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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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Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-34

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 2002, 6:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TM-34 was a visiting mission to ISS, which carried 3 cosmonauts and astronauts. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko alongside Flight Engineer, ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori and Flight Engineer/Spaceflight Participant Mark Shuttleworth launched aboard the Soyuz spacecraft on April 25, 2002, 06:26:35 UTC. They docked with the station two days later. During their stay there, crew assisted Expedition 4 members in station work. Soyuz TM-34 crew returned aboard Soyuz TM-33, landing safely back on Earth on May 5, 2002, 03:51:53 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | NSS 7

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 16, 2002, 11:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ariane mission V150 placed Lockheed Martin A2100-class satellite NSS 7 satellite into orbit. The satellite was owned by New Skies, an Intelsat spinoff, and carried a C/Ku band telecoms payload.

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-110

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 8, 2002, 8:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The main purpose was to install the S0 Truss segment, which forms the backbone of the truss structure on the station.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 81

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 1, 2002, 10:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | INTELSAT 903

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 30, 2002, 5:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Intelsat 903 (or IS-903[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 44L | JCSAT 2A

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 29, 2002, 1:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese domestic communications

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Long March 2F | Shenzhou-3

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 25, 2002, 2:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft, without crew on board. Main objective of the mission was to test the systems required to support a human in space. A human dummy was carried in the descent module to simulate the physiological signals of a human. 44 different experiments were carried, including an imaging spectrograph, cloud sensor, radiation sensor, solar ultraviolet monitor, solar constant monitor, atmospheric composition detector, atmospheric density detector, multi-chamber space crystallization furnace, space protein crystal equipment, a cell bioreactor, a solid matter tracking detector, and a microgravity gauge. Also on board was a video camera that broadcast images of the Earth as seen through one of the windows on the spacecraft.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M1-8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 2002, 8:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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