2003 in spaceflight

2003 in spaceflight



|6 January
14:19 GMT
|Titan IIG
|SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|Coriolis
|US Air Force
|LEO
|Technology Development
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|9 January
03:17 GMT
|Agni 1
|IC-4, Balasore
|IDRDL
|None
|IDRDL
|Sub-orbital
|IRBM test
|9 January 2003
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|13 January
00:45 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Delta II 7320-10
rowspan = "2"|SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "2"
|ICESat
|NASA
|LEO
|Oceanography
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|CHIPSat
|NASA
|LEO
|Astrophysics
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan ="2"|16 January 20:39 GMT
rowspan ="2"|OV|102
rowspan ="2"|LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
rowspan ="2"|USA
|STS-107, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO
|Manned orbital flight
rowspan ="2"|1 February 2003
rowspan ="2"|Failure
rowspan ="2"|Disintergrated during re-entry. Seven fatalities
-
|Spacehab double module
|NASA
|LEO, attached to Columbia
|Microgravity and Earth science research
-
|25 January
20:13 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Patrick AFB (Cape Canaveral)
|Orbital Sciences
|SORCE
|NASA
|LEO
|Solar irradiance investigation
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|29 January
18:06 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Delta II 7925
rowspan = "2"|LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = "2"|US Air Force
|GPS 2R-8 (USA-166/GPS-51)
|NAVSTAR
|MEO
|GPS Navigation
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|XSS-10
|US Air Force
|LEO
|Technology demonstration
|Still in Orbit
|Successful
|Deactivated 30 January 2003.
-
|2 February
12:59 GMT
|Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2)
|LC-1, Baikonur
|RFSA
|Progress M-47
|RFSA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
|27 August 2003
|Successful
-
|15 February
07:00 GMT
|Ariane 4 (44L)
|ELA-2, CSG (Kourou)
|Arianespace
|Intlesat 907
|Intelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|Final flight of Ariane 4
-
|11 March
00:59 GMT
|Delta IVM/IABS (9040)
|LC-37B, Cape Canaveral
|DSCS III A-3 (USA-167)
|US Air Force
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|Maiden flight of Delta IV Medium
-
|26 March
06:00 GMT
|Prithvi-2
|Balasore
|IDRDL
|None
|IDRDL
|Sub-orbital
|SRBM test
|26 March 2003
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|28 March
01:27 GMT
rowspan = "2"|H-IIA
rowspan = "2"|LC-Y, Tanegashima
rowspan = "2"
|IGS-1a
|Japanese Government
|LEO
|Reconnaissance Satellite
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|IGS-1b
|Japanese Government
|LEO
|Reconnaissance Satellite
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|31 March
22:09 GMT
|Delta II 7925
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|US Air Force
|GPS 2R-9 (USA-168/GPS-52)
|NAVSTAR
|MEO
|GPS Navigation
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|2 April
01:53 GMT
|Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|LC-16, Plesetsk
|RVSN
|Molniya 1-92
|VKS
|Molniya
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|8 April
14:43 GMT
|Titan IVB/Centaur
|LC-40, Cape Canaveral
|US Air Force
|Milstar 6 (USA 169)
|US Air Force
|GSO
|Military Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|9 April
22:52 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 5G
rowspan = "2"|ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|Insat 3A
|ISRO
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Galaxy 12
|Panamsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|12 April
00:47 GMT
|Atlas IIIB
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|ILS
|AsiaSat 4
|AsiaSat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|26 April
03:53 GMT
|Soyuz-FG (R-7/A-2)
|LC-1/5, Baikonur
|RFSA
|Soyuz TMA-2
|RFSA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned orbital flight
|28 October 2003
|Successful
|ISS Expedition 7
-
|24 April
04:23 GMT
|Proton-K/DM-2
|LC-81, Baikonur
|Kosmos-2397
|RVSN
|Geosynchronous
|Missile warning
