Last Update: April 30, 2002


April 1st 22:07Z       
   

Molniya M
Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Plesetsk (Russia)
Molniya M (#220)
TsSKB-Progress
DELAYED FROM MAR.26
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Kosmos 2388
Early Warning
VKS (Russia)
NPO Lavochkin
Oko
1,900 or 2,700 kg?

April 8 09:29Z     
     


Minuteman 3

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Minuteman 3 (GT-178GM)
U.S. Air Force
SUBORBITAL – DELAYED FROM FEB.20
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
[Dummy Warheads]
Missile Test Flight
U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
Sandia National Laboratory

April 8 20:44:19Z  
   

 Press Kit


OV-104 Atlantis

WATCH THE LAUNCH
Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kennedy Space Center (U.S.)
Atlantis
United Space Alliance
DELAYED FROM MAR.22, APR.4
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
STS-110 (ISS-8A)
Manned, ISS Assembly
NASA (U.S.)
Boeing Reusable Launch Systems
OV-104
100,000 kg? (with P/L)
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:

ITS-S0
ISS Element
NASA (U.S.)
Boeing Reusable Launch Systems
12,623 kg

Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
Mobile Transporter
ISS Element
NASA (U.S.)
TRW Astro Aerospace
885 kg

April 16 23:02Z     
   

Ariane 44L
WATCH THE LAUNCH
Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kourou (French Guiana)
Ariane 44L (V150)
Arianespace
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
NSS-7
Communications
New Skies Satellites (International)
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space
A2100AX
4,692 kg

April 24       
     


QRLV-2

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:

Kodiak (U.S.)
QRLV-2

Orbital Sciences Corp.

SUBORBITAL
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Defense Test Flight
U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
Aerotherm

April 25 06:26Z  
     


Soyuz U

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz U (ISS-4S)
TsSKB-Progress
DELAYED FROM APR.10, 22 AND 17
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Soyuz TM34
Manned, ISS Emergency Ship
Rosaviakosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe)
RKK Energiya
7K-M
6,750 kg


     

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