This article outlines notable events occurring in 2000 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

2000 in spaceflight
Expedition 1, the first permanent crew of the International Space Station, launches aboard Soyuz TM-31
Orbital launches
First21 January
Last27 December
Total85
Successes81
Failures4
Catalogued82
Rockets
Maiden flightsAtlas IIIA
Minotaur I
RetirementsLong March 3
Delta III
Crewed flights
Orbital7
Total travellers37

First ISS expedition edit

Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).[1] The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1, the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket.

Launches edit

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat)
Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January edit

19 January
02:19[2]
 Minuteman-II  Vandenberg LF-03  
  Integrated Flight Test-4[3] Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Suborbital Anti-ballistic missile test target L+30 mins Successful
21 January
01:03[4]
 Atlas IIA  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A  
 USA-148 (DSCS III B-8) US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
25 January
01:04[5]
 Ariane 4 42L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Galaxy 10R PanAmSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
25 January
16:45[6]
 Long March 3A  Xichang LC-2  
 Feng Huo 1 CAST Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
27 January
03:03[2]
 Minotaur I  Vandenberg SLC-8  Orbital Sciences
 JAWSAT Weber State/USAF Academy Low Earth Plasma research In orbit Operational
 OCSE US Air Force Low Earth Laser calibration 3 March 2001 Successful
 OPAL Stanford Low Earth Picosat deployment In orbit Successful
 FalconSat USAF Academy Low Earth Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
 ASUSAT Arizona State Low Earth Imaging/Communications In orbit Operational
 Picosat 1/2 DARPA Low Earth Technology development In orbit Operational
 Thelma Santa Clara Low Earth In orbit Spacecraft failure
 Louise Santa Clara Low Earth In orbit Spacecraft failure
 JAK Santa Clara Low Earth In orbit Spacecraft failure
 STENSAT AMSAT Low Earth Communications In orbit Spacecraft failure
Maiden flight of Minotaur I
Thelma, Louise, JAK, and STENSAT failed to contact ground after deployment from OPAL
Thelma & Louise deployed on 12 February, JAK & STENSAT on 11 February
Picosats also deployed from OPAL at 03:34 UTC on 7 February

February edit

1 February
06:47[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  Roskosmos
 Progress M1-1 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 26 April
19:27
Successful
Maiden flight of Progress-M1 spacecraft
3 February
09:26[8]
 Zenit-2  Baikonur Site 45/1
 Kosmos 2369 (Tselina-2) MO RF Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
3 February
23:30[4]
 Atlas IIAS  Cape Canaveral SLC-36B   International Launch Services
 Hispasat 1C Hispasat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Deactivated 2 June 2017
8 February
21:24[9]
 Delta II 7420-10C  Cape Canaveral SLC-17B  Boeing IDS
 Globalstar 63 Globalstar Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
 Globalstar 62 Globalstar Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
 Globalstar 64 Globalstar Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
 Globalstar 60 Globalstar Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
8 February
23:00[7]
 Soyuz-U/Fregat  Baikonur Site 31/6   Starsem
 IRDT ESA Low Earth Recoverable experiments 9 February Partial Failure
 Gruzovoy Maket Lavochkin Low Earth Boilerplate In orbit Successful
Damage to the inflatable heat shield of IRDT led to high landing speed which damaged the spacecraft
10 February
01:30[10]
 M-V  Uchinoura  ISAS
 ASTRO-E ISAS Intended: Low Earth Astronomy 10 February Launch failure
Loss of control during first stage burn
11 February
17:43[11]
 Space Shuttle Endeavour  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-99 NASA Low Earth Radar topography 22 February Successful
Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
12 February
09:10[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 81/23   International Launch Services
Garuda 1 ACeS Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
18 February
01:04[5]
 Ariane 4 44LP  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Superbird B2 SCC Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational

March edit

12 March
04:07[12]
  Proton-K / DM-2M   Baikonur Site 200/39   Khrunichev
  Ekspress-A2 (Ekspress-6A №2) RSCC Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful
12 March
09:29[13]
  Taurus 1110   Vandenberg LC-576E   Orbital Sciences
  MTI U.S. Air Force / Sandia Low Earth Reconnaissance 14 May 2022[14] Successful
12 March
14:19[8]
  Zenit-3SL   Ocean Odyssey   Sea Launch
  ICO F1 ICO Intended: Medium Earth Communications 12 March Launch Failure
Programming error led to premature second stage cutoff.
20 March
18:28[7]
  Soyuz-U / Fregat   Baikonur Site 31/6     Starsem
    Dumsat Starsem Medium Earth Boilerplate In orbit Successful
21 March
23:28[15]
  Ariane 5G   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  AsiaStar 1worldspace Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
  INSAT-3B ISRO Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
25 March
20:34[9]
  Delta II 7326-9.5   Vandenberg SLC-2W   Boeing IDS
  IMAGE NASA High Earth Aurora research In orbit Intermittent contact

April edit

4 April
05:01[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  Roskosmos
 Soyuz TM-30 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Mir EO-28 16 June
00:34
Successful
Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts
Final crewed flight to the Mir space station
17 April
21:06[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 200/39   International Launch Services
 SESAT 1 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Deactivated 13 February 2018
19 April
00:29[5]
 Ariane 4 42L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Galaxy 4R PanAmSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Deactivated April 2009
25 April
20:08[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  Roskosmos
 Progress M1-2 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 15 October Successful

May edit

3 May
07:07[4]
 Atlas IIA  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A  
 GOES-11 (GOES-L) NOAA/NASA Geostationary Weather satellite In orbit Deactivated December 15, 2011
3 May
13:25[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  
 Kosmos 2370 MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 May 2001 Successful
8 May
16:01[16]
 Titan IVB (402)/IUS  Cape Canaveral SLC-40  Lockheed Martin
 USA-149 (DSP-20) US Air Force Geosynchronous Early warning In orbit Operational
11 May
01:48[9]
 Delta II 7925-9.5  Cape Canaveral SLC-17A  Boeing IDS
 USA-150 (GPS IIR-4) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
16 May
08:27[17]
 Rokot/Briz-KM  Plesetsk Site 133/3   Eurockot
  Simsat-1 (IKA-1) Eurockot Low Earth Boilerplate In orbit Successful
  Simsat-2 (IKA-2) Eurockot Low Earth Boilerplate In orbit Successful
19 May
10:11[18]
 Space Shuttle Atlantis  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-101 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly 29 May
06:20
Successful
 Spacehab Double Module NASA/Spacehab Low Earth (Atlantis) Logistics Successful
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
24 May
23:10[4]
 Atlas IIIA  Cape Canaveral SLC-36B   International Launch Services
 Eutelsat W4 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
Maiden flight of Atlas IIIA

June edit

6 June
02:59[12]
 Proton-K/Briz-M  Baikonur Site 81/24   International Launch Services
 Gorizont 45 Kos Svya Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
7 June
13:19[19]
 Pegasus-XL  Stargazer, Vandenberg Orbital Sciences
  TSX-5 US Air Force/Royal Air Force Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
24 June
00:28[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 200/39  
 Ekspress 3A Intersputnik Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Deactivated September 2009
25 June
11:50[6]
 Long March 3  Xichang LC-1  
 Feng Yun 2B CASC Geosynchronous Weather satellite In orbit Operational
Final flight of Long March 3
28 June
10:37[20]
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  
 Nadezhda No.701 MO RF Sun-synchronous Navigation In orbit Operational
 Tsinghua Tsinghua Sun-synchronous Technology development In orbit Operational
 SNAP 1 Surrey Satellite Technology Sun-synchronous Technology development In orbit Operational
30 June
12:56[4]
 Atlas IIA  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A  
 TDRS-H (TDRS-8) NASA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
First advanced TDRS satellite
30 June
22:08[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 81/24   International Launch Services
 Radiosat 1 Sirius Tundra Communications In orbit Deactivated 2016

