2007 in spaceflight

👁 Image SRE-1, the first Indian recovered spacecraft, on public display at Thiruvananthapuram
Orbital launches
First	10 January
Last	25 December
Total	68
Successes	63
Failures	3
Partial failures	2
Catalogued	65
National firsts
Satellite	👁 Image  Colombia 👁 Image  Mauritius
Space traveller	👁 Image  Malaysia
Rockets
Maiden flights	Atlas V 421 Long March 3B/E Proton-M Enhanced PSLV-CA Shavit-2 Zenit-2M
Retirements	H-IIA 2022
Crewed flights
Orbital	5
Total travellers	27
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2007 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2006 2008 →

The year 2007 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including a Chinese ASAT test, the launches of the US Phoenix and Dawn missions to study Mars and Asteroid belt respectively, Japan's Kaguya Lunar orbiter, and the first Chinese Lunar probe, Chang'e 1.

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 10 January, when a PSLV, launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, placed four spacecraft into low Earth orbit. One of these spacecraft was SRE-1, which returned to Earth twelve days later, in the first Indian attempt to recover a satellite after re-entry.

Several carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2007; the PSLV-CA, Long March 3B/E, Shavit-2, Zenit-2M, Proton-M Enhanced. These were all modernised or upgraded versions of existing systems. The RS-24 missile also conducted its first launch, and the Atlas V made its first flight in the 421 configuration. The first Colombian and Mauritian satellites, Libertad 1 and Rascom-QAF 1 respectively, were launched in 2007, although a helium leak reduced Rascom's operational lifetime by thirteen years.

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Several spacecraft were launched to explore the Moon. Japan's Kaguya orbiter, along with the smaller Okina and Ouna relay spacecraft, was launched on 14 September. The spacecraft entered Selenocentric orbit on 3 October. China launched its first Lunar probe, Chang'e 1, on 24 October, with the spacecraft entering Selenocentric orbit on 5 November. In 2009, two satellites launched into highly elliptical Earth orbits in 2007 as part of the THEMIS mission were also sent to the Moon. They are expected to arrive in October 2010.

In August, the NASA Phoenix spacecraft was launched towards Mars, followed by the Dawn mission to the Asteroid belt in September. Cassini continued to make flybys of the moons of Saturn, mostly focussing on Titan. In November, Rosetta flew past Earth, where it was mistaken for an asteroid, and given the provisional designation 2007 VN₈₄.

Five crewed flights were launched in 2007, two by Russia and three by the United States. Russia flew two Soyuz missions to the International Space Station for crew rotation. Soyuz TMA-10, launched on 7 April, carried the Expedition 15 crew to the Station. Space tourist Charles Simonyi was also launched on this flight, and landed aboard Soyuz TMA-9 a few days later. When TMA-10 returned to Earth in October, it made the first of two consecutive ballistic re-entries of Soyuz spacecraft, due to problems with separation bolts. Soyuz TMA-11, launched on 10 October, carried the Expedition 16 crew, and the first Malaysian in space, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who was selected for flight under the Angkasawan programme. He landed aboard Soyuz TMA-10. When TMA-11 landed in 2008, it also made a ballistic descent.

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2007 also saw the continued assembly of the International Space Station, by US Space Shuttle flights. On 8 June Atlantis made the first Shuttle launch of the year, STS-117, with seven astronauts, and the S3/4 truss segment of the ISS. It was the first Shuttle to launch from Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center since STS-107 in 2003. Launch had previously been delayed from February due to Hail damage to the External Tank, which required a rollback to repair in the Vehicle Assembly Building. In August, Endeavour launched on its first mission since 2002, STS-118. This carried the S5 truss segment, and marked the final flight of the Spacehab module, which was used to carry supplies. NASA's first Educator Astronaut, Barbara Morgan flew aboard STS-118. Morgan had previously been a backup for Christa McAuliffe, who was killed in the Challenger accident in 1986. STS-120, launched on 23 October using Discovery, carried the Harmony node, the first pressurised ISS component to be launched since Pirs in September 2001. Attempts to launch Atlantis in December on STS-122 were scrubbed, and the launch was delayed to 2008 after ECO sensors in the External Tank failed.

Three orbital launch attempts in 2007, involving a Zenit, a Falcon 1, and a Proton failed, and two others, an Atlas V and a GSLV, resulted in partial failures. On 30 January, a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL exploded on the Ocean Odyssey launch platform, seconds after ignition. The failure destroyed the NSS-8 satellite, and caused considerable damage to the Odyssey platform. It was later determined that the failure had been caused by debris in the turbopump. As a result of downtime to conduct repairs, and bad sea conditions at the end of the year, Sea Launch did not conduct another launch until 2008.

On 21 March, SpaceX launched the second Falcon 1. Due to the failure of the maiden flight, the launch was conducted as a demonstration flight without a functional payload. The launch failed to reach orbit due to a chain of events, starting with an error in setting the fuel mix ratio, which resulted in first stage underperformance, and the rocket being too low at the time of first stage separation. Additional atmospheric drag at this altitude caused recontact between the stages, setting up a fuel slosh in the second stage. This resulted in the premature cutoff of the second stage, and the rocket failed to reach orbit. This was the last launch of the Falcon 1 with the ablatively cooled Merlin-1A engine, which was replaced with the regeneratively cooled Merlin-1C for subsequent flights, starting in August 2008. As several test objectives were completed, SpaceX claimed that the launch was a success overall, and declared the Falcon 1 operational.

The Atlas family ended a run of eighty consecutive successful launches over fourteen years, after a partial failure of an Atlas V launched on 15 June. A faulty valve caused a fuel leak in the Centaur upper stage, resulting in a premature cutoff at the end of its second burn. This resulted in the USA-194 satellites being delivered into a lower orbit than planned. The spacecraft were able to correct the orbit using their manoeuvring engines.

The fifth GSLV was launched on 2 September, with the INSAT-4CR satellite. This was the first GSLV launch since the failure in July 2006. The rocket underperformed, and placed the satellite into an orbit with a lower apogee and greater inclination than planned. This required the spacecraft to use fuel reserved for stationkeeping to raise itself to the correct orbit, at the expense of its operational lifetime.

On 5 September, a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage failed to place the JCSAT-11 into orbit, after the second stage of the carrier rocket failed to separate from the first. It was later established that damaged cabling had been the cause of the malfunction.

