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Delta 7425-9.5 | Contour

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 3, 2002, 6:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour) probe, built and operated by the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), began its five year mission to explore three comets, using repeated encounters with the earth to modify its orbit in order to reach each target.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-46

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 26, 2002, 5:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Titan II SLV | NOAA 17

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 24, 2002, 6:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NOAA M carried weather imagers and microwave and infrared sounders, as well as a SARSAT search-and-rescue package. It had an on-orbit mass of 1475 kg.

Polar Orbit
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Iridium 97 & 98

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 20, 2002, 9:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | Galaxy 3C

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
June 15, 2002, 10:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Galaxy 3C is a geostationary C- and Ku-band communications satellite operated by PanAmSat and later by Intelsat.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress A1R

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 10, 2002, 1:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Ekspress-A1R is equipped with 12 transponders, transmitting signals in C-band, 5 in Ku-band and one in L-band and it was expected to have a life span of seven years.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 5, 2002, 9:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 5, 2002, 6:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Intelsat 905 (or IS-905[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 93

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 28, 2002, 6:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Shavit-2 | Ofeq-5

Israel Aerospace Industries | Israel
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel
May 28, 2002, 3:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military Observation satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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