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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 27, 1995, 7:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight. It was the first of seven straight missions to Mir flown by Atlantis.
Low Earth Orbit
Pegasus XL | Space Test Experiments Platform-3 (STEP-3)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
June 22, 1995, 7:58 p.m.
Ariane 42P | DirecTV 3
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 10, 1995, 12:24 a.m.
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 6
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 8, 1995, 4:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas II | UHF F/O F5
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 31, 1995, 3:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
Geostationary OrbitMolniya-M | US-K 76
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 24, 1995, 8:10 p.m.
Atlas I | GOES 9
General Dynamics | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 23, 1995, 5:52 a.m.
Proton | Spektr
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1995, 3:33 a.m.
Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 706
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 17, 1995, 6:34 a.m.
Titan 401A Centaur | Orion 3
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 14, 1995, 1:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Orion 3 and 4 (RIO 3, 4) satellites, which are generally known as 'Advanced Orion' or 'Mentor', are geostationary signals intelligence satellites, which replaced the Magnum / Orion series. Their purpose is to intercept missile telemetry from Russia and China and the COMINT capability of the Mercury satellites was merged into this series. These satellites are launched under the designation Program 7600.
Geostationary Orbit
