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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 4, 1990, 12:27 p.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1990, 11:20 a.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 50
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 25, 1990, 5:15 p.m.
Delta 6925 | GPS-2 6
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1990, 10:55 p.m.
Mu-3S-II | Hiten
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Jan. 24, 1990, 11:46 a.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-3 53L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 23, 1990, 2:51 a.m.
Ariane 40 | SPOT 2
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 22, 1990, 1:35 a.m.
Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 47
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 18, 1990, 12:52 p.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-8 89
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1990, 2:45 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 9, 1990, 12:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility.
Low Earth Orbit
