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Ariane 44L | SBS 6 & Galaxy 6

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 12, 1990, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellites

Geostationary Orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 6, 1990, 11:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective the launch the Ulysses probe as part of the International Solar Polar Mission.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2C | FSW-1 3

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 5, 1990, 6:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 4, 1990, 4:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 1, 1990, 9:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Orlets-1 2

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 1, 1990, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 20

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1990, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 27, 1990, 10:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 54L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 20, 1990, 8:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 70

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 14, 1990, 5:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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