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2002 in spaceflight

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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup|refs=yes|incomplete=yes}}This article outlines notable events occurring in 2002 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.{{Infobox Year in spaceflight

|year = 2002

|image = Soyuz TMA-1.jpg

|caption = Soyuz TMA-1, the first Soyuz-TMA spacecraft, approaches the International Space Station in November

|first = 16 January

|last = 29 December

|total = 65

|success = 60

|failed = 5

|partial =

|catalogued = 62

|maidens = Ariane 5ECA
Atlas IIIB
Atlas V 401
Delta IV-M+ (4,2)
H-IIA 2024
Kaituozhe-1

|retired = Ariane 4 42L
Ariane 4 42P
Atlas IIA

|orbital = 7

|totalcrew = 40

|firstsat = {{ALG}}

|firsttrav = {{RSA}}

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| programme = Timeline of spaceflight

| previous_mission = 2001

| next_mission = 2003

}}

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Launches

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=January=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 January |time=00:30

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVB (401)/Centaur

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-40

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Milstar DFS-5 (USA-164)

|user=US Air Force

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=23 January |time=23:46

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 42L

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks=Final flight of Ariane 4 42L

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|IND}}INSAT-3C

|user=ISRO

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=February=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date = 4 February |time = 02:45

|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIA 2024

|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y1

|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} MHI

|remarks = Maiden flight of H-IIA 2024. DASH failed to separate from VEP-3 instrumented payload adapter.

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} MDS-1

|user = NASDA

|orbit = Geostationary transfer orbit

|function = Technology demonstration

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} DASH

|user = ISAS

|orbit = Geostationary transfer orbit

|function = Re-entry demonstration

|outcome = Spacecraft failure

}}{{TLS-PL

|name ={{flagicon|JPN}} VEP-3

|cubesat =

|user =NASDA

|orbit =Geostationary transfer orbit

|function =Launch vehicle evaluation

|d-date =

|d-time =

|outcome =Successful

|d-span =

|o-span =

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 5 February |time = 20:58

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Pegasus-XL

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Stargazer, Cape Canaveral

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} RHESSI

|user = NASA

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Heliophysics

|outcome = Successful

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5

|date = 11 February |time = 17:45

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7920-10C

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Boeing IDS

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 91

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 13 March 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27372 |title=IRIDIUM 91 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141442/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27372 |url-status=live }}

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 90

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 23 January 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27373 |title=IRIDIUM 90 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141443/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27373 |url-status=live }}

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 94

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 April 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27374 |title=IRIDIUM 94 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141447/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27374 |url-status=live }}

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 95

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 25 March 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27375 |title=IRIDIUM 95 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141445/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27375 |url-status=live }}

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 96

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 30 May 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27376 |title=IRIDIUM 96 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=30 May 2020 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141444/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27376 |url-status=live }}

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 21 February |time=12:43

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas IIIB-DEC

|flight=AC-204

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-36B

|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services

|remarks = Maiden flight of Atlas IIIB.

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Echostar 7

|user = Echostar

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|function = Communications

|outcome = Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 23 February |time = 06:59

|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 4 44L

|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-2

|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Intelsat 904

|user = Intelsat

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|function = Communications

|outcome = Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 25 February |time = 17:26

|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKS

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2387 (Yantar-4K2/Kobalt #81)

|user = GRU

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Reconnaissance

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 27 June

|d-time = 02:30

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=March=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=1 March |time=01:07

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name=23pxEnvisat

|user=ESA

|orbit=Sun-synchronous

|function=Environmental research

|outcome=Successful

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=1 March |time=11:22

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}{{OV|102}}

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 3B

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-109

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (HST)

|function=HST servicing

|outcome=Operational

|d-date=12 March

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=8 March |time=22:59

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|remarks=Propellant issues shortly after launch halved spacecraft fuel supply

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}TDRS-9 (TDRS-I)

|user=NASA

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome={{nowrap|Partial spacecraft failure}}
Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=17 March |time=09:21

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Rockot/Briz-KM

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 133/3

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}Eurockot

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|DE}}GRACE 1

|user=NASA/DLR

|orbit=Sun-synchronous

|function=Gravity research

|d-date=10 March 2018

|d-time=06:09 UTC{{cite web |url=https://www.space-track.org/basicspacedata/query/class/tip/NORAD_CAT_ID/27391/orderby/ID%20DESC/format/html/ |title=Decay Data: GRACE-1 |publisher=Space-Track |date=10 March 2018 |access-date=11 March 2018 |url-access=registration}}

|outcome=Successful

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|DE}}GRACE 2

|user=NASA/DLR

|orbit=Sun-synchronous

|d-date=24 December 2017

|function=Gravity research

|outcome=Successful

|d-time=00:16 UTC{{cite web |url=https://www.space-track.org/basicspacedata/query/class/tip/NORAD_CAT_ID/27392/orderby/ID%20DESC/format/html/ |title=Decay Data: GRACE-2 |publisher=Space-Track |date=24 December 2017 |access-date=13 February 2018 |url-access=registration}}

