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Proton-K/DM-2M | PAS 5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 1997, 12:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 7920-8 | ACE

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 25, 1997, 2:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The objective of the ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) is to collect observations of particles of solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic origins, spanning the energy range from that of keV.solar wind ions to galactic cosmic ray nuclei up to 600 MeV/nucleon.

Heliocentric L1
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Athena I | Lewis

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 23, 1997, 6:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lewis was one of two missions selected under NASA's SSTI (Small Spacecraft Technology Initiative) program to demonstrate advanced spacecraft technologies (11 July 1994).

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II | Iridium 22 to 26

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 21, 1997, 12:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been scaled back. Motorola's Satellite Communications Group designed and manufactured the Iridium satellites with Lockheed Martin providing the LM-700A spacecraft buses.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 3B | Agila 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 19, 1997, 5:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Agila 2, delivered on orbit in 1997, is the most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region. The new satellite is a prime example of SS/L's dominance in the emerging domestic and international broadcast satellite market.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton | US-KS 7

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 14, 1997, 8:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 44P | PAS 6

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 8, 1997, 6:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Three of the most powerful broadcast satellites ever launched that are capable of direct-to-home (DTH) service are providing DTH programming to millions of consumers of PanAmSat. They were designed and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). PanAmSat-6 (PAS-6) provides quality digital television to customers in South America.

Geostationary Orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-85

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 1997, 2:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-85 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-26

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 5, 1997, 3:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TM-26 was the 32nd mission and the 24rd long-duration expedition to Mir space station. It was also a part of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program. The mission began on August 5, 1997, 15:35:54 UTC, launching Commander Anatoly Solovyev and Flight Engineer Pavel Vinogradov into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed several EVAs and various scientific experiments in medicine, biotechnology, Earth sciences etc. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, STS-86 and STS-89, and welcomed aboard Soyuz TM-27 with the next expedition crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on February 19, 1998, 09:10:30 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Pegasus XL | OrbView-2

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
Aug. 1, 1997, 8:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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