2008 in spaceflight
![]() First successful flight of a SpaceX Falcon 1 | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 15 January |
Last | 25 December |
Total | 69 |
Successes | 66 |
Failures | 2 |
Partial failures | 1 |
Catalogued | 67 |
National firsts | |
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Space traveller | ![]() |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Ariane 5ES Long March 3C PSLV-XL Safir Zenit-3SLB |
Retirements | H-IIA 2024 |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 7 |
Total travellers | 37 |
The year 2008 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including the first flyby of Mercury by a spacecraft since 1975, the discovery of water ice on Mars by the Phoenix spacecraft, which landed in May, the first Chinese spacewalk in September, the launch of the first Indian Lunar probe in October, and the first successful flight of a privately developed orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX's Falcon 1.
Overview
[edit]The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above sea level. The first recorded spaceflight launch of the year occurred on 11 January, when a Black Brant was launched on a suborbital trajectory from White Sands, with the LIDOS ultraviolet astronomy payload.[1] This was followed by the first orbital launch of the year on 15 January, by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL, with the Thuraya 3 communications satellite.[2] The launch marked the return to flight for Sea Launch following the explosion of a Zenit-3SL on the launch pad the previous January during an attempt to launch the NSS-8 satellite.
Five carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2008; the Ariane 5ES, Long March 3C, Zenit-3SLB, PSLV-XL, and the operational version of the Falcon 1, with an uprated Merlin-1C engine.[3] These were all derived from existing systems. The Blue Sparrow and Sejjil missiles also conducted their maiden flights, and the ATK Launch Vehicle made its only flight, but was destroyed by range safety after it went off course. In November, the baseline Proton-M was retired in favour of the Enhanced variant, first launched in 2007.
The first Vietnamese and Venezuelan satellites, Vinasat-1 and Venesat-1 respectively, were launched in 2008, while a failed Iranian launch was reported to have been that country's first indigenous orbital launch attempt. In September, SpaceX conducted the first successful orbital launch of a privately developed and funded liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, when the fourth Falcon 1 launched RatSat, following previous failures in 2006, 2007, and August.
Space exploration
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India launched its first Lunar probe, Chandraayan-1, on 22 October, with the spacecraft entering selenocentric orbit on 8 November. On 16 November, the Moon Impact Probe was released, and crashed into the Lunar surface. Although no other spacecraft were launched beyond geocentric orbit in 2008, several significant events occurred in interplanetary flights which had been launched in previous years. MESSENGER conducted flybys of Mercury in January and October, the first spacecraft to do so since Mariner 10 in 1975. Cassini continued to make flybys of the moons of Saturn, including several close passes of Enceladus, one at a distance of 25 kilometres.[4] In September Rosetta flew past the asteroid 2867 Šteins. On 25 May, the Phoenix spacecraft landed in the Green Valley on Mars, where it discovered water ice.[5] Phoenix exceeded its design life of 90 days, finally failing on 10 November. The Ulysses spacecraft, launched in 1990, was also retired in 2008.[6]
Crewed spaceflight
[edit]Seven crewed flights were launched in 2008, one by China, two by Russia and four by the United States. In April, Yi So-yeon became the first South Korean to fly in space, aboard Soyuz TMA-12. On the same flight, Sergey Volkov became the first second-generation cosmonaut. Yi returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-11, which nearly ended in disaster following a separation failure between the descent and service modules, resulting in a ballistic reentry.[7] In September, China conducted its third crewed mission, Shenzhou 7, from which Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming conducted the first Chinese spacewalk.[8] Soyuz TMA-13, launched in October, was the hundredth flight of the Soyuz programme to carry a crew at some point in its mission.[9]
Assembly of the International Space Station continued, with the delivery of the Columbus module by Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-122 in February. March saw the launch of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed European spacecraft which was used to resupply the space station. Also in March, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-123 with the first component of the Japanese Experiment Module, the Experiment Logistics Module. STS-123 marked the final flight of the Spacelab programme, with a SpaceLab pallet used to carry the Canadian-built Dextre RMS extension. The second JEM component, the main pressurised module, was launched by STS-124, flown by Discovery in May. In November, Endeavour launched on the STS-126 logistics flight, with the Leonardo MPLM.
