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Ariane 42L | PAS 4
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 3, 1995, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
In November 1991, PanAmSat Corporation ordered three Hughes HS-601 model PAS (PanAmSat) satellites from Hughes Space and Communications Company. The satellites provide video services for program distribution and syndication; data services for business applications; and services for video, radio, data and telephone transmission. They were placed over the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, respectively. In August 1993, PanAmSat ordered a fourth satellite, to be used as a spare. The spare was pressed into service to replace the first PAS-3 spacecraft, which was lost during a launch vehicle failure.
Geostationary Orbit
Molniya-M | Interbol-1
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 2, 1995, 11:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Interball Project is a multi-national effort that consists of four spacecraft: two main spacecraft of the Prognoz series, made in Russia, each with a small subsatellite (Magion) made in Czechoslovakia. The main objective is to study the physical mechanisms responsible for the transmission of solar wind energy to the magnetosphere, its storage there, and subsequent dissipation in the tail and auroral regions of the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere during magnetospheric substorms.
Elliptical OrbitAtlas IIA | DSCS-3 B7
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 31, 1995, 11:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.
Geostationary Orbit
Proton | Uragan 66 to 68
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 24, 1995, 3:52 p.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-28
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 20, 1995, 3:04 a.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-70
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 13, 1995, 1:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
Low Earth OrbitTitan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 2
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 10, 1995, 12:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Trumpet signal intelligence satellites were launched by Titan-4(01)A Centaur-T into highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits. In their elliptical orbits they would move very slowly over the northern hemisphere for most of their orbital period, allowing interception of microwave line-of-sight communications beams. Since they would move slowly through the beams during their orbit, a constellation of such satellites was required to monitor Soviet communications throughout the day.
Elliptical Orbit
Ariane 40 | Helios 1A
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 7, 1995, 4:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Helios program is Europe's military optical reconnaissance system consisting of both a space and a ground segment, which commenced service in 1995, jointly funded by the French, Italian and Spanish governments. The Helios I optical observation satellites, launched in July 1995 and December 1999 respectively, can acquire high resolution images of any point on the globe, with daily revisit capability.
Low Earth OrbitKosmos-3M | Tsikada 21
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 5, 1995, 3:09 a.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 74
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1995, 6:25 p.m.
