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Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 19, 2012, 9:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Skynet 5D is a military communications satellite operated by Astrium Services on behalf of the British Ministry of Defence. It operates in a geostationary orbit at 25 degrees East. Mexsat-3 is part of the MEXSAT telecommunications network and occupies 114.9 degrees West. It provides broadband, high quality telephony and much more for Mexico.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-07M
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 19, 2012, 12:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-07M begins expedition 34 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Roman Romanenko alongside Flight Engineers, Chris Hadfield (CSA) & Thomas Marshburn (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 14 May 2013, 02:31 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF23
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
Dec. 19, 2012, noon
Long March 2D | Göktürk-2
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 18, 2012, 4:13 p.m.
Unha-3 | Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2
Korean Committee of Space Technology | North KoreaSohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Dec. 12, 2012, 12:49 a.m.
Atlas V 501 | OTV-3 (X-37B) (USA-240)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 11, 2012, 6:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
It is the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B vehicle and the third flight of the program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing. The specific identity of the spaceship's payload or the mission objectives were not revealed. The mission concluded after 674 days in orbit.
Low Earth Orbit
Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | Yamal-402
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 2012, 1:13 p.m.
Zenit 3SL | Eutelsat 70B
Sea Launch | RussiaSea Launch
Dec. 3, 2012, 8:43 p.m.
Soyuz STA/Fregat | Pléiades-HR 1B
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 2, 2012, 2:02 a.m.
Long March 3B/E | Zhongxing 12 / SupremeSAT-I
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nov. 27, 2012, 10:13 a.m.
