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The year 2011 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight, including the retirement of NASA 's Space Shuttle after its final flight in July 2011, and the launch of China 's first space station module, Tiangong-1 , in September. A total of 84 orbital launches were conducted over the course of the year, of which 78 were successful. Russia , China and the United States conducted the majority of the year's orbital launches, with 35, 19 and 18 launches respectively; 2011 marked the first year that China conducted more successful launches than the United States.[1] International Space Station . Additionally, the Zenit-3F and Long March 2F/G carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2011, while the Delta II Heavy made its last.
Overview of orbital spaceflight [ edit ]
A total of 84 orbital launches were attempted in 2011, with 78 being reported as successful; 80 launches reached orbit. 35 launches were conducted using Russian and former Soviet rockets, whilst China launched 19 rockets, and the United States launched 18. Europe conducted five launches, India and Japan launched three rockets each, and Iran conducted one launch.
Crewed launches [ edit ]
Seven crewed spaceflights – four Soyuz and three Space Shuttle missions – were launched in 2011, carrying a total of 28 astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. At the beginning of the year, the Expedition 26 crew was aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The first crewed flight of 2011 was STS-133 , the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery Kennedy Space Center on 24 February. STS-133 carried Leonardo Discovery returned to Earth on 9 March.
On 16 March, Expedition 27 began aboard the ISS with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft, which had been docked since October 2010. On 4 April, Soyuz TMA-21 launched to the space station, delivering a further three crewmembers. On 16 May, Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 , delivering and installing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer , before returning to Earth on 1 June. Expedition 28 began aboard the ISS on 23 May with the departure of Soyuz TMA-20 , which had been launched in December 2010, and landed in the early morning of 24 May. Three more crewmembers were launched to the space station aboard Soyuz TMA-02M on 7 June.
The final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135 , began on 8 July with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). After resupplying the space station, Atlantis returned to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility at 09:57 UTC on 21 July, and concluding thirty years of Space Shuttle operations. Two days before landing, Atlantis deployed PSSC-2 , the last satellite to be launched from a Space Shuttle.
On 29 September, China launched its first space station module, Tiangong-1 , which was placed into orbit by a Long March 2F/G carrier rocket flying from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre . Although no crewed missions to Tiangong-1 were conducted in 2011, the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft, which was launched on 31 October, docked twice with the module to test its systems in preparation for a successful 2012 crewed docking .
ISS Expedition 28 ended, and Expedition 29 began, with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-21 on 16 September. The launch of Soyuz TMA-22 did not take place until 14 November, having been delayed by reliability concerns surrounding the Soyuz rocket after an uncrewed launch failure in August. A week later, Soyuz TMA-02M undocked, beginning Expedition 30 , with the Soyuz spacecraft landing on 22 November. The final crewed launch of the year took place on 21 December, when Soyuz TMA-03M was launched to bring a further three crewmembers to the ISS.
Ten spacewalks were conducted in 2011, all of them by ISS or Space Shuttle astronauts. The final spacewalk by a Space Shuttle crew was conducted on 27 May, during the STS-134 mission.
Robotic exploration [ edit ]
Numerous scientific exploration missions were begun in 2011. In March 2011, the MESSENGER Mercury . In July, the Dawn asteroid 4 Vesta . The Mars Science Laboratory – at the time, the largest Mars rover ever constructed – was launched in November, conducting a successful landing on Mars in August 2012.[2]
Launch failures [ edit ]
Six orbital launches failed in 2011, four of which failed to achieve orbit and the remaining two reached lower orbits than expected. The first failure occurred on 1 February, when a Rokot with a Briz-KM upper stage placed Kosmos 2470 into a useless orbit, from which it could not recover. The failure was later traced to a software problem on the Briz-KM.
The next failure occurred on 4 March, when the payload fairing of a Taurus-XL failed to separate, resulting in the rocket being too heavy to reach orbit. The Glory climate research satellite was lost in the failure, along with the KySat-1 , Hermes and Explorer-1 [PRIME] CubeSats . The previous Taurus-XL launch, carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory in February 2009, also failed due to the fairing not separating.
No more launch failures occurred until mid-August when, over the space of a week, three consecutive orbital launches failed. On 17 August, a Proton-M /Briz-M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome , carrying the Ekspress-AM4 communications satellite. In the morning of 18 August, the rocket's upper stage failed to conduct the fourth of five planned burns due to an attitude control system malfunction, leaving the spacecraft in a parking orbit. Later that same day, a Long March 2C launched from Jiuquan carrying the Shijian XI-04 satellite. The second stage vernier engine's mounting suffered a structural failure, resulting in a loss of control, and the rocket failed to reach orbit. Finally, on 24 August, a Soyuz-U carrying the Progress M-12M cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station suffered a third-stage engine failure and also failed to attain orbit.
The final launch failure of 2011 occurred on 23 December, when a Soyuz-2-1b /Fregat carrying the Meridian 5 satellite failed to achieve orbit due to a third-stage malfunction. Debris fell over Novosibirsk Oblast , with one piece hitting a house; however, no casualties were reported.
