On January 19 in Space History

1840 January 19

• Discovery of Antarctica - . Nation: UK.

1896 January 19

• Birth of Smith J DeFrance - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: DeFrance. American engineer. Designer and director of research for wind tunnels at Langley, 1922-1940, and Ames, 1940-1965. His work in the 1950's established blunt-body shapes for re-entry vehicles..

1910 January 19

• Birth of Erich Walter Neubert - . Nation: Germany, USA. Related Persons: Neubert. German engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter..

1919 January 19

• Goddard resumes teaching at Clark University - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Goddard. From 1919 to 1930 he resumed full-time teaching at Clark University, and could devote only spare time and summers to rocket research..

1945 January 19

18:26 GMT - . Launch Site: V-2 Battery 485. Launch Pad: 2./485. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

• V-2 combat launch from Burgsteinfurt to Antwerp - . Nation: Germany. (Site 163), rocket fired, impacted Antwerp at Berendrechtstraat, 41 killed, 75 injured, 28 houses destroyed..

1946 January 19

• Birth of Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin - . Nation: Austria, Belarus. Related Persons: Shchukin. Belarusian test pilot cosmonaut, 1980-1988..

1946 January 19

• XS-1 Flight 1 - . Crew: Woolams. Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 1. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Woolams. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Bell flight 1. First glide flight of AAF-NACA XS-1 rocket research airplane (No.1 of the original three X-1's built), by Jack Woolams, Bell Aircraft test pilot, at Pinecastle Army Air Base, Fla..

1956 January 19

Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: Sergeant.

• Test mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

1956 January 19

Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11M.

• Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: Korolev bureau. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1957 January 19

Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5M.

• Nuclear test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1957 January 19

01:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC6. LV Family: Redstone. Launch Vehicle: Jupiter A. FAILURE: Platform roll control malfunction at 310 sec..

• Jupiter A - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

  Launched at 2037 hours EST from AMR. The flight was successful. Actual range was 61.6 nm; 400 meters left; and 0.21 nm over the intended impact point. The primary objective was to test the accuracy of the guidance system when the missile is fired in a short range trajectory at an extreme attitude to range ratio. The missile closely followed the predicted trajectory for a successful flight which terminated 70 meters beyond and 360 meters to the Left of the expected impact point at 61.553 nm range. The short range trajectory was programmed with an extreme altitude-to-range ratio so the guidance system would be subjected to the most difficult short range expected in future tactical application. Missed aimpoint by 400 m.

1959 January 19

• Contract with Rocketdyne for development of the F-1 engine - . Nation: USA. Program: Apollo.

  NASA signed a definitive contract with Rocketdyne Division, NAA, for $102 million covering the design and development of a single-chamber, liquid-propellant rocket engine in the 1- to l.5-million-pound-thrust class (the F-1, to be used in the Nova superbooster concept). NASA had announced the selection of Rocketdyne on December 12.

1959 January 19

Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC36. Launch Pad: ALA3. Launch Vehicle: Redstone. FAILURE: Human error in connecting separation system..

• Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Missile test failure. Missed aimpoint by 1,189 m..

1960 January 19

18:18 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.

• Extreme ultraviolet monochromator Solar extreme ultraviolet mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 210 km (130 mi).

1961 January 19

• Studies of manned lunar and interplanetary expeditions - . Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM, CSM Source Selection. The Marshall Space Flight Center awarded contracts to the Douglas Aircraft Company and Chance Vought Corporation to study the launching of manned exploratory expeditions into lunar and interplanetary space from earth orbits..

1961 January 19

• Hughes to build Surveyor spacecraft - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Surveyor.

  After evaluating preliminary design studies, NASA selected the Hughes Aircraft Company to build seven Surveyor spacecraft. This 750-pound, three-legged, unmanned spacecraft would carry 200 pounds of instruments, including zoom television cameras, a drill to sample the lunar soil, chemical analysis equipment, and a seismometer. The first Surveyor was scheduled to be launched in 1963.

1961 January 19

12:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA1. Launch Vehicle: Iris. FAILURE: Failure.

• Aeronomy / test - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi).

1962 January 19

LV Family: MMRBM.

• Development begun of a mobile mid-range ballistic missile (MMRBM). - . The Defense Department authorized the Air Force (BSD) to proceed with the development of a mobile mid-range ballistic missile (MMRBM) for eventual deployment in Europe and the Far East..

1962 January 19

LV Family: Titan.

• Contract for 15 Titan Gemini Launch Vehicles - . Spacecraft: Gemini. The Martin Marietta Corporation was awarded a letter contract for the development and production of 15 Titan Gemini Launch Vehicles and related aerospace ground equipment (AGE)..

1962 January 19

Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.

• Ranger 26 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1963 January 19

LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIC.

• McNamara requests review of the Titan III nd Gemini programs. - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Dynasoar, Gemini. The Secretary of Defense directed a review of the Titan III program and the Gemini program of NASA..

1964 January 19

• George M Low assigned to the position of Deputy Director of MSC - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Low, George. Program: Apollo.

  NASA assigned George M. Low to the position of Deputy Director of MSC. He would replace James C. Elms, who had resigned on January 17 to return to private industry. Although Low continued as Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight at NASA Headquarters until May 1, he assumed his new duties at MSC the first part of February.

1964 January 19

10:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC2W. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor SLV-2 Agena D.

• OPS 3367A - . Payload: DAPP / OPS 3367 A. Mass: 130 kg (280 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Class: Technology. Type: Military technology satellite. Spacecraft: AFP-43. USAF Sat Cat: 734 . COSPAR: 1964-002B. Apogee: 810 km (500 mi). Perigee: 789 km (490 mi). Inclination: 99.00 deg. Period: 100.90 min. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .

• OPS 3367B - . Payload: DAPP / OPS 3367 B. Mass: 130 kg (280 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Class: Technology. Type: Military technology satellite. Spacecraft: AFP-43. USAF Sat Cat: 735 . COSPAR: 1964-002C. Apogee: 815 km (506 mi). Perigee: 791 km (491 mi). Inclination: 99.00 deg. Period: 100.90 min. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .

1965 January 19

LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II.

• Built-in holds in the GLV/Gemini countdown. - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft Bus: Mercury & Gemini Spacecraft Systems Development Diaries. Spacecraft: Gemini Fuel Cell. The study of 325 missile countdowns, 205 missile launches, as well as all Titan scrubs and holds, indicated that GLV launching would be considerably improved and a great many scrubs precluded by the addition of such holds..

1965 January 19

05:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC10W. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor MG-18.

• DMSP-Block-4A F1 - . Payload: DAPP 10 / OPS 7040. Mass: 150 kg (330 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Program: DMSP. Class: Earth. Type: Weather satellite. Spacecraft Bus: DMSP. Spacecraft: DMSP Block 4A. Decay Date: 1979-07-13 . USAF Sat Cat: 973 . COSPAR: 1965-003A. Apogee: 833 km (517 mi). Perigee: 462 km (287 mi). Inclination: 98.80 deg. Period: 97.60 min.

  The first Air Force Thor/Altair (Burner I) space booster was launched from Vandenberg AFB. The Altair upper stage was the fourth stage of the Scout rocket. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Launch date was January 18, 1965. The launch was successful and correct orbit was achieved. However, the heat shield on the second stage did not deploy correctly and the mission objectives were not fully realized. This first Burner I bird is distinguishable in photos by its black second stage.

1965 January 19

14:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC19. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II GLV.

• Gemini 2 - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Spacecraft: Gemini. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

  The second Titan II Gemini Launch Vehicle (GLV-2) carried the unmanned, instrumented Gemini spacecraft (GT-2) for a suborbital shot preliminary to the first U.S. two-man Gemini mission. During the countdown for Gemini-Titan (GT) 2, the fuel cell hydrogen inlet valve failed to open. Efforts to correct the problem continued until it was determined that freeing the valve would delay the countdown. Work on the fuel cell ceased, and it was not activated for the flight. The fuel cell installed in spacecraft No. 2 was not a current flight design. When fuel cell design was changed in January 1964, several cells of earlier design were available. Although these cells were known to have some defects, flight testing with the reactant supply system was felt to be extremely desirable. Accordingly, it was decided to fly the entire system on GT-2, but only on a "non-interference with flight" basis. When it became clear that correcting the problem that emerged during the GT-2 countdown would cause delay, fuel cell activation for the flight was called off.