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In total, sixty eight orbital launches were made in 2007, with sixty five reaching orbit, and three outright failures. This was an increase of two orbital launch attempts on 2006, with one more launch reaching orbit. 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 2007 saw a number of sounding rocket and missile launches. On 11 January, the Chinese People's Liberation Army used a Dong-Feng 21 derived anti-satellite weapon to destroy Feng Yun 1C, a retired weather satellite. Russia also began testing the RS-24 Yars missile

China conducted ten orbital launches in 2007, using the Long March family of rockets, whilst Europe conducted five using the Ariane 5. India made three orbital launch attempts, using PSLV-C, PSLV-CA and GSLV rockets, with the GSLV launch resulting in a partial failure. Israel conducted a single successful launch using the first Shavit-2 rocket. Japan successfully launched two H-IIA rockets. Russia and the former Soviet Union conducted twenty six launches, including one failure, but not including the international Sea Launch programme, whose single launch attempt failed. Nineteen launches were conducted by the United States, which had originally announced plans to launch many more, however technical issues with the Atlas V, Delta IV and Falcon 1, caused a number of delays. Two of six planned Space Shuttle launches were also delayed to 2008, STS-123 due to knock-on delays from STS-117, and STS-122 due to problems with engine cutoff sensors.

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January [edit]
10 January 03:53[1]	👁 India PSLV-C		👁 India Satish Dhawan FLP		👁 India ISRO
	👁 India Cartosat-2	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	14 February 2024 10:18	Successful
	👁 India SRE-1	ISRO	Low Earth (polar)	Technology demonstration	22 January 04:16[2]	Successful
	👁 Indonesia 👁 Germany Lapan-TUBsat	LAPAN/TU Berlin	Low Earth (polar)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Argentina Pehuensat-1	AATE	Low Earth (polar)	Technology demonstration	16 January 2023[3]	Successful
	SRE was the first Indian spacecraft to be recovered following reentry. Pehuensat-1 intentionally remained attached to the payload adapter.
	18 January 02:12[4]	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
👁 Russia Progress M-59		Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	1 August 19:26	Successful
ISS flight 24P
30 January 23:22[4]	👁 Ukraine Zenit-3SL		👁 Norway Ocean Odyssey		👁 United Nations Sea Launch
	👁 Netherlands NSS-8	SES New Skies	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communication	T-0	Launch failure
	First stage engine failed due to debris in turbopump,[5] rocket exploded on launch pad
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February [edit]
2 February 16:28[6]	👁 China Long March 3A		👁 China Xichang LA-2		👁 China CNSA
	👁 China Beidou-1D	CNSA	Geostationary	Navigation	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure Operational
	Problems deploying solar panels, eventually corrected from ground
	17 February 23:01[6]	👁 United States Delta II 7925-10C		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States THEMIS A		NASA	Highly elliptical	Auroral	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States THEMIS B (2007–2009) 👁 United States Artemis P1 (2009—)		NASA	Highly elliptical Selenocentric (planned)	Auroral	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States THEMIS C (2007–2009) 👁 United States Artemis P2 (2009—)		NASA	Highly elliptical Selenocentric (planned)	Auroral	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States THEMIS D		NASA	Highly elliptical	Auroral	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States THEMIS E		NASA	Highly elliptical	Auroral	In orbit	Operational
Primary THEMIS mission completed in 2009. Three spacecraft remain in use for an extension of the same mission, whilst the other two are en route to the Moon for the Artemis mission.
24 February 04:41[6]	👁 Japan H-IIA 2024		👁 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y1		👁 Japan JAXA
	👁 Japan IGS-Radar 2[6]	CSICE	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	13 April 2014	Partial spacecraft failure
	👁 Japan IGS-Optical 3V[6]	CSICE	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance Technology	12 November 2013 02:31	Successful
	IGS-Radar 2 failed on 29 August 2010 due to battery problems[7]
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March [edit]
9 March 03:10[8]	👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States ASTRO	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology	25 October 2013[9]	Successful
	👁 United States CFESat	LANL	Low Earth	Ionospheric	12 November 2022[10]	Successful
	👁 United States FalconSAT-3	US Air Force Academy	Low Earth	Ionospheric Plasma	21 January 2023[11]	Successful
	👁 United States MidSTAR-1	US Naval Academy	Low Earth	Radiation Technology	17 August 2023[12]	Successful
	👁 United States NEXTSat	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology	21 April 2023[13]	Successful
	👁 United States STPSat-1	US Air Force/STP	Low Earth	Atmospheric Technology	8 November 2023[14]	Successful
	ASTRO and NEXTSat were used for the Orbital Express test programme, with the former refuelling and servicing the latter. Launch designated STP-1.
	11 March 22:03[8]	👁 France Ariane 5ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 United Kingdom Skynet 5A		Paradigm/MoD	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 India INSAT-4B		ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
21 March 01:10[15]		👁 United States Falcon 1		👁 Marshall Islands Omelek		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 United States DemoSat (LCT2/AFSS)	SpaceX/DARPA/NASA	Intended: Low Earth	Technology	21 March	Launch failure
	Loss of signal after control problems, failed to reach orbit, some test objectives achieved.
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → April [edit]
7 April 17:31[15]	👁 Russia Soyuz-FG		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
	👁 Russia Soyuz TMA-10	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 15	21 October 10:36	Successful
	Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including a paying space tourist
	9 April 22:54[15]	👁 Russia Proton-M/Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States ILS
👁 Canada Anik F3		Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
Ka-band transmitter malfunction
11 April 03:27[15]	👁 China Long March 2C-III		👁 China Taiyuan LC-1		👁 China CNSA
	👁 China Haiyang-1B	CAST	Sun-synchronous	Oceanography	In orbit	Operational
	13 April 20:11[15]	👁 China Long March 3A		👁 China Xichang LA-3		👁 China CNSA
👁 China Compass-M1 (Beidou-2A)		CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
17 April 06:46:34[15]		👁 Ukraine Dnepr		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 109/95		👁 Russia ISC Kosmotras
	👁 Egypt EgyptSat 1	NARS	Sun-synchronous	Observation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Saudi Arabia Saudisat-3	RSRI	Sun-synchronous	Scientific	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Saudi Arabia SaudiComsat-3	RSRI	Sun-synchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Saudi Arabia SaudiComsat-4	RSRI	Sun-synchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Saudi Arabia SaudiComsat-5	RSRI	Sun-synchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Saudi Arabia SaudiComsat-6	RSRI	Sun-synchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Saudi Arabia SaudiComsat-7	RSRI	Sun-synchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States CP-3	CalPoly	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure Operational
	👁 United States CP-4	CalPoly	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States CAPE-1	Lafayette	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
	👁 Colombia Libertad 1	Sergio Arboleda	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Successful
