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2015 in spaceflight
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>In February 2015, the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">European Space Agency's</a> experimental lifting body spacecraft, the <a href="/facts/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehicle/lwSnkgWb">Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle</a>, successfully conducted its first test flight. </p><p>In March 2015, <a href="/facts/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)/yIVEMYtG">Ceres</a> became the first <a href="/facts/Dwarf_planet/IkQoCdwD">dwarf planet</a> to be visited by a spacecraft when <a href="/facts/Dawn_(spacecraft)/z4JeyNQB">Dawn</a> entered orbit. In July 2015, <a href="/facts/New_Horizons_(spacecraft)/G5XTU5DK">New Horizons</a> visited the <a href="/facts/Pluto/egq7MBeR">Pluto</a>-<a href="/facts/Charon_(moon)/elazjsMp">Charon</a> system after a 9-year voyage, returning a trove of pictures and information about the former "ninth planet" (now classified as a dwarf planet). Meanwhile, the <a href="/facts/MESSENGER/EFJEPNxR">MESSENGER</a> probe was deliberately crashed into <a href="/facts/Mercury_(planet)/lVa1GIyX">Mercury</a> after 4 years of in-orbit observations. </p><p>On 23 November 2015, the <a href="/facts/Blue_Origin/CxFvEmDr">Blue Origin</a> <a href="/facts/New_Shepard/QpzbYepM">New Shepard</a> suborbital rocket achieved its first powered soft landing near the launch site, paving the way for full reuse of its propulsion stage. On 21 December, the maiden flight of the <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust/L5HWctap">Falcon 9 Full Thrust</a> took place, ending with a successful landing of its first stage. </p><p>Two old <a href="/facts/Weather_satellite/yl7QCK8n">weather satellites</a>, <a href="/facts/NOAA-16/Yfj4dNcn">NOAA-16</a> and <a href="/facts/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program/zsXW89Nl">DMSP 5D-2/F13</a>, broke up in 2015, creating several hundred pieces of <a href="/facts/Space_debris/X7YSKlXl">space debris</a>. In both cases, a battery explosion is suspected as the root cause. </p> <h2 id="orbital-launches">Orbital launches</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="3" scope="col">Date and time (<a href="/facts/UTC/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>)</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">Rocket</a></th><th scope="col">Flight number</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_site/y2SJQ8Wr">Launch site</a></th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_service_provider/zAIh2zt4">LSP</a></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th><a href="/facts/Payload/wb7m7LLV">Payload</a>(⚀ = <a href="/facts/CubeSat/jL2IpYKd">CubeSat</a>)</th><th>Operator</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbit/nD2TPySG">Orbit</a></th><th>Function</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbital_decay/c9rj3aK6">Decay</a> (UTC)</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><th colspan="6">Remarks</th></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>January</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="7">10 January09:47:10</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX_CRS-5/nUzFY8lj">SpaceX CRS-5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">11 February 201500:44</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/AESP-14/NjmLkVBS">AESP-14</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Instituto_Tecnol%25C3%25B3gico_de_Aeron%25C3%25A1utica/j1FY17Rd">ITA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionospheric research</a></td><td rowspan="1">11 May 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Flock-1/Xo7ePgMy">Flock-1d</a>' 1</td><td><a href="/facts/Planet_Labs/IF1z08vV">Planet Labs</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">13 October 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Flock-1/Xo7ePgMy">Flock-1d</a>' 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Planet_Labs/IF1z08vV">Planet Labs</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">27 December 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">SpaceX attempted to land the first stage on a <a href="/facts/Autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship/yI2SR495">platform</a> in the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">Atlantic Ocean</a>, but the first stage crash-landed on its landing platform.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from the space station on 5 February 2015,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> while the Flock-1 CubeSats were deployed on 3 March 2015.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">21 January01:04:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 551</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Mobile_User_Objective_System/MyQRdrct">MUOS-3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">US Navy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="7">31 January14:22:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Delta_II/GoBa3Qch">Delta II</a> 7320</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg</a> <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_2/rPgwG53u">SLC-2W</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Soil_Moisture_Active_Passive/VqyUxnQX">SMAP</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/ExoCube_(CP-10)/5y1TWLMr">ExoCube</a></td><td><a href="/facts/California_Polytechnic_State_University/IKzerwNw">Cal Poly</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> FIREBIRD II A</td><td><a href="/facts/Montana_State_University/2c8pVBCj">Montana State</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">2 August 2023<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> FIREBIRD II B</td><td><a href="/facts/Montana_State_University/2c8pVBCj">Montana State</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">2 August 2023<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> GRIFEX</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> / <a href="/facts/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory/zPXnxRBf">JPL</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>February</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">1 February01:21:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA</a> 202</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima</a> <a href="/facts/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex/KsybTnBt">LA-Y1</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries/8sEQU1Yn">MHI</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Information_Gathering_Satellite/lfL2Q5pP">IGS</a>-Radar Spare</td><td><a href="/facts/Cabinet_Intelligence_and_Research_Office/5YTMuzTD">CSICE</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Successful<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">1 February12:31:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a>/<a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200/NpCuRkDs">Site 200/39</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/International_Launch_Services/8bocEJ1I">International Launch Services</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/Inmarsat/G2XzF3r6">Inmarsat 5-F2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Inmarsat/G2XzF3r6">Inmarsat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">2 February08:50</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> <a href="/facts/Safir_(rocket)/jmDrfeug">Safir-1B</a></td><td>LBS.2001</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> <a href="/facts/Semnan_Space_Center/bQ1ImTG4">Semnan</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> <a href="/facts/Iranian_Space_Agency/UEzFYESI">ISA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> <a href="/facts/Fajr_(satellite)/eLlwbAFK">Fajr</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Iranian_Space_Agency/UEzFYESI">ISA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">26 February 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">11 February13:40:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> <a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-1/pAcCbUz3">ELV</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehicle/lwSnkgWb">IXV</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td>Transatmospheric</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">11 February 201515:19</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Vega's 4th stage briefly entered low Earth orbit before de-orbiting; thus it did not get a <a href="/facts/COSPAR/HuaTgzo6">COSPAR</a> ID. This marked the first flight of the <a href="/facts/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehicle/lwSnkgWb">IXV</a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">11 February23:03:32</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory/8LLmY8X1">DSCOVR</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NOAA/IvcuqNJg">NOAA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lagrangian_point/XCAN4o3P">Sun–Earth</a> <a href="/facts/Lagrange_point/XCAN4o3P">L1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a> / <a href="/facts/Heliophysics/QW7vrybp">Heliophysics</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First SpaceX launch aimed beyond <a href="/facts/Geostationary_transfer_orbit/1WwL0SPz">GTO</a>. First stage soft landed on water.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">17 February11:00:17</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Progress_M-26M/XvwgtGF8">Progress M-26M</a> / 58P</td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">14 August 201514:17</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">27 February11:01:35</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2.1a/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1a</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_43/pxIUWICh">Site 43/4</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Strategic_Missile_Forces/HMEx2wvU">RVSN RF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2503 (Bars-M 1L)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>March</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="5">2 March03:50:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Eutelsat_115_West_B/vEsQuAKd">Eutelsat 115 West B</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Eutelsat/XEv7LccL">Eutelsat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bermuda/dYgp0TF4"></a> <a href="/facts/ABS-3A/bcrzQ9hJ">ABS-3A</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Asia_Broadcast_Satellite/ctuhuCLm">ABS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First communication satellites to use all-electric propulsion to reach intended orbits from <a href="/facts/Geostationary_transfer_orbit/1WwL0SPz">GTO</a>.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="6">13 March02:44:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 421</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Magnetospheric_Multiscale_Mission/uUARG0CG">MMS-1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Highly_elliptical_orbit/93YbggYy">Elliptical</a> <a href="/facts/High_Earth_orbit/ttK1a3qL">High Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Magnetosphere/BXzgPoPy">Magnetospheric research</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Magnetospheric_Multiscale_Mission/uUARG0CG">MMS-2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Highly_elliptical_orbit/93YbggYy">Elliptical</a> <a href="/facts/High_Earth_orbit/ttK1a3qL">High Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Magnetosphere/BXzgPoPy">Magnetospheric research</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Magnetospheric_Multiscale_Mission/uUARG0CG">MMS-3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Highly_elliptical_orbit/93YbggYy">Elliptical</a> <a href="/facts/High_Earth_orbit/ttK1a3qL">High Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Magnetosphere/BXzgPoPy">Magnetospheric research</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Magnetospheric_Multiscale_Mission/uUARG0CG">MMS-4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Highly_elliptical_orbit/93YbggYy">Elliptical</a> <a href="/facts/High_Earth_orbit/ttK1a3qL">High Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Magnetosphere/BXzgPoPy">Magnetospheric research</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">18 March22:05:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200/NpCuRkDs">Site 200/39</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Khrunichev_State_Research_and_Production_Space_Center/bDrbWPoH">Khrunichev</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Ekspress_AM7/qhgqQToq">Ekspress AM7</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Satellite_Communications_Company/1zu4Wmvn">RSCC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">25 March18:36:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Delta_IV/QWun0yHh">Delta IV</a> M+(4,2)</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_37/bGEN3MjW">SLC-37B</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/USA-260/Q0JTQtpE">USA-260</a> (<a href="/facts/GPS_Block_IIF/Ulb107AA">GPS IIF-9</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/US_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">US Air Force</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">25 March22:08:53</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Dnepr_(rocket)/g3VIdEfT">Dnepr</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Dombarovsky_(air_base)/Lonyn6ke">Dombarovsky</a> Site 13</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/ISC_Kosmotras/BCvJoDv6">ISC Kosmotras</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw"></a> KOMPSat-3A</td><td><a href="/facts/Korea_Aerospace_Research_Institute/07560nHx">KARI</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Final flight of Dnepr-1 rocket, due to the <a href="/facts/Russo-Ukrainian_war/kE7cHvoQ">Russo-Ukrainian war</a>.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">26 March01:21:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA</a> 202</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima</a> <a href="/facts/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex/KsybTnBt">LA-Y1</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries/8sEQU1Yn">MHI</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Information_Gathering_Satellite/lfL2Q5pP">IGS</a>-Optical 5</td><td><a href="/facts/Cabinet_Intelligence_and_Research_Office/5YTMuzTD">CSICE</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 March19:42:57</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_TMA-16M/tm1ABBhI">Soyuz TMA-16M</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_43/W4Mlt7kQ">Expedition 43</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_44/DhAHfWKa">44</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_45/DC2ktmJF">45</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_46/E2jqzQVw">46</a></td><td rowspan="1">12 September 201500:51</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including two on a year-long mission.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 March21:46:18</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-STB/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-STB</a> / <a href="/facts/Fregat/Sv4Ub6GJ">Fregat</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/Ensemble_de_Lancement_Soyouz/KfapNnLj">ELS</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Galileo_satellites/VqEP3MKe">FOC 3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Galileo_satellites/VqEP3MKe">FOC 4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">28 March11:49:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/PSLV/KantsJM7">PSLV</a>-XL</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre_Second_Launch_Pad/GkXD3tL3">SLP</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Indian_Space_Research_Organization/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Indian_Regional_Navigation_Satellite_System/k3JM5NBx">IRNSS</a>-<a href="/facts/IRNSS-1D/1qt9Q7YX">1D</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ISRO/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 March13:52:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3C/mFRsmux1">Long March 3C/E</a>/<a href="/facts/Yuanzheng-1/pyk19Vgn">YZ-1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_2/LFCcfqxT">LC-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/BeiDou/eW9Ex0WP">BeiDou</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_BeiDou_satellites/d90YPxck">I1-S</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="6">31 March13:47:56</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Rokot/xXx9Gzg7">Rokot</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-KM/nPncWv0Q">Briz-KM</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk Cosmodrome</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_133/RTxF86WV">Site 133/3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Gonets-M/S8qayXCV">Gonets-M</a> 11</td><td><a href="/facts/Gonets_Satellite_System/S8qayXCV">Gonets Satellite System</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Gonets-M/S8qayXCV">Gonets-M</a> 12</td><td><a href="/facts/Gonets_Satellite_System/S8qayXCV">Gonets Satellite System</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Gonets-M/S8qayXCV">Gonets-M</a> 13</td><td><a href="/facts/Gonets_Satellite_System/S8qayXCV">Gonets Satellite System</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2504</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a> / <a href="/facts/Space_rendezvous/8KlcQyyf">Satellite inspection</a> (?)