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.
GE-1AProton-K/DM-2M
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2)Pegasus Hybrid
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Success
Air launch to orbit
STS-92Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Success
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Uragan 75 to 77Proton
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Progress M-43Soyuz U
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
GE 6Proton-K/DM-2M
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei.Long March 3A
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Success
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Soyuz TM-31Soyuz-U
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
PAS-1R, Amsat P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1DAriane 5 G
Arianespace
Success
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Progress M1-4Soyuz U
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan