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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1989, 12:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-33 was the thirty-second shuttle mission and the ninth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the fifth shuttle mission in support of the Department of Defence.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 5920-8 | COBE

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 18, 1989, 2:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cosmology research satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 17, 1989, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 44L | Intelsat 602

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 27, 1989, 11:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 24, 1989, 9:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 21, 1989, 9:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-34

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 18, 1989, 4:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-34 was the thirty-first shuttle mission and the fifth for Atlantis. It deployed the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 88

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 17, 1989, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 48

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 3, 1989, 2:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton | Gorizont 19

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 28, 1989, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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