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Last update:  2024-10-31
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Orbital launches in 2002


Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites

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



Launches:

DateSiteRocketPayloadOutcome
2002-01-16Cape CanaveralTitan 4B 401B / Centaur-TMilstar-2 3 (USA 164)success
2002-01-23KourouAriane 4 42LInsat 3Csuccess
2002-02-04TanegashimaH-2A 2024MDS/DASHsuccess
2002-02-05Cape CanaveralPegasus XLHESSIsuccess
2002-02-11VandenbergDelta 2 7920-10CIridium (5) IS-1success
2002-02-21Cape CanaveralAtlas III B / DECEchoStar 7success
2002-02-23KourouAriane 4 44LIntelsat 904success
2002-02-25PlesetskSoyuz-U 11A511UKosmos 2387success
2002-03-01KourouAriane 5 GEnvisat success
2002-03-01Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Columbia F27success
2002-03-08Cape CanaveralAtlas IIA TDRS 9 (I)success
2002-03-17PlesetskRokot Briz KMGRACE 1 / 2success
2002-03-21BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M1-8success
2002-03-25JiuquanCZ-2F Shenzhou 3success
2002-03-29KourouAriane 4 44LJCSAT 2Asuccess
2002-03-30BaikonurProton K/DM3Intelsat 903success
2002-04-01PlesetskMolniya-M 8K78M 2BLKosmos 2388 (US-K #81)success
2002-04-08Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Atlantis F25 / ITS-S0success
2002-04-16KourouAriane 4 44L-3NSS 7success
2002-04-25BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511USoyuz TM-34success
2002-05-04KourouAriane 4 42PSPOT 5success
2002-05-04VandenbergDelta 2 7920-10LAqua (NASA)success
2002-05-07BaikonurProton K/DM3DirecTV-5success
2002-05-15TaiyuanCZ-4B Fengyun 1D / HY 1Asuccess
2002-05-28PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 2389 (Parus #93)success
2002-05-28PalmachimShavit 1 Ofeq 5success
2002-06-05KourouAriane 4 44LIntelsat 905success
2002-06-05Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Endeavour F18 / MPLM 1-03 (Leonardo F3)success
2002-06-10BaikonurProton K/DM-2MEkspress A 1R (Ekspress A 4)success
2002-06-15OdysseyZenit 3SL DMSLGalaxy 3Csuccess
2002-06-20PlesetskRokot Briz KMIridium SV97 / 98success
2002-06-24VandenbergTitan 2 Titan 23G Star-37XFP-ISSNOAA 17 (M)success
2002-06-26BaikonurSoyuz-U 11A511UProgress M-46success
2002-07-03Cape CanaveralDelta 2 7425-9.5/Star 30CONTOURfailure
2002-07-05KourouAriane 5 GStellat 5/NStar Csuccess
2002-07-08PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MKosmos 2390 (Strela-3 #131) / Kosmos 2391 (Strela-success
2002-07-25BaikonurProton K/DM-5Kosmos 2392 (Araks-N 2)success
2002-08-21Cape CanaveralAtlas V 401Hot Bird 6 success
2002-08-22BaikonurProton K/DM3EchoStar 8success
2002-08-28KourouAriane 5 GAtlantic Bird 1/MSG 1success
2002-09-06KourouAriane 4 44LIntelsat 906success
2002-09-10TanegashimaH-2A 2024USERS/DRTSsuccess
2002-09-12SriharikotaPSLV GMetsat 1success
2002-09-15TaiyuanKaituozhe 1 PS 1failure
2002-09-18Cape CanaveralAtlas IIAS Hispasat 1Dsuccess
2002-09-25BaikonurSoyuz-FG 11A511U-FGProgress M1-9success
2002-09-26PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MNadezhda 7 (Nadezhda-M #1)success
2002-10-07Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Atlantis F26 / ITS-S1success
2002-10-15PlesetskSoyuz-U 11A511UFoton-M 1 (Foton #13)failure
2002-10-17BaikonurProton K/DM2INTEGRALsuccess
2002-10-27TaiyuanCZ-4B Ziyuan-2 02success
2002-10-30BaikonurSoyuz-FG 11A511U-FGSoyuz TMA-1success
2002-11-20Cape CanaveralDelta 4M 4,2Eutelsat W5success
2002-11-24Cape CanaveralSpace Shuttle Endeavour F19 / ITS-P1 / MEPSI 1A / MEPSI 1Bsuccess
2002-11-25BaikonurProton K/DM3Astra 1Kpfailure
2002-11-28PlesetskKosmos-3M 11K65MAlSat 1 / Mozhayets 3 / Rubin 3-DSIsuccess
2002-12-05Cape CanaveralAtlas IIA TDRS 10 (J)success
2002-12-11KourouAriane 5 ECAHotBird 7/Stentorfailure
2002-12-14TanegashimaH-2A 202ADEOS 2 / 3 secondarysuccess
2002-12-17KourouAriane 4 44LNSS 6success
2002-12-20BaikonurDnepr AATiS-OSCAR-49success
2002-12-24PlesetskMolniya-M Kosmos 2393 (US-K #82)success
2002-12-25BaikonurProton K/DM-2Kosmos 2394 / 2395 / 2396 (Uragan #80 / #81 / #82, GLONASS #791 / #792 / #793)success
2002-12-29JiuquanCZ-2F Shenzhou 4success
2002-12-29BaikonurProton M/Briz MNimiq 2success