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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 128 to 130 & Gonets 10 to 12
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkrainePlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 28, 2001, 3:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
Low Earth Orbit
Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 11
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 21, 2001, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Systems aboard the 3300 kg satellite included the Radio-Technical Reconnaissance system and systems for electronic camouflage and self-protection. An engine unit maintained the orbital altitude and made a final deorbit of the satellite at the end of the mission.
Low Earth OrbitZenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 10, 2001, 5:18 p.m.
Delta II | Jason
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 7, 2001, 3:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Jason-1 is the first follow-on to the highly successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission that measured ocean surface topography to an accuracy of 4.2 cm, enabled scientists to forecast the 1997-1998 El Niño, and improved understanding of ocean circulation and its effect of global climate.
High Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-108
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 5, 2001, 10:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS. It was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the International Space Station and the first since the installation of the Russian airlock called Pirs on the station. Endeavour delivered the Expedition 4 crew to the orbital outpost. The Expedition 3 crew returned to Earth on Endeavour.
Low Earth Orbit
Proton | Uragan 78, 79 & Uragan-M 1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 1, 2001, 6:04 p.m.
Ariane 44LP | DirecTV-4S
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 27, 2001, 12:35 a.m.
Soyuz-FG | Progress M1-7
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 26, 2001, 6:24 p.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-3 64L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 25, 2001, 11:34 a.m.
PSLV | TES
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Oct. 22, 2001, 4:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) is Indian remote sensing and photo-reconnaissance satellite. The 1108 kg satellite carries a one-meter resolution panchromatic camera is an experimental satellite to demonstrate and validate, in orbit, technologies that could be used in the future satellites of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was successfully placed in 572 km Sun-synchronous orbit on 22 October 2001 using the PSLV-C3. The PSLV-C3 also injected two more satellites: PROBA, a Belgian satellite and BIRD, a German satellite.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