In November 2011, Russia's Fobos-Grunt Martian sample return probe launched successfully, but experienced a malfunction post-launch and became stranded in orbit. The spacecraft, which was Russia's first attempt at an interplanetary mission since the 1996 Mars 96 mission, disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on 15 January 2012.[3] [4] Yinghuo-1 , which was being carried by the same rocket as Fobos-Grunt, was also lost in the incident.
Orbital launches [ edit ]
Date and time (UTC )
Rocket
Flight number
Launch site
LSP
Payload CubeSat )
Operator
Orbit
Function
Decay (UTC)
Outcome
Remarks
January [ edit ]
20 January Zenit-3F
Baikonur Site 45/1
Roscosmos
Elektro-L No.1
Roscosmos
Geostationary
Meteorology In orbit
Operational[5]
Maiden flight of Zenit-3F.
20 January [7] Delta IV-H
Vandenberg SLC-6
United Launch Alliance
USA-224 (KH-11 )
NRO
Low Earth
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
NRO Launch 49, first Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg.[6]
22 January [8] H-IIB
Tanegashima LA-Y2
JAXA [9]
Kounotori 2 (HTV-2 )
JAXA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 30 March Successful
28 January Soyuz-U
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Progress M-09M / 41P
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 26 April 13:22:53 Successful
Kedr
RKK Energia
Low Earth
Amateur radio 4 January 2012[10] Successful
February [ edit ]
1 February Rokot / Briz-KM
Plesetsk Site 133/3
VKS
Kosmos 2470 (Geo-IK-2 No.11)
VKS
Low Earth
Geodesy 15 July 2013[12] Launch failure
Upper stage malfunctioned due to problems with the flight software,[11]
6 February Minotaur I
Vandenberg SLC-8
Orbital Sciences
USA-225 (RPP)
NRO
Low Earth
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational[13]
NRO Launch 66
16 February [14] Ariane 5 ES
Kourou ELA-3
Arianespace
Johannes Kepler ATV ESA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 21 June Successful
24 February Space Shuttle Discovery
Kennedy LC-39A
United Space Alliance
STS-133
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 9 March 16:57:17 Successful
Leonardo [15] ASI / NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS assembly In orbit
Operational
ExPRESS-4
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics In orbit
Operational
Crewed flight, final flight of Discovery .
26 February Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Plesetsk Site 43/4
RVSN RF
Kosmos 2471 (Glonass-K 701 )
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation 12 November 2021 Successful[16]
4 March Taurus-XL 3110
Vandenberg LC-576E
Orbital Sciences
Glory
NASA
Intended: Low Earth (SSO )
Climatology 4 March Launch failure
⚀ KySat-1
Kentucky Space
Intended: Low Earth
Technology demonstration
⚀ Hermes
Colorado
Intended: Low Earth
Technology demonstration
⚀ Explorer-1 [PRIME]
Montana State
Intended: Low Earth
Radiation
All payloads CubeSats except Glory, which would have been part of the A-train constellation. Fairing failed to separate.
5 March Atlas V 501
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
United Launch Alliance
USA-226 (X-37B FLT-2 )
U.S. Air Force
Low Earth
Technology demonstration 16 June 2012 12:48[17] [18] Successful
11 March Delta IV-M+ (4,2)
Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
United Launch Alliance
USA-227 (SDS-3 )
NRO
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
NRO Launch 27
4 April [19] [20] Soyuz-FG
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Soyuz TMA-21
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
Expedition 27 /28 16 September 03:59:39 Successful
9 April Long March 3A
Xichang LC-3
CNSA
Compass-IGSO3
CNSA
IGSO
Navigation In orbit
Operational
14 April Atlas V 411[21]
Vandenberg SLC-3E
United Launch Alliance
USA-229 (NOSS )
NRO
Low Earth
ELINT In orbit
Operational
USA-229 (NOSS )
NRO
Low Earth
ELINT In orbit
Operational
NRO Launch 34
20 April [22] [23] [24] PSLV
Satish Dhawan FLP
ISRO
Resourcesat-2
ISRO
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
YouthSat
ISRO / MGU
Low Earth (SSO )
Education
In orbit
Operational
X-Sat
CREST
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
22 April [25] [26] [27] Ariane 5 ECA [28]
Kourou ELA-3
Arianespace
Yahsat 1A
Yahsat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
New Dawn [29] Intelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Partial spacecraft failure
New Dawn's C-Band antenna failed to deploy.
27 April Soyuz-U
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Progress M-10M / 42P
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 29 October 13:00:31 Successful
4 May [30] Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
Plesetsk Site 43/4
RVSN RF
Meridian 4
VKS
Medium Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
7 May Atlas V 401
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
United Launch Alliance
USA-230 (SBIRS-GEO 1 )
U.S. Air Force
Geosynchronous
Missile defense In orbit
Operational
16 May Space Shuttle Endeavour
Kennedy LC-39A
United Space Alliance
STS-134
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 1 June 06:35 Successful
AMS-02 [15] NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
Cosmic-ray observatory In orbit
Operational
ExPRESS-3
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics In orbit
Operational
Crewed flight, final flight of Endeavour .
