2008 in spaceflight
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The year 2008 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including the first flyby of Mercury by a spacecraft since 1975, the discovery of water ice on Mars by the Phoenix spacecraft, which landed in May, the first Chinese spacewalk in September, the launch of the first Indian Lunar probe in October, and the first successful flight of a privately developed orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX's Falcon 1.
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Overview
The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above sea level. The first recorded spaceflight launch of the year occurred on 11 January, when a Black Brant was launched on a suborbital trajectory from White Sands, with the LIDOS ultraviolet astronomy payload.[1] This was followed by the first orbital launch of the year on 15 January, by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL, with the Thuraya 3 communications satellite.[2] The launch marked the return to flight for Sea Launch following the explosion of a Zenit-3SL on the launch pad the previous January during an attempt to launch the NSS-8 satellite.
Five carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2008; the Ariane 5ES, Long March 3C, Zenit-3SLB, PSLV-XL, and the operational version of the Falcon 1, with an uprated Merlin-1C engine.[3] These were all derived from existing systems. The Blue Sparrow and Sejjil missiles also conducted their maiden flights, and the ATK Launch Vehicle made its only flight, but was destroyed by range safety after it went off course. In November, the baseline Proton-M was retired in favour of the Enhanced variant, first launched in 2007.
The first Vietnamese and Venezuelan satellites, Vinasat-1 and Venesat-1 respectively, were launched in 2008, while a failed Iranian launch was reported to have been that country's first indigenous orbital launch attempt. In September, SpaceX conducted the first successful orbital launch of a privately developed and funded liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, when the fourth Falcon 1 launched RatSat, following previous failures in 2006, 2007, and August.
Space exploration
India launched its first Lunar probe, Chandraayan-1, on 22 October, with the spacecraft entering selenocentric orbit on 8 November. On 16 November, the Moon Impact Probe was released, and crashed into the Lunar surface. Although no other spacecraft were launched beyond geocentric orbit in 2008, several significant events occurred in interplanetary flights which had been launched in previous years. MESSENGER conducted flybys of Mercury in January and October, the first spacecraft to do so since Mariner 10 in 1975. Cassini continued to make flybys of the moons of Saturn, including several close passes of Enceladus, one at a distance of 25 kilometres.[4] In September Rosetta flew past the asteroid 2867 Šteins. On 25 May, the Phoenix spacecraft landed in the Green Valley on Mars, where it discovered water ice.[5] Phoenix exceeded its design life of 90 days, finally failing on 10 November. The Ulysses spacecraft, launched in 1990, was also retired in 2008.[6]
Crewed spaceflight
Seven crewed flights were launched in 2008, one by China, two by Russia and four by the United States. In April, Yi So-yeon became the first South Korean to fly in space, aboard Soyuz TMA-12. On the same flight, Sergey Volkov became the first second-generation cosmonaut. Yi returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-11, which nearly ended in disaster following a separation failure between the descent and service modules, resulting in a ballistic reentry.[7] In September, China conducted its third crewed mission, Shenzhou 7, from which Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming conducted the first Chinese spacewalk.[8] Soyuz TMA-13, launched in October, was the hundredth flight of the Soyuz programme to carry a crew at some point in its mission.[9]
Assembly of the International Space Station continued, with the delivery of the Columbus module by Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-122 in February. March saw the launch of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed European spacecraft which was used to resupply the space station. Also in March, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-123 with the first component of the Japanese Experiment Module, the Experiment Logistics Module. STS-123 marked the final flight of the Spacelab programme, with a SpaceLab pallet used to carry the Canadian-built Dextre RMS extension. The second JEM component, the main pressurised module, was launched by STS-124, flown by Discovery in May. In November, Endeavour launched on the STS-126 logistics flight, with the Leonardo MPLM.
