Reported Contracts of 2001
44 contracts awarded as of Dec. 31, 2001
Total est. value: US$2.8  billion
Compiled from announced launch contracts. Clusters of satellites are considered as single payloads.
Piggyback payloads not accounted into totals.

Arianespace – Ariane 4 & 5
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
Alcatel Space Syracuse 3A
Ariane 5
2003
for DGA
Boeing Satellite Systems Astra 3A
Ariane 4/5
2002
for SES
ESA Artemis
Ariane 5G
July 2001
 
  Rosetta
Ariane 5ESV
Jan. 2003
 
Eutelsat e-Bird
Ariane 5G
2002
 
  Hot Bird 7
Ariane 5
Mid-2002
 
Inmarsat Inmarsat 4-F1 or F2
Ariane 5ECA
2003/2004
 
OSC BSAT-2c
Ariane 5
Early 2003
for B-SAT
PanAmSat Galaxy 12
Ariane 4/5
Late 2002
 
  PAS Light 2
Ariane 5
2H 2003
 
  PAS Light 3
Ariane 5
2004
 
Undisclosed TBA
Ariane 5
2003/2004
 
Undisclosed TBA
Ariane 5
2003/2004
 
Total
13 contracts (10 commercial, 3 government)

Boeing – Delta 2 & 4
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
DigitalGlobe QuickBird 2
Delta 2/7320
Oct. 2001
 
Eutelsat TBA
Delta 4M+ (4,2)
Apr. 2002
Maiden flight
Mitsubishi Electric Co. TBD
Delta 4
2002/2007
 
NASA NOAA-N
Delta 2/7320
June 2004
Med-Lite#12
  ESSP-3/Cloudsat
Delta 2/7320
Apr. 2004
Med-Lite#13
  Swift
Delta 2/7320
Sep. 2003
NLS#5
PSN M2A
Delta 4M+ (5,4)
2003
 
Space Systems/Loral Estrella do Sul
Delta 4M+ (4,2)
3Q 2002
for Skynet do Brasil
Possibly a former Delta 3 launch contract
Total
8 contracts (5 commercial, 3 government)

CGWIC – CZ-2 & 3
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
APT Satellite Apstar 5
CZ-3B
Feb. 2003
 
Astrium Intelsat APR-3
CZ-3B
3Q 2002
for Intelsat – CANCELLED
KARI Kompsat 2
CZ-2C/SD
Apr. 2004
Status unclear
Total
2 contracts (2 commercial)

Eurockot – Rokot
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
CSA MOST
Rokot KS
Oct. 2002
Piggyback Payload
Czech Ac. of Sciences Mimosa
Rokot KS
Oct. 2002
Piggyback Payload
USEF SERVIS-1
Rokot KM
2003
 
Undisclosed TBA
Rokot KM?
Mid-2003
Khrunichev?
  TBA
Rokot KM?
Mid-2004
Khrunichev?
Total
3 contracts (3 commercial) + 2 piggyback

ILS – Atlas 2, 3 & 5 – Proton
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
Alcatel Space GE-2E
Proton
Mid-2001
for GE Americom
  GE-12
Proton
Jan. 2003
for GE Americom
Boeing Satellite Systems UFO-11
Atlas 3A?
2003
for U.S. Navy
Echostar Echostar 7
Atlas 3B
Dec. 2001
Maiden flight
  Echostar 8
Proton K
Early 2002
 
Eutelsat Hot Bird 6
Atlas 5/401
May 2002
Maiden flight
Inmarsat Inmarsat 4-F1 or F2
Atlas 5/500
2003/2004
 
Lockheed Martin Nimiq 2
Atlas 5/500
3Q 2002
for Télésat Canada
  TBA
Atlas 5
2003/2004
for Cablevision?
SCC Superbird 6
Atlas 2AS
4Q 2003
 
SES Astra 1K
Proton K
2002
 
Total
11 contracts (10 commercial, 1 government)

Orbital Sciences – Pegasus & Taurus
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
NSPO RoCSat 2
Pegasus XL
Mid-2003
 
U.S. Air Force C/NOFS
Taurus XL
Late 2003
 
Total
2 contracts (1 commercial, 1 government)

Rocket System – H-2A
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
MoLIT/JMA MT-Sat 1R
H-2A
2003
 
Total
1 contract (1 government) 

Sea Launch – Zenit 3SL
Customer Payload
Vehicle
Launch Date
Comment
Intelsat Intelsat 10.01 or 02
Zenit 3SL
2003
Announced 2002
PanAmSat Horizons 1
Zenit 3SL
2002
 
Undisclosed TBD
Zenit 3SL
n.a.
 
  TBD
Zenit 3SL
n.a.
 
Total
4 contracts (4 commercial)   

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