Orbital launches in 2002
Launches:
| Total: 65 | Success: 60 | Partial failure: 1 | Failure: 4 |
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites
* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered
Launches by countries
Launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-16 | Cape Canaveral | Titan 4B 401B / Centaur-T | Milstar-2 3 (USA 164) | success |
| 2002-01-23 | Kourou | Ariane 4 42L | Insat 3C | success |
| 2002-02-04 | Tanegashima | H-2A 2024 | MDS/DASH | success |
| 2002-02-05 | Cape Canaveral | Pegasus XL | HESSI | success |
| 2002-02-11 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10C | Iridium (5) IS-1 | success |
| 2002-02-21 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas III B / DEC | EchoStar 7 | success |
| 2002-02-23 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | Intelsat 904 | success |
| 2002-02-25 | Plesetsk | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2387 | success |
| 2002-03-01 | Kourou | Ariane 5 G | Envisat | success |
| 2002-03-01 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Columbia F27 | success |
| 2002-03-08 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIA | TDRS 9 (I) | success |
| 2002-03-17 | Plesetsk | Rokot Briz KM | GRACE 1 / 2 | success |
| 2002-03-21 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M1-8 | success |
| 2002-03-25 | Jiuquan | CZ-2F | Shenzhou 3 | success |
| 2002-03-29 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | JCSAT 2A | success |
| 2002-03-30 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | Intelsat 903 | success |
| 2002-04-01 | Plesetsk | Molniya-M 8K78M 2BL | Kosmos 2388 (US-K #81) | success |
| 2002-04-08 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Atlantis F25 / ITS-S0 | success |
| 2002-04-16 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L-3 | NSS 7 | success |
| 2002-04-25 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Soyuz TM-34 | success |
| 2002-05-04 | Kourou | Ariane 4 42P | SPOT 5 | success |
| 2002-05-04 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920-10L | Aqua (NASA) | success |
| 2002-05-07 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | DirecTV-5 | success |
| 2002-05-15 | Taiyuan | CZ-4B | Fengyun 1D / HY 1A | success |
| 2002-05-28 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Kosmos 2389 (Parus #93) | success |
| 2002-05-28 | Palmachim | Shavit 1 | Ofeq 5 | success |
| 2002-06-05 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | Intelsat 905 | success |
| 2002-06-05 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Endeavour F18 / MPLM 1-03 (Leonardo F3) | success |
| 2002-06-10 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2M | Ekspress A 1R (Ekspress A 4) | success |
| 2002-06-15 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | Galaxy 3C | success |
| 2002-06-20 | Plesetsk | Rokot Briz KM | Iridium SV97 / 98 | success |
| 2002-06-24 | Vandenberg | Titan 2 Titan 23G Star-37XFP-ISS | NOAA 17 (M) | success |
| 2002-06-26 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-46 | success |
| 2002-07-03 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7425-9.5/Star 30 | CONTOUR | failure |
Contour lost on 8/15/02 with Star 30 motor embedded in and part of spacecraft ignited to accelerate Contour from highly elliptic phasing orbit to solar orbit. Motor exhaust plume heating destroyed spacecraft due to improper design. | ||||
| 2002-07-05 | Kourou | Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5/NStar C | success |
| 2002-07-08 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Kosmos 2390 (Strela-3 #131) / Kosmos 2391 (Strela- | success |
| 2002-07-25 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-5 | Kosmos 2392 (Araks-N 2) | success |
| 2002-08-21 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 401 | Hot Bird 6 | success |
| 2002-08-22 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | EchoStar 8 | success |
| 2002-08-28 | Kourou | Ariane 5 G | Atlantic Bird 1/MSG 1 | success |
| 2002-09-06 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | Intelsat 906 | success |
| 2002-09-10 | Tanegashima | H-2A 2024 | USERS/DRTS | success |
| 2002-09-12 | Sriharikota | PSLV G | Metsat 1 | success |
| 2002-09-15 | Taiyuan | Kaituozhe 1 | PS 1 | failure |
Second stage failure. | ||||
| 2002-09-18 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIAS | Hispasat 1D | success |
| 2002-09-25 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Progress M1-9 | success |
| 2002-09-26 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | Nadezhda 7 (Nadezhda-M #1) | success |
| 2002-10-07 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Atlantis F26 / ITS-S1 | success |
| 2002-10-15 | Plesetsk | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Foton-M 1 (Foton #13) | failure |
Contamination in hydrogen peroxide line of fuel pump system led to explosion of Strap-on D 29 seconds after launch. The rocket crashed near the pad. | ||||
| 2002-10-17 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM2 | INTEGRAL | success |
| 2002-10-27 | Taiyuan | CZ-4B | Ziyuan-2 02 | success |
| 2002-10-30 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA-1 | success |
| 2002-11-20 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 4M 4,2 | Eutelsat W5 | success |
| 2002-11-24 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Endeavour F19 / ITS-P1 / MEPSI 1A / MEPSI 1B | success |
| 2002-11-25 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM3 | Astra 1K | pfailure |
The Block DM upper stage failed to ignite for its second burn | ||||
| 2002-11-28 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | AlSat 1 / Mozhayets 3 / Rubin 3-DSI | success |
| 2002-12-05 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas IIA | TDRS 10 (J) | success |
| 2002-12-11 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | HotBird 7/Stentor | failure |
The core's Vulcain-2 engine begain failing at T+178 seconds. The rocket veered off course and the destruct signal was sent. | ||||
| 2002-12-14 | Tanegashima | H-2A 202 | ADEOS 2 / 3 secondary | success |
| 2002-12-17 | Kourou | Ariane 4 44L | NSS 6 | success |
| 2002-12-20 | Baikonur | Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49 | success |
| 2002-12-24 | Plesetsk | Molniya-M | Kosmos 2393 (US-K #82) | success |
| 2002-12-25 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2 | Kosmos 2394 / 2395 / 2396 (Uragan #80 / #81 / #82, GLONASS #791 / #792 / #793) | success |
| 2002-12-29 | Jiuquan | CZ-2F | Shenzhou 4 | success |
| 2002-12-29 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Nimiq 2 | success |