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2000s

50 records

  1. 2001

    1. 2001-02-12 landing

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      NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros at 19:44 UT and continued returning data.

    2. 2001-02-28 mission end

      Controllers received the final communication from NEAR Shoemaker on Eros.

    3. 2001-03-08 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 5A.1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2001-03-08 launch

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      Ariane 5G launched on the Eurobird/BSAT-2a flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2001-04-07 launch

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      2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars.

    6. 2001-04-07 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M launched on the Ekran-M No. 18 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2001-04-18 launch

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      GSLV Mk I (a) launched on the GSAT-1 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Partial launch success/failure.

    8. 2001-04-19 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 6A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2001-05-15 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the PAS 10 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2001-05-18 launch

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      Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 158 (GeoLITE) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2001-05-29 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2377 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2001-06-08 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2378 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2001-06-09 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Intelsat 901 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2001-06-16 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the Astra 2C flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2001-06-30 launch

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      Delta 7425-10 launched on the MAP flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2001-07-12 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 7A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2001-07-12 launch

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      Ariane 5G launched on the Artemis/BSAT-2b flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Partial launch success/failure.

    18. 2001-07-20 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2001-07-31 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Koronas-F flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2001-08-08 launch

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      Genesis was a NASA sample-return probe that collected a sample of solar wind particles and returned them to Earth for analysis.

    21. 2001-08-10 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 7A.1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2001-08-24 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2379 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2001-08-30 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Intelsat 902 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2001-09-25 launch

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      Ariane 44P (44P-3) launched on the Atlantic Bird 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 2001-10-06 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Raduga-1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 2001-10-18 launch

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      Delta 7320-10 launched on the QuickBird 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 2001-10-22 launch

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      PSLV (C) launched on the TES flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2001-10-25 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2001-11-27 launch

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      Ariane 44LP (44LP-3) launched on the DirecTV-4S flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2001-12-01 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-2380/2382 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 2001-12-05 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS UF-1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2001-12-07 launch

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      Delta 7920-10 launched on the Jason/TIMED flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2001-12-10 launch

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      Zenit-2 launched on the Meteor-3M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2001-12-21 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2383 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 2001-12-28 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Gonets/Kosmos flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 2002

    1. 2002-01-23 launch

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      Ariane 42L (42L-3) launched on the Insat 3C flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2002-02-11 launch

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      Delta 7920-10C launched on the Iridium IS-1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2002-02-23 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Intelsat 904 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2002-02-25 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2387 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2002-03-01 launch

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      Ariane 5G launched on the Envisat flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2002-03-01 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the HST SM-3B flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2002-03-25 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2F launched on the Shenzhou 3 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC921. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2002-03-29 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the Astra 3A/JCSAT-8 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2002-03-30 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the Intelsat 903 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2002-04-01 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-2388 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2002-04-08 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 8A flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 2002-04-16 launch

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      Ariane 44L (44L-3) launched on the NSS 7 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2002-05-04 launch

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      Ariane 42P (42P-3) launched on the SPOT 5 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2002-05-04 launch

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      Delta 7920-10L launched on the Aqua flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2002-05-07 launch

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      Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the DirecTV-5 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

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