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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 17

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 5, 1991, 2:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Kosmos-3M | Informator-1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 29, 1991, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Informator 1 was a prototype communications satellite for the Koskon (Space Conversion) Global Space Communication System to collect and transmit data from several scientific stations with an additional radio amateur hosted payload. It was launched on 29 January 1991 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome by a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle.

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 37

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 18, 1991, 11:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 97

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1991, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 44L | Italsat 1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 15, 1991, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Italy's first operational communications satellite was launched 15 January 1991 by an Ariane-44L H10 booster. Developed by a contractor team led by Alenia Spazio, Italsat carries ten active transponders plus five spares for 30/20 GHz and 50/40 GHz links with a capacity of 12,000 telephone circuits.

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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-6

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 14, 1991, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Delta II | NATO 4A

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 8, 1991, 12:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NATO-4 is the a communications satellite system serving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and British Ministry of Defense. NATO 4A was the first of two new-generation comsats offering secure military and diplomatic voice and data communications to NATO member nations and troops in the field.

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Proton | Raduga-1 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1990, 11:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 96

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1990, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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