2000 in spaceflight
Expedition 1, the first permanent crew of the International Space Station, launches aboard Soyuz TM-31
Orbital launches
First	21 January
Last	27 December
Total	85
Successes	81
Failures	4
Catalogued	82
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas IIIA Minotaur I
Retirements	Long March 3 Delta III
Crewed flights
Orbital	7
Total travellers	37
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Launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January[edit]
19 January 02:19^[2]	Minuteman-II			Vandenberg LF-03

		Integrated Flight Test-4^[3]	Ballistic Missile Defense Organization	Suborbital	Anti-ballistic missile test target	L+30 mins	Successful
21 January 01:03^[4]	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

		USA-148 (DSCS III B-8)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 January 01:04^[5]	Ariane 4 42L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Galaxy 10R	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 January 16:45^[6]	Long March 3A			Xichang LC-2

		Feng Huo 1	CAST	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 January 03:03^[2]	Minotaur I			Vandenberg SLC-8		Orbital Sciences

		JAWSAT	Weber State/USAF Academy	Low Earth	Plasma research	In orbit	Operational
		OCSE	US Air Force	Low Earth	Laser calibration	3 March 2001	Successful
		OPAL	Stanford	Low Earth	Picosat deployment	In orbit	Successful
		FalconSat	USAF Academy	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		ASUSAT	Arizona State	Low Earth	Imaging/Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Picosat 1/2	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
		Thelma	Santa Clara	Low Earth		In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Louise	Santa Clara	Low Earth		In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		JAK	Santa Clara	Low Earth		In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		STENSAT	AMSAT	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Maiden flight of Minotaur I Thelma, Louise, JAK, and STENSAT failed to contact ground after deployment from OPAL Thelma & Louise deployed on 12 February, JAK & STENSAT on 11 February Picosats also deployed from OPAL at 03:34 UTC on 7 February
February[edit]
1 February 06:47^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M1-1	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	26 April 19:27	Successful
		Maiden flight of Progress-M1 spacecraft
3 February 09:26^[8]	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1

		Kosmos 2369 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
3 February 23:30^[4]	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services

		Hispasat 1C	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Deactivated 2 June 2017
8 February 21:24^[9]	Delta II 7420-10C			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS

		Globalstar 63	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Globalstar 62	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Globalstar 64	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Globalstar 60	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 February 23:00^[7]	Soyuz-U/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		IRDT	ESA	Low Earth	Recoverable experiments	9 February	Partial Failure
		Gruzovoy Maket	Lavochkin	Low Earth	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
		Damage to the inflatable heat shield of IRDT led to high landing speed which damaged the spacecraft
10 February 01:30^[10]	M-V			Uchinoura		ISAS

		ASTRO-E	ISAS	Intended: Low Earth	Astronomy	10 February	Launch failure
		Loss of control during first stage burn
11 February 17:43^[11]	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-99	NASA	Low Earth	Radar topography	22 February	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
12 February 09:10^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services

		Garuda 1	ACeS	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 February 01:04^[5]	Ariane 4 44LP			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Superbird B2	SCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
March[edit]
12 March 04:07^[12]	Proton-K / DM-2M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev

		Ekspress-A2 (Ekspress-6A №2)	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
12 March 09:29^[13]	Taurus 1110			Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital Sciences

		MTI	U.S. Air Force / Sandia	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	14 May 2022^[14]	Successful
12 March 14:19^[8]	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch

		ICO F1	ICO	Intended: Medium Earth	Communications	12 March	Launch Failure
		Programming error led to premature second stage cutoff.
20 March 18:28^[7]	Soyuz-U / Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Dumsat	Starsem	Medium Earth	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
21 March 23:28^[15]	Ariane 5G			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		AsiaStar	1worldspace	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		INSAT-3B	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 March 20:34^[9]	Delta II 7326-9.5			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS

		IMAGE	NASA	High Earth	Aurora research	In orbit	Intermittent contact
April[edit]
4 April 05:01^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TM-30	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-28	16 June 00:34	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts Final crewed flight to the Mir space station
17 April 21:06^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services

