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Delta II | Iridium 04 to 08

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 5, 1997, 2:55 p.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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Atlas I | GOES 10

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 25, 1997, 5:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Pegasus XL | Minisat & Celestis Space Burial #1

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
April 21, 1997, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 88

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 17, 1997, 1:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44LP | Thaicom 3 & BSat 1a

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 16, 1997, 11:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Thaicom 3 and BSat 1a are Thai and Japanese commmunications satellites.

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 77

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 9, 1997, 8:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-34

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 6, 1997, 4:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-83

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 4, 1997, 7:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-83 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle Columbia.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan II SLV | DMSP-5D2 F14

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 4, 1997, 4:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas IIA | Tempo 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 8, 1997, 6:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tempo 1 and 2 satellites can transmit more than 200 channels of high-fidelity broadcast programming to cable companies and home dishes. Tempo has twice the power and capacity of comparable satellites. It features 32 high-powered Ku-band transponders at 115 Watts, switchable to 16 transpondersders at 220 Watts. Total on-board transmitter power totals 3500 Watts.

Geostationary Orbit
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