20 May [32] Proton-M /Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 200/39
International Launch Services
Telstar 14R
Telesat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Partial spacecraft failure
Second solar panel failed to deploy due to tangled cable[31]
20 May [33] Ariane 5 ECA
Kourou ELA-3
Arianespace
ST-2
SingTel / Chunghwa
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
INSAT-4G/GSAT-8 [34] ISRO
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
7 June Soyuz-FG
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Soyuz TMA-02M
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
Expedition 28 /29 22 November 02:26 Successful
10 June Delta II 7320
Vandenberg SLC-2W
United Launch Alliance
SAC-D
CONAE / NASA
Low Earth (SSO )
Oceanography In orbit
Operational
Final scheduled flight of Delta II 7300 series; spacecraft carrying NASA's Aquarius instrument.
15 June [citation needed
Safir-1A
Semnan LP-1
ISA
Rasad 1
ISA
Low Earth
Earth observation 6 July 2011 Successful
20 June [35] Long March 3B
Xichang LC-2
CNSA
ChinaSat 10
China Satellite Communications
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
21 June Soyuz-U
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Progress M-11M / 43P
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 1 September 10:21:41 Successful
27 June [36] Soyuz-U
Plesetsk Site 16/2
VKS
Kosmos 2472 (Kobalt-M No.7)
VKS
Low Earth
Reconnaissance 24 October Successful
30 June Minotaur I
MARS LP-0B
Orbital Sciences
USA-231 (ORS-1)
ORSO
Low Earth
Earth observation 12 March 2018[37] Successful
6 July [38] Long March 2C
Jiuquan SLS-2
CNSA
Shijian 11-03
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
8 July Space Shuttle Atlantis
Kennedy LC-39A
United Space Alliance
STS-135
NASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 21 July 2011 09:57 Successful
Raffaelo MPLMNASA
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics Successful
PSSC-2
U.S. Air Force
Low Earth
Technology demonstration 8 December Successful
Crewed flight, final flight of Atlantis and of Space Shuttle programme .
11 July [39] [40] Long March 3C
Xichang LC-2
CNSA
Tianlian I-02 (1B)
CNSA
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
13 July [41] [42] Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
Baikonur Site 31/6
Starsem
Globalstar M081
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M083
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M085
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M088
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M089
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M091
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
15 July PSLV-XL
Satish Dhawan FLP
ISRO
GSAT-12
ISRO
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
15 July Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 200/39
International Launch Services
SES-3
SES World Skies (July–September)SES S.A. (September—)
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
KazSat-2
JSC KazSat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
16 July Delta IV -M+ (4,2)
Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
United Launch Alliance
USA-232 (GPS-IIF-2 )
U.S. Air Force
Medium Earth
Navigation In orbit
Operational
18 July [43] Zenit-3F
Baikonur Site 45/1
Roscosmos
Spektr-R (RadioAstron)
Roscosmos
High Earth
Radio astronomy 30 May 2019 Successful
Russian scientific satellite with a 10 m (33 ft ) radio telescope on board. Together with some of the largest ground-based radio telescopes, the Spektr-R formed interferometric baselines extending up to 350,000 km (220,000 mi ).
26 July [44] Long March 3A
Xichang LC-3
CNSA
Compass-IGSO4
CNSA
IGSO
Navigation In orbit
Operational
29 July [45] Long March 2C
Jiuquan SLS-2
CNSA
Shijian 11-02
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
5 August [46] Atlas V 551
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
United Launch Alliance
Juno
NASA
Jovicentric
Jupiter orbiter In orbit
Operational
6 August [47] Ariane 5 ECA
Kourou ELA-3
Arianespace
Astra 1N
SES Astra (August–September)SES S.A. (September—)
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
BSAT-3c / JCSAT-110R
BSAT / JSAT
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
11 August [48] Long March 3B/E
Xichang LC-2
CNSA
Paksat-1R
SUPARCO
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
15 August [49] Long March 4B
Taiyuan LC-2
CNSA
Hai Yang 2A
CAST
Low Earth (SSO )
Oceanography In orbit
Operational
17 August [50] Dnepr
Dombarovsky Site 13
ISC Kosmotras
Sich-2
NKAU
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
NigeriaSat-2
NASRDA
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
NigeriaSat-X
NASRDA
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
RASAT
TÜBİTAK
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Successful
EduSAT
GAUSS Srl
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
AprizeSat-5
exactEarth
Low Earth (SSO )
Communications In orbit
Operational
AprizeSat-6
exactEarth
Low Earth (SSO )
Communications In orbit
Operational
BPA-2
Hartron-Arkos
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Successful
17 August [52] Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 200/39
Khrunichev
Ekspress AM-4
RSCC
Intended: Geosynchronous GTO
Communications 25 March 2012 Launch failure
Briz-M upper stage failed before the planned fourth burn. An insufficient time slot was allocated for re-setting the gyroscopes of the upper stage control system before launch, which led to loss of adequate attitude control in flight.[51]
18 August [54] Long March 2C
Jiuquan SLS-2
CNSA
Shijian 11-04
CNSA
Intended: Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration 18 August Launch failure
Failed to reach orbit. Second stage's vernier engine support structure failed in flight, led to loss of attitude control.[53]
24 August [56] Soyuz-U
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Progress M-12M / 44P
Roscosmos
Intended: Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 24 August Launch failure
Third stage engine failure 325 seconds after launch due to the gas generator fuel supply pipeline being blocked by contaminants.[55]
September [ edit ]
10 September 13:08:52 [57] Delta II 7920H
Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
United Launch Alliance
GRAIL-A (Ebb)
NASA
Selenocentric
Lunar orbiter 17 December 2012 22:28:51[58] Successful
GRAIL-B (Flow)
NASA
Selenocentric
Lunar orbiter 17 December 2012 22:29:21[58] Successful
Final launch of Delta II Heavy, final Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral, and last launch from SLC-17.
