On March 25 in Space History
Chronology
113 events
1655 March 25
- Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of Saturn Moon Titan - . Nation: Netherlands.
1903 March 25
- Birth of Karl Franz Hager - . Nation: Germany, USA. Related Persons: Hager. German engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter..
1922 March 25
- Goddard first thrust from liquid rocket engine - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Goddard. Goddard's test engine produced 4 pounds thrust for a brief period..
1928 March 25
- Birth of James Arthur Jr 'Shaky' Lovell - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Lovell. American test pilot astronaut 1962-1973. Member of first crew to rendezvous in space, and first to orbit the moon. Altitude (401,056 km) record. 4 spaceflights, 29.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on Gemini 7 (1965), Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13..
1939 March 25
- Birth of Aleksei Anatoliyevich Grechanik - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Grechanik. Russian engineer cosmonaut, 1978-1987. Civilian Engineer, Chelomei OKB. Trained for a flight to the Almaz space station. Engineer at the Kosmos Pavillon in Moscow..
1943 March 25
Launch Site: Peenemuende. Launch Complex: Peenemuende P7. LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: V-2. FAILURE: Burnout at T+60.5s Flight duration 268 seconds. .1944 March 25
Launch Site: Heidelager. LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: V-2.1945 March 25
07:34 GMT - . Launch Site: V-2 Battery 485. Launch Pad: 2./485. Launch Vehicle: V-2.- V-2 combat launch from Burgsteinfurt - . Nation: Germany. Burgsteinfurt (Strönfeld), rocket fired (impact unknown) .
1945 March 25
22:29 GMT - . Launch Site: V-2 Battery 485. Launch Pad: 3./485. Launch Vehicle: V-2.- V-2 combat launch from The Hague to St Pancras - . Nation: Germany. The Hague, rocket fired, impacted St Pancras. Direct hit on Whitfield Street Tabernacle. 9 Dead, 36 seriously injured..
1945 March 25
22:56 GMT - . Launch Site: V-2 Battery 485. Launch Pad: 3./485. Launch Vehicle: V-2.- V-2 combat launch from The Hague to Enfield - . Nation: Germany. The Hague, Haagse Bos, rocket fired, impacted Enfield. 7 Dead, 100 seriously injured..
1945 March 25
23:39 GMT - . Launch Site: V-2 Battery 485. Launch Pad: 1./485. Launch Vehicle: V-2.- V-2 combat launch from The Hague to Stepney - . Nation: Germany. The Hague, Statenkwartier, rocket fired, impacted Stepney. 12 Dead..
1949 March 25
- XS-1 Flight 108 - . Crew: Everest. Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 65. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Everest. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. AF flight 43. Check of pressure suit for altitude operation. Mach 1.24 at 14640 m. Rocket fire and automatic engine shutdown..
1953 March 25
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. LV Family: Wasserfall. Launch Vehicle: Hermes A-2.1953 March 25
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. LV Family: Wasserfall. Launch Vehicle: Hermes A-2.1957 March 25
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11M.- Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: Korolev bureau. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1959 March 25
LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II.- Non-cryogenic propellants for Titan - . AFBMD recommended that non-cryogenic propellants be introduced into the Titan program with the seventh squadron..
1959 March 25
05:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. Launch Vehicle: R-7.- GCh No. 15 (III-3) test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: MVS. Apogee: 1,350 km (830 mi). R-7 development test flight. (GCh No. 15 (III-3)).
1960 March 25
LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.- 150 Minuteman missiles by mid-1963. - . The Department of Defense authorized the Air Force to make the necessary production commitments required to achieve a force of 150 Minuteman missiles by mid-1963..
1960 March 25
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC25B. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A1.1960 March 25
18:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150A.- Test / meteorites mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi). Aerobee 150-A, a new type, fired from new launch tower at Wallops Station, reached an altitude of 140 km and achieved rocket performance objectives as well as micrometeorite impact counts..
