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Proton | Gorizont 39L

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 27, 1993, 1:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 86

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 26, 1993, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-18

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 22, 1993, 6:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Soyuz U | Resurs-F2 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 21, 1993, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIA-11

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 13, 1993, 12:07 a.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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Ariane 42L | Astra 1C & Arsene

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 12, 1993, 12:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Astra 1B was the third of the Astra communications satellites launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites). Arsene (Ariane Radio-Amateur Satellite Enseignement Espace) was designed and built by the French space agency CNES's radio amateur group (RACE) and carried a VHF/UHF and a UHF/S-band transponder.

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 11, 1993, 2:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 28, 1993, 3:39 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
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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 27, 1993, 10:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-55

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 26, 1993, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-55 (Space Transportation System 55), or D-2 was the 55th overall flight of the US Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple earth observations.

Low Earth Orbit
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