2002 in spaceflight

2002 in spaceflight
	Soyuz TMA-1, the first Soyuz-TMA spacecraft, approaches the International Space Station in November
Orbital launches
First	16 January
Last	29 December
Total	65
Successes	60
Failures	5
Catalogued	62
National firsts
Satellite	Algeria
Space traveller	South Africa
Rockets
Maiden flights	Ariane 5ECA; Atlas IIIB; Atlas V 401; Delta IV-M+ (4,2); H-IIA 2024; Kaituozhe-1
Retirements	Ariane 4 42L; Ariane 4 42P; Atlas IIA
Crewed flights
Orbital	7
Total travellers	40
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This article outlines notable events occurring in 2002 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event
17 January	Galileo	5th flyby of Io
2 November	Stardust	Flyby of 5535 Annefrank
5 November	Galileo	Flyby of Amalthea
20 December	Nozomi	2nd flyby of the Earth

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
14 January 20:59	6 hours 3 minutes	15 January 03:02	Expedition 4 ISS Pirs	Yuri Onufriyenko Carl E. Walz	Moved the cargo boom for the Russian Strela crane from PMA-1 to the exterior of Pirs, installed an amateur radio antenna onto the end of Zvezda.^[19]
25 January 15:19	5 hours 59 minutes	21:18	Expedition 4 ISS Pirs	Yuri Onufriyenko Daniel W. Bursch	Installed six deflector shields for Zvezda's jet thrusters, installed a second amateur radio antenna, attached four science experiments, and retrieved and replaced a device to measure material from the thrusters.^[19]
20 February 11:38	5 hours 47 minutes	17:25	Expedition 4 ISS Quest	Carl E. Walz Daniel W. Bursch	Tested the Quest airlock, and prepared it for the four spacewalks that will be performed during STS-110.^[19]	First Quest-based EVA without a Space Shuttle at the station.
4 March 06:37	7 hours 1 minute	13:38	STS-109 Columbia	John M. Grunsfeld Richard M. Linnehan	Removed the starboard solar array and replaced it with a new, smaller and more powerful third generation solar array. The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to Earth.^[20]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
5 March 06:40	7 hours 16 minutes	13:56	STS-109 Columbia	James H. Newman Michael J. Massimino	Removed the port solar array and replaced it with a new third generation solar array. The old array was stowed in the payload bay for return to Earth. Removed and replaced the Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA).^[21]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
6 March 08:28	6 hours 48 minutes	15:16	STS-109 Columbia	John M. Grunsfeld Richard M. Linnehan	The spacewalk was delayed 2 hours by a leak in Grunsfeld's spacesuit. The Power Control Unit (PCU) was removed and stowed for return to Earth. A new, more powerful PCU, sized to match the more productive solar arrays, was installed.^[22]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
7 March 09:00	7 hours 30 minutes	16:30	STS-109 Columbia	James H. Newman Michael J. Massimino	Removed the Faint Object Camera from the aft shroud and installed the Advanced Camera for Surveys in the same location. After stowing the Faint Object Camera in the payload bay for return to Earth, the Electronic Support Module was installed in the aft shroud.^[23]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
8 March 08:46	7 hours 20 minutes	16:06	STS-109 Columbia	John M. Grunsfeld Richard M. Linnehan	Installed an experimental Cryocooler for NICMOS inside the aft shroud of and connected it to the Electronic Support Module installed the day before. Installed the Cooling System Radiator and connected it to the NICMOS.^[24]	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
11 April 14:36	7 hours 48 minutes	22:24	STS-110 ISS Quest	Steven Smith Rex J. Walheim	Began installing the S0 Truss onto Destiny, initial power and data connections installed between the station and S0, and installed two forward struts that permanently hold the truss in place.^[25]
13 April 14:09	7 hours 30 minutes	21:39	STS-110 ISS Quest	Jerry L. Ross Lee M.E. Morin	Continued S0 Truss installation, power and data cable connections installed between S0 and the station, and installed two aft struts that permanently hold the truss in place.^[25]
14 April 13:48	6 hours 27 minutes	20:15	STS-110 ISS Quest	Steven Smith Rex J. Walheim	Released the claw that was used in the initial attachment of the S0 Truss, installed connectors that will be used to route power to Canadarm2 when it is on the truss, released launch restraints from the Mobile Transporter, and removed a small thermal cover the Mobile Transporter's radiator.^[25]
