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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 28, 1990, 12:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1990, 8:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | Superbird B & BS 2x

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 22, 1990, 11:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Japanese communications satellites

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton | Raduga 25

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 15, 1990, 7:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

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Delta 6920-8 | LACE & RME

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 14, 1990, 4:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SDI experiment to validate laser beam relay functions for a ballistic missile defense system

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-9

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 11, 1990, 6:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TM-9 was the ninth mission and the sixth long-duration expedition to Mir space station. The mission began on February 11, 1990, 06:16:00 UTC, launching Commander Anatoly Solovyev and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Balandin into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, cosmonauts performed two EVAs, various station maintenance tasks, and carried out scientific experiments in biology, geophysics, space technology, astronomy etc. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 9, 1990, 07:33:57 UTC.

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H-1 | Momo 1b

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 7, 1990, 1:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Duga-K 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 6, 1990, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental radar calibration satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 4

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 4, 1990, 12:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1990, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-R series ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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