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Last update:  2025-03-30
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Orbital launches in 2000

Launches:

Total: 85Success: 81Partial failure: 0Failure: 4
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites

* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered

Launches by countries

Countries:


Russia
 
39
United States
 
28
Europe
 
12
China
 
5
Japan
 
1
Total85
Rockets:


Proton14
Soyuz-U13
Ariane 48
Delta 26
Space Shuttle5
Atlas IIA4
Ariane 54
CZ-3A3
Atlas IIAS3
Zenit 3SL3
Kosmos-3M3
Others19
Launch sites:


Baikonur30
Cape Canaveral19
Kourou12
Vandenberg8
Plesetsk5
Xichang4
Odyssey3
Others4
Launches:

DateSiteRocketPayloadOutcome
2000-01-21Cape CanaveralAtlas IIA DSCS-3 B8 (USA 148) [IABS]success
2000-01-25KourouAriane 4 42L-3Galaxy 10Rsuccess
2000-01-25XichangCZ-3A Feng Huo 1A (Zhongxing 22, ChinaSat 22)success
2000-01-27VandenbergMinotaur 1JAWSAT + 7usatssuccess
2000-02-01BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M1-1success
2000-02-03Cape CanaveralAtlas IIAS Hispasat 1Csuccess
2000-02-03BaikonurZenit 2 Kosmos 2369 (Tselina-2 18)success
2000-02-08Cape CanaveralDelta 2 7420-10CGlobalstar 60/62/63/64success
2000-02-08BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511U/IkarGruzovoy Maket / IRDTsuccess
2000-02-10KagoshimaM-5 Astro Efailure
First stage failure. An anomalous vibration was detected 25 seconds after launch. At 41 seconds ceramic heat shields in the first stage nozzle broke and fell off, and thrust vector control on the nozzle was lost.
2000-02-11Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Endeavour F14success
2000-02-12BaikonurProton K/DM3Garuda-1success
2000-02-18KourouAriane 4 44LPSuperbird B2success
2000-03-12BaikonurProton K/DM-2MEkspress-A 2success
2000-03-12VandenbergTaurus 1110Multispectral Thermal Imagersuccess
2000-03-12OdysseyZenit 3SL DMSLICO F1failure
Second stage shut down prematurely due to a valve software command mistake. The satellite fell in the South Pacific
2000-03-20BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511U/FregatCluster-2 dummysatssuccess
2000-03-21KourouAriane 5 GInsat 3B/Asiastarsuccess
2000-03-25VandenbergDelta 2 7326-9.5IMAGEsuccess
2000-04-04BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511USoyuz TM-30success
2000-04-17BaikonurProton K/DM-2MSesatsuccess
2000-04-19KourouAriane 4 42LGalaxy 4Rsuccess
2000-04-25BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M1-2success
2000-05-03Cape CanaveralAtlas IIA GOES 11 (L)success
2000-05-03BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UKosmos 2370success
2000-05-08Cape CanaveralTitan 4B 402B / IUSDSP 20 (USA 149)success
2000-05-11Cape CanaveralDelta 2 7925-9.5GPS-2R 4 (Navstar 51, USA 150)success
2000-05-16PlesetskRokot Briz KMSimsat 1 / 2success
2000-05-19Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Atlantis F21success
2000-05-24Cape CanaveralAtlas III AEutelsat W4success
2000-06-06BaikonurProton K/Briz MGorizont 45Lsuccess
2000-06-07VandenbergPegasus XLTSX-5success
2000-06-24BaikonurProton K/DM-2MEkspress A 3 (Ekspress 3A)success
2000-06-25XichangCZ-3 Fengyun 2Bsuccess
2000-06-28PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MNadezhda 6 (Nadezhda #9) / Tsinghua 1 / SNAP 1success
2000-06-30Cape CanaveralAtlas IIA TDRS 8 (H)success
