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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-79
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 16, 1996, 8:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and relief personnel. A variety of scientific experiments were also conducted aboard Atlantis by her crew. It was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous with a fully assembled Mir, and the fourth rendezvous of a shuttle to the space station.
Low Earth Orbit
Delta II | GPS IIA-18
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1996, 8:49 a.m.
Ariane 42P | Echostar II
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 11, 1996, midnight
Atlas IIA | GE 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 8, 1996, 9:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
GE-1 is owned by GE Americom and is a continuation of the old RCA/GE Satcom series. GE-1 has 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and replaced Satcom K1. GE-1 was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 191 × 56495 km × 25.0 deg.
Geostationary Orbit
Proton | INMARSAT III F-2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 6, 1996, 5:37 p.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 OrbitKosmos-3M | Parus 86
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 5, 1996, 12:47 p.m.
Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 18
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 4, 1996, 9:01 a.m.
Molniya-M | Interbol 2, Magin 5 & MuSat 1
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 29, 1996, 5:22 a.m.
Pegasus XL | Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
Aug. 21, 1996, 9:47 a.m.
Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 18, 1996, 10:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
ChinaSat 7 or ZX 7 (Zhongxing 7) is a Hughes HS-376 model geostationary telecommunications satellite built for the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat). It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
Geostationary Orbit