18 September [59] Long March 3B/E
Xichang LC-2
CNSA
Chinasat-1A
China Satcom
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
20 September Proton-M / Briz-M
Baikonur Site 81/24
Khrunichev
Kosmos 2473 (Garpun #1 )
VKS
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
21 September Ariane 5 ECA
Kourou ELA-3
Arianespace
Arabsat 5C
Arabsat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
SES-2
SES S.A.
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
23 September H-IIA
Tanegashima LA-Y1
MHI
IGS Optical 4
CSICE
Low Earth (SSO )
Reconnaissance In orbit
Successful[60]
24 September Zenit-3SL
Ocean Odyssey
Sea Launch
Atlantic Bird 7
Eutelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
27 September Minotaur IV+
Kodiak LP-1
Orbital Sciences
TacSat-4
U.S. Air Force
Highly elliptical
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
29 September [61] Long March 2F/G
T1
Jiuquan SLS-1
CNSA
Tiangong-1
CMSA
Low Earth
Space station 2 April 2018 00:16[62] Successful
Maiden flight of Long March 2F/G, first Chinese space station prototype.
29 September [63] Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 200/39
International Launch Services
QuetzSat 1
SES Satellite Leasing
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
Intended for lease to QuetzSat .
October [ edit ]
2 October Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Plesetsk Site 43/4
RVSN RF
Kosmos 2474 (Glonass-M 742 )
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation In orbit
Operational
5 October Zenit-3SLB
Baikonur Site 45/1
Land Launch
Intelsat 18
Intelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
7 October Long March 3B/E
Xichang LC-2
CNSA
Eutelsat W3C
Eutelsat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
12 October PSLV-CA
Satish Dhawan FLP
ISRO
Megha-Tropiques [64] ISRO / CNES
Low Earth
Climatology 7 March 2023[65] Successful
SRMSAT
SRM
Low Earth
Climatology In orbit
Operational
VesselSat-1
Luxspace
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
⚀ Jugnu
IITK
Low Earth
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
19 October Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 200/39
International Launch Services
ViaSat-1
ViaSat -IOM / ManSat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
21 October[66] [67] Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT
Kourou ELS
Arianespace
Galileo IOV 1
ESA
Medium Earth
Navigation / Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
Galileo IOV 2
ESA
Medium Earth
Navigation / Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
First Soyuz launch from Kourou.
28 October Delta II 7920-10
Vandenberg SLC-2W
United Launch Alliance
NPP
NASA / NOAA
Low Earth
Meteorology In orbit
Operational
⚀ AubieSat 1
Auburn University
Low Earth
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
⚀ DICE-1
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Low Earth
Magnetospheric research In orbit
Operational
⚀ DICE-2
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Low Earth
Magnetospheric research In orbit
Operational
⚀ E1P-U2
Montana State
Low Earth
Radiation In orbit
Operational
⚀ M-Cubed
University of Michigan
Low Earth
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
⚀ RAX-2
University of Michigan
Low Earth
Auroral In orbit
Operational
30 October Soyuz-U
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Progress M-13M / 45P
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
ISS logistics 25 January 2012 Successful
Chibis-M (RS-39)
IKI
Low Earth
Ionospheric research 15 October 2014 Successful
31 October Long March 2F
Y8
Jiuquan SLS-1
CNSA
Shenzhou 8
CMSA
Low Earth (Tiangong-1 )
Technology demonstration 17 November 11:36 Successful
Shenzhou-8-GC
CMSA
Low Earth (Tiangong-1 )
Technology demonstration 2 April 2012 Successful
Uncrewed flight, first Chinese orbital docking.
November [ edit ]
4 November [68] Proton-M / Briz-M
Baikonur Site 81/24
Khrunichev
Kosmos 2475 (Glonass-M 743 )
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation In orbit
Operational
Kosmos 2476 (Glonass-M 744 )
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation In orbit
Operational
Kosmos 2477 (Glonass-M 745 )
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation In orbit
Operational
8 November Zenit-2M
Baikonur Site 45/1
Roscosmos
Fobos-Grunt
Roscosmos
Intended: Areocentric Low Earth
Phobos sample return 15 January 2012 Spacecraft failure
Yinghuo-1
CNSA
Intended: Areocentric Low Earth
Mars orbiter
First Russian attempt at an interplanetary mission since 1996.[69] [70]
9 November [71] Long March 4B
Taiyuan LC-2
CNSA
Yaogan 12
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Reconnaissance In orbit
Operational
Tian Xun 1
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration 7 February 2016[72] Successful
14 November [73] Soyuz-FG
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Soyuz TMA-22
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
Expedition 29 /30 27 April 2012 Successful
20 November [74] Long March 2D
Jiuquan SLS-2
CNSA
Shiyan 4
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
Chuang Xin 1C
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Technology demonstration In orbit
Operational
25 November Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 200/39
International Launch Services
AsiaSat 7
AsiaSat
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
26 November Atlas V 541
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
United Launch Alliance
Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity NASA
TMI to Martian Surface
Mars rover 6 August 2012 05:18 Successful[2]
Maiden flight of Atlas V 541, largest Mars rover yet launched.
28 November Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Plesetsk Site 43/4
RVSN RF
Kosmos 2478 (Glonass-M 746 )
VKS
Medium Earth
Navigation In orbit
Operational
29 November [75] Long March 2C
Taiyuan LC-2
CNSA
Yaogan 13
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Reconnaissance In orbit
Operational
December [ edit ]
1 December [76] Long March 3A
Xichang LC-3
CNSA
Compass-IGSO5
CNSA
IGSO
Navigation In orbit
Operational
11 December Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
Baikonur Site 81/24
Roscosmos
Luch 5A
Gonets Satellite System
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
Amos-5
SCL
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
12 December H-IIA
Tanegashima LA-Y1
MHI
IGS Radar 3
CSICE
Low Earth (SSO )
Reconnaissance (radar)In orbit
Operational
17 December Soyuz ST-A / Fregat
Kourou ELS
Arianespace
Pléiades-HR 1A
CNES
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
FASat-Charlie (SSOT)
MDN
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
ELISA 1
CNES / DGA
Low Earth (SSO )
ELINT In orbit
Operational
ELISA 2
CNES / DGA
Low Earth (SSO )
ELINT In orbit
Operational
ELISA 3
CNES / DGA
Low Earth (SSO )
ELINT In orbit
Operational
ELISA 4
CNES / DGA
Low Earth (SSO )
ELINT In orbit
Operational
19 December [77] Long March 3B/E
Xichang LC-2
CNSA
NigComSat-1R
NIGCOMSAT / NASRDA
Geosynchronous
Communications In orbit
Operational
21 December Soyuz-FG
Baikonur Site 1/5
Roscosmos
Soyuz TMA-03M
Roscosmos
Low Earth (ISS )
Expedition 30 /31 1 July 2012 08:14[78] Successful
22 December Long March 4B
Taiyuan LC-2
CNSA
Ziyuan 1-02C
CNSA
Low Earth (SSO )
Earth observation In orbit
Operational
23 December Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Plesetsk Site 43/4
VKO
Meridian 5
VKO
Intended: Molniya
Communications 23 December Launch failure
Third stage engine malfunctioned 421 seconds after launch, failed to reach orbit; first launch conducted by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
28 December Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
Baikonur Site 31/6
Starsem
Globalstar M080
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M082
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M084
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M086
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M090
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Globalstar M092
Globalstar
Low Earth
Communications In orbit
Operational
Suborbital flights [ edit ]
Date and time (UTC )
Rocket
Flight number
Launch site
LSP
Payload CubeSat )
Operator
Orbit
Function
Decay (UTC)
Outcome
Remarks
22 January [79] Terrier-Oriole
MDA
MDA
Suborbital
Radar target
22 January Successful
Aegis Radar target, not intercepted, Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
28 January [80] Black Brant IX
Poker Flat
NASA
Colorado
Suborbital
Astronomy
28 January Spacecraft failure[80]
5 February [80]
Polar NOx
VPI
Suborbital
Geospace
5 February Spacecraft failure[80]
February[79]
Shahab-3
IRGC
IGRC
Suborbital
Missile test
February Successful
Two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired into the Indian Ocean prior to 19 February[citation needed
February[79]
Sejjil-2
IGRC
Suborbital
Missile test
February Successful
Two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired into the Indian Ocean prior to 19 February[citation needed
1 March [79] UGM-133 Trident II D5
USS Nevada , Pacific Ocean
US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
1 March Successful
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 22 (DASO-22)
2 March [79] Juno
Fort Wingate LC-96
U.S. Army
U.S. Army
Suborbital
Target
2 March Successful
Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted
9 March[79]
MDA
MDA
Suborbital
Radar target
9 March Successful
Tracked by STSS satellites
11 March
Dhanush
Indian Ocean
DRDO
DRDO
Suborbital
Target
11 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
11 March
Prithvi II
DRDO
DRDO
Suborbital
Missile test
11 March Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
15 March[79]
Kavoshgar
Semnan
ISA
Kavoshgar-4
ISA
Suborbital
Biological
15 March Successful
Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi )
16 March[79]
MDA
MDA
Suborbital
Radar target
16 March Successful
Tracked by both STSS Demo satellites
23 March [80]
CU Boulder
Suborbital
SDO calibration[81] 23 March Successful[80]
29 March [82] VSB-30
Esrange
EuroLaunch
TEXUS -49
DLR/ESA
Suborbital
Microgravity
29 March Successful
Apogee: 268 kilometres (167 mi )
15 April [79] UGM-96 Trident I C4 (LV-2)[83] FTM-15
Meck
MDA
MDA
Suborbital
ABM target
15 April Successful
15 April [79] RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
FTM-15
USS O'Kane , Pacific Ocean
FTM-15
US Navy
Suborbital
ABM test
15 April Successful
First intercept of an IRBM by an SM-3 (FTM-15 Stellar Charon )
26 April[79]
R-29RMU Sineva
Ekaterinburg , Barents Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
26 April Successful
27 April [80]
Poker Flat
NASA
WFF
Suborbital
Test flight
27 April Successful[80]
6 May[84] [85] Tianying 3C
Hainan
CNSA
Kunpeng-1
CSSAR
Suborbital
Environment monitoring
23:09 Successful
Apogee: 196.6 kilometres (122.2 mi ).