</td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>April</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="6">14 April20:10:41</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX_CRS-6/CsnlhwGe">SpaceX CRS-6</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">21 May 201516:42</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Planetary_Resources/QoA54et8">Arkyd 3 Reflight</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Planetary_Resources/QoA54et8">Planetary Resources</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">23 December 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Flock-1/Xo7ePgMy">Flock-1e</a> × 14</td><td><a href="/facts/Planet_Labs/IF1z08vV">Planet Labs</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">First: 8 February 2016 Last: 24 August 2016</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First stage recovery failed; the rocket stage landed on the target drone ship too fast, tipped over, and exploded.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>All secondary payloads were deployed from an ISS airlock later. Arkyd 3 Reflight is a replacement for Arkyd 3, which was lost in the <a href="/facts/Cygnus_CRS_Orb-3/Vbyf1zIj">Cygnus CRS Orb-3</a> flight accident in 2014.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 April20:00:07</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5 ECA</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Centre_Spatial_Guyanais/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/Centre_Spatial_Guyanais/hp6TSJ6W">ELA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> <a href="/facts/Thor_(satellite)/BNnFh2ys">Thor 7</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Telenor/XJ1F23hD">Telenor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/SICRAL-2/dDMKVYJv">SICRAL-2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Defence_(Italy)/Fg1cIGYT">MDD</a>/<a href="/facts/Direction_g%25C3%25A9n%25C3%25A9rale_de_l%2527armement/kVxohKWP">DGA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 April23:03:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Turkmenistan/YqJ4NvjU"></a> <a href="/facts/T%25C3%25BCrkmen%25C3%2584lem_52%25C2%25B0E_%2f_MonacoSAT/cxv5cgLI">TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Turkmen_Telecom/aQL6aXxn">Turkmen Telecom</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First <a href="/facts/Turkmenistan/YqJ4NvjU">Turkmen</a> satellite (not counting <a href="/facts/Turkmenistan_Memorial_Capsule/Q4f6S7dD">Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule</a>).</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">28 April07:09:50</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2.1a/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1a</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_31/R5tljuwK">Site 31/6</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Progress_M-27M/c2XngHRB">Progress M-27M</a> / 59P</td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">8 May 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Spacecraft lost communications and attitude control soon after separation failure during launch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">International Space Station</a></i> docking attempt cancelled.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Mission declared a total loss.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>May</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">16 May05:47:39</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200/NpCuRkDs">Site 200/39</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/International_Launch_Services/8bocEJ1I">International Launch Services</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh"></a> <a href="/facts/Mexsat-1/WWRwzQ7f">Mexsat-1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Secretariat_of_Communications_and_Transportation_(Mexico)/e6QgnvHR">SCT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">16 May 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Proton third stage vernier engine failed at T+497 seconds due to turbopump shaft coating degradation causing excess vibration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="15">20 May15:05:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 501</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="14"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Air_Force_Space_Command/BByYh3t4">AFSPC-5</a> (<a href="/facts/Boeing_X-37/yVpEholX">X-37B OTV-4</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">7 May 2017</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> ULTRASat</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CubeSat/jL2IpYKd">CubeSat</a> Deployment</td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/LightSail_1/KlHNqzE6">LightSail 1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/The_Planetary_Society/rAuRH7IK">The Planetary Society</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">14 June 201517:23</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> USS Langley</td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Naval_Academy/zKBGBBUC">U.S. Naval Academy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/BRICSat-P/NMH2KU9t">BRICSat-P</a></td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Naval_Academy/zKBGBBUC">U.S. Naval Academy</a> / <a href="/facts/George_Washington_University/RBAg9f0r">George Washington</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/ParkinsonSat/qRGuXlWD">ParkinsonSat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Naval_Academy/zKBGBBUC">U.S. Naval Academy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> GEARRS-2</td><td><a href="/facts/Taylor_University/8lFTKlN4">Taylor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> AeroCube-8A</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Aerospace_Corporation/Thz1oDIY">The Aerospace Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">11 October 2021<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> AeroCube-8B</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Aerospace_Corporation/Thz1oDIY">The Aerospace Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">2 October 2021<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> OptiCube 1</td><td><a href="/facts/California_Polytechnic_State_University/IKzerwNw">CalPoly</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> OptiCube 2</td><td><a href="/facts/California_Polytechnic_State_University/IKzerwNw">CalPoly</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> OptiCube 3</td><td><a href="/facts/California_Polytechnic_State_University/IKzerwNw">CalPoly</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">The X-37B spaceplane landed autonomously at <a href="/facts/Kennedy_Space_Center/zmwszuPr">Kennedy Space Center</a>'s <a href="/facts/Shuttle_Landing_Facility/H0gDKXCV">Shuttle Landing Facility</a> after spending a record-breaking 718 days in orbit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 May21:16:07</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5 ECA</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-3/KpwR3FYw">ELA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/DirecTV_satellite_fleet/Ku48v31X">DirecTV-15</a></td><td><a href="/facts/DirecTV/6YdG5f7H">DirecTV</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh"></a> <a href="/facts/SKY_Mexico/KgEmVIB1">Sky Mexico 1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/SKY_Mexico/KgEmVIB1">SKY Mexico</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>June</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">5 June15:23:54</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2.1a/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1a</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_43/pxIUWICh">Site 43/4</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Strategic_Missile_Forces/HMEx2wvU">RVSN RF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2505 (<a href="/facts/Yantar-4K2M/SLVI8KNK">Kobalt-M</a> №10)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">18 September 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">23 June01:51:58</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> <a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-1/pAcCbUz3">ELV</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Sentinel-2A/53UWjuC2">Sentinel-2A</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">23 June16:44:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2.1b/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1b</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_43/pxIUWICh">Site 43/4</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Strategic_Missile_Forces/HMEx2wvU">RVSN RF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2506 (<a href="/facts/Persona_(satellite)/TScPAGr5">Persona</a> №3)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">26 June06:22:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_4B/CY23M8Ra">Long March 4B</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a> LC-9</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Gaofen/YYaDygcL">Gaofen 8</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a> / <a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="5">28 June14:21:11</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX_CRS-7/pEbeSYTq">SpaceX CRS-7</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">28 June 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch Failure</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Flock-1/Xo7ePgMy">Flock-1f</a> × 8<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Planet_Labs/IF1z08vV">Planet Labs</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">28 June 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch Failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Vehicle disintegrated at T+139 seconds after second stage helium tank support strut failure caused helium tank to break through second stage tanks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> Attempted to deliver the IDA-1 segment of the <a href="/facts/NASA_Docking_System/TGIly1sI">NASA Docking System</a>. CubeSats were to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date. Planned first stage landing test not achieved.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>July</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">3 July04:55:48</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Progress_M-28M/kTFGP9Uf">Progress M-28M</a> / 60P</td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">19 December 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="7">10 July16:28:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/PSLV/KantsJM7">PSLV</a>-XL</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre_First_Launch_Pad/GkXD3tL3">FLP</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Indian_Space_Research_Organization/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/UK-DMC_3/YksKEphh">UK-DMC-3A</a></td><td><a href="/facts/DMC_International_Imaging/HCBdqxP5">DMCii</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/UK-DMC_3/YksKEphh">UK-DMC-3B</a></td><td><a href="/facts/DMC_International_Imaging/HCBdqxP5">DMCii</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/UK-DMC_3/YksKEphh">UK-DMC-3C</a></td><td><a href="/facts/DMC_International_Imaging/HCBdqxP5">DMCii</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> CBNT-1</td><td><a href="/facts/Surrey_Satellite_Technology/zW8Gbz1B">SSTL</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> DeOrbitSail</td><td><a href="/facts/Surrey_Space_Centre/cJdmCo4Y">Surrey Space Centre</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">15 July15:36:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 401</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/USA-262/ngH9JQT4">USA-262</a> (<a href="/facts/GPS_Block_IIF/Ulb107AA">GPS IIF-10</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">15 July21:42:07</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5 ECA</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-3/KpwR3FYw">ELA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/Star_One_C4/h4FA4p94">Star One C4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Star_One_(satellite_operator)/D2tpcH7b">Star One</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Meteosat_Second_Generation/RsekvXh7">MSG-4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/EUMETSAT/EsoSREJp">EUMETSAT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Meteorology/xblFr28q">Meteorology</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">22 July21:02:44</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_TMA-17M/x98rkpp8">Soyuz TMA-17M</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_44/DhAHfWKa">Expedition 44</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_45/DC2ktmJF">45</a></td><td rowspan="1">11 December 201513:10</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">24 July00:07:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Delta_IV/QWun0yHh">Delta IV</a> M+(5,4)</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/CCAFS/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/SLC-37B/bGEN3MjW">SLC-37B</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/USA-263/KIWm1NXF">USA-263</a> (<a href="/facts/Wideband_Global_SATCOM/c0CIqNDN">WGS-7</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">25 July12:29:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/facts/Yuanzheng-1/pyk19Vgn">YZ-1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_2/LFCcfqxT">LA-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/BeiDou/eW9Ex0WP">BeiDou</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_BeiDou_satellites/d90YPxck">M1-S</a></td><td><a href="/facts/China_National_Space_Administration/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/BeiDou/eW9Ex0WP">BeiDou</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_BeiDou_satellites/d90YPxck">M2-S</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>August</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="9">19 August11:50:49</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/H-IIB/k5CMQBXm">H-IIB</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima</a> <a href="/facts/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex/KsybTnBt">LA-Y2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries/8sEQU1Yn">MHI</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Kounotori_5/PxeETMoE">HTV-5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/JAXA/ofUpflgf">JAXA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">29 September 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw"></a> AAUSAT5</td><td><a href="/facts/Aalborg_University/JKk90Y0I">Aalborg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">15 March 2016</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Flock-2/IF1z08vV">Flock-2b</a> × 14<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Planet_Labs/IF1z08vV">Planet Labs</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">First: 22 May 2016 Last: 17 October 2016</td><td rowspan="1">Successful (12 deployed)</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw"></a> GOMX-3</td><td><a href="/facts/GomSpace/UlN7QAUf">GomSpace</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">19 October 2016<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> S-CUBE</td><td><a href="/facts/Chiba_Institute_of_Technology/1YovfLCW">Chiba Institute of Technology</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Meteor/gcoGYw6o">Meteor</a> observation</td><td rowspan="1">23 November 2016<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> SERPENS</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Bras%25C3%25ADlia/1xKpuDl3">University of Brasília</a> / <a href="/facts/Brazilian_Space_Agency/JlI2eFXX">Brazilian Space Agency</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">27 March 2016</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">CubeSats to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date. SERPENS and S-CUBE were deployed on 17 September. AAUSAT5, GOMX-3, and Dove Flocks were deployed on 5–7 October, but two out of the fourteen Dove Flocks failed to be deployed due to a malfunction of the deployer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">20 August20:34:08</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5 ECA</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-3/KpwR3FYw">ELA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Eutelsat_8_West_B/jfj6YFw6">Eutelsat 8 West B</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Eutelsat/XEv7LccL">Eutelsat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Intelsat_34/lbGTTVgU">Intelsat 34</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Intelsat/uktuBLn9">Intelsat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">27 August02:31:35</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_4C/NPxa0GpR">Long March 4C</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a> LC-9</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Yaogan/cAsq1JnM">Yaogan 27</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">27 August11:22:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/PBneb7NS">GSLV Mk II</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre_Second_Launch_Pad/GkXD3tL3">SLP</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/INSAT-4E/dvtcj9TT">GSAT-6</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Indian_Armed_Forces/B4go58SS">Indian Armed Forces</a>/<a href="/facts/Indian_Space_Research_Organization/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">28 August11:44:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200/NpCuRkDs">Site 200/39</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/International_Launch_Services/8bocEJ1I">International Launch Services</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/Inmarsat/G2XzF3r6">Inmarsat 5-F3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Inmarsat/G2XzF3r6">Inmarsat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>September</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">2 September04:37:43</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_TMA-18M/XlCqjTld">Soyuz TMA-18M</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_45/DC2ktmJF">Expedition 45</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_46/E2jqzQVw">46</a>/<a href="/facts/Andreas_Mogensen/xPUIB1lt">iriss</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">2 March 201604:26</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Crewed flight with three cosmonauts: including <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a> astronaut <a href="/facts/Andreas_Mogensen/xPUIB1lt">Andreas Mogensen</a>, the first <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Dane</a> in space, and <a href="/facts/Aidyn_Aimbetov/o6IvWd7Q">Aidyn Aimbetov</a>, the first cosmonaut from an independent <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a>.