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Long March 3 | Feng Yun 2B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 25, 2000, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-2 (Feng Yun 2) began its development in 1980. It is built by the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 3A

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 24, 2000, 12:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Express-A satellites are designed for operation in the fixed satellite service. Their transponder payloads make it possible to retransmit all types of traffic, including television and radio programming, telephony, data, videoconferencing as well as high-speed Internet.

Geostationary Orbit
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Pegasus XL | Tri-Services Experiments Platform-5 (TSX-5)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
June 7, 2000, 1:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Proton-K/Briz-M | Gorizont 33

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 6, 2000, 2:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

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Atlas Agena B | Eutelsat W4

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 24, 2000, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (W1, W2, W3, W3A and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). Eutelsat W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft is based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-101

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 19, 2000, 10:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | SimSat 1 & 2

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 16, 2000, 8:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The SimSat (Simulated Satellite) payloads were dynamic mass models representing Iridium satellites. They were used on the first Rokot-KM launch to test the dynamics of the Iridium launch dispenser and the new Briz-KM upper stage.

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Delta II | GPS IIR-4

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 11, 2000, 1:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GPS-2R (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-2R (Navigation System using Timing And Ranging) are the third evolution stage of the second generation of the GPS satellites.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Titan 402B IUS | DSP 20

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 8, 2000, 4:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4KS1M 9

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 3, 2000, 1:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Neman or Yantar-4KS1M satellites were improved versions of the Terilen elctro-optical reconnaissance satellites. They were transmitting the data via Potok (Geizer) relay satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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