United Launch Alliance
| United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Dec. 18, 1992, 10:16 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.
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
| Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan Dec. 9, 1992, 11:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Neman or Yantar-4KS1M satellites were improved versions of the Terilen elctro-optical reconnaissance satellites. They were transmitting the data via Potok (Geizer) relay satellites.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
| United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Dec. 2, 1992, 1:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-53 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense. The mission was launched on 2 December 1992 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.