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Long March 2E | Echostar I

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 28, 1995, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

EchoStar 1 is an American geostationary communications spacecraft that was launched by a CZ-2E with EPKM upper stage rocket from Xichang Center in Sichuan province, PRC. The 3288 kg spacecraft carries 16 Ku-band transponders to enable direct broadcast communications and television channels through 0.5 meter dishes on the ground in the American continents.

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 28, 1995, 6:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 20, 1995, 12:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-30

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 18, 1995, 2:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Atlas IIA | Galaxy 3R

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 15, 1995, 12:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Galaxy 3R, operated by PanAmSat Corporation, is used to provide video and telecommunications services throughout the United States. The satellite's Ku-band capacity can also be switched to provide coverage of Latin America.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton | Uragan 69 to 71

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 14, 1995, 6:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | Telecom 2C & Insat 2C

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 6, 1995, 11:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Telecom 2C and Insat 2C are French and Indian communications satellites operating in geostationary orbit.

Geostationary Orbit
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Titan 404A | KH-11 11

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 5, 1995, 9:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas IIAS | SOHO

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1995, 8:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) is a joint ESA-NASA solar observatory.

Heliocentric L1
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Long March 2E | Asiasat 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 28, 1995, 11:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

AsiaSat 2 was a geostationary C- and Ku-band communications satellite owned by the Hong Kong-based consortium, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat).

Geostationary Orbit
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