The launch history of NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) since the program formed in 1998 at Kennedy Space Center. The launch of NASA robotic missions occurred from a number of launch sites on a variety of rockets. After the list of launches are descriptions of select historic LSP missions.
The official list is available on the NASA website at LSP Primary Launches Archive. It does not include advisory or VADR missions included below.
Launch history
The table below is a complete history of the NASA robotic spacecraft launched by the Launch Services Program. The dates are relative to the launch site and may not match the UTC date.
+ LSP Advisory Mission * The total cost for NASA to launch the mission includes the launch service, spacecraft processing, payload integration, tracking, data and telemetry, mission unique launch site ground support, and other launch support requirements. All costs listed are approximate. Some spacecraft were awarded as a group, which is why their cost is listed as 1 of a number of spacecraft. Unless the reference specifies otherwise, the value is at award (i.e. when the launch service contract is signed) and does not account for additional costs due to delays and other factors or any cost savings that may have occurred later.
1990s
Launch Date Mission Vehicle Launch Site Total Launch Cost* (million)1998 1998.10.24 Deep Space 1 Delta II 7326-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 1998.12.06 Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) Pegasus XL Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) 1998.12.11 Mars Climate Orbiter Delta II 7425 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 1999 1999.01.03 Mars Polar Lander Delta II 7425 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17B) 1999.02.07 Stardust Delta II 7426 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 1999.03.04 Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) Pegasus XL Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) 1999.04.15 Landsat 7 Delta II 7920-10 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 1999.05.18 TERRIERS/Multiple Paths, Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications (MUBLCOM) Pegasus XL Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) 1999.06.20 QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) Titan II Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4 West (VAFB SLC-4W) 1999.06.24 Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Delta II 7320-10 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 1999.12.18 Terra Atlas II-AS Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 East (VAFB SLC-3E)
2000s
Launch Date Mission Vehicle Launch Site Total Launch Cost* (million)2000 2000.03.25 Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Delta II 7326-9.5 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2000.05.03 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-L (GOES-L) Atlas II-A Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36A (CCAFS SLC-36A) 2000.06.30 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-H (TDRS-H) Atlas II-A Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B (CCAFS SLC-36B) 2000.09.21 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-L (NOAA-L) Titan II Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4 West (VAFB SLC-4W) 2000.10.09 High Energy Transient Explorer-2 (HETE-2) Pegasus XL Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll $0.10 (min); 1 of 16 for $400 max 2000.11.21 Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)/ SAC-C Delta II 7320-10 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2001 2001.04.07 2001 Mars Odyssey Delta II 7925 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17) 2001.06.30 Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Delta II 7425 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17) 2001.07.23 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-M (GOES-M) Atlas II Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36 (CCAFS SLC-36) 2001.08.08 Genesis Delta II 7326-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 2001.09.29 Kodiak Star Athena I Kodiak Island 2001.12.07 Jason-1/Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) Delta II 7920-10 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2002 2002.02.05 Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) Pegasus XL Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) $0.10 (min); 1 of 16 for $400 max 2002.03.08 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite TDRS-I Atlas II-A Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36A (CCAFS SLC-36A) 2002.05.04 AQUA (EOS PM-1) Delta II 7920-10L Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2002.06.24 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-M (NOAA-M) Titan II Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4 (VAFB SLC-4W) 2002.07.03 COmet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR) Delta II 7425 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 2002.12.04 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite TDRS-J Atlas II-A Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36A (CCAFS SLC-36A) 2003 2003.01.12 Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) /Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer satellite (CHIPSat) Delta II 7320-10 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2003.01.25 Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Pegasus XL Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) $0.10 (min); 1 of 16 for $400 max 2003.04.28 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Pegasus XL Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) $0.10 (min); 1 of 16 for $400 max 2003.06.10 Mars Exploration Rover – A (MER-A) Spirit Rover Delta II 7925-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 2003.07.07 Mars Exploration Rover – B (MER-B) Opportunity Rover Delta II Heavy 7925H-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17B) 2003.08.12 SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) $0.10 (min); 1 of 16 for $400 max 2003.08.25 Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)) Delta II Heavy 7920H-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17) 2004 2004.04.20 Gravity Probe B (GP-B) Delta II 7920-10C Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2004.07.15 Aura (EOS CH-1) Delta II 7920-10L Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W) 2004.08.03 MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) Delta II Heavy 7925H-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17) 2004.11.20 Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission (Swift) Delta II 7320-10C Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17) 20052005.01.12Deep ImpactDelta II 7925-9.5Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)2005.04.15Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART)Pegasus XLVandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)2005.05.20National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-N (NOAA-N)Delta II 7320-10CVandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W)2005.08.12Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)Atlas V 401Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 (CCAFS SLC-41)20062006.01.19New Horizons (Pluto)Atlas V 551 + Star 48BCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 (CCAFS SLC-41)2006.03.22Space Technology 5 (ST-5)Pegasus XLVandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)2006.04.28CloudSat/Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO)Delta II 7420-10CVandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W)1 of 19 for $12002006.10.25Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO)Delta II 7925-10LCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $120020072007.02.17Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS)Delta II 7925-10CCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $12002007.04.25Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM)Pegasus XLVandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)2007.08.04PhoenixDelta II 7925Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $12002007.09.27DawnDelta II Heavy 7925H-9.5Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $120020082008.06.11Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST)Delta II Heavy 7920H-10CCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $12002008.06.20Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2Delta II 7320Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W)1 of 19 for $12002008.10.19Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)Pegasus XLReagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll20092009.02.06National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-N Prime (NOAA-N Prime)Delta II 7320-10CVandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W)1 of 19 for $12002009.02.24Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) [launch failure]Taurus XLVandenberg AFB Launch Complex 576 (VAFB LC-576)2009.03.06KeplerDelta II 7925-10LCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $12002009.05.05Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS-ATRR)Delta II 7920-10CVandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W)1 of 19 for $12002009.06.18Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)Atlas V 401Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 (CCAFS SLC-41)$136.22009.09.25Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS)-Demonstrators ProgramDelta II 7920-10CCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17)1 of 19 for $12002009.12.14Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)Delta II 7320-10CVandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 West (VAFB SLC-2W)1 of 19 for $1200
2010s