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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2000.

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Launch date and time Rocket Launch
site		 Launch contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission
function		 Re-entry or
destruction		 Outcome Remarks
21 January
01:03 GMT		 Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral DSCS-III B-8 (USA-184) US Air Force Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 January
01:04 GMT		 Ariane 4 (42L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Galaxy 10R PanAmSat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 January
16:45 GMT		 Long March 3A (CZ-3A) LC-2, Xichang Feng Huo 1 (Zhongxing-22) CAST Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
27 January
03:03 GMT		 Minotaur SLC-8, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences JAWSAT Weber State University/USAF Academy LEO Plasma research Still in orbit Successful So Far Maiden flight of Minotaur rocket.
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 GMT on 7 February 2000
OCSE US Air Force LEO Laser calibration 3 March 2001 Successful
OPAL Stanford University LEO Picosat deployment Still in orbit Successful
FalconSat USAF Academy LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful So Far
ASUSAT Arizona State University LEO Earth Imaging
Communication		 Still in orbit Successful So Far
Picosat 1/2 DARPA LEO Experimental Picosat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Thelma Santa Clara University LEO Still in orbit Failure
Louise Santa Clara University LEO Still in orbit Failure
JAK Santa Clara University LEO Still in orbit Failure
STENSAT AMSAT LEO Comsat Still in orbit Failure
1 February
06:47 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur RFSA Progress M1-1 RFSA LEO, docked to Mir Raise orbit of Mir space station 26 April 2000, 19:27 GMT Successful Maiden flight of Progress-M1 spacecraft
3 February
09:26 GMT		 Zenit-2 LC-45L, Baikonur Kosmos 2369 MO RF LEO ELINT Still in orbit Successful So Far
3 February
23:30 GMT		 Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral ILS Hispasat 1C Hispasat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 February
21:24 GMT		 Delta II (7420-10C) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Boeing IDS Globalstar 63 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Globalstar 62 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Globalstar 64 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Globalstar 60 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 February
23:00 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-31, Baikonur Starsem IRDT ESA LEO Recoverable experiments 9 February 2000 Partial Failure Damage to inflatable heat shield led to high landing speed, which damaged the spacecraft
Gruzovoy Maket Lavochkin LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
10 February
01:30 GMT		 M-V Kagoshima ASTRO-E ISAS Intended: LEO Astronomy 10 February 2000, ~02:30 GMT Failure Loss of control during first stage burn
11 February
17:43 GMT		 Space Shuttle Endeavour LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-99, 6 astronauts NASA LEO Manned orbital flight 22 February 2000 Successful
SRTM NASA/National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) LEO, attached to Endeavour Radar Topography 22 February 2000 Successful
12 February
09:10 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-81, Baikonur ILS Garuda 1 ACeS Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
18 February
01:04 GMT		 Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG (Kourou) Arianespace Superbird B2 SCC Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 March
04:07 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-200, Baikonur Ekspress 6A Intersputnik Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 March
09:29 GMT		 Taurus 1110 LC-576E, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences MTI US Air Force/Sandia LEO Experimental Reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 March
14:19 GMT		 Zenit 3SL Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean Sea Launch ICO-F1 ICO Global Communications Intended: MEO Comsat 12 March 2000 Failure Programming error led to premature second stage cutoff
20 March
18:28 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-31, Baikonur Starsem Dumsat Starsem LEO/MEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
21 March
23:28 GMT		 Ariane 5G ELA-3, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Asiastar Worldspa Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Insat 3B ISRO Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 March
