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Contents

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1997.


← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec →
Date/Time
(GMT)		 Rocket Site LSP Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay
(GMT)		 Outcome Remarks
12 January, 09:27 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-81, 6 astronauts NASA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT Successful
SpaceHab LDM NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply Mir 22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT Successful
15 January R-29 Submarine, Barents Sea VMF VMF Sub-orbital SLBM test 15 January 1997 Successful
17 January, 01:17 GMT Minuteman II LF-03, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force IFT-1 US Air Force Sub-orbital EKV ABM target 17 January 1997 Successful
17 January, 16:28 GMT Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS 2R-1 (SVN-42) US Air Force Intended: MEO Navigation T+12 seconds Failure SRB structural failure caused rocket to explode
29 January Storm-2 LC-32, White Sands Orbital Sciences MTTV US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 29 January 1997 Failure
MTD-2 US Air Force Sub-orbital Weapons test
30 January SR19 C-130, NAS Point Mugu US Air Force AltAir (Have Gold) US Air Force Sub-orbital Test flight T+28 seconds Failure Accidentally destroyed by range safety
30 January, 07:30 GMT S-520 Pad K, Kagoshima ISAS ISAS Sub-orbital Technology development 30 January 1997 Successful
30 January, 08:42 GMT Minuteman III LF-26, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force FOT GT163GB US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM test 30 January 1997 Successful
30 January, 22:04 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace GE 2 GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Nahuel 1A Nahuelsa Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
31 January, 01:55 GMT MR-12 Kapustin Yar AN RF Flaksus-1 APL Sub-orbital Plasma research 31 January 1997 Successful
5 February, 02:16 GMT MR-12 Kapustin Yar AN RF Flaksus-2 APL Sub-orbital Plasma research 5 February 1997 Successful
7 February R-17 (Scud) Bigen Island, Aur Atoll US Air Force Willow Dune US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 7 February 1997 Successful
10 February, 05:17 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA PHAZE 2 NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 10 February 1997 Successful
10 February, 06:30 GMT Castor-Orbus LA-26, Nevada Test Site Sandia Sandia Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 10 February 1997 Successful
10 February, 14:09 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur RKA Soyuz TM-25, 3 cosmonauts RKA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 14 August 1997 Successful
11 February, 08:36 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA Auroral Turbulance 2 NASA Sub-orbital Auroral/Ionosphere research 11 February 1997 Successful
11 February, 08:55 GMT Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-82, 7 astronauts NASA LEO, rendezvous with HST Manned orbital flight 21 February 1997, 08:32 GMT Successful Hubble servicing mission 2 (HSM-2)
12 February, 04:50 GMT M-V Kagoshima ISAS HALCA (MUSES-B) ISAS MEO Astronomy Still in orbit Successful So Far Maiden flight of M-V
12 February, 21:00 GMT LCLV Wallops Island Orbital Sciences MDT IV Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 12 February 1997 Successful
14 February, 03:47 GMT Tsyklon-3 LC-32, Plesetsk Gonets-D1 RKA LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Gonets-D1 RKA LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Gonets-D1 RKA LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos-2337 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos-2338 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos-2339 (Strela) MO RF LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
17 February, 01:42 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral JCSAT 4 JSAT Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
20 February Trident C-4 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 20 February 1997 Successful
22 February Castor 4B Wake Island Orbital Sciences TCMP II Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test 22 February 1997 Successful
23 February Prithvi Balasore IDRDL IDRDL Sub-orbital Test flight 23 February 1997 Successful
23 February, 10:06 GMT LCLV Wallops Island Orbital Sciences MDT III Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 23 February 1997 Successful
23 February, 20:20 GMT Titan IVB/IUS LC-40, Cape Canaveral DSP Block 14 (USA 130) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far Maiden flight of Titan IVB
26 February, 20:00 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 26 February 1997 Successful
1 March Castor 4B Wake Island Orbital Sciences TCMP II Sub-orbital Re-entry vehicle test 1 March 1997 Successful
1 March, 01:07 GMT Ariane 4 (44P) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Intelsat 801 Intelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
4 March, 02:00 GMT Start-1 LC-5, Svobodniy Zeya MO RF LEO Comsat 25 October 1999 Successful
6 March Hera LC-94, White Sands US Air Force BRV US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM Target 6 March 1997 Successful
6 March THAAD White Sands US Air Force ABM US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM test 6 March 1997 Successful
8 March, 06:01 GMT Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral Tempo 2 TCI Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
13 March, 10:20 GMT Black Brant IX Poker Flat NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 13 March 1997 Successful
18 March, 00:16 GMT Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 18 March 1997 Successful
18 March Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 18 March 1997 Successful
19 March R-17 (Scud) Bigen Island, Aur Atoll US Air Force Willow Dune US Air Force Sub-orbital Target spacecraft 19 March 1997 Successful
25 March, 03:15 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 25 March 1997 Successful Studied Hale-Bopp comet
30 March, 03:25 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA EUVS NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 30 March 1997 Successful
4 April, 16:47 GMT Titan II (23G) SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB DMSP 5D-2 US Air Force/NOAA LEO Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful
4 April, 19:20 GMT Space Shuttle Columbia LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-83, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 8 April 1997, 18:33 GMT Partial Failure Fuel cell failure, flight aborted.
