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posted: 07 April 2005
02:41 pm ET


1999 Space Launch Log

Every major space launch to orbit during the year 1999 is listed here. The log primarily comes from the list initially compiled by FLORIDA TODAY and was updated and supplemented with SPACE.com resources. Please send any corrections to Cape Canaveral Bureau Senior Producer Jim Banke.

Failures resulting in loss of mission are noted in red.

  • Jan. 3: Boeing Delta 2 (7425) on flight 265 with NASA's Mars Polar Lander and attached Deep Space-2 probes from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., with an instantaneous launch time of 3:21:10 p.m. EST (2021:10 GMT).

  • Jan. 26: Lockheed Martin Athena 1 with the ROCSAT spacecraft for the National Space Program Office of Taiwan from Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 7:34 to 10:27 p.m. EST (0034-0327 GMT). Launch Time 7:34:02.411 p.m.

  • Feb. 7: Boeing Delta 2 (7426) on flight 266 with NASA's Stardust spacecraft from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., at an instantaneous launch time of 4:04:15 p.m. EST (2104:15 GMT). Launch Time 4:04:15.238 p.m.

  • Feb. 8: Starsem Soyuz on first Globalstar mission (4 sats) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, during a launch window of 10:54 to 11:04 p.m. EST (0354-0404 GMT). Launch Time 10:54 p.m.

  • Feb. 15: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with the Telstar 6 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, during a launch window of 12:12 to 12:22 a.m. EST (0512-0522 GMT). Launch Time 12:12 a.m.

  • Feb. 15: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS on AC-152 with the JCSAT-6 communications satellite from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 7:45 to 9:14 p.m. EST (0045-0214 GMT). Launch Time 8:45:26.024 p.m.

  • Feb. 19: Soyuz TM-29 with the Mir-27 crew from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with a launch time of 11:17 p.m. EST (0417 GMT Feb. 20).

  • Feb. 23: Air Force Delta 2 (7920) on flight 267 with the Air Force's Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS), Danish rsted and South African SUNSAT research satellites from Space Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 5:10 to 6:10 a.m. EST (1010-1110 GMT). Launch Time 5:29:55 a.m.

  • Feb. 26: Arianespace Ariane 44L on Flight 116 with the Arabsat-3A and Skynet-4E communications satellites from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana, during a launch window of 5:44 to 6:22 p.m. EST (2244-2322 GMT). Launch Time 5:44 p.m.

  • Feb. 27: Russian Proton with the Raduga-1 communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with an approximate launch time of 11:00 p.m. EST (0400 GMT).

  • March 4: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL on flight 26 with NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) science satellite staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 9:51:50 to 10:01:50 p.m. EST (0251-0301 GMT). Launch Time 9:56 p.m.

  • March 14: Starsem Soyuz on second Globalstar mission (4 sats) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with a launch time of 10:06 p.m. EST (0306 GMT March 15).

  • March 20: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with Asiasat-3S communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, during a launch window 7:09:30 to 7:19:30 p.m. EST (0009:30-0019:30 GMT on March 21). Launch Time 7:09 p.m.

  • March 27: Inaugural Sea Launch Zenit 3SL with DemoSat simulation payload from Odyssey launch platform positioned 1,400 miles southeast of Hawaii in Pacific Ocean along equator, during a launch window of 5:17 to 9:17 p.m. EST (2217-0217 GMT). Launch Time 8:30 p.m.

  • April 2: Russian Soyuz-U with Progess M-41 resupply ship to Mir from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with a launch time of 6:29 a.m. EST (1129 GMT).

  • April 2: Arianespace Ariane 42P on Flight 117 with the Insat-2E communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana, during a launch window of 5:03 to 5:53 p.m. EST (2203-2253 GMT). Launch Time 5:03 p.m.

  • April 9: Air Force Titan 4B on mission B-27 with the Defense Support Program-19 missile warning satellite using Inertial Upper Stage (402 configuration) from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 11:33 a.m. to 3:33 p.m. EDT (1533-1933 GMT). Launch Time 1:01 p.m. DSP failed to reach proper orbit

  • April 12: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS on AC-154 with Eutelsat's W3 communications satellite from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 6:50 to 7:42 p.m. EDT (2250-2342 GMT). Launch Time 6:50 p.m.

