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1990-1999 Launch Schedule

Step into the post-Cold War era of space exploration with our complete 1990-1999 Rocket Launch Schedule. This in-depth guide chronicles every mission from a decade marked by the construction of the International Space Station (ISS), the incredible Hubble Space Telescope’s discoveries, and the continued advancements of the Space Shuttle program. Explore the 1990s and discover the launches that laid the groundwork for modern spaceflight.

EXPRESSMu-3S-II

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Failure
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Tsikada 20Kosmos-3M

Production Corporation Polyot

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Apstar 2Long March 2E

China Aerospace Corporation

Failure
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

UHF F/O F4Atlas II

United States Air Force

Success
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Progress M-26Soyuz U

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Foton 10Soyuz U

Russian Space Forces

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Taifun-2 27Kosmos-3M

Production Corporation Polyot

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Uragan 63 to 65Proton

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz TM-21Soyuz-U2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

SFU & Himawari 5H-II

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Success
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Parus 83Kosmos-3M

Production Corporation Polyot

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation