This page details the dates beginning with reference stardate -1/80, until stardate -1/99.

Although the ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology authors intended for this timeline to be definitive as compared to real years, numerous details in canon contradict the timeline. The dates are presented as reference stardates (as the FASA RPG presented them) in order to help correlate them with canon dates.

Contents 1 Reference years 1.1 1980 1.2 1982 1.3 1983 1.4 1985 1.5 1986 1.6 1987 1.7 1988 1.8 1991 1.9 1992 1.10 1994 1.11 1996 1.12 1998 1.13 1999 2 Appendices 2.1 References and notes 2.2 Connections

Reference yearsEdit

1980Edit

This reference date coincides with approximately 1981 or 1982 in relation to the real-life events described in the below source.

reference stardate -1/80 

Earth's space shuttle flights begin as available payload space is booked full. Early missions will demonstrate the many uses of the gravity-free vacuum of space.^[1][2]

1982Edit

This reference date coincides with approximately 1989 and later in relation to the real-life events described in the below source.

reference stardate -1/82

• A Human-built space probe, the Lunar polar orbiter transmits data concerning surface chemistry and heat flow on Earth's moon, Luna.^[1]
• Project Galileo departs from Earth orbit for Jupiter. It will descend into the Jovian atmosphere behind a heat shield, radioing back data until the increasing pressure crushes the hull, about 30 minutes after entry.^[1][2]

1983Edit

reference stardate -1/83

• The space telescope is orbited. This 2.4m aperture optical telescope, working above atmospheric turbulence, will revolutionize man's view of the universe.
• The Venus Atmospheric Balloon enters the Venusian atmosphere, sending back data from its gondola of scientific instruments; it circles the planet on the stratospheric winds for several days.

1985Edit

reference stardate -1/85 

Probe flies by Halley's Comet with a battery of instruments that measure its tenuous tail, and continues on to encounter comet Tempel 2 in 1988.

1986Edit

reference stardate -1/86 

Multiple Asteroid Rendezvous Mission will view these bodies in space close-up with an eye on the future mining of these interplanetary travelers.

1987Edit

reference stardate -1/8703 

The Andorian civilization test their first prototype interstellar starship.^[3]

1988Edit

reference stardate -1/88 

Mars Sample Return Probe is launched. It will retrieve soil and rocks for analysis back on Earth when it returns in 1991.

1991Edit

reference stardate -1/91 

The Saturn Dual Probe arrives at the planet, with the satellite going into orbit as the descent stage relays information as it enters the planet's atmosphere.

1992Edit

This reference date coincides with approximately 2011 and later in relation to the real-life events described in the below source.

reference stardate -1/92 

The space shuttle completes its twelve-year series so successfully, man will forever be in space.^[1][2]

1994Edit

reference stardate -1/94 

Manned missions to the moon begin again with several nations taking part. Cooperating as never before, they have a goal of building a permanent moon base by the turn of the century.

1996Edit

reference stardate -1/96 

The DY-100 is the first mass-produced space ship capable of short interplanetary travel (Earth-moon). In an uprated mode, it will be able to take men to Mars.

1998Edit

reference stardate -1/98 

Goddard Moonbase, the first large scale international space project, will provide accommodations for 70 in the fields of space research and industry.

1999Edit

reference stardate -1/99 

Asteroid Belt Lander reveals asteroids to be rich in important raw materials for further space industrialization.

AppendicesEdit

References and notesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Historical fact.
3. ↑ FASA RPG module: The Federation.

ConnectionsEdit

Spaceflight Chronology Timeline
1980-1999 SFC • 2000-2049 SFC • 2050-2099 SFC • 2100-2149 SFC • 2150-2199 SFC • 2200-2249 SFC • 2250-2299 SFC • 2300 SFC • 2301 SFC • 2302 SFC • 2303 SFC