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Ariane 44LP | Hispasat 1A & Satcom C3

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 10, 1992, 11:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hispasat 1A was the first satellite in the national system operated by the Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat, for a dual civil/military mission, offering services to telecommunications operators and radio broadcasting both in Europe and North Africa and America. Satcom C3 was a second generation geostationary comsat built for RCA Americom.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton | US-KS 6

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 10, 1992, 6:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II | GPS IIA-6

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 9, 1992, 8:57 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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Delta II | Satcom C4

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 31, 1992, 10:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Atlas I | Galaxy 1R

General Dynamics | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 22, 1992, 10:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Resurs-F 16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 19, 1992, 10:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return Earth observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-14

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 15, 1992, 10:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Long March 2E | Optus B1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 13, 1992, 11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Australian communications satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in California.

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 50

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 12, 1992, 5:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 42P | Topex-Poseidon, Kitsat 1 & S80/T

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 10, 1992, 11:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite was launched on 10 August 1992 with the objective of "observing and understanding the ocean circulation". A joint project between NASA, the U.S. space agency, and CNES, the French space agency, it carries two radar altimeters and precise orbit determination systems, including the DORIS system. KITSAT-1 (Korean Institute of Technology Satellite) was a collaborative research mission, encompassing the installation of a groundstation in South Korea, participation of Korean engineers in the UoSAT-5 mission, technology transfer and training of students on the MSc courses at Surrey, and the involvement in a engineering and flight microsatellites. The S80/T satellite was built for CNES by Matra Marconi Space using the Surrey Satellite Technology Microbus (Uosat) bus.

Low Earth Orbit
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