Wikipedia / 2003 in spaceflight
Wikipedia / 2003 in spaceflight
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2003 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
First human spaceflight mission from China
Orbital launches
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Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
19 June | 3rd flyby of the Earth | ||
21 September | Deorbited into the Jovian atmosphere | ||
9 December | Nozomi | Flyby of Mars | Damaged by solar flares |
24 December | Crashed at Isidis Planitia, Mars | ||
24 December | Areocentric orbit injection |
EVAs
Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Function | Remarks |
15 January12:50 | 6 hours | 19:41 | Released the remaining launch locks on the P1 radiator assembly, removed debris on a sealing ring of Unity's docking port, and tested an ammonia reservoir on the station's P6 truss. | |||
8 April12:40 | 6 hours | 19:06 | ISS Quest | Reconfigured cables on the S0 (S-Zero), S1 and P1 trusses, replaced a Power Control Module on the Mobile Transporter, installed Spool Positioning Devices on Destiny, and reinstalled a thermal cover on an S1 Radiator Beam Valve Module. |
Orbital launch statistics
By country
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
World |
By rocket
By family
Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
By type
Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
Ariane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Ariane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Atlas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Delta | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
Delta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
GSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
H-II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Kaituozhe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
R-12/R-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
R-7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pegasus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Universal Rocket | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
R-7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
Space Shuttle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Titan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Titan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Universal Rocket | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Zenit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
By configuration
Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
Ariane 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Ariane 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Atlas II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Atlas III | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Delta II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Delta II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Delta IV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
GSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
H-IIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Kaituozhe-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Kosmos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Long March 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Molniya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
M-V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pegasus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Proton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Proton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
UR-100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Soyuz | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Space Shuttle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
UR-100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
Titan II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Titan II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Titan IV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Final flight | ||
Zenit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
By spaceport
Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Two launches used Stargazer aircraft | ||
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
International waters | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Two launches used Stargazer aircraft | ||
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 64 | 60 | 4 | 0 |
By orbit
Orbital regime | Launches | Failures | Accidentallyachieved | Remarks | |
Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 to ISS | |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 64 | 61 | 3 | 0 |
References
Footnotes