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1990s

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  1. 1990

    1. 1990-01-01 mission operations

      The Voyager program formally began its extended investigation of the outer heliosphere.

    2. 1990-01-09 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the LDEF Retrieve flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1990-01-17 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2055 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1990-01-18 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2056 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1990-01-22 launch

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      Ariane 40 (40) launched on the SPOT 2/ASAP-1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1990-01-23 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1990-01-25 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2057 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1990-01-30 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2058 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1?. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1990-02-04 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3 launched on the Zhongxing 3 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1990-02-06 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2059 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1990-02-11 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-9 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1990-02-15 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1990-02-22 launch failure

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      Ariane 44L (44L) launched on the Superbird B/BS 2X flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch failure.

    14. 1990-02-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Nadezhda flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1990-02-28 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Okean flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1990-02-28 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the USA 53 [MST1] flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1990-02-28 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress M-3 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1990-03-14 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2060 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1990-03-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2061 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1990-03-22 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2062 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1990-03-27 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2063 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1990-04-03 launch failure

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kobal't No. 527 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch failure.

    23. 1990-04-06 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2064/2071 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1990-04-07 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3 launched on the Asiasat 1 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1990-04-11 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Foton flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1990-04-13 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2072 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1990-04-17 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2073 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1990-04-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2074 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1990-04-24 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the HST flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1990-04-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2075 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1990-04-25 mission operations

      The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990, one day after the STS-31 launch.

    32. 1990-04-26 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1990-04-28 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2076 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1990-05-05 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress-42 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1990-05-07 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2077 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1990-05-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2078 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1990-05-19 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2079/2081 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1990-05-22 launch

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      Zenit-2 launched on the Kosmos-2082 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/2. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1990-05-29 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Resurs-F flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1990-05-31 launch

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      Proton-K launched on the Kristall flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1990-06-13 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1990-06-19 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2083 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1990-06-20 launch

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      Proton-K/DM launched on the Gorizont flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1990-06-21 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2084 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Partial launch success/failure.

    45. 1990-06-27 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Meteor-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1990-07-03 launch failure

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kobal't No. 531 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch failure.

    47. 1990-07-11 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Gamma flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1990-07-16 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2E launched on the HS-601 Model flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 1990-07-17 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Resurs-F flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1990-07-18 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2085 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

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