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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 25

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 25, 1990, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31 (Hubble)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 24, 1990, 12:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the space shuttle program. Discovery's tenth mission deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 69

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 20, 1990, 6:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 91

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 17, 1990, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Delta 6925-8 | Palapa B2R

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 13, 1990, 10:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indonesian geostationary communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1 14

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 13, 1990, 6:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Foton 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1990, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Microgravity research satellite

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Atlas E Altair | POGS & SSR, TEX, SCE

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 11, 1990, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

POGS & SSR was a satellite designed to measure the Earth's magnetic field. TEX and SCE studied ionospheric effects on RF transmissions.

Polar Orbit
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Long March 3 | Asiasat 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 7, 1990, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 345-352

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 6, 1990, 3:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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