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posted: 07 April 2005
02:41 pm ET

2000 Space Launch Log

Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2000 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. 20: Air Force Atlas 2A on AC-138 with a Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS) B8 spacecraft from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. Launch Time 8:03 PM EST (0103 GMT on Jan. 21). Read more.

  • Jan. 24: Arianespace Ariane 42L on Flight 126 with the Galaxy-10R communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 8:04 PM EST (0104 GMT on Jan. 25). Read more.

  • Jan. 26: China Great Wall Industry Corp. Long March 3A with the Zhongxing-22 communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launching Center, China. Launch Time 11:45 AM EST (1645 GMT). Read more.

  • Jan. 26: Orbital Sciences Minotaur with JAWSAT, FalconSat, ASUSat 1 and OPAL (Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher) carrying STENSAT, MASAT (Miniature Amateur Radio Satellite), DARPA/Aerospace Corp Picosat and Artemis Picosat spacecraft from SSI Commercial Spaceport at Vandenberg AFB, CA. Launch time 10:03 PM EST (0303 GMT on Jan. 27). Read more.

  • Feb. 1: Russian Soyuz-U with Progress M1-1 refueling ship to Mir from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 1:47 AM EST (0647 GMT).

  • Feb. 3: Ukranian Zenit-2 with the Russian Kosmos-2369 (Tselina-2) signal intelligence satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 4:26 AM EST (0926 GMT).

  • Feb. 3: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS on AC-158 with the Hispasat-1C communications satellite from pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL. Launch time 6:30 PM EST (2330 GMT). Read more.

  • Feb. 8: Boeing Delta 2 (7420) on flight 276 with seventh Globalstar mission (4 sats) from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Force Air Force Station, FL. Launch time 4:24 PM EST (2124 GMT). Read more.

  • Feb. 8: First test flight of the Starsem Soyuz-Fregat with an Argentine spacecraft (Microsat-2) and the IRDT (Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology) payload from Complex 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch Time approximately 6:20 PM EST (2320 GMT). Read more.

  • Feb. 9: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science M-5 with ASTRO-E X-ray observatory from Kagoshima Space Center, Japan. Launch Time 8:30 PM EST (0130 GMT on Feb. 10). Read more.

  • Feb. 11: Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-99 with the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL. Launch time 12:43 PM EST (1743 GMT). Read more.

  • Feb. 12: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with Asian Cellular Satellite System's Garuda-1 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch Time 4:10:54 AM EST (9:10:54 GMT). Read more.

  • Feb. 17: Arianespace Ariane 44LP (Flight 127) with a Hughes Superbird 4 for Space Communications Corp. of Japan from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 8:04 PM EST (0104 GMT on Feb. 18). Read more.

  • Mar. 11: Russian Proton with the Intersputnik Express-6A communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 11:07 PM EST (0407 GMT on 12 March). Read more.

  • Mar. 12: Orbital Sciences Taurus (T5) with the Multi-spectral Thermal Imager (MTI) satellite from area 576-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch time 4:29 AM EST (0929 GMT). Read more.

  • Mar. 12: Sea Launch Zenit-3SL with the first ICO satellite from Odyssey launch platform positioned at 154 degrees West along equator in Pacific Ocean. Launch Time 9:49 AM EST (1449 GMT). Read more.

  • Mar. 20: Second test flight of the Starsem Soyuz-Fregat with replicas of the Cluster-2 satellites from Complex 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch Time 1:28:30 PM EST (1828:30 GMT). Read more.

  • Mar. 21: Arianespace Ariane 505 (Flight 128) on its second commercial flight with the Insat-3B and Asiastar communications satellites from ELA-3 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 6:28:19 PM EST (2328:19 GMT). Read more.

  • Mar. 25: Boeing Delta 2 (7326) with NASA's Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite from Space Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. Launch time 3:34:43 PM EST (2034:43 GMT). Read more.

  • Apr. 4: Russian Soyuz-U with the Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft on a mission to the Mir space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch Time 1:01 AM EDT (0501 GMT). Read more.

