Space exploration in 2015

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class="quickDesc">The <a href="centers_industry.html">Russian space industry</a> entered 2015 in a midst of a deepening economic recession, forcing the Kremlin to make a 10-percent cut in the nation's space budget. The government also fired the third head of <a href="roskosmos.html">Roskosmos</a> in four years and launched <a href="centers_industry_2010s.html">another restructuring</a> of the agency. </p> <p class="bodyText">At the end of January, the newly appointed chief of the newly created Roskosmos State Corporation Igor Komarov said that despite worsening economic situation, an effort would be made to preserve <a href="russia_2010s.html">all key projects</a> and limit the effect from funding cuts only to schedules. According to Russian military officials, Russia operated more than 120 spacecraft in orbit as of 2015. The nation's key spacecraft manufacturer, ISS Reshetnev, reported at the end of the year, that eight of its satellite had been launched during the year, completing three orbital constellations. The company also said that 12 of its satellites had been awaiting the launch and 30 satellites had been in various stages of construction. The company also struck deals for the development of 16 new spacecraft.</p> <p class="navLine"><em><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Previous year: <a href="2014.html">2014</a></font></strong></em></p> <hr> <p class="navLine">EY ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2015 (listed chronologically):</p> <p align="center"><img src="images/spacecraft/experimental/ixv/integration_1.jpg" alt="integration" width="730" height="460"></p> <p align="left"><span class="bodyText">On <b>February 11, </b>the European Space Agency, ESA, successfully launched on a suborbital trajectory and recovered an experimental wingless glider, IXV. It became the first true "lifting body" vehicle, which reached a near-orbital speed and then returned back to Earth without any help from wings.</span></p> <hr> <p align="center"><img src="images/spacecraft/planetary/small_bodies/dawn/ceres/ceres_pia20179_1.jpg" alt="Ceres" width="730" height="439"></p> <p align="left" class="bodyText">On <b>March 6, </b>NASA's Dawn probe entered orbit around Ceres. The spacecraft beamed back first detailed views of the dwarf planet, including close-up photos of mysterious bright features. Scientists were split on the nature of the white material, suggesting that it could be a salty substance or ammonia-rich clays.</p> <hr> <p align="center" class="bodyText"><img src="images/spacecraft/planetary/mercury/messenger/mercury_1.jpg" alt="mercury" width="730" height="733"></p> <p align="left" class="bodyText">On<b> April 30, </b>NASA's Messenger spacecraft ended its 11-year spectacular mission with a controlled crash into a mountain side on Mercury near 54.4 degrees latitude, 210.1 degrees longitude, becoming the first artificial object to touch the planet.</p> <hr> <p align="center"><img src="images/spacecraft/planetary/small_bodies/rosetta/comet_2015_03_22_1.jpg" alt="Comet" width="730" height="730"></p> <p class="bodyText"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On<b> June 13, 22:28 CEST, </b>ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, received signals from the Philae lander after months of silence on the surface of comet of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Philae was dispatched to the comet's surface from the Rosetta "mother probe," which had entered orbit around 67P in 2014. According to original plans, the Rosetta was to end its mission in December as the comet had flown beyond the orbit of Jupiter.</font></p> <hr> <p align="center" class="bodyText"><img src="images/spacecraft/planetary/pluto/pluto_1.jpg" alt="Pluto" width="730" height="730"></p> <p align="left" class="bodyText">On<b> July 14, </b>NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto and its moons, providing first clear images of the remove world and delivering a treasure trove of scientific data to the delight of scientists and general public. In the fall, the New Horizons make maneuvers aiming to reach 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object, on Jan. 1, 2019.</p> <hr> <p align="left" class="bodyText">On<strong> December 9,</strong> Japan's Akatsuki (Planet-C) spacecraft succeeded entering orbit of Venus following a failed attempt in 2010. </p> <hr> <p align="center"><img src="images/rockets/falcon/orbcomm2_landing_1.jpg" alt="orbcomm" width="730" height="468"></p> <p align="left"><span class="bodyText">On<b> December 21, </b>SpaceX company finally succeeded with a rocket-powered landing of a first stage booster, which lifted the Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. It was the first use of this landing mode in the course of an actual orbital launch attempt, however the jury is still out on the economics of reusable launch systems.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><em>The world's orbital launch attempts in 2015</em> </font></strong><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(as of May 6, 2024 )<strong><em>:</em></strong></font></p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <TR align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"> <TH><b> </b></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Country</font></b></div></TH> <TH><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Launch date</font></b></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Time of launch</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Payload</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Payload type</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Launch vehicle</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Launch site</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Launch complex</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Launch pad</font></b></div></TH> <TH><div align="left"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Status</font></b></div></TH> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">1</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">USA</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Jan. 10</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">09:47 GMT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"> <p>Dragon SpX-5 (CRS5)</p> </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Manned / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Falcon-9 v1.1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-40<BR> </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">40<BR> </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="left">Success</div></TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">2</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">USA</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Jan. 21</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">01:04:00 GMT</div></TD> <TD 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bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-37B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">15</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">March 26</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">01:08:46 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="dnepr-kompsat-3a-arirang-3a.html">KompSat-3A</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / remote-sensing</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="dnepr.html">Dnepr</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="dombarovskiy.html">Dombarovsky</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">370/13</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">16</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Japan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">March 26</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">01:21 UTC</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">IGS Optical-5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / reconnaissance</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">H-2A (202) F28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Tanegashima</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD 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href="baikonur_r7_1.html">1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FAF9F9" class="tableText"><div align="center">5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FAF9F9" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">18</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">March 27</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">6:46:18 p.m. Guiana Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz-lv-vs11-galileo-foc-m2.html">Galileo FOC M1-7 Adam, Galileo FOC M1-8 Anastasia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / navigation</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-ST-B</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_els.html">ELS</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText">19</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">India</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">March 28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">17:19 IST</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">IRNSS-1D</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / navigation</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">PSLV-C27 XL</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">Srikharikota</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLP</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">20</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">March 30</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">21:52 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Beidou-3-I1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / navigation</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3C No. Y11/YZ-1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Xichang</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">LC2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">2</div></TD> <TD 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align="center"><a href="plesetsk.html">Plesetsk</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk_rockot.html">133</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText"><div align="center">3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FBF8F8" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">22</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">April 14</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">4:10:41 p.m. EDT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dragon SpX-6 (CRS-6)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Manned / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Falcon-9</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">40</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">23</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Europe</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">April 26</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">22:00 Guiana time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5 ECA</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela3.html">ELA-3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">24</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">April 27</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">7:03 p.m. EDT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">TürkmenÄlem-52E (MonacoSat)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Falcon-9 v1.1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">40</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">25</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">April 28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">10:09:50 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="progress-m27m.html">Progress M-27M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_manned_2010s.html">Manned</a> / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1a</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_31.html">31</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">6</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Failure</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">26</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">May 16</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">08:47:39 Moscow Time</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><a href="mexsat1.html">MexSat-1</a></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Application / communications</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>/<a href="briz.html">Briz-M</a></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_proton_200.html">200</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">39</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Failure</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">27</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">US</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">May 20</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">15:05:05 GMT</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">X-37B OTV-4, ULTRASat: LightSail-A , GEARRSAT-2, OptiCube 1, OptiCube-2, OptiCube-3, USS Langley, AeroCube-8A, AeroCube-8B, BRICSat-P, PSat A</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Military / experimental</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Atlas-5 501 (AV-054)</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Cape Canaveral</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">SLC-41</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">41</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">28</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Europe</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">May 27</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">06:16 p.m. Guiana time</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">DirecTV-15, SKYM-1</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Application / communications</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela3.html">ELA-3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">29</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">June 5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">18:23:54 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kobalt_m.html#2013">Kosmos-2505 (Kobalt-M)</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_military.html">Military</a> / reconnaissance</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1a</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk.html">Plesetsk</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk_r7_43.html">43</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">4</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">30</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Europe</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">June 22</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">10:51:58 p.m. local time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sentinel-2A</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / remote-sensing</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="vega_lv.html">Vega</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela1.html">ELA-1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">31</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">June 23</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">19:44:00 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="persona.html">Kosmos-2506 (Persona-3)</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_military.html">Military</a> / reconnaissance</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1b</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk.html">Plesetsk</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk_r7_43.html">43</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">4</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD 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style="text-align: center">US</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">June 28</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">10:21 EDT</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Dragon SpX-7</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Manned / cargo supply</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Falcon-9</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">40</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Failure</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">34</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">July 3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">07:55:48 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center"><a href="progress-m28m.html">Progress M-28M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Manned / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz_lv.html">Soyuz-U</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_1.html">1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">35</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">India</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">July 10</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">16:28 UTC</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">DMC-3 (1), DMC-3 (2), DMC-3 (3), DeorbitSail-1, CBNT-1 </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Application / remote sensing / experimental</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">PSLV (XL) C28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Srikharikota</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">FLP</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">36</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">July 15</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">15:36 GMT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">GPS IIF-10 (SV-11) </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Application / navigation</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Atlas-5 401 (AV-055) </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-41</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">37</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Europe</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">July 15</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">21:42 GMT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Star One C4, MSG-4/Meteosat-11 </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Application / communications / remote sensing</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5 ECA </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela3.html">ELA-3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">38</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">July 23</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">00:02:44 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="iss_soyuz_tma17m.html">Soyuz TMA-17M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_manned_2010s.html">Manned</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz_lv.html">Soyuz-FG</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_1.html">1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">39</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">July 23</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">8:07 p.m. EDT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">WGS-7</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Delta-4 Medium+(5,4)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-37B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">40</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">July 25</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">8:29 p.m. Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">BeiDou-3 M1-S (18), BeiDou-3 M2-S (19)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / navigation</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Long March-3B/Yuanzheng-1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Xichang</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">41</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Japan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Aug. 19</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">20:50 Japan Standard Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">HTV-5 (Kounotori-5)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Manned / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">H-2B (F5)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Tanegashima</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">42</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Europe</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Aug. 20</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">5:34 pm French Guiana time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Eutelsat-8 West B, Intelsat-34</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5 ECA </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela3.html">ELA-3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">43</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Aug. 27</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">02:31 UTC</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Yaogan Weixing-27</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / reconnaissance</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-4C</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Taiyuan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">9</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">44</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">India</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Aug. 27</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">16:52 India Standard Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">GSAT-6 (Insat-4E)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">GSLV-D6 Mk-2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Srikharikota</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">45</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Aug. 28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">14:44:00 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="inmarsat-5f3.html">Inmarsat-5 F3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>/<a href="briz.html">Briz-M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_proton.html">200</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">39</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">46</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">07:37:43 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="iss_soyuz_tma18m.html">Soyuz TMA-18M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_manned_2010s.html">Manned</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz_lv.html">Soyuz-FG</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_1.html">1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">47</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">6:18 a.m. EDT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">MUOS-4</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Atlas-5 551 (AV-056)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-41</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">48</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 10</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">11:08:10 p.m. French Guiana time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz-lv-vs12-galileo-foc-m3.html">Galileo FOC-M3 No. 9 Alba, No. 10 Oriana</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / <a href="galileo.html">navigation</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-ST-B</a>/<a href="fregat.html">Fregat-MT</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_els.html">ELS</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">49</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 12</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">23:42 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing-1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Xichang</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">50</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 