2002 in spaceflight
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[edit] Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2002.
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| Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site | Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function | Re-Entry/ Destruction | Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January 00:30 GMT | Titan IVB/Centaur | LC-40, Cape Canaveral | Milstar DFS-5 (USA-164) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful | ||
| 23 January 23:46 GMT | Ariane 4 (42L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Milstar DFS-5 (USA-164) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful | Final flight of Ariane 4 42L |
| 4 February 02:45 GMT | H-IIA | LC-Y, Tanegashima | MDS-1 | JAXA | GTO | Technology Demonstration | Still In Orbit | Successful | ||
| DASH | JAXA | GTO | Re-entry Demonstration | Still In Orbit | Failure | Failed to separate from payload adapter | ||||
| 5 February 20:58 GMT | Pegasus XL | L-1011, Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip (CCAFS) | Orbital Sciences | HESSI | NASA | LEO | Solar sciences | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 11 February 17:43 GMT | Delta II (7920-10C) | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Iridium 91 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Iridium 90 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 94 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 95 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Iridium 96 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 21 February 12:43 GMT | Atlas IIIB | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral | ILS | Echostar 7 | Echostar | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | Maiden flight of Atlas IIIB |
| 23 February 06:59 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Intelsat 904 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 25 February 17:26 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) | LC-43, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2387 | LEO | Reconnaissance | 02:30 GMT, 27 June 2002 | Successful So Far | |||
| 1 March 01:07 GMT | Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Envisat | ESA | SSO | Environmental research | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 1 March 11:22 GMT | Space Shuttle Columbia | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-109, 7 astronauts | NASA | LEO, rendezvous with HST | Manned Orbital Flight | 12 March 2002 | Successful | HST service flight |
| 8 March 22:59 GMT | Atlas IIA | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | TDRS-9 (TDRS-I) | NASA | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Partial Failure | Propellant issues shortly after launch halved spacecraft fuel supply. Spacecraft still operational | |
| 17 March 09:21 GMT | Rokot | LC-133, Plesetsk | Eurokot | GRACE 1 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| GRACE 2 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| 21 March 20:13 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Progress M1-8 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 12:13, 25 June 2002 | Successful | |
| 25 March 14:15 GMT | Long March 2F (CZ-2F/Shenjian) | SLS, Jiuquan | CAAC | Shenzhou 3 | CAAC | LEO | Test Spacecraft | 08:51, 1 April 2002 | Successful | |
| Shenzhou 3 Orbital Module | CAAC | LEO | 44 Scientific Experiments | 12 November 2002 | Successful | |||||
| 29 March 01:29 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Astra 3A | SES Astra | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| JCSAT 8 | JSAT | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 30 March 17:25 GMT | Proton-K/DM-2M | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Intelsat 903 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 1 April 22:06 GMT | Molniya (R-7 8K78M) | LC-16, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2388 | KVR | Molniya | Early Warning | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 8 April 20:44 GMT | Space Shuttle Atlantis | LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-110, 7 astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 19 April 2002 | Successful | ISS Assembly flight |
| S0 Truss | NASA | LEO, attached to ISS | ISS component | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 16 April 23:02 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | NSS 7 | New Skies | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 25 April 06:26 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Soyuz TM-34 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 10 November 2002 | Successful | Final flight of Soyuz TM |