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|28 April
12:00 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Patrick AFB (Cape Canaveral)
|Orbital Sciences
|Galex
|NASA
|LEO
|Ultraviolet astronomy
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|29 April
05:50 GMT
|Prithvi-2
|Balasore
|IDRDL
|None
|IDRDL
|Sub-orbital
|SRBM test
|29 April 2003
|Successful
-
|8 May
11:28 GMT
|GSLV
|Sriharikota
|GSAT-2
|ISRO
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|9 May
04:29 GMT
rowspan = "2"|M-V
rowspan = "2"|Kagoshima
rowspan = "2"
|Hayabusa (MUSES-C)
|JAXA
|Heliocentric
|Asteroid sample-return probe
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
|Probe to asteroid 1998 SF36
-
|Minerva
|JAXA
|Heliocentric
|Asteroid lander
|TBC
|Successful
-
|13 May
22:10 GMT
|Atlas V 401
|LC-41, Cape Canaveral
|ILS
|HellasSat 2
|Hellassat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|24 May
16:34 GMT
|Long March 3A (CZ-3A)
|LA-2, Xichang
|Beidou 2A
|Geosynchronous
|Navigation satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|2 June
17:45 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Soyuz-FG (R-7/A-2)
rowspan = "2"|LC-31, Baikonur
rowspan = "2"
|Mars Express
|ESA
|Areocentric
|Mars probe
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Beagle 2
|ESA
|Heliocentric
|Mars lander
|25 December 2004
|Failure
|Failed to contact ground after landing
-
|6 June
22:15 GMT
|Proton-KM
|LC-200, Baikonur
|ILS
|AMC-9
|Americom
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|8 June
10:34 GMT
|Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2)
|LC-1, Baikonur
|RFSA
|Progress M-1-10
|RFSA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
Earth Observation
|3 October 2003
|Successful
-
|10 June
13:55 GMT
|Zenit 3SL
|Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean
|Sea Launch
|Thuraya 2
|Thuraya
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|10 June
17:58 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Delta II 7925
rowspan = "2"|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = "2"
|Spirit (MER-A/MER-2)
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Mars rover
|4 January 2004 at Mars
|Successful So Far
-
|Columbia Memorial Station (MER-A Lander)
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Mars lander
|4 January 2004 at Mars
|Successful
-
rowspan = "2"|11 June
22:38 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Ariane 5G
rowspan = "2"|ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan = "2"|Arianespace
|Optus and Defence 1
|Optus/Australian Government
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|BSAT-2c
|Broadcasting Satelltie System Corporation
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|19 June
20:00 GMT
|Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|LC-16, Plesetsk
|RVSN
|Molniya 3-53
|VKS
|Molniya
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|26 June
18:55 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Vandenberg AFB
|Orbital Sciences
|Orbview 3
|LEO
|Imaging
|Still In Orbit
|Partial failure
|Ceased operations on 4 March 2007 after camera malfunction
-
|4 July
19:23 GMT
|Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
|LC-132, Plesetsk
|RVSN
|Kosmos-2398
|MO RF
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|8 July
04:18 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Delta II 7925H
rowspan = "2"|LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = "2"|Boeing IDS
|Opportunity (MER-B/MER-1)
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Mars rover
|25 January 2004 at Mars
|Successful So Far
-
|Challenger Memorial Station (MER-B Lander)
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Mars lander
|25 January 2004 at Mars
|Successful
-
|17 July
23:45 GMT
|Atlas V 521
|LC-41, Cape Canaveral
|ILS
|Rainbow 1 (Cablevision 1)
|Cablevision
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|Maiden flight of Atlas V 500 series
-
rowspan = "12"|30 July
14:15 GMT
rowspan = "12"|Rokot
rowspan = "12"|LC-133, Plesetsk
rowspan = "12"|Eurokot
|Mimosa
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|DTUSat
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|MOST
