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Atlas II | UHF F/O F4

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 29, 1995, 1:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.

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Long March 2E | Apstar 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jan. 25, 1995, 10:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The APStar 2 satellite was designed to serve two-thirds of the world's population - from China, Japan, and Vietnam on the east; to Russia, Eastern Europe, and India on the west; and to Australia on the south. APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong, ordered the high-power Hughes HS 601 spacecraft model in November 1993, as well as satellite control facility equipment and operator training.

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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 20

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 24, 1995, 3:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Mu-3S-II | EXPRESS

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Jan. 15, 1995, 1:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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EXPRESS (Experiment Re-entry Space System) was a multi-national (Germany, Japan, Russia, Australia) project for a small, micro gravity and reentry research spacecraft. The spacecraft was procured from Khrunichev for a cost of 30 Mio. DM.

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Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 704

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 10, 1995, 6:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Atlas E | NOAA 14

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 30, 1994, 10:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 29, 1994, 11:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Neman or Yantar-4KS1M satellites were improved versions of the Terilen elctro-optical reconnaissance satellites. They were transmitting the data via Potok (Geizer) relay satellites.

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Proton | Raduga 32

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 28, 1994, 11:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 107 to 112

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1994, 10:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

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Rokot / Briz-K | RS-15 Radio-ROSTO

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 26, 1994, 3:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radio-ROSTO, also known as RS 15, was a small amateur radio satellite launched on the maiden orbital flight of the Rokot-K booster.

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