| 4 May 01:31 GMT | Ariane 4 (42P) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | SPOT-5 | CNES | LEO | Earth Imaging | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| BreizhSat-Oscar 47 (Indefix) | AMSAT | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| BreizhSat-Oscar 48 (Indefix) | AMSAT | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 4 May 09:54 GMT | Delta II 7920-10L | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | Aqua | NASA | LEO | Environmental research | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 7 May 17:00 GMT | Proton-K/DM-2M | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | DirecTV-5 | DirecTV | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 15 May 01:50 GMT | Long March 4B (CZ-4B) | LC-1, Taiyuan | Hai Yang 1 | CASC | LEO | Earth Observation | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Feng Yun 1D | CASC | LEO | Weather satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 28 May 15:25 GMT | Shaviyt | Palmachim Beach | IAI | 'Ofeq-5 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| 28 May 18:14 GMT | Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2389 | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 5 June 06:44 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Intelsat 905 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 5 June 21:22 GMT | Space Shuttle Endeavour | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-111, 7 astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 19 June 2002 | Successful | ISS Expedition 5 |
| Leonardo MPLM | NASA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 19 June 2002 | Successful | |||||
| Canadarm 2 Mobile Base Structure | NASA | LEO, attached to ISS | ISS component | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 10 June 01:14 GMT | Proton-K/DM-2M | LC-200, Baikonur | Ekspress A1R | Kosmicheskiya Svyaz | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | Guidance error during ascent, recovered and placed in correct orbit using upper stage | |
| 15 June 22:39 GMT | Zenit 3SL | Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean | Sea Launch | Galaxy 3C | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 20 June 09:33 GMT | Rokot | LC-133, Plesetsk | Eurokot | Iridium 97 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Iridium 98 | Iridium Satellite LLC | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 24 June 18:23 GMT | Titan II | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | NOAA-17 (NOAA-M) | NOAA | LEO | Weather satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 26 June 05:36 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Progress M-46 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 14 October 2002 | Successful | |
| 3 July 06:47 GMT | Delta II (7425-9.5) | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | CONTOUR | NASA | Intended: Heliocentric | Comet flyby | Still In Orbit | Failure | Exploded during injection into Heliocentric orbit Intended to visit comet 2P/Encke | |
| 5 July 23:22 GMT | Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Stellat 5 | Stellat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| NStar C | Stellat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 8 July 06:35 GMT | Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2390 | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| Kosmos-2391 | LEO | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||||||
| 25 July 15:13 GMT | Proton-K/17S40 | LC-81, Baikonur | Kosmos-2392 | LEO | Reconnaissance satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| 21 August 22:05 GMT | Atlas V (401) | LC-41, Cape Canaveral | ILS | Hot Bird 6 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | Maiden flight of Atlas V First launch of an EELV class rocket |
| 21 August 05:15 GMT | Proton-K/DM-2M | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Echostar 8 | Echostar | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 28 August 22:45 GMT | Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Atlantic Bird 1 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Meteosat 8 | Eumetsat | Geosynchronous | Weather satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 6 September 06:44 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Intelsat 906 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 10 September 08:20 GMT | H-IIA | LC-Y, Tanegashima | USERS | JAXA | LEO | Microgravity experiments | 15 June 2007, 19:56 GMT | Successful | ||
| DRTS | NASDA | Geostationary orbit | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 12 September 10:23 GMT | PSLV-C | Sriharikota | Kalpana 1 (METSAT 1) | ISRO | Geostationary orbit | Weather satellite | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 15 September 10:30 GMT | KT-1 | Taiyuan | HTSTL-1 | Tsinghua University | Intended: LEO | Experimental | 15 September 2002 | Failure | Second Stage malfunction | |
| 18 September 22:04 GMT | Atlas IIAS | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | ILS | Hispasat 1D | Hispasat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 25 September 16:58 GMT | Soyuz-FG | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Progress M1-9 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 1 February 2003 | Successful | |
| 26 September 14:27 GMT | Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | Nadezhda-M | VKS | LEO | Navigation Satellite | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 7 October 10:46 GMT | Space Shuttle Atlantis | LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center | United Space Alliance | STS-112, 6 astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 19 June 2002 | Successful | ISS Assembly |
