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Table of the 131 Spacecrafts Launched in 2000
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# Spacecraft Sponsor Launch date Mission type Categories
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1) DSCS III B-8 (USA 148) U.S. Defense Dept. 21 Jan 00 M  Communications USA,
2) Galaxy 10R PanAmSat 27 Jan 00 C Communications Commer,
3) Feng Huo 1 / Zhongxing 22 China (TBSC) 25 Jan 00 M Communications
4) JAWSAT / Weber-OSCAR 39 U.S. Air Force / Weber State University 27 Jan 00 M Science & Technology USA
5) OCS / OCSE U.S. Air Force 27 Jan 00 M Science & Technology USA
6) OPAL / OPAL-OSCAR 38 Stanford University 27 Jan 00 M Science & Technology
7) FalconSat 1 US Air Force Academy 27 Jan 00 M Science & Technology USA
8) ASUSAT / Arizona State-OSCAR 37 Arizona State University 27 Jan 00 M Ameteur
(Earth observation and amateur radio)
9) Progress M1-1 Russian Space Agency 1st Feb 00 C Cargo Spaceship Russia,
10) Kosmos 2369 / Tselina-2 Russian Defense min. 3 Feb 00 M Electronic Intelligence Russia,
11) Hispasat 1C Spain 3 Feb 00 C Communications
12) Picosat 21 / MEMS 1 U.S. DARPA/
Aerospace Corp		 7 Feb 00 M Science & Technology USA
13) Picosat 23 / MEMS 2 U.S. DARPA/
Aerospace Corp		 7 Feb 00 M Science & Technology USA
14) Globalstar 60 Globalstar 8 Feb 00 C Communications Commer,
15) Globalstar 62 Globalstar 8 Feb 00 C Communications Commer,
16) Globalstar 63 Globalstar 8 Feb 00 C Communications Commer,
17) Globalstar 64 Globalstar 8 Feb 00 C Communications Commer,
18) IRDT ESA, DASA 
& Lavochkin		 8 Feb 00 C Technology
19) Gruzovoy Maket Dummy satellite Russia 8 Feb 00 C Technology Russia,
20) Fregat / Fregat RB/Cluster 2 Russia 8 Feb 00 C Technology Russia,
21) Astro E Japan (ISAS) 16 Feb 00 C Astronomy
22) JAK Artemis Picosat: U.S. Air Force/Santa Clara University 11 Feb 00 M Science & Technology USA
23) STENSAT AMSAT-NA 11 Feb 00 C Communications
24) STS-99 - SLR-3 NASA 11 Feb 00 C Piloted Spaceship USA
25) Garuda 1 (ACES) ACES consortium 12 Feb 00 C Communications
26) Thelma Artemis Picosat (Thunder) U.S. Air Force/Santa Clara University 12 Feb 00 M Science & Technology USA
27) Louise Artemis Picosat (Lightnin) U.S. Air Force/Santa Clara University 12 Feb 00 M Science & Technology USA
28) Superbird 4 JSCC 18 Feb 00 C Communications
29) Ekspress A2 Russia 12 Mar 00 C Communications Russia,
30) MTI U.S. Energy Dept. 12 Mar 00 C Earth Remote Sensing USA
31) ICO F-1 ICO Global Comm. 12 Mar 00 C Communications Commer,
32) Dumsat Russia 20 Mar 00 C Technology Russia,
33) Asiastar Worldspace 21 Mar 00 C Communications Commer,
34) Insat 3B India (ISRO) 21 Mar 00 C Communications
35) IMAGE NASA 25 Mar 00 C Earth/Space Sciences USA
36) Soyuz TM-30 Russian Space Agency 4 Apr 00 C Piloted Spaceship Russia,
37) Sesat Eutelsat 17 Apr 00 C Communications
38) Galaxy IVR PanAmSat 19 Apr 00 C Communications Commer,
39) Progress M1-2 Russian Space Agency 29 Apr 00 C Cargo Spaceshipp Russia,
40) GOES 11 NOAA 3 May 00 C Meteorology USA
41) Kosmos 2370 / Yantar-4KS1 Russian Defense min. 3 May 00 M Photo Surveillance Russia,
