Six Russian satellites lost as rocket fails
A Ukrainian-made Tsyklon 3 rocket loaded with six Russian communications satellites failed to reach orbit after blasting off December 27. The launch occurred from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. FULL STORY
Ariane 5 hoists cargos for Europe, U.S. and Japan
Arianespace punctuated its 2000 launch season on December 21 with the successful flight of the eighth Ariane 5 rocket, lofting a pair of communications spacecraft to serve the United Kingdom and North America and testing an experimental Japanese antenna design. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER
Atlas rocket launches classified cargo
A satellite cargo hidden in a veil of secrecy was successfully transported into space by a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket on December 5 during a widely watched launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER VIDEO: ATLAS ROCKET LIFTS OFF
Commercial Earth-imaging satellite launched into space
ImageSat International announced the successful launch of the EROS A1 satellite by a Start-1 launcher December 4 from the Russian Cosmodrome in Svobodni, Siberia. The craft is the world's lightest commercial high resolution imaging satellite.
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Delta 2 rocket puts three satellites into Earth orbit
Three spacecraft that will study Earth from above were carried aloft November 21 aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket including one that promises to make future remote sensing satellites faster, better and cheaper. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER
Sirius 3 radio broadcasting satellite launched by Proton
The final digital broadcasting spacecraft that completes the orbiting network for Sirius Satellite Radio was successfully launched Thursday by a Russian Proton rocket from Central Asia. See the status center for launch coverage. MISSION STATUS CENTER VIDEO: PROTON ROCKET LIFTS OFF VIDEO: STAGING OF PROTON
Commercial eye-in-the-sky satellite lost
A small American satellite launched November 30 to snap high-resolution images of Earth failed to reach orbit. The QuickBird 1 craft flew aboard a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. FULL STORY
Ariane 4 rocket lofts hefty satellite for Canada
The most powerful commercial communications satellite ever was hurled into space on November 21, setting Arianespace cargo records and blazing the trail for future powerhouse satellites along the way. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER
Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from European spaceport
A powerful European Ariane 5 rocket was successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana on November 15 carrying PanAmSat's PAS-1R international communications satellite and three secondary payloads. Read about the mission in our status center. MISSION STATUS CENTER
Venerable Delta 2 notches another successful launch
A $45 million replacement satellite for the Global Positioning System constellation was lobed into space on November 10 by a Boeing Delta 2 rocket following a midday blastoff from Cape Canaveral. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER VIDEO: DELTA 2 ROCKET LIFTS OFF
100th Ariane 4 blasts off
A powerful telecommunications satellite that will link three continents rode into space October 29 from the jungles of South America aboard the 100th Ariane 4 rocket. The first Europe*Star spacecraft will relay video and data transmissions between parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. FULL STORY MISSION STATUS CENTER
Russian Proton rocket launches American satellite
An International Launch Services commercial Proton rocket successfully delivered the American GE-6 telecommunications spacecraft into orbit October 21 after a 6 1/2-hour flight. The satellite will serve North and South America. MISSION STATUS CENTER
