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Delta II | GPS IIA-15
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 10, 1994, 3:40 a.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-62
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 4, 1994, 1:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-62 was a Space Shuttle program mission flown aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. The primary payloads were the USMP-02 microgravity experiments package and the OAST-2 engineering and technology payload, both in the orbiter's cargo bay. The two-week mission also featured a number of biomedical experiments focusing on the effects of long duration spaceflight.
Low Earth Orbit
Tsiklon-3 | Koronas-I
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 2, 1994, 3:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
Low Earth OrbitDelta 7925-8 | Galaxy 1R2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 19, 1994, 11:45 p.m.
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