Launch failures
On 14 March, a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage launched AMC-14. Several hours later, on 15 March, the Briz-M engine cut off prematurely during a burn,[10] leaving the satellite in a medium Earth orbit. Following a small legal dispute,[11] the satellite was sold, and raised to a geosynchronous orbit by its manoeuvring thrusters, at the expense of a large amount of its fuel and hence operational life.[12]
On 3 August, SpaceX launched the third Falcon 1. Due to residual thrust caused by the upgraded Merlin-1C engine which was being flown for the first time, the first stage recontacted the second during staging, resulting in the rocket failing to reach orbit. The Trailblazer, PreSat and NanoSail-D satellites were lost in the failure, as was a space burial capsule, containing the remains of several hundred people, including astronaut Gordon Cooper, actor James Doohan, writer and director John Meredyth Lucas and Apollo mission planner Mareta West.[13]
On 16 August, Iran launched a Safir, which though officially successful, was reported to have failed due to a second stage malfunction. The purpose of this launch is in doubt, as before the launch it was claimed that it would place the Omid into orbit, whilst following the launch, it was reported that a boilerplate payload had been launched.[14] Other reports indicated that the launch was only a suborbital test of the rocket.[15] If this was an orbital launch attempt, it was the first Iranian attempt to launch a satellite.
On 22 August, the inaugural launch of the Alliant Techsystems ALV X-1 was terminated 27 seconds after launch from Wallops Flight Facility when it veered off course. Both hypersonic physics experiments on board were destroyed.[16]
Summary of launches
In total, sixty nine orbital launches were made in 2008, with sixty seven reaching orbit, and two outright failures if the Iranian launch in August is counted.[3] This is an increase of one orbital launch attempt on 2007, with two more launches reaching orbit, which continues a trend of increasing launch rates seen since 2006. The final launch of the year was conducted on 25 December, by a Proton-M with three GLONASS navigation satellites for the Russian government.
Suborbital spaceflight in 2008 saw a number of sounding rocket and missile launches. On 21 February, a RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 was used as an anti-satellite weapon to destroy the USA-193 satellite. USA-193 was a US spy satellite which had failed immediately after launch in 2006.[17][18]
By country
China conducted twelve orbital launches of a planned fifteen. Europe had intended to conduct seven launches of Ariane 5 rockets, and the maiden flight of the Vega rocket, however payload delays pushed one of the Arianes into 2009, and the Vega was delayed due to development issues. India had originally scheduled five to seven launches, however only three of these were conducted, mostly due to delays with the launch of Chandraayan-1. Japan scheduled three launches for 2008, of which one was launched; an H-IIA with WINDS in February. Russia and the former Soviet Union conducted twenty six launches, not including the international Sea and Land launch programmes, which conducted six. Fourteen launches were conducted by the United States, which had originally announced plans to launch many more, however technical issues with several rockets, particularly the Atlas V, Delta II and Falcon 1, caused a number of delays. The Atlas problems, combined with a series of delays to the launch of NRO L-26 on a Delta IV, resulted in just two of ten planned EELV launches being conducted.[3][19] Two of six planned Space Shuttle launches were also delayed to 2009, one due to problems with External Tank delivery, and another due to a major systems failure on the Hubble Space Telescope, which it was to have serviced. Israel was not reported to have scheduled, or conducted an orbital launch attempt.
Orbital launches
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Suborbital launches
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| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
January-March | |||||||
| 11 January 05:32[1] |
Template:Flagicon Black Brant IX | Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36 | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon LIDOS | JHU | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 05:42 | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 17 January[162] | Template:Flagicon Jericho III | Template:Flagicon Palmachim | Template:Flagicon Israeli Air Force | ||||
| Israeli Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 January | Successful | |||
| 18 January 07:30[163] |
Template:Flagicon Black Brant XII | Template:Flagicon Andøya | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon SCIFER-2 | Cornell/Dartmouth | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 18 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 25 January[164] | Template:Flagicon Shaheen-I | Template:Flagicon Sonmiani | Template:Flagicon Pakistan Army | ||||
| Pakistan Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | |||
| 31 January 19:14[165] |