16 April 14:29	6 hours 37 minutes	21:06	STS-110 ISS Quest	Jerry L. Ross Lee M.E. Morin	Pivoted the "Airlock Spur", which will be used by spacewalkers in the future as a path from the airlock to the truss, installed handrails onto S0, partially assembled a platform, and installed two floodlights.^[25]^[26]
9 June 15:27	7 hours 14 minutes	22:41	STS-111 ISS Quest	Franklin Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin	Attached a Power Data Grapple Fixture to the P6 truss, removed debris panels from the payload bay and attached them to a temporary location on PMA-1, and removed thermal blankets to prepare the Mobile Base System for installation onto the station's Mobile Transporter.^[27]^[28]
11 June 15:20	5 hours	20:20	STS-111 ISS Quest	Franklin Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin	Attached Mobile Base System to the Mobile Transporter, attached power, data and video cables from the station to the MBS.^[27]^[29]
13 June 15:16	7 hours 17 minutes	22:33	STS-111 ISS Quest	Franklin Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin	Replaced Canadarm2's wrist roll joint, and stowed the old joint in the shuttle's payload bay to be returned to Earth.^[27]^[30]
16 August 09:25	4 hours 23 minutes	13:48	Expedition 5 ISS Pirs	Valery Korzun Peggy Whitson	Installed six micro meteoroid debris panels onto Zvezda.^[31]	Whitson became the 6th American and the 7th female spacewalker.
26 August 05:27	5 hours 21 minutes	10:48	Expedition 5 ISS Pirs	Valery Korzun Sergei Treshchyov	Installed a frame on the outside of Zarya for spacewalk assembly tasks, installed new samples on a pair of Japanese Space Agency experiments housed on Zvezda, installed devices on Zvezda that would simplify the routing of tethers during future spacewalks, and installed two additional ham radio antennas on Zvezda.^[31]
10 October 15:21	7 hours 1 minute	20:35	STS-112 ISS Quest	David Wolf /Piers Sellers	Released launch locks that held the S1 truss radiators in place during launch, attached power, data and fluid lines between the S1 truss and S0, deployed the station's second S-Band communications system, installed the first of two external camera systems, and released launch restraints on the truss' mobile spacewalk workstation, Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA).^[32]^[33]
12 October 14:31	6 hours 4 minutes	20:35	STS-112 ISS Quest	David Wolf /Piers Sellers	Installed a second camera system, released more radiator launch locks, removed insulation covers on quick-disconnect fittings near the Z1 and P6 junction and to install Spool Positioning Devices, released starboard-side launch restraints on the CETA cart, and attached Ammonia Tank Assembly cables.^[32]^[34]
14 October 14:08	6 hours 36 minutes	20:44	STS-112 ISS Quest	David Wolf /Piers Sellers	Removed and replaced the Interface Umbilical Assembly on the station's Mobile Transporter, installed two jumpers that will allow ammonia coolant to flow between the S1 and S0 Trusses, released a drag link and stowed it, and installed Spool Positioning Devices (SPD) on ammonia lines.^[32]^[35]
26 November 19:49	6 hours 45 minutes	27 November 02:34	STS-113 ISS Quest	Michael Lopez-Alegria John Herrington	Initial installation of the P1 truss, installed connections between the P1 and the S0 truss, released launch restraints on the CETA cart, installed Spool Positioning Devices (SPDs) onto the station, removed a drag link on P1 that served as a launch restraint, and installed a Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the Unity node.^[36]^[37]
28 November 18:36	6 hours 10 minutes	29 November 00:46	STS-113 ISS Quest	Michael Lopez-Alegria John Herrington	nstalled fluid jumpers where the S0 and the P1 are attached to each other, removed the P1's starboard keel pin, installed another Wireless video system External Transceiver Assembly onto the P1, and relocated the CETA cart from the P1 to the S1 truss.^[36]^[38]
30 November 19:25	7 hours	1 December 02:25	STS-113 ISS Quest	Michael Lopez-Alegria John Herrington	Installed more Spool Positioning Devices, reconfigured electrical harnesses that route power through the Main Bus Switching Units, and attached Ammonia Tank Assembly lines.^[36]^[39]