1966 January 19

LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIB.

• First Titan IIIB completed - . The first Titan IIIB configuration vehicle was completed by the Denver Division of the Martin Marietta Corporation..

1966 January 19

20:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC4E. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas SLV-3 Agena D.

• KH 7-24 - . Payload: KH-7 no. 24 / OPS 7253. Mass: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NRO, USAF. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: WS-117. Spacecraft: KH-7. Decay Date: 1966-01-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 1939 . COSPAR: 1966-002A. Apogee: 259 km (160 mi). Perigee: 138 km (85 mi). Inclination: 93.80 deg. Period: 88.40 min. KH-7 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .

• OPS 3179/Agena D - . Payload: Agena Pickaback / OPS 3179. Mass: 60 kg (132 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Class: Surveillance. Type: SIGINT. Spacecraft Bus: P 11. Spacecraft: SSF. Decay Date: 1966-01-23 . USAF Sat Cat: 1940 . COSPAR: 1966-002B. Apogee: 149 km (92 mi). Perigee: 120 km (70 mi). Inclination: 93.80 deg. Period: 87.20 min. Not identified as a subsatellite ferret by McDowell..

1967 January 19

Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Hammaguira Brigitte. LV Family: Diamant. Launch Vehicle: Saphir VE231.

• Re-entry Vehicle test - . Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1967 January 19

12:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC41/1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92.

• Cosmos 138 - . Payload: Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 43. 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: 1967-01-27 . USAF Sat Cat: 2646 . COSPAR: 1967-004A. Apogee: 273 km (169 mi). Perigee: 190 km (110 mi). Inclination: 64.60 deg. Period: 89.10 min. Area survey photo reconnaissance satellite..

1967 January 19

23:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Vehicle: Nike Iroquois.

• Release Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 107 km (66 mi).

1968 January 19

• Gagarin and Titov visit Tereshkova in the hospital. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Gagarin, Tereshkova, Titov. In 1967, the average cosmonaut who had already flown in space spent 50 days on public relations activities and tours - a serious loss to them in terms of training for future missions..

1968 January 19

Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: R-16. Launch Vehicle: R-16U.

• UBP R-16 PL68-19 - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi).

1968 January 19

02:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant II.

• Te / ne Aeronomy / ionosphere / Fields mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi).

1968 January 19

21:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC132/1. Launch Pad: LC132/2. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

• Cosmos 200 - . Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Tselina. Class: Surveillance. Type: SIGINT. Spacecraft: Tselina-O. Decay Date: 1973-02-24 . USAF Sat Cat: 3100 . COSPAR: 1968-006A. Apogee: 539 km (334 mi). Perigee: 518 km (321 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 95.20 min. Possible navigation satellite..

1968 January 19

23:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Vehicle: Nike Iroquois.

• Atmospheric / TMA Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 191 km (118 mi).

1969 January 19

• State Commission on Soyuz 4/5 - . Nation: Russia. Program: Soyuz. Flight: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 4/5, Soyuz 5. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK, Yastreb.

  At 10:00 a State Commission convenes at Area 17. The mistakes made during the Soyuz 4/5 flight are reviewed. The EVA began with a closed valve on Khrunov's suit. The film camera was not activated, resulting in loss of one of the key propaganda points of the exercise.

1969 January 19

12:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. LV Family: Kappa. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 9M.

• Gryo-plasma probe Aeronomy / ionosphere / fields / mission - . Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi).

1970 January 19

• HL-10 Flight 32 - . Crew: Hoag. Payload: HL-10 flight 32. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Hoag. Program: NASA Lifting Body. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: HL-10. Maximum Speed - 1398 kph. Maximum Altitude - 26410 m. Flight Time - 410 sec..

1970 January 19

• Soviet leadership interest in manned spaceflight has collapsed. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Belyayev, Brezhnev, Bykovsky, Chelomei, Mishin, Popovich. Program: Salyut, Almaz, Skylab. Spacecraft: Almaz OPS, Salyut 1, Soyuz 7K-S.

