======================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT 1999 LAUNCH LOG AND LAUNCH VEHICLE/SITE STATISTICS by Ed Kyle ======================================================== 1999 LAUNCH VEHICLE SUMMARY Calendar year launch vehicle results, ranked by number of successes, with launch total as the first tiebreaker and vehicle payload mass as the second tiebreaker. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions have orbital periods less than 2 hours. Deep Space missions include heliocentric, planetocentric, and solar system escape trajectories. ================================================= Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type Successes/ Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape Attempts LEO >LEO Deep Space ================================================= Soyuz-U 12/12* 12/12* Delta 2 10/10 7/7 1/1 2/2* Ariane 4 9/9 1/1 8/8* Proton-K 7/9 --- 7/9 Atlas 2A(S) 5/5 1/1 4/4 STS 3/3 3/3 Pegasus XL 3/3 3/3 Zenit 3SL 2/2 --- 2/2 CZ-4B 2/2 2/2 Molniya M 2/2 --- 2/2 Titan 23G 2/2 2/2 Kosmos 3M 2/2 2/2 Ariane 5 1/1 --- 1/1 Titan 4B 1/3 1/1 0/2 Athena 2 1/2 1/2 Zenit 2 1/1 1/1 CZ-2F 1/1 1/1 CZ-2C/SD 1/1 1/1 Dnepr 1 1/1 1/1 Tsyklon 2 1/1 1/1 Athena 1 1/1 1/1 Taurus-120 1/1 1/1 PSLV-C2 1/1 1/1 Delta 3 0/1 --- 0/1 H-2S 0/1 --- 0/1 VLS 0/1 0/1 -------------------------------------------------- Total 70/78 43/45 25/31 2/2 * Denotes Leader in Category for Year ================================================= ========================================================= 1999 Launch Site Standings Launch sites, ranked by number of orbital launch attempts during 1999. ========================================================= Site Launches(Failures) ========================================================= Baikonur, Kazakhstan 21(2) Cape Canaveral, Florida 16(3) Vandenberg AFB, California 12(1) Kourou, French Guyana 10(0) Plesetsk, Russia 6(0) Kennedy Space Center, Florida 3(0) Taiyuan, China 3(0) Sea Launch Platform Odyssey 2(0) Kapustin Yar, Russia 1(0) Sriharikota, India 1(0) Ji Quan, China 1(0) Alcantara, Brazil 1(1) Kagoshima, Japan 1(1) ========================================================= ================================================================================= 1999 ORBITAL LAUNCH LOG ================================================================================= DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD SITE* ORBIT** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/03/99 Delta 7425 D265 Mars Polar Lander/DS 2 CC 17B HCO 01/27/99 Athena-1 LM006 Rocsat 1 CC 46 LEO 02/07/99 Delta 7426 D266 Stardust (NASA) CC 17A HCO 02/09/99 Soyuz-U Ikar ST01 Globalstar [M23,36,38,40] TB 1 LEO 02/15/99 Proton-K/DM-2M 396-01 Telstar 6 (ILS-9) TB 