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon VS-30-Orion | Template:Flagicon Andøya | Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon DLR/Andøya | ||||
| Template:Flagicon HotPay-2 | University of Leeds | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 31 January | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 4 February[166] | Template:Flagicon Safir | Template:Flagicon Semnan | Template:Flagicon ISA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Kavoshgar-1 | ISA | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 February | Successful | ||
| 6 February 09:14:40[167] |
Template:Flagicon S-310 | Template:Flagicon Uchinoura | Template:Flagicon JAXA | ||||
| JAXA | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 6 February | Successful | |||
| 7 February 11:30[168] |
Template:Flagicon VSB-30 | Template:Flagicon Esrange | Template:Flagicon File:European Space Agency logo.svg DLR / ESA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon File:European Space Agency logo.svg TEXUS-44 | DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 7 February | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 21 February 03:26[169] |
Template:Flagicon RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy / MDA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon ASAT | MDA | Suborbital | Satellite intercept | 03:29[169] | Successful | ||
| Destroyed USA-193 satellite[17] | |||||||
| 21 February 06:15[168] |
Template:Flagicon VSB-30 | Template:Flagicon Esrange | Template:Flagicon File:European Space Agency logo.svg DLR / ESA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon File:European Space Agency logo.svg TEXUS-45 | DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 21 February | Successful | ||
| 26 February 07:28[170] |
Template:Flagicon K-15 Sagarika | Template:Flagicon INS Kalinga | Template:Flagicon Indian Navy | ||||
| Indian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 February | Successful | |||
| 23 March 04:45[171] |
Template:Flagicon Agni 1 | Template:Flagicon Integrated Test Range LC-4[171] | Template:Flagicon Indian Army | ||||
| SFC / DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 March | Successful | |||
| 28 March | Template:Flagicon VSB-30 | Template:Flagicon Andøya | Template:Flagicon Andøya | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Mini-DUSTY 14 | Andøya | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 28 March | Successful | ||
April-June | |||||||
| 2 April 08:01[172] |
Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III | Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-09 | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | ||||
| Template:FlagiconGT-196GM | U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 April | Successful | ||
| Travelled Script error: No such module "convert". downrange[172] | |||||||
| 14 April 16:58[173] |
Template:Flagicon Black Brant IX | Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36 | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon SEE | UCB LASP | Suborbital | UV Astronomy[174] | 17:08[173] | Successful | ||
| 15 April | Template:Flagicon Blue Sparrow | Template:Flagicon F-15 Eagle, Israel | Template:Flagicon Israeli Air Force | ||||
| Israeli Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 April | Successful | |||
| Maiden flight of Blue Sparrow. | |||||||
| 19 April[175][176] | Template:Flagicon Shaheen-II | Template:Flagicon Sonmiani | Template:Flagicon Pakistan Army[177] | ||||
| Pakistan Army[177] | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 April | Successful | |||
| 21 April[178] | Template:Flagicon Shaheen-II | Template:Flagicon Sonmiani | Template:Flagicon Pakistan Army | ||||
| Pakistan Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 April | Successful | |||
| 1 May 05:30[179][180] |
Template:Flagicon Black Brant IX | Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36 | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| JHU | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 05:40 | Successful | |||
| 7 May 04:26[181][182] |
Template:Flagicon Agni-III | Template:FlagiconIntegrated Test Range LC-4 | Template:FlagiconIndian Army | ||||
| SFC/DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 04:41 | Successful | |||
| 8 May | Template:Flagicon UGM-133 Trident II | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
| 8 May | Template:FlagiconUGM-133 Trident II | Template:FlagiconUSS Nebraska | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
| 15 May 04:00[184][185][183] |
Template:Flagicon VSB-30 | Template:Flagicon Esrange | Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon SSC/DLR | ||||
| Template:Flagicon File:European Space Agency logo.svg MASER-11 | SSC/ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 15 May | Successful[183] | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".[183] | |||||||
| 22 May 10:04[187][188] |
Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III | Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-10 | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | ||||
| Template:Flagicon GT-197GM | U.S. Air Force/NNSA[187] | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 May | Successful | ||
| Long range test[186] | |||||||
| 23 May 05:00[189] |
Template:Flagicon Prithvi | Template:FlagiconIntegrated Test Range | Template:Flagicon Indian Army | ||||