Launch failures
[edit]On 14 March, a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage launched AMC-14. Several hours later, on 15 March, the Briz-M engine cut off prematurely during a burn,[10] leaving the satellite in a medium Earth orbit. Following a small legal dispute,[11] the satellite was sold, and raised to a geosynchronous orbit by its manoeuvring thrusters, at the expense of a large amount of its fuel and hence operational life.[12]
On 3 August, SpaceX launched the third Falcon 1. Due to residual thrust caused by the upgraded Merlin-1C engine which was being flown for the first time, the first stage recontacted the second during staging, resulting in the rocket failing to reach orbit. The Trailblazer, PreSat and NanoSail-D satellites were lost in the failure, as was a space burial capsule, containing the remains of several hundred people, including astronaut Gordon Cooper, actor James Doohan, writer and director John Meredyth Lucas and Apollo mission planner Mareta West.[13]
On 16 August, Iran launched a Safir, which though officially successful, was reported to have failed due to a second stage malfunction. The purpose of this launch is in doubt, as before the launch it was claimed that it would place the Omid into orbit, whilst following the launch, it was reported that a boilerplate payload had been launched.[14] Other reports indicated that the launch was only a suborbital test of the rocket.[15] If this was an orbital launch attempt, it was the first Iranian attempt to launch a satellite.
On 22 August, the inaugural launch of the Alliant Techsystems ALV X-1 was terminated 27 seconds after launch from Wallops Flight Facility when it veered off course. Both hypersonic physics experiments on board were destroyed.[16]
Summary of launches
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In total, sixty nine orbital launches were made in 2008, with sixty seven reaching orbit, and two outright failures if the Iranian launch in August is counted.[3] This is an increase of one orbital launch attempt on 2007, with two more launches reaching orbit, which continues a trend of increasing launch rates seen since 2006. The final launch of the year was conducted on 25 December, by a Proton-M with three GLONASS navigation satellites for the Russian government.
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Suborbital spaceflight in 2008 saw a number of sounding rocket and missile launches. On 21 February, a RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 was used as an anti-satellite weapon to destroy the USA-193 satellite. USA-193 was a US spy satellite which had failed immediately after launch in 2006.[17][18]
By country
[edit]China conducted twelve orbital launches of a planned fifteen. Europe had intended to conduct seven launches of Ariane 5 rockets, and the maiden flight of the Vega rocket, however payload delays pushed one of the Arianes into 2009, and the Vega was delayed due to development issues. India had originally scheduled five to seven launches, however only three of these were conducted, mostly due to delays with the launch of Chandraayan-1. Japan scheduled three launches for 2008, of which one was launched; an H-IIA with WINDS in February. Russia and the former Soviet Union conducted twenty six launches, not including the international Sea and Land launch programmes, which conducted six. Fourteen launches were conducted by the United States, which had originally announced plans to launch many more, however technical issues with several rockets, particularly the Atlas V, Delta II and Falcon 1, caused a number of delays. The Atlas problems, combined with a series of delays to the launch of NRO L-26 on a Delta IV, resulted in just two of ten planned EELV launches being conducted.[3][19] Two of six planned Space Shuttle launches were also delayed to 2009, one due to problems with External Tank delivery, and another due to a major systems failure on the Hubble Space Telescope, which it was to have serviced. Israel was not reported to have scheduled, or conducted an orbital launch attempt.
