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| Table of the 158 Spacecrafts Launched in 1997 |
| # | Spacecraft | Sponsor | Launch date | Mission type | Categories | |
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| 1) | STS-81 | NASA | 12 Jan 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 2) | Navstar 2R-1 | U.S. Defense Dept. | 17 Jan 97 | M | Navigation | |
| 3) | Americom 2 / GE-2 | GE Americom | 30 Jan 97 | C | Communications | |
| 4) | Nahuel 1A | Argentina (NAHUELSAT) | 30 Jan 97 | C | Communications | |
| 5) | Soyuz TM-25 | Russian Space Agency | 10 Feb 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 6) | STS-82 | NASA | 11 Feb 97 | C | Pilotesspaceship | |
| 7) | Muses B / Haruka | Japan (NASDA) | 12 Feb 97 | C | Planetary probe | |
| 8) | Kosmos 2337 / Strela-3 | Russian Defense min. | 14 Feb 97 | M | Communications | |
| 9) | Kosmos 2338 / Strela-3 | Russian Defense min. | 14 Feb 97 | M | Communications | |
| 10) | Kosmos 2339 / Strela-3 | Russian Defense min. | 14 Feb 97 | M | Communications | |
| 11) | Gonets D1-4 | Russian Defense min. | 14 Feb 97 | C | Communications | |
| 12) | Gonets D1-4 | Russian Defense min. | 14 Feb 97 | C | Communications | |
| 13) | Gonets D1-6 | Russian Defense min. | 14 Feb 97 | C | Communications | |
| 14) | JCSat 4 | Japan Satellite Systems | 17 Feb 97 | C | Communications | |
| 15) | DSP 20 (USA 130) | U.S. Defense Dept. | 23 Feb 97 | M | Missile early warning | |
| 16) | Intelsat 801 | Intelsat | 1st Mar 97 | C | Communications | |
| 17) | Zeya (Mozhaets) | Russia | 4 Mar 97 | C | Technology | |
| 18) | DirecTV-6 / Tempo 2 | TCI Satellite Entertainment | 8 Mar 97 | C | Communications | |
| 19) | DMSP Block 5D-2 S14 (USA 131) | U.S. Defense Dept. | 4 Apr 97 | M | Meteorology | |
| 20) | STS-83 - MSL-1 | NASA | 4 Apr 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 21) | Progress M-34 | Russian Space Agency | 6 Apr 97 | C | Cargo spaceship | |
| 22) | Kosmos 2340 / Oko 77 | Russian Defense min. | 9 Apr 97 | M | Missille early warning | |
| 23) | Thaicom 3 | Thailand (SSPC) | 16 Apr 97 | C | Communications | |
| 24) | BSAT 1a | Broadcasting Satellite System | 16 Apr 97 | C | Communications | |
| 25) | Kosmos 2341 / Parus | Russian Defense min. | 17 Apr 97 | M | Navigation | |
| 26) | Minisat 01 | Spain (INTA) | 21 Apr 97 | C | Communications | |
| 27) | Celestis | Celestic | 21 Apr 97 | C | Space burial | |
| 28) | GOES 10 | NOAA | 25 Apr 97 | C | Meteorology | |
| 29) | Iridium 8 | Motorola | 5 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 30) | Iridium 7 | Motorola | 5 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 31) | Iridium 6 | Motorola | 5 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 32) | Iridium 5 | Motorola | 5 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 33) | Iridium 4 | Motorola | 5 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 34) | DFH 3 / Zhongxing 6 (Chinastar 6) | China | 11 May 97 | M | Communications | |
| 35) | Kosmos 2342 / Oko 78 | Russian Defense min. | 11 May 97 | M | Missille early warning | |
| 36) | STS-84 | BASA | 15 May 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 37) | Kosmos 2343 / Don (6) / Orlets-1 6 | Russian Defense min. | 15 May 97 | M | Photo Surveillance | |
| 38) | Kosmos / Tselina-2 21 | Russian Defense min. | 20 May 97 | M | Electronic intelligence | |
| 39) | Thor 2 | Norway | 21 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 40) | Telstar 5 | Loral Skynet | 24 May 97 | C | Communications | |
| 41) | Inmarsat III F4 | Inmarsat | 3 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 42) | Insat 2D | India (ISRO) | 3 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 43) | Kosmos 2344 / Arkon-1 1 | Russian Defense min. | 6 Jun 97 | M | Photo Surveillance | |
| 44) | FY 2A / FY2 1R | China | 10 Jun 97 | C | Meteorology | |
| 45) | Iridium 14 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 46) | Iridium 12 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 47) | Iridium 9 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 48) | Iridium 10 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 49) | Iridium 13 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 50) | Iridium 16 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 61) | Iridium 11 | Motorola | 14 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 52) | Intelsat 802 | Intelsat | 25 Jun 97 | C | Communications | |