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 March |time=20:13

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|remarks=ISS flight 7P

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M1-8

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=Logistics

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=25 June

|d-time=12:13

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=25 March |time=14:15

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 2F

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Jiuquan

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CAAC

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Shenzhou 3

|user=CMSA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Test spacecraft

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=1 April

|d-time=08:51

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Shenzhou spacecraft orbital module

|user=CMSA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Scientific research

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=12 November

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=29 March |time=01:29

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 44L

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|LUX}}Astra 3A

|user=SES Astra

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}JCSAT 8

|user=JSAT

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=30 March |time=17:25

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 903

|user=Intelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=April=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=1 April |time=22:06

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M/Blok 2BL

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 16/2

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2388 (US-K #81)

|user=VKS

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Missile early warning

|outcome=Operational

|d-date = 14 September 2011

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=8 April |time=20:44

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle {{OV|104|full=no}}

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-110

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS assembly

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=19 April

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}S0 Truss

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS component

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=16 April |time=23:02

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 44L

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|NED}}NSS 7

|user=SES New Skies

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 April |time=06:26

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts including one space tourist and the first South African space traveller
Final flight of Soyuz-TM spacecraft

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz TM-34

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS escape craft

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=10 November

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=May=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=4 May |time=01:31

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 42P

|flight=V151

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks=Final flight of Ariane 4 42P. Both Indefix payloads were permanently attached to the third stage of Ariane 4

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}SPOT 5

|user=CNES

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Earth imaging

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}BreizhSat-Oscar 47 (Indefix)

|user=AMSAT

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Amateur radio

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}BreizhSat-Oscar 48 (Indefix)

|user=AMSAT

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Amateur radio

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=4 May |time=09:54

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920-10L

|flight=D-291

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Aqua

|user=NASA

|orbit=Sun-synchronous (A-train)

|function=Environmental research

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=7 May |time=17:00

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/Blok DM3

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}DirecTV-5

|user=DirecTV

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=15 May |time=01:50

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 4B

|flight=Y5

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LA-7

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Hai Yang 1

|user=CASC

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Earth observation

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Feng Yun 1D

|user=CASC

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Weather satellite

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 May |time=15:25

|rocket={{flagicon|ISR}}Shavit-1

|site={{flagicon|ISR}}Palmachim

|LSP={{flagicon|ISR}}IAI

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ISR}}Ofeq-5

|user=

|orbit=Low Earth (retrograde)

|function=Reconnaissance

|d-date=21 February 2024

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=28 May |time=18:14

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2389 (Parus #93)

|user=

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=June=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 5 June |time = 06:44

|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 4 44L

|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-2

|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Intelsat 905

|user = Intelsat

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|function = Communications

|outcome = Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date = 5 June |time = 21:22

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|105}}

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance

|remarks = Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts
ISS crew exchange (launched Expedition 5)

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-111

|user = NASA

|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)

|function = ISS assembly

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 19 June

|d-span = 2

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|ITA}} {{flagicon|USA}} Leonardo MPLM

|user = ASI / NASA

|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)

|function = ISS logistics

|outcome = Successful

|d-span = inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} Canadarm2 Mobile Base Structure

|user = CSA / NASA

|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)

|function = ISS component

|outcome = Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 10 June |time = 01:14

|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-K / DM-2M

|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Khrunichev

|remarks = Guidance error during ascent, recovered and placed in correct orbit using upper stage. Decommissioned in early 2020 after seventeen years in service.{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20200327/1569215099.html |title=Самый старый российский спутник связи вывели из эксплуатации |trans-title=Oldest Russian communications satellite decommissioned |work=RIA Novosti |date=27 March 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327225158/https://ria.ru/20200327/1569215099.html |url-status=live }}

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekspress A4 (A1R)

|user = RSCC

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 15 June |time = 22:39

|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL

|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey

|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Galaxy 3C

|user = PanAmSat

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|function = Communications

|outcome = Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date = 20 June |time = 09:33

|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rockot / Briz-KM

|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 133/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Eurockot

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 97

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 27 December 2019

|d-time = 17:30{{cite tweet |last=Desch |first=Matt |user=IridiumBoss |number=1210905921695703040 |title=Final "official" reentry report for the final satellite of our first generation network: SV97. Reentered at 17:30 UTC yesterday, descending over Russia (trying to return where launched 17 yrs ago). They all provided amazing service – far longer than anyone expected! #Flarewell |date=28 December 2019 |access-date=30 December 2019}}

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Iridium 98

|user = Iridium

|orbit = Low Earth

|function = Communications

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 24 August 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27451 |title=IRIDIUM 98 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141444/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27451 |url-status=live }}

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 24 June |time = 18:23{{cite web |last=Ray |first=Justin |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/titan/g14/ |title=Titan 2 rocket launches polar-orbiting weather eye |work=Spaceflight Now |date=24 June 2002 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141447/https://spaceflightnow.com/titan/g14/ |url-status=live }}

