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2001 in spaceflight

The Mir space station, which was deorbited on 23 March

Orbital launches
First| 9 January
Last| 28 December
Total| 59
Successes| 58
Failures| 1
Catalogued| 58
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Maiden flights| GSLV
H-IIA 202
Proton-M
Soyuz-FG
Retirements| Ariane 4 44P
Ariane 4 44LP
Athena I Mir
Crewed flights
Orbital| 8
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This article outlines notable events occurring in 2001 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

## Deorbit of Mir

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This paragraph is an excerpt from Deorbit of Mir.[edit]

The Russian space station Mir ended its mission on 23 March 2001, when it was brought out of its orbit, entered the atmosphere and was destroyed. Major components ranged from about 5 to 15 years in age, and included the Mir Core Module, Kvant-1, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, Priroda, and Docking Module. Although Russia was optimistic about Mir's future, the country's commitments to the International Space Station programme left no funding to support Mir.[1]

## Launches

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Date and time (UTC)  | Rocket | Flight number  | Launch site | LSP

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Remarks

### January

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9 January
17:00  | Long March 2F |  | Jiuquan |
Shenzhou 2 | CMSA | Low Earth | Test spacecraft | 16 January
11:22 | Successful
Shenzhou spacecraft orbital module | CMSA | Low Earth  | Test spacecraft | 24 August
09:05 | Successful
10 January
22:09  | Ariane 4 44P  |  | Kourou ELA-2 | Arianespace
Türksat 2A | Eurasiasat SAM | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational
24 January
04:28  | Soyuz-U |  | Baikonur Site 1/5 | Roskosmos
Progress M1-5 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (Mir)  | Deorbit Mir | 23 March
05:50 | Successful
Final spacecraft to dock with the Mir space station.
Remained docked during re-entry.
30 January
07:55  | Delta II 7925-9.5  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A | Boeing IDS
GPS IIR-7 (USA-156)  | US Air Force | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational

### February

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7 February
23:05  | Ariane 4 44L  |  | Kourou ELA-2  | Arianespace
Sicral |  | Geostationary | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Skynet 4F | MoD (UK) | Geostationary  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Skynet 4F is the final ECS-class satellite.
7 February
23:13  | Space Shuttle Atlantis |  | Kennedy LC-39A | United Space Alliance
STS-98 | NASA | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS assembly | 20 February
20:33 | Successful
Destiny | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS component | In orbit | Operational
Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts
20 February
08:48  | Start-1 |  | Svobodniy Site 5  |
Odin | SSC | Low Earth  | Infrared astronomy | In orbit | Operational
26 February
08:09  | Soyuz-U  |  | Baikonur Site 1/5  | Roskosmos
Progress M-44 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | 16 April
13:23 | Successful
ISS flight 3P
27 February
21:20  | Titan IVB (401)/Centaur |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | Lockheed Martin
Milstar 2 (USA-157)  | US Air Force  | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational

### March

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8 March
11:42  | Space Shuttle  Discovery |  | Kennedy LC-39B | United Space Alliance
STS-102 | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS assembly | 21 March
07:31 | Successful
Leonardo MPLM | ASI/NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | Successful
Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts, ISS crew exchange (launched Expedition 2)
Maiden flight of Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
8 March
22:51  | Ariane 5G  |  | Kourou ELA-3 | Arianespace
Eurobird | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
BSAT-2A | BSAT | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
18 March
22:33  | Zenit-3SL |  | Ocean Odyssey | Sea Launch
XM-2 "Rock"  | XM Satellite Radio | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Partial satellite failure
Design fault with solar panels led to shorter operational life, deactivated November 2006