  • Apr. 17: Russian Proton with Eutelsat's SESAT communications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch Time 5:06 PM EDT (2106 GMT). Read more.

  • Apr. 18: Arianespace Ariane 42L (Flight 129) with the Galaxy 4-R communications satellite for PanAmSat from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 8:29 PM EDT (0029 GMT on April 19). Read more.

  • Apr. 25: Russian Soyuz-U with Progress M1-2 supply ship to Mir from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 4:07 PM EDT (2007 GMT). Read more.

  • May 3: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2A on AC-137 with the GOES-L weather satellite for NASA and NOAA from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time 3:07 AM EDT (0707 GMT). Read more.

  • May 3: Russian Soyuz-U with the Russian military satellite Kosmos-2370 from the Area 1 launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 9:25 AM EDT (1325 GMT).

  • May 8: U.S. Air Force Titan 4B on mission B-29 with the Defense Support Program-20 missile warning satellite and Inertial Upper Stage-22 from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Launch time 12:01 PM EDT (1610 GMT). Read more.

  • May 10: U.S. Air Force Delta 2 (7925) with the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-4 spacecraft from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 9:48 PM EDT (0148 GMT May 11). Read more.

  • May 16: Eurockot Rockot with a pair of dummy satellites from Complex 133 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch Time 4:28 AM EDT (0828 GMT). Read more.

  • May 19: Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-101 on ISS maintenance flight 2A.2A using a Spacehab Double Module and Integrated Cargo Carrier from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL. Launch time 6:11 AM EDT (1011 GMT). Read more.

  • May 24: Inaugural Lockheed Martin Atlas 3A with the Eutelsat W4 communications satellite from pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 7:10 PM EDT (2310 GMT). Read more.

  • June 5: Russian Proton with a Breeze upper stage and the Gorizont-45 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 10:59 PM (0259 GMT June 6). Read more.

  • June 7: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with the Air Force's Tri-Service Experiment-5 (TSX-5) spacecraft staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch time 9:20 AM EDT (1320 GMT). Read more.

  • June 23: Russian Proton K-DM with the Intersputnik Express-3A communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch Time 8:28 PM EDT (0028 GMT June 24). Read more.

  • June 25: China Great Wall Industry Corp. Long March 3 with the Fengyun 2 meteorological satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launching Center, China. Launch time 7:50 AM EDT (1150 GMT).

  • June 28: Russian Cosmos-3M with the Russian Nadezhda COSPAS-SARSAT search and rescue satellite, the Tsinghua-1 satellite for China and the SNAP-1 nano-satellite for Great Britain from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch time 6:38 AM EDT (1038 GMT). Read more.

  • June 30: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2A on AC-139 with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-H (TDRS-H) from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 8:56 AM EDT (1256 GMT). Read more.

  • June 30: International Launch Services Proton K (Block DM) with first Sirius Satellite Radio spacecraft (formerly known as CD Radio) from Pad 24, Launch Complex 81 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 6:08:47 PM EDT (2208:47 GMT). Read more.

  • July 4: Russian Proton with the Cosmos-2371 (Geyser) data relay satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense from Pad 39, Launch Complex 81 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 7:44 PM EDT (2344 GMT). Read more.

  • July 12: Russian Proton on ISS flight 1R with the Zvezda Service Module for the International Space Station from Pad 23, Launch Complex 81 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 12:56:36 AM EDT (0456:36 GMT). Read more.

  • July 14: Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS (AC-161) with the Space Systems/Loral EchoStar-6 direct television broadcast satellite for the DISH Network from pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Launch time 1:21 AM EDT (0521 GMT). Read more.

  • July 15: Russian Cosmos-3M with the CHAMP Earth-sciences satellite, Italian MITA and German BIRD-RUBIN spacecraft from Complex 132 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch time 8:00 AM EDT (1200 GMT). Read more.

