2000 in spaceflight

2000 in spaceflight
	230px Expedition 1, the first permanent crew of the International Space Station, launches aboard Soyuz TM-31
Orbital launches
First	21 January
Last	27 December
Total	86
Catalogued	82
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas IIIA; Minotaur I
Retirements	Long March 3; Delta III
Manned flights
Orbital	7
Total travellers	37
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Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
January
21 January 01:03	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
21 January 01:03	USA-148 (DSCS III B-8)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 January 01:04	Ariane 4 42L		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
25 January 01:04	Galaxy 10R	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 January 16:45	Long March 3A		Xichang LC-2
25 January 16:45	Feng Huo 1	CAST	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 January 03:03	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
1 February 06:47	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	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1
3 February 09:26	Kosmos 2369 (Tselina-2)	MO RF	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
3 February 23:30	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
3 February 23:30	Hispasat 1C	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 February 21:24	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	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	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	Space Shuttle Endeavour		Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance
	STS-99	NASA	Low Earth	Radar topography	22 February	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with six astronauts Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
12 February 09:10	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
12 February 09:10	Garuda 1	ACeS	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 February 01:04	Ariane 4 44LP		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
18 February 01:04	Superbird B2	SCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
March
12 March 04:07	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 200/39
12 March 04:07	Ekspress 6A	Intersputnik	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 March 09:29	Taurus 1110		Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital Sciences
12 March 09:29	MTI	US Air Force/Sandia	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
12 March 14:19	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	Soyuz-U/Fregat		Baikonur Site 31/6		Starsem
20 March 18:28	Dumsat	Starsem	Medium Earth	Boilerplate	In orbit	Successful
21 March 23:28	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	Delta II 7326-9.5		Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
25 March 20:34	IMAGE	NASA	High Earth	Aurora research	In orbit	Operational
April
4 April 05:01	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-30	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Mir EO-28	16 June 00:34	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts Final manned flight to the Mir space station
17 April 21:06	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
17 April 21:06	SESAT 1	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 April 00:29	Ariane 4 42L		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
19 April 00:29	Galaxy 4R	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 April 20:08	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
25 April 20:08	Progress M1-2	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	15 October	Successful
May
3 May 07:07	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
3 May 07:07	GOES-11 (GOES-L)	NOAA/NASA	Geostationary	Weather satellite	In orbit	Operational
3 May 13:25	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5
3 May 13:25	Kosmos 2370	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 May 2001	Successful
8 May 16:01	Titan IVB (402)/IUS		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		Lockheed Martin
8 May 16:01	USA-149 (DSP-20)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
11 May 01:48	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS
11 May 01:48	USA-150 (GPS IIR-4)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 May 08:27	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	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	29 May 06:20	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts
24 May 23:10	Atlas IIIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
	Eutelsat W4	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Maiden flight of Atlas IIIA
June
6 June 02:59	Proton-K/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services
6 June 02:59	Gorizont 45	Kos Svya	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 June 13:19	Pegasus-XL		Stargazer, Vandenberg		Orbital Sciences
7 June 13:19	TSX-5	US Air Force/Royal Air Force	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
24 June 00:28	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 200/39
24 June 00:28	Ekspress 3A	Intersputnik	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 June 11:50	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	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	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
	TDRS-H (TDRS-8)	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	First advanced TDRS satellite
30 June 22:08	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services
30 June 22:08	Radiosat 1	Sirius	Tundra	Communications	In orbit	Operational
July
4 July 23:44	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 200/39
4 July 23:44	Kosmos 2371	MO SSSR	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 July 04:56	Proton-K		Baikonur Site 81/23		Roskosmos
	Zvezda	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
	ISS flight 1R
14 July 05:21	Atlas IIAS		Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
14 July 05:21	Echostar 6	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 July 12:00	Kosmos-3M		Plesetsk Site 132/1
	MITA	ASI	Low Earth	Particle detection	15 August 2001	Successful
	CHAMP	DLR	Low Earth	Geophysics	19 September 2010 09:43^[1]	Successful
	Rubin 1	OHB-System	Low Earth	Monitor carrier rocket	30 August 2001	Successful
16 July 09:17	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS
16 July 09:17	USA-151 (GPS IIR-5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 July 12:39	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 mission
