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Atlas I | UHF F/O F3
General Dynamics | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 24, 1994, 1:50 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 Orbit
Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 702
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 17, 1994, 7:07 a.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Foton 9
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 14, 1994, 4:05 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 102
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 7, 1994, 7:20 a.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 69
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 25, 1994, 10:15 a.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-23
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 22, 1994, 4:30 a.m.
Proton | Rimsat G2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1994, 2:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The geostationary Gorizont satellites are part of the Russian YeSSS Unified Satellite Communication System. These satellites provided civilian and military telephone, telegraph, and facsimile communications services, in addition to relaying TV and radio broadcasts. Gorizont also supported maritime and international communications from 1988 as an element of the Okean system operating at 1.5 to 1.6 GHz. The Gorizont system occupies 10 position on the geostationary orbit.
Geostationary Orbit
Pegasus HAPS | Space Test Experiments Platform 2 (STEP-2)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
May 19, 1994, 5:03 p.m.
Scout G-1 | MSTI-2
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 9, 1994, 2:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg AFB by a Scout-G1 rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued Scout series. The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate theater ballistic missile (TBM) tracking and was intended to last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.
Low Earth Orbit
ASLV | SROSS-C2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
May 4, 1994, midnight
