2003 in spaceflight
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Image:STS-107 Columbia entry imaged from ground.jpg
Columbia at approximately 0857. Debris is already starting to come off from the left wing.
[edit] Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2003.
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| Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site | Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function | Re-Entry/ Destruction | Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 14:19 GMT | Titan IIG | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | Coriolis | US Air Force | LEO | Technology Development | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 9 January 03:17 GMT | Agni 1 | IC-4, Balasore | IDRDL | None | IDRDL | Sub-orbital | IRBM test | 9 January 2003 | Successful | |
| 13 January 00:45 GMT | Delta II 7320-10 | SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB | ICESat | NASA | LEO | Oceanography | Still in Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| CHIPSat | NASA | LEO | Astrophysics | Still in Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| January 16 20:39 GMT | Space Shuttle Columbia | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | USA | STS-107, 7 astronauts | NASA | LEO | Manned orbital flight | February 1, 2003 | Failure | Disintergrated during re-entry. 7 fatalities |
| Spacehab double module | NASA | LEO, attached to Columbia | Microgravity and Earth science research | |||||||
| 25 January 20:13 GMT | Pegasus XL | L-1011, Patrick AFB (Cape Canaveral) | Orbital Sciences | SORCE | NASA | LEO | Solar irradiance investigation | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 29 January 18:06 GMT | Delta II 7925 | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | GPS 2R-8 (USA-166/GPS-51) | NAVSTAR | MEO | GPS Navigation | Still in Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| XSS-10 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology demonstration | Still in Orbit | Successful | Deactivated 30 January 2003. | ||||
| 2 February 12:59 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Progress M-47 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 27 August 2003 | Successful | |
| 15 February 07:00 GMT | Ariane 4 (44L) | ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Intlesat 907 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | Final flight of Ariane 4 |
| 11 March 00:59 GMT | Delta IVM/IABS (9040) | LC-37B, Cape Canaveral | DSCS III A-3 (USA-167) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | Maiden flight of Delta IV Medium | |
| 26 March 06:00 GMT | Prithvi-2 | Balasore | IDRDL | None | IDRDL | Sub-orbital | SRBM test | 26 March 2003 | Successful | |
| 28 March 01:27 GMT | H-IIA | LC-Y, Tanegashima | IGS-1a | Japanese Government | LEO | Reconnaissance Satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| IGS-1b | Japanese Government | LEO | Reconnaissance Satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 31 March 22:09 GMT | Delta II 7925 | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | GPS 2R-9 (USA-168/GPS-52) | NAVSTAR | MEO | GPS Navigation | Still in Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 2 April 01:53 GMT | Molniya (R-7 8K78M) | LC-16, Plesetsk | Molniya 1-92 | VKS | Molniya | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 8 April 14:43 GMT | Titan IVB/Centaur | LC-40, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | Milstar 6 (USA 169) | US Air Force | GSO | Military Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 9 April 22:52 GMT | Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Insat 3A | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Galaxy 12 | Panamsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 12 April 00:47 GMT | Atlas IIIB | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral | ILS | AsiaSat 4 | AsiaSat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 26 April 03:53 GMT | Soyuz-FG (R-7/A-2) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Soyuz TMA-2 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 28 October 2003 | Successful | ISS Expedition 7 |
| 24 April 04:23 GMT | Proton-K/DM-2 | LC-81, Baikonur | Kosmos-2397 | VKS | Geosynchronous | Missile warning | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 28 April 12:00 GMT | Pegasus XL | L-1011, Patrick AFB (Cape Canaveral) | Orbital Sciences | Galex | NASA | LEO | Ultraviolet astronomy | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 29 April 05:50 GMT | Prithvi-2 | Balasore | IDRDL | None | IDRDL | Sub-orbital | SRBM test | 29 April 2003 | Successful | |
| 8 May 11:28 GMT | GSLV | Sriharikota | GSAT-2 | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 9 May 04:29 GMT | M-V | Kagoshima | Hayabusa (MUSES-C) | JAXA | Heliocentric | Asteroid sample-return probe | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | Probe to asteroid 1998 SF36 | |
| Minerva | JAXA | Heliocentric | Asteroid lander | TBC | Successful | |||||
