2000 World Space Launch Log
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SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
2000 LAUNCH VEHICLE/SITE STATISTICS
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by Ed Kyle
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2000 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.
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Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type
Success/ Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape
Attempts LEO >LEO Deep Space
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Proton-K(DM/Briz M) 14/14* 1/1 13/13* ---
Soyuz-U(Ikar/Fregat) 13/13 10/10* 3/3
Ariane 4 8/8 --- 8/8
Atlas 2A(S) 7/7 --- 7/7
Delta 2 6/6 2/2 4/4
STS 5/5 5/5 ---
Ariane 5 4/4 --- 4/4
CZ-3A 3/3 --- 3/3
Kosmos-3M 2/3 2/3 ---
Zenit 3SL 2/3 --- 2/3
Titan 4B 2/2 1/1 1/1
Zenit 2 2/2 2/2 ---
Minotaur 2/2 2/2 ---
Pegasus (Std/XL) 2/2 2/2 ---
Atlas 3A 1/1 --- 1/1
Delta 3 1/1 --- 1/1
CZ-4B 1/1 1/1 ---
CZ-3 1/1 --- 1/1
Dnepr-1 1/1 1/1 ---
Titan 23G 1/1 1/1 ---
Rokot/Briz KM 1/1 1/1 ---
Start-1 1/1 1/1 ---
Taurus 1/1 1/1 ---
M-5 0/1 0/1 ---
Tsyklon 3 0/1 0/1 ---
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Total 81/85 33/36 48/49 ---
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* Denotes YTD Leader in Category
2000 Launch Site Standings
Launch sites, ranked by number of orbital launch
attempts during 2000.
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Site Overall
Success/
Attempts
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan 30/30
Cape Canaveral, Florida 14/14
Kourou, French Guyana 12/12
Vandenberg AFB, California 8/8
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 5/5
Plesetsk, Russia 3/5
Xi Chang, China 4/4
Sea Launch Platform Odyssey 2/3
Taiyuan, China 1/1
Kwajalien, Marshall Is. 1/1
Svobodny, Russia 1/1
Kagoshima, Japan 0/1
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SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
2000 ORBITAL/SUBORBITAL LAUNCH LOG
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by Ed Kyle
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2000 ORBITAL SPACE LAUNCH LOG
DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD SITE* ORBIT**
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01/21/00 Atlas 2A AC-138 DSCS 3-11(B8) CC 36A GTO
01/25/00 Ariane 42L L494 Galaxy 10R (V126) KO 2 GTO
01/25/00 CZ-3A CZ3A-4 Zhongxing 22 XC 1 GTO+
01/27/00 Minotaur SLV-1 JAWSAT V CLF LEO/P
02/01/00 Soyuz-U Progress M1-1/Mir boost TB 1 LEO
02/03/00 Atlas 2AS AC-158 Hispasat 1C CC 36B GTO+
02/03/00 Zenit 2 Z2-33 Tselina-2 TB 45 LEO
02/08/00 Delta 2-7420 D276 Globalstar 7 (4) CC 17B LEO
02/08/00 Soyuz-U/Fregat ST-07 Dummysat/IRDT TB 31 LEO
02/10/00 M-5 M-5-4 Astro-E (LEO) KA MS (FTO)(1)
02/11/00 Endeavour OV105 STS-99/SRTM KC 39A LEO
02/12/00 Proton-K/DM3 399-02 Garuda-1 TB 81/23 GEO+
02/18/00 Ariane 44LP L495 Superbird 4 (V127) KO 2 GTO
03/12/00 Proton-K/DM-2M 399-01 Express A2 TB 200/39 GEO
03/12/00 Taurus (Darpa) T5 Multispectral Thrm Imager V 576E LEO/P
03/12/00 Zenit 3SL/DMSL SL3 ICO F1 PO OLP (FTO)(2)
03/20/00 Soyuz-U/Fregat ST-08 Cluster-2 dummysats TB 31 EEO
03/21/00 Ariane 5G L505 Insat 3B/Asiastar (V128) KO 3 GTO
03/25/00 Delta 2-7326 D277 IMAGE V 2W EEO
04/04/00 Soyuz-U Soyuz TM-30 (Mir-28 Crew) TB 1 LEO
04/17/00 Proton-K/DM-2M 397-01 Sesat TB 200/39 GEO
04/19/00 Ariane 42L L496 Galaxy 4-R (V129) KO 2 GTO
