Date and time (UTC)
|
Rocket
|
Flight number
|
Launch site
|
LSP
|
|
Payload
|
Operator
|
Orbit
|
Function
|
Decay (UTC)
|
Outcome
|
Remarks
|
January-March
|
17 January
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
17 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
19 January
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
19 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
19 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
19 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
20 January 18:43
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
20 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
20 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
21 January 08:29
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
21 January 09:42
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
21 January 19:18
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Al Jubayl |
21 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
22 January 00:41
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) Aimed at US Air Force base, intercepted by Patriot ABM, warhead fell on a civilian
neighbourhood.
|
22 January 04:10
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) Aimed at US Air Force base. Intercepted by Patriot ABM, but still hit target.
|
22 January
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
22 January
|
Zhinui 3
|
|
Haikou Space Centre, Hainan
|
CALT
|
|
|
CALT
|
Sub-orbital
|
Test flight |
22 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
|
23 January 19:54
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
23 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
23 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
23 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
23 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
23 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
25 January 19:23
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
25 January 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
25 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) Aimed at Coalition headquarters, intercepted by Patriot ABM, hit Saudi Department of Interior.
|
25 January
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
25 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
26 January 00:28
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
26 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
26 January 06:25
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
|
NASA / JHU
|
Sub-orbital
|
Ultraviolet Astronomy |
26 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
26 January 19:46
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
26 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
26 January
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
26 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
28 January 17:55
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
28 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) Aimed at downtown Riyadh, intercepted by Patriot ABM, debris damaged a farm.
|
28 January 18:24:24
|
ERIS
|
|
Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll
|
US Air Force
|
|
ERIS
|
US Air Force
|
Sub-orbital
|
Interceptor test |
28 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi) Intercepted Aries rocket
|
28 January 18:03:00
|
Minuteman IB
|
|
Vandenberg LF-03
|
US Air Force
|
|
|
US Air Force
|
Sub-orbital
|
Target |
28 January 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
|
2 February, 21:41
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
2 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
2 February
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
2 February 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
2 February 1991 |
Successful
|
6 February 07:29
|
LCLV
|
|
Wallops Island
|
Orbital Sciences
|
|
|
NRL
|
Sub-orbital
|
Plasma research |
6 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 510 kilometres (320 mi)
|
6 February 17:30
|
MR-12
|
|
Kapustin Yar
|
MO SSSR
|
|
|
MO SSSR
|
Sub-orbital
|
Plasma research |
6 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
|
7 February 08:15
|
RT-2PM Topol
|
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
|
|
|
RVSN
|
Sub-orbital
|
Missile test |
7 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
7 February 22:54
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
7 February 1991 |
Successful
|
11 February 19:20
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
11 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
11 February
|
Prithvi
|
|
Sriharikota
|
DRDL
|
|
|
DRDL
|
Sub-orbital
|
Missile test |
11 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
12 February 03:29
|
S-520
|
|
Andøya
|
ISAS
|
|
|
ISAS
|
Sub-orbital
|
Auroral |
12 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 353 kilometres (219 mi)
|
12 February 09:11:54
|
Black Brant XII
|
|
Poker Flat
|
NASA
|
|
TOPAZ-3
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Plasma research |
12 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
14 February 08:45
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack King Khalid Military City |
14 February 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Hafir Al Batin |
14 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi), hit King Khalid Military City.
|
15 February 23:01
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Al Jubayl |
15 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
16 February 13:00
|
S-520
|
|
Kagoshima LA-K
|
ISAS
|
|
|
ISAS
|
Sub-orbital
|
Ultraviolet Astronomy |
16 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 337 kilometres (209 mi)
|
18 February 14:30
|
Strypi-XI
|
|
Barking Sands LC-1
|
SDIO
|
|
Bow Shock 2
|
SDIO
|
Sub-orbital
|
Reentry Test |
18 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)
|
21 February 14:06
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack King Khalid Military City |
21 February 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack King Khalid Military City |
21 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
21 February 18:00
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack King Khalid Military City |
21 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
21 February 23:31
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Bahrain |
21 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
22 February 19:46
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Solar research |
22 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
23 February 01:59
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
23 February 1991 |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
23 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
24 February 01:32
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
24 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) Aimed at Coalition headquarters, intercepted by Patriot ABM, debris fell on a school.
|
24 February 06:23
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
24 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
24 February 09:17
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Riyadh |
24 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
24 February
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
24 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
25 February 17:32
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Dhahran |
25 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) Hit US Army barracks, killing 28 and injuring 110.