Reflown as STS-94 later in 1997
Spacelab MSL-1 NASA LEO, attached to Columbia Microgravity research
6 April, 03:25 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital 6 April 1997 Successful
6 April, 16:04 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur RKA Progress M-34 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 2 July 1997, 06:31 GMT Partial Failure Collided with Mir during rendezvous tests on at 09:18 GMT on 25 June, heavily damaging space station.
8 April, 03:55 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA WISP NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy 8 April 1997 Successful
9 April, 08:58 GMT Molniya-M LC-16/2, Plesetsk Kosmos-2340 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 April, 23:08 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Thaicom 3 Shinawat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
BSAT 1a BSAT Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
17 April R-36M ("Satan") Baikonur RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 17 April 1997 Successful
17 April, 13:03 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132, Plesetsk Kosmos-2341 MO RF LEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 April, 11:59 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Gando Orbital Sciences Minisat-01 INTA LEO Technology demonstration 26 February 2002 Successful
Celestis Space Services Incorporated LEO Space burial of human remains Still in orbit Successful
25 April, 05:49 GMT Atlas I LC-36B, Cape Canaveral GOES-10 (GOES-K) NOAA Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far Final flight of Atlas I rocket
28 April, 16:42 GMT VS-30 Alacantara INPE AL-VS30-223 DLR Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 28 April 1997 Successful
30 April RH-560/300 Mk.II Sriharikota ISRO ISRO Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 30 April 1997 Successful
2 May, 07:30 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital X-ray Astronomy 2 May 1997 Successful
5 May, 14:55 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 8 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 7 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 6 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 5 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 4 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 May, 07:10 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Astronomy 8 May 1997 Successful
8 May, 08:01 GMT Peacekeeper LF-05, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force 9 re-entry vehicles US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM Test 8 May 1997 Successful
11 May, 16:17 GMT Long March 3A (CZ-3A) LC-2, Xichang Zhongxing-6 (Chinasat-6) Chinasat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
14 April, 00:33 GMT Molniya-M LC-43, Plesetsk Kosmos-2342 (Oko) MO RF Molniya Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far
15 May, 08:07 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-84, 7 astronauts NASA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 24 May 1997
13:27 GMT		 Successful Mir crew change
SpaceHab LDM NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply Mir 24 May 1997
13:27 GMT		 Successful
15 May, 12:10 GMT Soyuz-U LC-31/6, Baikonur Kosmos-2343 MO RF LEO Reconnaissance 15 September 1999 Successful
15 May, 19:16 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NCAR/CU-6 NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet Astronomy/Solar observation 15 May 1997 Successful
20 May, 07:07 GMT Zenit-2 LC-45/1, Baikonur Tselina-2 VKS Intended: LEO ELINT T+48 seconds Failure Stage 1 engine failure
20 May, 22:39 GMT Delta II LC-17A, Cape Canaveral Boeing Thor 2 Telenor Geosynchronous Comsat Still in Orbit Successful So Far
21 May, 08:27 GMT Minuteman III LF-04, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force FOT GT164GM/SHARP US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM and re-entry vehicle test 21 May 1997 Successful
23 May, 21:44 GMT Terrier-Orion Wallops Island NASA MSX SMDC Sub-orbital Target mission 23 May 1997 Successful
24 May, 17:00 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS Telstar 5 Loral Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
29 May, 04:56 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Radio astronomy 29 May 1997 Successful
30 May Trident D-5 ETR, Cape Canaveral US Navy US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 30 May 1997 Successful
3 June, 23:20 GMT Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Inmarsat 3 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Insat 2D ISRO Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 June, 16:56 GMT Proton-K LC-200/39, Baikonur Kosmos-2344 (Arkon) MO RF MEO Reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful So Far
10 June UR-100NU Baikonur RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 10 June 1997 Successful
10 June, 12:01 GMT Long March 3 (CZ-3) LC-1, Xichang Feng Yun 2A CASC Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Partial Failure Stopped transmitting data in April 1998, resumed transmission but imaging system failed in September
18 June, 14:02 GMT Minuteman III LF-10, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force FOT GT165GM US Air Force Sub-orbital ICBM test 18 June 1997 Successful
18 June, 14:02 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur Iridium 14 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
Iridium 12 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 9 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat 11 March 2003 Failure
Iridium 10 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 13 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 16 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 11 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
24 June, 03:39 GMT Minuteman II LF-03, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force MSLS IFT-1A target US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM target 24 June 1997 Partial Failure Some decoys failed to deploy
24 June, 04:00 GMT Payload Launch Vehicle Meck, Kwajalein Atoll Orbital Sciences IFT-1A EKV US Air Force Sub-orbital ABM test 24 June 1997 Partial Failure Poor system performance
Non-destructive flyby test
25 June, 23:44 GMT Ariane 4 (44P) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Intelsat 802 Intelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 July, 18:02 GMT Space Shuttle Columbia LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-94, 7 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 17 July 1997
10:40 GMT		 Successful Reflight of STS-83
First instance of astronauts making multiple orbital flights in the same year
Spacelab MSL-1 NASA LEO, attached to Columbia Microgravity research 17 July 1997
10:40 GMT		 Successful
