Heavy
& Medium Launch Systems | Small Launchers & Missile
Systems | Reusable Launch Systems & Reentry Vehicles
| Technologies & Markets
2Q 2003 | 3Q 2003 | 4Q 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
Arianespace | Apr.: Ariane
5G returns to flight. May: ESA ministerial council meeting to approve Ariane support plan. ESC-B PDR? |
3rd Ariane
5 production batch order? |
Early:
1st interplanetary Ariane 5 launch (Rosetta). Early: Ariane 5ECA’s return to flight. Mid: Ariane 5ECB SDR. Sep.: ATV demo flight. Late: ESC-B CDR-1. 1st SPORT mission. |
ESA to decide next phase of Ariane 5 development? | ||||||
Boeing |
Apr.: 1st Delta 2H
launch (SIRTF). |
Sep.: 1st Delta 4H launch. |
Dec: 1st Delta 4 launch
from Vandenberg. |
Jan.:
Delta 3’s return to flight. |
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ISRO/Antrix |
May: 2nd GSLV qualification
flight. |
May: 2nd GSLV qualification flight. |
3rd GSLV qualification flight with Indian cryogenic stage. | |||||||
Khrunichev | Late: 1st Angara 1.1 launch. | 1st Angara 1.2 launch. | ||||||||
Lockheed Martin | 2nd
series of EELV contracts?
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May:
1st Atlas 5/500 launch. |
Atlas 2 phase-out? | |||||||
Mitsubishi | Mid: Decision on heavy H-2A design? | 1st commercial H-2A launch (MTSat-1R). | H-2A/204 maiden flight. | Augmented H-2A test flight. | ||||||
Starsem | June:
Mars Express launch on Soyuz-Fregat. ESA/Russia framework agreement on Soyuz in Kourou. Mid: Beginning of Soyuz launch pad building in Kourou? |
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1Q: RD-0124 qualification. 1st Soyuz/ST launch. |
Nov.:
Venus Express launch on Soyuz-Fregat. Late: Initial Soyuz launch capability in Kourou? Early Galileo deployment? |
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Yuzhnoye | Mid:
Tsyklon 2K maiden flight. Zenit 3SL GTO capability increased to 6,000 kg. |
Introduction
of Zenit 2M vehicle? |
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Miscellaneous | Beginning of launch site development in Christmas? | Completion of launch site building in Christmas? | 3Q: Maiden flight of Aurora? | |||||||
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2Q 2003 | 3Q 2003 | 4Q 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
ESA/ELV | Mar.: Vega
CDR. Late: 1st P80FW firing test. Late: P80FW CDR. |
Early:
1st P80FW qualification firing test. Mid.: 2nd P80FW qualification firing test. |
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Eurockot | June: 1st Rokot KS flight and 1st ‘Launch-a-piggy’ mission. | Demo launch from Baykonur? | ||||||||
Kosmotras | 1st Dnepr M launch? | 1st Dnepr 2 launch? | ||||||||
LeoLink | 1st LK-A launch? | 1st LK-1 launch? | ||||||||
Galaxy Express | NET July: 1st (and last) J-1A launch? | |||||||||
Orbital Sciences | Taurus
returns to flight. |
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Other Launchers | May: M-5
flight resumption. May.: 3rd VLS-1 launch attempt. |
1st launch of Strela? |
Early: Prime contractor
selection for Darpa’s Rascal. |
Mid: Scorpius Sprite
maiden flight. |
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Suborbital Flights | ||||||||||
Ballistic Missiles | Sep.: 1st test flight of Agni 3 ICBM. | Late: 1st test flight of M51 SLBM. | ||||||||
Missile Defense | GMD/BV
return to flight. LPB Prime Selection. |
1st
GBI/EKV interception test flight. |
Early:
LPB test flight. Initial GMDS capability. |
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2Q 2003 | 3Q 2003 | 4Q 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
Europe | May: FLPP
proposed to ESA council. |
Dec.: Prora/USV balloon-dropped transonic flight test. | July: Prora/USV
balloon-dropped suborbital reentry test. Aug.: 1st Phoenix test flight. |
Aug.: Prora/USV hypersonic flight test. | ||||||