|
25 February 22:26
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Qatar |
25 February 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
February
|
Al Hussein
|
|
Iraq
|
IQAF
|
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
Within an hour of launch |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
Within an hour of launch |
Successful
|
High Explosive warhead
|
IQAF
|
Sub-orbital
|
Attack Israel |
Within an hour of launch |
Successful
|
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
|
12 March
|
LGM-118 Peacekeeper
|
|
Vandenberg LF-02
|
US Air Force
|
|
|
US Air Force
|
Sub-orbital
|
Operational test flight |
12 March 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
18 March 10:15
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
SXT
|
NASA / University of Colorado, Boulder
|
Sub-orbital
|
X-ray astronomy |
18 March 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
19 March
|
UGM-96 Trident I (Trident C-4)
|
|
Submarine, WTR
|
US Navy
|
|
|
US Navy
|
Sub-orbital
|
Operational test flight |
19 March 1991 |
Successful
|
|
US Navy
|
Sub-orbital
|
Operational test flight |
19 March 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
23 March 07:00
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
MAMA
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Ultraviolet Astronomy |
23 March 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
30 March 02:27
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Aeronomy |
30 March 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
April-June
|
5 April 14:05
|
RT-2PM Topol
|
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
|
|
|
RVSN
|
Sub-orbital
|
Missile test |
5 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
9 April 17:50
|
Skylark 7
|
|
Esrange LA-S
|
DLR
|
|
SISSI-4
|
DLR
|
Sub-orbital
|
Aeronomy |
9 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 245 kilometres (152 mi)
|
9 April 18:18
|
Viper 3A
|
|
Esrange
|
DLR
|
|
PMSE
|
DLR
|
Sub-orbital
|
Aeronomy |
9 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
|
9 April 19:20
|
Viper 3A
|
|
Esrange
|
DLR
|
|
PMSE
|
DLR
|
Sub-orbital
|
Aeronomy |
9 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi)
|
12 April
|
HPB
|
|
Wallops Island
|
Orbital Sciences
|
|
|
Orbital Sciences
|
Sub-orbital
|
Target |
12 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi)
|
15 April 22:10
|
UGM-133 Trident II (Trident D-5)
|
|
USS West Virginia, ETR
|
US Navy
|
|
DASO-6
|
US Navy
|
Sub-orbital
|
Operational test flight |
15 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
17 April 07:46
|
Black Brant 10CM1
|
|
Wallops Island
|
SDIO
|
|
SPFE-2
|
SDIO
|
Sub-orbital
|
Technology demonstration |
17 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
18 April 18:33
|
MGM-134 Midgetman
|
|
Vandenberg TP-01
|
US Air Force
|
|
|
US Air Force
|
Sub-orbital
|
Missile test |
18 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Final flight of the Midgetman Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
25 April 18:00
|
Nike Orion
|
|
Poker Flat
|
NASA
|
|
CWAS-19
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Aeronomy |
25 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 140 kilometres (87 mi)
|
29 April
|
Sonda-3
|
|
Barreira do Inferno
|
IAE
|
|
|
INPE
|
Sub-orbital
|
Ionospheric research |
29 April 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 441 kilometres (274 mi)
|
30 April 19:19
|
Nike Orion
|
|
Poker Flat
|
NASA
|
|
CWAS-20
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Aeronomy |
30 April 1991 |
Failure
|
Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
|
4 May 04:10
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
JASPR-I
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Ultraviolet Astronomy |
4 May 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
7 May 18:05
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
SERTS-4
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
Solar research |
7 May 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
|
8 May 03:54:00
|
 Maxus
|
|
Esrange
|
SSC
|
|
|
SSC
|
Sub-orbital
|
Microgravity |
8 May 1991 |
Failure
|
Apogee: 157 kilometres (98 mi)
|
10 May
|
UGM-96 Trident I (Trident C-4)
|
|
USS Mariano G. Vallejo, ETR
|
US Navy
|
|
FCET
|
US Navy
|
Sub-orbital
|
Operational test flight |
10 May 1991 |
Successful
|
FCET
|
US Navy
|
Sub-orbital
|
Operational test flight |
10 May 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
|
11 May 20:40
|
Minuteman IB
|
|
Vandenberg LF-03
|
US Air Force
|
|
|
US Air Force
|
Sub-orbital
|
Target |
11 May 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) Interceptor launch scrubbed
|
13 May 19:03
|
Black Brant IX
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
MSSTA-I
|
NASA
|
Sub-orbital
|
X-ray astronomy |
13 May 1991 |
Successful
|
Apogee: 230 kilometres (140 mi)
|
20 May 07:30
|
Aries
|
|
White Sands LC-36
|
NASA
|
|
SXT (XOGS)
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NASA
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Sub-orbital
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X-ray astronomy |
20 May 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
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28 May 12:05
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R-36MUTTH (SS-18 Mod 4)
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Baikonur
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RVSN
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RVSN
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Sub-orbital
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Operational test flight |
28 May 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
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May
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Hwasong-6
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Qom
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DPRK
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DPRK
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Sub-orbital
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Missile test |
Within an hour of launch |
Successful
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Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
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11 June 17:47
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LGM-118 Peacekeeper
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Vandenberg LF-08
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US Air Force
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US Air Force
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Sub-orbital
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Operational test flight |
11 June 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
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18 June 11:34
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Prospector
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Cape Canaveral LC-20
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Orbital Sciences
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Orbital Sciences
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Sub-orbital
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Microgravity |
18 June 1991 |
Failure
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Apogee: 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
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21 June
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Minuteman IB
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Vandenberg LF-03
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US Air Force
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US Air Force
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Sub-orbital
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Re-entry vehicle test |
21 June 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
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24 June
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SSBS S3
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Biscarrosse BLB
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DMA
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DMA
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Sub-orbital
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Operational test flight |
24 June 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
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25 June 17:00
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RT-2PM Topol
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Plesetsk
|
RVSN
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RVSN
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Sub-orbital
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Missile test |
25 June 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
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26 June 02:39
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Minuteman III
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Vandenberg LF-26
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US Air Force
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GT-144GB
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US Air Force
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Sub-orbital
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Operational test flight |
26 June 1991 |
Successful
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Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
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