1960 March 25
23:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Edwards. Launch Complex: Rosamund Dry Lake DZ. Launch Pad: Edwards RW04/22. Launch Platform: NB-52 008.- X-15A test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA, USAF. Spacecraft: X-15A. Apogee: 14 km (8 mi). Maximum Speed - 2124 kph. Maximum Altitude - 14822 m. Roll damper malfunctioned. Air dropped in Rosamund Dry Lake DZ..
1961 March 25
01:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC13. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1.1961 March 25
05:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8K72K.- Korabl-Sputnik 5 - .
Payload: Vostok 3KA s/n 2. Mass: 4,695 kg (10,350 lb). Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Bykovsky,
Gagarin,
Goreglyad,
Kamanin,
Karpov,
Keldysh,
Kirillov,
Korolev,
Nelyubov,
Nikolayev,
Popovich,
Titov,
Voskresenskiy,
Yazdovskiy.
Agency: RVSN.
Program: Vostok.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Vostok 1.
Spacecraft: Vostok.
Duration: 0.0600 days. Decay Date: 1961-03-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 95 . COSPAR: 1961-Iota-1. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). Perigee: 175 km (108 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 88.00 min.
Carried dog Zvezdochka and mannequin Ivan Ivanovich. Ivanovich was again ejected from the capsule and recovered by parachute, and Zvezdochka was successfully recovered with the capsule on March 25, 1961 7:40 GMT.
Officially: Development of the design of the space ship satellite and of the systems on board, designed to ensure man's life functions during flight in outer space and return to Earth. Additional Details: here....
1961 March 25
15:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17A. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor Delta.- Explorer 10 - . Payload: P-14. Mass: 35 kg (77 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Program: Explorer. Class: Astronomy. Type: Solar satellite. Spacecraft Bus: P. Spacecraft: P-14. Decay Date: 1961-06-30 . USAF Sat Cat: 98 . COSPAR: 1961-Kappa-1. Apogee: 181,100 km (112,500 mi). Perigee: 221 km (137 mi). Inclination: 33.00 deg. Period: 5,013.90 min. Magnetic field data. Decay date suspect Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B)..
1963 March 25
Launch Vehicle: Little Joe II.- First Little Joe II completed - .
Nation: USA.
Program: Apollo.
Spacecraft: Apollo CSM,
CSM Electrical.
General Dynamics Convair completed structural assembly of the first launcher for the Little Joe II test program. During the next few weeks, electrical equipment installation, vehicle mating, and checkout were completed. The launcher was then disassembled and delivered to WSMR on April 25, 1963.
1964 March 25
- Boeing to develop the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft - .
Nation: USA.
Program: Apollo.
Spacecraft: Lunar Orbiter.
The Boeing Company received NASA's go-ahead to develop the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft. Two significant changes were made in the original Statement of Work:
- for the selenodetic part of the mission, the spacecraft lifetime was extended from 60 days to one year; and
- to expand the area of photographic coverage, the film capacity was increased.
1964 March 25
Launch Site: San Marco. Launch Complex: San Marco Rita. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Apache.1964 March 25
Launch Site: Teikovo. LV Family: R-16. Launch Vehicle: R-16U.1964 March 25
03:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Apache.1965 March 25
Launch Vehicle: Atlas.- Six Atlas squadrons deactivated. - . Nation: USA. Forbes AFB SMS 548, Warren-3 AFB SMS 549, Altus AFB SMS 577, Dyess AFB SMS 578, Walker AFB SMS 579, and Plattsburgh AFB SMS 556 all deactivated.
1965 March 25
LV Family: Titan, Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Titan I, Atlas E, Atlas F.- Atlas and Titan I ICBMs to be retired - .
These were: two Atlas E units, the 566th Strategic Missile Squadron (SMS) at Warren and the 548th SMS at Forbes AFB, Kansas; three Atlas F squadrons, the 577th SMS at Altus, the 578th SMS at Dyess, and the 579th SMS at Walker; and three Titan I squadrons, the 851st SMS at Beale, the 850th SMS at Ellsworth, and the 568th SMS at Larson AFB, Washington.
1965 March 25
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.1965 March 25
00:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 SL. Launch Vehicle: Skylark.- Stellar ultraviolet / Antenna Ultraviolet astronomy / ionosphere mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment, WRE. Apogee: 174 km (108 mi).
1965 March 25
02:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 395-B. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II.- Arctic Sun operational test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). The first Titan II operational test (OT) missile was launched from Vandenberg. The Titan II operational test launch program was scheduled to use 25 Titan missiles through August 1966..
1965 March 25
05:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant II.- or Mar 24 Ionosphere / micrometeorite mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi).
1965 March 25
10:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92.- Cosmos 64 - . Payload: Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 17. Mass: 4,720 kg (10,400 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Vostok. Spacecraft: Zenit-2 satellite. Duration: 8.00 days. Decay Date: 1965-04-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 1305 . COSPAR: 1965-025A. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi). Perigee: 205 km (127 mi). Inclination: 65.00 deg. Period: 89.10 min. Area survey photo reconnaissance satellite..
1965 March 25
11:21 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. LV Family: Kappa. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 9M.1965 March 25
21:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC1W. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor SLV-2A Agena D.- KH-4A 1018 - . Payload: KH-4A s/n 1018 / Agena D 1612 / OPS 4803. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: CIA, NRO. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: WS-117. Spacecraft: KH-4A. Decay Date: 1965-04-04 . USAF Sat Cat: 1307 . COSPAR: 1965-026A. Apogee: 381 km (236 mi). Perigee: 237 km (147 mi). Inclination: 96.00 deg. Period: 90.70 min. KH-4A. Cameras operated successfully. First KH-4A reconnaissance system to be launched into a retrograde orbit..
1966 March 25
Launch Site: , Vandenberg.- The Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR) established a new record by supporting four missile launches from Vandenberg in one day. - . The Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR) established a new record by supporting four missile launches from Vandenberg in one day..
1966 March 25
Launch Vehicle: AICBM.- Headquarters AFSC authorized the formation of an Advanced ICBM (WS 120A) task group at Headquarters Ballistic Systems Division. - . Headquarters AFSC authorized the formation of an Advanced ICBM (WS 120A) task group at Headquarters Ballistic Systems Division..
1966 March 25
00:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Thumba. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Apache.1966 March 25
09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 395-C. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II.1966 March 25
09:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LC-A. LV Family: Hydac. Launch Vehicle: Nike Javelin.1966 March 25
22:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF04. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1A.1967 March 25
06:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC133/1. LV Family: R-12. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63.- Cosmos 152 - . Payload: DS-P1-Yu s/n 7. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: DS. Class: Military. Type: Military target satellite. Spacecraft Bus: DS. Spacecraft: DS-P1-Yu. Completed Operations Date: 1967-06-08 . Decay Date: 1967-08-05 . USAF Sat Cat: 2722 . COSPAR: 1967-028A. Apogee: 472 km (293 mi). Perigee: 271 km (168 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 91.90 min. Development of systems for air defence and the control of outer space..
1968 March 25
- Simulator status - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Feoktistov. Program: Lunar L1, Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1, Soyuz 7K-OK. Kamanin reviews the unfinished status of Soyuz and L1 simulators. Then there is the Feoktistov issue....
1968 March 25
Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC50. Launch Vehicle: Sprint ABM. FAILURE: Failure.1968 March 25
04:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Vehicle: MR-12.- Ion composition Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: AN. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).
1968 March 25
05:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Vehicle: MR-12.1968 March 25
06:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Cajun.1968 March 25
12:58 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Cajun.1968 March 25
19:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Vehicle: MR-12.1968 March 25
21:14 GMT - . Launch Site: South Uist. Launch Vehicle: Petrel.1968 March 25
22:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. Launch Vehicle: MR-12.1969 March 25
- First flight-model ALSEP delivered - . Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo LM. The first flight-model ALSEP arrived at KSC, where it would undergo software integration tests and be prepared for installation in the LM..