14</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">12:42 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Gaofen-9</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / remote sensing</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-2D</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jiuquan</font></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">51</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 14</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">22:00:00 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="ekspress-am8.html">Ekspress-AM8</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_application.html">Application</a> / <a href="spacecraft_comsats.html">communications</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>/Block-DM03</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_proton.html">81</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">24</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">52</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 20</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">7:01 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">ZDPS-2A, ZDPS-2B, Kongjian-1A, Kongjina-1B, Kongjian-1C, Tiantuo-3, NUDT-A, NUDT-B, NUDT-C, NUDT-D, Xiwang-2A, Xiwang-2B, Xiwang-2C, Xiwang-2D, Xiwang-2E, Xiwang-2F, DCBB, LilacSat-2, NUDT-PhoneSat, Xinjishu Yanzheng-2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"> <div align="center">Experimental</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-6</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Taiyuan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">16</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">53</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 24</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">00:59:39 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Kosmos-2507, Kosmos-2508, Kosmos-2509 (<a href="rodnik.html">Rodnik</a>)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center" class="tableText"><a href="spacecraft_military.html">Military</a> / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="rockot.html">Rockot</a>/<a href="briz.html">Briz-KM</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk.html">Plesetsk</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk_rockot.html">133</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">54</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 25</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">09:41 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Pujian-1, Tianwang-1, NJUST-2, NJFA-1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-11</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jiuquan</font></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">55</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">India</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">10:00 India Standard Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Astrosat, Lapan-A2, Lemur-A, Lemur-B, Lemur-C, Lemur-D, NLS-14 (ev9)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Science / astronomy</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">PSLV-C30</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Srikharikota</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">56</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 30</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">07:30 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Beidou-3 I2S</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / navigation</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Xichang</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">LC3</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">57</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Europe</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sept. 30</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">5:30 p.m. Kourou Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Sky Muster, Arsat-2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela3.html">ELA-3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">58</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Oct. 1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center" class="tableText">19:49:41 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="progress-m29m.html">Progress M-29M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_manned_2010s.html">Manned</a> / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz_lv.html">Soyuz-U</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_1.html">1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">59</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Oct. 2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">6:28 a.m. EDT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Morelos-3 (MexSat-2)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Atlas-5 421 (AV-059)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-41</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">41</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">60</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Oct. 7</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">12:13 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Jilin-1, Lingqiao-A, Lingqiao-B, LQSat </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / remote 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bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Vandenberg AFB</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-3E</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">E</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">62</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Oct. 16</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">23:40:11 Moscow Time</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><a href="turksat4b.html">Turksat-4B</a></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Application / communications</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>/<a href="briz.html">Briz-M</a></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_proton_200.html">200</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">39</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">63</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">China</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Oct. 17</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">00:16 Local Time</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Apstar-9</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Application / communications</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Long March-3B/G2 </TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Xichang</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">64</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">China</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Oct. 26</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">15:10 Beijing Time</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Tianhui 1-03</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Application / remote-sensing</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Chang Zheng-2G</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Jiuquan</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">65</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">US</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Oct. 31</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">12:13 p.m. EDT</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">GPS 2F-11</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Application / navigation</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Atlas-5 401 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bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Xichang</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">67</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">US</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Nov. 