		SESAT 1	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Deactivated 13 February 2018
19 April 00:29^[5]	Ariane 4 42L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Galaxy 4R	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Deactivated April 2009
25 April 20:08^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M1-2	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	15 October	Successful
May[edit]
3 May 07:07^[4]	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

		GOES-11 (GOES-L)	NOAA/NASA	Geostationary	Weather satellite	In orbit	Deactivated December 15, 2011
3 May 13:25^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Kosmos 2370	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 May 2001	Successful
8 May 16:01^[16]	Titan IVB (402)/IUS			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		Lockheed Martin

		USA-149 (DSP-20)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
11 May 01:48^[9]	Delta II 7925-9.5			Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS

		USA-150 (GPS IIR-4)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 May 08:27^[17]	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		Eurockot

		Simsat-1 (IKA-1)	Eurockot	Low Earth	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
		Simsat-2 (IKA-2)	Eurockot	Low Earth	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
19 May 10:11^[18]	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-101	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	29 May 06:20	Successful
		Spacehab Double Module	NASA/Spacehab	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Logistics	29 May 06:20	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
24 May 23:10^[4]	Atlas IIIA			Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services

		Eutelsat W4	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Atlas IIIA
June[edit]
6 June 02:59^[12]	Proton-K/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services

		Gorizont 45	Kos Svya	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 June 13:19^[19]	Pegasus-XL			Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences

		TSX-5	US Air Force/Royal Air Force	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
24 June 00:28^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Ekspress 3A	Intersputnik	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Deactivated September 2009
25 June 11:50^[6]	Long March 3			Xichang LC-1

		Feng Yun 2B	CASC	Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Long March 3
28 June 10:37^[20]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Nadezhda No.701	MO RF	Sun-synchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Tsinghua	Tsinghua	Sun-synchronous	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
		SNAP 1	Surrey Satellite Technology	Sun-synchronous	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
30 June 12:56^[4]	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

		TDRS-H (TDRS-8)	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		First advanced TDRS satellite
30 June 22:08^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services

		Radiosat 1	Sirius	Tundra	Communications	In orbit	Deactivated 2016
July[edit]
4 July 23:44^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Kosmos 2371	MO SSSR	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 July 04:56^[12]	Proton-K			Baikonur Site 81/23		Roskosmos

		Zvezda	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
		ISS flight 1R
14 July 05:21^[4]	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services

		Echostar 6	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 July 12:00^[20]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		MITA [fr; gl]	ASI	Low Earth	Particle detection	15 August 2001	Successful
		CHAMP	DLR	Low Earth	Geophysics	19 September 2010 09:43^[21]	Successful
		Rubin 1	OHB-System	Low Earth	Monitor carrier rocket	30 August 2001	Successful
16 July 09:17^[9]	Delta II 7925-9.5			Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS

		USA-151 (GPS IIR-5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 July 12:39^[7]	Soyuz-U/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Samba	ESA	High Earth	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		Salsa	ESA	High Earth	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		Cluster II mission
19 July 20:09^[2]	Minotaur I			Vandenberg SLC-8		Orbital Sciences

		Mightysat 2.1 (Sindri)	US Air Force/DARPA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	11 December 2002	Successful
		Picosat 7/8	US Air Force	Low Earth	Technology development	7 November 2002	Successful
28 July 22:42^[8]	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch

		PAS-9	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
August[edit]
6 August 18:26^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos

		Progress M1-3	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	1 November 07:05	Successful
		ISS flight 1P
9 August 11:13^[7]	Soyuz-U / Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem

		Rumba	ESA	High Earth	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		Tango	ESA	High Earth	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		Cluster II mission.
17 August 23:16^[5]	Ariane 4 44LP			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Brasilsat B4 (Star One B4)	Embratel	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful^[22]
		Nilesat 102	Nilesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 August 23:45^[16]	Titan IVB (403)			Vandenberg SLC-4E		Lockheed Martin

		USA-152 (Lacrosse 4)	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
23 August 11:05^[9]	Delta III 8930			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS

		DM-F3	Boeing IDS	Intended: Geostationary transfer Actual: Medium Earth	Boilerplate / Calibration target	31 December 2019^[23]	Partial failure
		Payload placed in lower orbit than expected due to atmospheric conditions. Final flight of Delta III.
28 August 20:08^[12]	Proton-K / DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev

		Raduga-1	MO RF	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
September[edit]
1 September 03:25^[6]	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-1

		Zi Yuan 2	CAST	Low Earth	Imaging	In orbit	Operational
5 September 09:43^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services

		Radiosat 2	Sirius	Tundra	Communications	In orbit	Deactivated 2016
6 September 22:23^[5]	Ariane 4 44P			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Eutelsat W1	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 September 12:45^[24]	Space Shuttle Atlantis			Kennedy LC-39B		United Space Alliance

		STS-106	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	20 September 07:56	Successful
		Spacehab Double Module	NASA/Spacehab	Low Earth (Atlantis)	Logistics	20 September 07:56	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
14 September 22:54^[15]	Ariane 5G			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Astra 2B	SES	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		GE 7	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 September 10:22^[16]	Titan II 23G			Vandenberg SLC-4W		Lockheed Martin

		NOAA-16 (NOAA-L)	NOAA/NASA	Sun-synchronous	Weather satellite	25 November 2015^[25]	Successful
25 September 10:10^[8]	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1

		Kosmos 2372	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	20 April 2001	Successful
26 September 10:05^[26]	Dnepr			Baikonur Site 109/95		ISC Kosmotras

		Tiung SAT	ASTB	Low Earth	Earth Imaging	In orbit	Operational
		MegSat-1	MegSat	Low Earth	Research	In orbit	Operational
		UniSat	Universita degli Studi	Low Earth	Earth Imaging	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiSat 1A	SISR	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiSat 1B	SISR	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 September 09:30^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 2375	MO RF	Low Earth	Cartography	14 November 22:53	Successful
October[edit]
1 October 22:00^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services

		Worldsat-1	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 October 23:00	Ariane 4 42L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		N-SAT-110	SCC/JSAT Corporation	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 October 05:38^[19]	Pegasus-H			Kwajalein Atoll		Orbital Sciences

		HETE-2	NASA/MIT	Low Earth	Astronomy	In orbit	Operational
11 October 23:17^[27]	Space Shuttle Discovery			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-92	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	24 October 22:00	Successful
		Z-1 Truss	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
		PMA-3	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts 100th flight of the Space Shuttle program
13 October 14:12^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/24

		Kosmos 2374 (GLONASS)	KNITs	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2375 (GLONASS)	KNITs	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2376 (GLONASS)	KNITs	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 October 21:27^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-43	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	29 January 2001	Successful
20 October 00:40^[4]	Atlas IIA			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

		USA-153 (DSCS III B-11	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 October 05:52^[8]	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch

		Thuraya 1	Thuraya	Operational: Geosychronous Actual: Graveyard	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Thuraya 1 retired in May 2007
21 October 22:00^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services

		GE 6	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 October 05:59^[5]	Ariane 4 44LP			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		EuropeStar F1	EuropeStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		100th Ariane 4 launch
30 October 16:02^[6]	Long March 3A			Xichang LC-2

		Beidou 1A	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
31 October 07:52^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TM-31	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 1	5 June 2001 05:41	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
November[edit]
10 November 17:14^[9]	Delta II 7925-9.5			Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS

		USA-154 (GPS IIR-6)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
16 November 01:07^[15]	Ariane 5G			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		PAS-1R	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		AMSAT-Oscar 40	AMSAT	High Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		STRV 1C	DERA	Geostationary transfer	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
		STRV 1D	DERA	Geostationary transfer	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
16 November 01:32^[7]	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M1-4	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	8 February 2001^[28] 13:50	Successful
		ISS flight 2P
20 November 23:00^[20]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Quick Bird 1	EarthWatch	Intended: Low Earth	Earth Imaging	21 November ~00:30	Launch Failure
		Second stage failed to restart
21 November 18:24^[9]	Delta II 7320-10			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS

