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| 2009 Launch Archive
A Delta II rockets lifts the NOAA-N Prime satellite into orbit during the first launch of 2009.
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| 2008 Launch Archive
A Delta II rocket boosted the GLAST spacecraft into orbit during the first launch of an expendable launch vehicle in 2008.
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| 2007 Launch Archive
THEMIS kicked-off the ELV launch year with a mid-February liftoff to study the Northern Lights.
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| 2006 Launch Archive
This was a year of diverse scientific launches from a variety of launch vehicles -- delivering satellites into Earth's orbit and sending a spacecraft soaring through space to reach Pluto and beyond.
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| 2005 Launch Archive
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was NASA's first launch of an Atlas V on an interplanetary mission.
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| 2004 Launch Archive
NASA's Launch Services Program hosted a year of successful Delta II launches supporting groundbreaking science and spacecraft.
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| 2003 Launch Archive
This was an ambitious year for NASA with the liftoff of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity and a total of five Delta II and Pegasus XL launches.
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| 2002 Launch Archive
The Tracking and Relay Satellite (TDRS) system is a cluster of communication satellites that are used to relay voice, video and data. Two TDRS satellites were launched this year.
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| 2001 Launch Archive
Delivered into orbit around Mars, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft has sent a profusion of information to Earth about Martian geology, climate and mineralogy.
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| 2000 Launch Archive
The IMAGE spacecraft was the first satellite mission dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere -- the region of space controlled by the Earth's magnetic field.
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