42) DSP 20 (USA 149) U.S. Defense Dept. 8 May 00 M Missile Early Warning USA
43) Navstar 43 (USA 150) U.S. Defense Dept. 11 May 00 M Navigation USA
44) IKA-1 / Simsat-1 Russia 16 May 00 C Technology Russia,
45) IKA-2 / Simsat-2 Russia 16 May 00 C Technology Russia,
46) STS-101 / ISS-2A.2a NASA 19 May 00 C Piloted Spaceship USA
47) Eutelsat W4 Eutelsat 24 May 00 C Communications
48) Gorizont 33 Russia 6 Jun 00 C Communications Russia,
49) TSX 5 U.S. DMDO/
U.K. DERA		  7 Jun 00 M Science & Technology USA
50) Ekspress A3 Russia 24 Jun 00 C Communications Russia,
51) FY-2 / Feng Yun 2B China 25 Jun 00 C Meteorology
52) Nadezhda 6 Russia Defense Dept. 28 Jun 00 M Navigation Russia,
53) Tsinghua 1 China 28 Jun 00 C Technology
54) SNAP 1 United Kingdom 28 Jun 00 C Technology
55) TDRS 8 NASA 30 Jun 00 C Communications USA
56) Sirius 1 / SD-RADIO 1 Digital Audio 
Radio Satellite		 30 Jun 00 C Communications
57) Kosmos 2371 / Geizer 22L Russian Defense min. 4 Jul 00 M Communications Russia,
58) Zvezda / ISS-1R Russian Space Agency 12 Jul 00 C Space station module Russia,
59) Echostar VI EchoStar 14 Jul 00 C Communications Commer,
60) MITA / MITA-O Italy (ISA) 15 Jul 00 C Earth/Space Sciences
61) CHAMP Germany (GFZ) 15 Jul 00 C Earth/Space Sciences
(Geophysics)
62) Rubin / Bird-Rubin Germany 15 Jul 00 C Technology
63) Navstar 44 (USA 151) U.S. Defense Dept. 16 Jul 00 M Navigation USA
64) Samba / Cluster II FM7 ESA 16 Jul 00 C Earth/Space Sciences
(Magnetospheric research)
65) Salsa / Cluster II FM8 ESA 16 Jul 00 C Earth/Space Sciences
(Magnetospheric research)
66) Mightysat 2.1 / Sindri U.S. Defense Dept. 19 Jul 00 M Science & Technology USA
67) Picosat 7/Picosat 8 
Tethered Picosat		 U.S. Defense Dept. 19 Jul 00 M  Science & Technology USA
68) DARPA Picosat 23 / 
MEMS 3/MEMS		 U.S. Defense Dept. 19 Jul 00 M Science & Technology USA
69) PAS 9 / PanAmSat 9 PanAmSat 28 Jul 00 C Communications Commer,
71) Progress M1-3 / ISS-1P Russian Space Agency 6 Aug 00 C Cargo Spaceship Russia,
71) Rumba / Cluster II FM5 
(Phoenix)		 ESA 9 Aug 00 C Earth/Space Sciences
(Magnetospheric research)
72) Tango / Cluster II FM8 ESA 9 Aug 00 C Earth/Space Sciences
IMagnetospheric research)
73) Brasilsat B-4 Brazil (Embratel) 17 Aug 00 C Communications
74) Nilesat 102 Egypt 17 Aug 00 C Communications
75) ONYX 4 (USA 152) U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office		 17 Aug 00 M Photo Surveillance USA
76) DM-F3 Boeing 23 Aug 00 C Technology Commer,
77) Raduga 1-5 Russia 28 Aug 00 C Earth Remote Sensing Russia,
78) ZY-2 / Zi Yuan-2 China 1st Sep 00 M Photo Surveillance
79) Sirius 2 / SD-RADIO 2 Digital Audio Radio Satellite 5 Sep 00 C Communications Commer,
80) Eutelsat W1 Eutelsat 6 Sep 00 C Communications
81) STS-106 / ISS-2A.2b NASA 8 Sep 00 C Piloted Spaceship USA
83) Astra 2B Société Européenne 
de Satellites		 14 Sep 00 C Communications Commer,
83) GE 7 GE Americom 14 Sep 00 C Communications Commer,
84) NOAA 16 NOAA 21 Sep 00 C Meteorology USA
85) Kosmos 2372 / Orlets-2 / Yenisey Russian Defense min. 25 Sep 00 M Photo Surveillance Russia,
86) TiungSAT-1 / Malaysian-
OSCAR 46 (MO-46)		 Malaysia 26 Sep 00 C Earth Remote Sensing
