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Table of the 98 Spacecrafts Launched in 2003
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1) Coriolis U.S. Air Force 6 Jan 03 M Earth environment
2) ICESAT NASA 13 Jan 03 C Earth observations
3) Chips / CHIPSat NASA 13 Jan 03 C Astronomy
4) STS-107 NASA 16 Jan 03 C Piloted spaceship
5) SORCE NASA 25 Jan 03 C Sun-Earth observatory
6) Navstar 47 (USA 166) U.S. Defense Dept. 29 Jan 03 M Navigation
7) XSS-10 U.S. Defense Dept. 29 Jan 03 M Technology
8) Progress M-47 / ISS 10P Russian Space Agency 2 Feb 03 C Cargo spaceship
9) Intelsat 907 Intelsat 15 Feb 03 C Communications
10) DSCS III A-3 (USA 167) U.S. Air Force 11 Mar 03 M Communications
11) IGS-1a Japan Defense min. 28 Mar 03 M Photo Surveillance
12) IGS-1b Japan Defense min. 28 Mar 03 M Photo Surveillance
13) Navstar 48 (USA 168) U.S. Defense Dept. 31 Mar 03 M Navigation
14) Molniya 1-92 Russia 2 Apr 03 C Communications
15) Milstar DFS 6 (USA 169) U.S. Defense Dept. 8 Apr 03 M Communications
16) Insat 3A India (ISRO) 9 Apr 03 C Communications
17) Galaxy XII / Galaxy 12 PanAmSat 9 Apr 03 C Communications
18) Asiasat 4 Asiasat 12 Apr 03 C Communications
19) Kosmos 2397 / US-KMO Russian Defense Min. 24 Apr 03 M Missile early warning
20) Soyuz TMA-2 / ISS 6S Russian Space Agency 26 Apr 03 C Piloted spaceship
21) GALEX NASA 28 Apr 03 C Astronomy
22) GSAT-2 India (ISRO) 8 May 03 C Technology
23) MUSES C / Hayabusa Japan (ISAS) 9 May 03 C Planetary probe
24) Minerva Japan (ISAS) 9 May 03 C Planetary probe
25) Hellas Sat 2 Hellas Sat 13 May 03 C Communications
26) Beidou 3 China 24 May 03 M Navigation
27) Mars Express ESA 2 Jun 03 C Planetary probe
28) Beagle-2 United Kingdom 2 Jun 03 C Planetary probe
29) Kosmos 2398 / Parus? Russian Defense min. 4 Jun 03 M Navigation
30) AMC-9 / Americom-9 SES Americom 6 Jun 03 C Communications
31) Progress M1-10 / ISS-11P Russian Space Agency 8 Jun 03 C Cargo spaceship
32) Thuraya 2 Thuraya Satellit 10 Jun 03 C Communications
33) MER-A NASA 10 Jun 03 C Planetary probe
34) Spirit NASA 10 Jun 03 C Planetary probe
35) BSAT-2c JBSC 11 Jun 03 C Communications
36) Optus and Defence C1 Optus Pty & Aus-
tralian Defense Dept.
11 Jun 03 C Communications
37) Molniya 3-53 Russia 19 Jun 03 C Communications
38) Orbview-3 Orbimage 26 Jun 03 C Earth imaging
39) Monitor-E GVM Russia 30 Jun 03 C Technology
40) Mimosa Czechkoslovaquia 30 Jun 03 C Earth sciences
41) DTUSat Denmark 30 Jun 03 C Technology
42) MOST Canadian Space Agency 30 Jun 03 C Astronomy
43) CUTE-I / Cubesat-TiTech Japan (Tokyo University) 30 Jun 03 C Technology
44) Quakesat Stanford University/
Quakesat LLC
30 Jun 03 C Technology
45) AAU-CubeSat Danish University 30 Jun 03 C Technology
46) Can X-1 Canada (Univer-
sity of Toronto)
30 Jun 03 C Astronomy
47) CubeSat XI-IV Japan (University of Tokyo) 30 Jun 03 C Technology
48) MER-B NASA 8 Jul 03 C Planetary probe
49) Opportunity NASA 8 Jul 08 C Planetary probe
50) Rainbow 1 Cablevision Systems 17 Jul 03 C Communications
51) Echostar IX / Telstar 13 Echostar/Loral 8 Aug 03 C Communications
52) Kosmos 2399 / Don Russian Defense min. 12 Aug 03 M Photo Surveillance
53) Scisat-1 Canadian Space Agency 13 Aug 03 C Earth sciences
54) Kosmos 2400 / Strela-3 Russian Defense min. 19 Aug 03 M Communications
55) Kosmos 2401 / Strela-3 Russian Defense min. 19 Aug 03 M Communications
56) SATEC Brazil 22 Aug 03 C Technology
57) UNOSAT Brazil 22 Aug 03 C Technology?