### April

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7 April
03:47  | Proton-M/Briz-M |  | Baikonur Site 81/24 |
Ekran-M 18  | GPKS | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Maiden flight of Proton-M
7 April
15:02  | Delta II 7925-9.5  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A  | Boeing IDS
2001 Mars Odyssey | NASA  | Areocentric | Mars orbiter | In orbit | Operational
18 April
10:13  | GSLV |  | Satish Dhawan FLP  | ISRO
GSAT-1 | ISRO  | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Failure
Payload placed in incorrect orbit due to underpowered upper stage of launch vehicle
Maiden flight of GSLV
19 April
18:40  | Space Shuttle  Endeavour |  | Kennedy LC-39A  | United Space Alliance
STS-100 | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS assembly | 1 May
16:10 | Successful
Raffaello MPLM | ASI/NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | Successful
Canadarm2 | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS component | In orbit | Operational
Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts
28 April
07:37  | Soyuz-U  |  | Baikonur Site 1/5  | Roskosmos
Soyuz TM-32 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS escape craft | 31 October | Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first space tourist, whose flight was arranged by the American company Space Adventures

### May

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8 May
22:10  | Zenit-3SL  |  | Ocean Odyssey  | Sea Launch
XM-1 "Roll"  | XM Satellite Radio  | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Partial satellite failure
Design fault with solar panels led to shorter operational life, deactivated November 2006
15 May
01:11  | Proton-K/DM-2M |  | Baikonur Site 81/23 | International Launch Services
Panamsat 10 | PanAmSat | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
18 May
17:45  | Delta II 7925-9.5  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-17B | Boeing IDS
GeoLITE (USA-158)  | NRO | Geostationary  | Experimental communications | In orbit | Operational
NROL-17 Mission.
20 May
22:32  | Soyuz-FG |  | Baikonur Site 1/5  | Roskosmos
Progress M1-6 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | 22 August | Successful
Maiden flight of Soyuz-FG
ISS flight 4P
29 May
17:55  | Soyuz-U  |  | Plesetsk Site 43/4 | VKS
Kosmos 2377 | MO RF | Low Earth  | Reconnaissance | 10 October | Successful

### June

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8 June
15:08  | Kosmos-3M |  | Plesetsk Site 132 | VKS
Kosmos 2378 | MO RF  | Low Earth  | Navigation | In orbit | Operational
9 June
06:45  | Ariane 4 44L  |  | Kourou ELA-2  | Arianespace
Intelsat 901 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
16 June
01:49  | Proton-K/DM-2M  |  | Baikonur Site 81/23  | International Launch Services
Astra 2C | SES Astra | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
19 June
04:41  | Atlas IIAS  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-36B | International Launch Services
ICO F2 | ICO | Medium Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
30 June
17:45  | Delta II 7425-10  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-17B  | Boeing IDS
WMAP | NASA  | Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange Point | Astronomy | In orbit | Successful
Ceased operations on 20 August 2010, subsequently manoeuvred into heliocentric orbit on 8 September[2]

### July

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12 July
09:03  | Space Shuttle Atlantis |  | Kennedy LC-39B  | United Space Alliance
STS-104 | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS assembly | 25 July
03:38 | Successful
Quest | NASA  | Low Earth  | ISS component | In orbit | Operational
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts
12 July
21:58  | Ariane 5G  |  | Kourou ELA-3  | Arianespace
Artemis | ESA | Geosynchronous  | Navigation | In orbit | Partial launch failure
Operational
BSAT-2B | BSAT  | Intended: Geosynchronous
Achieved: Medium Earth  | Communications | 28 January 2014 | Launch failure
Premature cutoff of 2nd stage. Artemis reached correct orbit under own power, BSAT abandoned in useless orbit
20 July
00:17  |  Molniya-M |  |  Plesetsk Site 43/4 |  VKS
Molniya 3–51 | MO RF | Molniya | Communications | 19 December 2016[3] | Successful
23 July
07:23  | Atlas IIA  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |
GOES-12 (GOES-M)  | NOAA | Geosynchronous  | Weather satellite | In orbit | Operational
31 July
08:00  |  Tsyklon-3 |  |  Plesetsk Site 32/2 |  VKS
Koronas F | RAKA  | Sun-synchronous | Solar observation | 6 December 2005[4] | Successful