| ISS S1 Truss | NASA | LEO, attached to ISS | ISS component | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| CETA | NASA | LEO, attached to ISS | ISS component | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 15 October 18:20 GMT | Soyuz-U (11A511U) | LC-43, Plesetsk | Foton-M1 | ESA | Intended: LEO | Microgravity experiments | T+29 seconds | Failure | LRB exploded | |
| 17 October 04:41 GMT | Proton-K/17S40 | LC-200, Baikonur | INTEGERAL | ESA | MEO/HEO (High eccentricity) | Astrophysics | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Final flight of Proton with 17S40 upper stage | |
| 27 October 03:17 GMT | Long March 4B | LC-1, Taiyuan | Zi Yau 2 | CAST | LEO | Reconnaissance | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 30 October 03:11 GMT | Soyuz-FG | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Soyuz TMA-1 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 4 May 2003 | Successful | Maiden flight of Soyuz TMA |
| 20 November 22:39 GMT | Delta IVM+(4,2) (9240) | LC-37B, Cape Canaveral | Eutelsat W5 | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Maiden Flight of Delta IV | |
| 24 November 00:49 GMT | Space Shuttle Endeavour | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-113, 7 astronauts | NASA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 7 December 2002 | Successful | ISS Assembly |
| ISS P1 Truss | NASA | LEO, attached to ISS | ISS component | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| MEPSI | NASA | LEO | Technology demonstration | 31 January 2003 | Successful | 2 Picosatellites connected by 15 metre tether | ||||
| 25 November 23:04 GMT | Proton-K/DM-2M | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Astra 1K | SES Astra | Geosynchronous | Comsat | De-orbited | Failure | |
| 28 November 06:07 GMT | Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | ALSAT-1 | CNTS | LEO | Disaster monitoring | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Mozhaets | Russian military | LEO | Technology demonstration | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Rubin-3-DSI | PO Polyot | LEO | Measure carrier rocket performance | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
| 5 December 02:42 GMT | Atlas IIA | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | TDRS-10 (TDRS-J) | NASA | Geosynchronous | Spacecraft comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 11 December 22:22 GMT | Ariane 5 ECA | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Hot Bird 7 | Eutelsat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Comsat | T+178 seconds | Failure | Engine failure leading to loss of control Self-destruct activated Maiden flight of Ariane 5 ECA |
| Stentor | Eutelsat | Intended: Geosynchronous | Comsat | |||||||
| 14 December 23:04 GMT | H-IIA | LC-Y, Tanegashima | Adeos 2 | NASDA | LEO | Environmental research | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Mu-Labsat | NASDA | LEO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| RITE | NASDA | LEO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Deployed by Mu-Labsat, 14 March 2003 at 01:40 GMT | ||||
| RITE | NASDA | LEO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Deployed by Mu-Labsat, 14 May 2003 at 01:50 GMT | ||||
| FedSat | Centre for Satellite Systems | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| WEOS (Kanta-Kun) | Chiba Institute of Technology | LEO | Landsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 17 December 23:04 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | NSS-6 | New Skies Satellites | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 20 December 17:00 GMT | Dnepr-1 (Dnipro) | LC-109, Baikonur | ISC Kosmotras | LatinSat 1 | Aprize | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| LatinSat 2 | Aprize | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| SaudiSat 1S | Riyadh Space Research Institute | LEO | Amateur Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| UniSat 2 | University of Rome | LEO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Rubin 2 | OHB | LEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 24 December 12:20 GMT | Molinya (R-7 8K78M) | LC-16, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2393 | VKS | Molniya | Early Warning spacecraft | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 25 December 10:37 GMT | Proton | LC-81, Baikonur | Kosmos-2394 | KNITs | MEO | Glonass navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Kosmos-2395 | KNITs | MEO | Glonass navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Kosmos-2396 | KNITs | MEO | Glonass navigation | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 29 December 16:40 GMT | Long March 2F (CZ-2F/Shenjian) | SLS, Jiuquan | Shenzhou 4 | CASC | LEO | Test spacecraft | 5 January 2003, 11:16 GMT | Successful | ||
| Shenzhou 4 Orbital Module | CASC | LEO | Test spacecraft | 9 September 2003 | Successful | |||||
| 29 December 23:16 GMT | Proton-M | LC-81, Baikonur | ILS | Nimiq 2 | Telesat Canada | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far |
[edit] Deep Space Rendez-vous in 2002
- January 17 — Galileo 5th flyby of Io
- November 2 — Stardust flyby of 5535 Annefrank
- November 5 — Galileo flyby of Amalthea
- December 20 — Nozomi 2nd flyby of the Earth
[edit] References
Generic references:
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
| Preceded by 2001 | Timeline of spaceflight 2002 | Succeeded by 2003 |
