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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-52 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Columbia, and was launched on 22 October 1992.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78M-PVB | US-K 70

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 21, 1992, 10:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 83 to 88

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 20, 1992, 12:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78M-PVB | Molniya-3 50L

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 14, 1992, 7:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Delta II | DFS-Kopernikus 3

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 12, 1992, 9:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

German communications satellite built by the GESAT consortium.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Foton 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 8, 1992, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Microgravity research satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 2C | FSW-1 4 & Freja

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Oct. 6, 1992, 6:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese reconnaissance satellite. The Freja magnetospheric research satellite was launched on 6 October 1992 as a "piggyback" payload on a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.

Low Earth Orbit
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Commercial Titan III | Mars Observer

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 25, 1992, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars Observer, the first of the Observer series of planetary missions, was designed to study the geoscience and climate of Mars.

Heliocentric N/A
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 66

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 22, 1992, 4:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-47

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1992, 2:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-47 was the 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences.

Low Earth Orbit
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