### August

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6 August
07:28  | Titan IVB (402)/IUS |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-40  | Lockheed Martin
DSP-21 (USA-159)  | US Air Force  | Geosynchronous  | Missile early warning | In orbit | Operational
8 August
16:13  | Delta II 7326-9.5  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-17A  | Boeing IDS
Genesis | NASA  | Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange Point | Solar wind sample return | 8 September 2004 | Partial failure
Parachute failed to deploy upon return to Earth, some samples recovered from wreckage
10 August
21:10  | Space Shuttle Discovery |  | Kennedy LC-39A  | United Space Alliance
STS-105 | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS assembly | 22 August
03:38 | Successful
Leonardo MPLM  | ASI/NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | Successful
Simplesat | NASA  | Low Earth  | Astronomy | 30 January 2002 | Failure
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
ISS crew exchange (launched Expedition 3)
Simplesat released 20 August 18:30 UTC, and failed to contact ground
21 August
09:23  | Soyuz-U  |  | Baikonur Site 1/5  | Roskosmos
Progress M-45 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | 22 November | Successful
ISS flight 5P
24 August
20:35  | Proton-K/DM-2 |  | Baikonur Site 81/24  | VKS
Kosmos 2379 | VKS  | Geosynchronous  | Early warning | In orbit | Operational
29 August
07:00  | H-IIA 202  |  | Tanegashima LA-Y1 |
LRE | NASDA | Geostationary transfer | Orbit determination | In orbit | Successful
VEP-2 | NASDA  | Geostationary transfer  | Boilerplate spacecraft | In orbit | Successful
Maiden flight of H-IIA
30 August
06:46  | Ariane 4 44L  |  | Kourou ELA-2  | Arianespace
Intelsat 902 | Intelsat  | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational

### September

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8 September
15:25  |  Atlas IIAS |  |  Vandenberg SLC-3E | Lockheed Martin
NOSS C1-1 (USA-160)  | NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational
NOSS C1-1 (USA-160-2)  | NRO | Low Earth | SIGINT | In orbit | Operational
14 September
23:34  |  Soyuz-U |  |  Baikonur Site 1/5 |  Roscosmos
Progress M-SO1 | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS)  | Space tug / ISS assembly | 26 September | Successful
Pirs | Roscosmos | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS component | 26 July 2021
14:51[5] | Successful
ISS flight 4R
21 September
18:49  |  Taurus 2110  |  |  Vandenberg LC-576E |  Orbital Sciences
Orbview-4 | OrbImage | Intended: Low Earth (SSO)  | Earth observation | 21 September | Launch failure
QuikTOMS | NASA | Intended: Low Earth (SSO)  | Ozone observation
SBD / Celestis-4  | Orbital Sciences / Celestis | Intended: Low Earth (SSO)  | Technology demonstration / Space burial
Failed to reach orbit after control issues. SBD and Celestis-4 were hosted payloads on the third stage.
25 September
23:21  |  Ariane 4 44P  |  |  Kourou ELA-2 |  Arianespace
Atlantic Bird 2  | Eutelsat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Final flight of Ariane 4 44P.
30 September
02:40  |  Athena I |  |  Kodiak LP-1  |  Lockheed Martin
Starshine 3 | NASA | Low Earth | Laser ranging | 21 January 2003 | Successful
Picosat 9 | U.S. Air Force | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Successful
PCSat | U.S. Air Force | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational
SAPPHIRE | Stanford University | Low Earth | Education | In orbit | Successful
Kodiak Star, Space Test Program mission. Final flight of Athena I, and at the time final flight of the Athena family, which was later reactivated. First orbital launch from Kodiak Island.

