04 – Kennedy – Endeavour (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 – Vandenberg – Pegasus 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 Canaveral – Delta 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

 

Date – Site – Vehicle – Orbit

Spacecraft – Mission – Operator
Prime – Bus – Mass

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