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2003 World Space Launch Log Updated January 25, 2004 2003 Launch Vehicle
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| 2003 YEAR TO DATE LAUNCH STATS
Calender year launch vehicle standings, ranked by success rate, with launch total as the first tiebreaker and total payload mass as the second tiebreaker. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions have orbital periods of less than 2 hours. Deep Space missions include heliocentric, planetocentric, and solar system escape trajectories. As of December 31, 2003 ========================================================= Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type Success/ Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape Attempts LEO >LEO Deep Space ========================================================= Soyuz/Molniya** 10/10* 6/6* 3/3 1/1 Delta 2 7/7 1/1 3/3 3/3* Proton-(K/M)*** 5/5 --- 5/5* --- Pegasus XL 4/4 4/4 --- --- Ariane 5G 3/3 --- 3/3 --- Zenit 3SL 3/3 --- 3/3 --- Kosmos 3M 3/3 3/3 --- --- Titan 4B 2/2 --- 2/2 --- Atlas V(401/521) 2/2 --- 2/2 --- Delta 4M 2/2 --- 2/2 --- Atlas 3B 2/2 --- 2/2 --- CZ-3A 2/2 --- 2/2 --- Titan 23G 2/2 2/2 --- --- Rokot/Briz KM 2/2 2/2 --- --- CZ-2F 1/1 1/1 --- --- Ariane 4 1/1 --- 1/1 --- Atlas 2AS 1/1 1/1 --- --- CZ-4B 1/1 1/1 --- --- CZ-2D 1/1 1/1 --- --- CZ-2C/SM 1/1 --- 1/1 --- GSLV 1/1 --- 1/1 --- PSLV 1/1 1/1 --- --- Strela (RS-18) 1/1 1/1 --- --- M-V 1/1 --- --- 1/1 H-2A 1/2 1/2 --- --- KT-1 0/1 0/1 --- --- STS 0/1(A) 0/1(A) --- --- --------------------------------------------------------- Total 60/63 25/28 30/30 5/5 * Denotes YTD Leader in Category (A) STS-107 Columbia failure during reentry result of
damage during launch phase.
** Soyuz/Molniya Details ------------------------------------------------------ Soyuz-U 4/4 4/4 --- --- Soyuz-FG/Fregat 2/2 --- 1/1 1/1 Soyuz-FG 2/2 2/2 --- --- Molniya-M 2/2 --- 2/2 --- ------------------------------------------------------ ***Proton Details ------------------------------------------------------- Proton-K/DM-2 1/1 --- 1/1 --- Proton-K/DM-2M 2/2 --- 2/2 --- Proton-K/Briz-M 2/2 --- 2/2 --- ------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================= Launch sites, ranked by number of year-to-date orbital launch attempts. ========================================================= Site Overall Success/ Attempts ========================================================= Cape Canaveral, Florida 16/16 Baikonur, Kazakhstan 14/14 Plestesk, Russia 7/7 Vandenberg AFB, California 6/6 Kourou, French Guyana 4/4 Sea Launch LP Odyssey 3/3 XiChang, China 3/3 Jiuquan, China 2/2 Sriharikota, India 2/2 Taiyaun, China 1/2 Tanegashima, Japan 1/2 Kagoshima, Japan 1/1 Kennedy Space Center, Florida 0/1(A) Palmanchim, Isreal Svobodny, Russia ========================================================= Launch Vehicle by Success Rate Top active or recently retired space launch