11 May [79] Improved Orion
Barreira do Inferno
AEB
INPE
Suborbital
Microgravity
11 May Successful
20 May [citation needed
SpaceLoft XL
Spaceport America
UP Aerospace
Suborbital
Technology demonstration 20 May Successful
Goddard
Celestis
Suborbital
Space burial
Successful
Apogee: 118.3 kilometres (73.5 mi ), successfully recovered.
20 May [79] R-29RMU2.1 Layner
Ekaterinburg , Barents Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
20 May Successful
Maiden flight of Layner missile
10 June [80] Terrier-Orion
SubTec IV [79] GSFC
Suborbital
Technology demonstration 10 June Successful[80]
22 June LGM-30G Minuteman III
Vandenberg LF-10
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Suborbital
Test flight
22 June Successful
23 June [80]
RockOn
Colorado
Suborbital
Student experiments
23 June Successful[80]
28 June [79] RSM-56 Bulava
Yuri Dolgorukiy , White Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
28 June Successful
28 June[79]
Shahab-1
IGRC
Suborbital
Missile test
28 June Successful
Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
28 June[79]
IRGC
Suborbital
Missile test
28 June Successful
Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
28 June[79]
Shahab-2
IRGC
Suborbital
Missile test
28 June Successful
Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
28 June[79]
IRGC
Suborbital
Missile test
28 June Successful
Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
28 June[79]
Ghadr-1 [79]
IRGC
Suborbital
Missile test
28 June Successful
Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi )
9 July [79] SRALT
C-17 , Pacific Ocean
MDA
MDA
Suborbital
Radar target
9 July Successful
Tracked by STSS Demo satellites
9 July [80]
LA-2 [79]
NASA
Suborbital
Geospace
9 July Successful[80]
9 July [80]
[79]
NASA
Suborbital
Geospace
9 July Successful[80]
11 July [79] Gradicom II
Chamical
CITEFA
CITEFA
Suborbital
Test flight
11 July Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi )
21 July [86] Nike -Improved Orion
PHOCUS
Stockholm /SSC
Suborbital
Atmospheric
21 July Successful
21 July [80]
RockSat-X
Wallops Flight Facility
Suborbital
Student experiments
21 July Successful[80]
27 July [79]
Vandenberg LF-04
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Suborbital
Test flight
27 July Launch failure
An anomaly was detected five minutes after launch and the flight was terminated.
27 July[79]
Ekaterinburg , Barents Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
27 July Successful
11 August [79] Minotaur IV Lite
Vandenberg SLC-8
HTV-2b
U.S. Air Force
Suborbital
Technology demonstration 11 August Spacecraft failure
Second flight of the HTV-2, loss of contact approximately 20 minutes after launch at Mach 20.
