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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 68

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 25, 1992, 8:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 1992, 5:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 13

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 22, 1992, 12:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

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Soyuz U | Orlets-1 4

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 22, 1992, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Long March 2E | Optus B2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 21, 1992, 11:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Australian communications satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in California.

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIA-8

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 18, 1992, 10:16 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.

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Proton | US-KMO 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 17, 1992, 12:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation early warning satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 9, 1992, 11:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Neman or Yantar-4KS1M satellites were improved versions of the Terilen elctro-optical reconnaissance satellites. They were transmitting the data via Potok (Geizer) relay satellites.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-53

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1992, 1:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-53 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense. The mission was launched on 2 December 1992 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

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Molniya 8K78M-PVB | Molniya-3 56L

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1992, 1:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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