2011 in spaceflight

none July 2023 January 2014 December 2021 2011 STS-135 landing cropped.jpg 104 lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility on 21 July 2011, completing the final mission of the Space Shuttle programme. 20 January 28 December 84 78 6 80 Zenit-3FLong March 2F/GAtlas V 541 Space ShuttleDelta II Heavy 7 28 10 Timeline of spaceflight 2010 2012 right on The year 2011 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight, including the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle after its final flight in July 2011, and the launch of China's first space station module, Tiangong-1, in September. A total of 84 orbital launches were conducted over the course of the year, of which 78 were successful. Russia, China and the United States conducted the majority of the year's orbital launches, with 35, 19 and 18 launches respectively; 2011 marked the first year that China conducted more successful launches than the United States.https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/china-rocket-launches/ China Now Tops U.S. in Space Launches Wired 16 April 2012 24 October 2012 Seven crewed missions were launched into orbit during 2011, carrying a total of 28 astronauts to the International Space Station. Additionally, the Zenit-3F and Long March 2F/G carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2011, while the Delta II Heavy made its last. 3 Overview of orbital spaceflight A total of 84 orbital launches were attempted in 2011, with 78 being reported as successful; 80 launches reached orbit. 35 launches were conducted using Russian and former Soviet rockets, whilst China launched 19 rockets, and the United States launched 18. Europe conducted five launches, India and Japan launched three rockets each, and Iran conducted one launch. Crewed launches Seven crewed spaceflights – four Soyuz and three Space Shuttle missions – were launched in 2011, carrying a total of 28 astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. At the beginning of the year, the Expedition 26 crew was aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The first crewed flight of 2011 was STS-133, the final flight of the Space Shuttle 103 no, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 24 February. STS-133 carried Leonardo, the final American pressurised module of the ISS, for installation. Discovery returned to Earth on 9 March. On 16 March, Expedition 27 began aboard the ISS with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft, which had been docked since October 2010. On 4 April, Soyuz TMA-21 launched to the space station, delivering a further three crewmembers. On 16 May, Space Shuttle 105 launched to the station on its final mission, STS-134, delivering and installing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, before returning to Earth on 1 June. Expedition 28 began aboard the ISS on 23 May with the departure of Soyuz TMA-20, which had been launched in December 2010, and landed in the early morning of 24 May. Three more crewmembers were launched to the space station aboard Soyuz TMA-02M on 7 June. The final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, began on 8 July with the launch of 104, carrying supplies for the ISS aboard the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). After resupplying the space station, Atlantis returned to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 09:57 UTC on 21 July, and concluding thirty years of Space Shuttle operations. Two days before landing, Atlantis deployed PSSC-2, the last satellite to be launched from a Space Shuttle. On 29 September, China launched its first space station module, Tiangong-1, which was placed into orbit by a Long March 2F/G carrier rocket flying from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. Although no crewed missions to Tiangong-1 were conducted in 2011, the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft, which was launched on 31 October, docked twice with the module to test its systems in preparation for a successful 2012 crewed docking. ISS Expedition 28 ended, and Expedition 29 began, with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-21 on 16 September. The launch of Soyuz TMA-22 did not take place until 14 November, having been delayed by reliability concerns surrounding the Soyuz rocket after an uncrewed launch failure in August. A week later, Soyuz TMA-02M undocked, beginning Expedition 30, with the Soyuz spacecraft landing on 22 November. The final crewed launch of the year took place on 21 December, when Soyuz TMA-03M was launched to bring a further three crewmembers to the ISS. Ten spacewalks were conducted in 2011, all of them by ISS or Space Shuttle astronauts. The final spacewalk by a Space Shuttle crew was conducted on 27 May, during the STS-134 mission. Robotic exploration Numerous scientific exploration missions were begun in 2011. In March 2011, the MESSENGER probe became the first artificial satellite of the planet Mercury. In July, the Dawn spacecraft became the first artificial satellite of the asteroid 4 Vesta. The Mars Science Laboratory – at the time, the largest Mars rover ever constructed – was launched in November, conducting a successful landing on Mars in August 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19144464 Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars BBC 6 August 2012 Launch failures Six orbital launches failed in 2011, four of which failed to achieve orbit and the remaining two reached lower orbits than expected. The first failure occurred on 1 February, when a Rokot with a Briz-KM upper stage placed Kosmos 2470 into a useless orbit, from which it could not recover. The failure was later traced to a software problem on the Briz-KM. The next failure occurred on 4 March, when the payload fairing of a Taurus-XL failed to