  Kamanin notes that interest of the leadership in manned spaceflight has collapsed with the end of the moon race. Brezhnev has declared that his primary interest is in earth orbital space stations. Both Mishin and Chelomei have stations in development, but the work is progressing slowly. There will be no launch of either of their projects until 1972 - which means the Soviets will be beaten by the US Skylab. Kamanin believes the Americans can never be beaten in space unless all space projects are guided firmly by a single Ministry of Defence and Civilian Space office. Meanwhile the Hong Kong flu epidemic is hitting many at the cosmodrome - Moroz, Popovich, and Bykovsky are all seriously ill.

1971 January 19

19:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Astrobee. Launch Vehicle: Astrobee D.

• AFCRL 71-1 Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 146 km (90 mi).

1972 January 19

• Policy on astronaut preference kits flown on Apollo spacecraft - . Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. A directive establishing policy and procedure and assigning responsibilities governing articles to be included in astronaut preference kits flown on board Apollo spacecraft was promulgated..

1973 January 19

Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.

• Plan for storage of unassigned Saturn hardware and phaseout of Saturn V. - . Nation: USA. Program: Skylab.

  MSFC began implementation of a plan for preparation and storage of unassigned Saturn hardware, phaseout of the Saturn V production capability, and amendment of the facility operations contract at the Michoud Assembly Facility for minimum surveillance of stored hardware.

1973 January 19

09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. LV Family: Kappa. Launch Vehicle: Kappa 9M.

• VLF Ionosphere / active plasma mission - . Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 330 km (200 mi).

1974 January 19

• Skylab 4 - Wakeup Song: Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder - . Flight: Skylab 4. "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder" - The Air Force Song -"Anchors Aweigh" &"Ear Splitting Louder Boomer" by Steppenwolf. The last for lone civilian of crew, pilot Ed Gibson CAPCOM: Bob Crippen.

1974 January 19

01:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17B. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 2313. FAILURE: Malfunction of the Thor Delta launch vehicle. Failed to reach planned orbit.. Failed Stage: U.

• Skynet 2A - . Mass: 129 kg (284 lb). Nation: UK. Agency: MoD. Program: Skynet. Class: Communications. Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft: Skynet. Decay Date: 1974-01-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 7096 . COSPAR: 1974-002A. Apogee: 1,803 km (1,120 mi). Perigee: 104 km (64 mi). Inclination: 37.50 deg. Period: 104.10 min. The first of two British satellites-Skynet IIA-was launched from the Eastern Test Range. The payload was lost.

1974 January 19

11:34 GMT - . Launch Site: El Arenosillo. LV Family: Skua. Launch Vehicle: Skua 4.

• Ionosphere mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: DLR, INTA. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi).

1975 January 19

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC162/36. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: R-36 8K67.

• Svilets test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1975 January 19

11:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.

• Trident SFT-4 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). The first Minuteman launch in the HAVE FLY Program occurred. This was part of the Navy's Trident Supplemental Flight Test program. .

1976 January 19

• Almaz / TKS flight tests approved. - . Nation: Russia. Spacecraft: Almaz OPS, Almaz OPS-2, TKS. Central Committee of the Communist Party and Council of Soviet Ministers Decree 46-13 'On course of work on Almaz and the TKS' was issued..

1977 January 19

15:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Antigua. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.

• Nation: USA. Agency: MRN. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi).

1978 January 19

01:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Kwajalein. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.

• Arcasonde - . Nation: USA. Agency: MRN. Apogee: 69 km (42 mi).

1979 January 19

Launch Site: Vandenberg. LV Family: Shuttle.

• The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $3.8 million contract to Morrison-Knudsen, Inc. - . It was for site preparation at the space shuttle launch facility, Vandenberg AFB. Site preparation was the first phase of a three-phase construction effort at the launch facility. Ground-breaking took place on 24 January..

1979 January 19

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF06. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.

• ABRES STREP-1 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: ABRES. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

  STREP-1, an ABRES flight test conducted in support of the Army's System Technology Reentry Experiments Program, was launched on a Minuteman I booster from Vandenberg AFB to Kwajalein missile range. The primary mission was successful, but a secondary payload, the advanced Star decoy sponsored by ABRES, deployed improperly because of improper loading, and data on its performance could not be collected.

1979 January 19

08:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Vehicle: S-310.

• Aeronomy / ionosphere mission - . Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 212 km (131 mi).

