The Redstone launch vehicle for the first Mercury-Redstone mission (MR-1) was installed on the interim test stand at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency for static testing. References: 483 .

In a United States-Canadian cooperative project, NASA launched the first four-stage Javelin sounding rocket from Wallops Station to an altitude of 560 miles to measure the intensity of galactic radio noise. References: 17 .

The MIT Instrumentation Laboratory submitted a formal proposal to NASA for a study of a navigation and guidance system for the Apollo spacecraft. References: 16 .

Unable to reach orbital velocity, the Vostok prototype separated while the third stage was still firing. While the ejection seat failed to operate, the capsule did make a hard landing in severe winter conditons in Siberia. It was recovered after some time, and the dogs Kometa and Shutka were alive. As a result of this flight the ejection seat was developed with a heat shield designed to protect the pilot in the event of a launch vehicle failure up to shut down of the first stage. References: 5 , 175 .

First generation photo surveillance; return of camera and film by capsule; SAMOS type satellite. Reached orbit but failed to deorbit and be recovered. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 278 .

Area survey photo reconnaissance satellite. Also performed radiation measurements. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 93 .

Maximum Speed - 5781 kph. Maximum Altitude - 24750 m. References: 38 , 49 , 97 .

First flight HL-10. Maximum Speed - 735 kph. Maximum Altitude - 13720 m. Flight Time - 187 sec. References: 49 , 97 .

The first fire-in-the-hole test was successfully completed at the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF). The vehicle test configuration was that of LM-2 and the test cell pressure immediately before the test was equivalent to a 68,850-meter altitude. All test objectives were satisfied and video tapes of TV monitors were acquired. Test firing duration was 650 milliseconds with zero stage separation. References: 16 .

ASAT target. First test of Yangel-desinged target failed to reach orbit.

Investigation of the corpuscular and electromagnetic radiation of the sun and of solar plasma fluxes, study of the magnetic fields in circumterrestrial space in order to determine the effects of solar activity on the interplanetary medium and in the magne tosphere of the earth. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .

Statsionar-1. Provision of uninterrupted round-the-clock telephone and telegraph radio-communications system in the USSR, transmission of USSR central television programmes to stations in the Orbita network and international cooperation. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .

Military topographic / cartographic satellite. References: 1 , 2 , 6 , 101 , 102 .

Reserve DSP fitted with Block 14 sensors. Observed Scud launches during Gulf War. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 127 .

Covered Oko constellation plane 8 - 196 degree longitude of ascending node. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 100 .

Stationed at 110 deg E. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .

Operation of the long-range telephone and telegraph radio communications system in the USSR; transmission of USSR Central Television programmes to stations in the Orbita network and within the framework of international cooperation. First launch from LC43/3 since it was damaged by a booster accident in June 1987. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .

Six satellites launched by a single carrier rocket. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 105 .

Long duration film return military reconnaissance satellite. After returning multiple film capsules, the spacecraft was deorbited. References: 1 , 2 , 6 , 102 , 106 .

Investigation of outer space. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 114 .

Operation of the long range telephone and telegraph radio-communications system. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .

The Ariane third stage placed the PAS 6B into a 228 km x 35717 km x 7.0 degree orbit. The satellite�s on board rocket system will move it into its final geostationary position over South America. PAS 6B will provide direct TV broadcasting service in replacement of PAS 6, a Loral satellite which had problems with its solar arrays. The new satellite had 32 Ku-band transponders.

Replaced all six of the gyroscopes on Hubble.

First Hughes HS 702 bus satellite, for PanAmSat Corporation to expand video and telecommunications services to North America and Brazil. The 20-watt C-band transponders will be used primarily for cable television customers. The Ku-band payload offers two power levels: 140 watts for video distribution, and 75 watts for data networks and other general communications services. This gives Galaxy 11 a total payload of 64 active transponders.