1969 March 25
19:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.1970 March 25
LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIE.- Titan Ill/Centaur for Viking. - .
Spacecraft: Viking.
SAMSO and NASA signed a Memorandum of Understanding that defined the roles and responsibilities for a Titan Ill/Centaur coordinating group which would acquire Titan III launch vehicles for Viking. SAMSO and NASA signed a Memorandum of Understanding that defined the roles and responsibilities for a Titan Ill/Centaur coordinating group which would acquire Titan III launch vehicles for Viking.
1970 March 25
07:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Vehicle: Nike Iroquois.1971 March 25
- DOS#1 Launch Commission. - .
Nation: Russia.
Program: Salyut.
Flight: Soyuz 10,
Soyuz 11,
Soyuz 12 / DOS 1.
Spacecraft Bus: Almaz.
Spacecraft: Salyut 1.
The launch date, time, and first mission duration are debated. The VVS specialists now say a night landing by a Soyuz is acceptable from a safety point of view. Only two months earlier they were rejecting the possibility - these are people without principles, in Kamanin's view. He believes the crew's lives will be at risk with the planned thirty day flight duration.
1971 March 25
13:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Salto di Quirra. Launch Vehicle: Skylark. FAILURE: Failure.- ESRO S56B / 1 Ionosphere / solar ultraviolet / x-ray mission - . Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi).
1971 March 25
16:47 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Cajun.1972 March 25
02:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC132/1. Launch Pad: LC132/2. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.- Cosmos 480 - . Mass: 600 kg (1,320 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-1. Spacecraft: Sfera. USAF Sat Cat: 5905 . COSPAR: 1972-019A. Apogee: 1,199 km (745 mi). Perigee: 1,173 km (728 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 109.10 min. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space. .
1972 March 25
10:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Hydac. Launch Vehicle: Nike Javelin.- Cs cloud Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Wallops. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1972 March 25
10:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC133/1. LV Family: R-12. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63.- Cosmos 481 - . Payload: DS-P1-Yu s/n 46. Mass: 375 kg (826 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: DS. Class: Military. Type: Military target satellite. Spacecraft Bus: DS. Spacecraft: DS-P1-Yu. Completed Operations Date: 1972-09-03 . Decay Date: 1972-09-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 5906 . COSPAR: 1972-020A. Apogee: 496 km (308 mi). Perigee: 277 km (172 mi). Inclination: 70.00 deg. Period: 92.30 min. Development of systems for air defence and the control of outer space..
1973 March 25
17:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Syowa Base. Launch Vehicle: S-210.1974 March 25
21:00 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1975 March 25
Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant VI.1975 March 25
Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant VI.1976 March 25
01:13 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Loki. Launch Vehicle: Loki Dart.1978 March 25
18:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC40. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIC. FAILURE: Second stage hydraulic pump failure.. Failed Stage: 2.- DSCS II-09 - .
Payload: DSCS II F-9. Mass: 550 kg (1,210 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Program: DSCS.
Class: Communications.
Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft: DSCS II.
Decay Date: 1978-03-25 .
A Titan IIIC was launched from Cape Canaveral carrying DSCS II satellites F-9 and F-10. The vehicle suffered a failure in its second stage hydraulic system about eight minutes after liftoff, and both the vehicle and its payload were lost. Launched with DSCS F10.
- DSCS II F-10 - . Payload: DSCS II F-10. Mass: 562 kg (1,238 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Program: DSCS. Spacecraft: DSCS II. A Titan IIIC was launched from Cape Canaveral carrying DSCS II satellites F-9 and F-10. The vehicle suffered a failure in its second stage hydraulic system about eight minutes after liftoff, and both the vehicle and its payload were lost. .
