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.
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE)Pegasus XL
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Success
Air launch to orbit
Iridium 62 to 68Proton-K/17S40
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
US-KMO 4Proton
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Iridium 69 & 71Long March 2C/SD
China Aerospace Corporation
Success
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Echostar IVProton-K/DM-2M
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Progress M-39Soyuz U
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Zhongwei 1Long March 3B
China Aerospace Corporation
Success
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
STS-91Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Success
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Strela-3 119 to 124Tsiklon-3
Strategic Rocket Forces
Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Yantar-4KS1M 8Soyuz-U-PVB
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
