No Date Spacecraft Type Launcher(*) Country(*) Launch site(*)
3 10 Feb Soyuz TM25 ferry Soyuz U (1) Russia (1) Baikonur (1)
4 11 Feb Discovery 22 HST/SM2 STS 82 (2) USA (2) KSC (2)
5 12 Feb Muses B-VSOP Astro M-5 (1)~ Japan (1) Kagoshima (1)
6 14 Feb Cosmos 2337- Milcoms Tsyklon 3 (1) Russia (2) Plesetsk(1)
2339
Gonets D1 4-5 Comsats
7 17 Feb JCSAT 4 Comsat Atlas (1)> USA (3) Canaveral (1)
8 22 Feb DSP Early W Titan 4 (1)> USA (4) Canaveral (2)
* Indicates total number of orbital launches by this launch vehicle, country and launch site in 1997
~ Maiden flight > Atlas 2AS (1), maiden flight of Titan 4B with uprated solid-rocket boosters
Last Satellite Launch Log: Flight International, 12 - 18 February
Source: Flight International