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 Cadencecomplete
◇DEC·peak·10 launches↑13%·vs 2001
- launches
- 69 launches
- success · 63/69
- 91% success · 63/69
- providers
- 3 providers
2002 Launch Leaders
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69 launches
Jan 16, 2002 | Milstar 5 USA•Titan IVB (401)/ Centaur |
Jan 23, 2002 | INSAT-3C France•Arianespace•Ariane 4 42L |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |