The Chinese army unveiled a 21 m long supergun capable of firing large artillery shells into South Korea and Taiwan. The gun could fire 85 mm shells over a 300 km range.

When doubts about the availability of Soyuz developed in 1995, NASA proceeded with development of the X-38, a NASA Johnson concept - a smaller version of the X-24 lifting body with a parafoil.

Stationed at 66.0 deg E. Launch vehicle put payload into supersynchronous earth orbit with MRS trajectory option. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 278 .

At first thought not to have reached orbit. Later reentry vehicle was discovered in Ghana having reentered and deployed its parachute on Jan 15. References: 5 .

Auroral plasma and auroral imaging. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Store/forward communications. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Civilian navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 13 of constellation. Maritime navigation. Signals at 150,00 MHz and 400.00 MHz. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 107 .

Because the Apstar failure happened a few seconds later than Optus, the consequences were catastrophic. The vehicle was destroyed, and the falling wreckage landed on a village down-range of the launch site, killing at least 20 and perhaps as many as 120 people. References: 5 .

UHF Follow-On #4; US Navy communications . Stationed at 177.0 deg W. Launch vehicle put payload into subsynchronous earth orbit with MRS trajectory option. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 278 .

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration spheres; deployed from STS 63 2/4/95. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration spheres; deployed from STS 63 2/4/95. Reentered Sep 29 References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 276 .

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration spheres; deployed from STS 63 2/4/95. Reentered? References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration spheres; deployed from STS 63 2/4/95. Reentered Mar 2 References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 276 .

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration spheres; deployed from STS 63 2/4/95. Reentered Feb 27 References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 276 .

Reentered? References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Retrievable payload to observe galactic dust in far UV; deployed from STS 63 2/7/95, retrieved 2/9/95. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 276 .

Deployed ODERACS 2A-2E; deployed and retrieved Spartan 204. Discovery rendezvoused with Russia's space station, Mir, to a distance of 11 m and performed a fly-around, but did not dock with Mir. Payloads: SPACEHAB 03, Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 204, Cryo Systems Experiment (CSE)/GLO-2 Experi-ment Payload (CGP)/Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS) 2, Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE), Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC) Additional Details: STS-63. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 .

Tested tools and techniques for extravehicular activity. References: 66 .

Unmanned resupply vessel to Mir. Docked with Mir on 17 Feb 1995 18:21:34 GMT. Undocked on 15 Mar 1995 02:26:38 GMT. Destroyed in reentry over the Pacific Ocean on 15 Mar 1995 06:15:00 GMT. Total free-flight time 2.22 days. Total docked time 25.34 days. References: 2 , 6 , 275 , 276 .

234 orbits. Carried Russian, French, German micro-gravity experiments. Landed in Russia Mar 3 References: 2 , 6 , 69 , 276 .

Released 25 Romb radar calibration subsatellites. Reentered on October 30, 2000. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Carried Astro 2 astronomy payload with 3 UV telescopes.(attached to Endeavour).Payloads: Ultraviolet Astronomy (ASTRO) 2; Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE); Protein Crystal Growth�Thermal Enclosure System (PCG-TES) 03; Protein Crystal Growth�Single-Locker Thermal Enclosure System (PCG-STES) 02; Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Minilab/Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc. Experiments (CMIX) 03; Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II; two getaway special experiments. Additional Details: STS-67. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 .

Glonass navigation satellite. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .

Glonass navigation satellite. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .

Glonass navigation satellite. Plane 2. Put into service 6 April 1995. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .

Mir Expedition EO-18. Soyuz TM-21 carried the EO-18 Mir crew and American Norman Thagard. Thagard was the first American to be launched in a Soyuz. Soyuz docked with Mir at 07:45:26 GMT on March 16 . On July 4 Soyuz TM-21 undocked and backed off to a distance of 100 m from Mir. The US space shuttle Atlantis, with the EO-18 crew aboard, then undocked and began a flyaround at a distance of 210 m, while the EO-19 crew aboard Soyuz took pictures before redocking with the station. Soyuz TM-21 again undocked with the EO-19 crew on September 11 from the Kvant rear port on Mir and landed at 50 deg 41'N 68 deg 15'E, 108 km northeast of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan, at 06:52:40 GMT . Additional Details: Soyuz TM-21. References: 2 , 6 , 51 , 276 .

Geostationary Meteorological Satellite; carried search and rescue package. Stationed at 140.2 deg E. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Space Flyer Unit; carried materials, astronomy, biological experiments; retrieved by STS-72 1/20/96. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thousands. The Aum Shinrikyo (“Supreme Truth”) cult is to blame

Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 2 of constellation. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 107 .

High resolution photo reconnaissance; returned film in two small SpK capsules during the mission and with the main capsule at completion of the mission. References: 2 , 6 , 179 , 276 .

Stationed at 50.1 deg W. Launch vehicle put payload into supersynchronous earth orbit with MRS trajectory option. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 278 .

Final launch of an Atlas E booster from Vandenberg AFB (first launch on 7 June 1961). References: 88 .

Stationed at 65.1 deg W. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

Eksperimentalniy Kosmicheskiy Apparat - dummy of test satellite. References: 2 , 5 .

Stationed at 13.0 deg E. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .

UNAMSAT was an AMSAT Microsat class amateur radio satellite built by UNAM, the Autonomous University of Mexico. References: 2 , 5 .

LEAP-4. Missile Tracking and Discrimination for SDIO.