58) Spitzer Space Telescope / SIRTF NASA 25 Aug 03 C Astronomy
59) Progress M-48 / ISS-12P Russian Space Agency 29 Aug 03 C Cargo spaceship
60) DSCS III B-6 (USA 170) U.S. Air Force 29 Aug 03 M Communications
61) "Advanced ORION 3" USA 171) U.S. National Re-
connaissance Office
9 Sep 03 M Electronic intelligence
62) PS2 China (CASIC) 16 Sep 03 C Technology
63) Mozhaets-4 Russia 27 Sep 03 C Technology
64) Rubin-4-DSI Germany 27 Sep 03 C Technology
65) NigeriaSat-1 Nigeria (NSRDA) 27 Sep 03 C Earth imagint
66) UK-DMC / BNSCSat United Kingdom (BNSC) 27 Sep 03 C Earth imaging
67) BILSAT-1 Turkey 27 Sep 03 C Earth imaging
68) Larets Russia 27 Sep 03 M Radar calibration?
69) STSat-1 (KAISTSAT-4) South Korea 27 Sep 03 C Astronomy
70) Insat-3E India (ISRO) 27 Sep 03 C Communications
71) e-Bird Eutelsat 27 Sep 03 C Communications
72) SMART-1 ESA 27 Sep 03 C Planetary probe
73) Galaxy 13 / Horizons-1 PanAmSat 1 Oct 03 C Communications
74) Shenzhou 5 China 15 Oct 03 C Piloted spaceship
75) SZ-5 OM / Shenzhou 5 Orbital Module China  15 Oct 03 M Photo Surveillance?
76) IRS-P6 / ResourceSat India (ISRO) 1st Oct 03 C Earth remote sensing
77) Soyuz TMA-3 / ISS-7S Russian Space Agency 18 Oct 03 C Piloted spaceship
78) DMSP Block 5D-3 F-16 (USA 172) U.S. Defense Dept. 18 Oct 03 M Meteorology
79) ZY-1 2  (CBERS 2) China 21 Oct 03 C Earth remote sensing
80) CX-1 / Chuangxin 1 China 21 Oct 03 C Technology
81) SERVIS-1 Japan (USEF) 30 Oct 03 C Technology
82) JB-4 / Jianbin 4 (FSW-3 1) China 3 Nov 03 M Photo Surveillance
83) Zhongxing-20 China 14 Nov 04 M Communications
84) Yamal 201 / Yamal-200 KA-1 Russia (Gazkom) 24 Nov 03 C Communications
85) Yamal 202 / Yamal-200 KA-2 Russia (Gazkom) 24 Nov 03 C Communications
86) IGS-2a Japan Defense min. 29 Nov 03 M Photo Surveillance
87) IGS-2b Japan Defense min. 29 Nov 03 M Photo Surveillance
88) NOSS (USA 173) U.S. National Reconnaissance Office 2 Dec 03 M Ocean surveillance
89) SSU U.S. National Reconnaissance Office 2 Dec 03 M Ocean surveillance
90) Gruzomaket 5 Dec 03 C Technology
91) Kosmos 2402 / Uragan 794 Russian Defemse min. 10 Dec 03 M Navigation
92) Kosmos 2403 / Uragan 795 Russian Defemse min. 10 Dec 03 M Navigation
93) Kosmos 2404 / Uragan-M 701 Russian Defemse min. 10 Dec 03 M Navigation
94) UFO F11 (USA 174) U.S. Navy 18 Dec 03 M Communications
95) Navstar 49 (USA 175) U.S. Defense Dept. 21 Dec 03 M Navigation
96) AMOS-2 Israel  27 Dec 03 C Communications
97) Ekspress AM-22 Russia (RSCC) 28 Dec 03 C Communications
98) TC-1 / Tan Ce 1 / DSP-E China-ESA 29 Dec 03 C Earth sciences
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