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Delta II | GPS IIA-14

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 26, 1993, 5:04 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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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 26, 1993, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 701

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 22, 1993, 6:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The nine high-powered Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) spacecraft of the Intelsat 7/7A program, which provide global dissemination of voice, video, and data transmission services, have been launched and are in orbit.

Geostationary Orbit
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-58

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 18, 1993, 2:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-58 was a mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 18 October 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects of spaceflight.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-20

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 11, 1993, 9:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Long March 2C | FSW-1 5

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 8, 1993, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan II SLV | Landsat 6

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 1993, 5:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Landsat 6 satellite was a commercial program jointly with the Department of Commerce (NOAA) and EOSAT Company that provided data for a wide range of Earth resources applications including environmental monitoring, natural resource exploration, urban planning, and cartography. The Landsat 6 satellite continued the series of operational Earth resource monitoring spacecraft begun with Landsat 1 in 1972.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Raduga 30

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 30, 1993, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 40 | SPOT 3

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 26, 1993, 1:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The satellites SPOT 1, 2 and 3 (Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre) were the first generation of SPOT earth observation satellites operated by Spot Image.

Low Earth Orbit
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PSLV | IRS-P1

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 20, 1993, 5:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

IRS-1E (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) satellite was an experimental Indian earth observing satellite, which was derived from the engineering model of IRS-1A incorporating a Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner developed by DLR, Germany, and a LISS-I camera similar to that on IRS-1A.

Low Earth Orbit
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