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Ariane 44L | GE 2 & Nahuel 1A
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 30, 1997, 10:04 p.m.
Delta II | GPS IIR-1
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 17, 1997, 4:28 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-81
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 12, 1997, 9:27 a.m.
Soyuz U | Bion 11
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 1996, 1:50 p.m.
Titan 404A | KH-11 12
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 20, 1996, 6:04 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 87
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 20, 1996, 6:43 a.m.
Atlas IIA | INMARSAT III F-3
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 18, 1996, 1:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Launched in 1996-8, the Inmarsat-3s were built by Lockheed Martin Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space) of the USA, responsible for the basic spacecraft, and the European Matra Marconi Space (now Astrium), which developed the communications payload.
Geostationary Orbit
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 8
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 11, 1996, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.
Low Earth OrbitDelta II | Mars Pathfinder
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 4, 1996, 6:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
he MPF (Mars Pathfinder) (formerly known as the Mars Environmental Survey, or MESUR Pathfinder) is the second of NASA's low-cost planetary Discovery missions. The mission consists of a stationary lander and a surface rover. The mission has the primary objective of demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface. This objective will be met by tests of communications between the rover and lander, and the lander and Earth, and tests of the imaging devices and sensors.
Heliocentric N/AAtlas IIA | Hot Bird 2
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 21, 1996, 8:47 p.m.
