SATELLITE LAUNCHES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

No

Date

Spacecraft

Type

Launcher

Country

Launch site

71

10 Nov

GPS Block IIF

Navsat

Delta I

USA

Canaveral

72

16 Nov

PAS 1R*

Comsat

Ariane 5

Europe

Kourou

73

16 Nov

Progress M1-4

Tanker

Soyuz U

Russia

Baikonur

74

20 Nov

Quick Bird 1**

Earth obs

Cosmos 3M

Russia

Plesetsk

75

21 Nov

EO-1+

Earth obs

Delta II

USA

Vandenburg

76

21 Nov

Anik F1

Comsat

Ariane 44L

Europe

Kourou

77

30 Nov

Sirius 3

Comsat

Proton K

Russia

Baikonur

78

1 Dec

Endeavour

ISS

STS 97

USA

KSC

79

5 Dec

Eros A1

Rem sens

Start 1

Russia

Svobodny

80

6 Dec

NRO

Classified

Atlas 2AS

USA

Canaveral

81

19 Dec

Astra 2D & GE 8

Comsats

Ariane 5

Europe

Kourou

82

20 Dec

Beidou

Navsat

LM3A

China

Xichang

*Also carried STRV 1c and d and Amsat 3D. **Quick Bird re-entered, classed as launch failure. Also carried SAC-A and Munin. Tsyklon 3, launched 27 December, failed to place six Strela satellites into orbit. Last satellite launch log: Flight International, 21-27 November 2000

Source: Flight International