July edit

4 July
23:44[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 200/39  
 Kosmos 2371 MO SSSR Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
12 July
04:56[12]
 Proton-K  Baikonur Site 81/23  Roskosmos
 Zvezda Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS component In orbit Operational
ISS flight 1R
14 July
05:21[4]
 Atlas IIAS  Cape Canaveral SLC-36B   International Launch Services
 Echostar 6 EchoStar Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
15 July
12:00[20]
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  
 MITA [fr; gl] ASI Low Earth Particle detection 15 August 2001 Successful
 CHAMP DLR Low Earth Geophysics 19 September 2010
09:43[21]
Successful
 Rubin 1 OHB-System Low Earth Monitor carrier rocket 30 August 2001 Successful
16 July
09:17[9]
 Delta II 7925-9.5  Cape Canaveral SLC-17A  Boeing IDS
 USA-151 (GPS IIR-5) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
16 July
12:39[7]
 Soyuz-U/Fregat  Baikonur Site 31/6   Starsem
 Samba ESA High Earth Magnetosphere research In orbit Operational
 Salsa ESA High Earth Magnetosphere research In orbit Operational
Cluster II mission
19 July
20:09[2]
 Minotaur I  Vandenberg SLC-8  Orbital Sciences
 Mightysat 2.1 (Sindri) US Air Force/DARPA Low Earth Reconnaissance 11 December 2002 Successful
 Picosat 7/8 US Air Force Low Earth Technology development 7 November 2002 Successful
28 July
22:42[8]
 Zenit-3SL  Ocean Odyssey  Sea Launch
 PAS-9 PanAmSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational

August edit

6 August
18:26[7]
  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roscosmos
  Progress M1-3 Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 1 November
07:05
Successful
ISS flight 1P
9 August
11:13[7]
  Soyuz-U / Fregat   Baikonur Site 31/6     Starsem
  Rumba ESA High Earth Magnetosphere research In orbit Operational
  Tango ESA High Earth Magnetosphere research In orbit Operational
Cluster II mission.
17 August
23:16[5]
  Ariane 4 44LP   Kourou ELA-2   Arianespace
  Brasilsat B4 (Star One B4) Embratel Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Successful[22]
  Nilesat 102 Nilesat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
17 August
23:45[16]
  Titan IVB (403)   Vandenberg SLC-4E   Lockheed Martin
  USA-152 (Lacrosse 4) NRO Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
23 August
11:05[9]
  Delta III 8930   Cape Canaveral SLC-17B   Boeing IDS
  DM-F3 Boeing IDS Intended: Geostationary transfer
Actual: Medium Earth
Boilerplate / Calibration target 31 December 2019[23] Partial failure
Payload placed in lower orbit than expected due to atmospheric conditions.
Final flight of Delta III.
28 August
20:08[12]
  Proton-K / DM-2   Baikonur Site 81/24   Khrunichev
  Raduga-1 MO RF Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational

September edit

1 September
03:25[6]
 Long March 4B  Taiyuan LC-1  
 Zi Yuan 2 CAST Low Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
5 September
09:43[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 81/23   International Launch Services
 Radiosat 2 Sirius Tundra Communications In orbit Deactivated 2016
6 September
22:23[5]
 Ariane 4 44P  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Eutelsat W1 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
8 September
12:45[24]
 Space Shuttle Atlantis  Kennedy LC-39B  United Space Alliance
 STS-106 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly 20 September
07:56
Successful
 Spacehab Double Module NASA/Spacehab Low Earth (Atlantis) Logistics Successful
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
14 September
22:54[15]
 Ariane 5G  Kourou ELA-3  Arianespace
 Astra 2B SES Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
 GE 7 GE Americom Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
21 September
10:22[16]
 Titan II 23G  Vandenberg SLC-4W  Lockheed Martin
 NOAA-16 (NOAA-L) NOAA/NASA Sun-synchronous Weather satellite 25 November 2015[25] Successful
25 September
10:10[8]
 Zenit-2  Baikonur Site 45/1  
 Kosmos 2372 MO RF Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 April 2001 Successful
26 September
10:05[26]
 Dnepr  Baikonur Site 109/95  ISC Kosmotras
 Tiung SAT ASTB Low Earth Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
MegSat-1 MegSat Low Earth Research In orbit Operational
UniSat Universita degli Studi Low Earth Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
 SaudiSat 1A SISR Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
 SaudiSat 1B SISR Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
29 September
09:30[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 31/6  
 Kosmos 2375 MO RF Low Earth Cartography 14 November
22:53
Successful