4</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">03:45 UTC</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">HawaiiSat-1 (HiakaSat), Supernova-Beta, Argus (SLU-02), EDSN-1, EDSN-2, EDSN-3, EDSN-4, EDSN-5, EDSN-6, EDSN-7, EDSN-8, STACEM, PrintSat</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Science / experimental</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">SPARK (Super Strypi)</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">PMRF Hawaii</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">PMRF-41</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Failure</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">68</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">China</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">Nov. 8</TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText" style="text-align: center">15:06 Beijing Time</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Yaogan Weixing-28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / reconnaissance</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-4B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Taiyuan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">69</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Europe</div></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">Nov. 10</div></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText" style="text-align: center"><div align="center">6:43 p.m. Guiana Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Arabsat-6B (BADR-7), GSAT-15</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center" class="tableText">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5-ECA</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_ela3.html">ELA-3</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">70</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Nov. 17</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">09:33:41 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="eks-tundra-kosmos2510.html">Kosmos-2510 (EKS No. 1 Tundra)</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Military / early warning</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1b</a>/<a href="fregat.html">Fregat-M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk.html">Plesetsk</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk_r7_43.html">43</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">4</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">71</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Nov. 21</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">00:07 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">LaoSat-1</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Xichang</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">72</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Japan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Nov. 24</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">3:50:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Telstar-12 Vantage</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">H-2A No. 29</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Tanegashima</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">73</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Nov. 26</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">05:24 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Yaogan-29</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / remote-sensing</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-4B</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Taiyuan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">9</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 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align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">In progress</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">75</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 5</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center" class="tableText">17:08:33 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kanopus-st.html">Kosmos-2511 (Kanopus-ST)</a>,<a href="kanopus-st.html"> Kosmos-2512 (</a><a href="kanopus-st.html">KYuA-1)</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_military.html">Military</a> / Reconnaissance</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz1_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1v</a>/ <a href="volga.html">Volga</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk.html">Plesetsk</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="plesetsk_r7_43.html">43</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">4</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Failure</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">76</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">US</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 6</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">4:44:57 p.m. EST</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cygnus OA-4 (CRS4)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Manned / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Atlas-5 (401/AV-061)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" 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<TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">78</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 11</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><font color="#000000">16:45:32.036 Moscow Time</font></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="elektro-l2.html">Elektro-L No. 2</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_application.html">Application</a> / weather forecasting</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="zenit.html">Zenit-2SLBF</a>/<a href="fregat.html">Fregat-SB</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_zenit.html">45</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">79</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 13</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">03:19 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="garpun.html">Kosmos-2513 (Garpun-12L)</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_military.html">Military</a> / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>/<a href="briz.html">Briz-M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 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align="center">PSLV-C29 (CA)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Srikharikota</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">82</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 17</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center" class="tableText">8:51:56 a.m. French Guiana time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz-lv-vs12-galileo-foc-m3.html" class="tableText">FOC M4, Sat 11, FM08 Andriana, <br> FOC M4, Sat 12, FM09 Liene</a><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / <a href="galileo.html">navigation</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-ST</a>/<a href="fregat.html">Fregat</a>-MT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou.html">Kourou</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="kourou_els.html">ELS</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">83</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 17</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">08:12:04.713 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Wukong (DArk Matter Particle Explore, DAMPE)</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Science / astrophysics</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-2D</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Jiuquan</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">43/603</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">84</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 21</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center" class="tableText">11:44:39.465 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="progress-ms.html">Progress-MS</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_manned_2010s.html">Manned</a> / cargo