<a href="/facts/Sarah_Brightman/3S2E2qez">Sarah Brightman</a> was intended to fly this mission as a spaceflight participant, but withdrew from training on 13 May 2015 for personal reasons.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japanese</a> <a href="/facts/Space_tourism/fMK9CcnM">space tourist</a> <a href="/facts/Satoshi_Takamatsu/nSXtqPNd">Satoshi Takamatsu</a> was believed to be taking Brightman's place, but he declined and Roscosmos chose Aimbetov as an alternative instead.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a>Landed with the Year in Space crew of <a href="/facts/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)/jLHHYeAJ">Scott Kelly</a> and <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Korniyenko/Sxb0mCsq">Mikhail Korniyenko</a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">2 September10:18:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 551</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Mobile_User_Objective_System/MyQRdrct">MUOS-4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Navy/xYK0fUou">U.S. Navy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">11 September02:08:10</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-STB/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-STB</a> / <a href="/facts/Fregat/Sv4Ub6GJ">Fregat</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/Ensemble_de_Lancement_Soyouz/KfapNnLj">ELS</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Galileo_satellites/VqEP3MKe">FOC 5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Galileo_satellites/VqEP3MKe">FOC 6</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">12 September15:42:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/E</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_2/LFCcfqxT">LC-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Tongxin_Jishu_Shiyan/HvTRIgPj">TJS-1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">14 September04:42</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_2D/popxUWJ3">Long March 2D</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4/wIqIbEWl">SLS-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Gaofen_9/YYaDygcL">Gaofen 9</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a> / <a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">14 September19:00:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Blok_DM-03/Xp8xLzGM">Blok DM-03</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_81/vdwwQdaH">Site 81/24</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Khrunichev_State_Research_and_Production_Space_Center/bDrbWPoH">Khrunichev</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Ekspress_AM8/sUXNtmV8">Ekspress AM8</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Satellite_Communications_Company/1zu4Wmvn">RSCC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="23">19 September23:01:14</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_6/r6fJMHoo">Long March 6</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a> LC-16</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="22"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> LilacSat-2</td><td><a href="/facts/Harbin_Institute_of_Technology/LJe3WQIX">HIT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> NS-2</td><td><a href="/facts/Tsinghua_University/HNwjrEuU">Tsinghua University</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> NUDT-PhoneSat</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Defense_Technology/zKVDyrYQ">NUDT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">29 March 2023<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Tiantuo-3</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Defense_Technology/zKVDyrYQ">NUDT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xingchen 1</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Defense_Technology/zKVDyrYQ">NUDT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xingchen 2</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Defense_Technology/zKVDyrYQ">NUDT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xingchen 3</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Defense_Technology/zKVDyrYQ">NUDT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xingchen 4</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Defense_Technology/zKVDyrYQ">NUDT</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xiwang-2A</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a></td><td rowspan="1">25 April 2023<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xiwang-2B</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xiwang-2C</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xiwang-2D</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xiwang-2E</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Xiwang-2F</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> XY-2</td><td><a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> ZDPS-2A</td><td><a href="/facts/Zhejiang_University/GrvtB25b">ZJU</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> ZDPS-2B</td><td><a href="/facts/Zhejiang_University/GrvtB25b">ZJU</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> ZJ-1</td><td><a href="/facts/Tsinghua_University/HNwjrEuU">Tsinghua University</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> ZJ-2</td><td><a href="/facts/Tsinghua_University/HNwjrEuU">Tsinghua</a> / <a href="/facts/Xidian_University/lY5LsooH">Xidian</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> DCBB</td><td>CAMSAT</td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td>Education</td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Maiden flight of the Long March 6 vehicle.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="5">23 September21:59:38</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Rokot/xXx9Gzg7">Rokot</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-KM/nPncWv0Q">Briz-KM</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_133/RTxF86WV">Site 133/3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2507 (<a href="/facts/Strela_(satellite)/v98KsT5p">Strela-3M</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2508 (<a href="/facts/Strela_(satellite)/v98KsT5p">Strela-3M</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2509 (<a href="/facts/Strela_(satellite)/v98KsT5p">Strela-3M</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="7">25 September01:41:40</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_11/kLqKep10">Long March 11</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a> LS-95A</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Pujiang-1/379X4myL">Pujiang-1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Shanghai_Academy_of_Spaceflight_Technology/Yy50rKEL">SAST</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Tianwang 1A (Shankeda 2)</td><td><a href="/facts/ShanghaiTech_University/HM3GWPJh">ShanghaiTech</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">30 December 2022<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Tianwang 1B (NJUST 2)</td><td><a href="/facts/Nanjing_University_of_Science_and_Technology/a50ob28x">NJUST</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">31 March 2021<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Tianwang 1C (NJFA 1)</td><td><a href="/facts/ShanghaiTech_University/HM3GWPJh">ShanghaiTech</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">27 February 2021<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Maiden flight of the Long March 11 vehicle.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="9">28 September04:30:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/PSLV/KantsJM7">PSLV</a>-XL</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre_First_Launch_Pad/GkXD3tL3">FLP</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/ISRO/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Astrosat/ueKPcCmq">Astrosat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Indian_Space_Research_Organization/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/X-ray_astronomy/KAQ6WxgQ">X-ray astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW"></a> <a href="/facts/National_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Space/xnoE0SIB">LAPAN-A2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/National_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Space/xnoE0SIB">LAPAN</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> ExactView 9</td><td><a href="/facts/ExactEarth/UKjGzy68">exactEarth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Maritime observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Lemur-2/DQpgMngs">Lemur-2</a> 1</td><td><a href="/facts/NanoSatisfi/DQpgMngs">NanoSatisfi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Lemur-2/DQpgMngs">Lemur-2</a> 2</td><td><a href="/facts/NanoSatisfi/DQpgMngs">NanoSatisfi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Lemur-2/DQpgMngs">Lemur-2</a> 3</td><td><a href="/facts/NanoSatisfi/DQpgMngs">NanoSatisfi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Lemur-2/DQpgMngs">Lemur-2</a> 4</td><td><a href="/facts/NanoSatisfi/DQpgMngs">NanoSatisfi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">29 September23:13:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/E</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">LA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/BeiDou/eW9Ex0WP">BeiDou</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_BeiDou_satellites/d90YPxck">I2-S</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">30 September20:30:07</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5 ECA</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-3/KpwR3FYw">ELA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a> <a href="/facts/NBN-Co_1A/jyJ3GEqr">NBN-Co 1A</a> (Sky Muster)</td><td><a href="/facts/NBN_Co/GYk2SWGv">NBN Co</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk"></a> <a href="/facts/ARSAT-2/sFLwDF9V">ARSAT-2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ARSAT/xIyR2jxs">ARSAT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>October</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">1 October16:49:40</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Progress_M-29M/MjVtfQ2e">Progress M-29M</a> / 61P</td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">8 April 2016</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">2 October10:28:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 421</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh"></a> <a href="/facts/Mexsat-2/WWRwzQ7f">Mexsat-2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Secretariat_of_Communications_and_Transportation_(Mexico)/e6QgnvHR">SCT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="6">7 October04:13:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_2D/popxUWJ3">Long March 2D</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4/wIqIbEWl">SLS-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jilin-1/b3Uf14EG">Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chang_Guang_Satellite_Technology/QLxGxGkC">Chang Guang Satellite Technology</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jilin-1/b3Uf14EG">Jilin-1 Optical-A</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chang_Guang_Satellite_Technology/QLxGxGkC">Chang Guang Satellite Technology</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jilin-1/b3Uf14EG">Jilin-1 Video-01</a> (Lingqiao 1-01)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chang_Guang_Satellite_Technology/QLxGxGkC">Chang Guang Satellite Technology</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jilin-1/b3Uf14EG">Jilin-1 Video-02</a> (Lingqiao 1-02)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chang_Guang_Satellite_Technology/QLxGxGkC">Chang Guang Satellite Technology</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="14">8 October12:49:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 401</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg</a> <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_3/ocbesEHR">SLC-3E</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="13"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> USA-264 (<a href="/facts/NOSS/QDWDSwy3">NOSS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/National_Reconnaissance_Office/Rnh04L8L">NRO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ELINT/Iwzvw6AW">ELINT</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> USA-264 (<a href="/facts/NOSS/QDWDSwy3">NOSS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/National_Reconnaissance_Office/Rnh04L8L">NRO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ELINT/Iwzvw6AW">ELINT</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Aerocube-5c</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Aerospace_Corporation/Thz1oDIY">The Aerospace Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Aerocube-7</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Aerospace_Corporation/Thz1oDIY">The Aerospace Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/AMSAT/jev3c6Mr">AMSAT Fox-1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/AMSAT/jev3c6Mr">AMSAT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Amateur_radio_satellite/FQh7pzeM">Amateur radio</a> / <a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> ARC-1</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Alaska_Fairbanks/du85rjdB">UAF</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> BisonSat</td><td><a href="/facts/Salish_Kootenai_College/pgW4WweV">SKC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LMRST-Sat</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> / <a href="/facts/JPL/zPXnxRBf">JPL</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> PropCube x 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Tyvak_Nano-Satellite_Systems/2LF1urCT">Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SINOD-D x 2</td><td><a href="/facts/SRI_International/flSHunVK">SRI International</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SNaP-3 x 3</td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command/aQ1ybsJK">U.S. Army SMDC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><a href="/facts/List_of_NRO_launches/cr5CUmIT">NRO Launch 55</a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 October16:16:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B%2fE/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B/E</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_2/LFCcfqxT">LC-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ"></a> APStar-9</td><td><a href="/facts/APT_Satellite_Holdings/wdYP57r8">APT Satellite Holdings</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 October20:40:11</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200/NpCuRkDs">Site 200/39</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/International_Launch_Services/8bocEJ1I">International Launch Services</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0"></a> <a href="/facts/T%25C3%25BCrksat_4B/uom3TNJq">Türksat 4B</a></td><td><a href="/facts/T%25C3%25BCrksat_(company)/JQafcoFh">Türksat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">26 October07:10:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_2D/popxUWJ3">Long March 2D</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4/wIqIbEWl">SLS-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Tianhui 1C</td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a> (<a href="/facts/Cartography/8YdDAAeX">Cartography</a>)</td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">31 October16:13:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 401</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/USA-265/SYCKIYUX">USA-265</a> (<a href="/facts/GPS_Block_IIF/Ulb107AA">GPS IIF-11</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/U.S._Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>November</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">3 November16:25:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/E</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_3/LFCcfqxT">LC-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> ChinaSat 2C</td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="9">4 November03:45:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SPARK_(rocket)/XkkrP341">SPARK</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Pacific_Missile_Range_Facility/9aaPL4fR">Pacific Missile Range Facility</a> LP-41</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Operationally_Responsive_Space_Office/Vtj0GAbl">ORS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> HiakaSat</td><td><a href="/facts/Operationally_Responsive_Space/Vtj0GAbl">ORS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 November 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Edison_Demonstration_of_Smallsat_Networks/5HwxpoeQ">EDSN</a> x 8</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 November 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> PrintSat</td><td><a href="/facts/Montana_State_University/2c8pVBCj">Montana State University</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 November 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Argus</td><td><a href="/facts/St._Louis_University/GJwW0jLu">St. Louis University</a> and <a href="/facts/Vanderbilt_University/xut8ASAf">Vanderbilt University</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 November 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> STACEM</td><td><a href="/facts/Utah_State_University/qamWhgaC">Utah State University</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 November 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Supernova-Beta</td><td>Pumpkin, Inc.