1980 March 25
01:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Kwajalein. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1981 March 25
08:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Taurus Tomahawk.1982 March 25
- STS-3 - Wakeup Song: Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder - . Flight: STS-3. "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder" - The Air Force Song - for the benefit of pilot C. Gordon Fullerton, an Air Force colonel, who commented:"That will get us off to a fast start".
1982 March 25
09:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC32/1. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3.- Meteor 2-08 - . Payload: Meteor-2 no. 8. Mass: 2,750 kg (6,060 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Class: Earth. Type: Weather satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Meteor. Spacecraft: Meteor-2. USAF Sat Cat: 13113 . COSPAR: 1982-025A. Apogee: 957 km (594 mi). Perigee: 933 km (579 mi). Inclination: 82.50 deg. Period: 103.90 min. Acquisition of meteorological information and data on fluxes of penetrating radiation in circumterrestrial space. .
1983 March 25
21:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Eareckson. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1985 March 25
10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. Launch Pad: LC1 or LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Cosmos 1643 - . Mass: 6,600 kg (14,500 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Yantar. Spacecraft: Yantar-4KS1. Duration: 207.00 days. Decay Date: 1985-10-18 . USAF Sat Cat: 15634 . COSPAR: 1985-026A. Apogee: 276 km (171 mi). Perigee: 182 km (113 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 89.10 min. Photo/digital surveillance..
1986 March 25
19:26 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC90/19. Launch Pad: LC90/pad?. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-2.- Cosmos 1737 - . Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: EORSAT. Class: Surveillance. Type: Naval SIGINT. Spacecraft Bus: Kosmoplan. Spacecraft: US-P. Decay Date: 1986-12-03 . USAF Sat Cat: 16648 . COSPAR: 1986-025A. Apogee: 426 km (264 mi). Perigee: 414 km (257 mi). Inclination: 73.40 deg. Period: 93.00 min. Ocean surveillance..
1988 March 25
19:50 GMT - . Launch Site: San Marco. LV Family: Scout. Launch Vehicle: Scout G-1.- San Marco D/L - . Payload: San Marco 5. Mass: 236 kg (520 lb). Nation: Italy. Agency: ASI. Class: Earth. Type: Atmosphere satellite. Spacecraft: San Marco satellite. Decay Date: 1988-12-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 19013 . COSPAR: 1988-026A. Apogee: 625 km (388 mi). Perigee: 268 km (166 mi). Inclination: 3.00 deg. Period: 93.50 min. Upper atmosphere studies; US, France, Italy participation. .
1991 March 25
Launch Site: Palmachim. Launch Complex: Palmachim IAFTR. Launch Platform: SHIP-ISR. LV Family: Arrow. Launch Vehicle: Arrow 1. FAILURE: Failure.1992 March 25
15:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1992 March 25
- Landing of Soyuz TM-13 - . Return Crew: Flade, Krikalyov, Volkov, Aleksandr. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Flade, Krikalyov, Volkov, Aleksandr. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-14 Mir 92. Soyuz TM-13 landed at 08:51 GMT with the crew of Flade, Krikalyov and Volkov Aleksandr aboard..
1993 March 25
02:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC81/23. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-K/DM-2.- Raduga 29 - .
Payload: Raduga s/n 42L. Mass: 1,965 kg (4,332 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Class: Communications.
Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-3.
Spacecraft: Raduga .
USAF Sat Cat: 22557 . COSPAR: 1993-013A. Apogee: 35,802 km (22,246 mi). Perigee: 35,778 km (22,231 mi). Inclination: 1.00 deg. Period: 1,436.30 min.
Telephone and telegraph communications and transmission of television programmes. Raduga 29 joined Raduga 22. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 12 deg E in 1993-1999. As of 3 September 2001 located at 11.13 deg E drifting at 0.020 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 2 located at 61.26E drifting at 0.381E degrees per day.