Orbital launches
[edit]Suborbital launches
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Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
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January-March[edit] | |||||||
11 January 05:32[1] |
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JHU | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 05:42 | Successful | ||
Apogee: 315 kilometres (196 mi) | |||||||
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Israeli Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 January | Successful | |||
18 January 07:30[163] |
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Cornell/Dartmouth | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 18 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 1,460 kilometres (910 mi) | |||||||
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Pakistan Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 January | Successful | |||
31 January 19:14[165] |
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University of Leeds | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 31 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 380.6 kilometres (236.5 mi) | |||||||
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ISA | Suborbital | Test flight | 4 February | Successful | ||
6 February 09:14:40[167] |
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JAXA | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 6 February | Successful | |||
7 February 11:30[168] |
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DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 7 February | Successful | ||
Apogee: 264 kilometres (164 mi) | |||||||
21 February 03:26[169] |
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MDA | Suborbital | Satellite intercept | 03:29[169] | Successful | ||
Destroyed USA-193 satellite[17] | |||||||
21 February 06:15[168] |
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DLR / ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 21 February | Successful | ||
26 February 07:28[170] |
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Indian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 February | Successful | |||
23 March 04:45[171] |
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SFC / DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 March | Successful | |||
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Andøya | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 28 March | Successful | ||
April-June[edit] | |||||||
2 April 08:01[172] |
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U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 2 April | Successful | ||
Travelled 6,759 kilometres (4,200 mi) downrange[172] | |||||||
14 April 16:58[173] |
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UCB LASP | Suborbital | UV Astronomy[174] | 17:08[173] | Successful | ||
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Israeli Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 15 April | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Blue Sparrow. | |||||||
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Pakistan Army[177] | Suborbital | Missile test | 19 April | Successful | |||
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Pakistan Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 21 April | Successful | |||
1 May 05:30[179][180] |
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JHU | Suborbital | UV Astronomy | 05:40 | Successful | |||
7 May 04:26[181][182] |
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SFC/DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 04:41 | Successful | |||
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U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
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U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
15 May 04:00[184][185][183] |
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SSC/ESA | Suborbital | Microgravity | 15 May | Successful[183] | ||
Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)[183] | |||||||
22 May 10:04[187][188] |
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U.S. Air Force/NNSA[187] | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 May | Successful | ||
Long range test[186] | |||||||
23 May 05:00[189] |
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Indian Army[189] | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 May | Successful | |||
User test[189] | |||||||
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PLAN | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 May | Successful | |||
5 June 18:13 |
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MDA | Suborbital | AEGIS target | 5 June | Successful | |||
Destroyed after re-entry by endoatmospheric SM-2 missile launch | |||||||
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MDA | Suborbital | AEGIS target | 13 June | Successful | |||
Used for simulated test, not intercepted | |||||||
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MDA | Suborbital | AEGIS target | 13 June | Successful | |||
Used for simulated test, not intercepted | |||||||
26 June 02:16[190] |
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MDA | Suborbital | THAAD Target | 26 June | Successful | |||
Intercepted after re-entry by THAAD launched from KMR at 02:22 GMT.[190][191][192] | |||||||
26 June 19:57[193][194] |
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MDA[194] | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 26 June | Successful | |||
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Andøya / DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 30 June | Successful | ||
July-September[edit] | |||||||
7 July 21:30[195] |
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Andøya / DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy | 7 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi) | |||||||
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IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
Part of Great Prophet III exercise.[citation needed] | |||||||
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IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
Part of Great Prophet III exercise,[citation needed] missile type not confirmed. | |||||||
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IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 July | Successful | |||
Part of Great Prophet III exercise,[citation needed] missile type not confirmed. | |||||||
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IRGC | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 July | Successful | |||
Part of Great Prophet III exercise, missile type not confirmed. | |||||||
12 July 10:46[195] |
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Andøya / DLR | Suborbital | Aeronomy[195] | 12 July | Successful | ||
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)[195] | |||||||
14 July 10:10[199] |
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NASA / Wallops | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 14 July | Successful | ||
18 July 22:47[201] |
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MDA | Suborbital | Target | 18 July | Successful[202] | ||
Radar targeting test only, missile not intercepted | |||||||
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 August | Successful[citation needed] | |||
2 August 08:30[203][204] |
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JAXA/Teikyo | Suborbital | Microgravity | 2 August | Successful | |||
Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi) | |||||||
13 August 08:01[206] |
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U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 August | Successful[206] | ||
Travelled about 6,790 kilometres (4,220 mi) downrange.[205] | |||||||
