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Orbital Launches in 1997

7,412 orbital launches since 1957

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7,412

Total launches

228

This year

92.9%

Success rate

161

Crewed

1957

Since

Orbital Radar lists 89 orbital launches in 1997, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

Full launch index (89 launches)

Asiasat 3 (1997-12-24)EarlyBird (1997-12-24)Orbcomm FM5 (1997-12-23)INTELSAT 804 (1997-12-22)Iridium MS-6 (1997-12-20)Progress 7K-TGM No 236 (1997-12-20)Kobal't (1997-12-15)US-PU (1997-12-09)Galaxy 8-i (1997-12-08)Iridium SV042 (1997-12-08)JCSAT 5 (1997-12-02)Astra 1G (1997-12-02)TRMM (1997-11-27)OV-102 Research/FF (1997-11-19)Resurs F-1M (1997-11-18)Sirius 2 (1997-11-12)K95K (1997-11-12)Iridium MS-5 (1997-11-09)TRUMPET 3 (1997-11-08)Navstar GPS SVN 38 (1997-11-06)SCD-2A (1997-11-02)TEAMSAT (1997-10-30)DSCS III B-13 (1997-10-25)LACROSSE 3 (1997-10-24)STEP M4 (1997-10-22)Apstar 2R (1997-10-16)Cassini (1997-10-15)Foton No. 11 (1997-10-09)Echostar 3 (1997-10-05)Progress 7K-TGM No. 236 (1997-10-05)IRS-1D (1997-09-29)Iridium MS-4 (1997-09-27)OV-104 Shuttle/Mir (1997-09-26)Molniya-1T No. 98 (1997-09-24)Parus (1997-09-23)INTELSAT 803 (1997-09-23)Iridium SV029 (1997-09-14)GE 3 (1997-09-04)Eutelsat HB3 (1997-09-02)Iridium MFS 1 (1997-09-01)FORTE (1997-08-29)PAS 5 (1997-08-28)Advanced Composition Exp (1997-08-25)SSTI/Lewis (1997-08-23)Iridium MS-3 (1997-08-21)Mabuhay (1997-08-19)Oko-S F6 (1997-08-14)PAS 6 (1997-08-08)OV-103 Research/FF (1997-08-07)Soyuz 7K-STM No. 75 (1997-08-05)Seastar (1997-08-01)Superbird C (1997-07-28)Navstar GPS SVN 43 (1997-07-23)Iridium MS-2 (1997-07-09)Progress 7K-TGM No. 235 (1997-07-05)OV-102 Spacelab (1997-07-01)INTELSAT 802 (1997-06-25)Iridium SV014 (1997-06-18)Feng Yun Er Jia (1997-06-10)Arkon 11F664 No. 1 (1997-06-06)INMARSAT III F4 (1997-06-03)Telstar 5 (1997-05-24)Tselina-2 No. 13L (1997-05-20)Thor 2A (1997-05-20)OV-104 Shuttle/Mir (1997-05-15)Oko (1997-05-14)DFH-3 (1997-05-11)Iridium MS-1A (1997-05-05)GOES K (1997-04-25)Minisat-01 (1997-04-21)Parus (1997-04-17)Thaicom 3 (1997-04-16)Oko (1997-04-09)Progress 7K-TGM No. 234 (1997-04-06)OV-102 Spacelab (1997-04-04)DMSP Block 5D-2 S-14 (1997-04-04)Tempo 2 (1997-03-08)Mozhaets 2 (1997-03-04)INTELSAT 801 (1997-03-01)DSP 20 (1997-02-23)JCSAT 4 (1997-02-17)Gonets-D1 No. 16/17/18 (1997-02-14)MUSES-B (1997-02-12)OV-103 HST mission (1997-02-11)Soyuz 7K-STM No. 74 (1997-02-10)GE 2 (1997-01-30)Navstar GPS SVN 42 (1997-01-17)OV-104 Shuttle/Mir (1997-01-12)

Last updated 2026-09-20 · Data: Orbital Radar launch & satellite archives — sources & methodology.