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Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 19,42,44,45

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 1999, 12:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees, and will also have 8 spares. The satellites were built by Space Systems Loral and Alenia Aerospazio in Rome, Italy.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas IIAS | Eutelsat W3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 12, 1999, 10:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (Eutelsat W2, W3 and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). W2, W3 and W5 are designed to offer 24 transponders at saturation and W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft are based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.

Geostationary Orbit
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Titan 402B IUS | DSP 19

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 9, 1999, 5:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 42P | Insat 2E

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 2, 1999, 10:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Insat-2E of the Insat-2 series of satellites built by ISRO, is a multi-purpose satellites for telecommunication, television broadcasting and meteriological services.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-41

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1999, 11:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Zenit | DemoSat

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
March 28, 1999, 1:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DemoSat was the dummy payload on the first Boeing Sea Launch mission. The Zenit-3SL booster rocket lifted off from the Odyssey floating platform on the equator at 154 degrees W longitude.

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Asiasat 3S

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 1999, 12:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese communications satellite. Built to replace AsiaSat 3 which was lost due to a failure of the Proton-K launch vehicle during the second burn of the fourth stage.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 22,37,41,46

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 15, 1999, 3:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees, and will also have 8 spares. The satellites were built by Space Systems Loral and Alenia Aerospazio in Rome, Italy.

Low Earth Orbit
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Pegasus XL | Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
March 5, 1999, 2:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Proton | Raduga-1 4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 1999, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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