22 August 09:10[208] |
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NASA | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | T+27 seconds[208] | Launch failure | ||
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Only flight of ALV, veered off course to the South and destroyed by RSO[207] | |||||||
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U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 August | Successful | |||
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U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 25 August | Successful | |||
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RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 August | Successful | |||
18 September 02:05[211] |
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MDA | Suborbital | Target | 18 September | Launch failure[211] | |||
Two THAAD intercept launches cancelled.[211] | |||||||
18 September 14:45[212] |
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 15:05[214] | Successful | |||
24 September 06:57[215] |
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MDA | Suborbital | Target | 24 September | Successful | ||
Tracked by NFIRE satellite | |||||||
October-December[edit] | |||||||
11 October[citation needed] | ![]() |
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 October | Successful | |||
Long-range test[citation needed] | |||||||
12 October 07:24[citation needed] |
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RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 07:50[citation needed] | Successful | |||
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 October | Successful | |||
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 October | Successful | |||
20 October 08:39[217] |
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NRL | Suborbital | UV Astronomy[218] | 08:49[217] | Successful | |||
22 October 09:10[219] |
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RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 October | Successful | |||
22 October 12:30[220] |
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SSC / DLR | Suborbital | Student research | 22 October | Successful | ||
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi) | |||||||
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U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Target | 1 November | Successful | |||
Intercepted by SM-3 missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
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U.S. Navy[221] | Suborbital | Intercept test | 1 November | Successful | |||
Intercepted target missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
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U.S. Navy | Suborbital | Target | 1 November | Successful | |||
Intercept by SM-3 missile failed. Part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
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U.S. Navy[221] | Suborbital | Intercept test | 1 November | Spacecraft failure | |||
Sensor fault resulted in failure to intercept target missile.[221] Part of Pacific Blitz exercise[221] | |||||||
5 November 09:00[222] |
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U.S. Air Force | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Successful | ||
Travelled 6,740 kilometres (4,190 mi) downrange[222] | |||||||
12 November 05:56[223] |
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Indian Army | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 November | Successful | |||
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IRGC AF | Suborbital | Missile test | 12 November | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of Sejjil missile | |||||||
13 November 09:06[227] |
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FOST | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 November | Successful | |||
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NRL[228] | Suborbital | Solar[228] | 14 November | Successful | |||
19 November 02:18[229][230] |
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U.S. Navy / JMSDF | Suborbital | Target | 19 November | Successful | |||
Intercept by SM-3 missile failed | |||||||
19 November 02:21[230] |
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JMSDF | Suborbital | Interceptor | 19 November | Spacecraft failure | |||
Infrared sensor fault, failed to intercept target[231] | |||||||
26 November 13:24[citation needed] |
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RVSN RF | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 November | Successful | |||
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ISA | Suborbital | Test flight | 26 November | Successful | ||
Payload recovered by parachute | |||||||
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 November | Successful | |||
5 December 10:35:10[235] |
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Oslo | Suborbital | Auroral | 10:45[235] | Successful | ||
Apogee: 330 kilometres (210 mi)[235] | |||||||
5 December 20:04[238] |
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MDA | Suborbital | Target | 20:29[239] | Partial spacecraft failure | |||
Decoy target failed to deploy,[237] intercepted by GBI | |||||||
5 December 20:21[238] |
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MDA | Suborbital | Target | 20:29[239] | Successful | |||
Intercepted Polaris | |||||||
23 December 03:00[241] |
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VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 December | Launch failure | |||
Self-destruct system activated after missile went off course.[240] |
Deep Space Rendezvous
[edit]Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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5 January | Cassini | 40th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,010 kilometres (630 mi) |
14 January | MESSENGER | 1st flyby of Mercury | Closest approach: 200 kilometres (120 mi) at 19:04 GMT[243] |
22 February | Cassini | 41st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
12 March | Cassini | 3rd flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 52 kilometres (32 mi) |
25 March | Cassini | 42nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
12 May | Cassini | 43rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
25 May | Phoenix | Landing on Mars | Region D, Arctic area - Green Valley, near the Heimdal crater: 68°13′08″N 125°44′57″W / 68.2188°N 125.7492°W. Touchdown at 23:38 GMT. Successful[244] |
28 May | Cassini | 44th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) |
31 July | Cassini | 45th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,613 kilometres (1,002 mi) |
11 August | Cassini | 4th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 54 kilometres (34 mi) |
5 September | Rosetta | Flyby of 2867 Šteins |
Closest approach: 800 kilometres (500 mi) |
6 October | MESSENGER | 2nd flyby of Mercury | |
9 October | Cassini | 5th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 25 kilometres (16 mi) |
31 October | Cassini | 6th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
3 November | Cassini | 46th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) |
8 November | Chandrayaan-1 | Injection into Selenocentric orbit | Periselene: 504 kilometres (313 mi), Aposelene: 7,502 kilometres (4,662 mi)[245] |
14 November | MIP | Landing on the Moon | Lunar Impactor |
19 November | Cassini | 47th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,023 kilometres (636 mi) |
5 December | Cassini | 48th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 960 kilometres (600 mi) |
21 December | Cassini | 49th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 970 kilometres (600 mi) |
- Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys and Titan by Cassini occurred throughout the year.
