1987 in spaceflight

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The following is an outline of 1987 in spaceflight.

Launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
5 February 21:38:16	Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U2			Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconSoyuz TM-2		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-2	30 July 01:04:12	Successful
		Crewed flight launching two cosmonauts and landing three, first crewed flight of Soyuz-TM
12 February 06:40	Template:FlagiconTitan 34B/Agena-D			Template:FlagiconVandenberg SLC-4W		Template:FlagiconU.S. Air Force
		Template:FlagiconSDS-1 F-6	U.S. Air Force	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Final flight of the Titan IIIB rocket. Final use of the RM-81 Agena upper stage in any rocket.
26 February 23:05	Template:FlagiconDelta 3914			Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral LC-17A		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconGOES 7	NOAA	Geostationary	Weather	In orbit	Operational
20 March 23:05	Template:FlagiconDelta-3920			Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral LC-17		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconPalapa B2-P	PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara	?	Communications	In orbit	Successful
31 March 00:16:16	Template:FlagiconProton-K			Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 200/39		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconKvant-1	1991–2001: Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir module	23 March 2001 05:59:36	Successful
		Template:FlagiconKvant FSB		Low Earth (Kvant-1)	Space tug	25 August 1988	Successful
15 May 17:30:01	Template:FlagiconEnergia			Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 250		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconPolyus		Intended: Low Earth	Weapons tests Technology	15 May	Launch failure
		Maiden flight of Energia, computer error resulted in spacecraft attempting to perform circularisation burn in a retrograde orientation, failed to orbit
8 June	Template:Flagicon RH-300 Mk II			Template:Flagicon Sriharikota		Template:Flagicon ISRO
		Template:Flagicon	ISRO	Suborbital	Engineering test	8 June	Successful
		First flight of the RH-300 Mk II, reached an altitude of 130 km (80 miles)
22 July 01:59:17	Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U2			Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconSoyuz TM-3		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EP-1	29 December 09:16:15	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, first Syrian in space, carried replacement for ill EO-2 crewmember
24 August 16:30	Template:FlagiconSkylark 7			Template:FlagiconWoomera Test Range LA2 D		Template:FlagiconMORABA
		Template:Flagicon Supernova (W-GR-147)	DFVLR	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	24 August	Successful
		Apogee: ~270 km
8 October	Template:Flagicon Sonda IV			Template:Flagicon Barreira do Inferno Launch Center		Template:Flagicon IAE
		Template:Flagicon	IAE	Suborbital	Engineering test	8 October	Successful
		"Operation Petrópolis". R&D launch for the VLS program. 510 kg payload. 570 km apogee.
21 November 02:19:00	Template:FlagiconAriane 2			Template:FlagiconKourou ELA-2		Template:FlagiconArianespace
		Template:FlagiconTV-SAT 1	Deutsche Bundespost	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Immediately after launch, one of its solar panels failed to deploy, and as a result of this the main uplink antenna, which was located behind the solar panel, could not deploy either. Briefly used to verify the systems of the Spacebus 300 satellite bus before being retired to a graveyard orbit.
21 December 11:18:03	Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U2			Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconSoyuz TM-4		Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-3	17 June 1988 10:12:32	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts

Deep-space rendezvous

There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1987.

References

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