### October

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5 October
21:21  | Titan IVB (404)  |  | Vandenberg SLC-4E | Lockheed Martin
EIS-2 (USA-161)  | NRO  | Sun-synchronous  | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational
6 October
16:45  | Proton-K/DM-2  |  | Baikonur Site 81  | VKS
Raduga-1 | VKS  | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
11 October
02:32  | Atlas IIAS  |  | Cape Canaveral SLC-36B  |
Aquila (USA-162)  | NRO  | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
18 October
18:51  |  Delta II 7320-10  |  |  Vandenberg SLC-2W |  Boeing IDS
QuickBird 2  | DigitalGlobe | Low Earth | Earth observation | 27 January 2015[6] | Successful
21 October
08:59  | Soyuz-U  |  | Baikonur Site 1/5  | Roskosmos
Soyuz TM-33 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS escape craft | 5 May 2002
03:52 | Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
22 October
04:53  | PSLV |  | Satish Dhawan FLP  | ISRO
TES | ISRO  | Low Earth  | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational
PROBA | ESA  | Low Earth  | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational
BIRD | DLR  | Low Earth  | Earth imaging | In orbit | Operational
25 October
11:34  | Molniya-M  |  | Plesetsk Site 43/3 | VKS
Molniya 3–52 | VKS  | Molniya  | Communications | 6 December 2011 | Successful

### November

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26 November
18:24  | Soyuz-FG  |  | Baikonur Site 1/5  | Roskosmos
Progress M1-7 | Roskosmos  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | 20 March 2002 | Successful
Kolibri  | RAKA  | Low Earth  | Technology demonstration | 4 May 2002 | Successful
ISS flight 6P
Kolibri deployed from Progress on 19 March 2002
27 November
00:35  | Ariane 4 44LP  |  | Kourou ELA-2  | Arianespace
DirecTV-4S | DirecTV | Geosynchronous  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Final flight of Ariane 4 44LP

### December

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1 December
18:04  | Proton-K/DM-2  |  | Baikonur  | VKS
Kosmos 2382 (GLONASS)  | KNITs | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational
Kosmos 2383 (GLONASS)  | KNITs | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational
Kosmos 2384 (GLONASS)  | KNITs | Medium Earth | Navigation | In orbit | Operational
5 December
22:19  | Space Shuttle Endeavour |  | Kennedy LC-39B  | United Space Alliance
STS-108 | NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | ISS assembly | 17 December
17:55 | Successful
Raffaello MPLM  | ASI/NASA  | Low Earth (ISS)  | Logistics | Successful
Starshine 2 | NASA  | Low Earth  | Technology demonstration | 26 April 2002 | Successful
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
ISS crew exchange (launched Expedition 4)
Starshine 2 released 16 December, 15:02 UTC
7 December
15:07  | Delta II 7920-10  |  | Vandenberg SLC-2W  | Boeing IDS
Jason 1 | CNES/NASA  | Low Earth  | Oceanography | In orbit | Operational
TIMED | NASA  | Low Earth  | Solar research | In orbit | Operational
10 December
17:18  | Zenit-2 |  | Baikonur Site 45/1 |
Meteor 3M-1 | Rosaviakosmos | Low Earth  | Weather satellite | In orbit | Operational
Kompas | IZMIRAN | Low Earth  | Earthquake prediction | In orbit | Operational
Badr-B | SUPARCO | Low Earth  | Earth imaging | In orbit | Partially Successful
Maroc-Tubsat | Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale/TU Berlin | Low Earth  | Earth imaging/Communications | In orbit | Operational
Reflector | Rosaviakosmos/US Air Force  | Low Earth  | Space debris research | In orbit | Operational
21 December
04:00  |  Tsyklon-2 |  |  Baikonur Site 90/20 |
Kosmos 2383 (US-PM)  | Russian Navy | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | 20 March 2004
18:54[7] | Successful
28 December
03:24  | Tsyklon-3  |  | Plesetsk Site 32/2  | VKS
Kosmos 2384 (Strela)  | VKS  | Low Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Kosmos 2385 (Strela)  | VKS  | Low Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Kosmos 2386 (Strela)  | VKS  | Low Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Gonets D1-10 (Gonets)  | VKS  | Low Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Gonets D1-11 (Gonets)  | VKS  | Low Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational
Gonets D1-12 (Gonets)  | VKS  | Low Earth  | Communications | In orbit | Operational

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## Deep space rendezvous

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15 January | Stardust | 1st flyby of the Earth
12 February | NEAR | Landed on 433 Eros | First-ever asteroid landing
25 May | Galileo | 8th flyby of Callisto
6 August | Galileo | 4th flyby of Io
22 September | Deep Space 1 | Flyby of 19P/Borrelly
24 October | Mars Odyssey | Areocentric orbit injection

