Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2002 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. 15: Air Force Titan 4 (B-38) with MILSTAR 2-F3 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 4:48 p.m. EST (2128 GMT). Read more.

• Jan. 23: Arianespace Ariane 42L with Insat 3C from Guiana Space Center. 6:46:57 p.m. EST (2346.57 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 3: Japanese H-2A with NASDA demonstration satellites from Tanegashima Space Center. 9:45 p.m. EST (0245 Feb. 4 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 5: Orbital Sciences Pegasus with NASA's HESSI staged from the Canaveral Spaceport. 3:21 to 5:21 p.m. EST (2021 to 2221 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 11: Boeing Delta 2 with Iridium from Vandenberg Air Force Base. 12:44 p.m. EST (1744 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 21: International Launch Services' Atlas 3B rocket with Echostar 7 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral. 7:43 a.m. EST (1243 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 23: Arianespace Ariane 44L with Intelsat 904 from Guiana Space Center. 1:59 a.m. EST (0659 GMT). Read more.

• Feb. 25: Russian Space Forces Soyuz-U with Kosmos 2387 military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. No launch time was reported. Read more.

• Feb. 28: Arianespace Ariane 5 (return to flight) with Envisat from Guiana Space Center. 8:08 p.m. EST (0108 GMT March 1). Read more.

• March 1: STS-109 Columbia to service Hubble Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center. 6:22 a.m. EST (1122 GMT). Read more.

• March 8: International Launch Services Atlas 2 with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay System-I satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 5:59 p.m. EST (2259 GMT). Read more.

• March 17: Eurockot's Rockot with a pair of Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 4:21 a.m. EST (0921 GMT). Read more.

• March 21: Russian Soyuz with Progress 7 freighter for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 3:13 p.m. EST (2013 GMT). Read more.

• March 25: Chinese Long March 2F with unmanned Shenzhou 3 spacecraft on a test flight from the Jiuquan Space Center at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT). Read more.

• March 28: Arianespace Ariane 4 with JCSAT-8 and ASTRA-3A from the Guiana Space Center. 8:29 p.m. EST (0129 March 29 GMT). Read more.

• March 30: International Launch Services Proton K with Intelsat 903 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 12:25 p.m. EST (1725 GMT). Read more.

• April 1: Russian military launch to orbit of a Cosmos satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

• April 8: STS-110 Atlantis to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. 4:44 p.m. EDT (2044 GMT). Read more.

• April 16: Arianespace Ariane 4 with New Skies Satellite-7 from Guiana Space Center. 7:02 p.m. EDT (2302 GMT). Read more.

• April 25: Russian Soyuz-U taxi mission to the International Space Station, crew included South African "tourist" Mark Shuttleworth, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 2:27 a.m. EDT (0627 GMT). Read more.

• May 3: Arianespace Ariane 4 with SPOT-5 from Guiana Space Center. 9:32 p.m. EDT (0132 GMT May 4). Read more.

• May 4: Boeing Delta 2 with NASA's Aqua from Vandenberg Air Force Base. 5:54:58 a.m. EDT (0954.58 GMT). Read more.

• May 7: International Launch Services Proton with DIRECTV 5 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT). Read more.

• May 15: Chinese Long March 4B with Fengyun 1D weather satellite and Haiyang 1 marine survey satellite from the Taiyuan Space Center.

• May 28: Israeli Shavit with the Ofek-5 spy satellite into a retrograde orbit from the Palmahim Air Force Base. Read more.

• May 28: Russian Kosmos-3M with classified military satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
• June 5: Arianespace Ariane 44L with Intelsat 905 from French Guiana. 2:44 to 3:44 a.m. EDT (0644-0744 GMT). Read more.

• June 5: STS-111 Endeavour to International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. 5:22:49 p.m. EDT (2122.49 GMT). Read more.

• June 9: Russian Proton with Express 1A from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 9:14 p.m. EDT (0114 GMT June 10).

• June 15: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL with Galaxy 3C from Odyssey Launch Platform. 6:39:29 p.m. EDT (2239.29 GMT). Read more.

• June 20: Eurockot Rockot with two replacement Iridium satellites from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 5:34 a.m. EDT (0934 GMT). Read more.