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan 23G

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Lockheed Martin

|remarks = Decommissioned on 10 April 2013. Disintegrated in orbit on 10 March 2021, with 16 associated pieces of space debris being tracked.{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/decommissioned-noaa-weather-satellite-breaks-up/ |title=Decommissioned NOAA weather satellite breaks up |work=SpaceNews |date=20 March 2021 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141445/https://spacenews.com/decommissioned-noaa-weather-satellite-breaks-up/ |url-status=live }}

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} NOAA-17 (NOAA-M)

|user = NOAA

|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)

|function = Meteorology

|outcome = Successful

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 June |time = 05:36

|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos

|remarks = ISS flight 8P

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-46

|user = Roscosmos

|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)

|function = ISS logistics

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 October

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=July=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=3 July |time=06:47

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7425-9.5

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Exploded during injection into Heliocentric orbit
Intended to visit comet 2P/Encke

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}CONTOUR

|user=NASA

|orbit=Intended: Heliocentric

|function=Comet probe

|outcome=Spacecraft failure

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=5 July |time=23:22

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Stellat 5

|user=Stellat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}N-STAR c

|user=Stellat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=8 July |time=06:35

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2390 (Strela-3 #131)

|user=

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2391 (Strela-3 #132)

|user=

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 July |time=15:13

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/Blok DM-5 (17S40)

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/24

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2392 (Araks-N #2)

|user=

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Reconnaissance

|outcome=Successful

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=August=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=21 August |time=22:05

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas V 401

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-41

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|remarks=Maiden flight of Atlas V and the first launch of an EELV class rocket

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Hot Bird 6

|user=Eutelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=22 August |time=05:15

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}Echostar 8

|user=Echostar

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=28 August |time=22:45

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Atlantic Bird 1

|user=Eutelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name=23pxMeteosat 8

|user=Eumetsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Weather satellite

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=September=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=6 September |time=06:44

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 44L

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat 906

|user=Intelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=10 September |time=08:20

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-IIA 2024

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}USERS

|user=JAXA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Microgravity experiments

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=15 June 2007

|d-time=19:56

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}DRTS

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Geostationary

|function=Communications

|outcome=Successful

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=12 September |time=10:23

|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}PSLV-C

|site={{flagicon|IND}}Satish Dhawan FLP

|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|IND}}Kalpana-1 (METSAT 1)

|user=ISRO

|orbit=Geostationary

|function=Weather satellite

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 September |time=10:30

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Kaituozhe-1

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|remarks=Maiden flight of Kaituozhe-1. Second stage malfunction

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}HTSTL-1

|user=Tsinghua University

|orbit=Intended: Low Earth

|function=Experimental

|outcome=Launch failure

|d-date=15 September

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=18 September |time=22:04

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIAS

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ESP}}Hispasat 1D

|user=Hispasat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 September |time=16:58

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmsos

|remarks=ISS flight 9P

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M1-9

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=Logistics

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=1 February 2003

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=26 September |time=14:27

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Nadezhda-M

|user=VKS

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=October=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=7 October |time=10:46

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Atlantis

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 6 astronauts

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-112

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS assembly

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=18 October

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}S1 Truss

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS component

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}CETA

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS component

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=15 October |time=18:20

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|remarks=LRB exploded

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name=23px{{flagicon|RUS}}Foton-M1

|user=ESA

|orbit=Intended: Low Earth

|function=Microgravity experiments

|outcome=Launch failure

|d-time=T+29 seconds

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 October |time=04:41

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/Blok DM-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}

|remarks=

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name=23pxINTEGRAL

|user=ESA

|orbit=High Earth (High eccentricity)

|function=Astrophysics

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=27 October |time=03:17

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 4B

|flight=Y6

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LA-7

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Ziyuan II-02

|user=CAST

|orbit=Sun-synchronous

|d-date=22 January 2015

|function=Earth observation
Reconnaissance (alleged)

|outcome=Successful

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=30 October |time=03:11

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts
Maiden flight of Soyuz-TMA spacecraft

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz TMA-1

|user=Roskosmos

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS escape craft

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=4 May 2003

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=November=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=20 November |time=22:39

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta IV-M+ (4,2) (9240)

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-37B

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS

|remarks=Maiden flight of Delta IV

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Eutelsat W5

|user=Eutelsat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=24 November |time=00:49

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle Endeavour

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance

|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts
ISS crew exchange (launched Expedition 6)
MEPSI is 2 picosatellites connected by a 15 meter tether

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-113

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS assembly

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=7 December

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|UN}}P1 Truss

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)

|function=ISS component

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}MEPSI

|user=NASA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology demonstration

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=31 January 2003

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=25 November |time=23:04

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|remarks=Upper stage malfunction resulted in satellite being placed into an unusable parking orbit. Intentionally de-orbited.