20:34 GMT		 Delta II 7326-9.5 SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB IMAGE NASA LEO/HEO Aurora research Still in orbit Successful So Far
4 April
05:01 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur RFSA Soyuz TM-30 RFSA LEO, docked to Mir Manned orbital flight 16 June 2000 Successful Final manned flight to Mir space station
17 April
21:06 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-200, Baikonur SESAT Eutelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
19 April
00:29 GMT		 Ariane 4 (42L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Galaxy 4R PanAmSat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 April
20:08 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur RFSA Progress M1-2 RFSA LEO, docked to Mir Resupply and Reboost Mir 15 October 2000 Successful
3 May
07:07 GMT		 Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral GOES-11 (GOES-L) NOAA Geostationary Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far
3 May
13:25 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511K) LC-1, Baikonur Kosmos 2370 MO RF LEO Reconnaissance 3 May 2001 Successful
8 May
16:01 GMT		 Titan IVB/IUS LC-40, Cape Canaveral DSP F20 (USA-149) US Air Force Geostationary orbit Early warning Still in orbit Successful So Far
11 May
01:48 GMT		 Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS IIR-4 (USA-150) NAVSTAR MEO GPS Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 May
08:27 GMT		 Rokot LC-133, Plesetsk Eurokot Simsat-1 (IKA-1) Eurokot LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
Simsat-2 (IKA-2) Eurokot LEO Boilerplate spacecraft Still in orbit Successful
19 May
10:11 GMT		 Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-101, 7 Astronauts NASA LEO, docked to ISS Manned orbital flight 29 May 2000, 06:20 GMT Successful
Spacehab Double Module NASA/Spacehab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply ISS 29 May 2000, 06:20 GMT Successful
24 May
23:10 GMT		 Atlas IIIA LC-36B, Cape Canaveral ILS Eutelsat W4 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 June
02:59 GMT		 Proton-KM LC-81, Baikonur ILS Gorizont 45 Kos Svya Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
7 June
13:19 GMT		 Pegasus-XL L-1011, Runway 3, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences TSX-5 US Air Force/Royal Air Force LEO Reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful So Far
24 June
00:28 GMT		 Proton-K LC-200, Baikonur Ekspress 3A Intersputnik Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 June
11:50 GMT		 Long March 3 (CZ-3) LC-1, Xichang Feng Yun 2B CASC Geosynchronous Weather satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far Final flight of Long March 3 rocket
28 June
10:37 GMT		 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) LC-132, Plesetsk Nadezhda MO RF SSO Navigation/SAR Still in orbit Successful So Far
Tsinghua Tsinghua University SSO Technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
SNAP 1 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd SSO Rendezvous technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
30 June
12:56 GMT		 Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral TDRS 8 (TDRS-H) NASA Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far First Advanced TDRS satellite
30 June
22:08 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-81, Baikonur ILS Sirius 1 Sirius Radio Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
4 July
23:44 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2 LC-200, Baikonur Kosmos 2371 MO SSSR Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
12 July
04:56 GMT		 Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur RFSA Zvezda RFSA LEO, attached to ISS ISS module Still in orbit Successful So Far
14 July
05:21 GMT		 Atlas IIAS LC-36B, Cape Canaveral ILS Echostar 4 Echostar Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
15 July
12:00 GMT		 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) LC-132, Plesetsk MITA ASI LEO Particle detection 15 August 2001 Successful
CHAMP DLR LEO Geophysics Still in orbit Successful So Far
Rubin OHB System LEO Monitor carrier rocket 30 August 2001 Successful
16 July
09:17 GMT		 Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS IIR-5 (USA-151) NAVSTAR MEO GPS navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 July
12:39 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-31, Baikonur Starsem Samba ESA MEO/HEO Magnetosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far Cluster mission
Salsa ESA MEO/HEO Magnetosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far Cluster mission