  • July 16: U.S. Air Force Delta 2 (7925) with NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-5 spacecraft from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 5:17 AM EDT (0917 GMT). Read more.

  • July 16: Starsem Soyuz-Fregat with two Cluster-2 satellites (FM6 and FM7) from Complex 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 8:39 AM EDT (1239 GMT). Read more.

  • July 19: Orbital Sciences Minotaur with the U.S. Air Force MightySat II.1 and DARPA Picosat-2 spacecraft from the SSI CLF at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Launch time 4:09 PM EDT (2009 GMT). Read more.

  • July 28: Sea Launch Zenit-3SL with PamAmSat's PAS-9 communications satellite from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. Launch time 6:42 PM EDT (2242 GMT). Read more.

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  • August 6: Russian Soyuz-U on ISS flight 1P with the Progress M1-3 resupply ship for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 2:27 PM EDT (1827 GMT). Read more.

  • August 9: Starsem Soyuz-Fregat with two Cluster-2 satellites (FM5 and FM8) from Complex 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 7:13:35 AM EDT (1113:35 GMT). Read more.

  • August 17: Arianespace Ariane 44LP (Flight 131) with the Brasilsat B-4 and Nilesat 102 communication satellites from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 7:16 PM EDT (2316 GMT). Read more.

  • August 17: U.S. Air Force Titan 4B on mission B-28 with a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload and no upper stage from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch time 7:45 PM EDT (2345 GMT). Read more.

  • August 23: Boeing Delta 3 on a demonstration flight with a simulated payload from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 7:05 AM EDT (1105 GMT). Read more.

  • August 28: Russian Proton with the Globus/Raduga 1-5 communications satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 4:08 PM EDT (2008 GMT). Read more.

  • August 31: Chinese CZ-4B launch vehicle with the Zi Yuan 2 remote sensing satellite from the T'ai Yuan launch facility. Launch time 11:25 PM EDT (0325 GMT Sept. 1). Read more.

  • Sept. 5: International Launch Services Proton (Block DM) with the Sirius-2 Satellite Radio spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 5:43:58 a.m. EDT (0943:58 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 6: Arianespace Ariane 44P (Flight 132) with the Eutelsat W1 satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 6:33 p.m. EDT (2233 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 8: Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 for space station assembly flight 2A.2B for logistics and outfitting using a Spacehab Double Module and Integrated Cargo Carrier with two spacewalks from Kennedy Space Center, FL. Launch time 8:45:47 AM EDT (1245:47 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 9: Chinese Long March 4B rocket with the YZ-2 remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in central China. Launch time 11:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 Sept. 10 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 14: Arianespace Ariane 506 (Flight 130) with the Astra-2B and GE-7 communication satellites from ELA-3 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 6:54 PM EDT (2254 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 21: U.S. Air Force Titan 2 (G-13) with the NOAA-L weather satellite from Space Launch Complex-4 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch time 6:22 AM EDT (1022 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 25: Ukrainian Zenit-2 with the Cosmos-2372 military spacecraft, possibly an Orlets imagery reconnaissance spacecraft, from Complex 45 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 6:10 AM EDT (1010 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 26: ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket with five satellites - Saudisat 1-A and 1-B, for the Saudi Institute for Space Research; UNISAT microsatellite from the University of Rome; Italian Megsat 1 data relay satellite; Malaysian TiungSat 1 remote sensing payload - from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 6:05 a.m. EDT (1005 GMT). Read more.

  • Sept. 29: Russian Soyuz-U with the Cosmos-2373 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 5:30 AM EDT (0930 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 1: International Launch Services Proton-K (Block DM) with GE-1A communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 6 PM EDT (2200 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 6: Arianespace Ariane 42L (Flight 133) with the Japanese N-Sat 110 (also known as SuperBird 5/JCSat-110) spacecraft from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 7:00 PM EDT (2300 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 9: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with NASA's High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) spacecraft staged from Kwajalein Missile Range. Launch time 1:38 AM EDT (0538 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 11: Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-92 for space station assembly flight 3A with the Z1 Truss and PMA-3 with four spacewalks from pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Launch time 7:17 PM EDT (2317 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 13: Russian Proton-K (Block DM) with 3 Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System) satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 10:12:45 AM EDT (1412:45 GMT).