1980 January 19

• Voyager 1's Discovery of Saturn Moon Janus - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Voyager.

1981 January 19

03:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant VB.

• Upper atmosphere Composition Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 263 km (163 mi).

1983 January 19

02:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC132/1. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

• Cosmos 1429 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 249. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13761 . COSPAR: 1983-002A. Apogee: 1,518 km (943 mi). Perigee: 1,467 km (911 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.80 min. Eight satellites launched by a single carrier rocket..

• Cosmos 1430 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 250. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13762 . COSPAR: 1983-002B. Apogee: 1,499 km (931 mi). Perigee: 1,467 km (911 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.60 min.

• Cosmos 1433 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 253. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13765 . COSPAR: 1983-002E. Apogee: 1,468 km (912 mi). Perigee: 1,446 km (898 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.00 min.

• Cosmos 1434 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 254. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13766 . COSPAR: 1983-002F. Apogee: 1,467 km (911 mi). Perigee: 1,431 km (889 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 114.90 min.

• Cosmos 1435 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 255. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13767 . COSPAR: 1983-002G. Apogee: 1,468 km (912 mi). Perigee: 1,415 km (879 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 114.70 min.

• Cosmos 1432 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 252. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13764 . COSPAR: 1983-002D. Apogee: 1,468 km (912 mi). Perigee: 1,463 km (909 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.20 min.

• Cosmos 1436 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 256. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13768 . COSPAR: 1983-002H. Apogee: 1,467 km (911 mi). Perigee: 1,399 km (869 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 114.50 min.

• Cosmos 1431 - . Payload: Strela-1M no. 251. Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Strela. Spacecraft: Strela-1M. USAF Sat Cat: 13763 . COSPAR: 1983-002C. Apogee: 1,483 km (921 mi). Perigee: 1,466 km (910 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.40 min.

1983 January 19

23:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IX.

• AURELD-HIGH Auroral mission - . Nation: Sweden. Agency: SSC. Apogee: 494 km (306 mi).

1984 January 19

02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Ryori. LV Family: MT-135. Launch Vehicle: MT-135P.

• Meteorological mission - . Nation: Japan. Agency: JMA. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi).

1988 January 19

08:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant X.

• TOPAZ II Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 926 km (575 mi).

1989 January 19

15:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Antigua. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.

• Arcasonde - . Nation: USA. Agency: MRN. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi).

1990 January 19

• STS-32 - Wakeup Song: Anchor's Aweigh - . Flight: STS-32. "Anchor's Aweigh" for Lt. Commander U.S. Navy Wetherbee; and University of Wisconsin- River Falls' fight song performed by the school's pep band in honor of graduate Brandenstein .

1990 January 19

06:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.

• Nation: USA. Agency: MRN. Apogee: 94 km (58 mi).

1991 January 19

Launch Site: Scud Batteries. Launch Pad: IRAQ-W. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Al Hussein.

• Israel - . Nation: Iraq. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1992 January 19

• Mir News 118: MOSCOW TIME - . Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-12 Mir LD-3, Soyuz TM-13.

  For those monitoring Radio Moscow: last night Moscow time changed. The clocks have been put 1 hour forward and the new time can be considered to be an interim time. It is called: Sunlight Saving Time and will be valid until 29 March 1992. In the night from 28 to 29 March 1992 the clock will move 1 hour forward again. 50 Moscow time is now UTC+3. (TsUP, and the cosmonauts already used UTC+3 and consequently TsUP/Mir-time is now equal to Moscow time.)

  ATTITUDE CONTROL FAILURE HAMPER IMPORTANT OPERATIONS.

  During the last weeks preparations were going on to make the return capsule ready for a safe return to Earth. This capsule on board freighter Progress-M10 on 18 January 1992 had to separate from the then undocked Progress-MIG for a safe descent. On 16 January 1992 the cosmonauts reported failure of the Attitude Control System. On 17 January 1992 experts on TsUP were still considering what to do, but they already postponed the undocking of the Progress-M10. About the planned launch of Progress-M11 on 21 January 1992 they were not sure. Krikalyav suggested TsUP to carry out both operations and he uttered some alternatives for the attitude control. Until and inclusive 18 January 1992 Progress-M10 has not been used for an orbit correction either.