		Earth Observing-1	NASA	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
		SAC-C	CONAE	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Munin	SISP	Low Earth	Particle detection Auroral observation	In orbit	Operational
21 November 23:56^[5]	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Anik F1	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
30 November 19:59^[12]	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services

		Radiosat 3	Sirius	Tundra	Communications	In orbit	Operational
December[edit]
1 December 03:06^[29]	Space Shuttle Endeavour			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-97	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	11 December 23:03	Successful
		P6 Truss	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts
5 December 12:32^[30]	Start-1			Svobodny Site 5

		EROS-A	Imagesat	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
6 December 02:47^[4]	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A

		USA-155 (SDS-3-2)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		NRO L-10
20 December 00:26^[15]	Ariane 5G			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Astra 2D	SES	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		GE 8	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		LDREX	NASDA	Geostationary transfer	Technology development	21 March 2010 03:40^[31]	Failure
		LDREX failed to deploy
20 December 16:20^[6]	Long March 3A			Xichang LC-2

		Beidou 1B	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
27 December 09:56^[26]	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/1

		Gonets-D1	Rosaviakosmos	Intended: Low Earth	Communications	27 December	Launch Failure
		Gonets-D1	Rosaviakosmos	Intended: Low Earth	Communications
		Gonets-D1	Rosaviakosmos	Intended: Low Earth	Communications
		Strela-3		Intended: Low Earth	Communications
		Strela-3		Intended: Low Earth	Communications
		Strela-3		Intended: Low Earth	Communications
		Third stage malfunction

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Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
3 January	Galileo	12th flyby of Europa
23 January	Cassini	Flyby of 2685 Masursky
14 February	NEAR	First orbiter of asteroid; entered orbit of 433 Eros
22 February	Galileo	3rd flyby of Io
20 May	Galileo	5th flyby of Ganymede
28 December	Galileo	6th flyby of Ganymede
30 December	Cassini	Flyby of Jupiter	Gravity assist

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
12 May 10:44	5 hours 3 minutes	15:47	Mir EO-28 Kvant-2	Sergei Zalyotin Alexander Kaleri	Tested a leak sealant and inspected a malfunctioning solar panel on Kvant-1. A final photographic record of the outer surfaces of Mir was made during a panorama-inspection.^[32]	Final EVA conducted from the Mir space station.
22 May 01:48	6 hours 44 minutes	08:32	STS-101 ISS Atlantis	James S. Voss Jeffrey Williams	Inspected and secured the Orbital Replacement Unit Transfer Device, completed assembly of Strela cargo crane, and replaced one of Unity's two early communication antennas.^[18]
11 September 04:47	6 hours 14 minutes	11:01	STS-106 ISS Atlantis	Edward Lu Yuri Malenchenko	Attached cabling that integrated the Zvezda module fully to the rest of the ISS, and constructed and attached a magnetometer that serves as a backup navigation system for the station.^[24]
15 October 14:27	6 hours 28 minutes	20:55	STS-92 ISS Discovery	Leroy Chiao William S. McArthur	Connected two sets of cables to provide power to heaters and conduits located on the Z1 truss, relocated two communication antenna assemblies, and installed a toolbox for use during future on-orbit construction.^[27]
16 October 14:15	7 hours 7 minutes	21:22	STS-92 ISS Discovery	Michael Lopez-Alegria Peter Wisoff	Installed the PMA-3 docking port, and prepared the Z1 truss for the installation of the solar arrays.^[27]
17 October 14:30	6 hours 48 minutes	21:18	STS-92 ISS Discovery	Leroy Chiao William S. McArthur	Installed two DC-to-DC converter units atop the Z1 truss.^[27]
18 October 15:00	6 hours 56 minutes	21:56	STS-92 ISS Discovery	Michael Lopez-Alegria Peter Wisoff	Removed a grapple fixture on the Z1 truss, deployed a Z1 utility tray, Manual Berthing Mechanism latches for Z1 were cycled and opened, and demonstrated the SAFER pack's abilities.^[27]
3 December 18:35	7 hours 33 minutes	4 December 02:08	STS-97 ISS Endeavour	Joseph R. Tanner Carlos I. Noriega	Attached the P6 truss to the Z1 Truss, and prepared the solar arrays and radiator for deployment.^[29]
5 December 17:21	6 hours 37 minutes	23:58	STS-97 ISS Endeavour	Joseph R. Tanner Carlos I. Noriega	Configured the space station to use power from P6. Positioned the S-band antenna for use by the space station. Prepared the station for the arrival of Destiny.^[29]
7 December 16:13	5 hours 10 minutes	21:23	STS-97 ISS Endeavour	Joseph R. Tanner Carlos I. Noriega	Positioned a floating potential probe to measure the plasma field surrounding the space station, performed repair work to increase tension in the starboard solar array blankets that did not stretch out completely during deployment, and installed a centerline camera cable outside the Unity node.^[29]