</td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 November 2015</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Maiden flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle.Vehicle lost attitude control at T+1 minute.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">8 November07:06:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_4B/CY23M8Ra">Long March 4B</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a> LC-9</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Yaogan 28</td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 November21:34:07</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5</a> ECA</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-3/KpwR3FYw">ELA-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2"></a> Arabsat 6B</td><td><a href="/facts/Arabsat/quyPE2KF">Arabsat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/GSAT-15/7WqNJB3L">GSAT-15</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Indian_Space_Research_Organization/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">17 November06:33:41</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2.1b/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1b</a> / <a href="/facts/Fregat/Sv4Ub6GJ">Fregat</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_43/pxIUWICh">Site 43/4</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Strategic_Missile_Forces/HMEx2wvU">RVSN RF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2510 (<a href="/facts/EKS_(satellite)/yAcPGHx2">EKS (Tundra)</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Molniya_orbit/uGEqtoSw">Molniya</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Missile_defense/p12UNXRz">Early warning</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First space component for Russia's new unified missile early warning network.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">20 November16:07:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/E</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_2/LFCcfqxT">LC-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX"></a> LaoSat-1</td><td><a href="/facts/Government_of_Laos/n55n1j4U">Laos National Authority for Science and Technology</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laotian</a> satellite<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">24 November06:50:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA</a> 204</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima</a> <a href="/facts/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex/KsybTnBt">LA-Y1</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries/8sEQU1Yn">MHI</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> <a href="/facts/Telstar_12V/de1AFxCG">Telstar 12V</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Telesat/08P0R7q4">Telesat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">26 November21:24:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_4C/NPxa0GpR">Long March 4C</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a> LC-9</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Yaogan 29</td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Reconnaissance</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>December</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">3 December04:04:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> <a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/ELA-1/pAcCbUz3">ELV</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/LISA_Pathfinder/QEM75nCt">LISA Pathfinder</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a> / <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lagrangian_point/XCAN4o3P">Sun–Earth</a> <a href="/facts/Lagrange_point/XCAN4o3P">L1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="5">5 December14:08:33</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2-1v/QD04uy3S">Soyuz-2-1v</a> / <a href="/facts/Volga_(rocket_stage)/luoslCGD">Volga</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_43/pxIUWICh">Site 43/4</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Strategic_Missile_Forces/HMEx2wvU">RVSN RF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2511 (Kanopus-ST)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">8 December 201505:43</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2512 (KYuA-1)</td><td><a href="/facts/Almaz-Antey/m0pQp1H2">Almaz-Antey</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td>Radar calibration</td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Kanopus-ST failed to separate from the Volga upper stage.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="10">6 December21:44:57</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a> 401</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/United_Launch_Alliance/yWev1ndb">United Launch Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cygnus_CRS_OA-4/HtLyNnDa">Cygnus CRS OA-4</a> S.S. <i>Deke Slayton II</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbital_ATK/zwkJhWEe">Orbital ATK</a> / <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">20 February 2016</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SIMPL</td><td><a href="/facts/NovaWurks/bxEgF5PB">NovaWurks</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">26 July 2022<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Flock-2/IF1z08vV">Flock-2e</a> x 12</td><td><a href="/facts/Planet_Labs/IF1z08vV">Planet Labs</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">First: 25 July 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a>Last: 14 August 2018<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> CADRE</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">3 January 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/MinXSS/IoUTI6Jq">MinXSS</a> 1</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Colorado_Boulder/SzsmJFb7">University of Colorado Boulder</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Solar_physics/9IsQIHJE">Solar physics</a>, <a href="/facts/Space_weather/FfwUCv2G">Space weather</a></td><td rowspan="1">5 May 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Edison_Demonstration_of_Smallsat_Networks/5HwxpoeQ">Nodes x 2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">23 September 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> STMSat 1</td><td><a href="/facts/Cathedral_of_Saint_Thomas_More_(Arlington%2c_Virginia)/5S4BlelD">St. Thomas More Cathedral School</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td>Education</td><td rowspan="1">21 April 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Flight moved from <a href="/facts/Antares_(rocket)/bjaHqCmA">Antares 130</a> rocket following launch failure of <a href="/facts/Cygnus_CRS_Orb-3/Vbyf1zIj">Cygnus CRS Orb-3</a>. Originally scheduled for 1 April 2015.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> MinXSS was deployed into orbit from ISS on 16 May 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">9 December16:46:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/E</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_3/LFCcfqxT">LC-3</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/ChinaSat/s2B9V1lI">ChinaSat 1C</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">11 December13:45:33</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj"></a> <a href="/facts/Zenit-3F/5HmxY0UX">Zenit-3F</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_45/Rnz7eljh">Site 45/1</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Elektro-L_No.2/V4ncQDRu">Elektro-L No.2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Meteorology/xblFr28q">Meteorology</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">13 December00:19:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_81/vdwwQdaH">Site 81/24</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Khrunichev_State_Research_and_Production_Space_Center/bDrbWPoH">Khrunichev</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Kosmos 2513 (Garpun No. 12L)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces/6Sc4EEXW">VKO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">15 December11:03:09</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%2527s_Start/9oK8wcD4">Site 1/5</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_TMA-19M/wvbEWDGS">Soyuz TMA-19M</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_46/E2jqzQVw">Expedition 46</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_47/ecj1l8ka">47</a></td><td rowspan="1">18 June 201609:15</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="8">16 December12:30:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/PSLV/KantsJM7">PSLV</a>-CA</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre_First_Launch_Pad/GkXD3tL3">FLP</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/ISRO/CdAoFQTL">ISRO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD"></a> <a href="/facts/TeLEOS-1/3LF5t8IM">TeLEOS-1</a></td><td>AgilSpace</td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD"></a> VELOX C1</td><td><a href="/facts/Nanyang_Technological_University/C0ksstA4">NTU</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Atmospheric_science/HKjTA3F4">Atmospheric science</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD"></a> VELOX 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Nanyang_Technological_University/C0ksstA4">NTU</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD"></a> Kent Ridge 1</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Singapore/vP3kw0ye">NUS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD"></a> Galassia</td><td><a href="/facts/National_University_of_Singapore/vP3kw0ye">NUS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Atmospheric_science/HKjTA3F4">Atmospheric science</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td>⚀ <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD"></a> Athenoxat-1</td><td><a href="/facts/Nanyang_Technological_University/C0ksstA4">NTU</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">17 December00:12:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_2D/popxUWJ3">Long March 2D</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4/wIqIbEWl">SLS-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Dark_Matter_Particle_Explorer/CfcKu74j">DAMPE</a></td><td><a href="/facts/China_Academy_of_Sciences/zzHb3yVm">CAS</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/Sun-synchronous_orbit/3HonupUd">SSO</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/High-energy_astronomy/WuJkQtDt">High-energy astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">17 December11:51:56</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_ST-B/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz ST-B</a> / <a href="/facts/Fregat/Sv4Ub6GJ">Fregat</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a> <a href="/facts/Ensemble_de_Lancement_Soyouz/KfapNnLj">ELS</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Galileo_satellites/VqEP3MKe">FOC 8</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Galileo_satellites/VqEP3MKe">FOC 9</a></td><td><a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">21 December08:44:39</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2.1a/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1a</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_31/R5tljuwK">Site 31/6</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Progress_MS-01/jl0u57CP">Progress MS-01</a> / 62P</td><td><a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">Roscosmos</a></td><td>Low Earth (<a href="/facts/ISS/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/ISS_logistics/3D6pBpHD">ISS resupply</a></td><td rowspan="1">3 July 201607:50</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First launch of the new <a href="/facts/Progress-MS/l9GvvKLs">Progress-MS</a> variant.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="14">22 December01:29:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust/L5HWctap">Falcon 9 Full Thrust</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40/z6Ql3cuD">SLC-40</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceX/2tKHsVdJ">SpaceX</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="13"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F8</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F10</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F12</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F13</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F14</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F15</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F16</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F17</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Orbcomm_(satellite)/m7kDPNr3">Orbcomm-2 F18</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orbcomm/lzpwFdCb">Orbcomm</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First flight of the upgraded <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust/L5HWctap">"full thrust" version of Falcon 9</a>, <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_Flight_20/9PTDkvv7">first Falcon 9 flight after launch failure in June</a>. First successful <a href="/facts/Landing_Zone_1/cEoRJoJ3">return to launch site</a> and <a href="/facts/VTVL/wqg2WnRq">vertical landing</a> of a first stage, demonstrated as part of a <a href="/facts/Falcon_9_first-stage_landing_tests/rtYrXAhS">controlled descent test</a>.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">24 December21:31:19</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200/NpCuRkDs">Site 200/39</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Khrunichev_State_Research_and_Production_Space_Center/bDrbWPoH">Khrunichev</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Ekspress_AMU1/4WHxvkFn">Ekspress AMU1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Satellite_Communications_Company/1zu4Wmvn">RSCC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">Communications</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">28 December16:04:04</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a>/E</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Launch_Complex_2/LFCcfqxT">LC-2</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation/C1QT8Dvv">CASC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Gaofen_4/YYaDygcL">Gaofen 4</a></td><td><a href="/facts/CNSA/q3s4bGYt">CNSA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Earth_observation_satellite/WK2zGRSV">Earth observation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Operational</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/2014_in_spaceflight/TbIQWUJN">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/2016_in_spaceflight/oVSz8BwA">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="suborbital-flights">Suborbital flights</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="3" scope="col">Date and time (<a href="/facts/UTC/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>)</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">Rocket</a></th><th scope="col">Flight number</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_site/y2SJQ8Wr">Launch site</a></th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_service_provider/zAIh2zt4">LSP</a></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th><a href="/facts/Payload/wb7m7LLV">Payload</a>(⚀ = <a href="/facts/CubeSat/jL2IpYKd">CubeSat</a>)</th><th>Operator</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbit/nD2TPySG">Orbit</a></th><th>Function</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbital_decay/c9rj3aK6">Decay</a> (UTC)</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><th colspan="6">Remarks</th></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 January09:13</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Improved_Malemute/NIwGk69D">Terrier-Improved Malemute</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> M-TEX</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Alaska/YYoDavWj">Alaska</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Auroral</td><td rowspan="1">26 January</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 January09:14</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Orion/QsJvWqEu">Terrier-Orion</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MIST</td><td><a href="/facts/Clemson_University/xPSgG0v1">Clemson</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Auroral</td><td rowspan="1">26 January</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 January09:46</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Improved_Malemute/NIwGk69D">Terrier-Improved Malemute</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> M-TEX</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Alaska/YYoDavWj">Alaska</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Auroral</td><td rowspan="1">26 January</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 January09:47</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Orion/QsJvWqEu">Terrier-Orion</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MIST</td><td><a href="/facts/Clemson_University/xPSgG0v1">Clemson</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Auroral</td><td rowspan="1">26 January</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">28 