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Cute-I
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|QuakeSat
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|AAU-Cubesat
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|CubeSat
-
|Can X-1
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Cubesat XI
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|CubeSat
-
|Cubesat XII
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|CubeSat
-
|Cubesat XIII
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|CubeSat
-
|Cubesat XIV
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
|CubeSat
-
|Monitor-E
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|8 August
03:31 GMT
|Zenit 3SL
|Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean
|Sea Launch
|Echostar 9 (Telstar 13)
|Echostar
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|12 August
14:20 GMT
|Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2)
|LC-31/6, Baikonur
|RVSN
|Cosmos 2399
|LEO
|Reconnaissance satellite
|9 December 2003
|Failure
|Film capsule failed to deorbit
-
|13 August
02:09 GMT
|Pegasus XL
|L-1011, Vandenberg AFB
|Orbital Sciences
|Scisat 1
|CSA
|LEO
|Atmosphere studies
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|19 August
10:50 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
rowspan = "2"|LC-132, Plesetsk
rowspan = "2"|RVSN
|Kosmos-2400 (Strela 3)
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Kosmos-2401 (Strela 3)
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|22 August
16:30 GMT
rowspan = "2"|VLS-1
rowspan = "2"|Alcantara
rowspan = "2"
|SATEC
|Intended: LEO
rowspan = "2"|Never left ground
rowspan = "2"|Failure
rowspan = "2"|Exploded on pad
-
|Unosat
|Intended: LEO
-
|25 August
05:35 GMT
|Delta II 7920H
|LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
|Boeing IDS
|Spitzer Space Telescope (SIRTF)
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Infrared astronomy
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|29 August
01:47 GMT
|Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U/A-2)
|LC-1/5, Baikonur
|RFSA
|Progress M-48
|RFSA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
|28 January 2004
|Successful
-
|29 August
23:13 GMT
|Delta IVM (9040)
|LC-37B, Cape Canaveral
|Boeing IDS
|DSCS III B-6 (USA-170)
|US Air Force
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|9 September
04:29 GMT
|Titan IVB/Centaur
|LC-40, Cape Canaveral
|US Air Force
|Mentor-3 (USA 171)
|NRO
|GSO
|ELINT
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|16 September
|KT-1
|Taiyuan
|Kaituozhe 1
|Intended: LEO
|Microsat
|16 September 2003
|Failure
|Fourth stage failed to ignite
-
rowspan = "7"|27 September
06:11 GMT
rowspan = "7"|Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
rowspan = "7"|LC-132, Plesetsk
rowspan = "7"
|Mozhaets-4
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|NigeriaSat-1
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|UK-DMC
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|BILSAT-1
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Larets
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|STSat-1
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Rubin-4-DSI
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "3"|27 September
23:14 GMT
rowspan = "3"|Ariane 5G
rowspan = "3"|ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan = "3"|Arianespace
|E-Bird
|EUTELSAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Insat 3E
|ISRO
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|SMART-1
|ESA
|Selenocentric
|Lunar probe
|05:42:22 GMT 27 September 2006 at Moon
|Successful
-
|1 October
04:02 GMT
|Zenit 3SL
|Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean
|Sea Launch
|Horizons 1 (Galaxy 13)
|PanAmSat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|15 October
01:00 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Long March 2F (CZ-2F/Shenjian)
rowspan = "2"|SLS, Jiuquan
rowspan = "2"|PLAAF
|Shenzhou 5, 1 astronaut Yang Liwei
|PLAAF
|LEO
|Manned orbital flight
|22:53, 15 October 2003
|Successful
|First Chinese manned flight
-
|Shenzhou 5 Orbital Module
|LEO