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|LUX}}Astra 1K

|user=SES Astra

|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous
Attained: Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Launch failure

|d-date=10 December

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=28 November |time=06:07

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|remarks = AlSat was first Algerian satellite, Rubin intentionally remained attached to upper stage

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ALG}}AlSat-1

|user=CNTS

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Disaster monitoring

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Mozhayets-3

|user=Mozhaisky

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology demonstration

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|GER}}Rubin-3-DSI

|user=OHB System

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Measure carrier rocket performance

|outcome=Successful

}}

}}

|colspan=8|

=December=

|-

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=5 December |time=02:42

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIA

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|remarks=Final flight of Atlas IIA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}TDRS-10 (TDRS-J)

|user=NASA

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=11 December |time=22:22

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5ECA

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks=Engine failure leading to loss of control, self-destruct activated
Maiden flight of Ariane 5ECA

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Hot Bird 7

|user=Eutelsat

|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Launch failure

|o-span=2

|d-time=T+178 seconds

|d-span=2

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Stentor

|user=Eutelsat

|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|o-span=inherit

|d-span=inherit

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6

|date=14 December |time=23:04

|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-IIA 202

|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1

|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}

|remarks=RITE deployed by Mu-Labsat on 14 March 2003 at 01:40 and 01:50 UTC

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Adeos 2

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Environmental research

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Mu-Labsat

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}RITE

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}RITE

|user=NASDA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|AUS}}FedSat

|user=Centre for Satellite Systems

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN}}WEOS (Kanta-Kun)

|user=Chiba Institute of Technology

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Whale monitoring

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=17 December |time=23:04

|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 4 44L

|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-2

|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|NED}}NSS-6

|user=SES New Skies

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5

|date=20 December |time=17:00

|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Dnepr

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 109/95

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}ISC Kosmotras

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ARG}}LatinSat 1

|user=Aprize

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ARG}}LatinSat 2

|user=Aprize

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|SAU}}SaudiSat 1S

|user=RSRI

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|ITA}}UniSat 2

|user=University of Rome La Sapienza

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Technology development

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|GER}}Rubin 2

|user=OHB System

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=24 December |time=12:20

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M/Blok 2BL

|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 16/2

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2393 (US-K #82)

|user=VKS

|orbit=Molniya

|function=Missile early warning

|outcome=Successful

|d-date = 22 December 2013

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3

|date=25 December |time=10:37

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/23

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2394 (GLONASS)

|user=KNITs

|orbit=Medium Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2395 (GLONASS)

|user=KNITs

|orbit=Medium Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2396 (GLONASS)

|user=KNITs

|orbit=Medium Earth

|function=Navigation

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2

|date=29 December |time=16:40

|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 2F

|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Jiuquan

|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Shenzhou 4

|user=CMSA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Test spacecraft

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=5 January 2003

|d-time=11:16

}}{{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Shenzhou spacecraft orbital module

|user=CMSA

|orbit=Low Earth

|function=Test spacecraft

|outcome=Successful

|d-date=9 September 2003

}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=29 December |time=23:16

|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-M/Briz-M

|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/24

|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|CAN}}Nimiq 2

|user=Telesat

|orbit=Geosynchronous

|function=Communications

|outcome=Operational

}}

}}

|}

{{TLS-M|2002}}

Deep Space Rendezvous

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Date (GMT)

!Spacecraft

!Event

!Remarks

17 JanuaryGalileo5th flyby of Io
2 NovemberStardustFlyby of 5535 Annefrank
5 NovemberGalileoFlyby of Amalthea
20 DecemberNozomi2nd flyby of the Earth

EVAs

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Start Date/Time

!Duration

!End Time

!Spacecraft

!Crew

!Function

!Remarks

14 January
20:59

|6 hours
3 minutes

|15 January
03:02

|{{nowrap|Expedition 4}}
ISS Pirs

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yuri Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|USA}}Carl E. Walz

|Moved the cargo boom for the Russian Strela crane from PMA-1 to the exterior of Pirs, installed an amateur radio antenna onto the end of Zvezda.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp4/eva/index.html|title=Expedition Four Spacewalks|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081004225623/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp4/eva/index.html| archive-date= 4 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}

|

25 January
15:19

|5 hours
{{nowrap|59 minutes}}

|21:18

|Expedition 4
ISS Pirs

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Yuri Onufriyenko
{{flagicon|USA}}Daniel W. Bursch

|Installed six deflector shields for Zvezda{{'}}s jet thrusters, installed a second amateur radio antenna, attached four science experiments, and retrieved and replaced a device to measure material from the thrusters.

|

20 February
11:38

|5 hours
47 minutes

|17:25

|Expedition 4
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Carl E. Walz
{{flagicon|USA}}Daniel W. Bursch

|Tested the Quest airlock, and prepared it for the four spacewalks that will be performed during STS-110.

|First Quest-based EVA without a Space Shuttle at the station.

