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2014 in spaceflight

In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.

2014 in spaceflight
Orion EFT-1, the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft, occurred on 5 December 2014.
Orbital launches
First5 January
Last31 December
Total92
Successes88
Failures2
Partial failures2
Catalogued90
National firsts
Satellite Lithuania
 Bermuda
 Belgium
 Iraq
 Uruguay
Rockets
Maiden flights
RetirementsAntares 120
Antares 130
Crewed flights
Orbital4
Total travellers12
EVAs7
2014 in spaceflight
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A total of 92 orbital launches were attempted in 2014, of which 88 were successful, two were partially successful and two were failures. The year also saw seven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 34, 23 and 16 launches respectively.

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An Ariane 5 ES launched the Georges Lemaître Automated Transfer Vehicle, the last one of the series, which also marked 60 successfully completed Ariane 5 launches in a row.

On 22 August 2014, Arianespace launched the first two Full Operational Capability Galileo satellites for the European satellite navigation system.

A number of significant events in planetary exploration occurred in 2014, including the entry of the Rosetta spacecraft into orbit around the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in August 2014 and the deployment of the Philae lander to its surface in November, which marked the first orbit of and landing on a comet, respectively, and featured prominently in social media. Another notable occurrence was the entry of India's Mars Orbiter Mission into Martian orbit in September, making India the first Asian nation to reach Mars.

On 5 December 2014, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launched the first Orion spacecraft test mission for NASA, Exploration Flight Test 1.

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

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5 January
10:48:00 		  GSLV Mk II   Satish Dhawan SLP   ISRO
  GSAT-14 ISRO Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
6 January
22:06:00 		  Falcon 9 v1.1   Cape Canaveral SLC-40   SpaceX
  Thaicom 6 Thaicom (Shin Corporation) Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
9 January
18:07:05 		  Antares 120   MARS LP-0A   Orbital Sciences
  Cygnus CRS Orb-1
S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton 		NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 19 February 2014
18:20		 Successful
⚀   ArduSat-2 NanoSatisfi Low Earth Technology demonstration 1 July 2014
⚀   Lituanica SAT-1 VU Low Earth Technology demonstration 28 July 2014
⚀   LitSat-1 LSA, KTU, VGTU Low Earth Technology demonstration 22 May 2014
⚀   SkyCube SkyCube Low Earth Technology demonstration 8 November 2014
⚀   UAPSat-1 UAP Low Earth Technology demonstration 22 May 2014
⚀   Flock-1 × 28 Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation First: 3 May 2014
Last: 29 October 2014
First Orbital Sciences CRS operational flight, maiden flight of Antares 120. All payloads other than Cygnus are CubeSats carried aboard the Cygnus for deployment from the ISS. CubeSats include first Lithuanian satellites. Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (33).
24 January
02:33:00 		  Atlas V 401   Cape Canaveral SLC-41   United Launch Alliance
  TDRS-L (TDRS-12) NASA Geosynchronous Communications / Data Relay In orbit Operational

February

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5 February
16:23:32 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roskosmos
  Progress M-22M / 54P Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 18 April 2014
15:46		 Successful
⚀   Chasqui-1[1] Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú Low Earth Technology demonstration 15 January 2015[2] Spacecraft failure
Chasqui-1 released from the ISS by cosmonauts during EVA on 18 August.
6 February
21:30:07 		  Ariane 5 ECA   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  ABS-2 ABS Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
    Athena-Fidus CNES / ASI Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
14 February
21:09:03 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 81/24     International Launch Services
  Türksat 4A Türksat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
21 February
01:59:00 		  Delta IV M (4,2)   Cape Canaveral SLC-37B   United Launch Alliance
  USA-248 (GPS IIF-5) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
27 February
18:37:00 		  H-IIA 202   Tanegashima Y1   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
    GPM-Core JAXA / NASA Low Earth Environmental In orbit Operational
  Ginrei (ShindaiSat) Shinshu University Low Earth Technology demonstration 24 November 2014 Successful
  STARS-II Kagawa University Low Earth Technology demonstration 26 April 2014
  TeikyoSat-3 Teikyo University Technology demonstration / Microbiology 25 October 2014 Successful
⚀   KSAT-2 Kagoshima University Low Earth Technology demonstration 18 May 2014 Successful
⚀   OPUSAT OPU Low Earth Technology demonstration 24 July 2014
⚀   INVADER Tamabi Low Earth Amateur radio 2 September 2014 Successful
⚀   ITF-1 Tsukuba University Low Earth Amateur radio 29 June 2014 Spacecraft failure
ITF-1 failed to communicate.

March

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15 March
23:08:00 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 81/24   Khrunichev
  Ekspress-AT1 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
  Ekspress-AT2 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
22 March
22:04:07 		  Ariane 5 ECA   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  Astra 5B SES S.A. Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
  Amazonas 4A Hispasat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
23 March
22:54:03 		  Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN RF
  Kosmos 2494 (GLONASS-M 754) VKO Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
25 March
21:17:23 		  Soyuz-FG   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roskosmos
  Soyuz TMA-12M Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 39 / 40 11 September 2014
02:23		 Successful
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts
31 March
02:46:03 		  Long March 2C   Jiuquan SLS-2   CALT
  Shiajian 11-06 CASC Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational

April

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3 April
14:46:30 		  Atlas V 401   Vandenberg SLC-3E   United Launch Alliance
  USA-249 (DMSP-5D3 F19) US Air Force / NOAA Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology In orbit Spacecraft failure[3]
The spacecraft stopped responding to commands on 11 February 2016 due to a power failure affecting an encrypted command-and-control system.
3 April
21:02:26 		  Soyuz-STA / Fregat   Kourou ELS   Arianespace
  Sentinel-1A ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
4 April
11:44:00 		  PSLV-XL   Satish Dhawan FLP   ISRO
  IRNSS-1B ISRO Geosynchronous Navigation In orbit Operational
9 April
15:26:27 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roskosmos
  Progress M-23M / 55P Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 31 July 2014 Successful
9 April
19:06:02[4] 		  Shavit   Palmachim Airbase   Israel Aerospace Industries
  Ofeq 10 Israel Defense Forces Low Earth Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
10 April
17:45:00 		  Atlas V 541   Cape Canaveral SLC-41   United Launch Alliance
  USA-250 (NRO L-67) NRO Geosynchronous ELINT (?) In orbit Operational
NROL-67 mission.
16 April
16:20:00 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 31/6   Roskosmos
  EgyptSat 2 NARSSS Low Earth Remote sensing 14 April 2015 Spacecraft failure
18 April
19:25:22 		  Falcon 9 v1.1   Cape Canaveral SLC-40   SpaceX
  SpaceX CRS-3 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 18 May 2014
19:05		 Successful
⚀   ALL-STAR/THEIA Colorado / ALL-STAR Low Earth Technology demonstration 26 May 2014 Spacecraft failure
⚀   KickSat KickSat / Cornell Low Earth Technology demonstration 14 May 2014
01:30		 Spacecraft failure
⚀   PhoneSat 2.5 NASA Ames Low Earth Technology demonstration 15 May 2014
⚀   SporeSat 1 NASA Ames / Purdue Low Earth Life sciences 4 June 2014
⚀   TestSat-Lite Taylor University Low Earth Technology demonstration 28 May 2014
The ELaNa 5 mission, consisting of 5 cubesats, was launched on this flight. KickSat carried and failed to deploy 104 femtosatellites in low Earth orbit.[5][6]
28 April
04:25:00 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 81/24   Roscosmos
  Luch 5V Gonets Satellite System Geosynchronous Communications / Data Relay In orbit Operational
  KazSat-3 JSC KazSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Spacecraft failure[7]
30 April
01:35:15 		  Vega   Kourou ELV   Arianespace
  KazEOSat 1 KGS Low Earth (SSO) Optical imaging In orbit Operational

May

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6 May
13:49:35 		  Soyuz-2.1a   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN RF
  Kosmos 2495 (Kobalt-M) VKO Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 September 2014 Successful
15 May
21:42:00 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 200/39   Khrunichev
  Ekspress-AM4R RSCC Intended: Geosynchronous Communications 15 May 2014 Launch failure
A third stage vernier thruster failed at T 542 seconds after the failure of the turbopump structural support caused damage to the oxidiser inlet line.[8]
17 May
00:03:00 		  Delta IV M (4,2)   Cape Canaveral SLC-37B   United Launch Alliance
  USA-251 (GPS IIF-6) U.S. Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
22 May
13:09:00 		  Atlas V 401   Cape Canaveral SLC-41   United Launch Alliance
  USA-252 (Quasar) NRO Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
NRO Launch 33
23 May
05:27:54 		  Rokot / Briz-KM   Plesetsk Site 133/3   VKO
  Kosmos 2496 (Strela-3M) VKO Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Kosmos 2497 (Strela-3M) VKO Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Kosmos 2498 (Strela-3M) VKO Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Kosmos 2499 VKO Low Earth Technology demonstration / Satellite inspection (?) In orbit Destroyed
Kosmos 2499 broke up in orbit on 4 January 2023.[9]
24 May
03:05:14 		  H-IIA 202   Tanegashima Y1   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  ALOS-2 JAXA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
  RISING-2 Tohoku Low Earth (SSO) Remote sensing In orbit Operational
  UNIFORM-1 Wakayama University Low Earth (SSO) Remote sensing In orbit Operational
  SOCRATES AES Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Successful
  SPROUT Nihon Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration / Amateur radio In orbit Operational
26 May
21:09:59 		  Zenit-3SL   Odyssey   Sea Launch
  Eutelsat 3B Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
28 May
19:57:41 		  Soyuz-FG   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roskosmos
  Soyuz TMA-13M Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 40 / 41 10 November 2014
03:58		 Successful
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts

June

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14 June
17:16:48 		  Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN RF
  Kosmos 2500 (GLONASS-M 755) VKO Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
19 June
19:11:17 		  Dnepr   Dombarovsky Site 13     ISC Kosmotras
  AprizeSat 9 SpaceQuest, Ltd. Low Earth (SSO) Communications In orbit Operational
  AprizeSat 10 SpaceQuest, Ltd. Low Earth (SSO) Communications In orbit Operational
  BRITE-CA 1 UTIAS Low Earth (SSO) Photometry / Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  BRITE-CA 2 UTIAS Low Earth (SSO) Photometry / Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  BugSat 1 Satellogic S.A. Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration / Earth observation In orbit Operational
  Deimos-2 Deimos Space Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
  Hodoyoshi 3 University of Tokyo Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  Hodoyoshi 4 University of Tokyo Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  KazEOSat 2 KGS Low Earth (SSO) Optical imaging In orbit Operational
⚀     Perseus-M 1 Canopus Systems US / Dauria Aerospace Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀     Perseus-M 2 Canopus Systems US / Dauria Aerospace Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   QB50P1 Von Karman Institute Low Earth (SSO) Thermosphere research In orbit Operational
⚀   QB50P2 Von Karman Institute Low Earth (SSO) Thermosphere research In orbit Operational
  SaudiSat-4 KACST Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  TabletSat-Aurora SPUTNIX Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration / Earth observation In orbit Operational
  UniSat 6 La Sapienza Low Earth (SSO) Optical imaging, cubesat deployment In orbit Operational
⚀   AeroCube 6 The Aerospace Corporation Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   ANTELSAT UdelaR Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   DTUSat 2 DTU Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   Duchifat-1 HSC Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   Flock-1c × 11 Planet Labs Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
⚀   Lemur-1 NanoSatisfi Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
⚀   NanoSatC-Br 1 INPE Low Earth (SSO) Magnetosphere research In orbit Operational
⚀   PACE NCKU Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   PolyITAN 1 KPI Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   POPSAT-HIP 1 Microspace Rapid, Singapore Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀     Tigrisat MOST / La Sapienza Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (37). Include first Belgian (pair), Uruguay's and Iraqi satellites.
30 June
04:22:00 		  PSLV-CA   Satish Dhawan FLP   ISRO
  SPOT 7 Spot Image Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
  CanX-4 UTIAS Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  CanX-5 UTIAS Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  AISat DLR Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   VELOX-I NTU Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational

July

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2 July
09:56:23 		  Delta II 7320-10C   Vandenberg SLC-2W   United Launch Alliance
  OCO-2 NASA Low Earth (SSO) Climatology In orbit Operational
3 July
12:43:52 		  Rokot / Briz-KM   Plesetsk Site 133/3   VKO
  Gonets-M 8 Gonets Satellite System Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Gonets-M 9 Gonets Satellite System Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Gonets-M 10 Gonets Satellite System Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
8 July
15:58:28 		  Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat   Baikonur Site 31/6   Roskosmos
  Meteor-M No.2 Roskosmos Low Earth (SSO) Meteorology In orbit Operational
  AISSat-2 NDRE Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  DX-1 Dauria Aerospace Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  MKA-PN2 (Relek) Roskosmos Low Earth (SSO) Magnetosphere research In orbit Spacecraft failure
  SkySat-2 Skybox Imaging Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
  TechDemoSat-1 UKSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
⚀   UKube-1 UKSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
10 July
18:55:56 		  Soyuz-STB / Fregat   Kourou ELS   Arianespace
  O3b FM3 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  O3b FM6 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  O3b FM7 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  O3b FM8 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
13 July
16:52:14 		  Antares 120   MARS LP-0A   Orbital Sciences
  Cygnus CRS Orb-2
S.S. Janice Voss 		NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 17 August 2014 Successful
⚀   Flock-1b × 28 Planet Labs Low Earth Optical imaging First: 13 December 2014
Last: 16 October 2015		 Successful
⚀   GEARRS Taylor University / USAF Low Earth Technology demonstration 8 November 2015 Successful
⚀   Lambdasat Lambda Team Low Earth Technology demonstration 16 May 2015 Successful
⚀   MicroMAS MIT Low Earth Technology demonstration 1 August 2015 Successful
⚀   TechEdSat-4 NASA Ames Low Earth Optical imaging 3 April 2015 Successful
All payloads other than Cygnus are CubeSats carried aboard the Cygnus for deployment from the ISS. Flock-1b 3/4/13/14/19/20 were not deployed.
14 July
15:15:00 		  Falcon 9 v1.1   Cape Canaveral SLC-40   SpaceX
  Orbcomm-2 F3 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Orbcomm-2 F4 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Orbcomm-2 F6 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Orbcomm-2 F7 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Orbcomm-2 F9 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  Orbcomm-2 F11 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications In orbit Operational
18 July
20:50:00 		  Soyuz-2.1a   Baikonur Site 31/6   Roskosmos
  Foton-M No.4 Roscosmos Low Earth Microgravity science 1 September 2014
09:18		 Successful
23 July
21:44:44 		  Soyuz-U   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roskosmos
  Progress M-24M / 56P Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 20 November 2014 Successful
28 July
23:28:00 		  Delta IV M (4,2)   Cape Canaveral SLC-37B   United Launch Alliance
  USA-253 (GSSAP #1 ) U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Space surveillance In orbit Operational
  USA-254 (GSSAP #2 ) U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Space surveillance In orbit Successful
  ANGELS (USA-255) AFRL Geosynchronous Technology demonstration In orbit Successful
Air Force Space Command Launch 4. First launch for the USAF Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program.
29 July
23:47:38 		  Ariane 5 ES   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  Georges Lemaître ATV ESA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 15 February 2015 Successful

August

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2 August
03:23:00 		  Atlas V 401   Cape Canaveral SLC-41   United Launch Alliance
  USA-256 (GPS IIF-7) U.S. Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
5 August
08:00:00 		  Falcon 9 v1.1   Cape Canaveral SLC-40   SpaceX
  AsiaSat 8 AsiaSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
9 August
05:45:03 		  Long March 4C   Jiuquan SLS-2   SAST
  Yaogan 20A CAST Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
  Yaogan 20B CAST Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
  Yaogan 20C CAST Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
13 August
18:30:30 		  Atlas V 401   Vandenberg SLC-3E   United Launch Alliance
  WorldView-3 DigitalGlobe Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
19 August
03:15:05 		  Long March 4B   Taiyuan LC-9   SAST
  Gaofen 2 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation In orbit Operational
  Heweliusz (BRITE-PL2) PAS Low Earth (SSO) Photometry In orbit Operational
22 August
12:27:11 		  Soyuz-STB / Fregat   Kourou ELS   Arianespace
  Galileo FOC 1 ESA Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Partial launch failure
Operational
  Galileo FOC 2 ESA Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Partial launch failure
Operational
Spacecraft in incorrect orbit due to an interruption of the Fregat's upper stage attitude control thrusters when its hydrazine propellant supply became frozen by a cold helium feed line incorrectly routed close to it.[10] Both satellites were later moved to a usable orbit on their own power.[11]