separate, resulting in the rocket being too heavy to reach orbit. The Glory climate research satellite was lost in the failure, along with the KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1 [PRIME] CubeSats. The previous Taurus-XL launch, carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory in February 2009, also failed due to the fairing not separating. No more launch failures occurred until mid-August when, over the space of a week, three consecutive orbital launches failed. On 17 August, a Proton-M/Briz-M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the Ekspress-AM4 communications satellite. In the morning of 18 August, the rocket's upper stage failed to conduct the fourth of five planned burns due to an attitude control system malfunction, leaving the spacecraft in a parking orbit. Later that same day, a Long March 2C launched from Jiuquan carrying the Shijian XI-04 satellite. The second stage vernier engine's mounting suffered a structural failure, resulting in a loss of control, and the rocket failed to reach orbit. Finally, on 24 August, a Soyuz-U carrying the Progress M-12M cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station suffered a third-stage engine failure and also failed to attain orbit. The final launch failure of 2011 occurred on 23 December, when a Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat carrying the Meridian 5 satellite failed to achieve orbit due to a third-stage malfunction. Debris fell over Novosibirsk Oblast, with one piece hitting a house; however, no casualties were reported. In November 2011, Russia's Fobos-Grunt Martian sample return probe launched successfully, but experienced a malfunction post-launch and became stranded in orbit. The spacecraft, which was Russia's first attempt at an interplanetary mission since the 1996 Mars 96 mission, disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on 15 January 2012."Phobos-Grunt: Failed probe likely to return late Sunday". BBC. 15 January 2012."Phobos-Grunt: Failed Russian Mars Probe Falls to Earth". ABC News. 15 January 2012. China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, which was being carried by the same rocket as Fobos-Grunt, was also lost in the incident. Orbital launches 2011 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| January |- 1 20 January 12:29:01 UKR Zenit-3F KAZ Baikonur Site 45/1 RUS Roscosmos Maiden flight of Zenit-3F. RUS Elektro-L No.1 Roscosmos Geostationary Meteorology Operationalhttp://www.russianspaceweb.com/elektro.html Elektro-L RussianSpaceWeb.com 20 January 2011 7 January 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121130223651/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/elektro.html 30 November 2012 1 20 January 21:10United Launch Alliance Launches First West Coast Delta IV Heavy Mission http://ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/63 United Launch Alliance 21 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110609014723/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/63 9 June 2011 dead USA Delta IV-H USA Vandenberg SLC-6 USA United Launch Alliance NRO Launch 49, first Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg.Largest-Ever Rocket, With Secret Payload, Launched On West Coast 20 January 2011 http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/01/20/rocket-with-secret-payload-largest-ever-launched-on-west-coast/ CBS Radio 21 February 2011 USA USA-224 (KH-11) NRO Earth observation Low Earth Operational 1 22 January 05:37:57http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2011/01/20110122_h2bf2_e.html Launch Result of H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 with KOUNOTORI2 (HTV2) Onboard JAXA 22 January 2011 23 January 2011 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110123175907/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2011/01/20110122_h2bf2_e.html dead JPN H-IIB JPN Tanegashima LA-Y2 JPN JAXAJapan's rocket delivering supplies https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78030169/japans-rocket-delivering-supplies/ 20 May 2021 The Gazette Associated Press 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172206/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78030169/japans-rocket-delivering-supplies/ 20 May 2021 Tokyo P6 live Newspapers.com JPN Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) JAXA Low Earth (ISS) 30 March Successful ISS logistics 2 28 January 01:31:41 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-09M / 41P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful 26 April 13:22:53 RUS Kedr RKK Energia Low Earth Amateur radio 4 January 2012http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ARISSat_1_KEDR_Amateur_Radio_Satellite_Deorbits_999.html ARISSat-1/KEDR Amateur Radio Satellite Deorbits Spacedaily.com 27 March 2012 Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 February |- 1 1 February 14:00 RUS Rokot / Briz-KM RUS Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS VKS Upper stage malfunctioned due to problems with the flight software,ru:Военный спутник, запущенный на "Рокоте", скорее всего, утрачен http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20110201/329151467.html RIA Novosti 1 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110204194009/http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20110201/329151467.html 4 February 2011 ru 1 February 2011 live reached lower orbit than planned. RUS Kosmos 2470 (Geo-IK-2 No.11) VKS Low Earth Geodesy 15 July 2013https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=37362 GEO IK 2 N2YO.com 22 November 2019 Launch failure 1 6 February 12:26 USA Minotaur I USA Vandenberg SLC-8 USA Orbital Sciences NRO Launch 66 USA USA-225 (RPP) NRO Low Earth Technology demonstration OperationalVandenberg launches Minotaur I https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/?id=123241482 