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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-49

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 7, 1992, 11:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite (Intelsat 603, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before), attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several attempts, the capture was completed with a three-person extra-vehicular activity (EVA).

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 29, 1992, 10:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F2 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 29, 1992, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan II SLV | P-11 5105

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 25, 1992, 8:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Low orbit ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-12

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 19, 1992, 9:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Ariane 44L | Télécom 2B & Inmarsat-2 F4

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 15, 1992, 11:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Télécom 2B and Inmarsat-2 F4 are French and International communications satellites operating in GEO.

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 76

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 15, 1992, 7:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIA-4

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 10, 1992, 3:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GPS-2A (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2A (Navigation System using Timing And ranging) are improved satellites of the second generation of the GPS navigation system.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1992, 12:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Neman or Yantar-4KS1M satellites were improved versions of the Terilen elctro-optical reconnaissance satellites. They were transmitting the data via Potok (Geizer) relay satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Gorizont 25

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1992, 1:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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