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Ariane 42P | PAS 3
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 1, 1994, 10:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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
Long March 3A | DFH-3
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 29, 1994, 5:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The DFH-3 satellite is a medium-capacity geostationary communications satellite based on the DFH-3 Bus (three-axis-stabilized telecommunications satellite platform). The 2200 kg satellite carries 24 C-band transponders, providing six television channels and 18 communications transmission channels. It has a power supply of 2 kW and a design life of 8 years.
Geostationary Orbit
Atlas IIA | Orion 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 29, 1994, 10:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Orion 1 telecommunications satellite, launched in November 1994, was the first purchase of a European satellite by a US-based company. Its 34 Ku-band transponders serve Europe, the United States to the Rocky Mountains and parts of Canada and Mexico, providing video for broadcast and business television, high-speed Internet access and multimedia services, broadband and data networking.
Geostationary OrbitTsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 14
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 29, 1994, 2:54 a.m.
Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 16
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 24, 1994, 9:15 a.m.
Proton | Uragan 60 to 62
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 20, 1994, 12:39 a.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-25
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 11, 1994, 7:21 a.m.
Zenit-2 | Resurs-O1
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 4, 1994, 5:47 a.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-66
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 3, 1994, 4:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on 3 November 1994 at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on 14 November 1994 at 10:33:45 am EST.
Low Earth Orbit
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 5
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 2, 1994, 1:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
S-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