| Indian Army[189] | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 May | Successful | |||
| User test[189] | |||||||
| 29 May | Template:Flagicon JL-2 | Template:Flagicon P629 submarine, Yellow Sea | Template:Flagicon PLAN | ||||
| PLAN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Successful | |||
| 5 June 18:13 |
Template:Flagicon TR-SRBM | FTM-14 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Kauai | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy / MDA | |||
| MDA | Suborbital | AEGIS target | 5 June | Successful | |||
| Destroyed after re-entry by endoatmospheric SM-2 missile launch | |||||||
| 13 June | Template:Flagicon MRT | Template:Flagicon Barking Sands | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy / MDA | ||||
| MDA | Suborbital | AEGIS target | 13 June | Successful | |||
| Used for simulated test, not intercepted | |||||||
| 13 June | Template:Flagicon MRT | Template:Flagicon Barking Sands | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy / MDA | ||||
| MDA | Suborbital | AEGIS target | 13 June | Successful | |||
| Used for simulated test, not intercepted | |||||||
| 26 June 02:16[190] |
Template:Flagicon TRBM | FTT-09 | Template:Flagicon C-17, Pacific Ocean | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | |||
| MDA | Suborbital | THAAD Target | 26 June | Successful | |||
| Intercepted after re-entry by THAAD launched from KMR at 02:22 GMT.[190][191][192] | |||||||
| 26 June 19:57[193][194] |
Template:Flagicon Black Brant XI | Template:Flagicon Wallops Island | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| MDA[194] | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 26 June | Successful | |||
| 30 June[195] | Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion | Template:Flagicon Andøya | Template:Flagicon Andøya | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon ECOMA 2008-1 | Andøya / DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 June | Successful | ||
July-September | |||||||
| 7 July 21:30[195] |
Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion | Template:Flagicon Andøya | Template:Flagicon Andøya | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon ECOMA 2008-2 | Andøya / DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 9 July[196] | Template:Flagicon Shahab-3Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | Template:Flagicon Strait of Hormuz[196] | Template:Flagicon IRGC | ||||
| IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
| Part of Great Prophet III exercise.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |||||||
| 9 July[196] | Template:Flagicon Shahab-2[197] | Template:Flagicon Strait of Hormuz[196] | Template:Flagicon IRGC | ||||
| IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
| Part of Great Prophet III exercise,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". missile type not confirmed. | |||||||
| 9 July[196] | Template:Flagicon Shahab-1[197] | Template:Flagicon Strait of Hormuz[196] | Template:Flagicon IRGC | ||||
| IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
| Part of Great Prophet III exercise,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". missile type not confirmed. | |||||||
| 10 July[198] | Template:Flagicon Shahab-3 | Template:Flagicon Strait of Hormuz | Template:Flagicon IRGC | ||||
| IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 July | Successful | |||
| Part of Great Prophet III exercise, missile type not confirmed. | |||||||
| 12 July 10:46[195] |
Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion | Template:Flagicon Andøya[195] | Template:Flagicon Andøya | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon ECOMA 2008-3 | Andøya / DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy[195] | 12 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".[195] | |||||||
| 14 July 10:10[199] |
Template:Flagicon Terrier-Orion[200] | Template:Flagicon Wallops Island LP-1 | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon SubTEC-II | NASA / Wallops | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 14 July | Successful | ||
| 18 July 22:47[201] |
Template:Flagicon UGM-27 Polaris (STARS | Template:Flagicon Kodiak Island | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | ||||
| Template:Flagicon FTX-03 | MDA | Suborbital | Target | 18 July | Successful[202] | ||
| Radar targeting test only, missile not intercepted | |||||||
| 1 AugustScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Template:Flagicon R-29 | Template:Flagicon Ryazan, Barents SeaScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 August | SuccessfulScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | |||
| 2 August 08:30[203][204] |
Template:Flagicon S-520 | Template:Flagicon Uchinoura | Template:Flagicon JAXA | ||||
| JAXA/Teikyo | Suborbital | Microgravity | 2 August | Successful | |||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 13 August 08:01[206] |
Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III | Template:Flagicon Vandenberg | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | ||||
| Template:Flagicon GT-195GM | U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 August | Successful[206] | ||
| Travelled about Script error: No such module "convert". downrange.[205] | |||||||
