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- 1995 Jul 5 - - 03:07 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Complex: LC132/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.
Civilian navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 11 of constellation. Signals at 150,00 MHz and 400.00 MHz. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 107 .
- 1995 Jul 7 - - 16:23 GMT. Nation: France. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 4. LV Configuration: Ariane 40 s/n V75.
Caracterisation de l'Environnement Radioelectrique par un Instrument Spatiale Embarque; examined Earth RF environment. Customer: Alcatel Espace/DME. French government research payload incorporated into an advance microsatellite platform. Still operational as of 2000. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
Universidad Politecnia de Madrid Satellite; experimental communications, microgravity experiments. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Jul 10 - - 12:38 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Vehicle: Titan 4. LV Configuration: Titan 401A / Centaur G s/n K-19 (45E-5).
It entered Jupiter's atmosphere on 1995.12.07.
- 1995 Jul 13 - - 13:42 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-70.
Deployed TDRS 7. Payloads: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) G/ Inertial Upper Stage (IUS); Bioreactor Demon-stration System (BDS) B; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC); Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG); Hand-Held, Earth-Oriented, Real-Time, Cooperative, User-Friendly, Location-Targeting and Environmental System (HER-CULES); Microcapsules in Space (MIS) B; Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rodents (R); Radiation Monitoring Experiment (RME) III; Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II; Space Tissue Loss (STL)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cells (C); Military Applications of Ship Tracks (MAST); Visual Function Tester (VFT) 4; Window Experiment (WINDEX). Additional Details: STS-70. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 .
NASA communications; deployed from STS-70 on 7/13/95. Stationed at 149.8 deg W. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Jul 14 - Nation: USA.
Repaired solar array. Inspected exterior of station. References: 66 .
- 1995 Jul 17 - Nation: Russia.
The module was transferred by the small manipulator arm on Mir to its final location at the Mir transfer compartment's starboard radial port.
- 1995 Jul 19 - Nation: USA.
Retrieved TREK detector. References: 66 .
- 1995 Jul 20 - - 03:04 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U.
Unmanned resupply vessel to Mir. Docked with Mir's front port on 22 Jul 1995 04:39:37 GMT. Undocked on 4 Sep 1995 05:09:53 GMT. Destroyed in reentry on 4 Sep 1995 08:58:55 GMT. Total free-flight time 2.22 days. Total docked time 44.02 days. References: 2 , 6 , 275 , 276 .
- 1995 Jul 21 - Nation: USA.
Installed Miras spectrometer. References: 66 .
- 1995 Jul 24 - - 15:52 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC200L. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K / 11S861. LV Configuration: Proton 8K82K s/n 374-01 / 11S861 s/n 77L.
Glonass navigation spacecraft. Constellation 2. Put into service 26 August 1995. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .
Glonass navigation spacecraft. Constellation 2. Put into service 25 August 1995. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .
Glonass navigation spacecraft. Constellation 2. Put into service 22 August 1995. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .
- 1995 Jul 31 - - 23:30 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC36A. Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIA. LV Configuration: Atlas IIA (4) s/n AC-118 IABS / Centaur II.
- 1995 Aug 2 - - 23:45 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Complex: LC43/3. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M. LV Configuration: Molniya 8K78M / 2BL.
Particles and fields research. Paired with Magion 4 subsatellite. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
Deployed from Interbol-1 on 8/3/95; solar wind studies in conjunction with Interbol-1. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Aug 3 - - 23:58 GMT. Nation: International. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 42L. LV Configuration: Ariane 42L+ s/n V76.
16 C-Band, 24 Ku-Band transponders; 320 radio + 120 DirecTV channels. Stationed at 68.5 deg E. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Aug 5 - - 11:10 GMT. Nation: Korea. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925. LV Configuration: Delta 7925 / Delta s/n 228. FAILURE: Partial Failure.
15 Ku-band transponders; boosted into geosynch orbit by satellite thrusters following Delta failure that left satellite in LEO; unplanned use of satellite propellant cut usable satellite lifetime by approx. 50 percent. Stationed at 116.0 deg E. Stage 1 SRM failure References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Aug 9 - - 02:21 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Complex: LC43/3. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M. LV Configuration: Molniya 8K78M / ML.
