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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 98
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 6, 1991, 3:30 p.m.
Ariane 44LP | Astra 1B & Meteosat 5
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana 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.
Geostationary Orbit
Proton | Raduga 27
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 1991, 5:30 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 71
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 1991, 4:53 a.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 80
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 15, 1991, 3:19 p.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 13
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 15, 1991, 9:30 a.m.
Proton | US-KMO 1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 14, 1991, 8:31 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 353-360
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1991, 2:44 a.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 57
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 7, 1991, 6:15 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 17
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 5, 1991, 2:36 a.m.