81/23 GTO+ 02/16/99 Atlas 2AS AC152 JCSat 6 CC 36A GTO+ 02/20/99 Soyuz-U Soyuz TM-29 [Mir-27] TB 1 LEO 02/23/99 Delta 7920-10C 267 ARGOS/Orsted/Sunsat VA 2W LEO/S 02/26/99 Ariane 44L A485 Arabsat 3A/Skynet 4E (V116) KO 2 GTO 02/28/99 Proton-K/DM-2 387-01 Raduga 1 TB 81/23 GEO 03/05/99 Pegasus-XL 18 WIRE (NASA) VA L1011 LEO/S 03/15/99 Soyuz-U Ikar ST02 Globalstar [M22,41,46,37] TB 1 LEO 03/21/99 Proton-K/DM-2M 388-01 AsiaSat 3S (ILS-10) TB 81/23 GTO+ 03/28/99 Zenit-3SL/DMSL SL1 DemoSat [HS-702 sim] PO OLP GTO 04/02/99 Ariane 42P A486 Insat 2E (V117) KO 2 GTO 04/02/99 Soyuz-U Progress M-41 TB 1 LEO 04/09/99 Titan 402B B27/IUS21 DSP 19 CC 41 (GTO)(1) 04/12/99 Atlas 2AS AC154 W-3 (Eutelsat) CC 36A GTO+ 04/15/99 Delta 7920-10C 268 Landsat 7 (NASA) VA 2W LEO/S 04/15/99 Soyuz-U Ikar ST03 Globalstar [4] TB 1 LEO 04/21/99 Dnepr UoSat 12 TB 108 LEO 04/27/99 Athena-2 LM005 Ikonos 1 VA 6 (FTO)(2) 04/28/99 Cosmos-3M ABRIXAS KY 107 LEO 04/30/99 Titan 401B B32/TC14 Milstar 2 F1 CC 40 (EEO)(3) 05/05/99 Delta 8930-13.1C D269 Orion 3 CC 17B (EEO)(4) 05/10/99 CZ-4B CZ4B1 Fengyun 1C/Shijian 5 TY LEO/S 05/18/99 Pegasus-XL HAPS 19 TERRIERS/MUBLCOM VA L1011 LEO/S 05/20/99 Proton-K/DM-2M 396-02 Nimiq 1 (ILS-11) TB 81/23 GTO+ 05/22/99 Titan 403B B12 SDS or 3xNOSS? VA 4E LEO 05/26/99 PSLV C2 IRS-P4/Kitsat-3/Tubsat-C SR FLP LEO/S 05/27/99 STS/Discovery OV-103 STS-96[ISS-2A.1]/SpacehabDM KC 39B LEO 06/10/99 Delta 7420-10C D270 Globalstar 3 [4] CC 17B LEO 06/11/99 CZ-2C/SD CZ2C21 Iridium SV (2) TY LEO/P 06/18/99 Proton-K/DM-2M 397-02 Astra 1H (ILS-12) TB 81/23 GTO+ 06/20/99 Titan 23G G7 QuickScat VA 4W LEO/S 06/24/99 Delta 7320-10C D271 FUSE CC 17A LEO 07/05/99 Proton-K/Briz M 389-01 Raduga 1 TB 81/24 (FTO)(5) 07/08/99 Molniya-M Molniya-3 50 PL 43/3 EEO 07/10/99 Delta 7420-10C D272 Globalstar 4 [4] CC 17B LEO 07/16/99 Soyuz-U Progress M-42 TB 1 LEO 07/17/99 Zenit-2 Okean-O TB 45/1 LEO 07/23/99 STS/Columbia OV-102 STS-93 / Chandra [IUS-27] KC 39B LEO 07/25/99 Delta 7420-10C D273 Globalstar 5 [4] CC 17A LEO 08/12/99 Ariane 42P A487 Telkom 1 (V118) KO 2 GTO 08/17/99 Delta 7420-10C D274 Globalstar 6 [4] CC 17B LEO 08/18/99 Soyuz-U Kosmos-2365 PL 43/3 LEO 08/26/99 Cosmos-3M Kosmos-2366 PL 132/1 LEO 09/04/99 Ariane 42P A488 Koreasat 3 (V120) KO 2 GTO 09/06/99 Proton-K/DM-2M 388-02 Yamal 101/Yamal 102 TB 81/23 GEO 09/09/99 Soyuz-U Foton 12 PL 43/4 LEO 09/22/99 Soyuz-U Ikar ST04 Globalstar ST04 [4] TB 1 LEO 09/23/99 Atlas 2AS AC155 Echostar 5 CC 36A GTO+ 09/24/99 Athena-2 LM007 Ikonos VA 6 LEO/S 09/25/99 Ariane 44LP A489 Telstar 7 (V121) KO 2 GTO+ 09/26/99 Proton-K/DM-2M 398-02 LMI 1 (ILS-13) TB 81/23 GTO+ 09/28/99 Soyuz-U Resurs F1M PL 43/4 LEO 10/07/99 Delta 7925-9.5 D275 GPS 2R-3 CC 17A MEO/T 10/10/99 Zenit-3SL/DMSL SL2 Direct TV 