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