Last Update: May 25, 2004

January 9
18:40Z
 
     


GMD/BV-Plus

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
GMD/BV-Plus (BVT-5)
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space
Return to flight – Delayed from Aug., Sep. and Dec. 18, 2003
Failure – Failed to release dummy EKV
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Launch mass:
[Dummy EKV]
Boost Vehicle Test Flight
U.S. Missile Defense Agency (U.S.)
55 kg?

January 11 04:13Z     
     

Zenit 3SL
Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Odyssey Launch Platform (Pacific Ocean)
Zenit 3SL (SL-19)
Sea Launch
Initially planned for launch on Delta 4M+ (4,2)
Delayed from Jan. 10
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Estrela do Sul 1 (Skynet Brazil 1, Telstar 14)
Communications
Loral Skynet do Brasil (Brazil)
Space Systems/Loral
LS-1300
4,694 kg

January 27
05:23Z
 
     


Taurus Lite

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:

Kwajalein (U.S.)
Taurus Lite

Orbital Sciences Corp.

Suborbital – Delayed from Oct. 2003
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Launch mass:
IFT-13B [EKV Mock-up]
Missile Defense Technology
U.S. Missile Defense Agency (U.S.)
55 kg

January 29 11:58Z  
     


Soyuz U

Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz U (ISS-13P)
TsSKB-Progress
Delayed from Nov. 20, 2003
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Progress M1-11
Cargo, ISS Servicing
Rosaviakosmos (Russia)
RKK Energiya
7K-TGM1
7,283 kg

     

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