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures
	China	5	4	1
	France	12	11	1
	India	1	1	0
	Israel	1	1	0
	Japan	3	3	0
	Russia	24	22	2
	Ukraine	2	2	0
	United States	17	16	1
World		65	60	5

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Remarks
Ariane	Europe	12	11	1
Atlas	United States	5	5	0
Delta	United States	4	3	1
H-II	Japan	3	3	0
Kaituozhe	China	1	0	1	Maiden flight
Long March	China	4	4	0
Pegasus	United States	1	1	0
PSLV	India	1	1	0
R-7	Russia	9	8	1
R-14	Russia	4	4	0
R-36	Ukraine	1	1	0
Shavit	Israel	1	1	0
Space Shuttle	United States	5	5	0
Titan	United States	2	2	0
Universal Rocket	Russia	11	10	1
Zenit	Ukraine	1	1	0

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Remarks
Ariane 4	Europe	Ariane	8	8	0
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	4	3	1
Atlas II	United States	Atlas	3	3	0
Atlas III	United States	Atlas	1	1	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	1	1	0	Maiden flight
Delta II	United States	Delta	3	2	1
Delta IV	United States	Delta	1	1	0	Maiden flight
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	3	3	0
Kaituozhe-1	China	Kaituozhe	1	0	1	Maiden flight
Kosmos	Russia	R-14	4	4	0
Long March 2	China	Long March	2	2	0
Long March 4	China	Long March	2	2	0
Molniya	Russia	R-7	2	2	0
Pegasus	United States	Pegasus	1	1	0
PSLV	India	PSLV	1	1	0
Proton	Russia	UR	9	8	1
Shavit	Israel	Shavit	1	1	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	7	6	1
Space Shuttle	United States	Space Shuttle	5	5	0
Titan II	United States	Titan	1	1	0
Titan IV	United States	Titan	1	1	0
UR-100	Russia	UR	2	2	0
Zenit	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0

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Timeline of spaceflight ← 2001 2003 →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
16 January 00:30	Titan IVB (401)/Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		Lockheed Martin

		Milstar DFS-5 (USA-164)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 January 23:46	Ariane 4 42L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		INSAT-3C	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Ariane 4 42L
February
4 February 02:45	H-IIA 2024			Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI

		MDS-1	NASDA	Geostationary transfer orbit	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		DASH	ISAS	Geostationary transfer orbit	Re-entry demonstration	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		VEP-3	NASDA	Geostationary transfer orbit	Launch vehicle evaluation	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of H-IIA 2024. DASH failed to separate from VEP-3 instrumented payload adapter.
5 February 20:58	Pegasus-XL			Stargazer, Cape Canaveral		Orbital Sciences

		RHESSI	NASA	Low Earth	Heliophysics	In orbit	Successful
11 February 17:45	Delta II 7920-10C			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS

		Iridium 91	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	13 March 2019^[2]	Successful
		Iridium 90	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	23 January 2019^[4]	Successful
		Iridium 94	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	18 April 2018^[6]	Successful
		Iridium 95	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	25 March 2019^[8]	Successful
		Iridium 96	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	30 May 2020^[10]	Successful
21 February 12:43	Atlas IIIB-DEC		AC-204	Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services

		Echostar 7	Echostar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Atlas IIIB.
23 February 06:59	Ariane 4 44L			Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace

		Intelsat 904	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 February 17:26	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3		VKS

		Kosmos 2387 (Yantar-4K2/Kobalt #81)	GRU	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	27 June 02:30	Successful
March
1 March 01:07	Ariane 5G			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Low Earth / Sun-synchronous	33	31	2	1	Including flights to ISS
Geosynchronous /GTO	27	25	2	0
Medium Earth / Molniya	3	3	0	0
High Earth	1	1	0	0
Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer	1	0	1	0
Total	65	60	5	1