19 July 20:09	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	Zenit-3SL		Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
28 July 22:42	PAS-9	PanAmSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
August
6 August 18:26	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskomsos
	Progress M1-3	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	1 November 07:05	Successful
	ISS flight 1P
9 August 11:13	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 mission
17 August 23:16	Ariane 4 44LP		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	Brasilsat B4	Embratel	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Nilesat 102	Nilesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 August 23:45	Titan IVB (403)		Vandenberg SLC-4E		Lockheed Martin
17 August 23:45	USA-152 (Lacrosse 4)	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
23 August 11:05	Delta III 8930		Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
	DM-F3	Boeing IDS	Intended: Geostationary transfer Actual: Medium Earth	Boilerplate/Calibration target	In orbit	Partial Failure
	Payload placed in lower orbit than expected due to atmospheric condictions Final flight of Delta III
28 August 20:08	Proton-K/DM-2		Baikonur Site 81/24
28 August 20:08	Raduga-1	MO RF	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
September
1 September 03:25	Long March 4B		Taiyuan LC-1
1 September 03:25	Zi Yuan 2	CAST	Low Earth	Imaging	In orbit	Operational
5 September 09:43	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
5 September 09:43	Radiosat 2	Sirius	Tundra	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 September 22:23	Ariane 4 44P		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
6 September 22:23	Eutelsat W1	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 September 12:45	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	20 September 07:56	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts
14 September 22:54	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	Titan II 23G		Vandenberg SLC-4W		Lockheed Martin
21 September 10:22	NOAA-16 (NOAA-L)	NOAA/NASA	Sun-synchronous	Weather satellite	In orbit	Operational
25 September 10:10	Zenit-2		Baikonur Site 45/1
25 September 10:10	Kosmos 2372	MO RF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	20 April 2001	Successful
26 September 10:05	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	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 31/6
29 September 09:30	Kosmos 2375	MO RF	Low Earth	Cartography	14 November 22:53	Successful
October
1 October 22:00	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
1 October 22:00	Worldsat-1	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 October 23:00	Ariane 4 42L		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
6 October 23:00	N-SAT-110	SCC/JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 October 05:38	Pegasus-H		Kwajalein Atoll		Orbital Sciences
9 October 05:38	HETE-2	NASA/MIT	Low Earth	Astronomy	In orbit	Operational
11 October 23:17	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
	Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts 100th flight of the Space Shuttle program
13 October 14:12	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	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
16 October 21:27	Progress M-43	Roskosmos	Low Earth (Mir)	Logistics	29 January 2001	Successful
20 October 00:40	Atlas IIA		Cape Canaveral SLC-36A
20 October 00:40	USA-153 (DSCS III B-11	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 October 05:52	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	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
21 October 22:00	GE 6	GE Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 October 05:59	Ariane 4 44LP		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
	EuropeStar F1	EuropeStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	100th Ariane 4 launch
30 October 16:02	Long March 3A		Xichang LC-2
30 October 16:02	Beidou 1A	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
31 October 07:52	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TM-31	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 1	5 June 2001 05:41	Successful
	Manned orbital flight with three cosmonauts
November
10 November 17:14	Delta II 7925-9.5		Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS
10 November 17:14	USA-154 (GPS IIR-6)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 November 01:07	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	Soyuz-U		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Progress M1-4	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	8 February 2001 13:50	Successful
	ISS flight 2P
20 November 23:00	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	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	Ariane 4 44L		Kourou ELA-2		Arianespace
21 November 23:56	Anik F1	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
30 November 19:59	Proton-K/DM-2M		Baikonur Site 81/23		International Launch Services
30 November 19:59	Radiosat 3	Sirius	Tundra	Communications	In orbit	Operational
December
1 December 03:06	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
	Manned orbital flight with five astronauts
5 December 12:32	Start-1		Svobodny Site 5
5 December 12:32	EROS-A	Imagesat	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
6 December 02:47	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	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^[2]	Failure
	LDREX failed to deploy
20 December 16:20	Long March 3A		Xichang LC-2
20 December 16:20	Beidou 1B	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
27 December 09:56	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

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

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.^[3]	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.^[4]^[5]
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.^[6]
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.^[7]
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.^[8]
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.^[9]
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.^[10]^[11]
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.^[12]^[13]
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.^[14]
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.^[15]

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