January10:41</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier_Oriole/JwmjQIjT">Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> ASSP</td><td><a href="/facts/Utah_State_University/qamWhgaC">USU</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Auroral</td><td rowspan="1">28 January</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~590 kilometres (370 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">31 January02:36:00<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Agni_(missile)/oPW5PnSE">Agni V</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation/HYTLS49D">DRDO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DRDO</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">31 January</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~800 kilometres (500 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">19 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Prithvi_(missile)/Ye4aT7k6">Prithvi II</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation/HYTLS49D">DRDO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DRDO</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">19 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">19 February22:06</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/VS-30/CvfSKc7K">VS-30</a>/<a href="/facts/Improved_Orion/Pzzc94AD">Improved Orion</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> Andøya</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> Andøya</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> ICI-4 (CanoRock 4)</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Oslo/uYPDcgpU">Oslo</a>/Andøya</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Technology</td><td rowspan="1">19 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 365 kilometres (227 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">22 February07:52</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VSB-30/RMIzFhs8">VSB-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Esrange/SHd6XSeQ">Esrange</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/CNES/4eJbr1fQ">CNES</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> Cryofenix</td><td>CNES</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Microgravity</td><td rowspan="1">22 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 265 kilometres (165 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/UGM-133_Trident_II/1TkWo3KJ">UGM-133 Trident II D5</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Submarine, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">22 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> UGM-133 Trident II D5</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Submarine, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">22 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">24 February07:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Oriole/JwmjQIjT">Terrier-Oriole</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Wallops_Flight_Facility/F6QvD712">Wallops Island</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> TBD</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">DOD</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile Defense Test</td><td rowspan="1">24 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">24 February07:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Oriole/JwmjQIjT">Terrier-Oriole</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Wallops_Flight_Facility/F6QvD712">Wallops Island</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> TBD</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">DOD</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile Defense Test</td><td rowspan="1">24 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">24 February07:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Oriole/JwmjQIjT">Terrier-Oriole</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Wallops_Flight_Facility/F6QvD712">Wallops Island</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> TBD</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">DOD</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile Defense Test</td><td rowspan="1">24 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">25 February12:26</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> <a href="/facts/Black_Brant_(rocket)/mxjN9D4v">Black Brant IX</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/White_Sands_Missile_Range/JUsgxDjF">White Sands</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MOSC 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Air_Force_Research_Laboratory/QGBMMKKa">AFRL</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionospheric research</a></td><td rowspan="1">25 February</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/UR-100N/D9mDCMFp">UR-100N</a>U</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Yasniy</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">26 February</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 March<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/Hwasong-6/Abdu3n9x">Hwasong-6</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/Nampo/epfs9Bkc">Nampo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/Korean_People%2527s_Army_Strategic_Force/W3CVP8We">Korean People's Army Strategic Force</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Korean_People%2527s_Army_Strategic_Force/W3CVP8We">Korean People's Army Strategic Force</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">1 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi). 1 of 2.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 March<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/Hwasong-6/Abdu3n9x">Hwasong-6</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/Nampo/epfs9Bkc">Nampo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a> <a href="/facts/Korean_People%2527s_Army_Strategic_Force/W3CVP8We">Korean People's Army Strategic Force</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP"></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Korean_People%2527s_Army_Strategic_Force/W3CVP8We">Korean People's Army Strategic Force</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">1 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi). 2 of 2.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">5 March01:44</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VS-30/CvfSKc7K">VS-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> Andøya</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> <a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> WADIS-2</td><td><a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Atmospheric</td><td rowspan="1">5 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi), 13 Super Loki meteorological rockets were also launched</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">9 March</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> <a href="/facts/Shaheen-III/kcWe4BxC">Shaheen-III</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> <a href="/facts/Sonmiani_(space_facility)/bVmIeRPJ">Sonmiani</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> ASFC</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ASFC</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">9 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">18 March</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RS-26_Rubezh/KfFuFAJY">RS-26 Rubezh</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Kapustin_Yar/IpWRzUPs">Kapustin Yar</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">18 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">23 March10:36</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/LGM-30_Minuteman/sG0t20v1">LGM-30G Minuteman III</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Vandenberg <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Launch_Facility_10/2X8oTcVv">LF-10</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Air Force</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Air Force</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">23 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">GT214GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 March10:54</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LGM-30G Minuteman III</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Vandenberg <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Launch_Facility_04/IWlLslN5">LF-04</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Air Force</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Air Force</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">27 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">GT215GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 March</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VSB-30/RMIzFhs8">VSB-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> Andøya</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a> <a href="/facts/Defence_Science_and_Technology_Organisation/zS5U5h5B">DSTO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a><a href="/facts/HyShot/SHS1KFES">HiFire-7</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Defence_Science_and_Technology_Organisation/zS5U5h5B">DSTO</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">30 March</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">9 April</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a><a href="/facts/Dhanush_(missile)/Ye4aT7k6">Dhanush</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a>Ship, <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian Ocean</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a><a href="/facts/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation/HYTLS49D">DRDO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DRDO</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Target</td><td rowspan="1">9 April</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">15 April</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a><a href="/facts/Ghauri_(missile)/xoHwlq6w">Ghauri</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a>Tilla</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a>Army of Pakistan</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a>Haft-5</td><td>Army of Pakistan</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">15 April</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">16 April04:22</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a><a href="/facts/Agni-III/FYqkbbzM">Agni-III</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a><a href="/facts/Integrated_Test_Range/KuFjMocB">ITR</a> IC-4</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a><a href="/facts/Indian_Army/4a3vrgyL">Indian Army</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Indian Army</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">16 April</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">18 April11:01</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Terrier-Improved Malemute</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wallops Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Rocksat-X</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Colorado_Boulder/SzsmJFb7">University of Colorado Boulder</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Student Research</td><td rowspan="1">18 April</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~174 kilometres (108 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">23 April07:35</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VSB-30/RMIzFhs8">VSB-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Esrange/SHd6XSeQ">Esrange</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh"></a> EuroLaunch</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a>/ TEXUS-51</td><td>DLR/ESA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Microgravity</td><td rowspan="1">23 April</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 April04:55</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VSB-30/RMIzFhs8">VSB-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Esrange/SHd6XSeQ">Esrange</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh"></a> EuroLaunch</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a>/ TEXUS-52</td><td>DLR/ESA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Microgravity</td><td rowspan="1">27 April</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">2 May08:30:01</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> OGRESS</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Iowa/pBzJ1vxe">University of Iowa</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>X-Ray Astronomy</td><td rowspan="1">2 May</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">20 May10:37</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LGM-30G Minuteman III</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Vandenberg <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Launch_Facility_09/Fxah15W8">LF-09</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Air Force</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Air Force</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">20 May</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">GT212GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">21 May19:15</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> EVE</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Colorado/4Vq0nU5H">CU Boulder</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory/2vgpPzEt">SDO</a> calibration</td><td rowspan="1">21 May</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Second stage failure, flight was terminated safety officials about four seconds into the second stage burn after data showed the vehicle was flying off-course. The payload carrying the experiment separated from the rocket and descended via parachute.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">6 June</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SM-3-IIA</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> San Nicolas Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">6 June</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Maiden flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01 (SCD CTV-01)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">25 June10:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Improved_Orion/QsJvWqEu">Terrier-Improved Orion</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wallops Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> RockOn</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Colorado/4Vq0nU5H">CU Boulder</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Student experiments</td><td rowspan="1">25 June</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">26 June</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> ARAV ?</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Kauai</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM target</td><td rowspan="1">26 June</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Aegis radar target</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">30 June04:55</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VSB-30/RMIzFhs8">VSB-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Esrange/SHd6XSeQ">Esrange</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh"></a> EuroLaunch</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> <a href="/facts/Mapheus_5/Q6hwrRbD">MAPHEUS-5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">30 June</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">7 July10:15</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wallops Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SOAREX-8</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">Technology demonstration</a></td><td rowspan="1">7 July</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">29 July08:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> ARAV ?</td><td>MMW E1</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Kauai</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM target</td><td rowspan="1">29 July</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E1 target, successful intercept by SM-6 Dual I missile</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">30 July06:15</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> ARAV ?</td><td>MMW E2</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Kauai</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM target</td><td rowspan="1">30 July</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E2 target, successful intercept by SM-2 Block IV missile</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">12 August10:14</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier_Malemute/NIwGk69D">Terrier-Improved Malemute</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wallops Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Rocksat-X</td><td>Various universities</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Student Research</td><td rowspan="1">12 August</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~156km (97 miles).