## EVAs

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Start Date/Time  | Duration  | End Time  | Spacecraft  | Crew  | Function  | Remarks

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10 February
15:50  | 7 hours
34 minutes | 23:24  | STS-98
ISS Atlantis | Thomas D. Jones
Robert Curbeam | Removed protective launch covers and disconnected power and cooling cables between Destiny and Atlantis, while crewmembers inside moved the 3,800-cubic-foot (110 m3) laboratory from the payload bay to its home on the Unity node. Curbeam and Jones then connected electrical, data and cooling lines to the lab, during which a small amount of ammonia crystals leaked from one of the hoses, prompting a decontamination procedure.[8][9] |
12 February
15:59  | 6 hours
50 minutes  | 22:49  | STS-98
ISS Atlantis | Thomas D. Jones
Robert Curbeam  | Installed the shuttle docking adapter onto Destiny, installed insulating covers over the pins that held Destiny in place during launch, attached a vent to the lab's air system, installed handrails and sockets on the exterior of Destiny, and attached a base for the future space station robotic arm.[10] |
14 February
14:48  | 5 hours
25 minutes  | 20:13  | STS-98
ISS Atlantis | Thomas D. Jones
Robert Curbeam  | Attached a spare communications antenna to the station, double-checked connections between the Destiny lab and its docking port, released a cooling radiator on the station, inspected solar array connections at the top of the station, and tested the ability of a spacewalker to carry an immobile crew member back to the shuttle airlock.[11] | 100th American spacewalk.
11 March
05:12  | 8 hours
56 minutes  | 14:08  | STS-102
ISS  Discovery | James S. Voss
Susan J. Helms | Prepared PMA-3 for repositioning from Unity's Earth-facing berth to the port-side berth to make room for the Leonardo MPLM. Removed a Lab Cradle Assembly from the shuttle's cargo bay and installed it on the side of Destiny, and installed a cable tray to Destiny for later use by the station's robot arm. After re-entering the shuttle's airlock, the spacewalkers remained ready to assist if any troubles were encountered by the crew inside the shuttle.[12] | Longest-duration EVA in history.
13 March
05:23  | 6 hours
21 minutes  | 11:44  | STS-102
ISS Discovery | /Andy Thomas
Paul W. Richards | Installed an External Stowage Platform for spare station parts, attached a spare ammonia coolant pump to the platform, finished connecting several cables put in place on the first EVA for the station's robotic arm. Inspected a Unity node heater connection, and inspected of an exterior experiment, the Floating Potential Probe.[13] |
22 April
11:45  | 7 hours
10 minutes  | 18:55  | STS-100
ISS  Endeavour | Chris Hadfield
Scott E. Parazynski | Installed the station's UHF antenna, and the Canadian Space Agency made Canadarm2. Connected cables to give the arm power and allow it to accept computer commands from inside the lab.[14] | Hadfield became the first Canadian spacewalker.
24 April
12:34  | 7 hours
40 minutes  | 20:14  | STS-100
ISS Endeavour | Chris Hadfield
Scott E. Parazynski  | Connected the Power Data Grapple Fixture circuits for Canadarm2 onto Destiny, removed an early communications antenna, transferred a spare Direct Current Switching Unit from the shuttle's payload bay to an equipment storage rack on the outside of Destiny.[15] |