Japan | May-Aug.: HSFD-2 test campaign in Kiruna (6 flights). | May-Aug.: HSFD-2 test campaign in Kiruna (6 flights). | ||||||||
Russia | ||||||||||
United States |
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Oct.: OSP Systems Requirement Review. Level 2 requirements definition. |
Jan.:
X-37 roll-out. 1Q: Introduction of SSME Advanced Health Management System. Apr.: DART test flight. Apr.: OSP Systems Design Review. Level 3 requirements definition. Aug.: X-37 drop test. Space Shuttle return to flight? NGLT concept selection. Late: Decision for OSP full-scale development. |
X-37 Orbital Vehicle CDR. |
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Other RLV Efforts | ||||||||||
Private Ventures | NASA contractual deadline for Kistler K-1 maiden flight. | |||||||||
Manned Systems |
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Nov.: 1st
manned Shenzhou
flight. Dec.: OSP SRR. |
Apr.: OSP
Systems Design Review. Sep.: ATV demo flight. Space Shuttle return to flight? Late: Decision for OSP full-scale development. |
Early:
4th HST servicing mission. May: OSP Preliminary Design Review.. OSP Pad Abort Demonstrator testing. |
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Unmanned Reentry | ||||||||||
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2Q 2003 | 3Q 2003 | 4Q 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
Rocket Propulsion |
Apr.: RS-84 preburner
testing. |
Nov.: RS-84
firing test. RL-60 to begin firing tests (Delayed?). |
1Q: RD-0124
qualification. Mid: Introduction of SSME Advanced Health Management System. |
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Exotic Propulsion | HyTech
ram/scramjet ground testing? |
Aug.: SMART-1 electric-powered
probe launched to the Moon. |
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Prometheus NPSRG PDR. |
X-43C
PDR. X-43C propulsion ground testing. |
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Technologies | Late: Orbital
Express satellite servicing demonstration. 1st SPORT mission. |
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Infrastructure | 2nd
launch pad in Sriharikota. South Korea to begin work on national launch site. Beginning of launch site development in Christmas? |
ESA/Russia framework agreement on Soyuz in Kourou. Mid: Beginning of Soyuz launch pad building in Kourou. |
Completion of the
Delta 4 launch facility in Vandenberg’s SLC-6. |
3Q:
Aurora launch capability from Christmas? RBCC test facility compteded at NASA Stennis. |
Late: Initial Soyuz launch capability in Kourou? | |||||
Industry | EADS to incorporate LICO subsidiary. | Incorporation of Herakles (Snecma/SNPE venture on solid propulsion)? | ||||||||
Communications | Eutelsat to order Hot Bird 7A. | Eutelsat to order Hot Bird 8. | Deployment of New ICO constellation? | Early Galileo deployment? | ||||||
Remote Sensing | Mid: Launch of CBERS-2. | Early:
1st Cosmo-Skymed launch. Late: 1st Pleiades launch. Late: Launch of TerraSAR-X |
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Science | Apr.:
Launch of SIRTF. May.: NASA to select Mars Scout missions. May: Launch of MER-1 and Mars Express. June: Launch of MER-2. |
Aug.: Launch of Lunar A. |
NASA RfP for Jupiter Icy Moon Observer. |
Jan: Launch of Deep
Impact. |
Early:
4th HST servicing mission. Aug.: Launch of MRO. Nov.: Launch of Stereo. Launch of Selene. |
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Military | Skynet
5 contract signed. |
Late: U.S. Navy to award prime contract for MUOS. | Sep.: Initial
GMDS capability (6 silos in Ft. Greely). Late: Launch of Helios 2A and Essaim. U.S. Air Force to release GPS-3 RfP? |
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Space Policy | May: ESA ministerial council meeting in Paris. | |
Oct.: NASDA/ISAS/NAL merger. | ESA ministerial council meeting in Germany. | ||||||
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