4 March
06:37

|7 hours
1 minute

|13:38

|STS-109
{{OV|102|full=no}}

|{{flagicon|USA}}John M. Grunsfeld
{{flagicon|USA}}Richard M. Linnehan

|Removed the starboard solar array and replaced it with a new, smaller and more powerful third generation solar array. The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to Earth.{{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-08.html |title=STS-109 Mission Status Report No. 8 |access-date=12 January 2009 |author=NASA |date=4 March 2002|publisher=NASA | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090213040154/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-08.html| archive-date= 13 February 2009 | url-status=dead}}

|Hubble Space Telescope servicing

5 March
06:40

|7 hours
16 minutes

|13:56

|STS-109
Columbia

|{{flagicon|USA}}James H. Newman
{{flagicon|USA}}Michael J. Massimino

|Removed the port solar array and replaced it with a new third generation solar array. The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to Earth. Removed and replaced the Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA).{{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-10.html |title=STS-109 Mission Status Report No. 10 |access-date=12 January 2009 |author=NASA |date=5 March 2002 |publisher=National Aeronautic and Space Administration | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090216202649/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-10.html| archive-date= 16 February 2009 | url-status=dead}}

|Hubble Space Telescope servicing

6 March
08:28

|6 hours
48 minutes

|15:16

|STS-109
Columbia

|{{flagicon|USA}}John M. Grunsfeld
{{flagicon|USA}}Richard M. Linnehan

|The spacewalk was delayed 2 hours by a leak in Grunsfeld's spacesuit. The Power Control Unit (PCU) was removed and stowed for return to Earth. A new, more powerful PCU, sized to match the more productive solar arrays, was installed.{{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-12.html |title=STS-109 Mission Status Report No. 12 |access-date=13 January 2009 |author=NASA |year=2002 |publisher=National Aeronautic and Space Administration | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090213050139/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-12.html| archive-date= 13 February 2009 | url-status=dead}}

|Hubble Space Telescope servicing

7 March
09:00

|7 hours
30 minutes

|16:30

|STS-109
Columbia

|{{flagicon|USA}}James H. Newman
{{flagicon|USA}}Michael J. Massimino

|Removed the Faint Object Camera from the aft shroud and installed the Advanced Camera for Surveys in the same location. After stowing the Faint Object Camera in the payload bay for return to Earth, the Electronic Support Module was installed in the aft shroud.{{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-14.html |title=STS-109 Mission Status Report No. 14 |access-date=13 January 2009 |author=NASA |year=2002 |publisher=National Aeronautic and Space Administration | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090213053004/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-14.html| archive-date= 13 February 2009 | url-status=dead}}

|Hubble Space Telescope servicing

8 March
08:46

|7 hours
20 minutes

|16:06

|STS-109
Columbia

|{{flagicon|USA}}John M. Grunsfeld
{{flagicon|USA}}Richard M. Linnehan

|Installed an experimental Cryocooler for NICMOS inside the aft shroud of and connected it to the Electronic Support Module installed the day before. Installed the Cooling System Radiator and connected it to the NICMOS.{{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-16.html |title=STS-109 Mission Status report No. 16 |access-date=13 January 2009 |author=NASA |year=2002 |publisher=National Aeronautic and Space Administration | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090221021039/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts109/STS-109-16.html| archive-date= 21 February 2009 | url-status=dead}}

|Hubble Space Telescope servicing

11 April
14:36

|7 hours
48 minutes

|22:24

|STS-110
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Steven Smith
{{flagicon|USA}}Rex J. Walheim

|Began installing the S0 Truss onto Destiny, initial power and data connections installed between the station and S0, and installed two forward struts that permanently hold the truss in place.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-110/eva/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020904000051/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-110/eva/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2002|title=STS-110 Extravehicular Activities|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA}}

|

13 April
14:09

|7 hours
30 minutes

|21:39

|STS-110
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Jerry L. Ross
{{flagicon|USA}}Lee M.E. Morin

|Continued S0 Truss installation, power and data cable connections installed between S0 and the station, and installed two aft struts that permanently hold the truss in place.

|

14 April
13:48

|6 hours
27 minutes

|20:15

|STS-110
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Steven Smith
{{flagicon|USA}}Rex J. Walheim

|Released the claw that was used in the initial attachment of the S0 Truss, installed connectors that will be used to route power to Canadarm2 when it is on the truss, released launch restraints from the Mobile Transporter, and removed a small thermal cover the Mobile Transporter's radiator.

|

16 April
14:29

|6 hours
37 minutes

|21:06

|STS-110
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Jerry L. Ross
{{flagicon|USA}}Lee M.E. Morin

|Pivoted the "Airlock Spur", which will be used by spacewalkers in the future as a path from the airlock to the truss, installed handrails onto S0, partially assembled a platform, and installed two floodlights.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts110/STS-110-17.html|title=STS-110, Mission Control Center Status Report #17|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081106093627/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts110/STS-110-17.html| archive-date= 6 November 2008 | url-status=dead}}

|

9 June
15:27

|7 hours
14 minutes

|22:41

|STS-111
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Franklin Chang-Diaz
{{flagicon|FRA}}Philippe Perrin

|Attached a Power Data Grapple Fixture to the P6 truss, removed debris panels from the payload bay and attached them to a temporary location on PMA-1, and removed thermal blankets to prepare the Mobile Base System for installation onto the station's Mobile Transporter.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-111/eva/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021023114435/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-111/eva/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2002|title=STS-111 Extravehicular Activities|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA}}{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-10.html|title=STS-111, Mission Control Center Status Report # 10|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081010120608/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-10.html| archive-date= 10 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}