8 June
14:21  | 19 minutes  | 14:40  | Expedition 2
ISS Zvezda | Yury Usachyov
James S. Voss  | Installed the docking cone onto the Zvezda module, in preparation for the arrival of the Russian Pirs docking compartment.[16] | Conducted from the transfer compartment of the Zvezda Service Module.
15 July
03:10  | 5 hours
59 minutes  | 09:09  | STS-104
ISS Atlantis | Michael L. Gernhardt
James F. Reilly | Installed the Quest Joint Airlock onto the Unity node.[17][18][19] |
18 July
03:04  | 6 hours
29 minutes  | 09:33  | STS-104
ISS Atlantis | Michael L. Gernhardt
James F. Reilly  | Installed one of two high-pressure nitrogen tanks, and one of two high-pressure oxygen tanks onto Quest, and installed grapple fixture and trunion covers.[17][19][20] |
21 July
04:35  | 4 hours
2 minutes  | 08:37  | STS-104
ISS Quest | Michael L. Gernhardt
James F. Reilly  | Installed the second high-pressure nitrogen tank, and the second oxygen tank onto the Quest airlock.[19][21][22] | First EVA conducted from the Quest airlock.
16 August
13:58  | 6 hours
16 minutes  | 20:14  | STS-105
ISS Discovery | Daniel T. Barry
Patrick G. Forrester | Installed an Early Ammonia Servicer onto the station's P6 truss, co-location of the foot restraint in a stowed location, and installed the MISSE-1 and 2 containers onto the Quest airlock.[23][24] |
18 August
13:42  | 5 hours
29 minutes  | 19:11  | STS-105
ISS Discovery | Daniel T. Barry
Patrick G. Forrester  | Installed heater cables and handrails onto the Destiny laboratory.[23][24] |
8 October
14:24  | 4 hours
58 minutes  | 19:22  | Expedition 3
ISS Pirs | Vladimir Dezhurov
Mikhail Tyurin | Installed cables between Pirs, and Zvezda to allow spacewalk radio communications between the two sections. Installed handrails onto Pirs, and installed an exterior ladder to assist spacewalkers leaving Pirs. Installed a Strela cargo crane.[25] | First EVA conducted from the Pirs docking compartment.
15 October
09:17  | 5 hours
51 minutes  | 15:08  | Expedition 3
ISS Pirs | Vladimir Dezhurov
Mikhail Tyurin  | Installed Russian commercial experiments (MPAC-SEEDS) onto the exterior of the Pirs docking compartment.[25] |
12 November
21:41  | 5 hours
5 minutes  | 13 November
02:46  | Expedition 3
ISS Pirs | Vladimir Dezhurov
Frank L. Culbertson | Connected cables on the exterior of Pirs for the Kurs automated docking system, completed checks of the Strela cargo crane, and inspected and photographed a panel of a solar array on Zvezda that had a portion of a panel not fully unfolded.[25] |
3 December
13:20  | 2 hours
46 minutes  | 16:06  | Expedition 3
ISS Pirs | Vladimir Dezhurov
Mikhail Tyurin  | Removed an obstruction that prevented a Progress resupply ship from firmly docking with the station, and took pictures of the debris and of the docking interface.[25] |
10 December
17:52  | 4 hours
12 minutes  | 22:04  | STS-108
ISS Endeavour | Linda M. Godwin
Daniel M. Tani | Installed insulating blankets around two Beta Gimbal Assemblies that rotate the station's solar array wings, and performed get-ahead tasks in preparation for STS-110's spacewalks.[26][27][28] |

