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Zenit | Galaxy 3C

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
June 15, 2002, 10:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Galaxy 3C is a geostationary C- and Ku-band communications satellite operated by PanAmSat and later by Intelsat.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress A1R

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 10, 2002, 1:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Ekspress-A1R is equipped with 12 transponders, transmitting signals in C-band, 5 in Ku-band and one in L-band and it was expected to have a life span of seven years.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 5, 2002, 9:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 5, 2002, 6:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Intelsat 905 (or IS-905[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 93

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 28, 2002, 6:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-5

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
May 28, 2002, 3:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military Observation satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 4B | Hai Yang 1 & Feng Yun 1D

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 15, 2002, 1:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

HaiYang abbreviated HY, is a series of marine remote sensing satellites developed and operated by China since 2002. As of June 2020, six satellites were launched and two more are planned. Feng Yun 1D was a polar orbiting meteorological satellite.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | DirecTV-5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 7, 2002, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

T5 (formerly DirecTV-5) is a dormant communications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in May, 2002 to provide mainly Spanish language satellite television programs to DirecTV customers from the 119 degrees West longitudinal orbit. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its LS-1300 line. In May 2004, DIRECTV successfully launched DIRECTV 7S (later T7S), their second high powered spot beam. T7S is located at the 119 degree orbital slot. The satellite was renamed to T5 in 2017.

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 7920-10L | Aqua

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 4, 2002, 9:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The focus for the Aqua (formerly EOS PM) satellite is the multidisciplinary study of the Earth's interrelated processes (atmosphere, oceans, and land-surface) and their relationship to Earth system changes.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 42P | SPOT 5

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 4, 2002, 1:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The main instrument was the HRVIR imaging camera payload including a 2.5-meter resolution imager. A secondary experiment was the 5-band VEGETATION-2 instrument with 1-km resolution.

Low Earth Orbit
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