vehicles ranked by their predicted orbital success rate* (5 or more launches to orbit). Failures include incorrect orbits. As of December 31, 2003 ============================================================= Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates Rate Rate* Succes Fail ============================================================= Atlas II/IIAS 59 59 1.00 .98 59 None 1991- Tsyklon 2 102 103 .99 .98 90 4/25/73 1967-2001 STS 111 113 .98 .97 0(A) 2/1/03 1981- Delta II 108 110 .98 .97 55 1/17/97 1989- Soyuz-U 692 712 .97 .97 9 10/15/02 1973- Ariane 4 113 116 .97 .97 74 12/11/94 1988-2003 Titan II 17 17# 1.00 .95 17 None 1964-2003 Kosmos 3M 409 432 .95 .94 8 11/20/00 1964- Molniya M 272 290 .94 .93 51 6/21/90 1963- Tsyklon 3 113 120 .94 .93 2 12/27/00 1977-2001 CZ-2(C)(/SD/SM) 22 23 .96 .92 22 11/5/74 1974- Proton-K/DM-2M 35 37 .95 .92 2 11/25/02 1994- Proton-K/DM-2 93 101 .92 .91 7 10/27/99 1982- CZ-4(A/B) 8 8 1.00 .90 8 None 1989- Proton-K/17S40 6 6 1.00 .88 6 None 1997- Soyuz-FG 6 6 1.00 .88 6 None 2001- Proton-K 26 29+ .90 .87 9 11/29/86 1968- CZ-2F 5 5 1.00 .86 5 None 1999- Rokot/Briz/KM 5 5 1.00 .86 5 None 2000- Zenit 3SL/DMSL 10 11 .91 .85 7 3/12/00 1999- Pegasus (H/XL) 30 35 .86 .84 21 11/4/96 1991- CZ-3/3A 18 21 .86 .83 8 8/18/96 1984- Titan IVB 12 14 .86 .81 9 4/30/99 1997- Titan II(Star) 6 7% .86 .81 6 10/5/93 1964-2003 Ariane 5G(+) 13 16 .81 .78 6 7/12/01 1996- Zenit 2 27 35 .77 .76 4 9/9/98 1985- H-2A 5 6 .83 .75 0 11/29/03 2001- Taurus 5 6 .83 .75 0 9/21/01 1994- Proton/Briz-M 5 6 .83 .75 5 7/5/99 1999- START(-1) 5 6 .83 .75 4 3/28/95 1993- PSLV 6 8 .75 .70 4 9/29/97 1993- Shavit 4 6 .67 .63 1988- ============================================================= * First level Bayesian estimate of mean predicted probability of success for next launch attempt (k+1)/(n+2) where k is the number of successful events and n is the number of trials. #Includes 11 orbital Gemini Titan II and 6 Titan 23G missions. %Seven Titan 23G flights that flew suborbital profiles with Star 37 solid rocket motors providing the final orbital velocity increment. The single failure listed here involved the Star 37 stage. + Does not include one successful suborbital Proton-K test flight performed in 1970. A) 2003 STS-107 Columbia failure during reentry result of damage suffered during launch phase. |
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2003 SPACE LAUNCH LOG Date Vehicle ID Payload Mass Site* Orbit** (kg) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 6 Titan 23G G-4 Coriolis 815 V SLC4W LEO/P Jan 13 Delta 7320-10C D294 ICESat 1000 V SLC2W LEO/S CHIPSAt 85 Jan 16 STS/Columbia OV102 STS-107 175K KC LC39A LEO REENTRY FAILURE Spacehab-RDM 8400 Jan 25 Pegasus-XL SORCE 300 CC L1011 LEO "Zephyr" Jan 30 Delta 7925-9.5 D295 GPS 2R-8 2032 CC SLC17B MTO Feb 2 Soyuz-U 1676 Progress M47 7250 TB LC1 LEO Feb 15 Ariane 44L L4116 Intelsat 907 4723 KO ELA2 GTO V159 Mar 11 Delta 4M D296 