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Proton | Raduga 31
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 18, 1994, 7:56 a.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 101 to 106
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1994, 8:54 a.m.
Long March 3A | Shi Jian 4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 8, 1994, 8:33 a.m.
Titan 401A Centaur | Milstar 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 7, 1994, 9:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Milstar (Military Strategic & Tactical Relay), DFS (Development Flight Satellite) is the tactical and strategic multiservice satellite system designed to provide survivable communications for U.S. forces worldwide. The program is managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Center.
Geostationary OrbitProton | Raduga-1 3
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 1994, 8:46 a.m.
H-II | Myojo & Ryusei
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 3, 1994, 10:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Vehicle Evaluation Payload (VEP), renamed Myojo after launch, was a Japanese spacecraft that provided a ranging function as well as functions to measure the acceleration and deformation, in order to confirm the accuracy of the H-2 rocket orbit injection and understand the environment of the payload equipment. The Orbital Re-entry Experiment (OREX), renamed Ryusei after launch contributed to HOPE development by accumulating experience in designing and producing a re-entry vehicle and acquiring re-entry data which is difficult to acquire in ground experiments.
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-60
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1994, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-60 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried Sergei K. Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle. The mission used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from Launch Pad 39A on 3 February 1994 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission carried the Wake Shield Facility experiment and a SPACEHAB module into orbit, and carried out a live bi-directional audio and downlink link-up with the cosmonauts aboard the Russian space station Mir.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz U | Progress M-21
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 28, 1994, 2:12 a.m.
Titan II SLV | Clementine 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 25, 1994, 4:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The DSPSE (Deep Space Program Science Experiment), the first of a series of Clementine technology demonstrations jointly sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), launched in early 1994. Its principal objective is to space qualify lightweight imaging sensors and component technologies for the next generation of Department of Defense (DoD) spacecraft. The Clementine mission uses the Moon, a near-Earth asteroid (1620 Geographos), and the spacecraft's Interstage Adapter (ISA) as targets to demonstrate lightweight component and sensor performance.
Lunar OrbitTsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 6
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 25, 1994, 12:25 a.m.