October edit

1 October
22:00[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 81/23   International Launch Services
 Worldsat-1 GE Americom Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
6 October
23:00
 Ariane 4 42L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 N-SAT-110 SCC/JSAT Corporation Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
9 October
05:38[19]
 Pegasus-H  Kwajalein Atoll  Orbital Sciences
 HETE-2 NASA/MIT Low Earth Astronomy In orbit Operational
11 October
23:17[27]
 Space Shuttle Discovery  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-92 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly 24 October
22:00
Successful
 Z-1 Truss NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS component In orbit Operational
 PMA-3 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS component In orbit Operational
Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts
100th flight of the Space Shuttle program
13 October
14:12[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2  Baikonur Site 81/24  
 Kosmos 2374 (GLONASS) KNITs Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
 Kosmos 2375 (GLONASS) KNITs Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
 Kosmos 2376 (GLONASS) KNITs Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
16 October
21:27[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  Roskosmos
 Progress M-43 Roskosmos Low Earth (Mir) Logistics 29 January 2001 Successful
20 October
00:40[4]
 Atlas IIA  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A  
 USA-153 (DSCS III B-11 US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
21 October
05:52[8]
 Zenit-3SL  Ocean Odyssey  Sea Launch
 Thuraya 1 Thuraya Operational: Geosychronous
Actual: Graveyard
Communications In orbit Successful
Thuraya 1 retired in May 2007
21 October
22:00[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 81/23   International Launch Services
 GE 6 GE Americom Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
29 October
05:59[5]
 Ariane 4 44LP  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
EuropeStar F1 EuropeStar Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
100th Ariane 4 launch
30 October
16:02[6]
 Long March 3A  Xichang LC-2  
 Beidou 1A CNSA Geosynchronous Navigation In orbit Operational
31 October
07:52[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  Roskosmos
 Soyuz TM-31 Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS Expedition 1 5 June 2001
05:41
Successful
Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts

November edit

10 November
17:14[9]
 Delta II 7925-9.5  Cape Canaveral SLC-17A  Boeing IDS
 USA-154 (GPS IIR-6) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Successful
16 November
01:07[15]
 Ariane 5G  Kourou ELA-3  Arianespace
 PAS-1R PanAmSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
 AMSAT-Oscar 40 AMSAT High Earth Communications In orbit Operational
 STRV 1C DERA Geostationary transfer Technology development In orbit Operational
 STRV 1D DERA Geostationary transfer Technology development In orbit Operational
16 November
01:32[7]
 Soyuz-U  Baikonur Site 1/5  Roskosmos
 Progress M1-4 Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Logistics 8 February 2001[28]
13:50
Successful
ISS flight 2P
20 November
23:00[20]
 Kosmos-3M  Plesetsk Site 132/1  
 Quick Bird 1 EarthWatch Intended: Low Earth Earth Imaging 21 November
~00:30
Launch Failure
Second stage failed to restart
21 November
18:24[9]
 Delta II 7320-10  Vandenberg SLC-2W  Boeing IDS
 Earth Observing-1 NASA Low Earth Technology development In orbit Operational
 SAC-C CONAE Low Earth Earth Observation In orbit Operational
 Munin SISP Low Earth Particle detection
Auroral observation
In orbit Operational
21 November
23:56[5]
 Ariane 4 44L  Kourou ELA-2  Arianespace
 Anik F1 Telesat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
30 November
19:59[12]
 Proton-K/DM-2M  Baikonur Site 81/23   International Launch Services
 Radiosat 3 Sirius Tundra Communications In orbit Operational

December edit

1 December
03:06[29]
 Space Shuttle Endeavour  Kennedy LC-39A  United Space Alliance
 STS-97 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly 11 December
23:03
Successful
 P6 Truss NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS component In orbit Operational
Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts
5 December
12:32[30]
 Start-1  Svobodny Site 5  
 EROS-A Imagesat Low Earth Earth observation In orbit Operational
6 December
02:47[4]
 Atlas IIAS  Cape Canaveral SLC-36A  
 USA-155 (SDS-3-2) US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
NRO L-10
20 December
00:26[15]
 Ariane 5G  Kourou ELA-3  Arianespace
 Astra 2D SES Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
 GE 8 GE Americom Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
 LDREX NASDA Geostationary transfer Technology development 21 March 2010
03:40[31]
Failure
LDREX failed to deploy
20 December
16:20[6]
 Long March 3A  Xichang LC-2  
 Beidou 1B CNSA Geosynchronous Navigation In orbit Operational
27 December
09:56[26]
 Tsyklon-3  Plesetsk Site 32/1  
 Gonets-D1 Rosaviakosmos Intended: Low Earth Communications 27 December Launch Failure
 Gonets-D1 Rosaviakosmos Intended: Low Earth Communications
 Gonets-D1 Rosaviakosmos Intended: Low Earth Communications
 Strela-3 Intended: Low Earth Communications
 Strela-3 Intended: Low Earth Communications
 Strela-3 Intended: Low Earth Communications
Third stage malfunction

