Dive into the new millennium of spaceflight with our complete 2000-2009 Rocket Launch Schedule. This comprehensive guide details every mission from a decade defined by the rapid assembly of the International Space Station (ISS), the final flights of the Space Shuttle, and the emergence of new commercial space ventures. Explore the 2000s and witness the crucial launches that transitioned humanity into a new era of space exploration.
Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS)Pegasus XL
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Success
Air launch to orbit
Tian Lian 1ALong March 3C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Success
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Giove-BSoyuz-FG
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Progress M-64Soyuz U
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Strela-3 137 to 139Rokot / Briz-KM
Russian Space Forces
Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feng Yun 3ALong March 4C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Success
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Zhongxing 9Long March 3B
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Success
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
