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Soyuz U | Progress M-28
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 20, 1995, 3:04 a.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-70
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 13, 1995, 1:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
Low Earth Orbit
Titan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 2
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 10, 1995, 12:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Trumpet signal intelligence satellites were launched by Titan-4(01)A Centaur-T into highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of microwave line-of-sight communications beams. Since they would move slowly through the beams during their orbit, a constellation of such satellites was required to monitor Soviet communications throughout the day.
Elliptical Orbit
Ariane 40 | Helios 1A
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 7, 1995, 4:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Helios program is Europe's military optical reconnaissance system consisting of both a space and a ground segment, which commenced service in 1995, jointly funded by the French, Italian and Spanish governments. The Helios I optical observation satellites, launched in July 1995 and December 1999 respectively, can acquire high resolution images of any point on the globe, with daily revisit capability.
Low Earth OrbitKosmos-3M | Tsikada 21
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 5, 1995, 3:09 a.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 74
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1995, 6:25 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 27, 1995, 7:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight. It was the first of seven straight missions to Mir flown by Atlantis.
Low Earth Orbit
Pegasus XL | Space Test Experiments Platform-3 (STEP-3)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
June 22, 1995, 7:58 p.m.
Ariane 42P | DirecTV 3
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 10, 1995, 12:24 a.m.
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 6
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 8, 1995, 4:43 a.m.
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 Orbit