September

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4 September
00:15:04 		  Long March 2D   Jiuquan SLS-2   SAST
  Chuangxin 1-04 CAS Low Earth (SSO) Communications In orbit Operational
  Lingqiao Tsinghua Low Earth (SSO) Communications / Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
7 September
05:00:00 		  Falcon 9 v1.1   Cape Canaveral SLC-40   SpaceX
  AsiaSat 6 AsiaSat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
8 September
03:22:05 		  Long March 4B   Taiyuan LC-9   SAST
  Yaogan 21 CAST Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
  Tiantuo 2 NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
11 September
22:05:07 		  Ariane 5 ECA   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  MEASAT 3b MEASAT Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
  Optus 10 Optus Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
17 September
00:10:00 		  Atlas V 401   Cape Canaveral SLC-41   United Launch Alliance
  USA-257 (CLIO / Nemesis 2) NRO[12][13] Geosynchronous COMINT In orbit Operational
21 September
05:52:03 		  Falcon 9 v1.1   Cape Canaveral SLC-40   SpaceX
  SpaceX CRS-4 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 25 October 2014 Successful
  SpinSat NRL Low Earth Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
SpinSat was deployed from the ISS on 28 November.
25 September
20:25:00 		  Soyuz-FG   Baikonur Site 1/5   Roskosmos
  Soyuz TMA-14M Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 41 / 42 12 March 2015
02:07		 Successful
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
27 September
20:23:00 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 81/24   Khrunichev
  Olymp-K (Luch) VKO Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
28 September
05:13:03 		  Long March 2C   Jiuquan SLS-2   CALT
  Shijian 11-07 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational

October

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7 October
05:16:00 		  H-IIA 202   Tanegashima Y1   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  Himawari 8 JMA Geosynchronous Meteorology In orbit Operational
15 October
20:02:00 		  PSLV-XL   Satish Dhawan FLP   ISRO
  IRNSS-1C ISRO Geosynchronous Navigation In orbit Operational
16 October
21:43:52 		  Ariane 5 ECA   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  Intelsat 30 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
  ARSAT-1 AR-SAT SA Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
20 October
06:31:04 		  Long March 4C   Taiyuan LC-9   SAST
  Yaogan 22 CAST Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
21 October
15:09:32 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 81/24   Khrunichev
  Ekspress AM6 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Partial launch failure
Operational
Upper stage underperformance resulted in lower than planned deployment orbit.[14]
23 October
18:00:04 		  Long March 3C/E   Xichang LC-2   CALT
  Chang'e 5-T1 CNSA Lunar free-return trajectory Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  Chang'e 5-T1 return capsule CNSA Lunar free-return trajectory Technology demonstration 31 October
22:42		 Successful
Testing of Chang'e 5 lunar sample return module in lunar free-return trajectory; main spacecraft later flew to Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange point.
27 October
06:59:03 		  Long March 2C   Jiuquan SLS-2   CALT
  Shijian 11-08 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
28 October
22:22:38 		  Antares 130   MARS LP-0A   Orbital Sciences
  Cygnus CRS Orb-3
S.S. Deke Slayton 		NASA Intended: Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics T 15 seconds Launch failure
First stage failure; rocket crashed near launch pad; estimated US$20 million in repairs to rebuild Pad 0A.[15] Only flight of Antares 130.
29 October
07:09:43 		  Soyuz-2.1a   Baikonur Site 31/6   Roskosmos
  Progress M-25M / 57P Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 26 April 2015 Successful
29 October
17:21:00 		  Atlas V 401   Cape Canaveral SLC-41   United Launch Alliance
  USA-258 (GPS IIF-8) U.S. Air Force Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
30 October
01:42:52 		  Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN RF
  Meridian 7 VKO Molniya Communications In orbit Operational

November

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6 November
07:35:49 		  Dnepr   Dombarovsky Site 13     ISC Kosmotras
  Asnaro-1 (Sasuke) USEF Low Earth (SSO) Remote sensing In orbit Operational
  ChubuSat 1 (Kinshachi 1) Nagoya University Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  Hodoyoshi 1 University of Tokyo Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  QSAT-EOS (Tsukushi) Kyushu University Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration 3 December 2023 Successful
  TSUBAME TIT / JAXA Low Earth (SSO) Gamma-ray astronomy In orbit Operational
14 November
18:53:05 		  Long March 2C   Taiyuan LC-9   CALT
  Yaogan 23 CAST Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
20 November
07:12:03 		  Long March 2D   Jiuquan SLS-2   SAST
  Yaogan 24 CAST Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
21 November
06:37:08 		  Kuaizhou-1   Jiuquan LS-95B   CASIC
  Kuaizhou-2 CAS Low Earth (SSO) Optical imaging 9 October 2016 Successful
23 November
21:01:14 		  Soyuz-FG   Baikonur Site 31/6   Roskosmos
  Soyuz TMA-15M Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 42 / 43 11 June 2015
13:44		 Successful
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
30 November
21:52:26 		  Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN RF
  Kosmos 2501 (GLONASS-K 702) VKO Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational

December

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3 December
04:22:04 		  H-IIA 202   Tanegashima Y1   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  Hayabusa2 JAXA Heliocentric Asteroid sample return In orbit Operational
  DCAM3 JAXA Heliocentric Asteroid probe  
  MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1A JAXA Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu) Asteroid lander In orbit Operational
  MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1B JAXA Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu) Asteroid lander In orbit Operational
  MINERVA-II Rover 2 JAXA Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu) Asteroid lander  
    MASCOT DLR / CNES Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu) Asteroid lander In orbit Successful
  Shin'en 2 Kyutech Heliocentric Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  Despatch (Artsat 2) Tamabi / UT Heliocentric Technology demonstration In orbit Operational
  PROCYON UT Heliocentric Technology demonstration / Asteroid flyby In orbit Operational
DCAM3, MINERVA-II (Rover 1A, 1B, 2), and MASCOT are carried aboard Hayabusa2 to be deployed in proximity or onto the surface of asteroid 162173 Ryugu. MINERVA-II Rover 1A and 1B were deployed on 21 September 2018. MASCOT was deployed on 3 October 2018.
5 December
12:05:00 		  Delta IV Heavy   Cape Canaveral SLC-37B   United Launch Alliance
  EFT-1 NASA HEO Technology demonstration 5 December 2014
16:29		 Successful
First test flight of Orion spacecraft
6 December
20:40:07 		  Ariane 5 ECA   Kourou ELA-3   Arianespace
  DirecTV-14 DirecTV Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
  GSAT-16 ISRO Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
7 December
03:26:04 		  Long March 4B   Taiyuan LC-9   SAST
    CBERS-4 CASC / INPE Low Earth (SSO) Remote sensing In orbit Operational
10 December
19:33:03 		  Long March 4C   Jiuquan SLS-2   SAST
  Yaogan 25A CAST Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
  Yaogan 25B CAST Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
  Yaogan 25C CAST Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
13 December
03:19:00 		  Atlas V 541   Vandenberg SLC-3E   United Launch Alliance
  USA-259 (NRO L-35) NRO Molniya ELINT In orbit Operational
NRO Launch 35
15 December
00:16:00 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 81/24   Khrunichev
  Yamal-401 Gazprom Space Systems Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
18 December
18:37:00 		  Soyuz-STB / Fregat   Kourou ELS   Arianespace
  O3b FM9 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  O3b FM10 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  O3b FM11 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
  O3b FM12 O3b Networks Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational
19 December
04:43:33 		  Strela   Baikonur Site 175/59   Roskosmos
    Kondor-E Roskosmos / DoD Low Earth Synthetic-aperture radar imaging 22 October 2022[16] Successful
23 December
05:57:00 		  Angara A5 / Briz-M   Plesetsk Site 35/1   Khrunichev
  IPM   Khrunichev Geosynchronous[17] Test flight In orbit Successful
Maiden flight of Angara A5
25 December
03:01:13 		  Soyuz-2.1b   Plesetsk Site 43/4   RVSN RF
  Kosmos 2502 (Lotos-S) VKO Low Earth ELINT In orbit Operational
26 December
18:55:50 		  Soyuz-2.1b   Baikonur Site 31/6   Roskosmos
  Resurs-P No.2 Roskosmos Low Earth (SSO) Remote sensing In orbit Operational
27 December
03:22:04 		  Long March 4B   Taiyuan LC-9   SAST
  Yaogan 26 CAST Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance In orbit Operational
27 December
21:37:49 		  Proton-M / Briz-M   Baikonur Site 200/39     International Launch Services
  Astra 2G SES S.A. Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational
31 December
01:02:04 		  Long March 3A   Xichang LC-2   CALT
  Fengyun 2G CMA Geosynchronous Meteorology In orbit Operational