|

11 June
15:20

|5 hours

|20:20

|STS-111
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Franklin Chang-Diaz
{{flagicon|FRA}}Philippe Perrin

|Attached Mobile Base System to the Mobile Transporter, attached power, data and video cables from the station to the MBS.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-14.html|title=STS-111, Mission Control Center Status Report # 14|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081010120647/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-14.html| archive-date= 10 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}

|

13 June
15:16

|7 hours
17 minutes

|22:33

|STS-111
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Franklin Chang-Diaz
{{flagicon|FRA}}Philippe Perrin

|Replaced Canadarm2's wrist roll joint, and stowed the old joint in the shuttle's payload bay to be returned to Earth.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-18.html|title=STS-111, Mission Control Center Status Report # 18|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081106153128/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts111/STS-111-18.html| archive-date= 6 November 2008 | url-status=dead}}

|

16 August
09:25

|4 hours
23 minutes

|13:48

|Expedition 5
ISS Pirs

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Valery Korzun
{{flagicon|USA}}Peggy Whitson

|Installed six micro meteoroid debris panels onto Zvezda.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp5/eva/index.html|title=Expedition Five Spacewalks|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081004224000/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp5/eva/index.html| archive-date= 4 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}

|Whitson became the 6th American and the 7th female spacewalker.

26 August
05:27

|5 hours
21 minutes

|10:48

|Expedition 5
ISS Pirs

|{{flagicon|RUS}}Valery Korzun
{{flagicon|RUS}}Sergei Treshchyov

|Installed a frame on the outside of Zarya for spacewalk assembly tasks, installed new samples on a pair of Japanese Space Agency experiments housed on Zvezda, installed devices on Zvezda that would simplify the routing of tethers during future spacewalks, and installed two additional ham radio antennas on Zvezda.

|

10 October
15:21

|7 hours
1 minute

|20:35

|STS-112
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}David Wolf
{{flagicon|UK}}/{{flagicon|USA}}Piers Sellers

|Released launch locks that held the S1 truss radiators in place during launch, attached power, data and fluid lines between the S1 truss and S0, deployed the station's second S-Band communications system, installed the first of two external camera systems, and released launch restraints on the truss' mobile spacewalk workstation, Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA).{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-112/eva/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220144459/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-112/eva/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2003|title=STS-112 Extravehicular Activities|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-112/STS-112-07.html|title=STS-112 Mission Control Center Status Report No. 7|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602034057/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-112/STS-112-07.html|url-status=live}}

|

12 October
14:31

|6 hours
4 minutes

|20:35

|STS-112
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}David Wolf
{{flagicon|UK}}/{{flagicon|USA}}Piers Sellers

|Installed a second camera system, released more radiator launch locks, removed insulation covers on quick-disconnect fittings near the Z1 and P6 junction and to install Spool Positioning Devices, released starboard-side launch restraints on the CETA cart, and attached Ammonia Tank Assembly cables.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-112/STS-112-11.html|title=STS-112 Mission Control Center Status Report #11|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602033936/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-112/STS-112-11.html|url-status=live}}

|

14 October
14:08

|6 hours
36 minutes

|20:44

|STS-112
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}David Wolf
{{flagicon|UK}}/{{flagicon|USA}}Piers Sellers

|Removed and replaced the Interface Umbilical Assembly on the station's Mobile Transporter, installed two jumpers that will allow ammonia coolant to flow between the S1 and S0 Trusses, released a drag link and stowed it, and installed Spool Positioning Devices (SPD) on ammonia lines.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-112/STS-112-15.html|title=STS-112 Mission Control Center Status Report #15|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602033640/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-112/STS-112-15.html|url-status=live}}

|

{{nowrap|26 November}}
19:49

|6 hours
45 minutes

|27 November
02:34

|STS-113
ISS Quest

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}}Michael Lopez-Alegria}}
{{flagicon|USA}}John Herrington

|Initial installation of the P1 truss, installed connections between the P1 and the S0 truss, released launch restraints on the CETA cart, installed Spool Positioning Devices (SPDs) onto the station, removed a drag link on P1 that served as a launch restraint, and installed a Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the Unity node.{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-113/eva/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219012706/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-113/eva/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2005|title=STS-113 Extravehicular Activities|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-113/STS-113-07.html|title=STS-113 Mission Control Center Status Report # 7|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602004312/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-113/STS-113-07.html|url-status=live}}

|

28 November
18:36

|6 hours
10 minutes

|{{nowrap|29 November}}
00:46

|STS-113
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Michael Lopez-Alegria
{{flagicon|USA}}John Herrington

|nstalled fluid jumpers where the S0 and the P1 are attached to each other, removed the P1's starboard keel pin, installed another Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the P1, and relocated the CETA cart from the P1 to the S1 truss.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-113/STS-113-11.html|title=STS-113 Mission Control Center Status Report # 11|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602004057/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-113/STS-113-11.html|url-status=live}}

|

30 November
19:25

|7 hours

|1 December
02:25

|STS-113
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}}Michael Lopez-Alegria
{{flagicon|USA}}John Herrington

|Installed more Spool Positioning Devices, reconfigured electrical harnesses that route power through the Main Bus Switching Units, and attached Ammonia Tank Assembly lines.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-113/STS-113-15.html|title=STS-113 Mission Control Center Status Report # 15|access-date=21 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2002|author=NASA|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602003854/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/shuttle/sts-113/STS-113-15.html|url-status=live}}

|

Orbital launch statistics

= By country =

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.

