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Falcon 9 v1.1 | SpX CRS-6
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 14, 2015, 8:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the eighth Dragon spacecraft on the sixth operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Low Earth Orbit B1015 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions (Original)
Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-21, Gonets M-22, Gonets M-23, Kosmos 2504
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 2015, 1:47 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
Long March 3C / YZ-1 | BDS I1-S
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 30, 2015, 1:52 p.m.
PSLV XL | IRNSS-1D
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
March 28, 2015, 11:49 a.m.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L4 (FOC FM03-FM04)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 27, 2015, 9:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The 3rd and 4th Full Operational Capability satellites will be the 7th and 8th Galileo satellites launched, alongside the 2 FOC and 4 IOV spacecraft already in orbit. The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
Medium Earth Orbit
Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-16M
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 27, 2015, 7:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-16M begins expedition 43 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka alongside Flight Engineers, Scott Kelly & Mikhail Korniyenko will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 12 September 2015 00:51 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 5
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
March 26, 2015, 1:21 a.m.
Dnepr 1 | KOMPSat-3A
ISC Kosmotras | RussiaDombarovskiy, Russian Federation
March 25, 2015, 10:08 p.m.
Delta IV M+(4,2) | GPS IIF-9 (USA-260)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 25, 2015, 6:36 p.m.
Proton-M Briz-M | Ekspress AM7
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 18, 2015, 10:05 p.m.