Suborbital flights

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
3 January   Arrow III   Negev   IAI
IAI / IDF Suborbital ABM Test 3 January Successful
Second flight test of the Arrow-III
7 January   Prithvi II   Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3   DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Missile test 7 January Successful
Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
15 January
09:09 		  Terrier-Orion   Wallops Island   TBD
DOD Suborbital Classified 15 January Successful
FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
15 January
09:09 		  Terrier-Orion   Wallops Island   TBD
DOD Suborbital Classified 15 January Successful
FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
15 January
09:09 		  Terrier-Orion   Wallops Island   TBD
DOD Suborbital Classified 15 January Successful
FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
20 January
05:22 		  Agni-IV   Integrated Test Range   DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Missile Test 20 January Successful
Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)
3 March
11:09 		  Black Brant IX   Poker Flat   NASA
  GREECE SwRI Suborbital Auroral research 3 March Successful
Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
4 March
18:10 		  RS-12M Topol   Kapustin Yar   RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 4 March Successful
24 March   K-4   Visakhapatnam   Indian Navy
Indian Navy Suborbital Missile test 24 March Successful
First launch of the new Indian K-4 SLBM[18]
26 March
13:34 		  Taiwan Sounding Rocket Sounding Rocket IX   Jiu Peng Air Base   NSPO
NSPO/NCU Suborbital Ionospheric research 26 March Successful
Apogee: 286 km (178 mi)
26 March
22:25 		  MN-300   Kapustin Yar   Roshydromet
  MR-30 Roshydromet Suborbital Meteorology
Test flight		 26 March Launch failure
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), rocket failed and landed near a village in an unplanned area of western Kazakhstan.
11 April
23:10 		  Agni-I   Integrated Test Range   IDRDL
IDRDL Suborbital Missile test 11 April Successful
Apogee: ~500 kilometres (310 mi)?
14 April
06:40 		  RS-24 Yars   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 14 April Successful
22 April   Ghaznavi   Sonmiani   ASFC
ASFC Suborbital Missile test 22 April Successful
27 April
03:37 		  Prithvi-3?   INS, Bay of Bengal   DRDO
  SLTGT-02 DRDO Suborbital Target 27 April Successful
Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)Target for ABM test, successfully intercepted
27 April
03:40 		  Prithvi-2?   ITR IC-4   DRDO
  PDV DRDO Suborbital Interceptor 27 April Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi), successful intercept
3 May
08:00 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands   NASA
  HYPE University of Arizona Suborbital Astronomy 3 May Successful
Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi)
8 May   RT-2PM Topol   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 8 May Successful
8 May   R-29RMU Sineva   K-114 Tula, Barents Sea   VMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 8 May Successful
8 May   R-29R Volna   K-223 Podolsk, Sea of Okhotsk   VMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 8 May Successful
8 May   Ghaznavi   Sonmiani   ASFC
ASFC Suborbital Missile test 8 May Successful
20 May
17:08 		  RS-12M Topol   Kapustin Yar   RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful
21 May
05:35 		  SM-3-IB   Kauai   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital ABM test 21 May Successful
Maiden flight of Aegis Ashore Controlled Test Vehicle (AA CTV-01)
24 May   Black Brant IX   White Sands   NASA
  CHESS CU Boulder Suborbital Astronomy 24 May Successful
2 June   UGM-133 Trident II D5   USS West Virginia, ETR   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 2 June Successful
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ?
2 June   UGM-133 Trident II D5   USS West Virginia, ETR   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Test flight 2 June Successful
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ?
22 June
18:49 		  UGM-96 Trident I C4 (LV-2) FTG-06b   Meck   MDA
MDA Suborbital ABM target 22 June Successful
22 June
18:55 		  Ground Based Interceptor FTG-06b   Vandenberg LF-23   MDA
MDA Suborbital ABM test 22 June Successful
FTG-06b interceptor, successful intercept
26 June
11:21 		  Terrier Improved Orion   Wallops Island   NASA
  RockOn CU Boulder Suborbital Student experiments 26 June Successful
Apogee: ~118 kilometres (73 mi)
2 July
08:36 		  Terrier-Improved Malemute   Wallops Island   NASA
  SubTec-6 NASA WFF Suborbital Student experiments 2 July Launch failure
Second stage failure after 19 seconds of flight
9 July
12:00:00 		  Angara-1.2pp   Plesetsk Site 35/1   VKO
VKO Suborbital Test flight 9 July Successful
Maiden flight of Angara rocket family
14 July   GoFast   Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA   CSXT
  CSXT Suborbital Test spacecraft 14 July Successful
Second GoFast amateur space launch (apogee: 117 km)[19]
22 July
19:10 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands   NASA
  DFS USC Suborbital Solar 22 July Successful
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
23 July   B-611   Shuangchengzi   PLA
PLA Suborbital ABM target 23 July Successful
Target
23 July   SC-19   Korla   PLA
PLA Suborbital ABM test 23 July Successful
Interceptor, successful intercept
4 August
14:00:00[20][21] 		  S-310   Uchinoura   JAXA
  University of Tokyo / JAXA / Waseda Suborbital Microgravity 4 August Successful
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
17 August
10:10:00[22] 		  S-520   Uchinoura   JAXA
  University of Tokyo / Hokkaido University / Tohoku University / TPU / Tokai / JAXA Suborbital Ionosphere research 17 August Successful
Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi)
23 August
13:13 		  Terrier-Lynx   Wallops Island   DoD
  Shark DoD Suborbital Radar target 23 August Successful
Apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
25 August
08:25 		  UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)   Kodiak LP-2   US Air Force
  AHW FT2 US Army Suborbital Technology demonstration 25 August Launch failure
Launch vehicle went off course and was destroyed four seconds after launch
28 August
09:00 		  Black Brant IX   Wallops Island   NASA
  NASA WFF Suborbital Technology demonstration 28 August Successful
Apogee: ~350 kilometres (220 mi)
2 September
02:02 		  VS-30/EPL   Alcântara   AEB
 EPL-ME INPE Suborbital Test 2 September Successful
Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)?
9 September   Blue Sparrow   F-15 Eagle, Israel   IAF
Israeli Air Force Suborbital ABM target 9 September Successful
Arrow-2 target, intercept failed, Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
10 September   RSM-56 Bulava   K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea   VMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 10 September Successful
11 September
05:41 		  Agni-I   Integrated Test Range   IDRDL
IDRDL Suborbital Missile test 11 September Successful
Apogee: ~500 kilometres (310 mi)?
22 September
13:00 		  UGM-133 Trident II D5   Submarine, Pacific Ocean   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 22 September Successful
22 September
13:00 		  UGM-133 Trident II D5   Submarine, Pacific Ocean   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 22 September Successful
22 September
13:00 		  UGM-133 Trident II D5   Submarine, Pacific Ocean   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 22 September Successful
23 September
14:45 		  LGM-30G Minuteman III   Vandenberg LF-09   US Air Force
US Air Force Suborbital Test flight 23 September Successful
GT211GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
30 September   Black Brant IX   White Sands   NASA
  VAULT 2.0 NRL Suborbital Solar 30 September Successful
Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi)
7 October
13:10 		  Taiwan Sounding Rocket Sounding Rocket X   Jiu Peng Air Base   NSPO
NSPO Suborbital Ionospheric research 7 October Successful
Apogee: 286 km (178 mi)
12 October
04:27 		  Terrier-Lynx   Wallops Island   DoD
  Shark DoD Suborbital Radar target 12 October Successful
Apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
17 October
07:08 		  MRBM-T3 ?   Kauai   MDA
MDA Suborbital Radar target 17 October Successful
Medium Range Ballistic Missile Target, Aegis radar target FTX-20
23 October
13:33 		  SpaceLoft XL   Spaceport America   UP Aerospace
  FOP-3 NASA Suborbital Four technology experiments 23 October Successful
Mission SL-9, Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi), successfully recovered
29 October
17:27:00 		  RSM-56 Bulava   K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea   VMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 29 October Successful
1 November
06:20 		  RS-12M Topol   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 1 November Successful
5 November   R-29RMU Sineva   K-114 Tula, Barents Sea   VMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 5 November Successful
6 November
19:07 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands   NASA
  RAISE 2 SwRI Suborbital Solar 6 November Successful
Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
6 November
22:03 		  Terrier-Oriole ? FTM-25   Kauai   MDA
MDA Suborbital ABM target 6 November Successful
SM-3 Block 1B target
6 November
22:06 		  RIM-161C Standard Missile 3 Block 1B FTM-25   USS John Paul Jones, Pacific Ocean   US Navy
US Navy Suborbital ABM test 6 November Successful
FTM-25 interceptor, successful intercept
9 November
04:10 		  Agni II   Integrated Test Range   Indian Army / DRDO
Indian Army/DRDO Suborbital Missile test 9 November Successful
13 November   Shaheen-II   Sonmiani   ASFC
ASFC Suborbital Missile test 13 November Successful
14 November   Prithvi II   Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3   DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Missile test 14 November Successful
Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
14 November   Dhanush  Ship, Indian Ocean   DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Target 14 November Successful
Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
17 November   Shaheen-IA   Sonmiani   ASFC
ASFC Suborbital Missile test 17 November Successful
24 November
08:05 		  Black Brant XIIA   Andøya   NASA
  C-REX UAF Suborbital Geospace 24 November Successful
Apogee: 486 kilometres (302 mi)
28 November   RSM-56 Bulava   K-550 Aleksandr Nevskiy, White Sea   VMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful
2 December
04:49 		  Agni-IV   Integrated Test Range   DRDO
DRDO Suborbital Missile Test 2 December Successful
Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)?
11 December
19:11 		  Black Brant IX   White Sands   NASA
  FOXSI UC Berkeley Suborbital Solar research 11 December Successful
Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi)
16 December   Blue Sparrow   F-15 Eagle, Israel   IAF
Israeli Air Force Suborbital ABM target 16 December Successful
Arrow-3 target, launch of Interceptor was scrubbed, Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
17 December   Improved Orion   White Sands   NASA
  CTREX DOD Suborbital Test flight 17 December Successful
17 December   Taurion   White Sands   NASA
  Sprint 1 DOD Suborbital Test flight 17 December Successful
First launch of a Taurion missile, a special low performing vehicle configuration for the development of the Sprint target vehicle
18 December
04:00:00 		  LVM3   Satish Dhawan SLP   ISRO
  CARE ISRO Suborbital Test flight 18 December Successful
First flight of LVM3 (earlier called GSLV Mk III). Sub-orbital test flight with dummy upper stage and ISRO Orbital Vehicle boilerplate [23]
Apogee: 125.5 km
26 December
08:02 		  RS-24 Yars   Plesetsk   RVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 December Successful

