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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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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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