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LVM-3 | CARE (Demo Flight)
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Dec. 18, 2014, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The CARE is a mock-up of the planned Indian crewed space capsule. Its mission is to study re-entry and thermal behaviour. CARE does not have the pressure-vessel of the final capsule, but is only a structural mock-up. It will re-enter and land in the bay of Bengal to be retrieved. For the suborbital flight, it is mounted upside-down inside the payload fairing. This launch uses a non-functional 2nd stage. CARE separates from the launch vehicle after 1st stage shutdown.
Suborbital
Proton-M Briz-M | Yamal-401
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 15, 2014, 12:16 a.m.
Atlas V 541 | NROL-35 (USA-259)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 13, 2014, 3:19 a.m.
Long March 4C | Yaogan 25A, Yaogan 25B, Yaogan 25C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 10, 2014, 7:33 p.m.
Long March 4B | CBERS-4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 7, 2014, 3:26 a.m.
Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-14 & GSAT-16
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 6, 2014, 8:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
DirecTV 14 is the first satellite oferring Ultra-HD 4k television services using Reverse DBS. It operates at 99 degrees West delivering service to the US and Puerto Rico. GSAT-16 is an Indian communication satellite to enhance satellite based telecommunication, television and VSAT services in India.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Delta IV Heavy | EFT-1
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 5, 2014, 12:05 p.m.
H-IIA 202 | Hayabusa-2
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Dec. 3, 2014, 4:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, "Peregrine falcon 2") is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. It follows on from the Hayabusa mission which returned asteroid samples in June 2010. Hayabusa2 carries multiple science payloads for remote sensing, sampling, and four small rovers that investigated the asteroid surface to inform the environmental and geological context of the samples collected.
Heliocentric N/A
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2501)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 2014, 9:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.
Medium Earth Orbit
Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-15M
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 23, 2014, 9:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-15M begins expedition 42 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov alongside Flight Engineers, Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) & Terry W. Virts (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 11 June 2015 13:44 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