04/25/00 Soyuz-U Progress M1-2/Mir supply TB 1 LEO
05/03/00 Atlas 2A AC-137 GOES-L CC 36A GTO+
05/03/00 Soyuz-U Kosmos 2370 TB 1 LEO
05/08/00 Titan 402B B-29 IUS-22/DSP-20 CC 40 GEO
05/11/00 Delta 2-7925 D278 GPS 2R-4 CC 17A MTO
05/16/00 Rokot/Briz KM KM1 Simsat 1,2 (Demo) PL 133 LEO
05/19/00 Atlantis OV104 STS-101/ISS-2A.2A KC 39A LEO
05/24/00 Atlas 3A AC-201 Eutelsat W4 CC 36B GTO+
06/06/00 Proton-K/BrizM 392-01 Gorizont 45 TB 81/24 GEO
06/07/00 Pegasus XL TSX-5 V L1011 LEO
06/24/00 Proton-K/DM-2M 394-02 Express 3A TB 200/39 GEO
06/25/00 CZ-3 CZ3-13 Fengyun 2 XC 1 GTO
06/28/00 Kosmos 3M NadezhdaM/SNAP1/Tsinghua1 PL 132 SSO
06/30/00 Atlas 2A AC-139 TDRS-H (8) CC 36A GTO-
06/30/00 Proton-K/DM3 400-01 Sirius TB 81/24 EEO+
07/04/00 Proton-K/DM-2 389-02 Kosmos-2371 TB 200/39 GEO
07/12/00 Proton-K ISS-1R/Zvezda TB 81/23 LEO
07/14/00 Atlas 2AS AC-161 Echostar 6 CC 36B GTO+
07/15/00 Kosmos 3M CHAMP/MITA/BIRD PL 132 LEO
07/16/00 Delta 2-7925 D279 GPS 2R-5 CC 17A MTO
07/16/00 Soyuz-U/Fregat ST-09 Cluster 2 (FM6/FM7) TB 31 EEO
07/19/00 Minotaur SLV-2 Mightysat 2.1 V CLF LEO/P
07/28/00 Zenit 3SL/DMSL SL4 PanAmSat 9 PO OLP GTO
08/06/00 Soyuz-U ISS-1P/Progress M1-3 TB 1 LEO
08/09/00 Soyuz-U/Fregat ST-10 Cluster 2 (FM5/FM8) TB 31 EEO
08/17/00 Ariane 44LP L497 BrsilsatB4/Nilesat12(V131) KO 2 GTO
08/17/00 Titan 403B B-28 NRO Lacrosse/Onyx V 4E LEO
08/23/00 Delta 3-8930 D280 DM-F3 (dummysat) CC 17B GTO-
08/28/00 Proton-K/DM-2 401-02 Kosmos 2372 TB 81/24 GEO
09/01/00 CZ-4B CZ4B-3 ZY-2 TY LEO/S
09/05/00 Proton-K/DM3 Sirius 2 TB 81/23 EEO
09/06/00 Ariane 44LP L498 Eutelsat W1 (V-132) KO 2 GTO
09/08/00 Atlantis OV104 ISS-04-2A.2b/STS-106 KC 39B LEO
09/14/00 Ariane 5G L506 Astra-2B/GE-7 (V130) KO 3 GTO
09/21/00 Titan 23G G-13 NOAA-L(16) V 4W LEO/S
09/25/00 Zenit 2 Z2-34 Kosmos 2372 TB 45 LEO
09/26/00 Dnepr 1 DN2 Saudisat 1A/B .. TB 109 LEO
09/29/00 Soyuz-U Kosmos 2373 TB LEO
10/01/00 Proton-K/DM3 401-01 GE-1A TB 81/23 GTO+
10/06/00 Ariane 42L L499 N-Sat 110 (V133) KO 2 GTO
10/09/00 Pegasus Std P010 HETE-2 KW L1011 LEO
10/11/00 Discovery OV103 STS-92/ISS-3A KC 39A LEO
10/13/00 Proton-K/DM-2 3 x GLONASS TB 200/39 MEO
10/16/00 Soyuz-U Progress M43 (Mir) TB 1 LEO
10/20/00 Atlas 2A AC-140 DSCS B11 CC 36A GTO
10/20/00 Proton-K/DM3 GE-6 TB 81/23 GTO+
10/21/00 Zenit 3SL/DMSL SL5 Thuraya 1 PO OLP GTO
10/29/00 Ariane 44LP L4100 Eur*Star FM1(V134) KO 2 GTO
10/30/00 CZ-3A CZ3A5 Beidou (navsat) XC 1 EEO
10/31/00 Soyuz-U Soyuz TM-31/ISS-2R TB 1 LEO
11/10/00 Delta 2-7925 D281 GPS 2R-6 CC 17A MTO
11/16/00 Ariane 5G A507 PAS-1R/AmSat-3D KO 3 GTO
11/16/00 Soyuz-U Progress M1-4 TB 1 LEO
11/20/00 Kosmos 3M QuickBird 1 PL 132 (FTO)(3)
11/21/00 Ariane 44L A4101 Anik F1 KO 2 GTO
11/21/00 Delta 2-7320 D282 EO-1/SAC-C/Munin V 2W LEO/S
11/30/00 Proton-K/DM3 402-02 Sirius 3 TB 81/23 HTO
12/01/00 Endeavour OV105 STS-97/ISS-4A/P6 KC 39B LEO
12/05/00 Start-1 EROS A1 SV LEO/S
12/06/00 Atlas 2AS AC157 NRO MLV11 CC 36A GTO
12/20/00 Ariane 5G A508 Astra 2D/GE-8 KO 3 GTO
12/20/00 CZ-3A CZ3A6 Beidou 2 XC GTO
12/27/00 Tsyklon 3 6 x Strela 3 PL 32 (FTO)(4)
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(1) 1st stg motor nozzle fail T+55sec
(2) Zenit 2nd stg shutdown early
(3) Second stage failure
(4) Third stage failure
*Site Code:
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.
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
V = 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
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