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Long March 4C | Fengyun-3C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 23, 2013, 3:07 a.m.
Antares 110 | Cygnus Orb-1 (S.S. G. David Low)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Sept. 18, 2013, 2:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the demonstration mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Service agreement with Orbital Sciences. The unmanned Cygnus cargo vessel delivered approximately 700kg of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
Low Earth Orbit
Atlas V 531 | AEHF-3 (USA-246)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 18, 2013, 8:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the third satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Epsilon | Hisaki (SPRINT-A)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JapanUchinoura Space Center, Japan
Sept. 14, 2013, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Hisaki, also known as the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) is a Japanese ultraviolet astronomy satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Hisaki carries an extreme ultraviolet spectrometer which will be used to study the composition of the atmospheres and the behavior of the magnetospheres of the planets of the Solar System.
Low Earth Orbit
Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-14, Gonets M-16, Gonets M-17
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 11, 2013, 11:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.
Low Earth Orbit
Minotaur V | LADEE
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Sept. 7, 2013, 3:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced like "laddie") was a robotic mission that orbited the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.
Lunar Orbit
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise PF02
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
Sept. 5, 2013, noon
Long March 4C | Yaogan 17A, B & C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 1, 2013, 7:16 p.m.
Zenit-3SLB | Amos-4
Land Launch | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 31, 2013, 8:05 p.m.
Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 & GSAT-7
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 29, 2013, 8:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 is built by SSL and operates in geostationary orbit at 25.5 degrees East. GSAT-7 is a multi-band military communications satellite developed by ISRO for the Indian Navy. It operates at 74 drgees East.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
