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Atlas II | DSCS-3 B9
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 19, 1993, 10:04 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 OrbitSoyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 70
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1993, 4:40 p.m.
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 3
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7, 1993, 7:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-17
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 1, 1993, 2:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TM-17 was the 17th mission and the 14th long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on July 1, 1993, 14:32:58 UTC, launching Commander Vasili Tsibliyev, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Serebrov and Research Cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed EVAs, various station repair and maintenance tasks, and carried out various scientific experiments. Station crew was visited by several Progress resupply spacecrafts, and welcomed aboard the Soyuz TM-18 crew. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on January 14, 1994, 08:18:20 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
Delta II | GPS IIA-12
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 26, 1993, 1:27 p.m.
Scout G-1 | RADCAL
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 25, 1993, 11:30 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs-F 18
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 1993, 8:20 a.m.
Ariane 42P | Galaxy 4H
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 25, 1993, 12:18 a.m.
Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 95 to 100
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 24, 1993, 4:12 a.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-57
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 21, 1993, 1:07 p.m.
