Jonathan's Space Report No. 271-B 1996 Jan 3 Cambridge, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Corrected Jan 11) Special Edition - 1995 Launch Summary - Continued ------------------------------------------------- PART 4 - Launch Vehicles Launch vehicles are listed by type, in order of number of launches. For failures, the indication 'stage 2 failure' means that the failure occurred between stage 1 separation and stage 2 separation, not necessarily that the indicated stage was at fault. US vehicles: Launched Failures NASA Space Shuttle 7 0 Lockheed Martin Titan 4 0 Lockheed Martin Atlas 12 0 MDSSC Delta 3 1* OSC Pegasus 2 1 Lockheed Martin LMLV 1 1 EER Conestoga 1 1 Russian vehicles: Krunichev Proton 7 0 Energiya Soyuz 16 0 Polyot Kosmos 5 1* NII-TT Start 1 1 Other vehicles: Arianespace Ariane 11 0 NASDA H-II 1 0 China GWIC Long March 3 1 Yuzhnoe Zenit 1 0 Yuzhnoe Tsiklon 3 0 ISAS/Nissan Mu 1 1* ISA Shaviyt 1 0 ------------------------------------ Total 80 8 * Reached an orbit despite failure Date Type Launch pad Notes Energiya Soyuz (and Molniya) (16) Feb 15 Soyuz-U KB LC1 Feb 16 Soyuz-U PL LC43 Mar 14 Soyuz-U2 KB LC1 Mar 22 Soyuz-U PL LC43 Apr 9 Soyuz-U KB LC1 May 24 Molniya-M/2BL PL LC16 Jun 28 Soyuz-U PL LC43 Jul 20 Soyuz-U KB LC1 Aug 2 Molniya-M/2BL PL LC43/3 Aug 9 Molniya-M/L PL LC43 Sep 3 Soyuz-U2 KB LC1 Sep 26 Soyuz-U PL LC43/4 Sep 29 Soyuz-U KB LC31 Oct 8 Soyuz-U KB LC1 Dec 18 Soyuz-U KB LC1 Dec 28 Molniya-M/2BL KB LC31 Lockheed Martin Atlas: (12) Jan 10 AC-113 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Jan 29 AC-112 Atlas II CC LC36A Mar 22 AC-115 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Mar 24 45E Atlas E V SLC3W Apr 7 AC-114 Atlas IIA CC LC36A May 23 AC-77 Atlas I CC LC36B May 31 AC-116 Atlas II CC LC36A Jul 31 AC-118 Atlas IIA/IABS CC LC36A Aug 29 AC-117 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Oct 22 AC-119 Atlas II CC LC36A Dec 2 AC-121 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Dec 15 AC-120 Atlas IIA CC LC36A Arianespace Ariane (11) Mar 28 V71 Ariane 44LP/H10+? CSG ELA2 Apr 21 V72 Ariane 40/H10+ CSG ELA2 May 17 V73 Ariane 44LP/H10-3 CSG ELA2 Jun 10 V74 Ariane 42P/H10-3 CSG ELA2 Jul 7 V75 Ariane 40/H10-3 CSG ELA2 Aug 3 V76 Ariane 42L/H10+ CSG ELA2 Aug 29 V77 Ariane 44P/H10-3 CSG ELA2 Sep 24 V78 Ariane 42L/H10+ CSG ELA2 Oct 19 V79 Ariane 42L/H10-3 CSG ELA2 Nov 17 V80 Ariane 44P/H10-3 CSG ELA2 Dec 6 V81 Ariane 44L/H10-3 CSG ELA2 NASA Space Shuttle: (7) Feb 3 STS-63 STS KSC LC39A Mar 2 STS-67 STS KSC LC39B Jun 27 STS-71 STS KSC LC39A Jul 13 STS-70 STS KSC LC39B Sep 7 STS-69 STS KSC LC39A Oct 20 STS-73 STS KSC LC39B Nov 12 STS-74 STS KSC LC39A Krunichev Proton-K (7) Mar 7 Proton-K/DM-2 KB LC200 May 20 Proton-K KB LC81 Jul 24 Proton-K/DM-2 KB LC200L Aug 30 Proton-K/DM-2 KB LC200L Oct 11 Proton-K/DM-2 KB LC81L Nov 17 Proton-K/DM-2 KB LC200L Dec 14 Proton-K/DM-2 KB LC200L Polyot Kosmos-3M (5) Jan 24 - Kosmos-3M PL LC132 Mar 2 Kosmos-3M PL LC132 Mar 22 Kosmos-3M PL LC132 Jul 5 Kosmos-3M PL LC132 Oct 6 Kosmos-3M PL LC132 Stage 2 failure Lockheed Martin Titan: (4) May 14 K-23/TC-17 Titan 401 Centaur CC LC40 Jul 10 K-19/TC-8 Titan 401 Centaur CC LC41 Nov 6 K-21/TC-13 Titan 401 Centaur CC LC40 Dec 5 K-15 Titan 404 V SLC4E McDonnell Douglas Delta (3) Aug 9 D228 Delta 7925 CC LC17B Stage 1 SRM failure Nov 4 D229 Delta 7920-10 V SLC2W Dec 30 D230 Delta 7920-10 CC LC17A Yuzhnoe Tsiklon (3) Jun 8 Tsiklon-2 KB LC90 Aug 31 Tsiklon-3 PL LC32 Dec 20 Tsiklon-2 KB LC90 China Great Wall `Chang Zheng' (Long March) (3) Jan 25 CZ-2E/Star 63 XSC Stage 1 failure Nov 28 CZ-2E/EPKM XSC Dec 28 CZ-2E/EPKM XSC OSC Pegasus (2) Apr 3 1 F7 L-1011/Pegasus V PAWA Jun 22 XL F2 L-1011/Pegasus XL V PAWA Stage 3 failure EER Conestoga: (1) Oct 23 No. 1 Conestoga 1620 WI LA0 Stage 1 failure NII-TT Start (1) Mar 28 Start PL LC158 Lockheed Martin LMLV (1) Aug 15 LMLV-1 LMLV-1 V SLC6 Stage 1 failure Yuzhnoe Zenit-2 (1) Oct 31 Zenit-2 KB LC45L Nissan Mu (1) Jan 15 M-3S-2-8 Mu-3S-II KAG Stage 2 failure NASDA H-II (1) Mar 18 H-II-3 H-II TNSC IAI Shaviyt (1) Apr 5 No. 3 Shaviyt Palamchim