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Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 76

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 20, 1996, 6:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-78

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 20, 1996, 2:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-B on 20 June 1996.

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Ariane 44P | INTELSAT 709

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 15, 1996, 6:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 5 G | Cluster

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 4, 1996, 12:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

A constellation of four ESA spacecraft. These were intended to fly in a tetrahedral formation, and was inteded to conduct research into the Earth's magnetosphere.

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Proton | Gorizont 32

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 25, 1996, 2:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II | Galaxy 9

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 24, 1996, 1:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-77

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 19, 1996, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-77 was the 77th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission began from launch pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 19 May 1996 lasting 10 days and 40 minutes and completing 161 revolutions before landing on runway 33.

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Pegasus Hybrid | Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 3 (MSTI-3)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
May 17, 1996, 2:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Ariane 44L | Palapa C2 & AMOS 1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 16, 1996, 1:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Palapa C2 and AMOS 1 are Indonesian and Israeli communications satellites.

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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 14, 1996, 8:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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