  • April 14: Starsem Soyuz on third Globalstar mission (4 sats) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with a launch time of 8:46 p.m. EDT (0046 GMT April 15).

  • April 15: Boeing Delta 2 (7920) on flight 268 with Landsat-7 from Space Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 2:32 to 2:34 p.m. EDT (1832-1834 GMT). Launch Time 2:32:00.288 p.m.

  • April 21: Inaugural Russian Dnepr with the UoSat 12 experimental satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with an approximate launch time of 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT).

  • April 27: Lockheed Martin Athena 2 with the Ikonos-1 Commercial Remote Sensing System (CRSS) spacecraft from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 2:21 to 2:51 p.m. EDT (1821-1851 GMT). Launch Time 2:22 p.m.

  • April 28: Russian Kosmos 3M with Germany's A Broad-band Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey (ABRIXAS) and Italian MegSat-0 satellites from Kapustyn Yar, Russia, with a launch time of 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT).

  • April 30: Air Force Titan 4B on mission B-32 with first Military Strategic and Tactical Relay-2 (Milstar) communications satellite and Centaur upper stage from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 10:56 a.m. to 2:56 p.m. EDT (1456-1856 GMT). Launch Time 12:30 p.m.

  • May 4: Boeing Delta 3 (8930) on flight 269 with the Orion 3 communications satellite from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 8:56 to 10:04 p.m. EDT (0056-0204 GMT on May 5). Launch Time 9:00:00.169 p.m.

  • May 9: Chinese Long March 4B with Fengyun 1C weather satellite and Shijian 5 research craft from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. Launch Time 9:33 p.m. EDT (0133 GMT on May 10).

  • May 18: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with Boston University's Tomographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric EUV and Radio Sources (TERRIERS) and the DOD Multiple Path Beyond Line-of-sight Communications (MUBLCOM) satellites staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 1:05:47 to 1:14:26 a.m. EDT (0505:47-0514:26 GMT). Launch Time 1:09 a.m.

  • May 20: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with Nimiq-1 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, during a launch window of 6:30 to 6:40 p.m. EDT (2230-2240 GMT).

  • May 22: Air Force Titan 4B on mission B-12 with a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload and no upper stage from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch period of 3:01 to 7:00 a.m. EDT (0701-1100 GMT). Launch Time 5:36 a.m.

  • May 26: Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with OceanSat 1 (IRS-P4), Kitsat-3 & TubSat research satellites from Sriharikota, India. Launch Time 2:22 a.m. EDT (0622 GMT).

  • May 27: Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-96 for space station assembly flight ISS-2A.1 for logistics and outfitting using a Spacehab Double Module and Integrated Cargo Carrier with one spacewalk from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., during a launch window of 6:49:42 to 6:57:48 a.m. EDT (1049:42-1057:48 GMT). Launch Time 6:49:42 a.m.

  • June 10: Boeing Delta 2 (7420) on flight 270 with third Globalstar mission (4 sats) from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 9:48:43 to 9:51:43 a.m. EDT (1348:43-1351:43 GMT). Launch Time 9:48:43.446 a.m.

  • June 11: China Great Wall Industry Corp. Long March 2C/SD on Iridium replacement mission (2 sats) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. Launch Time 1:15:33.924 p.m. EDT (1715:33.924 GMT).

  • June 17: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with Astra-1H communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, during a launch window of 9:49:30 to 9:59:30 p.m. EDT (0149:30-0159:30 GMT on June 18). Launch Time: 9:49:30 p.m.

  • June 19: Air Force Titan 2 (G-7) with NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) Earth science satellite from Space Launch Complex-4 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 10:15 to 10:25 p.m. EDT (0215-0225 GMT on June 20). Launch Time 10:15 p.m.

