GMT Aries LC-36, White Sands NASA SXT (XOGS) NASA Sub-orbital X-Ray astronomy August 28, 1993 Failure Apogee: 8 kilometres (5.0 mi)
August 30, 12:38:00 GMT Delta II (7925) LC-17B, Cape Canaveral McDonnell Douglas USA-94 (GPS IIA-22) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
August 31, 04:40:00 GMT Tsyklon-3 Plesetsk VKS Meteor-2-21 RKA LEO Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful so far
Temisat Telespazio LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful
August 31 Minuteman III LF26, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force GT-153GB US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight August 31, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
September 3, 11:17 GMT Atlas I LC-36B, Cape Canaveral General Dynamics USA-95 (UHF-F2) US Navy GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
September 7, 13:25:00 GMT Soyuz-U2 LC-31/6, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2262 (Don) MOM LEO Reconnaissance December 18, 1993 Successful
September 10, 16:00 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-33 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy September 10, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
September 12, 11:45:00 GMT Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39B, Kennedy USA STS-51 NASA LEO Manned orbital flight September 22, 1993 Successful
ORFEUS-SPAS NASA/DARA LEO Astronomy Successful Deployed and retrieved by Discovery
ACTS NASA GEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful Deployed from Discovery using TOS
September 13, 18:00 GMT Nike-Orion White Sands NASA CWAS-34 NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy September 13, 1993 Successful Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
September 15 Peacekeeper LF-02, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force US Air Force Sub-orbital Operational test flight September 15, 1993 Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
September 16, 07:36:19 GMT Zenit-2 LC-45/1, Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2263 (Tselina-2) MO RF LEO ELINT Still in orbit Successful
September 16, 23:00 GMT TR-1A LA-T, Tanegashima NASDA NASDA Sub-orbital Microgravity research September 16, 1993 Successful Apogee: 264 kilometres (164 mi)
September 17, 00:43:10 GMT Tsyklon-2 Baikonur VKS Kosmos-2264 (US-PM) MO RF LEO Naval reconnaissance August 7, 1995 Successful
September 20, 05:12 GMT PSLV-D FLP, Sriharikota ISRO IRS-1E ISRO Intended: LEO Remote sensing September 20, 1993 Failure Maiden flight of PSLV
Failed to reach orbit due to guidance system malfunction
September 26, 01:45:00 GMT Ariane 4 (40) ELA-2, CSG Arianespace Spot-3 CNES LEO (SSO) Remote sensing Still in orbit Successful so far
Stella CNES LEO Gravity research Still in orbit Successful so far
Healthsat-2 SatelLife LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Kitsat-2 KAIST LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful
Eyesat Interferometrics Inc/AMSAT LEO Amateur radio Still in orbit Successful so far
Itamsat Interferometrics Inc/AMSAT LEO Amateur radio Still in orbit Successful so far
PoSAT-1 PoSAT LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful
September 30, 17:05:59 GMT Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81/23, Baikonur VKS Raduga-30 MOM GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
October 4, 17:45 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA CU-4 NASA Sub-orbital Solar ultraviolet astronomy October 4, 1993 Successful Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
October 4, 19:35 GMT Taurus-Orion White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Plasma research October 4, 1993 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
October 5, 17:56 GMT Titan II (23G) SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Landsat 6 NASA Intended: LEO Remote sensing October 5, 1993 Failure Upper stage (kick motor) failed to ignite
Apogee: 724 kilometres (450 mi)
October 8, 08:00 GMT Long March 2C (CZ-2C) LA-2B, JSLC CALT FSW-1-5 CASC LEO Reconnaissance October 28, 1993 Successful
October 8 Storm SULF, White Sands US Air Force BTTV-4 (PAC-2) Target US Air Force Sub-orbital Target October 8, 1993 Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
October 11, 21:33:19 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur VKS Progress M-20 MOM LEO (Mir) Resupply Mir November 21, 1993 Successful