| 22 August 09:10[208] |
Template:Flagicon ALV | Template:Flagicon MARS LP-0B | Template:Flagicon Alliant Techsystems | ||||
| Template:Flagicon SOAREX-VI | NASA | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | T+27 seconds[208] | Launch failure | ||
| Template:Flagicon Hy-BoLT | NASA | Suborbital | Aerodynamics | ||||
| Only flight of ALV, veered off course to the South and destroyed by RSO[207] | |||||||
| 25 August[209] | Template:FlagiconUGM-133 Trident II | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Pacific Ocean | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 August | Successful | |||
| 25 August[209] | Template:FlagiconUGM-133 Trident II | Template:FlagiconUSS Louisiana, Pacific Ocean | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 August | Successful | |||
| 28 August[210] | Template:Flagicon RT-2PM Topol (RS-12M) | Template:Flagicon Plesetsk | Template:Flagicon RVSN RF | ||||
| RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 August | Successful | |||
| 18 September 02:05[211] |
FTT-10 | Template:Flagicon Kauai | Template:Flagicon MDA | ||||
| MDA | Suborbital | Target | 18 September | Launch failure[211] | |||
| Two THAAD intercept launches cancelled.[211] | |||||||
| 18 September 14:45[212] |
Template:Flagicon RSM-56 Bulava (R-30) | Template:Flagicon Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea[213] | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 15:05[214] | Successful | |||
| 24 September 06:57[215] |
Template:Flagicon Chimera[215] (Minuteman/Minotaur II) | Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-06 | Template:Flagicon Orbital Sciences | ||||
| Template:Flagicon NFIRE 2b | MDA | Suborbital | Target | 24 September | Successful | ||
| Tracked by NFIRE satellite | |||||||
October-December | |||||||
| 11 OctoberScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Template:Flagicon R-29RMU Sineva | Template:Flagicon Tula, Barents Sea | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 October | Successful | |||
| Long-range testScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | |||||||
| 12 October 07:24Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
Template:Flagicon RT-2PM Topol (RS-12M) | Template:Flagicon Plesetsk | Template:Flagicon RVSN RF | ||||
| RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 07:50Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | Successful | |||
| 12 October[216] | Template:Flagicon R-29R Vysota | Template:Flagicon Zelenograd, Sea of Okhotsk[216] | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 October | Successful | |||
| 12 October[216] | Template:Flagicon R-29RM Shtil | Template:Flagicon Yekaterinburg, Barents Sea[216] | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 October | Successful | |||
| 20 October 08:39[217] |
Template:Flagicon Black Brant IX | Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36 | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| NRL | Suborbital | UV Astronomy[218] | 08:49[217] | Successful | |||
| 22 October 09:10[219] |
Template:Flagicon RS-18 UR-100N | Template:Flagicon Baikonur | Template:Flagicon RVSN RF | ||||
| RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 October | Successful | |||
| 22 October 12:30[220] |
Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion | Template:Flagicon Esrange | Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon EuroLaunch | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon REXUS-4 | SSC / DLR | Suborbital | Student research | 22 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert". | |||||||
| 1 November[221] | Pacific Blitz | Template:Flagicon Barking Sands | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Target | 1 November | Successful | |||
| Intercepted by SM-3 missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
| 1 November[221] | Template:Flagicon RIM-161 SM-3 | Pacific Blitz | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Pacific Ocean[221] | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | |||
| U.S. Navy[221] | Suborbital | Intercept test | 1 November | Successful | |||
| Intercepted target missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
| 1 November[221] | Pacific Blitz | Template:Flagicon Barking Sands | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Target | 1 November | Successful | |||
| Intercept by SM-3 missile failed. Part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
| 1 November[221] | Template:Flagicon RIM-161 SM-3 | Pacific Blitz | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Pacific Ocean[221] | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | |||
| U.S. Navy[221] | Suborbital | Intercept test | 1 November | Spacecraft failure | |||
| Sensor fault resulted in failure to intercept target missile.[221] Part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
| 5 November 09:00[222] |
Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III | Template:Flagicon Vandenberg | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | ||||
| Template:Flagicon GT-198GM | U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Successful | ||
| Travelled Script error: No such module "convert". downrange[222] | |||||||
| 12 November 05:56[223] |
