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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 37

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 18, 1991, 11:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 97

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1991, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 44L | Italsat 1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 15, 1991, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Italy's first operational communications satellite was launched 15 January 1991 by an Ariane-44L H10 booster. Developed by a contractor team led by Alenia Spazio, Italsat carries ten active transponders plus five spares for 30/20 GHz and 50/40 GHz links with a capacity of 12,000 telephone circuits.

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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-6

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 14, 1991, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Delta II | NATO 4A

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 8, 1991, 12:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NATO-4 is the a communications satellite system serving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and British Ministry of Defense. NATO 4A was the first of two new-generation comsats offering secure military and diplomatic voice and data communications to NATO member nations and troops in the field.

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Proton | Raduga-1 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1990, 11:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 96

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1990, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 21, 1990, 6:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

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Proton | Raduga 26

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 20, 1990, 11:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

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