supply</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1a</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_31.html">31</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">6</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">85</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">USA</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 21</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">8:29:00 p.m. EST</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Orbcomm G2 (x11) </div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / communications</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Falcon-9 FT</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Cape Canaveral</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">SLC-40</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">86</TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 25</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">00:31:19 Moscow Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="ekspress-amu1.html">Ekspress-AMU1</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="spacecraft_application.html">Application</a> / <a href="spacecraft_comsats.html">communications</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>/<a href="briz.html">Briz-M</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur.html">Baikonur</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="baikonur_proton_200.html">200</a></div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">39</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> <TR bgcolor="white"> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">87</TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">China</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Dec. 28</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">00:04 Beijing Time</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Gaofen-4</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Application / remote sensing</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3B:</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Xichang</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">2</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></TD> <TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">Success</TD> </TR> </table> <hr> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><em>The 2015 space launch score card</em> </strong>(as of May 6, 2024 )<strong><em>:</em></strong></font></p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td class="tableHeader">-</td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="left"><b><strong>Country</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="center"><b><strong>Launch vehicle</strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="right"><b><strong>Total </strong></b></div></td> <td class="tableHeader"><div align="right"><b><strong>Failed</strong></b></div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">1</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="left"><a href="russia_2010s.html">Russia</a></div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="proton.html">Proton-M</a>: 8 (1*)</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz_lv.html">Soyuz-U</a>/FG: 7</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz2_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1a</a>/b: 9 (1*)</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="dnepr.html">Dnepr</a>: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="rockot.html">Rockot</a>: 2</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="soyuz1_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1v</a><a href="rockot.html"></a>: 1 (1**)</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="zenit.html">Zenit</a>: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">29</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">3</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">2</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="left">USA</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Falcon-9: 7 (1*)</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Atlas-5: 9</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Delta-2: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Delta-4: 2</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">SPARK: 1 (1*)</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="right">20</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="right">2</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">3</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="left">China</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3C: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-4B: 3</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-3B: 8</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-4C: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-2D: 3</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-6: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-11: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Chang Zheng-2G: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">19</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">0</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">4</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="left">Europe</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center"><a href="vega_lv.html">Vega</a>: 3</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">Ariane-5: 6</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="right">9</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="right">0</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">5</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="left">India</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">PSLV: 4</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">GSLV: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">5</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">0</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">6</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText">Japan</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">H-2A: 3</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">H-2B: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="right">4</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableText"><div align="right">0</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText">7</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="left">Iran</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">Safir-1B: 1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">1</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tableText"><div align="right">0</div></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>World:</strong></font></div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="center">-</div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>87</strong></font></div></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="tableHeader"><div align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>5</strong></font></div></td> </tr> </table> <p class="footerCredit">*Failed launch; **Launch vehicle performed as planned, but <a href="kanopus-st.html">payload</a> failed to separate from upper stage;</p> <p> </p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>GOALS UNFULLFILLED:</strong></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Postponed from 2014 and 2015: </b></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">China to inaugurate its fourth and southernmost launch facility in Wenchang, Hainan Island. (As of 2010. Original plans called for the completion of the center in 2013.)</font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">China to test fly the Chang Zheng 5 (CZ-5) rocket, capable of delivering 25 tons to the low Earth orbit. It might be used to carry a space station around 2020. <em>(As of January 2009, the launch was promised in 2014. As of November 20, 2007, People's Daily report, the first launch would be in 2013)</em>.