## Orbital launch summary

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### By country

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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.

Country  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial
failures  | Remarks

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|  China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|  Europe | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
|  India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|  Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|  Russia | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
|  Ukraine | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
|  United States | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
World | 59 | 56 | 2 | 1 |

### By rocket

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Ariane

Atlas

Delta

R-7

R-36

Space Shuttle

Titan

Zenit

Others

* Ariane 4
* Ariane 5
* Atlas II
* Delta II
* Molniya-M
* Soyuz-U
* Soyuz-FG
* Tsyklon-2
* Tsyklon-3
* Space Shuttle
* Titan IV
* Proton-K
* Proton-M
* Zenit-2
* Zenit-3
* Others

#### By family

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Family  | Country  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial failures  | Remarks

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Ariane |  Europe | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Athena |  United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight
Atlas |  United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Delta |  United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
GSLV |  India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight
H-II |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Long March |  China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minotaur |  United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PSLV |  India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
R-7 |  Russia | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
R-14 |  Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
R-36 |  Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
RT-2PM |  Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Space Shuttle |  United States | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Titan |  United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Universal Rocket |  Russia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Zenit |  Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

#### By type

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Rocket  | Country  | Family  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial failures  | Remarks

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Ariane 4 |  Europe | Ariane | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Ariane 5 |  Europe | Ariane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athena I |  United States | Athena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight
Atlas II |  United States | Atlas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Delta II |  United States | Delta | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
GLSV |  India | GSLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight
H-IIA |  Japan | H-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight
Kosmos |  Russia | R-14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Long March 2 |  China | Long March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Molniya |  Russia | R-7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
PSLV |  India | PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Proton |  Russia | UR | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Soyuz |  Russia | R-7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Space Shuttle |  United States | Space Shuttle | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Start |  Russia | RT-2PM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Taurus |  United States | Minotaur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titan IV |  United States | Titan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tsyklon |  Ukraine | R-36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Zenit |  Ukraine | Zenit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

#### By configuration

[edit]

Rocket  | Country  | Type  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial failures  | Remarks

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Ariane 4 44P |  Europe | Ariane 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Final flight
Ariane 4 44LP |  Europe | Ariane 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight
Ariane 4 44L |  Europe | Ariane 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ariane 5G |  Europe | Ariane 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athena I |  United States | Athena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight
Atlas IIA |  United States | Atlas II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Atlas IIAS |  United States | Atlas II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Delta II 7320-10 |  United States | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Delta II 7326-9.5 |  United States | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Delta II 7425-10 |  United States | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Delta II 7920-10 |  United States | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Delta II 7925-9.5 |  United States | Delta II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
GLSV Mk I |  India | GSLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight
H-IIA 202 |  Japan | H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight
Kosmos-3M |  Russia | Kosmos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Long March 2F |  China | Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Molniya-M |  Russia | Molniya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
PSLV-G |  India | PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Proton-K / Blok DM-2 |  Russia | Proton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Proton-K / Blok DM-2M |  Russia | Proton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Proton-M / Briz-M |  Russia | Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight
Soyuz-U |  Russia | Soyuz | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Soyuz-FG |  Russia | Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight
Space Shuttle |  United States | Space Shuttle | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Start-1 |  Russia | Start | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Taurus 2110 |  United States | Taurus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titan IVB |  United States | Titan IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Titan IVB / Centaur-T |  United States | Titan IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Titan IVB / IUS |  United States | Titan IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tsyklon-2 |  Ukraine | Tsyklon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tsyklon-3 |  Ukraine | Tsyklon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Zenit-2 |  Ukraine | Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zenit-3SL |  Ukraine | Zenit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### By spaceport

[edit]

China

France

India

International waters

Japan

Kazakhstan

Russia

United States

* Jiuquan
* Kourou
* Satish Dhawan
* Ocean Odyssey
* Tanegashima
* Baikonur
* Plesetsk
* Svobodny
* Cape Canaveral
* Kennedy
* Kodiak
* Vandenberg

Site  | Country  | Launches  | Successes  | Failures  | Partial failures  | Remarks

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Baikonur |  Kazakhstan | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Cape Canaveral |  United States | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Jiuquan |  China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kennedy |  United States | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Kodiak |  United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First orbital launch
Kourou |  France | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Ocean Odyssey |  International waters | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Plesetsk |  Russia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Satish Dhawan |  India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Svobodny |  Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tanegashima |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vandenberg |  United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 59 | 56 | 2 | 1 |

### By orbit

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Low Earth

Medium Earth / Molniya

Geosynchronous / transfer

Heliocentric / Planetary transfer

* Low Earth
* Low Earth (Mir)
* Low Earth (ISS)
* Low Earth (SSO)
* Medium Earth
* Molniya
* Geosynchronous
* Heliocentric

Orbital regime  | Launches  | Achieved  | Not achieved  | Accidentally
achieved  | Remarks

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Low Earth / Sun-synchronous | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | Including flights to ISS and Mir
Geosynchronous /GTO | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | GSLV launch failure left satellite in useless transfer orbit
Medium Earth / Molniya | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Ariane 5 partial failure left payloads in a useless medium earth orbit.
One satellite was able to correct itself to the intended geostationary transfer orbit.
Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 59 | 57 | 2 | 1 |

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