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Soyuz-U-PVB | Orlets-1 7

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 12, 2003, 2:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | Echostar IX

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
Aug. 8, 2003, 3:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The EchoStar IX satellite is equipped with one of the first commercial Ka-band spot-beam payloads for use over the United States

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Atlas V 521 | Rainbow 1

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 17, 2003, 11:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Rainbow 1 is a high power Ku-band direct broadcasting satellite providing direct broadcast services across the continental United States.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Delta II | Opportunity Rover

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 8, 2003, 3:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, and nicknamed "Oppy", is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until the middle of 2018. Opportunity was able to stay operational for 5111 sols after landing, maintaining its power and key systems through continual recharging of its batteries using solar power, and hibernating during events such as dust storms to save power. Due to the planetary 2018 dust storm on Mars, Opportunity ceased communications on June 10 and entered hibernation on June 12, 2018. It was hoped it would reboot once the weather cleared, but it did not, suggesting either a catastrophic failure or that a layer of dust had covered its solar panels.

Heliocentric N/A
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MIMOSA (Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration) is a microsatellite to measure atmospheric drag.

Low Earth Orbit
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Pegasus XL | OrbView-3

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
June 26, 2003, 6:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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


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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 65L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 19, 2003, 8 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Ariane 5 G | Optus and Defence C1 & BSAT-2c

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 11, 2003, 10:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optus and Defence C1 is a relay platform in geostationary orbit at 156 degrees East. It is one of the most advanced communications satellites ever built. BSAT-2C is a geostationary communication satellite for B-SAT.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Delta II | Spirit Rover

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 10, 2003, 5:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Spirit, also known as MER-A, is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010. It landed successfully within the impact crater Gusev on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity (MER-B), which landed on the other side of the planet. The rover became stuck in a "sand trap" in late 2009 at an angle that hampered recharging of its batteries; its last communication with Earth was sent on March 22, 2010.

Mars Orbit
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Zenit | Thuraya 2

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
June 10, 2003, 1:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Thuraya offers GSM-compatible mobile telephone services, transmitting and receiving calls through a single 12.25 meter-aperture reflector.

Geostationary Orbit
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