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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 9

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 30, 1991, 8:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Mu-3S-II | Yohkoh

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Aug. 30, 1991, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The objective of Solar A or Yohkoh (Japanese for sunbeam) is to study the high-energy radiations from solar flares (hard and soft X-rays and energetic neutrons) as well as quiet structures and pre-flare conditions. The mission is a successor to Hinotori, a previous Japanese spacecraft flown at the previous solar activity maximum in 1981.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | IRS-1B

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 29, 1991, 6:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indian remote sensing satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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H-1 | Yuri 3B

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 25, 1991, 8:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The BS-3 or Yuri 3 satellites were a series of Japanese direct broadcasting satellites.

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 73

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1991, 12:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F2 7

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 21, 1991, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-9

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 20, 1991, 10:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 15, 1991, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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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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