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| legend = false

| thumb = left

| [

{"value":240, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 24 (36.92%)"},

{"value":170, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 17 (26.15%)"},

{"value":120, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 12 (18.46%)"},

{"value":50, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 5 (7.69%)"},

{"value":30, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 3 (4.62%)"},

{"value":20, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 2 (3.08%)"},

{"value":10, "color":"#008080", "label": "Israel: 1 (1.54%)"},

{"value":10, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 1 (1.54%)"},

]

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=2 | Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial
failures

scope=row style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}

| 5 || 4 || 1 || 0

scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}

| 12 || 11 || 1 || 0

scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

scope=row style="background:#008080;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{ISR}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}

| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0

scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}}

| 24 || 22 || 2 || 0

scope=row style="background:#ffd700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{UKR}}

| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0

scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}

| 17 || 16 || 1 || 0

class="sortbottom"

! colspan="2" | World

{{sum|5|12|1|1|3|24|2|17}}{{sum|4|11|1|1|3|22|2|16}}{{sum|1|1|0|0|0|2|0|1}}{{sum|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{clear}}

= By rocket =

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| float = center

| width = 990

| height = 440

| stack = 1

| group 1 = 8:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 2 = 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 3 = 0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 4 = 0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 5 = 0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 6 = 0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 7 = 0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 8 = 0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 9 = 0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 10 = 0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0

| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0: 5:0:0:0:0:0

| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0

| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0

| group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5:0:0:0

| group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0

| group 17 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0

| group 18 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 8:0

| group 19 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0

| group 20 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0

| group 21 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6

| group 22 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:10

| colors = DodgerBlue : MediumBlue : DarkGoldenrod : Sienna : Goldenrod : LightSteelBlue : SteelBlue : Olive : FireBrick : Salmon : DarkSlateGrey : Grey : DarkGrey : DarkTurquoise : SaddleBrown : SandyBrown : Chocolate : Peru : Wheat : RosyBrown : LightGrey : White

| group names = Ariane 4 : Ariane 5 : Atlas II : Atlas III : Atlas V : Delta II : Delta IV : H-IIA : Long March 2 : Long March 4 : Molniya-M : Soyuz-U : Soyuz-FG : Kosmos-3M : Space Shuttle : Titan 23G : Titan IV : Proton-K : Proton-M : Rokot : Others :

| x legends = Ariane : Atlas : Delta : H-II : Long March : R-7 : R-14 : Space Shuttle : Titan : UR : Others

| units suffix = _launches

}}

== By family ==

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Family

! Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Arianealign=left| {{EUR}}121110
align=left| Atlasalign=left| {{USA}}5500
align=left| Deltaalign=left| {{USA}}4310
align=left| H-IIalign=left| {{JPN}}3300
align=left| Kaituozhealign=left| {{CHN}}1010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Long Marchalign=left| {{CHN}}4400
align=left| Pegasusalign=left| {{USA}}1100
align=left| PSLValign=left| {{IND}}1100
align=left| R-7align=left| {{RUS}}9810
align=left| R-14align=left| {{RUS}}4400
align=left| R-36align=left| {{UKR}}1100
align=left| Shavitalign=left| {{ISR}}1100
align=left| Space Shuttlealign=left| {{USA}}5500
align=left| Titanalign=left| {{USA}}2200
align=left| Universal Rocketalign=left| {{RUS}}111010
align=left| Zenitalign=left| {{UKR}}1100

== By type ==

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center
Rocket

! Country

! Family

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Ariane 4align=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane8800
align=left| Ariane 5align=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane4310
align=left| Atlas IIalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas3300
align=left| Atlas IIIalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas1100
align=left| Atlas Valign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Delta IIalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta3210
align=left| Delta IValign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Dnepralign=left| {{UKR}}align=left| R-361100
align=left| H-IIAalign=left| {{JPN}}align=left| H-II3300
align=left| Kaituozhe-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kaituozhe1010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kosmosalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| R-144400
align=left| Long March 2align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March2200
align=left| Long March 4align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March2200
align=left| Molniyaalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| R-72200
align=left| Pegasusalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Pegasus1100
align=left| PSLValign=left| {{IND}}align=left| PSLV1100
align=left| Protonalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| UR9810
align=left| Shavitalign=left| {{ISR}}align=left| Shavit1100
align=left| Soyuzalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| R-77610
align=left| Space Shuttlealign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Space Shuttle5500
align=left| Titan IIalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Titan1100
align=left| Titan IValign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Titan1100
align=left| UR-100align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| UR2200
align=left| Zenitalign=left| {{UKR}}align=left| Zenit1100