87) MegSat-1 Italy 26 Sep 00 C Technology
88) UniSat Italy (GAUSS) 26 Sep 00 C Technology
89) SaudiSat 1A /SaudiSat-
OSCAR 41 (SO-41)		 Saudi Arabia 
(KACST)		 26 Sep 00 C Communications
90) SaudiSat 1B / SaudiSat-
OSCAR 42 (SO-42)		 Saudi Arabia 
(KACST)		 28 Sep 00 C Communications
91) Kosmos 2373 / Yantar-1KFT Russian Defense min. 29 Sep 00 M Science & Technology
(Geodesy)		 Russia,
92) AAP-1 / GE 1A GE Americom 1 Oct 00 C Communications Commer,
93) N-SAT-110 / Superbird 5 SCC & JSat 6 Oct 00 C Communications
94) HETE-2 NASA 9 Oct 00 C Astronomy USA
95) STS-92 / ISS-3A NASA 11 Oct 00 C Piloted Spaceship USA
96) Kosmos 2374 / Uragan 83L Russian Defense min. 13 Oct 00 M Navigation Russia,
97) Kosmos 2375 / Uragan 87L Russian Defense min. 13 Oct 00 M Navigation Russia,
98) Kosmos 2376 / Uragan 88L Russian Defense min. 13 Oct 00 M Navigation Russia,
99) Progress M-43 Russian Space Agency 16 Oct 00 C Communications Russia,
100) DSCS III B-11 (USA 153) U.S. Defense Dept. 20 Oct 00 M Communications USA
101) Thuraya 1 Abu Dhabi (Etisalat) 21 Oct 00 C Communications
102) GE 6 GE Americom 21 Oct 00 C Communications Commer,
103) Europe*Star F1 Europe*Star 29 Oct 00 C Communications
104) Beidou 1 China 30 Oct 00 M Navigation
105) Soyuz TM-31 / ISS-2R Russian Space Agency 31 Oct 00 C Piloted Spaceship Russia,
106) Navstar 45 (USA 154) U.S. Defense Dept. 10 Nov 00 M Navigation USA
107) PAS 1R / PanAmSat 1R PanAmSat 16 Nov 00 C Communications Commer,
108) AMSAT-OSCAR 40 (AO-40) / P3D AMSAT-DL 16 Nov 00 C Communications
109) STRV-1c United Kingdom 
(DERA)		 16 Nov 00 C Technology
110) STRV-1d United Kingdom (NRL) 16 Nov 00 C Technology
111) Progress M1-4 / ISS-2P Russian Space Agency 16 Nov 00 C Cargo Spaceship Russia,
112) QuickBird 1 EarthWatch Inc. 20 Nov 00 C Earth Remote Sensing Commer,
113) EO-1 / Earth Observing 1 NASA 21 Nov 00 C Earth/Space Sciences USA
114) SAC-C Argentina (CONAE) 21 Nov 00 C Earth Remote Sensing
115) Munin Sweden (IRF) 21 Nov 00 C Technology
116) Anik F-1 Telesat Canada 21 Nov 00 C Communications
117) Sirius 3 / SD-RADIO 3 Digital Audio Radio Satellite 30 Nov 00 C Communications Commer,
118) STS-97 / ISS-4A NASA 1st Dec 00 C Piloted Spaceship USA
119) ITS-P6 NASA 1st Dec 00 C Space station component USA
120) EROS A1 Israel (ImageSat) 5 Dec 00 C Communications
121) NRO "Great Bear" (USA 155) U.S. National Recon-
naissance Office		 6 Dec 00 M Communications USA,
122) Astra 2D Société européenne 
de satellites		 20 Dec 00 C Communications Commer,
123) GE 8 / Aurora II GE Americom &
AT&T Alascom		 20 Dec 00 C Communications Commer,
124) LDREX Japan (NASDA) 20 Dec 00 C Technology
125) Beidou 2 China 20 Dec 00 M Navigation
126) Gonets D1 #7 Russian Defense mih. 27 Dec 00 M Communications Russia,
127) Gonets D1 #8 Russian Defense mih. 27 Dec 00 M Communications Russia,
128) Gonets D1 #9 Russian Defense mih. 27 Dec 00 M Communications Russia,
129) Strela-3 Russian Defense mih. 27 Dec 00 M Communications Russia,
130) Strela-3 Russian Defense mih. 27 Dec 00 M Communications Russia,
131) Strela-3 Russian Defense mih. 27 Dec 00 M Communications Russia,
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