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Falcon 1 | Flight 3

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Trailblazer, PRESat, NanoSail-D and a Celestis payload were part of the rideshare on the 3rd Falcon 1 launch.

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0003 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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Soyuz 2.1b | Persona 1

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 26, 2008, 6:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 2008, 2:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

German military radar reconnaissance spacecraft

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | Echostar XI

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
July 16, 2008, 5:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American geostationary direct broadcasting satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Badr-6 & ProtoStar I

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 7, 2008, 9:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Badr-6 is a satellite as part of the fourth generation of Arab communication satellites. It is inteded to create an integration of social and cultaral activities among the Arab League countries. Protostar I is a satellite built by SSL and operated at 98.5 degrees East providing communications.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Proton | US-KMO 7

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 26, 2008, 11:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II 7320 | Jason-2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 20, 2008, 7:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A joint mission between NASA and CNES. It's mission, to survey and monitor sea surface height.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Orbcomm FM 37 to 41 & CDS 3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 19, 2008, 6:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

LEO communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Türksat 3A & Skynet 5C

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 12, 2008, 10:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Turksat 3A is a Turkish communications satellite operated by Turksat. Providing communication services to Turkey, Europe and the Middle East from geostationary orbit at 42 degrees East. Skynet 5C is a military commications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications. It is located at 17.8 degrees West.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Delta II 7920H-10C | GLAST

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 11, 2008, 4:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A joint mission between NASA, USA Department of Energy and government agencies of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden. Its mission to suvery astrophysical and cosmological phenomena, also has instruments to study Gamma-ray bursts.

Low Earth Orbit
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