|Reconnaissance
|30 May 2004
|Successful
-
|17 October
04:54 GMT
|PSLV
|Sriharikota
|ResourceSat 1 (IRS-P6)
|ISRO
|LEO
|Earth observation
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "1"|18 October
05:38 GMT
rowspan = "1"|Soyuz-FG (R-7/A-2)
rowspan = "1"|LC-1, Baikonur
rowspan = "1"
|Soyuz TMA-3
|RFSA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned orbital flight
|30 April 2004
|Successful
|ISS Expedition 8
-
|18 October
16:17 GMT
|Titan IIG/Star 37
|SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB
|US Air Force
|DMSP 5D-2 (USA 172)
|US Air Force
|LEO
|Weather satellite
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|21 October
03:16 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Long March 4B (CZ-4B)
rowspan = "2"|LC-1, Taiyuan
rowspan = "2"
|Zi Yuan 1-2 (CBERS-2)
|CAAC/INPE
|LEO
|Earth resources
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Chuangxin-1
|CAS
|LEO
|Experimental comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|30 October
13:43 GMT
|Rokot
|LC-133, Plesetsk
|Eurokot
|SERVIS-1
|LEO
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|3 November
07:20 GMT
|Long March 2D (CZ-2D)
|SLS-2, Jiuquan
|FSW-3
|SAST
|LEO
|Photography
|18 December 2003
|Successful
-
|14 November
16:34 GMT
|Long March 3A (CZ-3A)
|LC-2, Xichang
|Zhongxing 20
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|24 November
06:22 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Proton-K
(8K82K/11S861-01)
rowspan = "2"|LC-81, Baikonur
rowspan = "2"
|Yamal-200 KA-1
|Gazprom
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Yamal-200 KA-2
|Gazprom
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
rowspan = "2"|29 November
04:33 GMT
rowspan = "2"|H-IIA
rowspan = "2"|LC-Y, Tanegashima
rowspan = "2"
|IGS-2a
|Japanese Government
|LEO
|Reconnaissance Satellite
|~T+60 seconds
|Failure
|SRB failed to separate. Destroyed by RSO.
-
|IGS-2b
|Japanese Government
|LEO
|Reconnaissance Satellite
-
rowspan = "2"|2 December
10:04 GMT
rowspan = "2"|Atlas IIAS
rowspan = "2"|SLC-3E, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan = "2"
|NOSS-3 (USA-173/Libra/NRO L-18)
|NRO
|LEO
|Naval SIGINT
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|NOSS-3 (USA-173/Libra/NRO L-18)
|NRO
|LEO
|Naval SIGINT
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|5 December
06:00 GMT
|Strela
|LC-175, Baikonur
|RVSN
|Gruzomaket
|LEO
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
|Maiden flight of Strela
-
rowspan = "3"|10 December
17:42 GMT
rowspan = "3"|Proton-KM
rowspan = "3"|LC-81, Baikonur
rowspan = "3"|RVSN
|Kosmos-2402 (Glonass)
|KNITs
|MEO
|Navigation satellite
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Kosmos-2403 (Glonass)
|KNITs
|MEO
|Navigation satellite
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|Kosmos-2404 (Glonass)
|KNITs
|MEO
|Navigation satellite
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|18 December
02:30 GMT
|Atlas IIIB
|LC-36B, Cape Canaveral
|ILS
|UFO F/O F11 (USA-174)
|US Navy
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|21 December
08:05 GMT
|Delta II 7925
|LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|US Air Force
|GPS 2R-10 (USA-175/GPS-53)
|NAVSTAR
|MEO
|GPS Navigation
|Still in Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|27 December
21:30 GMT
|Soyuz-FG/Fregat (R-7/A-2)
|LC-31/6, Baikonur
|Starsem
|Amos-2
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|28 December
20:37 GMT
|Proton-K
(8K82K/11S861-01)
|LC-200, Baikonur
|RVSN
|Ekspress AM-22
|GKPS
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still In Orbit
|Successful So Far
-
|29 December
19:06 GMT
|Long March 2C (CZ-2C)
|LC-1, Xichang
|Tan Ce 1 (Double Star 1)
|LEO/HEO (High-eccentricity)
|Magnetosphere research
|14 October 2007
|Successful
-

Deep Space Rendez-vous in 2003

*19 June — Nozomi 3rd flyby of the Earth
*21 September — Galileo deliberately deorbited into the Jovian atmosphere
*9 December — Nozomi flyby of Mars, damaged by solar flares
*24 December — Beagle 2 probably crashed at Isidis Planitia, Mars
*24 December — Mars Express entered Martian orbit

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