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Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C2 & Vinasat-1
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 18, 2008, 10:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Star One C2 is a Brazilian communications satellite located in Geostionary Orbit at 70 degrees West. Vinasat-1 is the first Vietnamese satellite to be placed into orbit. It provides telecommunications links that operates at 132 degrees East in Geostationary orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Pegasus XL | Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
April 16, 2008, 5:02 p.m.
Atlas V 421 | ICO G1
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 14, 2008, 8:12 p.m.
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-12
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 2008, 11:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-12 begins Expedition 17 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Volkov alongside Flight Engineers, Oleg Kononenko (RSA) & Yi So-Yeon (KAP - Korean Astronaut Program) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 24, 2008, 03:37 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 4
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 27, 2008, 5:16 p.m.
Zenit | DirecTV 11
Sea Launch | RussiaSea Launch
March 19, 2008, 10:47 p.m.
Delta II 7925-9.5 | GPS IIR-M-6 (USA-201)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 15, 2008, 6:10 a.m.
Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 14
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 14, 2008, 11:18 p.m.
Atlas V 411 | NROL-28 (USA-200)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 13, 2008, 10:02 a.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-123
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 11, 2008, 6:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-123 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-123 was the 1J/A ISS assembly mission. The original launch target date was 14 February 2008 but after the delay of STS-122, the shuttle was launched on 11 March 2008. It was the twenty-fifth shuttle mission to visit the ISS, and delivered the first module of the Japanese laboratory, Japanese Experiment Module (KibÅ), and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, (SPDM) Dextre robotics system to the station.
Low Earth Orbit