Deep space rendezvous

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Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
1 January Cassini 98th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
2 February Cassini 99th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1,236 kilometres (768 mi).
6 March Cassini 100th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).
7 April Cassini 101st flyby of Titan Closest approach: 963 kilometres (598 mi).
17 May Cassini 102nd flyby of Titan Closest approach: 2,994 kilometres (1,860 mi).
18 June Cassini 103rd flyby of Titan Closest approach: 3,659 kilometres (2,274 mi).
20 July Cassini 104th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 5,103 kilometres (3,171 mi).
6 August Rosetta Enters orbit of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko First artificial satellite of a comet. Initial orbit was 100 kilometres (62 mi)high and was reduced to 30 kilometres (19 mi) until 10 September.
10 August ISEE-3/ICE flyby of Earth and Moon Closest approach Earth: 178,400 kilometres (110,900 mi), closest approach Moon: 15,938 kilometres (9,903 mi).
21 August Cassini 105th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 964 kilometres (599 mi).
21 September Cassini 106th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
22 September MAVEN Areocentric orbit injection Preliminary orbit was 380 kilometres (240 mi) x 44,600 kilometres (27,700 mi), inclined 75 deg to the equator.
24 September Mars Orbiter Mission Areocentric orbit injection India's first mission to Mars,[24] preliminary orbit was 422 kilometres (262 mi) x 76,994 kilometres (47,842 mi), inclined 150 deg to the equator.
23 October Cassini 107th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1,013 kilometres (629 mi).
28 October[25] Chang'e 5-T1 lunar flyby on a free return trajectory Closest approach: 13,000 kilometres (8,100 mi).
12 November Philae Landing on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko First soft landing on a comet nucleus. Mission cut short when landing conditions resulted in its solar panels being out of position, depleting the lander's batteries. Data was still collected.
10 December Cassini 108th flyby of Titan Closest approach: 980 kilometres (610 mi).

Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs)

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Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
27 January
14:00 		6 hours
8 minutes 		20:08 Expedition 38 / 39

ISS Pirs

  Oleg Kotov

  Sergey Ryazansky

Installed High Resolution Camera (HRC) on SM Plane IV; installed Medium Resolution Camera (MRC) on SM Plane IV; photographed electrical connectors on ФП11 and ФП19 connector patch panels of SM; removed Worksite Interfaces (WIF) adaptor from SSRMS LEE B;

retrieved СКК #2-СО cassette container from DC-1.[26]

23 April
13:56 		1 hours
36 minutes 		15:32 Expedition 39 / 40

ISS Quest

  Richard Mastracchio

  Steven Swanson

Replaced failed Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MDM) unit on S0 truss; also removed two lanyards from Secondary Power Distribution Assembly (SPDA) doors.[27][28]
19 June
14:10 		7 hours
23 minutes 		21:33 Expedition 40 / 41

ISS Pirs

  Alexander Skvortsov

  Oleg Artemyev

Installed an automated phased antenna array used for the Russian command and telemetry system, relocated a part of the Obstanovka experiment that monitors charged particles and plasma in Low Earth Orbit, verifying the correct installation of the universal work platform (URM-D), taking samples from one of Zvezda's windows, and jettisoning an experiment frame.[29][30]
18 August
14:02 		5 hours
11 minutes 		19:13 Expedition 40 / 41