5 July, 04:11 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur RKA Progress M-35 RKA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply Mir 7 October 1997, 17:23 GMT Successful
8 July, 12:25 GMT Topol LC-158, Plesetsk RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital ICBM test 8 July 1997 Successful
9 July KSR-II Anhueng KARI KARI Sub-orbital X-ray astronomy/Ionosphere research 9 July 1997 Successful
9 July, 13:04 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 15 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 17 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 20 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
Iridium 18 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 21 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
23 July R-29 Submarine, Barents Sea VMF VMF Sub-orbital SLBM test 23 July 1997 Successful
23 July, 03:42 GMT Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS 2R-2 (USA-132/SVN-43) US Air Force MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
28 July, 01:15 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral Superbird C SCC Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 August, 20:20 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences Orbview-2 GeoEye LEO Earth Observation Still in orbit Successful So Far
5 August, 15:35 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1/5, Baikonur RKA Soyuz TM-26, 2 cosmonauts RKA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 19 February 1998 Successful
7 August, 14:41 GMT Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-85, 6 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 19 August 1997
11:08 GMT		 Successful
CRISTA DLR/NASA LEO Atmosphere research 19 August 1997
11:08 GMT		 Successful Deployed: 7 August, 22:27 GMT
Retrieved: 16 August, 15:14 GMT
8 August, 06:46 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Panamsat 6 Panamsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 August, 13:19 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 8 August 1997 Successful
8 August, 13:24 GMT Terrier-Orion Wallops Island NASA COORS NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere/Aronomy research 8 August 1997 Failure
8 August, 16:29 GMT Black Brant VC White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ionosphere/Aeronomy research 8 August 1997 Successful
9 August, 13:29 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 9 August 1997 Successful
9 August, 22:57 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 9 August 1997 Successful
10 August, 13:36 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 10 August 1997 Successful
10 August, 21:30 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 10 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 13:38 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 11 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 13:43 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 11 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 18:18 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 11 August 1997 Successful
11 August, 21:34 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 11 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 12:10 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 12:15 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 12:26 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
12 August, 21:41 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 12 August 1997 Successful
13 August, 13:50 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 13 August 1997 Successful
13 August, 13:55 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 13 August 1997 Successful
13 August, 21:40 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 13 August 1997 Successful
14 August, 12:22 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 14 August 1997 Successful
14 August, 12:27 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 14 August 1997 Successful
14 August, 20:49 GMT Proton-K LC-200/39, Baikonur Kosmos-2345 (SPRN) MO RF Geosynchronous Early warning Still in orbit Successful Retired 1 January 1999
14 August, 21:53 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 14 August 1997 Successful
15 August, 10:58 GMT Viper Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 15 August 1997 Successful
15 August, 20:25 GMT Super Loki Wallops Island NASA NASA Sub-orbital Aeronomy research 15 August 1997 Successful
19 August, 17:50 GMT Long March 3B (CZ-3B) LC-2, Xichang Agila 2 MPSC Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 August, 00:38 GMT Delta II (7920-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing Iridium 26 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 25 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 24 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
Iridium 23 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Iridium 22 Iridium SSC LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
23 August, 06:51 GMT Athena-1 SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB Lewis NASA/TRW LEO Earth research 28 September 1997 Successful
25 August, 14:39 GMT Delta II (7920-8) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral ACE NASA Earth/Sun L1 point Magnetosphere research Still in Orbit Successful So Far
28 August, 00:33 GMT Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS Panamsat 5 Panamsat Geosynchronous
Then: Graveyard orbit		 Comsat Still in orbit Successful
29 August, 15:02 GMT Pegasus XL L-1011, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences FORTE US Air Force LEO Ionosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 September, 14:00 GMT Long March 2D (CZ-2D/SD) LC-1, Taiyuan CASC Iridium MFS-1 Iridium SSC/CASC LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
Iridium MFS-2 Iridium SSC/CASC LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
2 September, 07:00 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 1 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 2 September 1997 Successful
2 September, 22:21 GMT Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Hot Bird 3 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Meteosat 7 Eumetsat Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far
4 September, 12:03 GMT Atlas IIAS LC-36A, Cape Canaveral GE 3 GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
5 September, 04:00 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 2 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 5 September 1997 Successful
10 September, 02:00 GMT Terrier-Orion Anna Plains NASA DUNDEE 3 NASA Sub-orbital Target mission 10 September 1997 Successful
10 September, 14:40 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 10 September 1997 Successful
10 September, 15:10 GMT Black Brant IX White Sands NASA NASA Sub-orbital