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Proton | Priroda

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 23, 1996, 11:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Priroda was the last of the scheduled five Russian modules of the Mir space station complex and was launched from the Baykonur cosmodrome by a Proton-K rocket to dock after 3 days rather than the usual 9 days. The launch itself was 3 days earlier than the planned date in order to facilitate an American microbiology program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 42P | M-SAT 1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 20, 1996, 10:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

North American communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Astra 1F

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1996, 11:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Astra 1F was the first western satellite launched on a Proton-K Blok-DM3 rocket, on April 9, 1996.

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Atlas IIA | INMARSAT III F-1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 3, 1996, 11:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Launched in 1996-8, the Inmarsat-3s were built by Lockheed Martin Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space) of the USA, responsible for the basic spacecraft, and the European Matra Marconi Space (now Astrium), which developed the communications payload.

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Delta II | GPS IIA-16

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 28, 1996, 12:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GPS-2A (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2A (Navigation System using Timing And ranging) are improved satellites of the second generation of the GPS navigation system.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-76

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 22, 1996, 8:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 3:13 am EST (UTC −5) from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B. STS-76 lasted over 9 days, traveled about 3,800,000 miles (6,100,000 km) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and landing at 5:28 am PST (UTC −8) on 31 March 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base runway 22.

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PSLV | IRS-P3

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
March 21, 1996, 4:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

IRS-P3 (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) was an Indian experimental earth observation satellite.

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Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 75

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 14, 1996, 5:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 707

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 14, 1996, 7:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Pegasus XL | REX II

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
March 9, 1996, 1:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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