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Titan 403A | Onyx 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 8, 1991, 12:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Onyx satellites are terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellite operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 98

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 6, 1991, 3:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 44LP | Astra 1B & Meteosat 5

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 2, 1991, 11:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Astra 1B was the second of the Astra communications satellites launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites). It was believed to have been launched in a faulty condition, and suffered a thruster failure early in its life, causing minor drift, meaning that it became permanently difficult to obtain a steady lock on the satellite. This was most notable on analogue transmissions where the picture would move from clear to carrying sparklies and back again.

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Proton | Raduga 27

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 1991, 5:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 71

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 1991, 4:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 80

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 15, 1991, 3:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 15, 1991, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton | US-KMO 1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 14, 1991, 8:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation early warning satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 353-360

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1991, 2:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 57

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 7, 1991, 6:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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