| 13 May 22:10 GMT | Atlas V 401 | LC-41, Cape Canaveral | ILS | HellasSat 2 | HellasSat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 24 May 16:34 GMT | Long March 3A (CZ-3A) | LC-2, Xichang | Beidou 2A | Geosynchronous | Navigation satellite | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| 2 June 17:45 GMT | Soyuz-FG (R-7/A-2) | LC-31, Baikonur | Mars Express | ESA | Areocentric | Mars probe | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Beagle 2 | ESA | Heliocentric | Mars lander | 25 December 2004 | Failure | Failed to contact ground after landing | ||||
| 6 June 22:15 GMT | Proton-KM | LC-200, Baikonur | ILS | AMC-9 | Americom | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 8 June 10:34 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Progress M-1-10 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS Earth Observation | 3 October 2003 | Successful | |
| 10 June 13:55 GMT | Zenit 3SL | Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean | Sea Launch | Thuraya 2 | Thuraya | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 10 June 17:58 GMT | Delta II 7925 | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | Spirit (MER-A/MER-2) | NASA | Heliocentric | Mars rover | 4 January 2004 at Mars | Successful So Far | ||
| Columbia Memorial Station (MER-A Lander) | NASA | Heliocentric | Mars lander | 4 January 2004 at Mars | Successful | |||||
| 11 June 22:38 GMT | Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | Optus and Defence 1 | Optus/Australian Government | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| BSAT-2c | Broadcasting Satelltie System Corporation | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 19 June 20:00 GMT | Molniya (R-7 8K78M) | LC-16, Plesetsk | Molniya 3-53 | VKS | Molniya | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 26 June 18:55 GMT | Pegasus XL | L-1011, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | Orbview 3 | LEO | Imaging | Still In Orbit | Partial failure | Ceased operations on 4 March 2007 after camera malfunction | |
| 4 July 19:23 GMT | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2398 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||||
| 8 July 04:18 GMT | Delta II 7925H | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | Opportunity (MER-B/MER-1) | NASA | Heliocentric | Mars rover | 25 January 2004 at Mars | Successful So Far | ||
| Challenger Memorial Station (MER-B Lander) | NASA | Heliocentric | Mars lander | 25 January 2004 at Mars | Successful | |||||
| 17 July 23:45 GMT | Atlas V 521 | LC-41, Cape Canaveral | ILS | Rainbow 1 (Cablevision 1) | Cablevision | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | Maiden flight of Atlas V 500 series |
| 30 July 14:15 GMT | Rokot | LC-133, Plesetsk | Eurokot | Mimosa | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| DTUSat | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| MOST | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| Cute-I | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| QuakeSat | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| AAU-Cubesat | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | CubeSat | ||||||
| Can X-1 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| Cubesat XI | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | CubeSat | ||||||
| Cubesat XII | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | CubeSat | ||||||
| Cubesat XIII | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | CubeSat | ||||||
| Cubesat XIV | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | CubeSat | ||||||
| Monitor-E | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| 8 August 03:31 GMT | Zenit 3SL | Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean | Sea Launch | Echostar 9 (Telstar 13) | Echostar | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 12 August 14:20 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2) | LC-31, Baikonur | RFSA | Cosmos 2399 | LEO | Reconnaissance satellite | 9 December 2003 | Failure | Film capsule failed to deorbit | |
| 13 August 02:09 GMT | Pegasus XL | L-1011, Vandenberg AFB | Orbital Sciences | Scisat 1 | CSA | LEO | Atmosphere studies | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 19 August 10:50 GMT | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | Kosmos-2400 (Strela 3) | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||||
| Kosmos-2401 (Strela 3) | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| 22 August 16:30 GMT | VLS-1 | Alcantara | SATEC | Intended: LEO | Never left ground | Failure | Exploded on pad | |||
| Unosat | Intended: LEO | |||||||||
| 25 August 05:35 GMT | Delta II 7920H | LC-17B, Cape Canaveral | Spitzer Space Telescope (SIRTF) | NASA | Heliocentric | Infrared astronomy | Still in Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 29 August 01:47 GMT | Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2) | LC-1, Baikonur | RFSA | Progress M-48 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 28 January 2004 | Successful | |
| 29 August 23:13 GMT | Delta IVM (9040) | LC-37B, Cape Canaveral | DSCS III B-6 (USA-170) | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 9 September 04:29 GMT | Titan IVB/Centaur | LC-40, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | Classified (USA 171) | NRO | GSO | Classified Mentor ELINT | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 16 September | KT-1 | Taiyuan | Kaituozhe 1 | Intended: LEO | Microsat | 16 September 2003 | Failure | Fourth stage failed to ignite | ||