19 July
20:09 GMT		 Minotaur SLC-8, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences Mightysat 2.1 (Sindri) US Air Force/DARPA LEO Reconnaissance 11 December 2002 Successful
Picosat 7/8 US Air Force LEO Technology development 7 November 2002 Successful
28 July
22:42 GMT		 Zenit 3SL Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean Sea Launch PanAmSat 9 PanAmSat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 August
18:26 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur RFSA Progress M1-3 RFSA LEO, docked to ISS Resupply ISS 1 November 2000, 07:05 GMT Successful
9 August
11:13 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-31, Baikonur Starsem Rumba ESA MEO/HEO Magnetosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far Cluster mission
Tango ESA MEO/HEO Magnetosphere research Still in orbit Successful So Far Cluster mission
17 August
23:16 GMT		 Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Brazilsat B4 Embratel Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Nilesat 102 Nilesat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
17 August
23:45 GMT		 Titan IVB SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB US Air Force Lacrosse 4 (Onyx/USA-152) NRO LEO Reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful So Far
23 August
11:05 GMT		 Delta III (8930) LC-17B, Cape Canaveral Boeing IDS DM-F3 Boeing IDS Intended: GTO
Actual: LEO/MEO		 Boilerplate spacecraft
Calibration target		 Still in orbit Partial Failure Placed in lower orbit than expected due to atmospheric conditions
Final flight of Delta III rocket
28 August
20:08 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81, Baikonur Raduga-1 MO RF Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 September
03:25 GMT		 Long March 4B (CZ-4B) LC-1, Taiyuan Zi Yuan 2 CAST LEO Earth Imaging
Possible military reconnaissance		 Still in orbit Successful So Far
5 September
09:43 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-81, Baikonur ILS Sirius 2 Sirius Radio Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 September
22:23 GMT		 Ariane 4 (44P) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Eutelsat W1 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
8 September
12:45 GMT		 Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-106, 7 Astronauts NASA LEO, docked to ISS Manned orbital flight 20 September 2000 07:56 GMT Successful ISS repair and assembly
Spacehab Double Module NASA/Spacehab LEO, attached to Atlantis Resupply ISS 20 September 2000 07:56 GMT Successful
14 September
22:54 GMT		 Ariane 5G ELA-3, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Astra 2B SES Astra Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
GE 7 GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 September
10:22 GMT		 Titan II SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB NOAA 16 (NOAA-L) NOAA LEO Weather Satellite Still in orbit Successful So Far
25 September
10:10 GMT		 Zenit 2 LC-45L, Baikonur Kosmos-2372 MO RF LEO Reconnaissance 20 April 2001 Successful
26 September
10:05 GMT		 Dnepr LC-109, Baikonur ISC Kosmatras Tiungsat-1 BKSA LEO Earth Imaging Still in orbit Successful So Far First Malaysian satellite
MegSat-1 MegSat LEO Research Still in orbit Successful So Far
UniSat Universita degli Studi LEO Earth Imaging/Space debris detection Still in orbit Successful So Far
SaudiSat 1A Saudi Institute for Space Research LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
SaudiSat 1B Saudi Institute for Space Research LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
29 September
09:30 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-31, Baikonur Kosmos 2375 MO RF LEO Cartography 14 November 2000 22:53 GMT Successful
1 October
22:00 GMT		 Proton-K LC-81, Baikonur ILS Worldsat-1 (GE-1A) GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 October
23:00 GMT		 Ariane 4 (42L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace N-SAT-110 (JCSAT-10/Superbird 5) SCC/JSat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
9 October
05:38 GMT		 Pegasus-H L-1011, Runway 3, Kwajalein Atoll Orbital Sciences HETE-2 NASA/MIT LEO Astronomy Still in orbit Successful So Far
11 October
23:17 GMT		 Space Shuttle Discovery LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-92, 7 Astronauts NASA LEO, docked to ISS Manned Orbital Flight 24 October 2000 22:00 GMT Successful 100th flight of the Space Shuttle program
ISS assembly
Z-1 Truss NASA LEO, attached to ISS ISS Component Still in orbit Successful So Far
PMA-3 NASA LEO, attached to ISS ISS Component Still in orbit Successful So Far
13 October