	👁 United States AeroCube 2	Aerospace Corporation	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	👁 United States CSTB-1	Boeing	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States MAST	Tethers Unlimited	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Operational
	CP-3, CP-4, CAPE-1, Libertad 1, AeroCube 2, CSTB-1, and MAST in P-POD containers, problems with power supply of CAPE-1; Libertad 1 deactivated following completion of mission; AeroCube 2 suffered solar panel/converter malfunction;[16] CP-3 mission affected by communications system reliability issues[17]
	23 April 10:00[15]	👁 India PSLV-CA		👁 India Satish Dhawan SLP		👁 India ISRO
👁 Italy AGILE		ASI	Low Earth	GR Astronomy	13 February 2024	Successful
👁 India AAM		ISRO	Low Earth	Technology	19 July 2022[18]	Successful
Maiden flight of PSLV-CA
24 April 06:48[19]	👁 United States Minotaur I		👁 United States MARS Pad 0B		👁 United States Orbital Sciences
	👁 United States NFIRE	MDA	Low Earth	Missile defence	4 November 2015[20]	Successful
	25 April 20:26:00[19]	👁 United States Pegasus-XL		👁 United States L-1011, Vandenberg		👁 United States Orbital Sciences
👁 United States AIM (SMEX 9)		NASA	Low Earth	Aeronomy	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → May [edit]
4 May 22:29[19]	Unknown		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
	👁 Luxembourg Astra 1L	SES Astra	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Galaxy 17	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	12 May 03:25:38[19]	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
👁 Russia Progress M-60		Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	25 September 19:48	Successful
ISS flight 25P
13 May 16:01[19]	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LA-2		👁 China CNSA
	👁 Nigeria NigComSat-1	NASRDA	Service: Geosynchronous Now: Graveyard	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Maiden flight of Long March 3B/E, first African geosynchronous communication satellite, retired due to power system malfunction in November 2008.[21]
	25 May 07:12[23]	👁 China Long March 2D		👁 China Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2		👁 China CNSA
👁 China Yaogan 2		CNSA	Sun-synchronous	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
👁 China Zheda PiXing-1 (MEMS-Pico)		Zhejiang University	Sun-synchronous	Technology	In orbit	Operational
100th successful Chinese orbital launch,[22] MEMS-Pico conducted microelectronic research
29 May 20:31:30[23]	👁 Russia Soyuz-FG/Fregat		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6		👁 France 👁 Russia Starsem
	👁 United States Globalstar 65	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Globalstar 69	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Globalstar 71	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Globalstar 72	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	31 May 16:08[23]	👁 China Long March 3A		👁 China Xichang LA-2		👁 China CNSA
👁 China Sinosat-3		Sinosat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
100th flight of Long March carrier rocket
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June [edit]
7 June 18:00[23]	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 16/2		👁 Russia VKS
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2427 (Kobal't-M)	VKS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	22 August 21:00	Successful
	8 June 02:34:01[23]	👁 United States Delta II 7420-10		👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2W		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 Italy COSMO-1		ASI[24]	Sun-synchronous	Imaging	In orbit	Operational
8 June 23:38:04[23]		👁 United States Space Shuttle Atlantis		👁 United States Kennedy Space Center LC-39A		👁 United States United Space Alliance
	👁 United States STS-117	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	22 June 19:49:38	Successful
	👁 United Nations ITS S3/4 Truss	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
	Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts, ISS crew rotation
	10 June	👁 Israel Shavit-2		👁 Israel Palmachim		👁 Israel Israel Aerospace Industries
👁 Israel Ofeq-7		IAI/Israeli military	Low Earth (retrograde)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational[25]
Maiden flight of Shavit-2
15 June 02:14[23]	👁 Ukraine Dnepr		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 109/95		👁 Russia ISC Kosmotras
	👁 Germany TerraSAR-X	DLR	Low Earth	Radar imaging	In orbit	Operational
	15 June 15:04[23]	👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-194 (NOSS-3-4A)		NRO	Low Earth	Ocean surveillance	In orbit	Partial launch failure Operational
👁 United States USA-194 (NOSS-3-4B)		NRO	Low Earth	Ocean surveillance	In orbit	Partial launch failure Operational
NRO Launch 30R, placed in incorrect orbit due to premature cutoff of Centaur upper stage,[26] spacecraft corrected using their own thrusters, reducing lifespan
28 June 15:02[27]	👁 Ukraine Dnepr		👁 Russia Dombarovskiy		👁 Russia ISC Kosmotras
	👁 United States Genesis II	Bigelow Aerospace	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
	Experimental inflatable module
	29 June 10:00[27]	👁 Ukraine Zenit-2M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 45/1		👁 Russia VKS
👁 Russia Kosmos 2428 (Tselina-2)		VKS	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
Maiden flight of Zenit-2M
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July [edit]
2 July 19:38[27]	👁 Russia Kosmos-3M		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 132/1		👁 Russia COSMOS International
	👁 Germany SAR-Lupe-2	Bundeswehr	Low Earth (Polar)	Radar reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	5 July 12:08[27]	👁 China Long March 3B		👁 China Xichang LA-2		👁 China CNSA
👁 China Chinasat-6B		ChinaSatcom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 July 01:16:00[27]		👁 Russia Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
	👁 United States DirecTV-10	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Maiden flight of Proton-M Enhanced[28]
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August [edit]
2 August 17:33:48[29]	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
	👁 Russia Progress M-61	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics Technology	22 January 2008 19:52	Successful
	ISS flight 26P, Remained in orbit after undocking to conduct technological experiments
	4 August 09:26:34[29]	👁 United States Delta II 7925		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States Phoenix		NASA	Heliocentric	Mars lander	25 May 2008 23:38	Successful
Landed on Mars, discovered water there, last signal from spacecraft received on 2 November 2008
8 August 22:36:42[30]	👁 United States Space Shuttle Endeavour		👁 United States Kennedy Space Center LC-39A		👁 United States United Space Alliance
	👁 United States STS-118	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	21 August 16:32	Successful
	👁 United States SpaceHab LSM	NASA/SpaceHab	Low Earth (STS)	Logistics		Successful
	👁 United Nations S5 Truss	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
	Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts, final flight of SpaceHab module
	14 August 23:44[30]	Unknown		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 United States Spaceway 3		Hughes	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Japan BSat 3a		BSAT	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September [edit]
2 September 12:51[33]	👁 India GSLV		👁 India Satish Dhawan SLP		👁 India ISRO
	👁 India INSAT-4CR	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Partial launch failure Partial spacecraft failure Operational
	Apogee lower and inclination higher than expected, due to carrier rocket underperformance,[31] lifespan further reduced by drift following tracking failure. 5 years of operational life lost.[32]
	5 September 22:43[33]	👁 Russia Proton-M/Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
👁 Japan JCSAT-11		JSAT Corporation	Intended: Geostationary	Communications	~+135 seconds	Launch failure
Second stage failed to separate due to damaged cabling.[34]
