Last Update: April 30, 2001


February 7  08:28Z  
     


Minuteman 3

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Minuteman 3 (GT-175GB)
U.S. Air Force
SUBORBITAL
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
[Dummy Warheads]
Missile Test Flight
U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
Sandia National Laboratory
 
February 7  23:05:10Z  
   

 Press Kit


Ariane 44L-3
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Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kourou (French Guiana)
Ariane 44L-3 (V139)
Arianespace
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Sicral 1
Military Communications
Italian Ministry of Defense (Italy)
SITAB Consortium (Alenia Aerospazio)
Italsat
2,596 kg
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Skynet 4F
Military Communications
British Ministry of Defense (Great-Britain)
Astrium
ECS
1,489 kg
 
February 7  23:13:02Z  
   

 Press Kit


OV-104 Atlantis

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kennedy Space Center (U.S.)
Atlantis
United Space Alliance
DELAYED FROM JAN. 18 AND FEB.6
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
STS-98 (ISS-5A)
Manned, ISS Assembly
NASA (U.S.)
Boeing Reusable Launch Systems
OV-104
90,225 kg
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
Destiny (U.S. Laboratory Module)
ISS Module
NASA (U.S.)
Boeing
14,515 kg
 
February 16  10:28Z  
     


Shtil

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Submarine (Sea of Barents, Russia)
RSM-54 Shtil?
GRTsKB Makeyev
SUBORBITAL
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Test Flight
Russian Naval Strategic Nuclear Forces (Russia)
 
February 16  10:34Z  
     


Topol

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Plesetsk (Russia)
Topol (No.59?)
RVSN
SUBORBITAL
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Test Flight
RVSN (Russia)
 
February 20  08:48:27Z  
     


Start 1
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Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Svobodniy (Russia)
Start 1
Puskovie Uslugi/United Start
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
Odin
Astronomy, Aeronomy
Swedish Space Corp. (Sweden)
Swedish Space Corp.
250 kg
 
February 26  08:10Z  
     


Soyuz U

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz U (ISS-3P)
TsSKB-Progress
DELAYED FROM FEB.10/20
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Progress M44
Cargo, ISS Servicing
Rosaviakosmos (Russia)
RKK Energiya
7K-TGM
7,250 kg
 
February 27  21:20Z  
     


Titan 401B
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Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Cape Canaveral (U.S.)
Titan 401B/Centaur (K-36/B-41 "Gus")
Lockheed Martin Astronautics
DELAYED FROM OCT. 30, DEC.14, FEB.2 AND FEB.24
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Milstar 2-F2 (DFS-4)
Military Communications
U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space
Milstar 2
4,670kg?


     

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