14:12 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2 LC-81, Baikonur Kosmos 2374 KNITs MEO GLONASS Navigatopm Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos 2375 KNITs MEO GLONASS Navigatopm Still in orbit Successful So Far
Kosmos 2376 KNITs MEO GLONASS Navigatopm Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 October
21:27 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur RFSA Progress M-34 RFSA LEO, docked to Mir Reboost Mir 29 January 2001 Successful
20 October
00:40 GMT		 Atlas IIA LC-36A, Cape Canaveral DSCS III-B11 (USA-152) US Air Force Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 October
05:52 GMT		 Zenit 3SL Ocean Odyssey, Kirimati, Pacific Ocean Sea Launch Thuraya 1 Thuraya Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 October
22:00 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-81, Baikonur ILS GE-6 GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
29 October
05:59 GMT		 Ariane 4 (44LP) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace EuropeStar F1 EuropeStar Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far 100th Ariane 4 launch
30 October
16:02 GMT		 Long March 3A (CZ-3A) LC-2, Xichang Beidou 1A CNSA Geosynchronous Beidou Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
31 October
07:52 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur RFSA Soyuz TM-31, 3 Cosmonauts RFSA LEO, docked to ISS Manned orbital flight 5 June 2001 Successful ISS Expedition 1
First permanent ISS crew
10 November
17:14 GMT		 Delta II (7925-9.5) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral GPS IIR-6 (USA-154) NAVSTAR MEO GPS Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 November
01:07 GMT		 Ariane 5G ELA-3, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace PanAmSat 1R PanAmSat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
AMSAT-Oscar 40 AMSAT LEO/HEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
STRV-1C DERA GTO Technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
STRV-1D DERA GTO Technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
16 November
01:32 GMT		 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) LC-1, Baikonur [Russian Federal Space Agency Progress M1-4 [Russian Federal Space Agency LEO, docked to ISS Resupply ISS 8 February 2001, 13:50 GMT Successful
20 November
23:00 GMT		 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) LC-132, Plesetsk QuickBird 1 EarthWatch Intended: LEO Earth Imaging 21 November 2000 ~00:30 GMT Failure Second stage failed to restart
21 November
18:24 GMT		 Delta II (7320-10) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB Earth Orbiter 1 NASA LEO Technology development Still in orbit Successful So Far
SAC-C CONAE LEO Earth Observation Still in orbit Successful So Far
Munin Swedish Institute for Space Physics LEO/MEO Particle detection, Auroral observation Still in orbit Successful So Far
21 November
23:56 GMT		 Ariane 4 (44L) ELA-2, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Anik F1 Telesat Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
30 November
19:59 GMT		 Proton-K/DM-2M LC-81, Baikonur ILS Sirius 3 Sirius Radio Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
1 December
03:06 GMT		 Space Shuttle Endeavour LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center USA STS-97, 5 Astronauts NASA LEO, docked to ISS Manned Orbital Flight 11 December 2000, 23:03 GMT Successful ISS Assembly
P6 Truss NASA LEO, attached to ISS ISS Component Still in orbit Successful So Far
5 December
12:32 GMT		 Start-1 LC-5, Svobodniy EROS A1 ImageSat LEO Earth Observation Still in orbit Successful So Far
6 December
02:47 GMT		 Atlas IIAS LC-36A, Cape Canaveral USA-155 NRO Geosynchronous Classified Still in orbit Successful So Far
20 December
00:26 GMT		 Ariane 5G ELA-3, CSG(Kourou) Arianespace Astra 2D SES Astra Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
Aurora III (GE-8) GE Americom Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful So Far
LDREX NASDA GTO Technology development Still in orbit Failure Failed to deploy
20 December
16:20 GMT		 Long March 3A (CZ-3A) LC-2, Xichang Beidou 1B CNSA Geosynchronous Beidou Navigation Still in orbit Successful So Far
27 December
09:56 GMT		 Tsyklon-3 LC-32, Plesetsk Gonets-D1 Rosaviakosmos Intended: LEO Comsat 27 December 2000 Failure Third stage malfunction
Gonets-D1 Rosaviakosmos Intended: LEO Comsat
Gonets-D1 Rosaviakosmos Intended: LEO Comsat
Strela-3 Russian government Intended: LEO Comsat
Strela-3 Russian government Intended: LEO Comsat
Strela-3 Russian government Intended: LEO Comsat

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