Launched in 2002
Date/Time Spacecraft Launcher Location Mission Designator Remarks ...................................................................................................................... Feb 25 1726 Kosmos-2387 Soyuz-U Plesetsk LC43/3 Imaging 08A Mar 17 0921 GRACE 1 Rokot Plesetsk LC133 Science 12A May 4 0131 SPOT 5 Ariane 42P Kourou ELA2 Imaging 21A May 15 0150 Feng Yun 1D Chang Zheng 4B Taiyuan Weather 24B May 28 1525 'Ofeq-5 Shaviyt Palmachim Imaging 25A Jun 24 1823 NOAA 17 Titan 23G Vandenberg SLC4W Weather 32A Jul 25 1513 Kosmos-2392 Proton-K/DM5? Baykonur LC81/24 Imaging 37A Aug 28 2245 MSG 1 Ariane 5G Kourou ELA3 Weather 40B (together with Atlantic Bird 1) Sep 12 1025 METSAT PSLV Sriharikota Weather 43A Oct 27 0317 ZY-2 CZ-4B Taiyuan Imaging 49A Nov 28 0607 AlSAT-1 Kosmos-3M Plesetsk LC132/1 Imaging 54A