1993 March 25
13:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC158. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Start-1.- Start-1 - . Payload: EKA-1. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Class: Communications. Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Start satellite. USAF Sat Cat: 22561 . COSPAR: 1993-014A. Apogee: 964 km (599 mi). Perigee: 681 km (423 mi). Inclination: 75.80 deg. Period: 101.40 min. Test flight of new booster based on SS-25 ICBM. Full-scale mock-up (actual weight) for the flight-design testing of the Start-1 carrier rocket. Experimental satellite launched by a Start-1 carrier rocket from the Plesetsk launch site. .
1993 March 25
21:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC36B. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas I. FAILURE: Atlas engine failure. Loss of booster engine thrust resulted in a lower-than planned 1560 km x 1900 km orbit. Failed Stage: 1.- UHF F1 - .
Payload: UHF F/O F1. Mass: 2,866 kg (6,318 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: HCI.
Program: UHF.
Class: Communications.
Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft: HS 601.
Completed Operations Date: 1993-07-01 . USAF Sat Cat: 22563 . COSPAR: 1993-015A. Apogee: 36,098 km (22,430 mi). Perigee: 36,053 km (22,402 mi). Inclination: 21.10 deg. Period: 1,450.90 min.
US Navy communications; Ultra High Frequency Follow On; unusable orbit. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Launch vehicle was to have put payload into subsynchronous earth orbit with MRS trajectory option. As of 28 August 2001 located at 45.55 deg W drifting at 3.676 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 95.89E drifting at 3.687W degrees per day.
1994 March 25
- Mir News 211: Progress-M22 launched - .
Nation: Russia.
Program: Mir.
Flight: Soyuz TM-18,
Soyuz TM-18 Mir LD-4.
The freighter Progress-M22 has been launched from Baykonur on 22.03- .94 at 0454 UTC. If all goes well the Progress-M22 will dock to Mir's aft (Kvant-1) docking port on 24.03.94 at abt. 0638 UTC. During some of the passes within our range the transmitters of Progress-M22 could be heard. During the pass from 0929-0931 UTC only in the 166 and 165 mc bands, from 1059-1105 UTC also the beacon on 922.755 mc transmitted. So the transmitters did not -as usual- transmit during all passes. TsUP stated that all systems worked without problems. TsUP emphasised that the delay of the launch (originally on schedule for 16 or 18.03.94) was caused by the blizzards and that the fire in MIK and a command centre on 7.03.94 had nothing to do with the delay. The blizzards buried the cosmodrome under snow dunes up to 6 meters high.
Tracking ships: Now and then TsUP and Mir meet problems with the communications via the geostationary satellite Altair. Probably this is caused by malfunctions of the meanwhile worn out transceiver (Antares) on board Mir The tracking ship Cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev (KPB), somewhere in the Atlantic, regularly is involved in Mir-communications. On 23.03.94 from 1705-1714 UTC Mir and TsUP have a communication sched via KPB.
Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
1995 March 25
08:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant 10CM1.- Ionosphere / release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
1996 March 25
- Comet Hyakutake Near-Earth Flyby (0.10 AU) - .
1996 March 25
- STS-76 - Wakeup Song: Awake, the Harp - . Flight: STS-76. "Awake, the Harp" by Haydn, recorded by the Houston Choral Society for Mission Specialist Ron Sega..
1997 March 25
03:15 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC36. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IX.1998 March 25
01:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Arecibo. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant VC.1998 March 25
17:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Taiyuan. Launch Complex: Taiyuan LC1. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD.- Iridium 51 - . Payload: Iridium s/n SV051. Mass: 689 kg (1,518 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Iridium. Manufacturer: Lockheed, Motorola. Program: Iridium. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: LM 700. USAF Sat Cat: 25262 . COSPAR: 1998-018A. Apogee: 756 km (469 mi). Perigee: 751 km (466 mi). Inclination: 86.45 deg. Period: 99.90 min. Plane 4. Ascending node 262.5 degrees. Not in service..