EVAs
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30 January 09:56[246] |
7 hours 10 minutes |
17:06[247] | Expedition 16 (ISS Quest) |
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Replace motor and bearing in solar array joint | |
11 February 14:13[248] |
7 hours 58 minutes |
22:11[248] | STS-122 (ISS Quest) |
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Install Power Data Grapple Fixture on Columbus | Originally to have been conducted by Walheim and Hans Schlegel, Love replaced Schlegel on medical grounds.[249] |
13 February 14:27[250] |
6 hours 45 minutes |
21:12[250] | STS-122 (ISS Quest) |
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Replace depleted nitrogen tank | |
15 February 12:07[250] |
7 hours 25 minutes |
20:32[250] | STS-122 (ISS Quest) |
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Install experiments on Columbus, load failed gyroscope onto Shuttle for return to Earth | |
14 March 01:18[251] |
7 hours 1 minute |
08:19[251] | STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
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Install Kibo ELM-PS and start Dextre assembly | |
15 March 23:49[252] |
7 hours 8 minutes |
16 March 06:57[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
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Dextre assembly | |
17 March 22:52[252] |
6 hours 53 minutes |
18 March 05:44[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
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Dextre assembly, install MISSE-6 experiment, and store spare parts outside the ISS | MISSE installation failed[252] |
20 March 22:04[252] |
6 hours 24 minutes |
21 March 04:08[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
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Test heat shield repair techniques | |
22 March 20:34[252] |
6 hours 2 minutes |
23 March 02:36[252] |
STS-123 (ISS Quest) |
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Store OBSS on ISS, retry MISSE-6 installation[253] | |
3 June 16:22[254] |
6 hours 48 minutes[67] |
23:10[67] | STS-124 (ISS Quest) |
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Install JEM Pressurised Module, Inspect SARJ, retrieve OBSS.[254] | |
5 June 15:04[67] |
7 hours 11 minutes[67] |
22:15[67] | STS-124 (ISS Quest) |
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Adjust covers on JEM, Inspect SARJ.[255] | |
8 June 13:55[67] |
6 hours 33 minutes[67] |
20:28[67] | STS-124 (ISS Quest) |
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Replace nitrogen tank, inspect SARJ.[256] | |
10 July 18:48[257] |
6 hours 18 minutes[257] |
11 July 01:06[257] |
Expedition 17 (ISS Pirs)[257] |
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Remove pyrotechnic bolt from Soyuz TMA-12 for inspection.[258] | |
15 July 17:08[257] |
5 hours 54 minutes[257] |
23:02[257] | Expedition 17 (ISS Pirs)[257] |
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Install docking targeting equipment, rotate exposed experiments[259] | |
27 September 08:38 |
22 minutes | 09:00 | Shenzhou 7 | ![]() ![]() |
Test spacesuit, collect experiment | First Chinese EVA |
18 November 18:09 |
6 hours 52 minutes |
19 November 01:01 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
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Transferred an empty nitrogen tank assembly from ESP3 to the shuttle's cargo bay, transferred a new flex hose rotary coupler to ESP3 for future use, removed an insulation cover on the Kibo Exposed Facility berthing mechanism, began cleaning and lubrication of the starboard SARJ, and replacement of its 11 trundle bearing assemblies.[260][261] | |
20 November 17:58 |
6 hours 45 minutes |
21 November 00:43 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
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Relocated the two CETA carts from the starboard side of the Mobile Transporter to the port side, lubricated the station robotic arm's latching end effector A snare bearings, continued cleaning and lubrication of the starboard SARJ[262][263][264] | Conducted on tenth anniversary of the launch of the ISS[262] |
22 November 18:01 |
6 hours 57 minutes |
23 November 00:58 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
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Completed cleaning and lubrication of all but one of the trundle bearing assemblies (TBA) on the starboard SARJ.[265][266] | |
24 November 18:24 |
6 hours 7 minutes |
25 November 00:31 |
STS-126 (ISS Quest) |
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Completed replacement of trundle bearing assemblies on starboard SARJ, lubricated the port SARJ, installed a video camera, re-installed insulation covers on the Kibo External Facility berthing mechanism, performed Kibo robotic arm grounding tab maintenance, installed spacewalk handrails on Kibo, installed Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) antennae on Kibo, photographed radiators, and photographed trailing umbilical system cables.[267] | |
23 December 00:51 |
5 hours 38 minutes |
06:29 | Expedition 18 (ISS Pirs) |
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Install Langmuir probe, EXPOSE-R and IPI-SM experiments.[268] | EXPOSE-R installation failed[268] |
Orbital launch statistics
[edit]By country
[edit]Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | First orbital launch attempt[100] | |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
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24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
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15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
World | 69 | 66 | 2 | 1 |
By rocket
[edit]By family
[edit]Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ariane | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlas | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Falcon | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
H-II | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March | ![]() |
11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Pegasus | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
PSLV | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
R-7 | ![]() |
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
R-14 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
R-36 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Safir | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Space Shuttle | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Universal Rocket | ![]() |
