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Proton | Uragan 69 to 71
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 14, 1995, 6:10 a.m.
Ariane 44L | Telecom 2C & Insat 2C
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 6, 1995, 11:23 p.m.
Titan 404A | KH-11 11
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 5, 1995, 9:18 p.m.
Atlas IIAS | SOHO
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1995, 8:08 a.m.
Long March 2E | Asiasat 2
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 28, 1995, 11:30 a.m.
Proton | Gals 2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 17, 1995, 2:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Gals television broadcasting satellite, originally expected to be launched by December, 1990, was designed to support a variety of direct broadcast customers, including professional broadcasting firms (having antenna 2.5 m in diameter), community associations (receiving antenna 1.5 m), and individuals (receiving antenna 0.6-0.9 m). The year 1994 marked the long awaited debut of the first of the next-generation Russian geosynchronous communications satellites.
Geostationary Orbit
Ariane 44P | ISO
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 17, 1995, 1:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
SO (Infrared Space Observatory) was a infrared space telescope designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS and NASA. ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometers to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources.
Elliptical Orbit
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-74
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 12, 1995, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on 12 November 1995. The mission ended 8 days later with the landing of Atlantis back at Kennedy. It was the second in a series of seven straight missions to the station flown by Atlantis.
Low Earth OrbitTitan 401A Centaur | Milstar 2
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 6, 1995, 5:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Milstar (Military Strategic & Tactical Relay), DFS (Development Flight Satellite) is the tactical and strategic multiservice satellite system designed to provide survivable communications for U.S. forces worldwide. The program is managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Center.
Geostationary Orbit
Delta II | Radarsat
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 4, 1995, 2:22 p.m.
