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Atlas IIAS | JCSAT 3
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 29, 1995, 12:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Foreseeing the growth of the communications business, Japan Satellite Systems, Inc., (JSAT) of Tokyo signed a contract in October 1993 for a Hughes HS-601 satellite from Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc. The satellite, JCSAT-3, was designed to relay voice, data, and television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and India; and via C-band to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii.
Geostationary Orbit
Athena I | Gemstar DSS-1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 15, 1995, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
The CTA GEMStar 1 (VITASAT 1) satellite partially sponsored by Volunteers In Technical Assistance (VITA) of Arlington Virginia, was launched at 2230 UTC from Vandenberg AFB on the 15-Aug-95, but a second stage failure destroyed the first flight of the Lockheed LLV-1 launch vehicle (later dubbed Athena-1).
Low Earth OrbitMolniya-M | Molniya-3 59L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 9, 1995, 2:21 a.m.
Delta II | Mugunghwa 1
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 5, 1995, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Koreasat 1 and 2, also known as Mugunghwa 1 and 2, were South Korean communications satellite launched by Delta-7925 rockets from Cape Canaveral. They were based on the Lockheed AS-3000 bus and carried 15 Ku-band transponders to provide TV coverage for South Korea and other Asian countries.
Geostationary Orbit
Ariane 42L | PAS 4
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 3, 1995, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
In November 1991, PanAmSat Corporation ordered three Hughes HS-601 model PAS (PanAmSat) satellites from Hughes Space and Communications Company. The satellites provide video services for program distribution and syndication; data services for business applications; and services for video, radio, data and telephone transmission. They were placed over the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, respectively. In August 1993, PanAmSat ordered a fourth satellite, to be used as a spare. The spare was pressed into service to replace the first PAS-3 spacecraft, which was lost during a launch vehicle failure.
Geostationary OrbitMolniya-M | Interbol-1
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 2, 1995, 11:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Interball Project is a multi-national effort that consists of four spacecraft: two main spacecraft of the Prognoz series, made in Russia, each with a small subsatellite (Magion) made in Czechoslovakia. The main objective is to study the physical mechanisms responsible for the transmission of solar wind energy to the magnetosphere, its storage there, and subsequent dissipation in the tail and auroral regions of the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere during magnetospheric substorms.
Elliptical OrbitAtlas IIA | DSCS-3 B7
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 31, 1995, 11:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
DSCS-3 (Defense Satellite Communications System 3) are geostationary communications satellites, which provide a robust anti-jam, nuclear hardened capability that supports Department of Defense (DoD) worldwide requirements, White House and Diplomatic communications. They are the follow-on generation of the DSCS-2 satellites.
Geostationary Orbit
Proton | Uragan 66 to 68
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 24, 1995, 3:52 p.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-28
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 20, 1995, 3:04 a.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-70
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 13, 1995, 1:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
Low Earth Orbit