- Iridium 61 - . Payload: Iridium s/n SV061. Mass: 689 kg (1,518 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Iridium. Manufacturer: Lockheed, Motorola. Program: Iridium. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: LM 700. USAF Sat Cat: 25263 . COSPAR: 1998-018B. Apogee: 780 km (480 mi). Perigee: 776 km (482 mi). Inclination: 86.40 deg. Period: 100.40 min. Plane 4. Ascending node 262.5 degrees..
1999 March 25
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 730. LV Family: Trident. Launch Vehicle: Trident C-4.1999 March 25
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 730. LV Family: Trident. Launch Vehicle: Trident C-4.2000 March 25
20:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC2W. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7326-9.5.- IMAGE - .
Mass: 536 kg (1,181 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Greenbelt.
Manufacturer: Lockheed.
Class: Earth.
Type: Ionosphere satellite. Spacecraft: IMAGE.
USAF Sat Cat: 26113 . COSPAR: 2000-017A. Apogee: 45,461 km (28,248 mi). Perigee: 1,408 km (875 mi). Inclination: 89.43 deg. Period: 854.09 min.
Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration was a MIDEX (mid-sized Explorer mission) developed by NASA-Goddard and the SWRI (Southwest Research Institute) of San Antonio, Texas. The spin-stabilised spacecraft carried a set of neutral atom and ultraviolet imagers, and antennae to study radio wavelength emissions from the magnetosphere plasma. The RPI radio plasma imager has four long wire antennae which will be deployed to a span of half a kilometre.
2002 March 25
14:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Complex: Jiuquan SLS. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 2F.- Shenzhou 3 - .
Mass: 7,800 kg (17,100 lb). Nation: China.
Agency: CAS.
Manufacturer: CALT.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Spacecraft: Shenzhou.
Duration: 6.78 days. Decay Date: 2002-04-01 . USAF Sat Cat: 27397 . COSPAR: 2002-014A. Apogee: 379 km (235 mi). Perigee: 374 km (232 mi). Inclination: 42.40 deg. Period: 92.10 min.
The third unmanned test of the Shenzhou spacecraft was delayed almost three months when a defective connector was found on the booster after roll-out to the pad in January 2002. The vehicle was disassembled, and all suspect connectors were replaced. The stand-down also revealed ten previously undetected defects in the space capsule. The spacecraft, the first all-up flight model with a functioning (but deactivated) launch escape system, was finally launched and placed into an initial 197 x 326 km x 42.4 deg orbit at 1425 UTC. At about 2120 UTC Shenzhou used its own engine to raise its orbit to 332 x 337 km. The capsule included a dummy astronaut instrumented to monitor life support systems. The descent module returned to Earth on April 1 at 0851 UTC, landing in Inner Mongolia. The orbital module remained in orbit to carry out further experiments, finally being deorbited on 12 November 2002. The spacecraft carried 44 scientific payloads, including a medium-resolution imaging radiometer developed by Chinese Academy of Sciences, installed on the instrument pallet atop the orbital module.
2003 March 25
09:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. Launch Complex: Poker Flat LC2. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant 10CM1.- HEX H Aurora / chemical release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi).
2003 March 25
10:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. Launch Complex: Poker Flat LC3. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Improved Orion.- HEX V Aurora / chemical release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi).
2005 March 25
- International Space Station Status Report #05-15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Chiao, Sharipov. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-5, STS-114. Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov completed preparations for a Monday spacewalk this week and rested to prepare for the excursion.. Additional Details: here....
2006 March 25
03:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Mk 70 Orion.- HyShot 3 - .
Nation: Australia.
Agency: UQU.
Apogee: 325 km (201 mi).
The 100-kg test British-design scramjet engine was boosted to an altitude of 314 km during a 10-minute flight. It and the attached second stage then were re-oriented to point back to the Earth. The scramjet was successfully ignited at a speed of Mach 8 in the tiny six-second window of opportunity shortly before impact.
2006 March 25
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Orion sounding rocket.2006 March 25
13:07 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Orion sounding rocket.2008 March 25
- ISS On-Orbit Status 03/25/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123. Off-duty day for the station crew.. Additional Details: here....