== By configuration ==

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Rocket

! Country

! Type

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Ariane 4 42Palign=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane 41100align=left| Final flight
align=left| Ariane 4 42Lalign=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane 41100align=left| Final flight
align=left| Ariane 4 44Lalign=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane 46600
align=left| Ariane 5Galign=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane 53300
align=left| Ariane 5ECAalign=left| {{EUR}}align=left| Ariane 51010align=left|Maiden flight
align=left| Atlas IIAalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas II2200align=left| Final flight
align=left| Atlas IIASalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas II1100
align=left| Atlas IIIBalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas III1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Atlas V 401align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Delta II 7425-9.5align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta II1010
align=left| Delta II 7920-10Calign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta II1100
align=left| Delta II 7920-10Lalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta II1100
align=left| Delta IV-M+ (4,2)align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta IV1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Dnepralign=left| {{UKR}}align=left| Dnepr1100
align=left| H-IIA 202align=left| {{JPN}}align=left| H-IIA1100
align=left| H-IIA 2024align=left| {{JPN}}align=left| H-IIA2200align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kaituozhe-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kaituozhe-11010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kosmos-3Malign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Kosmos4400
align=left| Long March 2Falign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 22200
align=left| Long March 4Balign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 42200
align=left| Molniya-Malign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Molniya2200
align=left| Pegasus-XLalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Pegasus1100
align=left| PSLV-Galign=left| {{IND}}align=left| PSLV1100
align=left| Proton-K / 17S40align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Proton2200align=left| Final flight
align=left| Proton-K / Blok DM-2align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Proton1100
align=left| Proton-K / Blok DM-2Malign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Proton5410
align=left| Proton-M / Briz-Malign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Proton1100
align=left| Rokot / Briz-KMalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| UR-1002200
align=left| Shavit 1align=left| {{ISR}}align=left| Shavit1100
align=left| Soyuz-Ualign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz5410
align=left| Soyuz-FGalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz2200
align=left| Space Shuttlealign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Space Shuttle5500
align=left| Titan 23Galign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Titan II1100
align=left| Titan IVB / Centaur-Talign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Titan IV1100
align=left| Zenit-3SLalign=left| {{UKR}}align=left| Zenit1100

= By spaceport =

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| height = 440

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| group 3 = 0:12:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 4 = 0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 5 = 0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0

| group 6 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0

| group 7 = 0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0

| group 8 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:15:0:0

| group 9 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:10:0

| group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 9

| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5

| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3

| colors = FireBrick : Crimson : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : Teal : Plum : LightSeaGreen : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : SkyBlue

| group names = Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Ocean Odyssey : Palmachim : Tanegashima : Baikonur : Plesetsk : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : Vandenberg

| x legends = China : France : India : International waters : Israel : Japan : Kazakhstan : Russia : United States

| units suffix = _launches

}}

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Site

! Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Baikonuralign=left| {{KAZ}}151410
align=left| Cape Canaveralalign=left| {{USA}}9810
align=left| Jiuquanalign=left| {{CHN}}2200
align=left| Kennedyalign=left| {{USA}}5500
align=left| Kouroualign=left| {{FRA}}121110
align=left| Ocean Odysseyalign=left| {{flagicon|UN}} International waters1100
align=left| Palmachimalign=left| {{ISR}}1100
align=left| Plesetskalign=left| {{RUS}}10910
align=left| Satish Dhawanalign=left| {{IND}}1100
align=left| Taiyuanalign=left| {{CHN}}3210
align=left| Tanegashimaalign=left| {{JPN}}3300
align=left| Vandenbergalign=left| {{USA}}3300
colspan=2| Total || 65 || 60 || 5 || 0 ||

= By orbit =

{{#invoke:Chart | bar chart

| float = center

| width = 890

| height = 440

| stack = 1

| group 1 = 18:0:0:0

| group 2 = 9:0:0:0

| group 3 = 1:0:0:0

| group 4 = 4:0:0:0

| group 5 = 0: 1:0:0

| group 6 = 0: 2:0:0

| group 7 = 0:0:25:0

| group 8 = 0:0:0: 1

| colors = Navy : MediumBlue : DodgerBlue : RoyalBlue : LightSeaGreen : SkyBlue : SaddleBrown : Black

| group names = Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Low Earth (SSO) : Medium Earth : Molniya : Geosynchronous : High Earth

| x legends = Low Earth : Medium Earth / Molniya : Geosynchronous / transfer : High Earth

| units suffix = _launches

}}

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Orbital regime

! Launches

! Achieved

! Not achieved

! Accidentally
achieved

! Remarks

align=left| Low Earth / Sun-synchronous333121align=left| Including flights to ISS
align=left| Geosynchronous /GTO272520
align=left| Medium Earth / Molniya3300
align=left| High Earth1100
align=left| Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer1010
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!Total

656051

References

{{TLS-R}}

=Footnotes=

{{Reflist}}


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{{Orbital launches in 2002}}

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