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Long March 2F | Shenzhou-4

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 29, 2002, 4:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth and final test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft, without crew on board. The spacecraft was flown in the same configuration as a crew-carrying mission, and as such two dummy astronauts were carried on board, as are sleeping bags, food and medication. The control systems were fitted with ability for manual control and emergency landing. The windows were constructed of a new material that was designed to stay clear even after reentry to allow an astronaut to confirm that the parachutes have deployed properly. The spacecraft carried 100 peony seeds to investigate the effect of weightlessness on plants grown from them. The 52 experiments onboard investigated areas in physics, biology, medicine, earth observation, material science, and astronomy.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Uragan 80 to 82

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 2002, 7:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 82

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 2002, 12:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49

ISC Kosmotras | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 20, 2002, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Technology satellite for OHB-System, Germany.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | NSS 6

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 17, 2002, 11:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

he Dutch New Skies Satellites' NSS-6 telecommunications spacecraft was developed by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems.

Geostationary Orbit
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H-IIA 202 | Midori-2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Dec. 14, 2002, 1:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Midori II has been engaged in various observation missions to understand the realities and causes of global environmental changes, such as abnormal weather conditions and the expansion of the ozone hole.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 11, 2002, 10:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Hot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Atlas IIA | TDRS 10

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 5, 2002, 2:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The third and final Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite satellite separated from the Centaur upper stage 30 minutes after launch. This completed the $800 million, three satellite contract.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ALSAT 1 was an Algerian imaging minisatellite. The 90-kg satellite was the first part of an international Disaster Monitoring System (DMS) for alerting natural/man-made disasters.

Polar Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Astra 1K

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 25, 2002, 11:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Astra 1K was a communications satellite manufactured by Alcatel Space for SES.

Geostationary Orbit
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