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Ariane 2 | TV-Sat 1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 21, 1987, 2:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

German geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress 33

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 20, 1987, 11:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 14, 1987, 9:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 54

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 11, 1987, 9:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | US-KS 4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 28, 1987, 3:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Titan 34D | KH-11 8

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 26, 1987, 9:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 34

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 22, 1987, 2:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 62

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 20, 1987, 9:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 60

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 14, 1987, 12:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 27

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 10, 1987, 9:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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