References

Footnotes

^ "Soyuz ISS Missions" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c McDowell, Jonathan (17 April 2022). "General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects - Minuteman". Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ Mathew, Dean (April 2000). "A Failure Revisited: Closer Look at the Jan 2000 NMD Test". Strategic Analysis. XXIV (1). Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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v t e Timeline of spaceflight
Spaceflight before 1951
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Future

v t e ← 1999 Orbital launches in 2000 2001 →
January	USA-148 Galaxy 10R Feng Huo 1 JAWSAT, FalconSAT-1, ASUSat-1, OCSE, OPAL (STENSAT, MEMS 1A, MEMS 1B, MASAT, Thelma, Louise)
February	Progress M1-1 Kosmos 2369 Hispasat 1C Globalstar 60, Globalstar 62, Globlastar 63, Globalstar 64 Gruzovoy Maket, IRDT-1 ASTRO-E STS-99 Garuda 1 Superbird-B2
March	Ekspress A2 MTI ICO F1 Dumsat INSAT-3B, AsiaStar IMAGE
April	Soyuz TM-30 SESAT 1 Galaxy 4R Progress M1-2
May	GOES 11 Kosmos 2370 USA-149 USA-150 SimSat 1, SimSat 2 STS-101 Eutelsat W4
June	Gorizont No.45L TSX-5 Ekspress A3 Fengyun 2B, Nadezhda 6, Tsinghua 1, SNAP-1 TDRS-8 Sirius FM-1
July	Kosmos 2371 Zvezda EchoStar VI CHAMP, MITA, Rubin-1 USA-151 Samba, Salsa Sindri (MEMS 2A, MEMS 2B) PAS-9
August	Progress M1-3 Rumba, Tango Brazilsat B4, Nilesat 102 USA-152 DM-F3 Globus No.16L
September	Zi Yuan 2 Sirius FM-2 Eutelsat W1 STS-106 Astra 2B GE-7 NOAA-16 Kosmos 2372 Megsat 1, Unisat 1, Saudisat 1A, Saudisat 1B, TiungSAT-1 Kosmos 2373
October	GE-1A N-SAT-110 HETE-2 STS-92 (ITS Z1, PMA-3) Kosmos 2374, Kosmos 2375, Kosmos 2376 Progress M-43 USA-153 Thuraya 1 GE-6 Europe*Star 1 Beidou 1A Soyuz TM-31
November	USA-154 PAS-1R, AMSAT-P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1D Progress M1-4 QuickBird-1 EO-1, SAC-C, Munin Anik F1 Sirius FM-3
December	STS-97 (ITS P6) EROS A USA-155 Astra 2D, GE-8, LDREX Beidou 1B Gonets-D1 No.7, Gonets-D1 No.8, Gonets-D1 No.9, Strela-3 No.125, Strela-3 No.126, Strela-3 No.127
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

First ISS expedition

Launches

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May[edit]

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October[edit]

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December[edit]

Deep Space Rendezvous

EVAs

References

Footnotes