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Delta II | GPS IIA-13

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 30, 1993, 12:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GPS-2A (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2A (Navigation System using Timing And ranging) are improved satellites of the second generation of the GPS navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 19

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 24, 1993, 10:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-19

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 10, 1993, 10:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Molniya-M | US-K 74

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 10, 1993, 2:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 13

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 9, 1993, 10:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 58L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 4, 1993, 12:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Titan 403A | SLDCOM 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 2, 1993, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Dispenser satellite for the NOSS-2 triplet of ocean surveillance satellites

Elliptical Orbit
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Ariane 44L | Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 22, 1993, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hispasat 1A and B were the first two satellites in the national system operated by the Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat, for a dual civil/military mission, offering services to telecommunications operators and radio broadcasting both in Europe and North Africa and America. Hispasat 1A was launched in September 1992, and Hispasat 1B in July 1993. From its orbital position of 30 degrees West above the Atlantic and close to the Brazilian coast, this was the first European satellite system to provide transatlantic capacity, simultaneously covering all the Latin American countries and the United States, areas that have a great deal in common both culturally and linguistically.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 101

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 1993, 8:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas II | DSCS-3 B9

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 19, 1993, 10:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.

Geostationary Orbit
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