Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2001 is listed here. Please send any corrections to Cape Canaveral Bureau Senior Producer Jim Banke.

Failures resulting in loss of mission are noted in red.

• Jan. 9: Chinese Long March 2 (CZ-2F) with unmanned Shenzhou 2 spacecraft from Jiuquan Satellite Center, China. Launch time 12:00:03 p.m. EST (17:00:03 GMT, 01:00:03 Jan. 10 Beijing Time). Descent module landed Jan. 16. Read more.

• Jan. 10: Arianespace Ariane 44P on V-137 with Eurasiasat 1 (also known as Turksat 2A) from ELA-2 at Kourou, French Guiana. Launch time: 5:09 p.m. EST (22:09 GMT). Read more.

• Jan. 23: Russian Soyuz with Progress M1-5 cargo ship to Mir from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time: 11:28 p.m. EST (04:28 Jan. 24 GMT). Read more.

• Jan. 30: Boeing Delta 2 (7925) on flight 283 with Global Positioning System (GPS 2R-7) navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17A. Launch time: 2:55 a.m. EST (07:55 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 7: Arianespace Ariane 44L on V-139 with Sicral and Skynet 4F military communications satellites for Italy and Great Britain, respectively, from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Center. Launch time: 6:05 p.m. EST (23:05 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 7: NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-98 with the Destiny science lab to the International Space Station from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Launch time: 6:13 p.m. EST (23:13 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 20: Russian Start 1 with the Odin environmental monitoring satellite from Svobodny Cosmodrome. Launch time: 3:48 a.m. EST (08:48 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 26: Russian Soyuz with a Progress freighter to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch time: 3:09 a.m. EST (08:09 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 27: Air Force Titan 4B on flight B-41 with the Milstar military communications satelite from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time: 4:20 p.m. EST (21:20 GMT). Read more.

• March 8: NASA Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-102 with the Leonardo supply module and the Expedition Two crew from Kennedy Space Center. Launch time: 6:42 a.m. EST (11:42 GMT). Read more.

• March 8: Arianespace Ariane 5 on V-140 carrying EUROBIRD and BSAT-2A from the Guiana Space Center. Launch time: 5:51 p.m. EST (22:51 GMT). Read more.

• March 18: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL carrying XM Satellite Radio's XM-2 "Rock" digital radio broadcasting satellite from the Odyssey Launch Platform at the equator in the Pacific Ocean. Launch time: 5:33 p.m. EST (22:33 GMT). Read more.

• April 6: Russian Proton M (first flight) with Ekran-M communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 11:47 p.m. EDT (03:47 April 7 GMT).

• April 7: Boeing Delta 2 with NASA's Mars Odyssey from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time: 11:02 a.m. EDT (15:02 GMT). Read more.

• April 18: Indian Space Research Organization Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle inaugural launch with the experimental communications satellite GSAT-1 from the SHAR Center in Sriharikota. Launch time: 6:13 a.m. EDT (10:13 GMT). Read more.

• April 19: NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour to ISS on STS-100 with Raffaello supply module and new Canadian robot arm from Kennedy Space Center. Landed May 1 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Launch time: 2:40 p.m. EDT (18:40 GMT). Read more.

• April 28: Russian Soyuz taxi to ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Crew included commander Talgat Musabayev, flight engineer Yuri Baturn and Dennis Tito, the world's first fare-paying space tourist. Launch time: 3:37 a.m. EDT (07:37 GMT). Read more.

• May 8: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL carrying XM Satellite Radio's XM-1 "Roll" digital radio broadcasting satellite from the Odyssey Launch Platform at the equator in the Pacific Ocean. Launch time: 6:10 p.m. EDT (22:10 GMT). Read more.

• May 14: International Launch Services Proton with PanAmSat's PAS-10 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. It was ILS's 20th Proton launch and the 286th overall for the Proton family. Launch time: 9:11 p.m. EDT (01:11 May 15 GMT). Read more.

• May 18: Boeing Delta 2 with National Reconnaissance Office's GeoLITE from pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time: 1:45 p.m. EDT (17:45 GMT). Read more.

• May 20: Russian Soyuz rocket with a Progress freighter from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 6:32 p.m. EDT (22:32 GMT). Read more.

• May 29: Russian Soyuz U rocket with a Cosmos-series military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch time: 1:55 p.m. EDT. (1755 GMT). Read more.

• June 9: Arianespace Ariane 44L with Intelsat 901 from Guiana Space Center. Launch time: 1:45 a.m. EDT (0545 GMT). Read more.

• June 15: International Launch Services Proton with the Astra 2C satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: Read more.

• June 19: International Launch Services Atlas 2A with ICO-A1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time: 12:41 a.m. EDT (0441 GMT). Read more.

• June 30: Boeing Delta 2 with NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time: 3:46 p.m. EDT (1946 GMT). Read more.

