Rocket launches in1996
February 14 brings the worst launch disaster in years: a Long March 3B carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a village near Xichang. On June 4, the maiden Ariane 5 Flight 501 self-destructs forty seconds after lift-off when an integer overflow in its guidance software sends the rocket off course, though Ariane 4 keeps flying 11 times — and NASA dispatches both Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder before December is out.
Monthly Cadence complete
FEB peak 9 launches ↓ 3% vs 1995
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- 78
- success · 70/78
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78 launches
| January | ||||
Jan 11, 1996 | STS-72 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Jan 12, 1996 | Panamsat-3R France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Jan 14, 1996 | Koreasat-2 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Jan 16, 1996 | Kosmos 2327 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Jan 25, 1996 | Gorizont #43L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
| February | ||||
Feb 1, 1996 | Palapa C1 USA • Atlas IIAS | |||
Feb 5, 1996 | N-Star B France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44P | |||
Feb 14, 1996Failure | Intelsat 708 China • Long March 3B | |||
Feb 17, 1996 | NEAR USA • Delta II 7925-8 | |||
Feb 19, 1996 | Kosmos 2328 Russia • Tsyklon 3 | |||
Feb 19, 1996Failure | Gran' #44L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
Feb 21, 1996 | Soyuz TM-23 Russia • Soyuz TM | |||
Feb 22, 1996 | STS-75 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Feb 24, 1996 | Polar USA • Delta II 7925-10 | |||
| March | ||||
Mar 9, 1996 | REX II USA • Pegasus XL | |||
Mar 14, 1996 | Intelsat 707 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44LP | |||
Mar 14, 1996 | Kosmos 2331 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Mar 21, 1996 | IRS-P3 India • PSLV G | |||
Mar 22, 1996 | STS-76 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Mar 28, 1996 | USA-117 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
| April | ||||
Apr 3, 1996 | Inmarsat 3-F1 USA • Atlas IIA | |||
Apr 8, 1996 | Astra 1F Russia • Proton K/DM3 8K82K/11S861-01 | |||
Apr 20, 1996 | M-SAT-1 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 42P | |||
Apr 23, 1996 | Priroda Russia • Proton K 8K82K | |||
Apr 24, 1996 | Kosmos 2332 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Apr 24, 1996 | MSX USA • Delta II 7920-10 | |||
Apr 24, 1996 | USA-118 USA • Titan IV(401)A | |||
Apr 30, 1996 | BeppoSAX USA • Atlas I | |||
| May | ||||
May 5, 1996 | Progress M-31 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
May 12, 1996 | USA-119 USA • Titan IV(403)A | |||
May 14, 1996Failure | Yantar-1KFT Russia • Soyuz U | |||
May 16, 1996 | Palapa C2 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
May 17, 1996 | MSTI-3 USA • Pegasus Hybrid | |||
May 19, 1996 | STS-77 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
May 24, 1996 | Galaxy 9 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
May 25, 1996 | Gorizont #44L Russia • Proton K/DM-2 8K82K/11S861 | |||
| June | ||||
Jun 4, 1996Failure | Cluster FM-1 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 G | |||
Jun 15, 1996 | Intelsat 709 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44P | |||
Jun 20, 1996 | STS-78 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Jun 20, 1996Failure | Yantar-4K1 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
| July | ||||
Jul 2, 1996 | TOMS-EP USA • Pegasus XL | |||
Jul 3, 1996 | USA-125 USA • Titan IV(405)A | |||
Jul 3, 1996 | Apstar 1A China • Long March 3 | |||
Jul 9, 1996 | Arabsat-2A France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Jul 16, 1996 | USA-126 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Jul 25, 1996 | USA-127 USA • Atlas II | |||
Jul 31, 1996 | Progress M-32 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
| August | ||||
Aug 8, 1996 | Italsat F2 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Aug 14, 1996 | Molniya-1T Russia • Molniya M | |||
Aug 17, 1996 | ADEOS Japan • H2 | |||
Aug 17, 1996 | Soyuz TM-24 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Aug 18, 1996Partial failure | Chinasat-7 China • Long March 3 | |||
Aug 21, 1996 | FAST USA • Pegasus XL | |||
Aug 29, 1996 | Microsat Russia • Molniya M | |||
| September | ||||
Sep 4, 1996 | Kosmos 2333 Russia • Zenit 2 | |||
Sep 5, 1996 | Kosmos 2334 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Sep 6, 1996 | Inmarsat-3 F2 Russia • Proton K/DM1 8K82K/11S861 | |||
Sep 8, 1996 | GE-1 USA • Atlas IIA | |||
Sep 11, 1996 | Echostar-2 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 42P | |||
Sep 12, 1996 | USA-128 USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Sep 16, 1996 | STS-79 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Sep 26, 1996 | Ekspress #12L Russia • Proton K/DM-2M 8K82K/11S861-01 | |||
| October | ||||
Oct 20, 1996 | FSW-2 No.3 China • Long March 2D | |||
Oct 24, 1996 | Molniya 3-48 Russia • Molniya M | |||
| November | ||||
Nov 4, 1996Failure | HETE USA • Pegasus XL | |||
Nov 7, 1996 | Mars Global Surveyor USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Nov 13, 1996 | Arabsat-2B France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Nov 16, 1996Failure | Mars 96 Russia • Proton K/D-2 8K82K/11S824F | |||
Nov 19, 1996 | STS-80 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Nov 19, 1996 | Progress M-33 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Nov 21, 1996 | Hot Bird 2 USA • Atlas IIA | |||
| December | ||||
Dec 2, 1996 | HYFLEX Japan • H2 H-II + M-3SII | |||
Dec 4, 1996 | Mars Pathfinder USA • Delta II 7925 | |||
Dec 11, 1996 | Kosmos 2335 Russia • Tsyklon 2 | |||
Dec 18, 1996 | Inmarsat 3-F3 USA • Atlas IIA | |||
Dec 20, 1996 | Kosmos 2336 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Dec 20, 1996 | USA-129 USA • Titan IV(404)A | |||
Dec 24, 1996 | Bion 11 Russia • Soyuz U | |||