27 August [79]
Yuri Dolgorukiy , White Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
27 August Successful
1 September [79] FTM-16 E2
MDA
MDA
Suborbital
ABM target
1 September Successful
SM-3 Block 1B target
1 September [79] FTM-16 E2
USS Lake Erie , Pacific Ocean
US Navy
Suborbital
ABM test
1 September Spacecraft failure
First launch of SM-3 Block 1B, intercept failed
3 September [79] RS-12M Topol
Plesetsk
RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
3 September Successful
15 September[87]
Kavoshgar-5
ISA
Suborbital
Biological
15 September Launch failure
First Iranian attempt to launch a monkey into space; failed to reach orbit
26 September[88] [79] Prithvi II
IC-3 [79] DRDO
DRDO
Suborbital
Missile test
27 September Successful
27 September [87] RS-26 Rubezh
Plesetsk
RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
27 September Launch failure
29 September[citation needed
Tula , Barents Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
30 September Successful
30 September [89] Agni-II
ITR IC-4 [79] Indian Army
Indian Army
Suborbital
Missile test
30 September Successful
Travelled 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi ) downrange
5 October [79] FTT-12
MDA
U.S. Army / MDA
Suborbital
ABM target
5 October Successful
Intercepted by THAAD missile
5 October [79] R-17 Elbrus
FTT-12
Barking Sands
U.S. Army
U.S. Army / MDA
Suborbital
ABM target
5 October Successful
Intercepted by THAAD missile
5 October [79] THAAD
FTT-12
U.S. Army
U.S. Army / MDA
Suborbital
ABM test
5 October Successful
Intercepted target missile
5 October [79] FTT-12
U.S. Army
U.S. Army / MDA
Suborbital
ABM test
5 October Successful
Intercepted target missile
8 October [80]
PICTURE
Boston
Suborbital
Astronomy
8 October Spacecraft failure[80]
11 October [80]
Colorado
Suborbital
Geospace
11 October Successful[80]
13 October [80]
Andøya
Colorado
Suborbital
Geospace
13 October[80] Successful
28 October [79]
Yuri Dolgorukiy , White Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
28 October Successful
2 November [79] Jericho III
Palmachim
Israeli Air Force
Israeli Air Force
Suborbital
Missile test
2 November Successful
3 November [79] RS-12M Topol
Plesetsk
RVSN
RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
3 November Successful
6 November [80]
White Sands
NASA
XQC F5
Wisconsin
Suborbital
Astronomy
6 November Successful[80]
15 November [90] Agni IV
Indian Army
Suborbital
Missile test
15 November Successful
17 November UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)
LC-42
U.S. Air Force
AHW Flight 1A
U.S. Army
Suborbital
Technology demonstration 17 November Successful
25 November [79]
INPE
Suborbital
Microgravity
25 November Successful
27 November [91]
TEXUS -48
DLR/ESA
Suborbital
Microgravity
27 November Successful
2 December [79] VS-30
INPE
Suborbital
Microgravity
2 December Successful
3 December [79]
Ny-Ålesund
ICI-3 (CanoRock 4 )
Oslo /Andøya
Suborbital
Atmospheric
3 December Successful[92]
10 December [93]
Colorado
Suborbital
Astronomy
10 December Successful
19 December [94] S-310
Uchinoura
JAXA/TPU /TU
Suborbital
Ionospheric
19 December Successful
19 December
MN-300
Kapustin Yar
Rosgidromet
Rosgidromet
Suborbital
Meteorology
19 December Successful
Maiden flight of MN-300
23 December
Yuri Dolgorukiy , White Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
23 December Successful
23 December
Yuri Dolgorukiy , White Sea
VMF
Suborbital
Missile test
23 December Successful
27 December RS-18 UR-100N
Baikonur
RVSN
Suborbital
Missile test
27 December Successful
? UGM-133 Trident II D5
USS ? , Pacific Ocean
US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
? Successful
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 44
? UGM-133 Trident II D5
USS ? , Pacific Ocean
US Navy
Suborbital
Missile test
? Launch failure
Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 44 ?
Deep space rendezvous [ edit ]
Date (UTC )
Spacecraft
Event
Remarks
9 January
Mars Express
Flyby of Phobos
Closest approach: 100 kilometres (62 mi ). Mars Express made a total of 8 flybys of Phobos at a distance of less than 1,400 kilometres (870 mi ) between 20 December and 16 January.
9 January
Artemis P1
Spacecraft left LL2 orbit and joined Artemis P2 in LL1 orbit
11 January
Cassini
3rd flyby of Rhea
Closest approach: 76 kilometres (47 mi )[95]
15 February
Stardust (NExT )Flyby of Tempel 1
Closest approach: 181 kilometres (112 mi ). Observed changes since Deep Impact flyby and imaged crater created by Deep Impact impactor, as well as new terrain.
18 February
Cassini
74th flyby of Titan
Closest approach: 3,651 kilometres (2,269 mi )
18 March
MESSENGER Hermocentric orbit injectionFirst artificial satellite of Mercury; elliptical orbit with a periapsis of 200 kilometers (120 mi ) and an apoapsis of 15,000 km (9,300 mi ).[96]
19 April
Cassini
75th flyby of Titan
Closest approach: 10,053 kilometres (6,247 mi )
8 May
Cassini
76th flyby of Titan
Closest approach: 1,873 kilometres (1,164 mi )
8 June
Chang'e 2
Departed lunar orbit
Travelled to L2 Lagrangian point , which it reached in August 2011.[97]
20 June
Cassini
77th flyby of Titan
Closest approach: 1,359 kilometres (844 mi )
27 June
Artemis P1
Lunar orbit insertion
Initial orbital parameters were: apogee 3,543 kilometres (2,202 mi ), perigee 27,000 kilometres (17,000 mi ). Over the following three months, the orbit was lowered to an apogee of 97 kilometres (60 mi ) and a perigee of 18,000 kilometres (11,000 mi ), with an inclination of 20 degrees; retrograde orbit.
16 July
Dawn Vestiocentric orbit injection
First artificial satellite of 4 Vesta.[98] mi ) high and was reduced to 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi ) until 11 August.