| 53) | STS-94 - MSL-1R | NASA | 1st Jul 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 54) | Progress M-35 | Russian Space Agency | 5 Jul 97 | C | Cargo spaceship | |
| 55) | Iridium 15 | Motorola | 9 Jul 97 | C | Communications | |
| 56) | Iridium 17 | Motorola | 9 Jul 97 | C | Communications | |
| 57) | Iridium 20 | Motorola | 9 Jul 97 | C | Communications | |
| 58) | Iridium 18 | Motorola | 9 Jul 97 | C | Communications | |
| 59) | Iridium 21 | Motorola | 9 Jul 97 | C | Communications | |
| 60) | Navstar 2-R2 / GPS 43 (USA 132) | U.S.Defense Dept. | 23 Jul 97 | M | Navigation | |
| 61) | Superbird C | SCC | 28 Jul 97 | C | Communications | |
| 62) | OrbView 2 / Seastar | OrbImage | 1st Aug 97 | C | Ocean observations | |
| 63) | Soyuz TM-26 | Russian Space Agency | 5 Aug 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 64) | STS-85 | NASA | 7 Aug 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 65) | Crista-SPAS / ASTRO-SPAS | NASA | 7 Aug 97 | C | Astronomy | |
| 66) | PAS 6 / PanAmSat 6 | PanAmSat | 8 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 67) | Kosmos 2345 / Prognoz / SPRN 11 | Fussian Defense min. | 14 Aug 97 | M | Missile early warning | |
| 68) | Agila 2 / Mabuhay | Mabuhay Phillipine Satellite | 19 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 69) | Iridium 26 | Motorola | 21 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 70) | Iridium 25 | Motorola | 21 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 71) | Iridium 24 | Motorola | 21 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 72) | Iridium 23 | Motorola | 21 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 73) | Iridium 22 | Motorola | 21 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 74) | Lewis / SSTI | NASA | 23 Aug 97 | C | Earth remote sensing | |
| 75) | ACE | NASA | 23 Aug 97 | C | Astronomy | |
| 76) | PAS 5 / Panamsat 5 | PanAmSat | 28 Aug 97 | C | Communications | |
| 77) | FORTE | Los Alamos National Laboratory | 29 Aug 97 | M | Earth sciences | |
| 78) | Iridium MFS 1 | Motorola | 1 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 79) | Iridium MFS 2 | Motorola | 1 Sep 97 | C | Communications |
| 80) | Hot Bird 3 | Eutelsat | 2 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 81) | Meteosat 7 / MTP 1 | Eumetsat | 2 Sep 97 | C | Meteorology | |
| 82) | Americom 3 / GE 3 | GE Americom | 4 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 83) | Iridium 29 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 84) | Iridium 32 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 85) | Iridium 33 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 86) | Iridium 27 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 87) | Iridium 28 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 88) | Iridium 30 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 89) | Iridium 31 | Motorola | 14 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 90) | Kosmos 2346 / Parus | Russian Defense min. | 23 Sep 97 | M | Navigation | |
| 91) | FAISAT-2V | Final Analysis | 23 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 92) | Intelsat 803 | Intelsat | 23 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 93) | Molniya I-90 | Russia | 24 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 94) | STS-86 | NASA | 26 Sep 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 95) | Iridium 19 | Motorola | 27 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 96) | Iridium 37 | Motorola | 27 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 97) | Iridium 36 | Motorola | 27 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 98) | Iridium 35 | Motorola | 27 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 99) | Iridium 34 | Motorola | 27 Sep 97 | C | Communications | |
| 100) | IRS 1D | India (ISRO) | 29 Sep 97 | C | Earth remote sensing | |
| 101) | Progress M-36 | Russian Space Agency | 5 Oct 97 | C | Cargo spaceship | |
| 102) | EchoStar 3 | EchoStar | 5 Oct 97 | C | Communications | |
| 103) | Foton 11 | Russia | 9 Oct 97 | C | Material processing | |
| 104) | Mirka | Germany | 9 Oct 97 | C | Technology | |
| 105) | Cassini | NASA | 15 Oct 97 | C | Planetary probe | |
| 106) | Huyghens | ESA | 15 Oct 97 | C | Planetary probe | |
| 107) | Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) | APT Satellite Holdings | 16 Oct 97 | C | Communications | |