Template:Flagicon Shaurya[224] | Template:FlagiconIntegrated Test Range LC-3[225] | Template:FlagiconDRDO | ||||
| Indian Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 November | Successful | |||
| 12 November[226] | Template:Flagicon Sejjil | Template:Flagicon Iran | Template:Flagicon IRGC AF | ||||
| IRGC AF | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 November | Successful | |||
| Maiden flight of Sejjil missile | |||||||
| 13 November 09:06[227] |
Template:Flagicon M51 | Template:Flagicon CEL | Template:Flagicon FOST | ||||
| FOST | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 November | Successful | |||
| 14 November | Template:Flagicon Black Brant IX | Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36 | Template:Flagicon NASA | ||||
| NRL[228] | Suborbital | Solar[228] | 14 November | Successful | |||
| 19 November 02:18[229][230] |
JFTM-2 | Template:Flagicon Barking Sands | Template:Flagicon U.S. Navy | ||||
| U.S. Navy / JMSDF | Suborbital | Target | 19 November | Successful | |||
| Intercept by SM-3 missile failed | |||||||
| 19 November 02:21[230] |
Template:Flagicon RIM-161 SM-3 | JFTM-2 | Template:Flagicon JDS Chōkai, Pacific Ocean | Template:Flagicon JMSDF | |||
| JMSDF | Suborbital | Interceptor | 19 November | Spacecraft failure | |||
| Infrared sensor fault, failed to intercept target[231] | |||||||
| 26 November 13:24Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
Template:Flagicon RS-24 Yars | Template:Flagicon Plesetsk | Template:Flagicon RVSN RF | ||||
| RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 November | Successful | |||
| 26 November[232] | Template:Flagicon Kavoshgar-2 | Template:Flagicon Semnan | Template:Flagicon ISA | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Kavoshgar-2 | ISA | Suborbital | Test flight | 26 November | Successful | ||
| Payload recovered by parachute | |||||||
| 28 November[233] | Template:FlagiconRSM-56 Bulava (R-30) | Template:Flagicon Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea[234] | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 November | Successful | |||
| 5 December 10:35:10[235] |
Template:Flagicon Template:FlagiconVS-30-Orion | Template:Flagicon SvalRak | Template:Flagicon Andøya | ||||
| Template:Flagicon ICI-2[236] | Oslo | Suborbital | Auroral | 10:45[235] | Successful | ||
| Apogee: Script error: No such module "convert".[235] | |||||||
| 5 December 20:04[238] |
Template:FlagiconUGM-27 Polaris (STARS) | FTG-05 | Template:FlagiconKodiak Island | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | |||
| MDA | Suborbital | Target | 20:29[239] | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
| Decoy target failed to deploy,[237] intercepted by GBI | |||||||
| 5 December 20:21[238] |
Template:Flagicon Ground Based Interceptor | FTG-05 | Template:Flagicon Vandenberg | Template:Flagicon U.S. Air Force | |||
| MDA | Suborbital | Target | 20:29[239] | Successful | |||
| Intercepted Polaris | |||||||
| 23 December 03:00[241] |
Template:FlagiconRSM-56 Bulava[242] | Template:FlagiconDmitry Donskoi[240] | Template:Flagicon VMF | ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 December | Launch failure | |||
| Self-destruct system activated after missile went off course.[240] | |||||||
| Template:Flatlist |
Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January | Cassini | 40th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 14 January | MESSENGER | 1st flyby of Mercury | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". at 19:04 GMT[243] |
| 22 February | Cassini | 41st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 12 March | Cassini | 3rd flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 25 March | Cassini | 42nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 12 May | Cassini | 43rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 25 May | Phoenix | Landing on Mars | Region D, Arctic area - Green Valley, near the Heimdal crater: Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. Touchdown at 23:38 GMT. Successful[244] |
| 28 May | Cassini | 44th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 31 July | Cassini | 45th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 11 August | Cassini | 4th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 5 September | Rosetta | Flyby of 2867 Šteins |
Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 6 October | MESSENGER | 2nd flyby of Mercury | |
| 9 October | Cassini | 5th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 31 October | Cassini | 6th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 3 November | Cassini | 46th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 8 November | Chandrayaan-1 | Injection into Selenocentric orbit | Periselene: Script error: No such module "convert"., Aposelene: Script error: No such module "convert".[245] |
| 14 November | MIP | Landing on the Moon | Lunar Impactor |
| 19 November | Cassini | 47th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 5 December | Cassini | 48th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 21 December | Cassini | 49th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert". |
- Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys and Titan by Cassini occurred throughout the year.
