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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-66
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 3, 1994, 4:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on 3 November 1994 at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on 14 November 1994 at 10:33:45 am EST.
Low Earth Orbit
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 5
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 2, 1994, 1:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
S-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
Delta 7925-10 | Wind
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 1, 1994, 9:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The main purpose of the Wind spacecraft is to measure the incoming solar wind, magnetic fields and particles, although early on it will also observe the Earth's foreshock region. Wind, together with Geotail, Polar, SOHO, and Cluster projects, constitute a cooperative scientific satellite project designated the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program which aims at gaining improved understanding of the physics of solar terrestrial relations.
Heliocentric L1
Ariane 42P | Astra 1D
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 1, 1994, 12:37 a.m.
Proton | Elektro
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 31, 1994, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Elektro (or GOMS, Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite) is a three-axis stabilized satellite with a payload that includes a three-channel, earth-imaging radiometer as well as comprehensive communications facilities together with a capability to measure space radiation spectra and densities. It is the space component of the Planeta-C Meteorological Space System.
Geostationary Orbit
PSLV | IRS-P2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Oct. 15, 1994, 5:05 a.m.
Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress-2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 13, 1994, 4:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Ekspress series spacecraft for Data transmission, TV & radio-broadcasting, communications, Internet, video-conference closely resembled the Gals spacecraft and shared a similar spacecraft bus. Ekspress was to replace the widely used Gorizont spacecraft, and plans called for deployments at 13 locations (40 degrees, 53 degrees, 80 degrees, 90 degrees, 96.5 degrees, 99 degrees, 103 degrees, 140 degrees, 145 degrees, 205 degrees, 322.5 degrees, 346 degrees, and 349 degrees, all East longitude) for domestic needs and to support the Intersputnik Telecommunications Association.
Geostationary OrbitTsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 7
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 11, 1994, 2:30 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Solidaridad 2 & Thaicom 2
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 8, 1994, 1:07 a.m.
Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 703
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 6, 1994, 6:35 a.m.