  (PROGRESS-M11: The crew confirmed that Progress-M1l will not be equipped by a return-capsule. So the original plan to use such a capsule with Progress-M11 has been cancelled.

  Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202

1993 January 19

• STS-54 - Wakeup Song: Ain't Misbehavin' - . Flight: STS-54. "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Eddie Higgins and Rebecca Parris.

1993 January 19

14:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC43/3. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.

• Cosmos 2231 - . Mass: 6,600 kg (14,500 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Yantar. Spacecraft: Yantar-4K1. Duration: 65.00 days. Decay Date: 1993-03-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 22317 . COSPAR: 1993-004A. Apogee: 342 km (212 mi). Perigee: 163 km (101 mi). Inclination: 67.20 deg. Period: 89.60 min. High resolution photo reconnaissance; returned film in two small SpK capsules during the mission and with the main capsule at completion of the mission..

1993 January 19

• Landing of STS-54 - . Return Crew: Casper, Harbaugh, Helms, McMonagle, Runco. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Casper, Harbaugh, Helms, McMonagle, Runco. Program: STS. Flight: STS-54. STS-54 landed at 13:33 GMT. .

1995 January 19

Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 739. LV Family: Trident. Launch Vehicle: Trident D-5.

• Operational test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1995 January 19

Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 739. LV Family: Trident. Launch Vehicle: Trident D-5.

• Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1995 January 19

20:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF02. Launch Vehicle: Peacekeeper.

• Operational test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSPC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1996 January 19

• STS-72 - Wakeup Song: Darth Vader's Theme - . Flight: STS-72. "Darth Vader's Theme" from"Star Wars" film..

1997 January 19

• STS-81 - Wakeup Song: Ticket to Ride - . Flight: STS-81. "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles (1:27 GMT).

1997 January 19

• STS-81 - Wakeup Song: So Long, Farewell - . Flight: STS-81. "So Long, Farewell" from"The Sound of Music" (23:27 GMT).

1998 January 19

17:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Rothera. LV Family: Viper. Launch Vehicle: Viper 3A.

• TPS08 Aeronomy mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: DLR. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

2000 January 19

02:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2.

• MSLS IFT-4 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). The only decoy used was the single large balloon from the previous tests. Smaller balloons originally had been planned to be a part of IFT-4, but were dropped in an attempt to simplify the test..

2000 January 19

02:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Kwajalein. Launch Complex: Kwajalein Meck. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2 PLV.

• IFT-4 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi).

  Unsuccessful ABM test. First end-to-end system test (intercept attempt) using NMD prototype elements (except the IFICS) and range assets to approximate the objective system. The EKV was again successfully delivered by a surrogate booster and separated into the deployment basket. The failure to intercept was directly traceable to the cryogenic cooling system of the EKV, which failed to cool the IR sensors down to their operating temperatures in time because of an obstructed cooling line.

2003 January 19

• STS-107 MCC Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Bowersox, Brown, David, Budarin, Chawla, Clark, Husband, McCool, Pettit, Ramon, Ross. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-107, STS-113 ISS EO-6. Columbia's astronauts studied combustion properties and the response of their own bodies in weightlessness and the behavior of soot in space one-quarter of the way through their marathon scientific research mission.. Additional Details: here....

2003 January 19

• STS-107 - Wakeup Song: Fake Plastic Trees - . Flight: STS-107.

  "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead. Dedicated to Willie McCool. Red Team -"Amazing Grace" by Black Watch and 51 Band of Highland Brigade. Dedicated to Laurel Clark - The same song on bagpipes was played at her wedding, for the wakeup in space, and at her funeral.

2006 January 19

19:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC41. Launch Pad: SLC41. LV Family: Atlas V. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 551.

• New Horizons - . Mass: 478 kg (1,053 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: JPL, NASA. Manufacturer: APL. Class: Outer planets. Type: Outer planets probe. Spacecraft: New Horizons. USAF Sat Cat: 28928 . COSPAR: 2006-001A.