EVAs
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Function | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 January 09:56[246] |
7 hours 10 minutes |
17:06[247] | Expedition 16 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconPeggy Whitson Template:FlagiconDaniel M. Tani |
Replace motor and bearing in solar array joint | |
| 11 February 14:13[248] |
7 hours 58 minutes |
22:11[248] | STS-122 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRex J. Walheim Template:FlagiconStanley G. Love |
Install Power Data Grapple Fixture on Columbus | Originally to have been conducted by Walheim and Hans Schlegel, Love replaced Schlegel on medical grounds.[249] |
| 13 February 14:27[250] |
6 hours 45 minutes |
21:12[250] | STS-122 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRex J. Walheim Template:FlagiconHans Schlegel |
Replace depleted nitrogen tank | |
| 15 February 12:07[250] |
7 hours 25 minutes |
20:32[250] | STS-122 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRex J. Walheim Template:FlagiconStanley G. Love |
Install experiments on Columbus, load failed gyroscope onto Shuttle for return to Earth | |
| 14 March 01:18[251] |
7 hours 1 minute |
08:19[251] | STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRichard M. Linnehan Template:FlagiconGarrett Reisman |
Install Kibo ELM-PS and start Dextre assembly | |
| 15 March 23:49[252] |
7 hours 8 minutes |
16 March 06:57[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRichard M. Linnehan Template:FlagiconMichael Foreman |
Dextre assembly | |
| 17 March 22:52[252] |
6 hours 53 minutes |
18 March 05:44[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRichard M. Linnehan Template:FlagiconRobert L. Behnken |
Dextre assembly, install MISSE-6 experiment, and store spare parts outside the ISS | MISSE installation failed[252] |
| 20 March 22:04[252] |
6 hours 24 minutes |
21 March 04:08[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRobert L. Behnken Template:FlagiconMichael Foreman |
Test heat shield repair techniques | |
| 22 March 20:34[252] |
6 hours 2 minutes |
23 March 02:36[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconRobert L. Behnken Template:FlagiconMichael Foreman |
Store OBSS on ISS, retry MISSE-6 installation[253] | |
| 3 June 16:22[254] |
6 hours 48 minutes[67] |
23:10[67] | STS-124 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconMike Fossum Template:FlagiconRon Garan |
Install JEM Pressurised Module, Inspect SARJ, retrieve OBSS.[254] | |
| 5 June 15:04[67] |
7 hours 11 minutes[67] |
22:15[67] | STS-124 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconMike Fossum Template:FlagiconRon Garan |
Adjust covers on JEM, Inspect SARJ.[255] | |
| 8 June 13:55[67] |
6 hours 33 minutes[67] |
20:28[67] | STS-124 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconMike Fossum Template:FlagiconRon Garan |
Replace nitrogen tank, inspect SARJ.[256] | |
| 10 July 18:48[257] |
6 hours 18 minutes[257] |
11 July 01:06[257] |
Expedition 17 (ISS Pirs)[257] |
Template:FlagiconSergei Volkov Template:FlagiconOleg Kononenko |
Remove pyrotechnic bolt from Soyuz TMA-12 for inspection.[258] | |
| 15 July 17:08[257] |
5 hours 54 minutes[257] |
23:02[257] | Expedition 17 (ISS Pirs)[257] |
Template:FlagiconSergei Volkov Template:FlagiconOleg Kononenko |
Install docking targeting equipment, rotate exposed experiments[259] | |
| 27 September 08:38 |
22 minutes | 09:00 | Shenzhou 7 | Template:FlagiconZhai Zhigang (full) Template:FlagiconLiu Boming (stand-up) |
Test spacesuit, collect experiment | First Chinese EVA |
| 18 November 18:09 |
6 hours 52 minutes |
19 November 01:01 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper Template:FlagiconStephen G. Bowen |
Transferred an empty nitrogen tank assembly from ESP3 to the shuttle's cargo bay, transferred a new flex hose rotary coupler to ESP3 for future use, removed an insulation cover on the Kibo Exposed Facility berthing mechanism, began cleaning and lubrication of the starboard SARJ, and replacement of its 11 trundle bearing assemblies.[260][261] | |
| 20 November 17:58 |
6 hours 45 minutes |
21 November 00:43 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper Template:FlagiconRobert S. Kimbrough |
Relocated the two CETA carts from the starboard side of the Mobile Transporter to the port side, lubricated the station robotic arm's latching end effector A snare bearings, continued cleaning and lubrication of the starboard SARJ[262][263][264] | Conducted on tenth anniversary of the launch of the ISS[262] |
| 22 November 18:01 |
6 hours 57 minutes |
23 November 00:58 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper Template:FlagiconStephen G. Bowen |
Completed cleaning and lubrication of all but one of the trundle bearing assemblies (TBA) on the starboard SARJ.[265][266] | |
| 24 November 18:24 |
6 hours 7 minutes |
25 November 00:31 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
Template:FlagiconStephen G. Bowen Template:FlagiconRobert S. Kimbrough |
Completed replacement of trundle bearing assemblies on starboard SARJ, lubricated the port SARJ, installed a video camera, re-installed insulation covers on the Kibo External Facility berthing mechanism, performed Kibo robotic arm grounding tab maintenance, installed spacewalk handrails on Kibo, installed Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) antennae on Kibo, photographed radiators, and photographed trailing umbilical system cables.[267] | |
| 23 December 00:51 |
5 hours 38 minutes |
06:29 | Expedition 18 (ISS Pirs) |
Template:FlagiconMichael Fincke Template:FlagiconYuri Lonchakov |
Install Langmuir probe, EXPOSE-R and IPI-SM experiments.[268] | EXPOSE-R installation failed[268] |
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. Template:Pie chart
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| World | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | Script error: No such module "math". | |
By rocket
Script error: No such module "Chart".