DSCS-3-A3 2733 CC SLC37B GTO Mar 28 H-2A(2024) F5 IGS-1a 850 TA YO LEO/S IGS-1b 1200 Mar 31 Delta 7925-9.5 D297 GPS 2R-9 2032 CC SLC17A MTO Apr 2 Molniya-M 1677 Kosmos 2397 1660 PL EEO/M Apr 8 Titan 401B B-35 Milstar 2-F4 4500 CC SLC40 GEO Apr 9 Ariane 5G A514 Insat 3A 2950 KO ELA3 GTO Galaxy 12 1750 V160 Apr 12 Atlas 3B AC205 AsiaSat 4 4042 CC SLC36B GTO Apr 24 Proton K/DM-2 #299 Kosmos 2397 2155 TB 81/24 GSO Apr 26 Soyuz FG 1678 Soyuz TMA-2 7250 TB LC1 LEO ISS-6S Apr 28 Pegasus XL P33 GALEX 280 CC L1011 LEO May 8 GSLV D2 G-Sat 2 1800 SR GTO May 9 M-5 Muses-C 500 KA HCO May 13 Atlas V/401 AV002 HellaSat 2 3440 CC SLC41 GTO+ May 24 CZ-3A CZ3A7 Beidou 2200 XC GTO+ Jun 2 Soyuz-FG/Fregat ST11 Mars Express 1120 TB LC1 HCO Beagle Lander 60 Jun 4 Kosmos 3M Kosmos 2398 820 PL LEO Navsat Jun 6 Proton-K/Brz-M #300 AMC-9 (ILS) 4100 TB 200/39 GTO+ Jun 8 Soyuz U 1679 Progress M1-10 7250 TB LC1 LEO ISS-11P Jun 10 Zenit 3SL/DMSL #9 Thuraya 2 5177 POR GTO Jun 10 Delta 7925 D298 Mars Rover A 1063 CC SLC17A HCO "Spirit" Jun 11 Ariane 5G A515 Optus C1 4725 KO ELA3 GTO BSat 2C 1298 V161 Jun 19 Molniya M 1680 Molniya 3-53 1600 PL LC43/3 EEO/M Jun 26 Pegasus XL M34 Orbview 3 360 CC L1011 LEO Jun 30 Rokot/Briz KM KM4 MOST 66 PL LC 175 LEO/S Mimosa 51 6 microsats Jul 8 Delta 7925H D299 MER-B 1063 CC SLC17B HCO "Opportunity" Jul 17 Atlas V/521 AV003 Rainbow 1 4328 CC SLC41 GTO+
Aug 8 Zenit 3SL #10 Echostar 9 4737 POR GTO
Aug 12 Soyuz-U 1681 Kosmos 2399 6700 TB 31/6 LEO
Aug 13 Pegasus XL M35 SciSat 1 150 V L1011 LEO
Aug 19 Kosmos 3M Kosmos 2400 225? PL 132/1 LEO
Kosmos 2401 225?
Aug 25 Delta 7920H D300 SIRTF 923 CC SLC17B HCO
Aug 29 Soyuz-U 1682 Progress M-48 7250 TB LC1 LEO
Aug 29 Delta IVM (#3) D301 DSCS B6 2733 CC SLC37B GTO
Sep 9 Titan 401B B-36 SigInt?/TC-20 5300? CC SLC40 GSO?
Sep 16 KT-1 #2 PS2 40 TY FTO(LEO)
Sep 27 Kosmos 3M 7xMicrosats ~600 PL 132 LEO/S
Sep 27 Ariane 5G A516 Insat 3E 2800 KO ELA3 GTO
eBird 1530
SMART 1 370
Oct 1 Zenit 3SL/DMSL #11 Galxy13/Horzns 1 4090 POR GTO
Oct 15 CZ-2F CZ2F5 Shenzhou 5 7800 JQ LEO
Oct 17 PSLV C5 IRS-P6 1360 SRI LEO/S
Oct 18 Soyuz-FG 1683 Soyuz TMA-3(ISS7S)7250 TB LC1 LEO
Oct 18 Titan 23G G-9 DMSP-5D3-F16 1154 V SLC4W LEO/S
Oct 21 CZ-4B CZ4B6 CBERS 2 1550 TY LEO/S
Oct 30 Rokot/Briz KM KM5 Servis-1 840 PL 133 LEO/S
Nov 3 CZ-2D CZ2D4 FSW-18 JQ LEO
Nov 14 CZ-3A CZ3A8 Zhongxing-20 2300 XC GTO+
Nov 24 Proton K/DM-2M P301 Yamal 201 1330 TB 81/23 GSO
Yamal 202 1330
Nov 29 H-2A (2024) F6 IGS-2A 850 TA FTO(LEO)
IGS-2B 1200
Dec 2 Atlas IIAS AC164 MLV-14 V SLC3E LEO
Dec 5 Strela 1 Gruzomaket 1000? TB 132 LEO
Dec 10 Proton K/Brz-M P302 3xUragan 1480e TB 81/24 GSO
Dec 18 Atlas IIIB AC203 UFO-11 3020 CC SLC36B GTO
Dec 21 Delta 7935-9.5 D302 GPS 2R-10 2032 CC SLC17A MTO
Dec 27 Soyuz-FG/Fregat ST12 AMOS 2 1400 TB 31/6 GTO+
Dec 28 Proton-K/DM-2M P303 Express AM-22 2600 TB 200/39 GSO
Dec 29 CZ-2C/SM(CTS) CZ2C DoubleStar 1 350 XC EEO
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