1-R PO OLP GTO+ 10/14/99 CZ-4B CZ4B2 Ziyuan-1/SACI-1 TY LEO/S 10/18/99 Soyuz-U Ikar ST05 Globalstar ST05 [4] TB 1 LEO 10/19/99 Ariane 44LP A490 Orion 2 (V122) KO 2 GTO+ 10/27/99 Proton-K/DM-2 386-02 Express A1 TB 200/39 (FTO)(6) 11/13/99 Ariane 44LP A491 GE-4 (V123) KO 2 GTO+ 11/15/99 H-2S [LE5B] 8F MTSAT TA Y (FTO)(7) 11/19/99 CZ-2F CZ2F1 Shenzhou 1 JQ LEO 11/22/99 Soyuz-U Ikar ST06 Globalstar ST06 [4] TB 1 LEO 11/23/99 Atlas 2A AC136 UHF F10 (GBS 10) CC 36B GTO- 12/03/99 Ariane 40 A492 Helios 1B/Clementine (V124) KO 2 LEO/S 12/04/99 Pegasus-XL HAPS 20 Orbcomm FM 29-35 [7] VA L1011 LEO 12/10/99 Ariane 5G A504 XRMM (V119) KO 3 HEO/T 12/11/99 VLS-1 V02 SACI-2 AL AL (FTO)(8) 12/12/99 Titan 23G/Star-37G8 DMSP 5D-3 F-15 VA 4W LEO/S 12/18/99 Atlas 2AS AC141 Terra (EOS-AM) VA 3E LEO/S 12/20/99 STS/Discovery OV-103 STS-103 / HST SM-3A KC 39B LEO 12/21/99 Taurus-120 T04 KOMPSAT/ACRIMSAT VA 576E LEO/S 12/22/99 Ariane 44L A493 Galaxy 11 (V125) KO 2 GTO 12/26/99 Tsyklon 2 Kosmos 2367 [US-P] TB 90 LEO 12/27/99 Molniya-M Kosmos 2368 [Oko] PL 16/2 EEO/M ================================================================================= (1) IUS SRM-2 apogee failed due SRM-1 bad sep (2) Fairing no sep (electrical) (3) Bad Centaur attitude control software, improper final orbit (4) RL10B-2 chamber rupture at transfer burn start (5) Stg 2 engine turbopump fire T+277sec - xploded (6) 2nd stg shut down 3.5 min (7) 1st stg H2 leak T+4min (8) 2nd stg nostart *Site Code: AL = Alcantara, Brazil BA = Barents Sea (Sub Launch), Russia CC = Cape Canaveral, FL, USA JQ = Ji Quan, China KA = Kagoshima, Japan KO = Kourou, French Guyana KC = Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA KW = Kwajalein, Marshall Is. KY = Kapustin Yar, Russia PA = Palamchima, Isreal PL = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia PO = Pacific Ocean Range 154W-0N SR = Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India TA = Tanageshima-Yoshinobu, Japan TB = Tyuratam/Baikonur, Kazakstahn TY = Taiyuan, China WI = Wallops Island XC = Xi Chang, China VA = Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA **Orbit Code: EEO/M = Molynia (12-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO+ = Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO- = Subsynchronous Transfer Orbit GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit HCO = Heliocentric (solar) Orbit HTO = High Earth Transfer Orbit LEO = Low Earth Orbit LEO/S = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit LEO/P = Polar Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit ========================================================================= Use browser return arrow to go back to: http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/slr.html