11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
Zenit | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By type
[edit]Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ariane 5 | ![]() |
Ariane | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlas V | ![]() |
Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta II | ![]() |
Delta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Dnepr | ![]() |
R-36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
H-IIA | ![]() |
H-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Falcon 1 | ![]() |
Falcon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Kosmos | ![]() |
R-12/R-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 2 | ![]() |
Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 3 | ![]() |
Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 4 | ![]() |
Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Molniya | ![]() |
R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Pegasus | ![]() |
Pegasus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
PSLV | ![]() |
PSLV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Proton | ![]() |
Universal Rocket | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
Safir | ![]() |
Safir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Soyuz | ![]() |
R-7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Soyuz-2 | ![]() |
R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Space Shuttle | ![]() |
Space Shuttle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
UR-100 | ![]() |
Universal Rocket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Zenit | ![]() |
Zenit | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
By configuration
[edit]Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ariane 5 ES | ![]() |
Ariane 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Ariane 5 ECA | ![]() |
Ariane 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlas V 411 | ![]() |
Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlas V 421 | ![]() |
Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta II 7320 | ![]() |
Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta II 7420 | ![]() |
Delta II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta II 7920H | ![]() |
Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Delta II 7925 | ![]() |
Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dnepr | ![]() |
Dnepr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
H-IIA 2024 | ![]() |
H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Falcon 1 | ![]() |
Falcon 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | First successful launch[269] |
Kosmos-3M | ![]() |
Kosmos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 2C | ![]() |
Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 2D | ![]() |
Long March 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 2F | ![]() |
Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 3A | ![]() |
Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 3B | ![]() |
Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 3B/E | ![]() |
Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 3C | ![]() |
Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Long March 4B | ![]() |
Long March 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Long March 4C | ![]() |
Long March 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Molniya-M / 2BL | ![]() |
Molniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Pegasus-XL | ![]() |
Pegasus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Proton-K / DM-2 | ![]() |
Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Proton-M / DM-2 | ![]() |
Proton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Proton-M / Briz-M | ![]() |
Proton | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
PSLV-CA | ![]() |
PSLV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
PSLV-XL | ![]() |
PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Rokot / Briz-KM | ![]() |
UR-100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Safir | ![]() |
Safir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
Soyuz-2.1b | ![]() |
Soyuz-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Soyuz-FG | ![]() |
Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Soyuz-FG / Fregat | ![]() |
Soyuz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Soyuz-U | ![]() |
Soyuz | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Space Shuttle | ![]() |
Space Shuttle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Zenit-3SL | ![]() |
Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Zenit-3SLB | ![]() |
Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
By launch site
[edit]Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baikonur | ![]() |
19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
Cape Canaveral | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Dombarovsky | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jiuquan | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Kapustin Yar | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kennedy | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Kwajalein | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Two launches used Stargazer aircraft |
Kourou | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Ocean Odyssey | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Plesetsk | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Satish Dhawan | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Semnan | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | First orbital launch attempt |
Taiyuan | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Tanegashima | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Vandenberg | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Xichang | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 69 | 66 | 2 | 1 |
By orbit
[edit]- Transatmospheric
- Low Earth
- Low Earth (ISS)
- Low Earth (SSO)
- Low Earth (retrograde)
- Medium Earth
- Geosychronous
(transfer) - Inclined GSO
- High Earth
- Heliocentric
Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally achieved |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Low Earth | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 11 to ISS |
Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Geosynchronous / GTO | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
High Earth / Lunar transfer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 69 | 67 | 2 | 0 |
See also
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