  • June 24: Boeing Delta 2 (7320) on flight 271 with NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 11:39 a.m. to 12:57 p.m. EDT (1539-1657 GMT). Launch Time 11:43:59.879 a.m. EDT.

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  • July 5: Russian Proton (first flight of Breeze M upper stage) with Raduga communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch Time 9:32 a.m. EDT (1332 GMT).

  • July 8: Molniya-M with Molniya-3 communications satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch Time 4:46 a.m. EDT (0846 GMT).

  • July 10: Boeing Delta 2 (7420) on flight 272 for fourth Globalstar mission (4 sats) from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during launch windows of either 4:45:37 to 4:48:37 a.m. or 7:45:07 to 7:48:07 a.m. EDT (0845:37-0848:37 or 1145:07-1148:07 GMT). Launch Time: 4:45:37.185 a.m.

  • July 16: Russian Soyuz-U with Progess-M42 resupply ship to Mir from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch Time approximately 12:37 p.m. EDT (1637 GMT).

  • July 17: Ukrainian Zenit 2 with Okean O-N1 Earth research satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch Time 2:38 a.m. EDT (0638 GMT).

  • July 23: Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-93 with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly known as Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, or AXAF) and Inertial Upper Stage from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., during a launch window of 12:24 to 2:20 a.m. EDT (0424-0620 GMT). Launch Time 12:31:00.04 a.m.

  • July 25: Boeing Delta 2 (7420) on flight 273 with fifth Globalstar mission (4 sats) from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during launch windows of either 3:46:03 to 3:49:03 a.m. EDT (0746:03-0749:03 GMT) or 6:44:03 to 6:47:03 a.m. EDT (1044:03-1047:03 GMT). Launch Time 3:46:03.329 a.m.

  • Aug. 12: Arianespace Ariane 42P on Flight 118 with the Telkom-1 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana, during a launch window of 6:52 to 8:42 p.m. EDT (2252-0042 GMT). Launch Time 6:52 p.m.

  • Aug. 17: Boeing Delta 2 (7420) on flight 274 with sixth Globalstar mission (4 sats) from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 12:37:41 to 12:40:41 a.m. EDT (0437:41-0440:41 GMT). Launch Time 12:37:41.193 a.m.

  • Aug. 18: Russian Soyuz-U with Kosmos-2365 military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch Time 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT).

  • Aug. 26: Russian Kosmos-3M with Kosmos-2366 military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch Time 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT).

  • Sept. 4: Arianespace Ariane 42P on Flight 120 with Koreasat 3 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana, during a launch window of 6:34 to 8:48 p.m. EDT (2234-0048 GMT). Launch Time 6:34 p.m.

  • Sept. 6: Russian Proton with Yamal 101 and Yamal 102 communications satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch Time 12:36 p.m. EDT (1636 GMT).

  • Sept. 9: Russian Soyuz-U with Foton-12 spacecraft from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, during a launch window of 2:00 to 2:40 p.m. EDT (1800-1840 GMT). Launch Time 2:00 p.m.

  • Sept. 22: Starsem Soyuz on fourth Globalstar mission (4 sats) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch Time 10:33 a.m. EDT (1433 GMT)

  • Sept. 23: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS on AC-155 with the EchoStar-5 (a.k.a. MCI-1) communications satellite from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 1:07 to 3:06 a.m. EDT (0507-0706 GMT). Launch Time 2:02 a.m.

  • Sept. 24: Lockheed Martin Athena 2 with Ikonos Commercial Remote Sensing System (CRSS) spacecraft from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 2:21:07 to 2:51:07 p.m. EDT (1821:07-1851:07 GMT). Launch Time 2:21 p.m.

  • Sept. 25: Arianespace Ariane 44LP on Flight 121 with Telstar 7 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana., during a launch window of 2:29 to 3:29 a.m. EDT (0629-0729 GMT). Launch Time 2:29 a.m.

  • Sept. 26: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with LMI-1 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, during a launch window of 6:30 to 6:40 p.m. EDT (2230-2240 GMT). Launch Time 6:30 p.m.

