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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1990, 10:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Mu-3S-II | Hiten

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Jan. 24, 1990, 11:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese experimental satellite inserted in a highly elliptical Earth orbit which released a small satellite named Hagoromo into orbit around the Moon.

Elliptical Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 53L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 23, 1990, 2:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Ariane 40 | SPOT 2

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 22, 1990, 1:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

French Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 47

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 18, 1990, 12:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 89

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1990, 2:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 9, 1990, 12:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility.

Low Earth Orbit
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Commercial Titan III | Skynet 4A & JCSat 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 1990, 12:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

British and Japanese geostatioary communications satellites

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton | Luch #3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1989, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1989, midnight
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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