ISS Pirs

  Alexander Skvortsov

  Oleg Artemyev

Released Chasqui-1 cubesat into space; installed experiment packages (EXPOSE-R2 biological experiment, Plume Impingement and Deposit Monitoring unit), retrieved experiments (Vinoslivost materials exposure panel, Biorisk biological experiment), replaced cassette on SKK experiment and attached a handrail on an antenna.[31][32]
7 October
12:30 		6 hours
13 minutes 		18:43 Expedition 41 / 42

ISS Quest

  Reid Wiseman

  Alexander Gerst

Re-located a failed pump module to a permanent stowage position, installed a back-up power supply for the Mobile Transporter and replaced a light on the robotic arm.[33][34]
15 October
12:16 		6 hours
34 minutes 		18:50 Expedition 41 / 42

ISS Quest

  Reid Wiseman

  Barry E. Wilmore

Replaced failed sequential shunt unit (SSU) for 3A power system, relocated articulating portable foot restraint/tool stanchion (APFR/TS), removed camera port (CP) 7, relocated wireless video system external transceiver assembly (WETA) from CP8 to CP11, installed external TV camera group at CP8.[35][36]
22 October
13:28 		3 hours
38 minutes 		17:06 Expedition 41 / 42

ISS Pirs

  Maksim Surayev

  Aleksandr Samokutyayev

Removed and jettisoned Radiometriya experiment from Zvezda Plane II, removed EXPOSE-R experiment protective cover, took surface samples from Pirs extravehicular hatch 2 window (TEST experiment), removed and jettisoned two KURS attennas 2ACф1-1 and 2ACф1-2 from Poisk, photographed exterior of ISS Russian segment.[37][38]

Orbital launch statistics

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By country

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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. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

 China: 16Europe: 7India: 4Israel: 1Japan: 4Russia: 34Ukraine: 3USA: 23
Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
failures 		Remarks
  China 16 16 0 0
  Europe 7 7 0 0
  India 4 4 0 0
  Israel 1 1 0 0
  Japan 4 4 0 0
  Russia 34 31 1 2 Includes four European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace
  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 Zenit and Dnepr rockets were launched from Russia
  United States 23 22 1 0
World 92 88 2 2

By rocket

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By family

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By type

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By configuration

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By spaceport

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Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Baikonur   Kazakhstan 21 19 1 1
Cape Canaveral   United States 16 16 0 0
Dombarovsky   Russia 2 2 0 0
Jiuquan   China 8 8 0 0
Kourou   France 11 10 0 1
MARS   United States 3 2 1 0
Ocean Odyssey   International waters 1 1 0 0
Palmachim   Israel 1 1 0 0
Plesetsk   Russia 9 9 0 0
Satish Dhawan   India 4 4 0 0
Taiyuan   China 6 6 0 0
Tanegashima   Japan 4 4 0 0
Vandenberg   United States 4 4 0 0
Xichang   China 2 2 0 0
Total 92 88 2 2

By orbit

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  •   Transatmospheric
  •   Low Earth
  •   Low Earth (ISS)
  •   Low Earth (SSO)
  •   Low Earth (retrograde)
  •   Medium Earth
  •   Geosychronous
    (transfer)
  •   Inclined GSO
  •   High Earth
  •   Heliocentric
Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentally
achieved 		Remarks
Transatmospheric 1 1 0 0 Deployed into a transatmospheric orbit via low and medium Earth orbits
Low Earth 49 48 1 0 14 to ISS (1 failure)
Medium Earth / Molniya 12 12 0 0
Geosynchronous / GTO 28 27 1 0
High Earth / Lunar transfer 1 1 0 0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer 1 1 0 0
Total 92 90 2 0

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  Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Chasqui 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ "CHASQUI-1". N2YO.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ Gruss, Mike (3 March 2016). "USAF weather woes grow as DMSP-19 stops obeying orders". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ "משרד הביטחון: שיגור הלוויין אופק 10 לחלל - YouTube". YouTube. 10 April 2014.
  5. ^ "KickSat Has Been Deployed in Low-Earth Orbit". arrl.org. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. ^ "KickSat Has Reentered". www.kickstarter.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  7. ^ "В Казахстане второй день отсутствует телерадиовещание из-за проблем на спутнике KazSat-3" [There is no television and radio broadcasting in Kazakhstan for the second day due to problems on the KazSat-3 satellite] (in Kazakh). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) Concludes Express AM4R Investigation; Return to Flight Mission Success on September 28". International Launch Services. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. ^ Berger, Eric (8 February 2023). "Mysterious Russian satellites are now breaking apart in low-Earth orbit". Ars Technica. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Soyuz Flight VS09: Independent Inquiry Board announces definitive conclusions concerning the Fregat upper stage anomaly". Arianespace. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Sixth Galileo Satellite reaches corrected orbit". ESA. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  12. ^ William Graham (16 September 2014). "ULA Atlas V successfully launches secretive CLIO mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  13. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Nemesis 1, 2 (PAN, CLIO / P360)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  14. ^ «Бриз-М» отклонился от задания (in Russian). Kommersant. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  15. ^ Foust, Jeff (21 November 2014). "Virginia May Seek Federal Funds for Wallops Spaceport Repairs". Space News. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  16. ^ "KONDOR E". N2YO.com. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Russia made its first test launch "Angara-A5"". RIA Novosti. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  18. ^ "India Inches Closer to Credible Nuclear Triad with K-4 SLBM Test".
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