Previous Spaceflight Launches
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 55L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 22, 1991, 12:19 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 11
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 19, 1991, 2:30 p.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-7
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 19, 1991, 1:05 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 6
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 12, 1991, 7:29 p.m.
Delta 6925 | INMARSAT II F-2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 8, 1991, 11:03 p.m.
Titan 403A | Onyx 2
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 8, 1991, 12:03 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 98
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 6, 1991, 3:30 p.m.
Ariane 44LP | Astra 1B & Meteosat 5
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 2, 1991, 11:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Astra 1B was the second of the Astra communications satellites launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites). It was believed to have been launched in a faulty condition, and suffered a thruster failure early in its life, causing minor drift, meaning that it became permanently difficult to obtain a steady lock on the satellite. This was most notable on analogue transmissions where the picture would move from clear to carrying sparklies and back again.
Geostationary Orbit
Proton | Raduga 27
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 1991, 5:30 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 71
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 1991, 4:53 a.m.