• July 12: NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis to ISS on STS-104 with Quest airlock and High Pressure Gas Assembly from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39B. Launch time: 5:04 a.m. EDT (0904 GMT). Read more.

• July 12: Arianespace Ariane 5 with Japan's BSAT-2B direct broadcasting satellite and the European Space Agency's Artemis advanced telecommunications satellite. Launch time: 5:58 p.m. EDT (2158 GMT). Upper stage problem left satellites in low orbit.Read more.

• July 23: International Launch Services Atlas 2A (AC-142) with NOAA's GOES-M from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 36A. Launch time: 3:23 a.m. EDT (0723 GMT). Read more.

• July 31: Russian Tsyklon with the Koronas-F satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. Read more.

• Aug. 6: Air Force Titan 4 with a Defense Support Program satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 40. Launch time: 3:28 a.m. EDT (0728 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 8: Boeing Delta 2 with NASA's Genesis solar wind probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17A. Launch time: 12:13 p.m. EDT (1613 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 10: NASA Space Shuttle Discovery to ISS on STS-105 with Leonardo supply module from Kennedy Space Center. Launch time: 5:15 p.m. EDT (2115 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 21: Russian Soyuz with a Progress freighter destined for the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 5:24 a.m. EDT (0924 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 25: Russian Proton with a secret military payload designated Cosmos-2379 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 4:34 p.m. EDT (2034 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 29: NASDA H-2A Flight Demonstration Test with Vehicle Evaluation Payload 2 from Tanegashima Space Center. Launch time: 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 30: Arianespace Ariane 44L with Intelsat 902 from Guiana Space Center on Flight 143. Launch time: 2:46 a.m. EDT (0646 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 8: International Launch Services Atlas 2AS with MLV-10 for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch time: 11:25 a.m. EDT (1525 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 13: Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the Pirs docking module to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 7:35 p.m. EDT (2335 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 21: Orbital Sciences Taurus with Orbital Imaging Corp.'s OrbView-4 imager and NASA's QuikTOMS ozone mapper. Launch time: 2:49 p.m. EDT (1649 GMT). Second stage failed. Satellites were lost. Read more.

• Sept. 25: Arianespace Ariane 44P with Atlantic Bird 2 from Guiana Space Center on Flight 144. Launch time: 7:21 p.m. EDT (2321 GMT). Read more.

• Sept 29: Lockheed Martin Athena 1 with NASA's Starshine and STP's Picosat, Sapphire and PCSat -- together known as Kodiak Star -- from Kodiak Launch Complex. Launch time: 10:40 p.m. EDT (0240 GMT Sept. 30). Read more.

• Oct. 5: Air Force Titan 4 with a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch time: 5:21 p.m. EDT (2121 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 6: Russian Proton K with the Raduga-1 military satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 12:45 p.m. EDT (1645 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 10: International Launch Services Atlas 2AS with MLV-12 for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch time: 10:32 p.m. EDT (0232 GMT Oct. 11). Read more.

• Oct. 18: Boeing Delta 2 with QuickBird commercial Earth imager from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch time: 2:51 p.m. EDT (1851 GMT).

• Oct. 21: Russian Soyuz with Soyuz TM-33 taxi flight to the ISS. Launch time: 4:59 a.m. EDT (0859 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 22: Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C3) with a trio of satellites -- Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) of ISRO, BIRD of Germany and PROBA of Belgium -- from Sriharikota launch site. Launch time: 12:53 a.m. EDT (0453 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 25: Russian Molniya-M with military communications satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch time: 7:34 a.m. EDT (1134 GMT). Read more.

• Nov. 26: Russian Soyuz U with the Progress 6 freighter to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 1:24 p.m. EST (1824 GMT). Read more.

• Nov. 26: Arianespace Ariane 4 with a DirecTV satellite from Guiana Space Center on Flight 146. Launch time: 7:35 p.m. EST (0035 GMT Nov. 27). Read more.

• Dec. 1: Russian Proton-K with a trio of GLONASS spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 1:04 p.m. EST (1804 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 5: NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour to ISS on STS-108 with supply module and equipment racks from Kennedy Space Center. Launch time: 5:19 p.m. EST (2219 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 7: Boeing Delta 2 with CNES/NASA's Jason/TIMED from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch time: 10:07 a.m. EST (1507 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 10: Ukranian Zenit 2 with Meteor 3M and a variety of payloads from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch time: 12:36 p.m. EST (1736 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 20: Ukranian Tskiklon 2 with military satellite designated Kosmos 2383 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch time: 11:05 p.m. EST (0405 GMT Dec. 21). Read more.

• Dec. 27: Ukranian Tskiklon 3 with three Gonets D1 communications satellites as well as three military satellites that will be designated Kosmos 2384, 2385 and 2386. Launch time: 10:24 p.m. EST (0324 GMT Dec. 28). Read more.