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Rokot / Briz-KM | GRACE
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 17, 2002, 9:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) was a joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Twin satellites took detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field anomalies from its launch in March 2002 to the end of its science mission in October 2017.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas IIA | TDRS 9
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 8, 2002, 10:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
TDRS-9, known before launch as TDRS-I, is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. It was constructed by the Boeing Satellite Development Center, formerly Hughes Space and Communications, and is based on the BSS-601 satellite bus.[3] It was the second Advanced TDRS, or second-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, to be launched.
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-109
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 1, 2002, 11:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program, the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. It was also the last successful mission of the orbiter Columbia before the ill-fated STS-107 mission, which culminated in the Columbia disaster.
Low Earth Orbit
Ariane 5 G | Envisat
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 1, 2002, 1:07 a.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 81
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 25, 2002, 5:26 p.m.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 904
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 23, 2002, 6:59 a.m.
Atlas | Echostar VII
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 21, 2002, 12:43 p.m.
Delta II | Iridium 91
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 11, 2002, 5:43 p.m.
Pegasus XL | Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
Feb. 5, 2002, 8:58 p.m.
H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 4, 2002, 2:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
MDS 1 (Mission Demonstration Satellite 1), renamed Tsubasa after launch, is a Japanese satellite that was launched by a H-2A-2024 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center at 02:32 UT on 4 February 2002. It was renamed Tsubasa (meaning Wings) after the successful launch.
Elliptical Orbit