11 September 13:05[33]	👁 Russia Kosmos-3M		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 132/1		👁 Russia VKS
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2429 (Parus)	VKS	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	14 September 01:31:01[33]	👁 Japan H-IIA 2022		👁 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y1		👁 Japan Mitsubishi
👁 Japan Kaguya (SELENE)		JAXA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	In orbit	Operational
👁 Japan Okina (RStar)		JAXA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	12 February 2009 08:46	Successful
👁 Japan Ouna (VStar)		JAXA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	In orbit	Operational
14 September 11:00[33]		👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
	👁 Image 👁 Russia Foton-M3	Roskosmos/ESA	Low Earth	Scientific	26 September	Successful
	👁 Image YES2	Low Earth	Technology development	Unknown	Spacecraft failure
	YES2 tether may have failed to deploy fully. Satellite recovery failed.[35]
	18 September 18:35[33]	👁 United States Delta II 7920-10C		👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2W		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States WorldView-1		DigitalGlobe	Low Earth	Imaging	In orbit	Operational
75th consecutive successful Delta II launch.
19 September 03:26[33]	👁 China Long March 4B		👁 China Taiyuan LC-1		👁 China CNSA
	👁 China 👁 Brazil CBERS-2B (Ziyuan 1-02B)	CASC/INPE	Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
	27 September 11:34[36]	👁 United States Delta II 7925H		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States Dawn		NASA	Heliocentric Then: Ceres orbit Then: Vesta orbit	Asteroid research	In orbit	Operational
Will explore dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid 4 Vesta, Ceres was designated as an asteroid during mission planning
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October [edit]
5 October 22:02:26[36]	Unknown		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
	👁 United States Intelsat 11	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Australia Optus D2	Optus	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	10 October 13:22:39[36]	👁 Russia Soyuz-FG		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
👁 Russia Soyuz TMA-11		Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 16	19 April 2008	Successful
Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts, first Malaysian & South Korean in space
11 October 00:22[36]	👁 United States Atlas V 421		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States USA-195 (WGS-1)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	Maiden flight of Atlas V 421
	17 October 12:23:00[37]	👁 United States Delta II 7925-9.5		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-196 (GPS 2R-17/M4)		US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
700th flight of Thor rocket (Variant used as first stage).
20 October 20:12:25[37]	👁 Russia Soyuz-FG/Fregat		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6		👁 France 👁 Russia Starsem
	👁 United States Globalstar 66	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Globalstar 67	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Globalstar 68	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 United States Globalstar 70	Globalstar	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	23 October 04:39[37]	👁 Russia Molniya-M/2BL		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 16/2		👁 Russia VKS
👁 Russia Kosmos 2430 (Oko)		VKS	Molniya	Early warning	5 January 2019 07:58[38]	Successful
23 October 15:38:19[37]		👁 United States Space Shuttle Discovery		👁 United States Kennedy Space Center LC-39A		👁 United States United Space Alliance
	👁 United States STS-120	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS assembly	7 November 18:01	Successful
	👁 United Nations Harmony (Node 2)	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS component	In orbit	Operational
	Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts, crew rotation
	24 October 10:05[37]	👁 China Long March 3A		👁 China Xichang LA-3		👁 China CNSA
👁 China Chang'e 1		CNSA	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	1 March 2009 08:13[39]	Successful
First Chinese lunar probe
26 October 07:35:24[37]	👁 Russia Proton-K/DM-2		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 81/24		👁 Russia VKS
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2431 (GLONASS-M)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2432 (GLONASS-M)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2433 (GLONASS-M)	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November [edit]
1 November 00:51:44[40]	👁 Russia Kosmos-3M		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 132/1		👁 Russia COSMOS International
	👁 Germany SAR-Lupe 3	Bundeswehr	Low Earth (polar)	Radar reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Germany Rubin-7	OHB System	Low Earth (polar)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
	11 November 01:50[40]	👁 United States Delta IV Heavy 9250H		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-197 (DSP-23)		DoD	Geosynchronous	Missile defence	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[41]
Final DSP satellite Stopped transmitting in September 2008[41]
11 November 22:48[40]	👁 China Long March 4C (4B-II)		👁 China Taiyuan LC-1		👁 China CNSA
	👁 China Yaogan 3	CNSA	Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
	First launch of Long March 4C after redesignation
	14 November 22:06[40]	Unknown		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 United Kingdom Skynet 5B		Paradigm/MoD	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Brazil Star One C1		Star One	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
Record mass to GTO – 9,535 kg (21,021 lb)[42]
17 November 22:39:47[40]	👁 Russia Proton-M/Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
	👁 Sweden Sirius 4	SES Sirius	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December [edit]
9 December 00:16[43]	👁 Russia Proton-M/Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 81/24		👁 Russia VKS
	👁 Russia Globus-1M #11L (Raduga-1M 1)	VKS	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	9 December 02:31:42[43]	👁 United States Delta II 7420-10		👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2W		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 Italy COSMO-2		ASI[24]	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
10 December 22:05[43]		👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States USA-198 (SDS-3-5)	NRO	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	NRO Launch 24
	14 December 13:17:34[43]	👁 Russia Soyuz-FG/Fregat		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6		👁 France 👁 Russia Starsem
👁 Canada RADARSAT 2		MDA Corporation	Sun-synchronous	Radar imaging	In orbit	Operational
20 December 20:04:00[43]		👁 United States Delta II 7925-9.5		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States USA-199 (GPS 2R-18/M5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	21 December 21:41:55[43]	Unknown		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 United States 👁 Japan Horizons-2		Intelsat/JSAT Corporation	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Mauritius Rascom-QAF 1		RascomSTAR-QAF	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure Operational
Helium leak affected early operations of Rascom-QAF 1,[44] reducing operational lifetime by 13 years.
23 December 07:12:41[45]	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roskosmos
	👁 Russia Progress M-62	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	15 February 2008 10:29	Successful
	ISS flight 27P
	25 December 19:32[45]	👁 Russia Proton-M/DM-2		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 81/24		👁 Russia VKS
👁 Russia Kosmos 2434 (GLONASS-M)		VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
👁 Russia Kosmos 2435 (GLONASS-M)		VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
👁 Russia Kosmos 2436 (GLONASS-M)		VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
Maiden flight of Proton-M/DM-2