2000-06-30BaikonurProton K/DM3Sirius FM1success
2000-07-04BaikonurProton K/DM-2Kosmos-2371 (Geizer 22L)success
2000-07-12BaikonurProton KISS-1R/Zvezda (DOS 8)success
2000-07-14Cape CanaveralAtlas IIAS EchoStar 6success
2000-07-15PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MCHAMP / MITA / Rubin 1 (Bird-Rubin)success
2000-07-16Cape CanaveralDelta 2 7925-9.5GPS-2R 5 (Navstar 44, USA 151)success
2000-07-16BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511U/FregatCluster 2 (FM6/FM7)success
2000-07-19VandenbergMinotaur 1Mightysat 2.1success
2000-07-28OdysseyZenit 3SL DMSLPanAmSat 9success
2000-08-06BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M1-3success
2000-08-09BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511U/FregatCluster 2 (FM5/FM8)success
2000-08-17KourouAriane 4 44LP-3Brasilsat B4 / Nilesat 102success
2000-08-17VandenbergTitan 4B 404BOnyx 4 (USA 152, NROL 11)success
2000-08-23Cape CanaveralDelta 3 8930DM-F3success
2000-08-28BaikonurProton K/DM-2Raduga-1 5 (Globus 16L)success
2000-09-01TaiyuanCZ-4B Ziyuan-2 01success
2000-09-05BaikonurProton K/DM3Sirius FM2success
2000-09-06KourouAriane 4 44PEutelsat W1success
2000-09-08Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Atlantis F22success
2000-09-14KourouAriane 5 GAstra-2B/GE-7success
2000-09-21VandenbergTitan 2 Titan 23G Star-37XFP-ISSNOAA 16 (L)success
2000-09-25BaikonurZenit 2 Orlets-2 2success
2000-09-26BaikonurDnepr Malaysia-OSCAR-46success
2000-09-29BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UKosmos 2373 (Yantar)success
2000-10-01BaikonurProton K/DM3GE 1Asuccess
2000-10-06KourouAriane 4 42L-3N-SAT-110success
2000-10-09KwajaleinPegasus HHETE-2success
2000-10-11Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Discovery F28 / ITS-Z1 / PMA 3success
2000-10-13BaikonurProton K/DM-2Kosmos 2374 / 2375 / 2376 (Uragan #75 / #76 / #77, GLONASS #783 / #787 / #788)success
2000-10-16BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M-43success
2000-10-20Cape CanaveralAtlas IIA DSCS-3 B11 (USA 153) [IABS]success
2000-10-21BaikonurProton K/DM3GE 6success
2000-10-21OdysseyZenit 3SL DMSLThuraya 1success
2000-10-29KourouAriane 4 44LP-3Europe*Star 1success
2000-10-30XichangCZ-3A Beidou 1Asuccess
2000-10-31BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511USoyuz TM-31success
2000-11-10Cape CanaveralDelta 2 7925-9.5GPS-2R 6 (Navstar 41, USA 154)success
2000-11-16KourouAriane 5 GPAS 1R / AMSAT P3D / STRVsuccess
2000-11-16BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M1-4success
2000-11-20PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MQuickBird 1failure
Second stage failed to restart at apogee.
2000-11-21KourouAriane 4 44L-3Anik F1success
2000-11-21VandenbergDelta 2 7320-10Earth Orbiter 1 / SAC-C / Muninsuccess
2000-11-30BaikonurProton K/DM3Sirius FMsuccess
2000-12-01Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Endeavour F15 / ITS-P6success
2000-12-05SvobodnyStart 1EROS Asuccess
2000-12-06Cape CanaveralAtlas IIAS Quasar 13 (SDS-3 2, USA 155, NROL 10)success
2000-12-20KourouAriane 5 GAstra 2D / GE 8 / LDREXsuccess
2000-12-20XichangCZ-3A Beidou 1Bsuccess
2000-12-27PlesetskTsyklon 3 11K68Gonets 7 - 9 / Strela-3 #125 / #126 / #127failure
The S5M third stage steering unit failed and the vehicle crashed a few thousand km downrange near Wrangel Island.