  • Sept. 28: Russian Soyuz-U with Resurs remote sensing satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch Time approximately 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT).

  • Oct. 7: Air Force Delta 2 (7925) on flight 275 with the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-3 spacecraft (Block 2R Space Vehicle No. 11) from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a launch window of 8:51 to 9:06 a.m. EDT (1251-1306 GMT). Launch Time 8:51:00.686 a.m.

  • Oct. 9: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL with the DIRECTV-1R communications satellite from launch platform positioned 1400 miles southeast of Hawaii in Pacific Ocean along Equator, during a launch window of 11:28 p.m. to 12:20 a.m. EDT (0328-0420 GMT on Oct. 10). Launch Time 11:28:00 p.m.

  • Oct. 14: Chinese Long March 4B with Ziyuan-1 and SACI-1 spacecraft from the Taiyuan Satellite Launching Center, China. Launch Time to be confirmed.

  • Oct. 18: Starsem Soyuz on fifth Globalstar mission (4 sats) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch Time 9:32 a.m. EDT (1332 GMT).

  • Oct. 19: Arianespace Ariane 44LP on Flight 122 with the Orion-2 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana, during a launch window of 2:22 to 3:22 a.m. EDT (0622-0722 GMT). Launch Time 2:22 a.m.

  • Oct. 27: Russian Proton with Express A1 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, with a launch time of 12:16 p.m. EDT (1616 GMT).

  • Nov. 13: Arianespace Ariane 44LP on Flight 123 with the GE-4 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana, during a launch window of 5:55 to 7:11 p.m. EST (2255-0011 GMT). Launch Time 5:55 p.m.

  • Nov. 15: Japanese H-2 (Vehicle No. 8) with Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Launch time 2:29 AM EST (0729 GMT).

  • Nov. 22: Starsem Soyuz on sixth Globalstar mission (4 satellites) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan, at 11:20 AM EST (1620 GMT).

  • Nov. 22: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2A (AC-136) with the US Navy UHF-F10 communications satellite from pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL, with a launch time of 11:06 PM EST (0406 GMT on Nov. 23).

  • Dec. 3: Arianespace Ariane 40 on Flight 124 with the Helios 1B spacecraft from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 11:22:46 AM EST (16:22:46 GMT).

  • Dec. 4: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with ORBCOMM Mission-4 (7 sats) staged from Wallops Island, VA. Launch time 1:54 PM EST (1854 GMT).

  • Dec. 10: Arianespace Ariane 504 on Flight 119 with X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) spacecraft from ELA-3 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 9:32 AM EST (1432 GMT).

  • Dec. 11: Brazil's VLS-1 rocket with the SACI-2 scientific satellite for the Brazilian Institute of Aeronautics & Space from the Alcantara Launch Center in Marantiao. Launch time 1:30 PM EST (1830 GMT).

  • Dec. 12: US Air Force Titan 2 (G-8) with Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 5D-3-F15 weather satellite from Space Launch Complex-4 West at Vandenberg AFB, CA. Launch time 12:38:01.822 PM EST (1738 GMT).

  • Dec. 18: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS on AC-141 with NASA's Terra spacecraft (formerly known as EOS AM-1) from Space Launch Complex-3 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. Launch time 1:57:39 PM EST (1857 GMT).

  • Dec. 19: Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-103 with the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission-3A from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, FL. Launch time 7:50:00.069 PM EST (0050 on Dec. 20).

  • Dec. 21: Orbital Sciences Taurus (T4) with the Korea Multi-purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT) and Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite (ACRIMSAT) from area 576-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. Launch time 2:13 AM EST (0713 GMT).

  • Dec. 21: Arianespace Ariane 44L on Flight 125 with the Galaxy-11 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 7:50 PM EST (0050 GMT on Dec. 22).

  • Dec. 26: Russian Tsyklon-2 with the Kosmos 2367 ocean observation satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan. Launch time 3:00 AM EST (0800 GMT).

  • Dec. 27: Russian Molniya-M booster with the Kosmos 2368 reconnaissance satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch time 2:12 PM EST (1912 GMT).


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