04 – KennedyEndeavour (F13) – LEO
STS-88 (ISS-01-2A) – Manned, ISS Assembly – NASA (U.S.)
Boeing Reusable Space Systems – OV-105 – about 100,000kg
06 – Kourou – Ariane 42L-3 (V114) – GTO/GEO
SatMex 5 (Morelos 3) – Communications – SatMex (Mexico)
Hughes Space & Communications – HS-601HP – 4,144kg
06 – VandenbergPegasus XL – LEO
SWAS – Astronomy – NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (U.S.)
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory – 283kg
08 – Plesetsk – Topol M – Suborbital
ICBM Test Flight – RVSN (Russia)
10 – Plesetsk – Kosmos 3M – LEO
Nadezhda – Navigation, Search & Rescue – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot – Tsikada/Parus – 825kg
Astrid 2 – Plasma Science – Swedish Space Corp. (Sweden)
Swedish Space Corp. – Freja-C – 30kg
11 – Cape CanaveralDelta 2/7425 – Escape – VERSION FIRST FLIGHT
Mars Climate Orbiter – Mars Orbiting Probe – NASA (U.S.), JPL (U.S.)
Lockheed Martin Astronautics – 338kg
13 – Endeavour – LEO
Unity (Node 1) & PMA 1/2 – Space Station Module – NASA (U.S.)
Boeing Manned Space Systems – 10,070kg
13 – Endeavour – LEO
SAC-A – Technology – CONAE (Argentina)
Invap – 60kg
14 – Endeavour – LEO
MightySat 1 – Military Technology – U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
Orbital Sciences Corp. – MiniStar? – 61kg
19 – Taiyuan – CZ-2-3/SD – LEO
Iridium SV088? – Mobile Telephony – Iridium (U.S.)
Motorola SSTG – LM-700 – 689kg
Iridium SV089? – Mobile Telephony – Iridium (U.S.)
Motorola SSTG – LM-700 – 689kg
22 – Kourou – Ariane 42L-3 (V115) – GTO/GEO
PAS-6B – Communications – PanAmSat (U.S.)
Hughes Space & Communications – HS-601HP – 3,600kg
24 – Plesetsk – Kosmos 3M – LEO
Kosmos 2361 – Navigation – VKS (Russia)
AKO Polyot – Tsikada/Parus – 825kg
30 – Baykonur – Proton K/DM-2 – MEO
Kosmos 2362 – Positioning – VKS (Russia)
NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki, AKO Polyot – Uragan – 1,480kg
Kosmos 2363 – Positioning – VKS (Russia)
NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki, AKO Polyot – Uragan – 1,480kg
Kosmos 2364 – Positioning – VKS (Russia)
NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki, AKO Polyot – Uragan – 1,480kg
 
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Spacecraft – Mission – Operator
Prime – Bus – Mass

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