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Ariane 44L | Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 22, 1993, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Hispasat 1A and B were the first two satellites in the national system operated by the Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat, for a dual civil/military mission, offering services to telecommunications operators and radio broadcasting both in Europe and North Africa and America. Hispasat 1A was launched in September 1992, and Hispasat 1B in July 1993. From its orbital position of 30 degrees West above the Atlantic and close to the Brazilian coast, this was the first European satellite system to provide transatlantic capacity, simultaneously covering all the Latin American countries and the United States, areas that have a great deal in common both culturally and linguistically.
Geostationary Orbit
Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 101
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 1993, 8:45 a.m.
Atlas II | DSCS-3 B9
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 19, 1993, 10:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.
Geostationary OrbitSoyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 70
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1993, 4:40 p.m.
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 3
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7, 1993, 7:15 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
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-17
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 1, 1993, 2:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TM-17 was the 17th mission and the 14th long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on July 1, 1993, 14:32:58 UTC, launching Commander Vasili Tsibliyev, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Serebrov and Research Cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed EVAs, various station repair and maintenance tasks, and carried out various scientific experiments. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, and welcomed aboard the Soyuz TM-18 crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on January 14, 1994, 08:18:20 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
Delta II | GPS IIA-12
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 26, 1993, 1:27 p.m.
Scout G-1 | RADCAL
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 25, 1993, 11:30 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 18
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 1993, 8:20 a.m.
Ariane 42P | Galaxy 4H
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 25, 1993, 12:18 a.m.