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January [edit]
11 January 22:28[46][33]	👁 China DF-21		👁 China Xichang[4]		👁 China PLA
	👁 China ASAT	PLA	Suborbital	ASAT test	11 January	Successful
	Destroyed Feng Yun 1C satellite
	16 January 02:20[33]	👁 Japan S-310		👁 Japan Uchinoura		👁 Japan JAXA
JAXA		Suborbital	Ionospheric	16 January	Successful
19 January 12:29[33]		👁 Canada Black Brant VB		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States JOULE II	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	19 January	Successful
	19 January 12:30[33]	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States JOULE II		Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	19 January	Successful
19 January 12:44[33]		👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States JOULE II	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	19 January	Successful
	19 January 12:45[33]	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States JOULE II		Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	19 January	Successful
27 January 05:20[33]		👁 Russia R-17 Elbrus		FTT-06	👁 United States Barking Sands		👁 United States US Army
	MDA	Suborbital	Target	27 January	Successful
	Intercepted by THAAD
	27 January[33]	👁 United States THAAD		FTT-06	👁 United States Barking Sands		👁 United States US Army
MDA		Suborbital	ABM test	27 January	Successful
30 January[33]		👁 Russia R-17 Elbrus		👁 Syria Syria		👁 Syria Syrian Army
	Syrian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	30 January	Successful
	February [edit]
7 February 08:15[33]	👁 United States LGM-30G Minuteman III		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-10		👁 United States US Air Force
	👁 United States GT-193GM	US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	7 February	Successful
	Impacted Reagan Test Site
	12 February 12:45[33]	👁 Canada Black Brant XII		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States ROPA[47]		Dartmouth	Suborbital	Auroral	12 February	Successful
14 February 09:22[33]		👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States HEX 2	Alaska	Suborbital	Thermospheric	14 February	Successful
	14 February 09:27[33]	👁 Canada Black Brant X		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States HEX 2		Alaska	Suborbital	Thermospheric	14 February	Successful
14 February 09:36[33]		👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States HEX 2	Alaska	Suborbital	Thermospheric	14 February	Successful
	14 February 09:38[33]	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States HEX 2		Alaska	Suborbital	Thermospheric	14 February	Successful
25 February[6]		👁 Iran Shahab-3		👁 Iran Iran		👁 Iran IARI
	👁 Iran Kavosh	INSA	Suborbital	Scientific	25 February	Successful
	First successful Iranian scientific launch
	28 February 08:39[33]	👁 Canada Black Brant XII		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States CHARM		Dartmouth	Suborbital	Scientific	28 February	Successful
March [edit]
1 March	👁 India RH-200SV		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 Norway Andøya
	👁 Norway Mini-DUSTY 13	Andøya	Suborbital	Technology	1 March	Partial launch failure
	Rocket underperformed and failed to reach correct apogee
	6 March 00:30[33]	👁 United States SR-19		👁 United States C-17, Kauai		👁 United States US Air Force
US Army/MDA		Suborbital	Target	6 March	Successful
21 March 04:27[33]		👁 United States Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II)		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-06		👁 United States Orbital Sciences
	US Air Force	Suborbital	Target	21 March	Successful
	Tracking demonstration
	30 March	👁 India Dhanush		👁 India Ship, Indian Ocean		👁 India DRDO
DRDO		Suborbital	Target	30 March	Successful
apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
April [edit]
6 April 06:42[33]	👁 Russia R-17 Elbrus		👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Army
	MDA	Suborbital	Target	6 April	Successful
	Tracking demonstration
	12 April 05:32[33]	👁 India Agni-III		👁 India Integrated Test Range		👁 India IDRDL
👁 India Re-entry vehicle		IDRDL	Suborbital	Missile test	12 April	Successful
26 April 21:31[33]		👁 United States Terrier-Orion		FTM-11 E4	👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
	Target	US Navy	Suborbital	Target	26 April	Successful
	Intercepted by SM-3
	26 April 21:32[33]	👁 United States RIM-161 SM-3		FTM-11 E4	👁 United States USS Lake Erie, Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
Interceptor		US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	26 April	Successful
Intercepted Terrier-Orion
28 April 14:56[33]	👁 United States SpaceLoft XL		👁 United States Spaceport America		👁 United States UP Aerospace
	👁 United States Legacy	Celestis	Suborbital	Space burial	28 April	Successful
	👁 United States LaunchQuest	CCAT/NALI	Suborbital	Student research	28 April	Successful
	👁 United States RocketSat II	NASA/Colorado	Suborbital	Technology	28 April	Successful
	👁 United States Seeds	Epsori Space Systems	Suborbital	Biological	28 April	Successful
	👁 United States Antimatter/Space2O	MEI	Suborbital	Drink ingredients	28 April	Successful
	👁 United States Commemorative items	Astrata RocketFoto Astrax	Suborbital	28 April	Successful
	Recoverable sounding launch to an apogee of 117 kilometres, Legacy included remains of Astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan, bad weather delayed recovery
	May [edit]
15 May[33]	👁 United States UGM-133 Trident II		👁 United States ETR, USS Tennessee		👁 United States US Navy
	👁 United States FCET-37	US Navy	Suborbital	SLBM test	15 May	Successful
	15 May[33]	👁 United States UGM-133 Trident II		👁 United States ETR, USS Tennessee		👁 United States US Navy
👁 United States FCET-37		US Navy	Suborbital	SLBM test	15 May	Successful
25 May 13:15		👁 United States UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)		FTG-03	👁 United States Kodiak		👁 United States Sandia
	MDA	Suborbital	ABM Target	25 May	Failure
	FTG-03 target, did not reach correct altitude, GMD-OBV interceptor not launched[48]
	29 May 10:20[33]	👁 Russia RS-24		👁 Russia Plesetsk		👁 Russia RVSN
RVSN		Suborbital	Missile test	29 May	Successful
Maiden flight of RS-24 missile
June [edit]
15 June 02:45[33]	👁 United States Talos-Castor		👁 Australia Woomera		👁 Australia DSTO
	👁 Australia HyShot/HYCAUSE	DSTO	Suborbital	Hypersonic research	15 June	Successful
	15 June[33]	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
👁 United States ARAV		US Navy	Suborbital	Target	15 June	Successful
15 June[33]		👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
	👁 United States ARAV	US Navy	Suborbital	Target	15 June	Successful
	20 June	👁 United States MEI-F3		👁 United States Las Cruces		👁 United States MEI
👁 United States RocketSat III		NASA/Colorado	Suborbital	Technology	20 June	Successful
👁 United States Antimatter/Space2O		MEI	Suborbital	Drink ingredients	20 June	Successful
21 June[33]		👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States White Sands		NASA
	👁 United States ST-5000/CACS	NASA/NSROC	Suborbital	Test rocket	21 June	Successful
	21 June[33]	👁 France M51		👁 France Biscarrosse, Submarine		👁 France FOST
FOST		Suborbital	Missile test	21 June	Successful
23 June 02:40[33]		👁 United States Castor 4B		FTM-12	👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
	US Navy	Suborbital	Target	23 June	Successful
	Intercepted by SM-3
	23 June 02:44[33]	👁 United States RIM-161 SM-3		FTM-12	👁 United States USS Decatur, Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	ABM test	23 June	Successful
Intercepted Castor 4B
28 June[33]	👁 Russia RSM-56 Bulava		👁 Russia White Sea, Submarine		👁 Russia VMF
	VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	28 June	Successful
	July [edit]
19 July[33]	👁 Brazil VSB-30 (306)		👁 Brazil Alcântara		👁 Brazil AEB
	👁 Brazil Cuma II	INPE	Suborbital	Microgravity	19 July	Partial spacecraft failure
	Parachute or flotation system malfunction prevented recovery
	August [edit]
3 August 22:51:20[33]	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States MASS 1	NASA/Colorado	Suborbital	Atmospheric	3 August	Successful
	3 August 23:22[33]	👁 United States Nike Orion		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 Germany DLR
👁 Norway 👁 Germany 👁 France ECOMA 3		ARR, DLR, IAP	Suborbital	Atmospheric	3 August	Successful
Apogee: 126.5 kilometres (78.6 mi)
6 August 22:56[33]	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States MASS 2	NASA/Colorado	Suborbital	Atmospheric	6 August	Successful
	7 August[33]	👁 Russia R-29R Volna		👁 Russia Pacific Ocean, Delta III submarine		👁 Russia VMF
VMF		Suborbital	Missile test	7 August	Successful
13 August 05:45[33]		👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands LC-36		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States LIDOS 2	NASA/JHU	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	13 August	Successful
	23 August 08:31[33]	👁 United States Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II)		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-06		👁 United States Orbital Sciences
👁 United States NFIRE 2a		MDA	Suborbital	Target	23 August 09:01	Successful
Tracking target for the NFIRE spacecraft
September [edit]
2 September 10:20	👁 Japan S-520		👁 Japan Uchinoura		👁 Japan JAXA
	👁 Japan WIND	JAXA/Kochi	Suborbital	Thermospheric	2 September	Successful
	6 September 21:09	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Wallops Flight Facility		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States PLAYER		NASA	Suborbital	Technology	6 September 21:19	Successful
13 September 05:50		👁 Taiwan Taiwan Sounding Rocket		Sounding Rocket VI	👁 Taiwan Jiu Peng Air Base		👁 Taiwan NSPO
	👁 Taiwan Reaction control system, recovery capsule	NSPO/NCU	Suborbital	Technology test	13 September	Successful
	Apogee: ~280 km (174 mi). Recovery capsule successfully splashed down, but was not recovered due to weather conditions.[49]
	28 September 20:16	👁 United States Polaris (STARS)		FTG-03a	👁 United States Kodiak		👁 United States Sandia
MDA		Suborbital	Target	28 September	Successful
Intercepted by Ground Based Interceptor
28 September 20:18	👁 United States Ground Based Interceptor		FTG-03a	👁 United States Vandenberg LF-23		👁 United States MDA
	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	28 September	Successful
	Intercepted Polaris (STARS)
	October [edit]
5 October 05:50	👁 India Agni-I		👁 India Integrated Test Range		👁 India IDRDL
	IDRDL	Suborbital	Missile test	5 October	Successful
	29 October	👁 Russia RS-18 UR-100N		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur		👁 Russia RVSN
RVSN		Suborbital	Missile test	29 October	Successful
30 October 04:12:52		👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States Wallops Flight Facility Pad 1		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States EARLE	NASA/Texas	Suborbital	Ionospheric	30 October 04:26:17	Successful
	November [edit]
6 November 18:00	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands LC-36		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States EUNIS	NASA	Suborbital	Solar	6 November	Successful
	December [edit]
8 December	👁 Russia RT-2UTTH Topol-M		👁 Russia Kapustin Yar		👁 Russia RVSN
	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	8 December	Successful
	10 December 09:00:00	👁 Canada Black Brant XII		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States TRICE-High		NASA/UoI	Suborbital	Electrodynamics	10 December	Successful
10 December 09:02:00		👁 Canada Black Brant XII		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States TRICE-Low	NASA/UoI	Suborbital	Electrodynamics	10 December	Successful
	17 December 22:05[50]	👁 United States Castor 4B		JFTM-1	👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
👁 United States Mock warhead		US Navy	Suborbital	Target	17 December	Successful
Intercepted by SM-3
17 December 22:08[50]	👁 United States RIM-161 SM-3		JFTM-1	👁 Japan JDS Kongō		👁 Japan JMSDF
	JMSDF	Suborbital	ABM test	17 December	Successful
	Intercepted Castor 4B, first Japanese ABM test (Using American technology)
	17 December	👁 Russia R-29RM Sineva (RSM-54)		👁 Russia Barents Sea, K-114		👁 Russia VMF
👁 Russia Re-entry vehicles		VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	17 December	Successful
Multiple re-entry vehicles, impacted Kura Test Range
17 December	👁 Brazil VS-30		👁 Brazil Barreira do Inferno		👁 Brazil AEB
	👁 Brazil 👁 Argentina Angicos	AEB/CONAE	Suborbital	Microgravity	17 December	Successful
	25 December 10:00	👁 Russia R-29RM Sineva (RSM-54)		👁 Russia Barents Sea, K-114		👁 Russia VMF
👁 Russia Re-entry vehicles		VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	25 December	Successful
Multiple re-entry vehicles, Impacted Kura Test Range
25 December 13:10	👁 Russia RS-24		👁 Russia Plesetsk		👁 Russia RVSN
	👁 Russia Re-entry vehicles	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	25 December	Successful
	Multiple re-entry vehicles