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">19 August10:03</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LGM-30G Minuteman III</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Vandenberg <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Launch_Facility_10/2X8oTcVv">LF-10</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Air Force</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Air Force</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">19 August</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">GT213GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 August15:13</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RT-2PM_Topol/mxB1Qwsq">RS-12M Topol</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Kapustin_Yar/IpWRzUPs">Kapustin Yar</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">22 August</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">27 August17:45</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MOSES-2</td><td><a href="/facts/Montana_State_University/2c8pVBCj">MSU</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Solar astronomy</td><td rowspan="1">27 August</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 185 miles (298 km)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">3 September17:01</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a><a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY"></a><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> CLASP</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> / <a href="/facts/JAXA/ofUpflgf">JAXA</a> / <a href="/facts/Instituto_de_Astrof%25C3%25ADsica_de_Canarias/9mWBEdka">IAC</a> / IAS</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Solar astronomy</td><td rowspan="1">3 September</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 167 miles (269 km)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">11 September11:00:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/S-520/Wy13CxlD">S-520</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Uchinoura_Space_Center/qdxArHnD">Uchinoura</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> JAXA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hokkaido_University/aHzAGvsY">HU</a>/<a href="/facts/University_of_Tokyo/Td0xnQDF">UT</a>/<a href="/facts/Tokai_University/epmbkT7p">TU</a>/JAXA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Microgravity</td><td rowspan="1">11 September</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 312 km<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">16 September19:06</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant XI</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> <a href="/facts/And%25C3%25B8ya_Rocket_Range/wsb0PrDq">Andøya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Suborbital_spaceflight_in_2009/1URKgFqn">CARE II</a></td><td>NRL</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Aeronomy</td><td rowspan="1">16 September</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">30 September08:28</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/M51_(missile)/yW2vQUzD">M51</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> Landes</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> DGA/<a href="/facts/French_Navy/hL9F15Wk">Marine nationale</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DGA/Marine nationale</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">30 September</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), apparently launched from the land test pad, rather than from a submarine.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">2 October05:39:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a>/<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> VSB-30/<a href="/facts/Improved_Orion/Pzzc94AD">Improved Orion</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> Esrange</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Swedish_Space_Corporation/XS4Q2nId">Swedish Space Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> O-STATES 1</td><td><a href="/facts/Swedish_National_Space_Board/bIq644f4">SNSB</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Atmospheric Research</td><td rowspan="1">2 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="6">7 October23:07:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wallops Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Technology Test Flight</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> <a href="/facts/GSFC/WfoEKknM">GSFC</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Rocket motor test</td><td rowspan="1">7 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LEO-1</td><td>Orbital ATK</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Materials Testing</td><td rowspan="1">7 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NNS</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Materials Testing</td><td rowspan="1">7 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 257.5 kilometers (160mi).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> Test flight of the new Black Brant Mk4 sustainer motor. Other payloads included a cloud of barium and strontium, which was deployed to test the rocket's payload ejection system and was visible for miles along the East Coast of the United States.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">19 October14:09:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a>/<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> VSB-30/<a href="/facts/Improved_Orion/Pzzc94AD">Improved Orion</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> Esrange</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Swedish_Space_Corporation/XS4Q2nId">Swedish Space Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> O-STATES 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Swedish_National_Space_Board/bIq644f4">SNSB</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Atmospheric Research</td><td rowspan="1">19 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 244 kilometres (152 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">20 October</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terrier-Orion/QsJvWqEu">Terrier-Orion</a></td><td>ADS-15 E2</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> South Uist, Hebrides</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">DOD</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Target</td><td rowspan="1">20 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">SM-3 Target, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">20 October</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/RIM-161_Standard_Missile_3/wG92btcA">SM-3</a></td><td>ADS-15 E2</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/USS_Ross_(DDG-71)/0aT03AEN">USS <i>Ross</i> (DDG-71)</a>, Hebrides Range</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">20 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First Aegis-Test in the North Atlantic, successful intercept, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">21 October12:45:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LGM-30G Minuteman III</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Vandenberg <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_AFB_Launch_Facility_04/IWlLslN5">LF-04</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Air Force</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Air Force</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">21 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">GT216GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">28 October11:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RS-24_Yars/pc7wI7uu">RS-24 Yars</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Plesetsk</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">28 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 October</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RT-2PM_Topol/mxB1Qwsq">RS-12M Topol</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> Plesetsk</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">30 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 October</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/R-29RMU_Sineva/RphbKkuA">R-29RMU Sineva</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russian_submarine_K-117_Bryansk/4yk2nfHS">K-117 <i>Bryansk</i></a>, Barents Sea</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> VMF</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VMF</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">30 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 October</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/R-29_(missile)/wczwEaPJ">R-29R Volna</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> K-223 Podolsk, <a href="/facts/Sea_of_Okhotsk/T4QL1000">Sea of Okhotsk</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> VMF</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VMF</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">30 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">31 October23:00 ?</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/B-611/j3DVCQ0N">B-611</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> Shuangchengzi</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a><a href="/facts/People%2527s_Liberation_Army/nr4YlS9J">PLA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PLA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM target</td><td rowspan="1">31 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Target</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">31 October23:00 ?</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/HQ-9/sxeD7Xwo">SC-19</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Korla_Missile_Test_Complex/U2yQ8fEF">Korla</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> PLA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PLA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">31 October</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Interceptor, successful intercept</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 November03:05</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SRALT</td><td>FTO-02 E2a</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/C-17_Globemaster_III/LurFFvap">C-17</a>, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>THAAD target</td><td rowspan="1">1 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 November03:07</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense/K2qPwyoY">THAAD</a></td><td>FTO-02 E2a</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wake Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Army</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a></td><td>US Army/MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">1 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 November03:10</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> eMRBM</td><td>FTO-02 E2a</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/C-17_Globemaster_III/LurFFvap">C-17</a>, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a></td><td>MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>THAAD target</td><td rowspan="1">1 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 November03:12</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense/K2qPwyoY">THAAD</a></td><td>FTO-02 E2a</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Wake Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Army</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a></td><td>US Army/MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">1 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">6 November15:01</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/SpaceLoft_XL/FUXJFkRY">SpaceLoft XL</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Spaceport_America/sLWgIGvh">Spaceport America</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/UP_Aerospace/U2XsrqJQ">UP Aerospace</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> FOP-4</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Four <a href="/facts/Technology_demonstration/BTsD4fY5">technology demonstration</a> experiments</td><td rowspan="1">6 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Mission SL-10, Apogee: 120.7 kilometers (74.98 miles). First private suborbital rocket to demonstrate ejection of recoverable payloads.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">8 November02:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/UGM-133_Trident_II/1TkWo3KJ">UGM-133 Trident II</a> D5</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/USS_Kentucky_(SSBN-737)/YGyI5pjm">USS <i>Kentucky</i></a>, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">8 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">9 November04:15</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/Agni-IV/pY2E4mT5">Agni-IV</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> Integrated Test Range</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a> <a href="/facts/DRDO/HYTLS49D">DRDO</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>DRDO</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile Test</td><td rowspan="1">9 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">9 November20:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/UGM-133_Trident_II/1TkWo3KJ">UGM-133 Trident II</a> D5</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/USS_Kentucky_(SSBN-737)/YGyI5pjm">USS <i>Kentucky</i></a>, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">9 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">14 November</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RSM-56_Bulava/w0mYK8NX">RSM-56 Bulava</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russian_submarine_Vladimir_Monomakh/FC9Uwauh">K-551 <i>Vladimir Monomakh</i></a>, White Sea</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> VMF</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VMF</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">14 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">14 November</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RSM-56 Bulava</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> K-551 <i>Vladimir Monomakh</i>, White Sea</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> VMF</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VMF</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">14 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Missile did not hit its targets at the Kura test site. The warheads did reach the Kamchatka region, but the miss was fairly large, but that was still not significant enough to abort the flight</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">17 November12:12</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RT-2PM_Topol/mxB1Qwsq">RS-12M Topol</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Kapustin_Yar/IpWRzUPs">Kapustin Yar</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">17 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">21 November</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> Ghadr-1</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> Semnan ?</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a> IRGC</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a></td><td>IGRC</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">21 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">23 November17:21</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Blue_Origin_New_Shepard/QpzbYepM">New Shepard</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Corn_Ranch/Ept2vDCz">Corn Ranch</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Blue_Origin/CxFvEmDr">Blue Origin</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Blue_Origin_New_Shepard/QpzbYepM">New Shepard</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Blue_Origin/CxFvEmDr">Blue Origin</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">23 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 100.5 kilometres (62.4 mi). Second test flight of the New Shepard launch system, first to cross the <a href="/facts/K%25C3%25A1rm%25C3%25A1n_line/CfvQ3fbp">Kármán line</a>, and first to achieve a powered landing of its propulsion stage.