• June 24: Air Force Titan 2 with NOAA-M from Vandenberg Air Force Base. 2:23 p.m. EDT (1823 GMT). Read more.

• June 26: Russian Soyuz with Progress 8 freighter for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 1:36 a.m. (0536 GMT). Read more.

• July 3: Boeing Delta 2 (7425) with NASA's CONTOUR from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 2:47:41 a.m. EDT (0647.41 to 0647.47 GMT). Read more.

• July 5: Ariane 5 with Stellat 5 and N-Star c satellites from Guiana Space Center. 7:22 p.m. EDT (2322 GMT). Read more.

• July 8: Russian Kosmos-3M with two military satellites designated Kosmos 2390 and 2391 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 2:36 a.m. EDT (0636 GMT).

• July 12: Russian Volna SS-N-18 (a converted ICBM) with Demonstrator-2 from the Ryazan submarine under the Barents Sea. Read more.

• July 25: Russian Proton K with a secret military satellite believed to be an Arkon-type imaging spacecraft. 11:13 a.m. EDT (1513 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 21: International Launch Services Atlas 5 (Inaugural EELV Launch) with Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 6:05 p.m. EDT (2205 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 22: International Launch Services Proton with a DM upper stage with EchoStar 8 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 1:15 a.m. EDT (0515 GMT). Read more.

• Aug. 28: Arianespace Ariane 5 with Atlantic Bird 1 and MSG-1 from Guiana Space Center. 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 6: Arianespace Ariane 4 with Intelsat 906 from Guiana Space Center. 2:44 a.m. EDT (0644 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 10: NASDA H-2A with Data Relay Test Satellite-W from Tanegashima Space Center. 4:20 a.m. EDT (0820 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 12: Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C4) with METSAT from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. 6:20 a.m. EDT (1020 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 18: International Launch Services Atlas 2AS with Hispasat-1D from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 25: Russian Soyuz with Progress 9 freighter for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 12:58 p.m. EDT (1658 GMT). Read more.

• Sept. 26: Russian Kosmos-3M with navigation satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 7: STS-112 Atlantis to International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. Launch period: 3:45:51 p.m. EDT (1945.51 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 15: Russian Soyuz-U with Foton-M research satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 17: Russian Proton with INTEGRAL International Gamma Ray Astrophysical Laboratory from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 12:41 a.m. EDT (0441 GMT). Read more.

• Oct. 26: Chinese Long March 4B with Earth resources satellite from the Taiyuan Launching Center. 11:17 p.m. EDT (0317 GMT).

• Oct. 29: Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with Soyuz-TMA taxi crew to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 10:11 p.m. EST (0311 GMT on Oct. 30). Read more.

• Nov. 20: Boeing Delta 4 (Inaugural EELV Launch) with Eutelsat W5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT). Read more.

• Nov. 23: STS-113 Endeavour to International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. 7:49:47 p.m. EST (0049.47 GMT Nov. 24). Read more.

• Nov. 25: International Launch Services Proton K with Astra-1K from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 6:04 p.m. EST (2304 GMT). Read more.

• Nov. 28: Russian Kosmos-3M with British AlSat-1 and Russian Mozhayets satellites from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 1:07 a.m. EST (0607 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 4: International Launch Services Atlas 2A with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay System-J satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 9:42 p.m. EST (0242 Dec. 5). Read more.

• Dec. 11: Arianespace Ariane 5 with HotBird 7 and Stentor from Guiana Space Center. 5:22 p.m. EST. (2222 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 14: Japan's H-2A with Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-2 and a trio of secondary payloads from Tanegashima Space Center. 8:31 a.m. (0131 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 17: Arianespace Ariane 4 with NSS 6 from Guiana Space Center. 6:04 p.m. EST (2304 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 20: Russian Dnepr-1 with six small satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 24: Russian Molniya M with a classified military satellite (Cosmos 2393) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 7:20 a.m. EST (1220 GMT).

• Dec. 25: Russian Proton-K with a trio of Glonass military navigation satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT). Read more.

• Dec. 29: ILS Proton M with Nimiq-2 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. 6:17 p.m. EST (2317 GMT).