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Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
13 January	Cassini	23rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
29 January	Cassini	24th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,775 kilometres (1,724 mi)
22 February	Cassini	25th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 953 kilometres (592 mi)
25 February	Rosetta	Flyby of Mars	Gravity assist
28 February	New Horizons	Flyby of Jupiter	Gravity assist
10 March	Cassini	26th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 956 kilometres (594 mi)
26 March	Cassini	27th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 953 kilometres (592 mi)
10 April	Cassini	28th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 951 kilometres (591 mi)
26 April	Cassini	29th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 951 kilometres (591 mi)
12 May	Cassini	30th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
28 May	Cassini	31stflyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,425 kilometres (1,507 mi)
5 June	MESSENGER	2nd flyby of Venus	Gravity assist; Closest approach: 338 kilometres (210 mi)
13 June	Cassini	32nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
29 June	Cassini	33rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,942 kilometres (1,207 mi)
19 July	Cassini	34thflyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,302 kilometres (809 mi)
30 August	Cassini	Flyby of Rhea	Closest approach: 5,100 kilometres (3,200 mi)
31 August	Cassini	35th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3,227 kilometres (2,005 mi)
10 September	Cassini	Flyby of Iapetus	Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
2 October	Cassini	36th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
3 October[51]	Kaguya	Selenocentric orbit injection
5 November	Chang'e 1	Selenocentric orbit injection
13 November	Rosetta	2nd flyby of the Earth	Mistaken for asteroid, given the designation 2007 VN84
19 November	Cassini	37th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 950 kilometres (590 mi)
5 December	Cassini	38th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
20 December	Cassini	39th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 953 kilometres (592 mi)
31 December	Deep Impact (EPOXI)	Flyby of Earth	Closest approach: 15,566 kilometres (9,672 mi)

Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys and Titan by Cassini occurred throughout the year.

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
31 January 15:14	7 hours 55 minutes	23:09	Expedition 14  ISS Quest	👁 United States Michael Lopez-Alegria 👁 United States Sunita Williams	Reconfigured Destiny cooling system, connected SSPTS, secured P6 starboard radiator, disconnected EAS.[52]
4 February 13:38	7 hours 11 minutes	20:49	Expedition 14 ISS Quest	👁 United States Michael Lopez-Alegria 👁 United States Sunita Williams	Completed Destiny cooling system reconfiguration and EAS disconnection, photographed P6 inboard solar array, continued SSPTS installation.[53]
8 February 13:26	6 hours 40 minutes	20:06	Expedition 14 ISS Quest	👁 United States Michael Lopez-Alegria 👁 United States Sunita Williams	Removed and jettisoned P3 thermal covers, install P3 attachment point, remove P5 launch restraints, continued SSPTS installation.[54]
22 February 10:27	6 hours 18 minutes	16:45	Expedition 14 ISS Pirs	👁 Russia Mikhail Tyurin 👁 United States Michael Lopez-Alegria	Retracted an antenna at the aft port of the Zvezda, photographed a satellite navigation antenna, and replaced a Russian materials experiment, inspected and photographed an antenna for the ATV, photographed a German robotics experiment, and inspected, remated, and photographed hardware connectors.[55]
30 May 19:05	5 hours 25 minutes	31 May 00:30	Expedition 15 ISS Pirs	👁 Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin 👁 Russia Oleg Kotov	Installed Service Module Debris Protection (SMDP) panels and rerouted a Global Positioning System antenna cable.[56]
6 June 14:23	5 hours 37 minutes	20:00	Expedition 15 ISS Pirs	👁 Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin 👁 Russia Oleg Kotov	Installed a section of Ethernet cable on the Zarya module, installed additional Service Module Debris Protection (SMDP) panels on Zvezda, and deployed a Russian scientific experiment.[57]
11 June 20:02	6 hours 15 minutes	12 June 02:17	STS-117 ISS Quest	👁 United States James F. Reilly 👁 United States John D. Olivas	Began the S3/S4 Truss installation.[58]
13 June 18:28	7 hours 16 minutes	14 June 01:44	STS-117 ISS Quest	👁 United States Patrick G. Forrester 👁 United States Steven Swanson	Assisted in retraction of the solar panels on the P6 Truss. Completed the S3/S4 truss installation. Partial failure due to the S3/S4 SARJ motor control circuits being wired in reverse, so some launch restraints were left in place to prevent the possibility of undesired rotation.[59]
15 June 17:24	7 hours 58 minutes	16 June 01:22	STS-117 ISS Quest	👁 United States James F. Reilly 👁 United States John D. Olivas	Repaired the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod thermal blanket, finished the P6 solar array retraction, and installed a hydrogen ventilation valve onto Destiny.[60]
17 June 16:25	6 hours 29 minutes	22:54	STS-117 ISS Quest	👁 United States Patrick G. Forrester 👁 United States Steven Swanson	Retrieved a television camera and its support structure from an ESP attached to Quest, and installed it on the S3 truss, verified the Drive Lock Assembly (DLA) 2 configuration, and removed the last six SARJ launch restraints. Installed a computer network cable on Unity, opened the hydrogen vent valve on Destiny, and tethered two orbital debris shield panels on Zvezda.[61]
23 July 10:25	7 hours 41 minutes	18:06	Expedition 15 ISS Quest	👁 United States Clayton Anderson 👁 Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin	Replaced components for the Mobile Transporter's redundant power system, jettisoned an ammonia tank and flight support equipment, and cleaned the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) on the nadir port of Unity.[62][63]
11 August 16:28	6 hours 17 minutes	23:45	STS-118 ISS Quest	👁 United States Richard Mastracchio 👁 Canada Dafydd Williams	Attached the Starboard 5 (S5) segment of the station's truss, and retracted the forward heat-rejecting radiator from the station's Port 6 (P6) truss.[64]
13 August 15:32	6 hours 28 minutes	22:00	STS-118 ISS Quest	👁 United States Richard Mastracchio 👁 Canada Dafydd Williams	Removed the new Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) from the shuttle's payload bay and installed it onto the Z1 truss. Installed the failed CMG onto an External Stowage Platform (ESP-2).[65]
15 August 14:38	5 hours 28 minutes	20:05	STS-118 ISS Quest	👁 United States Richard Mastracchio 👁 United States Clayton Anderson	Relocated two CETA carts around the Mobile Transporter and an antenna base from the P6 truss to P1, and installed a new transponder and signal processor for an S-band communications upgrade.[66]	Mastracchio noted a hole on the thumb of his left glove and returned to the airlock as a precautionary measure.
18 August 14:17	5 hours 2 minutes	19:02	STS-118 ISS Quest	👁 Canada Dafydd Williams 👁 United States Clayton Anderson	Retrieved Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) containers 3 and 4, installed the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) Boom Stand, installed an External Wireless Instrumentation System (EWIS) antenna, and secured Z1 gimbal locks.[67]
26 October 10:02	6 hours 14 minutes	16:16	STS-120 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott E. Parazynski 👁 United States Douglas H. Wheelock	Installed the new Harmony module in its temporary location, retrieved the S-Band Antenna Support Assembly, and prepared for the relocation of the P6 truss by disconnecting fluid lines on the P6/Z1 truss segments.[68]
28 October 09:32	6 hours 33 minutes	16:05	STS-120 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott E. Parazysnki 👁 United States Daniel M. Tani	Disconnected the Z1-to-P6 umbilicals, detached P6 from Z1, configured the S1 radiator, installed handrails onto Harmony, and inspected the S4 starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ).[69]
30 October 08:45	7 hours 8 minutes	15:53	STS-120 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott E. Parazysnki 👁 United States Douglas H. Wheelock	Attached P6 to P5, installed P6/P5 umbilical connections, reconfigured S1 following its redeployment, and inspected the port SARJ.[70]
3 November 10:03	7 hours 19 minutes	17:22	STS-120 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott E. Parazysnki 👁 United States Douglas H. Wheelock	Inspection and repair of the P6 solar array.[71]
9 November 09:54	6 hours 55 minutes	16:49	Expedition 16 ISS Quest	👁 United States Peggy Whitson 👁 Russia Yuri Malenchenko	Disconnected and stored the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System cables, stored the PMA-2 umbilical, and stowed a Harmony node avionics umbilical into a temporary position.[72][73]
20 November 10:10	7 hours 16 minutes	17:26	Expedition 16 ISS Quest	👁 United States Peggy Whitson 👁 United States Daniel M. Tani	External configuration of PMA-2 and Harmony: Fluid, electrical, and data lines attached, avionics lines hooked up, heater cables attached, and relocated a fluid tray.[74]
24 November 09:50	7 hours 4 minutes	16:54	Expedition 16 ISS Quest	👁 United States Peggy Whitson 👁 United States Daniel M. Tani	Completion of fluid, electrical, and data line hookups for PMA-2 and Harmony. Loop B Fluid Tray connected to the port side of the Destiny laboratory. Inspected and photographed the starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) to assist with troubleshooting on the ground.[75]
18 December 09:50	6 hours 56 minutes	16:46	Expedition 16 ISS Quest	👁 United States Peggy Whitson 👁 United States Daniel M. Tani	Inspected the S4 starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), and a Beta Gimbal Assembly (BGA).[76][77]	100th EVA in support of the ISS. Whitson became the female astronaut with the most EVAs and the most time spent in EVA.[78][79]

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.