Voice and TV coverage. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Aug 15 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: Vandenberg .
First launch from Space Launch Complex 6 involved the Lockheed Launch Vehicle I (LLV-1), carrying the commercial satellite GEMSTAR. References: 88 .
- 1995 Aug 15 - - 22:30 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC6. Launch Vehicle: Athena-1. LV Configuration: LLV-1 s/n LM-001. FAILURE: Destroyed by range safety 160 sec into flight after failure of thrust vector control system.
Global Electronic Messaging Satellite;. References: 5 .
- 1995 Aug 29 - - 00:53 GMT. Nation: Japan. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC36B. Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS. LV Configuration: Atlas IIAS (1N) s/n AC-117 / Centaur II.
8 transponders for digital TV. Stationed at 128.1 deg E. Launch vehicle put payload into supersynchronous earth orbit with IFR/MRS trajectory option. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 278 .
- 1995 Aug 29 - - 06:41 GMT. Nation: Japan. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44P. LV Configuration: Ariane 44P s/n V77.
Stationed at 131.9 deg E. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Aug 30 - - 19:33 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC200L. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K / 11S861. LV Configuration: Proton 8K82K s/n 369-02 / 11S861 s/n 78L.
Stationed at 80 deg E. Relaying of telegraph and telephone information. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .
- 1995 Aug 31 - - 06:49 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Complex: LC32/2. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3. LV Configuration: Tsiklon-3 s/n 801.
Chile's first satellite built through a technology transfer programme with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Carried store and forward and Earth observation payloads. Decommissioned as of 2000. References: 279 .
Oceanographic remote sensing; carried FASat-Alfa microsat for Chile that failed to deploy. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 September - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: Kistler K-1.
By 1996 Kistler had completed the K-1 vehicle development and ground facilities work packages and signed preliminary contracts with several major systems and sub-systems contractors; completed a series of critical design reviews with K-1 contractors; signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Nevada to establish a United States launch site; received 46 Russian NK-33 and NK-43 engines from Aerojet. Thereafter the program ran out of funding and momentum in the wake of the Iridium bankruptcy and collapse of the MEO satellite market.
- 1995 Sep 3 - - 09:00 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U2.
Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23. On February 29 the crew undocked from Mir in Soyuz TM-22, and at 10:42 GMT they landed in Kazakhstan. References: 2 , 6 , 51 , 276 .
- 1995 Sep 7 - - 15:09 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-69.
Released by STS-69 9/8/95; retrieved 9/10/95; examined solar corona. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 276 .
Deployed and retrieved Spartan 201, WSF 2. Payloads: Wake Shield Facility (WSF) 2; Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for As-tronomy (SPARTAN) 201; International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH)1; Inter-Mars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (ITEPC); Extravehicular Activity Development Flight Test (EDFT) 2; Capillary Pumped Loop (CAPL) 2/ getaway special (GAS) bridge assembly with five GAS payloads; Auroral Photography Experiment (APE) B; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC); Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA), Configuration A; Electrolysis Perfor-mance Improvement Concept Study (EPICS); Space Tissue Loss (STL)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cells (C); Commercial Middeck Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiment (CMIX). Additional Details: STS-69. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 .
Wake Shield Facility; released by STS-69 9/11/95; retrieved 9/14/95; semiconductor materials research. Retrieved by Endeavour Sep 14 References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 276 .
- 1995 Sep 16 - Nation: USA.
Tested tools and techniques for extravehicular activity. References: 66 .
- 1995 Sep 24 - - 00:06 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Complex: ELA2. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 42L. LV Configuration: Ariane 42L+ s/n V78.
Direct TV for continental US. Stationed at 89.0 deg W. References: 2 , 5 , 6 .
- 1995 Sep 26 - - 11:31 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Complex: LC43/4. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U.
Natural resources; photo capsule recovered in Russia on 10/26/95. References: 2 , 6 , 276 .
- 1995 Sep 29 - - 04:25 GMT. Nation: Russia. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC31. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U.
Photo/digital surveillance. References: 2 , 6 .
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