By family
| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta | Script error: No such module "flag". | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falcon | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| H-II | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March | Script error: No such module "flag". | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pegasus | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| PSLV | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| R-7 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| R-14 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| R-36 | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Safir | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Space Shuttle | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Universal Rocket | Script error: No such module "flag". | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zenit | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By type
| Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 5 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Ariane | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas V | Script error: No such module "flag". | Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II | Script error: No such module "flag". | Delta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dnepr | Script error: No such module "flag". | R-36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| H-IIA | Script error: No such module "flag". | H-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falcon 1 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Falcon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kosmos | Script error: No such module "flag". | R-12/R-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 4 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Molniya | Script error: No such module "flag". | R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pegasus | Script error: No such module "flag". | Pegasus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| PSLV | Script error: No such module "flag". | PSLV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton | Script error: No such module "flag". | Universal Rocket | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Safir | Script error: No such module "flag". | Safir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Soyuz | Script error: No such module "flag". | R-7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-2 | Script error: No such module "flag". | R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Space Shuttle | Script error: No such module "flag". | Space Shuttle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| UR-100 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Universal Rocket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zenit | Script error: No such module "flag". | Zenit | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By configuration
| Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 5 ES | Script error: No such module "flag". | Ariane 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Ariane 5 ECA | Script error: No such module "flag". | Ariane 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas V 411 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas V 421 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II 7320 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II 7420 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Delta II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II 7920H | Script error: No such module "flag". | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II 7925 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dnepr | Script error: No such module "flag". | Dnepr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| H-IIA 2024 | Script error: No such module "flag". | H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falcon 1 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Falcon 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | First successful launch[269] |
| Kosmos-3M | Script error: No such module "flag". | Kosmos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2D | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2F | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3A | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3B | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3B/E | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Long March 4B | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 4C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Long March 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Molniya-M / 2BL | Script error: No such module "flag". | Molniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pegasus-XL | Script error: No such module "flag". | Pegasus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton-K / DM-2 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton-M / DM-2 | Script error: No such module "flag". | Proton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton-M / Briz-M | Script error: No such module "flag". | Proton | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| PSLV-CA | Script error: No such module "flag". | PSLV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| PSLV-XL | Script error: No such module "flag". | PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Rokot / Briz-KM | Script error: No such module "flag". | UR-100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Safir | Script error: No such module "flag". | Safir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Soyuz-2.1b | Script error: No such module "flag". | Soyuz-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-FG | Script error: No such module "flag". | Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-FG / Fregat | Script error: No such module "flag". | Soyuz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-U | Script error: No such module "flag". | Soyuz | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Space Shuttle | Script error: No such module "flag". | Space Shuttle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zenit-3SL | Script error: No such module "flag". | Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zenit-3SLB | Script error: No such module "flag". | Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
By launch site
Script error: No such module "Chart".
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur | Script error: No such module "flag". | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cape Canaveral | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dombarovsky | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jiuquan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kapustin Yar | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kennedy | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kwajalein | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Two launches used Stargazer aircraft |
| Kourou | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ocean Odyssey | Template:Flagicon International | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plesetsk | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Satish Dhawan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Semnan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | First orbital launch attempt |
| Taiyuan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tanegashima | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vandenberg | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Xichang | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 66 | 2 | 1 | ||
By orbit
Script error: No such module "Chart".
| Orbital regime | Launches | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SuccessesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Failures | Accidentally achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Low Earth | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 11 to ISS |
| Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geosynchronous / GTO | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 67 | 2 | 0 |
Notes
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ PSSC
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Orbital launches in 2008