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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 17
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 29, 1994, 9:30 a.m.
Long March 3 | APSTAR 1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 21, 1994, 10:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The APSTAR 1 spacecraft carries such general communications traffic as voice, fax, data, and television signals across China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. APSTAR 1A has expanded coverage to India and Pakistan. Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., signed a contract in May 1992 with APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong for the first satellite. APT ordered APSTAR IA in March 1995. The spacecraft were built at the Hughes Space and Communications Company facilities in El Segundo, Calif.
Geostationary OrbitSoyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 72
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 20, 1994, 5:35 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 7
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1994, 5:13 a.m.
Ariane 44L | PAS 2 & BS 3n
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 8, 1994, 11:05 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-65
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 8, 1994, 4:43 p.m.
Proton | US-KMO 3
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 6, 1994, 11:58 p.m.
Long March 2D | Fanhui Shi Weixing (16)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 3, 1994, 8 a.m.
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-19
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 1, 1994, 12:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TM-19 was the 19th mission and the 16th long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on July 1, 1994, 12:24:50 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Talgat Musabayev into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed two EVAs, carried out various scientific experiments in medicine, material sciences, astrophysics etc. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, and welcomed aboard the Soyuz TM-20 crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on November 4, 1994, 11:18:26 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
Pegasus XL | Space Test Experiments Platform 1 (STEP-1)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
June 27, 1994, 9:15 p.m.