| 108) | STEP 4 | U.S. Air Force | 22 Oct 97 | M | Technology | |
| 109) | Lacrosse 3 (USA 133) | U.S. National Recon-
naissance Office |
24 Oct 97 | M | Photo Surveillance | |
| 110) | DSCS III B-13 (USA 134) | U.S. Air Force | 25 Oct 97 | M | Communications | |
| 111) | Falcon Gold | USAF Academy | 25 Oct 97 | M | Technology | |
| 112) | Ariane
502 / Maqsat H /
TEAMSAT |
ESA | 30 Oct 97 | C | Technology | |
| 113) | Maqsat B | ESA | 30 Oct 97 | C | Technology | |
| 114) | YES | 30 Oct 97 | C | Technology | ||
| 115) | SCD-2A | Brazil (INPE) | 2 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 116) | Sputnik
40 / Sputnik Jr
/ RS-17 |
Club de France,
Russia |
5 Oct 97 | C | Communications | |
| 117) | Navstar
2-28 / GPS 38
(USA 135) |
U.S. Defense Dept. | 5 Nov 97 | M | Navigation | |
| 118) | Trumpet 3 (USA 136) | U.S. National Recon-
naissance Office |
8 Nov 97 | M | Photo Surveillance | |
| 119) | Iridium 43 | Motorola | 9 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 120) | Iridium 41 | Motorola | 9 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 121) | Iridium 40 | Motorola | 9 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 122) | Iridium 39 | Motorola | 9 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 123) | Iridium 38 | Motorola | 9 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 124) | Kupon | Russia | 12 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 125) | Sirius 2 / GE-1E | Sweden (NSAB) | 11 Nov 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 126) | Cakrawarta 1 / Indostar 1 | Indonesia | 11 Nov 97 | C | Communications | |
| 127) | Resurs F1M | Russia | 17 Nov 97 | C | Earth remote sensing | |
| 128) | STS-87 - USMP-4 | NASA | 19 Nov 97 | C | Piloted spaceship | |
| 129) | Spartan 201-04 | NASA | 19 Nov 97 | C | Astronomy | |
| 130) | TRMM | NASA-Japan | 27 Nov 97 | C | Earth remote sensing | |
| 131) | ETS VII / Orihime | Japan | 27 Nov 97 | C | Technology | |
| 132) | ETS VII / Hikoboshi | Japan | 27 Nov 97 | C | Technology | |
| 133) | JCSat 5 | Japan Satellite Systems | 2 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 134) | Equator-S | Germany | 2 Dec 97 | C | Earth-Sun studies | |
| 135) | Astra 1G | Societe Europeen-
ne des Satellites |
2 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 136) | Iridium 42 | Motorola | 8 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 137) | Iridium 44 | Motorola | 8 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 138) | Galaxy 8i | PanAmSat | 15 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 139) | Kosmos
2347 / US-P
/ US-PM 9 |
Russian Defense min. | 15 Dec 97 | M | Ocean surveillance | |
| 140) | Kosmos
2348 /
Yantar-4K2 74 |
Russian Defense min. | 15 Dec 97 | M | Photo Surveillance | |
| 141) | Inspector | Germany (Daim-
ler-Benz) |
5 Dec 97 | C | Technology | |
| 142) | Progress M-37 | Russian Space Agency | 20 Dec 97 | C | Cargo spaceship | |
| 143) | Iridium 45 | Motorola | 20 Dec 97 | M | Communications | |
| 144) | Iridium 46 | Motorola | 20 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 145) | Iridium 47 | Motorola | 20 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 146) | Iridium 48 | Motorola | 20 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 147) | Iridium 49 | Motorola | 20 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 148) | Intelsat 804 | Intelsat | 21 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 149) | Orbcomm A1 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 150) | Orbcomm A2 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 151) | Orbcomm A3 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 152) | Orbcomm A4 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 153) | Orbcomm A5 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 154) | Orbcomm A6 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 155) | Orbcomm A7 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 156) | Orbcomm A8 | Orbcomm | 23 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
| 157) | EarlyBird | EarthWatch | 24 Dec 97 | C | Earth remote sensing | |
| 158) | HGS-1 (PAS 22) Asiasat 3 | Asia Telecom-
munications |
24 Dec 97 | C | Communications | |
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| 1996 Summary | All Summaries | 1998 Summary |
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