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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-42

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 22, 1992, 2:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-42 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. The main goal of the mission was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms.

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 62

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 21, 1992, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 5

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 28, 1991, noon
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite. Lost during launch because the CZ-3 upper stage failed to ignite.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton | Raduga 28

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 19, 1991, 11:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AP-IK 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1991, 3:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite dedicated to the ionosphere and magnetosphere

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 14

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 17, 1991, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | Telecom 2A

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 16, 1991, 11:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

French communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas II | Eutelsat II F-3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 7, 1991, 10:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication satellite built by Aerospatiale for Eutelsat.

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F11

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 28, 1991, 1:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 74

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 27, 1991, 3:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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