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">25 November04:17</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> PICTURE-B</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Massachusetts/82Dwv2JU">UMass</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Astronomy</td><td rowspan="1">25 November</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">30 November07:25</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> <a href="/facts/And%25C3%25B8ya_Rocket_Range/wsb0PrDq">Andøya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> CAPER</td><td>Dartmouth College</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Auroral research</td><td rowspan="1">30 November</td><td rowspan="1">Launch failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Third stage failure, payload recovered</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">1 December05:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a> <a href="/facts/VSB-30/RMIzFhs8">VSB-30</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> Esrange</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh"></a> EuroLaunch</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a> <a href="/facts/Maser_(rocket)/hlhdCIGT">MASER-13</a></td><td>SSC</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Microgravity</td><td rowspan="1">1 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">5 December04:45</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> DXL-2</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Miami/2rPFYefT">U of M</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Astronomy</td><td rowspan="1">5 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">8 December</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SM-3-IIA</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> San Nicolas Island</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">8 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Second flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-02 (SCD CTV-02)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 December06:12</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)/9txuxGnv">Silver Sparrow</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/F-15_Eagle/8ublq0RC">F-15 Eagle</a>, <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> IAF</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IAI/<a href="/facts/Israel_Defense_Forces/9hPaqcAM">IDF</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM target</td><td rowspan="1">10 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Arrow-3 target, successfully intercepted, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 December06:15</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)/9txuxGnv">Arrow III</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> <a href="/facts/Negev/LFYIQtkY">Negev</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY"></a> IAF</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IAI/<a href="/facts/Israel_Defense_Forces/9hPaqcAM">IDF</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM Test</td><td rowspan="1">10 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First test of the Arrow-III against a target, successful intercept over the Mediterranean</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 December</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SRALT</td><td>FTO-02 E1a</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/C-17_Globemaster_III/LurFFvap">C-17</a>, Pacific Ocean</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> MDA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MDA</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>SM-3-IB target</td><td rowspan="1">10 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 December</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> SM-3-IB</td><td>FTO-02 E1a</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> Kauai</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Navy</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Navy</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>ABM test</td><td rowspan="1">10 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 December13:55</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/PGM-19_Jupiter/KD3QYXY0">Juno</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Fort_Wingate/DclPC0FH">Fort Wingate</a> LC-96</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> US Army</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>US Army</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Target</td><td rowspan="1">10 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Target for <a href="/facts/MIM-104_Patriot/qNH4yWeY">MIM-104 Patriot</a> PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">11 December</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> Shaheen-III</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> <a href="/facts/Sonmiani_(space_facility)/bVmIeRPJ">Sonmiani</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> ASFC</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ASFC</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">11 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">12 December</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/R-29RMU_Sineva/RphbKkuA">R-29RMU Sineva</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russian_submarine_Verkhoturye_(K-51)/7nE7Ezmv">K-51 <i>Verkhoturye</i></a>, <a href="/facts/Barents_Sea/T3NSg7xU">Barents Sea</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Russian_Navy/6LA3GgUY">VMF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>VMF</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">12 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">13 December04:32</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant XIIA</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> <a href="/facts/And%25C3%25B8ya_Rocket_Range/wsb0PrDq">Andøya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> RENU 2</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_New_Hampshire/RDqRkwTA">New Hampshire</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Geospace</td><td rowspan="1">13 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Apogee: 447 kilometres (278 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">15 December</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> <a href="/facts/Shaheen-IA/wr6q27kY">Shaheen-IA</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> Sonmiani</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1"></a> ASFC</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ASFC</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">15 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">18 December06:52</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> Black Brant IX</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> White Sands</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> NASA</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> FORTIS</td><td><a href="/facts/Johns_Hopkins_University/56US0mHw">JHU</a></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>UV Astronomy</td><td rowspan="1">18 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">24 December17:55</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/RT-2PM_Topol/mxB1Qwsq">RS-12M Topol</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Kapustin_Yar/IpWRzUPs">Kapustin Yar</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> RVSN</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RVSN</td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">24 December</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="deep-space-rendezvous">Deep space rendezvous</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date (GMT)</th><th>Spacecraft</th><th>Event</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>10 January</td><td><a href="/facts/Chang%2527e_5-T1/G1Pe2YkS">Chang'e 5-T1</a></td><td>Injection into Selenocentric orbit</td><td>Departed from Earth–Moon <a href="/facts/Lagrangian_point/XCAN4o3P">L2</a> on 4 January.</td></tr><tr><td>11 January<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cassini-Huygens/PWknrDeY">Cassini</a></td><td>109th flyby of <a href="/facts/Titan_(moon)/lg0l9PCH">Titan</a></td><td>Closest approach: 970 kilometres (603 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>12 February</td><td>Cassini</td><td>110th flyby of Titan</td><td>Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (746 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>6 March<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dawn_(spacecraft)/z4JeyNQB">Dawn</a></td><td>Enters orbit of <a href="/facts/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)/yIVEMYtG">Ceres</a></td><td>1st visit to a <a href="/facts/Dwarf_planet/IkQoCdwD">dwarf planet</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>16 March</td><td>Cassini</td><td>111th flyby of Titan</td><td>Closest approach: 2,275 kilometres (1,413 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>30 April</td><td><a href="/facts/MESSENGER/EFJEPNxR">MESSENGER</a></td><td>Impact to <a href="/facts/Mercury_(planet)/lVa1GIyX">Mercury</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a></td><td>The crash occurred on the side of the planet not visible from Earth.</td></tr><tr><td>7 May</td><td>Cassini</td><td>112th flyby of Titan</td><td>Closest approach: 2,722 kilometres (1,691 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>16 June</td><td>Cassini</td><td>4th flyby of <a href="/facts/Dione_(moon)/uDt90r5R">Dione</a></td><td>Closest approach: 516 kilometres (321 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>7 July</td><td>Cassini</td><td>113th flyby of Titan</td><td>Closest approach: 10,953 kilometres (6,806 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>14 July</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Horizons/G5XTU5DK">New Horizons</a></td><td>First flyby of <a href="/facts/Pluto/egq7MBeR">Pluto</a> and <a href="/facts/Charon_(moon)/elazjsMp">Charon</a></td><td>2nd visit to a dwarf planet. Closest approach: 12,500 km (7,800 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>17 August</td><td>Cassini</td><td>5th flyby of Dione</td><td>Closest approach: 474 kilometres (295 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>28 September</td><td>Cassini</td><td>114th flyby of Titan</td><td>Closest approach: 1,036 kilometres (643 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>14 October</td><td>Cassini</td><td>Flyby of <a href="/facts/Enceladus/DyWXz9jl">Enceladus</a></td><td>Closest approach: 1,839 kilometres (1,142 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>28 October</td><td>Cassini</td><td>Flyby of Enceladus</td><td>Closest approach: 49 kilometres (30 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>12 November</td><td>Cassini</td><td>115th flyby of Titan</td><td>Closest approach: 11,920 kilometres (7,407 mi).</td></tr><tr><td>3 December<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hayabusa2/ATAbjP6C">Hayabusa2</a></td><td>Flyby of Earth</td><td><a href="/facts/Gravity_assist/4sqIByot">Gravity assist</a></td></tr><tr><td>3 December<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/PROCYON/CuSPARtW">PROCYON</a></td><td>Flyby of Earth</td><td><a href="/facts/Gravity_assist/4sqIByot">Gravity assist</a> en route to cancelled asteroid flyby.</td></tr><tr><td>4 December<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a></td><td>Shin'en 2</td><td>Flyby of Earth</td><td><a href="/facts/Gravity_assist/4sqIByot">Gravity assist</a></td></tr><tr><td>7 December<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Akatsuki_(spacecraft)/PTq9l4CG">Akatsuki</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Venus/pADnueP6">Venus</a> <a href="/facts/Orbit_insertion/l8oQMJe4">orbit insertion</a></td><td>Akatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus and 2nd (successful) attempt at <a href="/facts/Orbit_insertion/l8oQMJe4">orbit insertion</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>19 December</td><td>Cassini</td><td>Flyby of Enceladus</td><td>Closest approach: 4,999 kilometres (3,106 mi).</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="extra-vehicular-activities-evas">Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs)</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Start Date/Time</th><th>Duration</th><th>End Time</th><th>Spacecraft</th><th>Crew</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>21 February12:45</td><td>6 hours41 minutes</td><td>19:26</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_42/7rMMuwUj">Expedition 42</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_43/W4Mlt7kQ">43</a><p><a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW">ISS <i>Quest</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Barry_E._Wilmore/tRks0hcD">Barry E. Wilmore</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terry_W._Virts/d6o6z581">Terry W. Virts</a></p></td><td>Rigged and routed power and data cables at the forward end of the <a href="/facts/Harmony_(ISS_module)/RY1kewMY">Harmony</a> module as part of preparations for the installation of the <a href="/facts/NASA_Docking_System/TGIly1sI">International Docking Adapter</a> at <a href="/facts/Pressurized_mating_adapter/LlJRMnpm">PMA-2</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>25 February11:51</td><td>6 hours43 minutes</td><td>18:34</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_42/7rMMuwUj">Expedition 42</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_43/W4Mlt7kQ">43</a><p><a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW">ISS <i>Quest</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Barry_E._Wilmore/tRks0hcD">Barry E. Wilmore</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terry_W._Virts/d6o6z581">Terry W. Virts</a></p></td><td>Completed power and data cable routing at the forward end of the Harmony module. Removed launch locks from forward and aft berthing ports of <a href="/facts/Tranquility_(ISS_module)/BUrpTnUw">Tranquility</a> to prepare for relocation of the <a href="/facts/Permanent_Multipurpose_Module/LTz8eFJB">Permanent Multipurpose Module</a> and the installation of the <a href="/facts/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Module/xatbEMD5">Bigelow Expandable Activity Module</a>. Lubricated end effector of <a href="/facts/Canadarm2/Sj8HSaJv">Canadarm2</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>1 March11:52</td><td>5 hours38 minutes</td><td>17:30</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_42/7rMMuwUj">Expedition 42</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_43/W4Mlt7kQ">43</a><p><a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW">ISS <i>Quest</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Terry_W._Virts/d6o6z581">Terry W. Virts</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Barry_E._Wilmore/tRks0hcD">Barry E. Wilmore</a></p></td><td>Finished cable routing, antenna and retro-reflector installation on both sides of the ISS truss and on other modules in preparation for the installation of the <a href="/facts/NASA_Docking_System/TGIly1sI">International Docking Adapter</a> at <a href="/facts/Pressurized_mating_adapter/LlJRMnpm">PMA-2 and 3</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>10 August14:20</td><td>5 hours31 minutes</td><td>19:51</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_44/DhAHfWKa">Expedition 44</a>/<a href="/facts/Expedition_45/DC2ktmJF">45</a><p><a href="/facts/Pirs_(ISS_module)/6JCGTA18">ISS <i>Pirs</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Gennady_Padalka/AlasWzT2">Gennady Padalka</a><p><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Korniyenko/Sxb0mCsq">Mikhail Korniyenko</a></p></td><td>Installed gap spanners on the hull of the station for facilitating movement of crew members on future spacewalks, cleaned windows of the Zvezda Service Module, install fasteners on communications antennas, replaced an aging docking antenna, photographed various locations and hardware on Zvezda and nearby modules, and retrieved a space environment experiment.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>28 October12:03</td><td>7 hours16 minutes</td><td>19:19</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_45/DC2ktmJF">Expedition 45</a><p><a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW">ISS <i>Quest</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)/jLHHYeAJ">Scott Kelly</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Kjell_N._Lindgren/JFFAddC1">Kjell N. Lindgren</a></p></td><td>Prepared a Main Bus Switching Unit for repair, installed a thermal cover on the <a href="/facts/Alpha_Magnetic_Spectrometer/lcd9kQwf">Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer</a>, lubricated elements of the <a href="/facts/Space_Station_Remote_Manipulator_System/Sj8HSaJv">Space Station Remote Manipulator System</a>, and routed data and power cables to prepare for the installation of the <a href="/facts/NASA_Docking_System/TGIly1sI">International Docking Adaptor</a> at <a href="/facts/Pressurized_Mating_Adapter/LlJRMnpm">PMA-2 and 3</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>6 November11:22</td><td>7 hours48 minutes</td><td>19:10</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_45/DC2ktmJF">Expedition 45</a><p><a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW">ISS <i>Quest</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)/jLHHYeAJ">Scott Kelly</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Kjell_N._Lindgren/JFFAddC1">Kjell N. Lindgren</a></p></td><td>Worked to restore a portion of the <a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">ISS</a>'s cooling system to its primary configuration, returning ammonia coolant levels to normal in the primary and backup radiator arrays.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>21 December13:45</td><td>3 hours16 minutes</td><td>16:01</td><td><a href="/facts/Expedition_46/E2jqzQVw">Expedition 46</a><p><a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW">ISS <i>Quest</i></a></p></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)/jLHHYeAJ">Scott Kelly</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Timothy_Kopra/uKaIj457">Timothy Kopra</a></p></td><td>Released a brake on the <a href="/facts/Mobile_Servicing_System/Sj8HSaJv">Mobile Servicing System</a> to allow it to be properly stowed prior to the arrival of a visiting <a href="/facts/Progress_(spacecraft)/l9GvvKLs">Progress</a> vehicle. Routed cables in preparation for the installation of the <a href="/facts/Nauka_(ISS_module)/83agHmvS">Nauka</a> module and the <a href="/facts/International_Docking_Adapter/gq0Rdw4j">International Docking Adapter</a>, and retrieved tools from a toolbox.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="space-debris-events">Space debris events</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date/Time (UTC)</th><th>Source object</th><th>Event type</th><th>Pieces tracked</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>3 February 17:40<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program/zsXW89Nl">DMSP 5D-2/F13</a> (USA-109)</td><td>Satellite breakup</td><td>159<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a></td><td>The breakup was most likely caused by a battery explosion.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a> This satellite had been <a href="/facts/1995_in_spaceflight/3yUVL9ev">launched in 1995</a>. Another satellite from the same series, <a href="/facts/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program/zsXW89Nl">DMSP 5D-2/F11</a>, had broken up in 2004.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a> Debris are expected to remain in orbit for decades.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>25 November 7:20<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/NOAA-16/Yfj4dNcn">NOAA-16</a></td><td>Satellite breakup</td><td>275<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a></td><td>As this weather satellite, <a href="/facts/2000_in_spaceflight/4lnJTGsD">launched in 2000</a>, had a similar construction to the <a href="/facts/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program/zsXW89Nl">DMSP satellite</a> which broke up in February 2015, the same cause is suspected (battery overheating and explosion).