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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1993, 11:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-51 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced 10 Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. The flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space. A spacewalk was also performed during the mission to evaluate tools and techniques for the STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission later that year.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Orlets-1 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 7, 1993, 1:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas I | UHF F/O F2

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 3, 1993, 11:17 a.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
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 21

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 31, 1993, 4:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIA-13

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 30, 1993, 12:38 p.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.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 19

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 24, 1993, 10:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-19

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 10, 1993, 10:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Molniya-M | US-K 74

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 10, 1993, 2:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Atlas E | NOAA 13

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 9, 1993, 10:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 58L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 4, 1993, 12:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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