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Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 902

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 30, 2001, 6:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Intelsat 902 (IS-902) was the second of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in August 2001 at 62°E. It will provide telecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australia through its 44 C band and 12 Ku band transponders.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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H-IIA 202 | LRE

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Aug. 29, 2001, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.1 (H-IIA/F1) was launched at 4:00 p.m. on August 29, 2001, Japan Standard Time, from Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle was successfully lifted off with its flight azimuth of 90 degrees. The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.1 flied normally, and the second stage was successfully injected into the geostationary transfer orbit. The separation of the Laser Ranging Equipment (LRE) was confirmed about 39 minutes and 47 seconds after the lift-off.

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
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Proton | US-KMO 5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 24, 2001, 8:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-45

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 21, 2001, 9:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-105

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 10, 2001, 9:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-105 was a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery's final mission until STS-114, because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster. The refit included an update of the flight deck to the glass cockpit layout, which was already installed on Atlantis and Columbia.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 7326-9.5 | Genesis

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 2001, 4:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Launch delayed from February 10 and July 30. The Genesis probe flew to the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrangian point and spend two years collecting samples of the solar wind. The collected samples were to be physically returned to Earth in a sample return capsule (air-snatch recovery was planned over Utah) and analysed in ground-based laboratories. On September 8, 2004, the Genesis space probe became the first spacecraft to return from beyond lunar orbit to the Earth's surface. The Genesis Sample Return Capsule separated from the spacecraft on September 8, 66,000 km above the Earth. The capsule successfully re-entered the atmosphere over Oregon at 11 km/s, but a wiring error resulted in the drogue parachute release mortar failing to fire at 33 km altitude. The capsule crashed to earth at 90 m/s in the Dugway Proving Ground at 40 07 40 N 113 30 29 W. Although the vehicle was smashed, some of the samples could be retrieved.

Heliocentric L1
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Titan 402B IUS | DSP 21

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 6, 2001, 7:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Koronas F

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 31, 2001, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KORONAS-F (also known as CORONAS-F and AUOS-SM-KF) is a Russian solar observatory

Polar Orbit
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Atlas IIA | GOES 12

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 23, 2001, 7:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites were developed by NASA-Goddard and were transferred to the NOAA weather agency when operational. In addition to the usual weather imager/sounder, GOES-M carried a new solar soft X-ray imager.

Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 20, 2001, 12:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya-3 group of four satellites was used to create the Orbita communications system for northern regions of the Soviet Union. The land segment used a 12 m diameter parabolic antenna, pointed automatically at the satellite using autonomous electromechanical equipment. Although primarily for civilian applications, later versions were part of the Soviet YeSSS Unified Satellite Communications System. Trials of this version began in the 1980's, with the system being accepted by the military in 1983-1985.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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