2008 March 25
- STS-123 - Wakeup Song: Con Te Partiro - . Flight: STS-123. "Con Te Partiro" an Italian song that translates to “I will go with you.”.
2009 March 25
- STS-119 - Wakeup Song: Dirty Water - . Flight: STS-119. "Dirty Water" by the Standells, played for Pilot Tony Antonelli..
2009 March 25
13:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Wingate. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Hera.2012 March 25
12:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC200/39. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Briz-M.- Intelsat IS-22 - .
Payload: BSS-702MP. Mass: 6,200 kg (13,600 lb). Nation: Luxembourg.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: HS 702.
USAF Sat Cat: 38098 . COSPAR: 2012-011A. Apogee: 35,795 km (22,241 mi). Perigee: 35,779 km (22,231 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min.
The satellite hosted an Intelsat C- and Ku-band commercial communications payload and a UHF communications payload for the Australian Defense Forces. First Proton launch to use a supersynchronous orbit to maximize use of booster propellant and conserve spacecraft fuel.
2014 March 25
17:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Sukchon. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nodong RV - . Nation: Korea North. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Missile test.
2014 March 25
17:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Sukchon. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nodong RV - . Nation: Korea North. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Missile test.
2014 March 25
21:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.- Soyuz TMA-12M - .
Call Sign: Cliff. Crew: Artemyev,
Skvortsov,
Swanson.
Backup Crew: Samokutyayev,
Serova,
Wilmore.
Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 712. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia.
Program: ISS.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12M.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA.
Duration: 169.21 days. Decay Date: 2014-09-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 39622 . COSPAR: 2014-013A. Apogee: 417 km (259 mi). Perigee: 412 km (256 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.85 min.
The third planned rendezvous burn at 23:48 GMT was cancelled due to a software problem, leaving the spacecraft in a 297 x 333 km x 51.7 deg orbit. Rendezvous with the ISS was rescheduled to 27 March. It maneuvered to a 414 x 425 km orbit on 26 March. Docking with the ISS at the Poisk module was at 23:53 GMT on 27 March. On September 10 at 23:01 GMT Skvortsov, Artemev and Swanson undocked from the Poisk module in Soyuz TMA-12M. The deorbit burn at 01:30 GMT September 11 was followed by module separation at 01:58, atmosphere entry at 02:01, and landing in Kazakhstan at 02:23.
2015 March 25
18:36 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC37B. Launch Pad: Cape Canaveral SLC37. LV Family: Delta IV. Launch Vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2).- USA 260 - . Payload: Navstar 73 / GPS SVN 71 / IIF-9 / Deneb. Mass: 1,630 kg (3,590 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Navigation. Type: Navigation satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Navstar. Spacecraft: GPS Block 2F. USAF Sat Cat: 40534 . COSPAR: 2015-013A. Apogee: 20,195 km (12,548 mi). Perigee: 20,169 km (12,532 mi). Inclination: 55.04 deg. Period: 717.97 min. Nicknamed Deneb; launched into a 12-hour-period orbit to join the navigation constellation..
2015 March 25
22:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. Launch Complex: Yasniy Sh370/13. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.- Arirang-3A - . Payload: KOMPSAT 3A. Mass: 800 kg (1,760 lb). Nation: Korea South. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: T200. Spacecraft: Kompsat. USAF Sat Cat: 40536 . COSPAR: 2015-014A. Apogee: 538 km (334 mi). Perigee: 522 km (324 mi). Inclination: 97.53 deg. Period: 95.23 min. South Korean imaging satellite with submeter resolution. Sun synchronous orbit; 0130 GMT local time of the descending node..
2018 March 25
10:51 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Malemute. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Improved Malemute.- NASA 46.019UO - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi). Education mission. Impacted Atlantic..
2018 March 25
20:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Yemen. LV Family: R-17. Launch Vehicle: Burkan 2H.- Burkan RV - . Nation: Yemen. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Combat launch. Impacted Riyadh Airport..