17 July
Artemis P2
Lunar orbit insertion
Initial orbital parameters were similar to Artemis P1. Over the following three months the orbit was lowered to an apogee of 97 kilometres (60 mi ) and a perigee of 18,000 kilometres (11,000 mi ), with an inclination of 20 degrees; prograde orbit.
25 August
Cassini
Second-closest flyby of Hyperion [99]
Closest approach: 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi )
12 September
Cassini
78th flyby of Titan
Closest approach: 5,821 kilometres (3,617 mi )
16 September
Cassini
Flyby of Hyperion
Closest approach: 58,000 kilometres (36,000 mi )
1 October
Cassini
14th flyby of Enceladus
Closest approach: 99 kilometres (62 mi )
19 October
Cassini
15th flyby of Enceladus
Closest approach: 1,231 kilometres (765 mi )
6 November
Cassini
16th flyby of Enceladus
Closest approach: 496 kilometres (308 mi )
12 December
Cassini
3rd flyby of Dione
Closest approach: 99 kilometres (62 mi )
13 December
Cassini
79th flyby of Titan
Closest approach: 3,586 kilometres (2,228 mi )
31 December
GRAIL-A
Lunar orbit insertion
Twin satellite Grail-B's insertion occurred a day later, on 1 January 2012.
Start Date/Time
Duration
End Time
Spacecraft
Crew
Remarks
21 January
5 hours23 minutes
15:49
Expedition 26 ISS Pirs Dmitri Kondratyev Oleg Skripochka
Prepared the ISS Poisk module for future dockings.[100]
16 February
6 hours23 minutes
18:15
Expedition 26 ISS Pirs Dmitri Kondratyev Oleg Skripochka
Installed a radio antenna, deployed a nanosatellite , installed two experiments and retrieved two exposure panels on a third experiment.
28 February
6 hours34 minutes
22:20
STS-133 ISS Quest Stephen Bowen Alvin Drew
Removed a failed coolant pump and routed a power extension cable.
2 March
6 hours14 minutes
21:55
STS-133 ISS Quest
Stephen Bowen Alvin Drew
Removed or repaired thermal insulation, swapped out an attachment bracket on the Columbus
20 May
6 hours19 minutes
13:29
STS-134 ISS Quest Andrew Feustel Gregory Chamitoff
Completed installation of a new set of MISSE experiments, started installing a new wireless video system, installed an ammonia jumper, a new light on the CETA cart on the S3 truss segment, and a cover on the starboard SARJ.
22 May
8 hours07 minutes
14:12
STS-134 ISS Quest Andrew Feustel Michael Fincke
Hooked up a jumper to transfer ammonia to the Port 6 PVTCS, lubricated the SARJ and one of the "hands" on Dextre , and installed a stowage beam on the S1 truss.
25 May
6 hours54 minutes
12:37
STS-134 ISS Quest Andrew Feustel Michael Fincke
Installed PDGF (except for data cable), routed power cables from Unity to Zarya Zarya 's thrusters and captured infrared video of an experiment in ELC 3.
27 May
7 hours24 minutes
11:39
STS-134 ISS Quest Gregory Chamitoff Mike Fincke
Installed OBSS on S1 truss, removed the EFGF and replaced it with a spare PDGF, and released some torque on the bolts that were holding the spare arm for Dextre down against ELC 3. Final shuttle spacewalk.[101]
12 July
6 hours31 minutes
19:53
Expedition 28 ISS Quest Ronald Garan Michael Fossum
Moved a failed cooling pump from the station to the shuttle Atlantis , transferred a robotic refuelling apparatus from the shuttle to the ISS, installed a materials science experiment on the station's truss, serviced a robot arm attachment fitting, installed a thermal cover over the unused docking port PMA-3, and fixed a protruding wire on a grapple fixture on the Zarya module.
3 August
6 hours22 minutes
21:22
Expedition 28 ISS Pirs Sergei Volkov Aleksandr Samokutyayev
Launched Kedr satellite, installed BIORISK experiment outside Pirs
Orbital launch statistics [ edit ]
By country [ edit ]
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket , not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.
By rocket [ edit ]
10
15
20
Atlas
Delta
H-II
Long March
Minotaur
PSLV
R-7
Shuttle
UR
Zenit
Others
By family [ edit ]
By type [ edit ]
By configuration [ edit ]
By spaceport [ edit ]
10
15
20
25
30
France
India
International waters
Iran
Japan
Kazakhstan
Russia
United States
By orbit [ edit ]
20
30
40
Low Earth
Medium Earth
Geosynchronous / transfer
High Earth
Heliocentric
Transatmospheric
Low Earth
Low Earth (ISS)
Low Earth (SSO)
Low Earth (retrograde)
Medium Earth
Geosychronous
Inclined GSO
High Earth
Heliocentric
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now" .
Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)" . CelesTrak. [dead link
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches" .
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report" . Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022 .
McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log" .
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive" .
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica" .
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive" .
Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web" .
"ISS Calendar" . Spaceflight 101 .
"NSSDCA Master Catalog" . NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive . NASA Goddard Space Flight Center .
"Space Calendar" . NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory .[dead link
"Space Information Center" . JAXA .[dead link
"Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
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