| 27 September 06:11 GMT | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) | LC-132, Plesetsk | Mozhaets-4 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||||
| NigeriaSat-1 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| UK-DMC | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| BILSAT-1 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| Larets | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| STSat-1 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| Rubin-4-DSI | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||||
| 27 September 23:14 GMT | Ariane 5G | ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) | Arianespace | E-Bird | EUTELSAT | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| Insat 3E | ISRO | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| SMART-1 | ESA | Selenocentric | Lunar probe | 05:42:22 GMT 27 September 2006 at Moon | Successful | |||||
| 1 October 04:02 GMT | Zenit 3SL | Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean | Sea Launch | Horizons 1 (Galaxy 13) | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 15 October 01:00 GMT | Long March 2F (CZ-2F/Shenjian) | SLS, Jiuquan | PLAAF | Shenzhou 5, 1 astronaut Yang Liwei | PLAAF | LEO | Manned orbital flight | 22:53, 15 October 2003 | Successful | First Chinese manned flight |
| Shenzhou 5 Orbital Module | LEO | Reconnaissance | 30 May 2004 | Successful | ||||||
| 17 October 04:54 GMT | PSLV | Sriharikota | ResourceSat 1 (IRS-P6) | ISRO | LEO | Earth observation | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 18 October 05:38 GMT | Soyuz-FG (R-7/A-2) | LC-1, Baikonur | Soyuz TMA-3 | RFSA | LEO, docked to ISS | Manned orbital flight | 30 April 2004 | Successful | ISS Expedition 8 | |
| 18 October 16:17 GMT | Titan IIG/Star 37 | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | DMSP 5D-2 (USA 172) | US Air Force | LEO | Weather satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 21 October 03:16 GMT | Long March 4B (CZ-4B) | LC-1, Taiyuan | Zi Yuan 1-2 (CBERS-2) | CAAC/INPE | LEO | Earth resources | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Chuangxin-1 | CAS | LEO | Experimental comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 30 October 13:43 GMT | Rokot | LC-133, Plesetsk | Eurokot | SERVIS-1 | LEO | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| 3 November 07:20 GMT | Long March 2D (CZ-2D) | SLS-2, Jiuquan | FSW-3 | SAST | LEO | Photography | 18 December 2003 | Successful | ||
| 14 November 16:34 GMT | Long March 3A (CZ-3A) | LC-2, Xichang | Zhongxing 20 | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| 24 November 06:22 GMT | Proton-K (8K82K/11S861-01) | LC-81, Baikonur | Yamal-200 KA-1 | Gazprom | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Yamal-200 KA-2 | Gazprom | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 29 November 04:33 GMT | H-IIA | LC-Y, Tanegashima | IGS-2a | Japanese Government | LEO | Reconnaissance Satellite | ~T+60 seconds | Failure | SRB failed to separate. Destroyed by RSO. | |
| IGS-2b | Japanese Government | LEO | Reconnaissance Satellite | |||||||
| 2 December 10:04 GMT | Atlas IIAS | SLC-3E, Vandenberg AFB | NOSS-3 (USA-173/Libra/NRO L-18) | NRO | LEO | SIGINT | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| NOSS-3 (USA-173/Libra/NRO L-18) | NRO | LEO | SIGINT | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 5 December 06:00 GMT | Strela | LC-175, Baikonur | Gruzomaket | LEO | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | ||||
| 10 December 17:42 GMT | Proton-KM | LC-81, Baikonur | Kosmos-2402 (Glonass) | KNITs | MEO | Navigation satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| Kosmos-2403 (Glonass) | KNITs | MEO | Navigation satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| Kosmos-2404 (Glonass) | KNITs | MEO | Navigation satellite | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |||||
| 18 December 02:30 GMT | Atlas IIIB | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral | ILS | UFO F/O F11 (USA-174) | US Navy | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 21 December 08:05 GMT | Delta II 7925 | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | GPS 2R-10 (USA-175/GPS-53) | NAVSTAR | MEO | GPS Navigation | Still in Orbit | Successful So Far | |
| 27 December 21:30 GMT | Soyuz-FG/Fregat (R-7/A-2) | LC-31, Baikonur | Amos-2 | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful So Far | |||
| 28 December 20:37 GMT | Proton-K (8K82K/11S861-01) | LC-200, Baikonur | Ekspress AM-22 | GKPS | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still In Orbit | Successful So Far | ||
| 29 December 19:06 GMT | Long March 2C (CZ-2C) | LC-1, Xichang | Tan Ce 1 (Double Star 1) | LEO/HEO (High-eccentricity) | Magnetosphere research | 14 October 2007 | Successful |
[edit] Deep Space Rendez-vous in 2003
- June 19 — Nozomi 3rd flyby of the Earth
- September 21 — Galileo deliberately deorbited into the Jovian atmosphere
- December 9 — Nozomi flyby of Mars, damaged by solar flares
- December 24 — Beagle 2 probably crashed at Isidis Planitia, Mars
- December 24 — Mars Express entered Martian orbit
[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 2002 | Timeline of spaceflight 2003 | Succeeded by 2004 |
Launched That year were the two Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