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>22 December 16:00<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a> upper stage</td><td>Booster explosion</td><td>9<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a></td><td>A <a href="/facts/Briz-M/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a> upper-stage booster, having subsisted in <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_transfer_orbit/1WwL0SPz">geosynchronous transfer orbit</a> since launching the Canadian <a href="/facts/Nimiq/Fr6B4nBj">Nimiq 6</a> commsat in <a href="/facts/2012_in_spaceflight/6JYypVay">2012</a>, was seen to have broken up into 9 pieces as of 26 January 2016. Orbital analysis of the debris allowed to time the explosion within one minute of 16:00 <a href="/facts/UTC/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a> on 22 December 2015.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a> Three other Briz-M upper stages had exploded earlier in 2007, 2010 and 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="orbital-launch-statistics">Orbital launch statistics</h2> <h3>By country</h3> <p>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, <a href="/facts/Soyuz_at_the_Guiana_Space_Centre/vVR1DUFl">Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou</a> are counted under Russia because <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2</a> is a Russian rocket. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Country</th><th>Launches</th><th>Successes</th><th>Failures</th><th>Partial failures</th></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></th><td>19</td><td>19</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></th><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></th><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></th><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></th><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></th><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></th><td>27<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a></td><td>24</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></th><td>2<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a></td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th></th><th> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></th><td>20</td><td>18</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">World</th><th>87</th><th>82</th><th>4</th><th>1</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>By rocket</h3> 5 10 15 20 <a href="/facts/Ariane_(rocket_family)/bxpEpRRh">Ariane</a> <a href="/facts/Atlas_(rocket_family)/G4rKFbb7">Atlas</a> <a href="/facts/Delta_(rocket_family)/gQH4EUYB">Delta</a> <a href="/facts/Falcon_(rocket_family)/RF4Ylp7q">Falcon</a> <a href="/facts/H-II_(rocket_family)/Em5atYzl">H-II</a> <a href="/facts/Long_March_(rocket_family)/IKrU6jfw">Long March</a> <a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV</a> <a href="/facts/R-7_(rocket_family)/G4HrfbkB">R-7</a> <a href="/facts/Universal_Rocket/qF52yQI8">UR</a> <a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket_family)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a> <a href="/facts/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems/lSEHGfUx">Others</a> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Delta_II/GoBa3Qch">Delta II</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Delta_IV/QWun0yHh">Delta IV</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Delta_IV_Heavy/hLQT6QQG">Delta IV Heavy</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Falcon_9/mNck6vby">Falcon 9</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/H-IIB/k5CMQBXm">H-IIB</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Long_March_2/15Vmhlvn">Long March 2</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Long_March_3/mlndRuEl">Long March 3</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Long_March_4/IKrU6jfw">Long March 4</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Long_March_6/r6fJMHoo">Long March 6</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Long_March_11/kLqKep10">Long March 11</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2</a> (Russia)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-ST/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-ST</a> (Europe)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Rokot/xXx9Gzg7">Rokot</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems/lSEHGfUx">Others</a></li></ul> <h4>By family</h4> <table><tbody><tr><th>Family</th><th>Country</th><th>Launches</th><th>Successes</th><th>Failures</th><th>Partial failures</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ariane_(rocket_family)/bxpEpRRh">Ariane</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_(rocket_family)/G4rKFbb7">Atlas</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Delta_(rocket_family)/gQH4EUYB">Delta</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Falcon_(rocket_family)/RF4Ylp7q">Falcon</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/PBneb7NS">GSLV</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H-II_(rocket_family)/Em5atYzl">H-II</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_(rocket_family)/IKrU6jfw">Long March</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>19</td><td>19</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/R-7_(rocket_family)/G4HrfbkB">R-7</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>17</td><td>15</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/R-36_(missile)/ga1aBeDt">R-36</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Safir_(rocket)/jmDrfeug">Safir</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Strypi/eXe6wCSb">Strypi</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Universal_Rocket/qF52yQI8">Universal Rocket</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zenit_(rocket_family)/fkovnBhD">Zenit</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h4>By type</h4> <table><tbody><tr><th>Rocket</th><th>Country</th><th>Family</th><th>Launches</th><th>Successes</th><th>Failures</th><th>Partial failures</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>Ariane</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Atlas</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Delta_II/GoBa3Qch">Delta II</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Delta</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Delta_IV/QWun0yHh">Delta IV</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Delta</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dnepr_(rocket)/g3VIdEfT">Dnepr</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>R-36</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Final flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Falcon_9/mNck6vby">Falcon 9</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Falcon</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/PBneb7NS">GSLV</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>GSLV</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>H-II</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H-IIB/k5CMQBXm">H-IIB</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>H-II</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_2/15Vmhlvn">Long March 2</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_(rocket_family)/IKrU6jfw">Long March 3</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_(rocket_family)/IKrU6jfw">Long March 4</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_6/r6fJMHoo">Long March 6</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_11/kLqKep10">Long March 11</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Proton_(rocket)/susmVN0U">Proton</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Universal Rocket</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>PSLV</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Safir_(rocket)/jmDrfeug">Safir</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>Safir</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz_(rocket_family)/cGMjYIPX">Soyuz</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>R-7</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>R-7</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SPARK_(rocket)/XkkrP341">Super Strypi</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Strypi</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/UR-100/3WpHtj8H">UR-100</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Universal Rocket</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>Vega</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zenit_(rocket_family)/fkovnBhD">Zenit</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>Zenit</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h4>By configuration</h4> <table><tbody><tr><th>Rocket</th><th>Country</th><th>Type</th><th>Launches</th><th>Successes</th><th>Failures</th><th>Partial failures</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5 ECA</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>Ariane 5</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V 401</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Atlas V</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V 421</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Atlas V</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V 501</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Atlas V</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlas_V/5SNgegyt">Atlas V 551</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Atlas V</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Delta_II/GoBa3Qch">Delta II 7320</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Delta II</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Delta_IV/QWun0yHh">Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Delta IV</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Delta_IV/QWun0yHh">Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Delta IV</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dnepr_(rocket)/g3VIdEfT">Dnepr</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>R-36</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Final flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Falcon_9_v1.1/2fd9FJJQ">Falcon 9 v1.1</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Falcon 9</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust/L5HWctap">Falcon 9 Full Thrust</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Falcon 9</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/PBneb7NS">GSLV Mk II</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>GSLV</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA 202</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>H-IIA</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA 204</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>H-IIA</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H-IIB/k5CMQBXm">H-IIB</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>H-IIB</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_2D/popxUWJ3">Long March 2D</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 2</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B/E</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 3</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_3B/7HAsDyeL">Long March 3B</a> / <a href="/facts/Yuanzheng/pyk19Vgn">YZ-1</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_3C/mFRsmux1">Long March 3C/E</a> / <a href="/facts/Yuanzheng/pyk19Vgn">YZ-1</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_4B/CY23M8Ra">Long March 4B</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_4C/NPxa0GpR">Long March 4C</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 4</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_6/r6fJMHoo">Long March 6</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 5</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Long_March_11/kLqKep10">Long March 11</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>Long March 11</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Blok_DM-03/Xp8xLzGM">Blok DM-03</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Proton</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Proton-M/F9I5QHR7">Proton-M</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz_(rocket_stage)/nPncWv0Q">Briz-M</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Proton</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV-CA</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>PSLV</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV-XL</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>PSLV</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rokot/xXx9Gzg7">Rokot</a> / <a href="/facts/Briz_(rocket_stage)/nPncWv0Q">Briz-KM</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>UR-100</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Safir_(rocket)/jmDrfeug">Safir-1B</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>Safir</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1a</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz-2</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1b</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz-2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2.1b</a> / <a href="/facts/Fregat/Sv4Ub6GJ">Fregat-M</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz-2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz ST-B</a> / <a href="/facts/Fregat/Sv4Ub6GJ">Fregat-MT</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz-2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2-1v/QD04uy3S">Soyuz-2-1v</a> / <a href="/facts/Volga_(rocket_stage)/luoslCGD">Volga</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz-2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>Soyuz</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SPARK_(rocket)/XkkrP341">Super Strypi</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>Strypi</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>Maiden flight</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>Vega</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zenit-3F/5HmxY0UX">Zenit-3F</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a></td><td>Zenit</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>By spaceport</h3> 5 10 15 20 China France India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Russia United States <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Semnan_Space_Center/bQ1ImTG4">Semnan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Uchinoura_Space_Center/qdxArHnD">Uchinoura</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Dombarovsky_(air_base)/Lonyn6ke">Dombarovsky</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Pacific_Missile_Range_Facility/9aaPL4fR">Barking Sands</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Kennedy_Space_Center/zmwszuPr">Kennedy</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Mid-Atlantic_Regional_Spaceport/NerIMmk0">MARS</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg</a></li></ul> <table><tbody><tr><th>Site</th><th>Country</th><th>Launches</th><th>Successes</th><th>Failures</th><th>Partial failures</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>18</td><td>16</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pacific_Missile_Range_Facility/9aaPL4fR">Barking Sands</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>17</td><td>16</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dombarovsky_(air_base)/Lonyn6ke">Dombarovsky</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Kourou</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiuquan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre/GkXD3tL3">Satish Dhawan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Semnan_Space_Center/bQ1ImTG4">Semnan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a></td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center/qgEeV9KG">Taiyuan</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center/LFCcfqxT">Xichang</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Total</th><th>87</th><th>82</th><th>4</th><th>1</th><th></th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>By orbit</h3> 10 20 30 40 50 Transatmospheric <a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a> <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a> / <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_transfer_orbit/1WwL0SPz">transfer</a> <a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a> <a href="/facts/High_Earth_orbit/ttK1a3qL">High Earth</a> <a href="/facts/Heliocentric_orbit/b4zMv2jE">Heliocentric orbit</a> <ul><li> Transatmospheric</li> <li> Low Earth</li> <li> Low Earth (ISS)</li> <li> Low Earth (SSO)</li> <li> Low Earth (retrograde)</li> <li> Geosychronous(transfer)</li> <li> Medium Earth</li> <li> High Earth</li> <li> Heliocentric</li></ul> <table><tbody><tr><th>Orbital regime</th><th>Launches</th><th>Achieved</th><th>Not achieved</th><th>Accidentallyachieved</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>Transatmospheric</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth</a></td><td>45</td><td>42</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>14 to ISS (1 launch failure, 1 failure post-separation)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">Geosynchronous</a>/<a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_transfer_orbit/1WwL0SPz">transfer</a></td><td>32</td><td>31</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Medium_Earth_orbit/7Qmz5XxG">Medium Earth</a></td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/High_Earth_orbit/ttK1a3qL">High Earth</a></td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Total</th><th>87</th><th>83</th><th>3</th><th>1</th><th></th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Bergin, Chris. <a href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com">"NASASpaceFlight.com"</a>.</li> <li>Clark, Stephen. <a href="http://www.spaceflightnow.com">"Spaceflight Now"</a>.</li> <li>Kelso, T.S. <a href="https://celestrak.com/satcat/search.php">"Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)"</a>. 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