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
	👁 Image  China	10	10	0	0
	👁 Image  France	6	6	0	0
	👁 Image  India	3	2	0	1
	👁 Image  Israel	1	1	0	0
	👁 Image  Japan	2	2	0	0
	👁 Image  Russia	22	21	1	0
	👁 Image  Ukraine	5	4	1	0
	👁 Image  United States	19	17	1	1
World		68	63	3	2

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane	👁 Image  France	6	6	0	0
Atlas	👁 Image  United States	4	3	0	1
Delta	👁 Image  United States	9	9	0	0
Falcon	👁 Image  United States	1	0	1	0
GSLV	👁 Image  India	1	0	0	1
H-II	👁 Image  Japan	2	2	0	0
Long March	👁 Image  China	10	10	0	0
Minotaur	👁 Image  United States	1	1	0	0
Pegasus	👁 Image  United States	1	1	0	0
PSLV	👁 Image  India	2	2	0	0
R-7	👁 Image  Russia	12	12	0	0
R-14	👁 Image  Russia	3	3	0	0
R-36	👁 Image  Ukraine	3	3	0	0
Shavit 2	👁 Image  Israel	1	1	0	0
Space Shuttle	👁 Image  United States	3	3	0	0
Universal Rocket	👁 Image  Russia	7	6	1	0
Zenit	👁 Image  Ukraine	2	1	1	0

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5	👁 Image  France	Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V	👁 Image  United States	Atlas	4	3	0	1
Delta II	👁 Image  United States	Delta	8	8	0	0
Delta IV	👁 Image  United States	Delta	1	1	0	0
Dnepr	👁 Image  Ukraine	R-36	3	3	0	0
Falcon 1	👁 Image  United States	Falcon	1	0	1	0
GSLV	👁 Image  India	GSLV	1	0	0	1
H-IIA	👁 Image  Japan	H-II	2	2	0	0
Kosmos	👁 Image  Russia	R-12/R-14	3	3	0	0
Long March 2	👁 Image  China	Long March	2	2	0	0
Long March 3	👁 Image  China	Long March	6	6	0	0
Long March 4	👁 Image  China	Long March	2	2	0	0
Minotaur I	👁 Image  United States	Minotaur	1	1	0	0
Molniya	👁 Image  Russia	R-7	1	1	0	0
Pegasus	👁 Image  United States	Pegasus	1	1	0	0
Proton	👁 Image  Russia	Universal Rocket	7	6	1	0
PSLV	👁 Image  India	PSLV	2	2	0	0
Shavit	👁 Image  Israel	Shavit	1	1	0	0
Soyuz	👁 Image  Russia	R-7	11	11	0	0
Space Shuttle	👁 Image  United States	Space Shuttle	3	3	0	0
Zenit	👁 Image  Ukraine	Zenit	2	1	1	0

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	👁 Image  France	Ariane 5	4	4	0	0
Ariane 5 GS	👁 Image  France	Ariane 5	2	2	0	0
Atlas V 401	👁 Image  United States	Atlas V	3	2	0	1
Atlas V 421	👁 Image  United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Delta II 7420	👁 Image  United States	Delta II	2	2	0	0
Delta II 7920	👁 Image  United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7925	👁 Image  United States	Delta II	4	4	0	0
Delta II 7925H	👁 Image  United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Delta IV Heavy	👁 Image  United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr	👁 Image  Ukraine	Dnepr	3	3	0	0
Falcon 1	👁 Image  United States	Falcon 1	1	0	1	0
GSLV Mk I	👁 Image  India	GSLV	1	0	0	1	Final flight
H-IIA 2022	👁 Image  Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0
H-IIA 2024	👁 Image  Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0
Kosmos-3M	👁 Image  Russia	Kosmos	3	3	0	0
Long March 2C	👁 Image  China	Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 2D	👁 Image  China	Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 3A	👁 Image  China	Long March 3	4	4	0	0
Long March 3B	👁 Image  China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Long March 3B/E	👁 Image  China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Long March 4B	👁 Image  China	Long March 4	1	1	0	0
Long March 4C	👁 Image  China	Long March 4	1	1	0	0
Minotaur I	👁 Image  United States	Minotaur I	1	1	0	0
Molniya-M / 2BL	👁 Image  Russia	Molniya	1	1	0	0
Pegasus-XL	👁 Image  United States	Pegasus	1	1	0	0
Proton-K / DM-2	👁 Image  Russia	Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / DM-2	👁 Image  Russia	Proton	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton-M / Briz-M	👁 Image  Russia	Proton	5	4	1	0
PSLV-G	👁 Image  India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
PSLV-CA	👁 Image  India	PSLV	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Shavit-2	👁 Image  Israel	Shavit	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Soyuz-FG	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz	2	2	0	0
Soyuz-FG / Fregat	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz	3	3	0	0
Soyuz-U	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz	6	6	0	0
Space Shuttle	👁 Image  United States	Space Shuttle	3	3	0	0
Zenit-2M	👁 Image  Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Zenit-3SL	👁 Image  Ukraine	Zenit	1	0	1	0

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur	👁 Image  Kazakhstan	20	19	1	0
Cape Canaveral	👁 Image  United States	10	9	0	1
Dombarovsky	👁 Image  Russia	1	1	0	0
Jiuquan	👁 Image  China	1	1	0	0
Kennedy	👁 Image  United States	3	3	0	0
Kourou	👁 Image  France	6	6	0	0
Kwajalein	👁 Image  Marshall Islands	1	0	1	0
MARS	👁 Image  United States	1	1	0	0
Ocean Odyssey	👁 United Nations International	1	0	1	0	Damaged by explosion
Palmachim	👁 Image  Israel	1	1	0	0
Plesetsk	👁 Image  Russia	5	5	0	0
Satish Dhawan	👁 Image  India	3	2	0	1
Taiyuan	👁 Image  China	3	3	0	0
Tanegashima	👁 Image  Japan	2	2	0	0
Vandenberg	👁 Image  United States	4	4	0	0	One launch used Stargazer aircraft
Xichang	👁 Image  China	6	6	0	0
Total		68	63	3	2

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	37	36	1	0	9 to ISS
Medium Earth / Molniya	7	7	0	0
Geosynchronous / GTO	19	17	2	0
High Earth / Lunar transfer	3	3	0	0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer	2	2	0	0
Total	68	65	3	0