Rocket launches in2002
ESA's Envisat, the largest Earth-observation satellite yet flown, lifts off on an Ariane 5 in March. The Space Shuttle adds the S0, P1, and S1 truss segments to the ISS across four assembly flights through the year.
Monthly Cadence complete
DEC peak 10 launches ↑ 13% vs 2001
- launches
- 69
- success · 63/69
- 91%
- providers
- 3
2002 launch leaders
All 2002 launches
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69 launches
| January | ||||
Jan 16, 2002 | Milstar 5 USA • Titan IVB (401)/ Centaur | |||
Jan 23, 2002 | INSAT-3C France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 42L | |||
| February | ||||
Feb 4, 2002 | MDS-1 Japan • H2A 2024 | |||
Feb 5, 2002 | RHESSI USA • Pegasus XL | |||
Feb 11, 2002 | Iridium 91 USA • Delta II 7920-10C | |||
Feb 21, 2002 | Echostar 7 USA • Atlas IIIB-DEC | |||
Feb 23, 2002 | Intelsat 904 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Feb 25, 2002 | Kosmos 2387 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
| March | ||||
Mar 1, 2002 | Envisat France • Arianespace • Ariane 5G | |||
Mar 1, 2002 | STS-109 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Mar 8, 2002 | TDRS-9 USA • Atlas IIA | |||
Mar 16, 2002 | TLV-2 IFT-8 GMDS target mission USA • Minotaur II | |||
Mar 17, 2002 | GRACE 1-2 Russia • Rokot Briz-KM | |||
Mar 21, 2002 | Progress M1-8 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Mar 25, 2002 | Shenzhou 3 China • Long March 2F | |||
Mar 29, 2002 | Astra 3A France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Mar 30, 2002 | Intelsat 903 Russia • Proton K / DM-2M | |||
| April | ||||
Apr 1, 2002 | Kosmos 2388 Russia • Molniya M / Blok 2BL | |||
Apr 8, 2002 | STS-110 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Apr 16, 2002 | NSS-7 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Apr 25, 2002 | Soyuz TM-34 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
| May | ||||
May 4, 2002 | SPOT 5 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 42P | |||
May 4, 2002 | Aqua USA • Delta II 7920-10L | |||
May 7, 2002 | DirecTV-5 Russia • Proton K/Blok DM3 | |||
May 15, 2002 | Fengyun-1D & HaiYang 1 China • Long March 4B | |||
May 28, 2002 | Ofeq-5 Israel • Shavit 1 | |||
May 28, 2002 | Kosmos 2389 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
| June | ||||
Jun 5, 2002 | Intelsat 905 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Jun 5, 2002 | STS-111 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Jun 10, 2002 | Ekspress A4 Russia • Proton K / DM-2M | |||
Jun 15, 2002 | Galaxy 3C Russia • Zenit 3SL | |||
Jun 20, 2002 | Iridium 97-98 Russia • Rokot Briz-KM | |||
Jun 24, 2002 | NOAA-17 USA • Titan 23G | |||
Jun 26, 2002 | Progress M-46 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
| July | ||||
Jul 3, 2002Failure | CONTOUR USA • Delta II 7425-9.5 | |||
Jul 5, 2002 | Stellat 5 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5G | |||
Jul 8, 2002 | Strela-3 #131-#132 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
Jul 12, 2002Failure | IRDT-2 Russia • Volna | |||
Jul 25, 2002 | Kosmos 2392 Russia • Proton K/ Blok DM-5 (17S40) | |||
| August | ||||
Aug 21, 2002 | Hot Bird 6 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Aug 22, 2002 | Echostar 8 Russia • Proton K/DM-2M | |||
Aug 28, 2002 | Atlantic Bird 1 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5G | |||
| September | ||||
Sep 6, 2002 | Intelsat 906 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Sep 10, 2002 | USERS Japan • H2A 2024 | |||
Sep 12, 2002 | Kalpana-1 India • PSLV C | |||
Sep 15, 2002Failure | HTSTL-1 China • Kaituozhe 1 | |||
Sep 18, 2002 | Hispasat 1D USA • Atlas IIAS | |||
Sep 25, 2002 | Progress M1-9 Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Sep 26, 2002 | Nadezhda-M Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
| October | ||||
Oct 7, 2002 | STS-112 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Oct 15, 2002 | TLV-3 GMDS target mission USA • Minotaur II | |||
Oct 15, 2002Failure | Foton-M1 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Oct 17, 2002 | INTEGRAL Russia • Proton K/Blok DM-2 | |||
Oct 27, 2002 | Ziyuan II-02 China • Long March 4B | |||
Oct 30, 2002 | Soyuz TMA-1 Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
| November | ||||
Nov 20, 2002 | Eutelsat W5 USA • Delta IV-M+ (4,2) (9240) | |||
Nov 24, 2002 | STS-113 USA • Space Shuttle | |||
Nov 25, 2002Failure | Astra 1K Russia • Proton K/DM-2M | |||
Nov 28, 2002 | AlSat-1 Russia • Kosmos 3M | |||
| December | ||||
Dec 5, 2002 | TDRS-10 USA • Atlas IIA | |||
Dec 11, 2002 | TLV-4 GMDS target mission USA • Minotaur II | |||
Dec 11, 2002Failure | Hot Bird 7 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5ECA | |||
Dec 14, 2002 | Adeos 2 Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Dec 17, 2002 | NSS-6 France • Arianespace • Ariane 4 44L | |||
Dec 20, 2002 | LatinSat 1 Russia • Kosmotras • Dnepr | |||
Dec 24, 2002 | Kosmos 2393 Russia • Molniya M / Blok 2BL | |||
Dec 25, 2002 | Kosmos 2394-2396 Russia • Proton K/ DM-2 | |||
Dec 29, 2002 | Shenzhou 4 China • Long March 2F | |||
Dec 29, 2002 | Nimiq 2 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||