  Last robotic mission to an unexplored planet in our solar system. New Horizons was due to receive a gravity boost from Jupiter in February 2007, then fly by Pluto in 2015. During launch toward Jupiter it reached a higher velocity than any manmade object, and was the first to be boosted directly to solar escape velocity. The trajectory had a perihelion of 0.98 AU, an inclination of 0.87 deg and an eccentricity of 1.03. After the Jupiter encounter it was to have a perihelion of 2.2 AU, an inclination of 2.3 deg and an eccentricity of 1.40. At encounter with Pluto on July 14, 2015, the spacecraft would be 1.1 AU above the ecliptic plane and 32.9 AU from the Sun, leaving the solar system toward the star Xi Sgr.

2007 January 19

12:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IX.

• JOULE II Aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

2007 January 19

12:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Improved Orion.

• JOULE II Aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

2007 January 19

12:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant VC.

• JOULE II Aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

2007 January 19

12:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Hawk. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Improved Orion.

• JOULE II Aurora mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

2008 January 19

• ISS On-Orbit Status 01/19/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. Saturday -- off-duty day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko and FE-2 Tani except for housekeeping and voluntary work.. Additional Details: here....

2017 January 19

23:30 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS.

• TANCREDO-1 - . Nation: Brazil. Class: Communications. Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2017-10-18 . USAF Sat Cat: 41931 . COSPAR: 1998-067KT. Apogee: 408 km (253 mi). Perigee: 395 km (245 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Cubesat from a school in Ubatuba, Brazil.

• OSNSAT - . Nation: USA. Class: Communications. Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2018-01-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 41939 . COSPAR: 1998-067KZ. Apogee: 408 km (253 mi). Perigee: 394 km (244 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Cubesat from the Open Space Network of Mountain View, California..

2018 January 19

04:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Complex: Jiuquan SLS-E. LV Family: DF-31. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 11.

• Hunan xiangjian xinqu hao - . Payload: Tianyi-2; XIAOXIANG 2. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43155 . COSPAR: 2018-008A. Apogee: 547 km (339 mi). Perigee: 520 km (320 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 95.31 min. See Jilin-1 Video-07 (Deqing 1). ..

• Huai'an hao Enlai xing - . Payload: Huia'an; ZHOU ENLAI. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43156 . COSPAR: 2018-008B. Apogee: 546 km (339 mi). Perigee: 524 km (325 mi). Inclination: 97.51 deg. Period: 95.34 min. See Zhou Enlai (HA 1). ..

• KIPP - . Payload: Kepler-0; KEPLER-0 (KIPP). Nation: Canada. USAF Sat Cat: 43157 . COSPAR: 2018-008C. Apogee: 548 km (340 mi). Perigee: 524 km (325 mi). Inclination: 97.51 deg. Period: 95.36 min. See KIPP. ..

• Quan Tu Tong 1 - . Payload: Tianyi-6; QUANTUTONG 1. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43158 . COSPAR: 2018-008D. Apogee: 547 km (339 mi). Perigee: 525 km (326 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 95.36 min. See Jilin-1 Video-07 (Deqing 1). ..

• Jilin-1 Shipin 7 - . Payload: LSC Weixing 7; JILIN-01-07. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43159 . COSPAR: 2018-008E. Apogee: 548 km (340 mi). Perigee: 527 km (327 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 95.38 min. See Jilin-1 Video-07 (Deqing 1). ..

• Jilin-1 Shipin 8 - . Payload: LSC Weixing 8; JILIN-01-08. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43160 . COSPAR: 2018-008F. Apogee: 545 km (338 mi). Perigee: 529 km (328 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 95.38 min. See Jilin-1 Video-08 (Jilin Linye 2). ..

2018 January 19

12:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IX.

• DXL-3 - . Nation: Canada. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi). X-ray Astronomy mission. Impacted Alaska..

2019 January 19

19:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC6. LV Family: Delta IV. Launch Vehicle: Delta 4H.

• USA 290 - . Nation: USA. Type: Imaging 0. Spacecraft: Improved Crystal. USAF Sat Cat: 43941 . COSPAR: 2019-004A.

  See KH-11 17 (Crystal 17, USA 290, NROL 71) ?. National Reconnaissance Office satellite believed to be the first of a new series of imaging spy satellites, probably derived from the Improved CRYSTAL design that in turn descended from the 1970s KENNEN spacecraft which carried the KH-11 camera system.