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Ariane 44L | Intelsat 605

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 14, 1991, 11:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 2, 1991, 3:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 82

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 1, 1991, 11:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F 12

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 23, 1991, 9:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Pegasus HAPS | 7 microsats

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
July 17, 1991, 5:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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


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Ariane 40 | ERS-1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 17, 1991, 1:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ERS (European Remote Sensing Satellite) are a family of multi-disciplinary Earth Observation Satellites.

Polar Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 10, 1991, 2 p.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 99

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 9, 1991, 9:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIA-2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 4, 1991, 2:32 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GPS-2A (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2A (Navigation System using Timing And ranging) are improved satellites of the second generation of the GPS navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Proton | Gorizont 23

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 1, 1991, 9:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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