  • Oct. 15: Russian Soyuz-U with a Progress M1 resupply ship for the Mir space station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 5:27 PM EDT (2127 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 19: U.S. Air Force Atlas 2A (AC-140) MLV-9 with a Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS) B11 spacecraft from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 8:40 PM EDT (0040 Oct. 20). Read more.

  • Oct. 21: Sea Launch Zenit-3SL with the Thuraya-1A communications satellite for the Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company from Odyssey launch platform positioned at 154 degrees West along equator in Pacific Ocean. Launch time 1:52 a.m. EDT (0552 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 21: International Launch Services Proton-K (Block DM) with the GE-6 communications satellite from Launch Complex 81, Pad 23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 6:00 PM EDT (2200 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 29: Arianespace Ariane 44LP (Flight 134) with the Europe*Star 1 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 1:59 AM EDT (0559 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 30: China Great Wall Industry Corp. Long March 3-A with the Beidou navigation satellite from the Xichang Launch Center, China. Launch time 11:02 AM EST (1602 GMT). Read more.

  • Oct. 31: Russian Soyuz on ISS mission 2R with the first International Space Station expedition crew from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 2:52:47 AM EST (0752:47 GMT). Read more.

  • Nov. 10: Air Force Delta 2 (7925) with a NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-6 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 12:14 p.m. EST (1714 GMT). Read more.

  • Nov. 15: Arianespace Ariane 507 (Flight 135) with PanAmSat's PAS-1R and the AMSAT Phase 3-D and STRV 1C/1D satellites as secondary payloads from ELA-3 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 8:07 PM EST (0107 GMT Nov. 16). Read more.

  • Nov. 15: Russian Soyuz-U on ISS flight 2P with a Progress M1 resupply ship for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 8:33 p.m. EST (0133 GMT Nov. 16). Read more.

  • Nov. 20: Russian Cosmos 3-M with the QuickBird-1 earth imaging satellite for EarthWatch Inc. from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch time 6:00 PM EST (2300 GMT). Read more.

  • Nov. 21: Boeing Delta 2 (7320) with NASA's Earth Observing-1 and SAC-C research satellites and secondary payload Munin from Space Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch time 1:24 PM EST (1824 GMT). Read more.

  • Nov. 21: Arianespace Ariane 44L (Flight 136) with the Anik F-1 communications satellite from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 6:56 PM EST (2356 GMT). Read more.

  • Nov. 30: International Launch Services Proton-K (Block DM) with the Sirius-3 Satellite Radio spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time 2:59 p.m. EST (1959 GMT). Read more.

  • Nov. 30: Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-97 for space station assembly flight 4A with photovoltaic module P6, port outboard solar arrays, S4 and S6 radiators with three spacewalks from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Launch time 10:06 PM EST (0306 GMT Dec. 1). Read more.

  • Dec. 5: Russian Start-1 with the Israeli Earth Remote Observation Satellite (EROS A1) from the Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russia. Launch time 7:32 a.m. EST (1232 GMT).

  • Dec. 5: Air Force Atlas 2AS on AC-157 with a National Reconnaissance Office payload/MLV-11 from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch time 9:47 p.m. EST (0247 GMT Dec. 6). Read more.

  • Dec. 19: Arianespace 508 (Flight 138) with the Astra 2D and GE-8/Aurora 3 communications satellites, as well as the LDREX technology demonstration spacecraft from ELA-3 at the Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time 7:26 p.m. EST (12:26 Dec. 20 GMT). Read more.

  • Dec. 22: China Great Wall Industry Corp. Long March 3A with a second Beidou navigation satellite from the Xichang Launch Center, China. Launch time 00:20 local. Read more.

  • Dec. 26: Russian Tsiklon 3 with six satellites from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. Read more.


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