</font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">NASA to add an inflatable module to the ISS. <em>(A contract awarded to the industry in January 2013)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">China to launch the Tiangong-2 space station. (As of 2013)</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><strong>Postponed from March:</strong> First manned launch of NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (into the low Earth orbit) <em>(Date as of March 2007. From January 2004 to Aug. 30, 2006, the mission was expected as early as September 2014. The project officially canceled on Feb. 1, 2010)</em>.</font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Postponed from May:</strong> NASA to launch a Solar Probe Plus, which would fly closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. <em>(Funded as of 2008, by 2011, the launch date slipped to 2017.)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Postponed from July 19:</strong> NASA's Solar Probe Plus to conduct a flyby of Venus.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cancelled:</font></strong></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">The earliest date for NASA to resume manned exploration of the Moon. <em>(Date set on Jan. 14, 2004)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">NASA to launch the JIMO spacecraft to orbit three planet-sized moons of Jupiter -- Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. <em>(In January 2005, the mission was cut from NASA's 2006 budget and ultimately canceled.)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A "tugboat" spacecraft conceived by B612 Foundation to demonstrate the possibility of flying to a near-Earth asteroid, docking with it and gently altering its speed enough to change its orbit and avoid catastrophic collision with Earth. <em>(As of 2005, the mission was promised around 2015.)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ATK and Astrium's Liberty launch vehicle to carry the first crew during the third test launch. <em>(As of Sept. 13, 2011)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">NASA to launch ICESat-2 remote-sensing satellite into the Earth orbit to study rate of ice loss on Earth. <em>(A 2009 budget proposal)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">China to launch a Venus orbiter.<em> (As of 2010.)</em></font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">China to launch a hard X-ray modulation telescope to study black holes, HXMT <em>(As of 2011. According to a science development plan released in March 2007, the mission would fly in 2010.)</em></font></p> <p align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><em><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="2016.html">For missions in 2016 click here</a></strong></font></em></font></p> <hr> <div align="left"></div> <p align="center"><em><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak; Last update: May 6, 2024 </font></em></p> <p align="center"><em><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">All rights reserved</font></em></p></td> <td width="200" align="left" valign="top" bordercolor="#CCCCCC" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ><p><img src="images/spacecraft/military/imint/bars/bars-m_orbit_2.jpg" alt="Bars-M" width="200" height="255"></p> <p class="picCaptionSidebar">A new-generation <a href="bars-m.html">Bars-M satellite</a> was launched on Feb. 27, 2015.</p> <hr> <p align="center" class="picCaptionSidebar"><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/manned/space_stations/iss/progress_mm/28/launch_2.jpg" alt="launch" width="200" height="322" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/manned/space_stations/iss/progress_mm/28/launch_1.jpg','launch','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=730,height=1105')"></a></p> <p align="left" class="picCaptionSidebar">A Soyuz-U rocket <a href="soyuz_lv_2015.html">lifts off on July 3</a>, returning to flight <a href="progress_m_0m.html">Progress MM spacecraft series</a>, after the failure of <a href="progress-m27m.html">Progress M-27M mission</a> on April 28. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos</p> <hr> <p class="picCaptionSidebar"><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/application/communications/inmarsat/5F3/launch_B_2.jpg" alt="launch" width="200" height="300" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/application/communications/inmarsat/5F3/launch_B_1.jpg','proton','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=487,height=740')"></a></p> <p class="picCaptionSidebar">Proton rocket <a href="inmarsat-5f3.html">returns to flight with Inmarsat-5 F3 satellite</a> on August 28, following a launch accident on May 16. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos</p> <hr> <p class="picCaptionSidebar"><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/application/navigation/galileo/foc-m3/liftoff_v_2.jpg" alt="launch" width="200" height="307" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/application/navigation/galileo/foc-m3/liftoff_v_1.jpg','launch','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=595,height=852')"></a></p> <p class="picCaptionSidebar"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT rocket <a href="soyuz-lv-vs12-galileo-foc-m3.html">lifts off on Sept. 10, 2015, with a pair of Galileo FOC-M3 satellites</a>. Click to enlarge. Credit: Arianespace</font></p> <hr> <p class="picCaptionSidebar"><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/application/communications/ekspress/am8/separation_2.jpg" alt="separation" width="200" height="218" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/application/communications/ekspress/am8/separation_1.jpg','sat','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=730,height=497')"></a></p> <p class="picCaptionSidebar">Artist rendering depicting separation of between <a href="ekspress-am8.html">Ekspress-AM8</a> and Block-DM03. Click to enlarge. Copyright © 2015 Anatoly Zak</p> <hr> <p align="center" class="picCaptionSidebar"><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/military/communications/rodnik/briz-km_firing1_2.jpg" alt="briz" width="200" height="251" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/military/communications/rodnik/briz-km_firing1_1.jpg','rodnik','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=730,height=513')"></a></p> <p align="left" class="picCaptionSidebar">First engine firing of the Briz-KM stage during the delivery of the <a href="rodnik.html">Rodnik</a> trio. Click to enlarge. Copyright © 2015 Anatoly Zak</p> <hr> <p align="center"><img src="images/spacecraft/military/tundra/tundra_orbit_2.jpg" alt="tundra" width="200" height="322"></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">After years of delays, the first <a href="eks-tundra.html">EKS (Tundra) satellite</a> was finally launched on November 17. Copyright © 2015 Anatoly Zak</font></p> <hr> <p><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/military/kanopus_st/liftoff_D_2.jpg" alt="launch" width="200" height="258" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/military/kanopus_st/liftoff_D_1.jpg','launch','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=900,height=610')"></a></p> <p class="picCaptionSidebar">A <a href="soyuz1_lv.html">Soyuz-2-1v</a> rocket lifts off with the <a href="kanopus-st.html">Kanopus-ST</a> satellite on Dec. 5, 2015. Click to enlarge. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense</p> <hr> <p><a href="javascript:;"><img src="images/spacecraft/application/weather/elektro/2/liftoff_2.jpg" alt="liftoff" width="200" height="324" border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/spacecraft/application/weather/elektro/2/liftoff_1.jpg','liftoff','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=730,height=501')"></a></p> <p class="picCaptionSidebar"><a href="zenit.html">Zenit</a> lifts off with <a href="elektro-l2.html">Elektro-L2</a> on Dec. 11, 2015. Click to enlarge. 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