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Ariane 42L | Telstar 402

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 9, 1994, 12:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Telstar 4 series was the successor to AT&T's Telstar 3 series. The spacecraft were built on Lockheed Martin's AS-7000 bus and featured 24 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders.

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F12

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 29, 1994, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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H-II | Kiku-6

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 28, 1994, 7:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ETS 6 (Engineering Test Satellite) was developed to confirm the technology required for a geostationary three-axis satellite bus system for high performance practical satellites in the 1990's, and to test advanced satellite communications equipment.

Geostationary Orbit
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Long March 2E | Optus B3

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 27, 1994, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Australian communications satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in California.

Geostationary Orbit
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Titan 401A Centaur | Mercury 14

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1994, 8:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Mercury (MC) series, although known to the public as 'Advanced Vortex', are the latest generation of USAF ELINT/SIGINT satellites. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT), focused at strategic level communications, but had the capability added to intercept also missile telemetry. These satellites were launched under the designation Program 7500 and were part of NRO's Program A.

Geostationary Orbit
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Zenit-2 | Orlets-2 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 26, 1994, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Orlets-2 or Yenisey was an improved Orlets-1 film return reconnaissance satellite with 22 small return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-24

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 25, 1994, 2:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 60L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 23, 1994, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton | Uragan 57 to 59

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 11, 1994, 3:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44LP | Brasilsat B1 & Türksat 1B

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 10, 1994, 11:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Brasilsat B1 is a second generation Brazilian communications satellite. Türksat B1 is a Turkish communications satellite.

Geostationary Orbit
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