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Scout G-1 | REX

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 29, 1991, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

REX (Radiation Experiment) or ISES (Integrated Space Experiment System) was an Air Force Rome Laboratory ionospheric research satellite which tested the effects of the atmosphere on radio transmissions, and employed GPS for on-board navigation and attitude control.

Polar Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 11

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1991, 8:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 26

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 1991, 1:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 81

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 18, 1991, 9:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 13, 1991, 3:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-R series ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 49

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 11, 1991, 5:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 5, 1991, 1:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 1991, 8:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-8

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 30, 1991, 8:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Delta II | Satcom C5

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 29, 1991, 10:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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