Deep Space Rendezvous edit

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
3 January Galileo 12th flyby of Europa
23 January Cassini Flyby of 2685 Masursky
14 February NEAR First orbiter of asteroid; entered orbit of 433 Eros
22 February Galileo 3rd flyby of Io
20 May Galileo 5th flyby of Ganymede
28 December Galileo 6th flyby of Ganymede
30 December Cassini Flyby of Jupiter Gravity assist

EVAs edit

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Function Remarks
12 May
10:44
5 hours
3 minutes
15:47 Mir EO-28
Kvant-2
 Sergei Zalyotin
 Alexander Kaleri
Tested a leak sealant and inspected a malfunctioning solar panel on Kvant-1. A final photographic record of the outer surfaces of Mir was made during a panorama-inspection.[32] Final EVA conducted from the Mir space station.
22 May
01:48
6 hours
44 minutes
08:32 STS-101
ISS Atlantis
 James S. Voss
 Jeffrey Williams
Inspected and secured the Orbital Replacement Unit Transfer Device, completed assembly of Strela cargo crane, and replaced one of Unity's two early communication antennas.[18]
11 September
04:47
6 hours
14 minutes
11:01 STS-106
ISS Atlantis
 Edward Lu
 Yuri Malenchenko
Attached cabling that integrated the Zvezda module fully to the rest of the ISS, and constructed and attached a magnetometer that serves as a backup navigation system for the station.[24]
15 October
14:27
6 hours
28 minutes
20:55 STS-92
ISS Discovery
 Leroy Chiao
 William S. McArthur
Connected two sets of cables to provide power to heaters and conduits located on the Z1 truss, relocated two communication antenna assemblies, and installed a toolbox for use during future on-orbit construction.[27]
16 October
14:15
7 hours
7 minutes
21:22 STS-92
ISS Discovery
 Michael Lopez-Alegria
 Peter Wisoff
Installed the PMA-3 docking port, and prepared the Z1 truss for the installation of the solar arrays.[27]
17 October
14:30
6 hours
48 minutes
21:18 STS-92
ISS Discovery
 Leroy Chiao
 William S. McArthur
Installed two DC-to-DC converter units atop the Z1 truss.[27]
18 October
15:00
6 hours
56 minutes
21:56 STS-92
ISS Discovery
 Michael Lopez-Alegria
 Peter Wisoff
Removed a grapple fixture on the Z1 truss, deployed a Z1 utility tray, Manual Berthing Mechanism latches for Z1 were cycled and opened, and demonstrated the SAFER pack's abilities.[27]
3 December
18:35
7 hours
33 minutes
4 December
02:08
STS-97
ISS Endeavour
 Joseph R. Tanner
 Carlos I. Noriega
Attached the P6 truss to the Z1 Truss, and prepared the solar arrays and radiator for deployment.[29]
5 December
17:21
6 hours
37 minutes
23:58 STS-97
ISS Endeavour
 Joseph R. Tanner
 Carlos I. Noriega
Configured the space station to use power from P6. Positioned the S-band antenna for use by the space station. Prepared the station for the arrival of Destiny.[29]
7 December
16:13
5 hours
10 minutes
21:23 STS-97
ISS Endeavour
 Joseph R. Tanner
 Carlos I. Noriega
Positioned a floating potential probe to measure the plasma field surrounding the space station, performed repair work to increase tension in the starboard solar array blankets that did not stretch out completely during deployment, and installed a centerline camera cable outside the Unity node.[29]

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  5. ^ a b c d e f g McDowell, Jonathan (17 April 2022). "General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects - Ariane". Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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