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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 21, 1990, 6:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Raduga 26

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 20, 1990, 11:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 48

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 10, 1990, 7:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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Proton | Uragan 39 to 41

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 1990, 2:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 56

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 4, 1990, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 36

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 4, 1990, 12:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-11

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 2, 1990, 8:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TM-11 was the 11th mission and the eighth long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on December 2, 1990, 08:13:32 UTC, launching Commander Viktor Afanasyev, Flight Engineer Musa Manarov and Research Cosmonaut Toyohiro Akiyama, the first space tourist, into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed EVAs, various station repair and maintenance tasks, and carried out scientific experiments in biology, geophysics, space technology, astronomy etc. They were visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, and welcomed aboard the ninth long-duration expedition crew, which arrived in Soyuz TM-12 vehicle. Toyohiro Akiyama returned on December 10, 1990, in Soyuz TM-10 spacecraft, while the mission itself concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on May 26, 1991, 10:04:13 UTC.

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-35

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1990, 6:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-35 was the tenth flight of Columbia and the 38th of the shuttle program. Its mission was devoted to astronomical observations using ASTRO-1, a spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes.

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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F10

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 1, 1990, 3:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 28, 1990, 4:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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