30th Space Wing Public Affairs 7 February 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110219054151/http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123241482 19 February 2011 1 16 February 21:50Mission Update – Ariane 5 opens a busy year of Arianespace missions with the milestone launch of another Automated Transfer Vehicle for Europe http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/763.asp Arianespace 20 February 2011 FRA Ariane 5 ES FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace 23px Johannes Kepler ATV ESA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful 21 June 3 24 February 21:53:24 USA 103 USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed flight, final flight of Discovery. USA STS-133 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 9 March 16:57:17 Successful UN Leonardo (PMM) ASI / NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS assembly Operational UN ExPRESS-4 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Operational 1 26 February 03:07 RUS Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Kosmos 2471 (Glonass-K 701) VKS Medium Earth Navigation 12 November 2021 Successfulhttps://tass.ru/kosmos/12906805 Спутник "Глонасс-К" вывели из состава орбитальной группировки "Glonass-K" satellite removed from orbital constellation TASS 12 November 2021 12 November 2021 ru |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 March |- 4 4 March 10:09:43 USA Taurus-XL 3110 USA Vandenberg LC-576E USA Orbital Sciences All payloads CubeSats except Glory, which would have been part of the A-train constellation. Fairing failed to separate. USA Glory NASA Intended: Low Earth (SSO) Climatology Launch failure 4 March 4 4 USA KySat-1 yes Kentucky Space Intended: Low Earth Technology demonstration inherit inherit USA Hermes yes Colorado Intended: Low Earth Technology demonstration inherit inherit USA Explorer-1 [PRIME] yes Montana State Intended: Low Earth Radiation inherit inherit 1 5 March 22:46 USA Atlas V 501 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance USA USA-226 (X-37B FLT-2) U.S. Air Force Low Earth Technology demonstration 16 June 2012 12:48"Preparations underway for X-37B landing". Vandenberg.af.mil, 30 May 2012. Retrieved: 1 June 2012."X-37B lands this morning at Vandenberg AFB". Santa Maria Times. 16 June 2012. Successful 1 11 March 23:38 USA Delta IV-M+ (4,2) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-37B USA United Launch Alliance NRO Launch 27 USA USA-227 (SDS-3) NRO Geosynchronous Communications Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 April |- 1 4 April 22:18:20http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Launch_Of_New_ISS_mission_Slated_For_April_5_999.html Launch Of New ISS mission Slated For April 5 Space-travel.com 5 October 2011http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0a08c854ce74e81ae441a64af079363a&topic=1133.1380 Plan of Russian space launches NASASpaceFlight.com 5 October 2011 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Soyuz TMA-21 Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 27/28 Successful 16 September 03:59:39 1 9 April 20:47:04 PRC Long March 3A PRC Xichang LC-3 PRC CNSA PRC Compass-IGSO3 CNSA IGSO Navigation Operational 2 14 April 04:24 USA Atlas V 411http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69/ United Launch Alliance, LLC Ulalaunch.com 5 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69/ 7 December 2013 dead USA Vandenberg SLC-3E USA United Launch Alliance NRO Launch 34 USA USA-229 (NOSS) NRO Low Earth ELINT Operational USA USA-229 (NOSS) NRO Low Earth ELINT Operational 3 20 April 04:42http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=6270 https://archive.today/20120911155045/http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=6270 dead 11 September 2012 Calendar of Events: Indian PSLV-C16 Launch of Resourcesat-2, X-Sat, Youthsat | SpaceRef – Your Space Reference SpaceRef 5 October 2011 http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030653081200.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110402050353/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030653081200.htm dead 2 April 2011 Chennai, India The Hindu PSLV to be launched around April 10 6 March 2011http://netindian.in/news/2011/04/09/00012411/isro-launch-pslv-c16-resourcesat-2-two-other-satellites-apr-20 ISRO to launch PSLV-C16 with RESOURCESAT-2, two other satellites on Apr 20 | NetIndian Netindian.in 9 April 2011 27 March 2012 18 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250118090739/http://netindian.in/news/2011/04/09/00012411/isro-launch-pslv-c16-resourcesat-2-two-other-satellites-apr-20 dead IND PSLV IND Satish Dhawan FLP IND ISRO IND Resourcesat-2 ISRO Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational IND RUS YouthSat ISRO / MGU Low Earth (SSO) Education Operational SGP X-Sat CREST Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational 2 22 April 21:37http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/780.asp Mission Update – Ariane 5 launch with Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn: Launch countdown interrupted Arianespace 5 October 2011http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Final_Countdown_Is_Underway_For_Second_Ariane_5_Flight_Of_2011_999.html Final Countdown Is Underway For Second Ariane 5 Flight Of 2011 Space-travel.com 5 October 2011http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp Mission Update – Ariane 5's launch with Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn is set for April 22 Arianespace 5 October 2011 FRA Ariane 5 ECAhttp://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/777.asp The Ariane 5 mission with Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn is "go" for its March 30 liftoff Arianespace 28 March 2011 24 October 2012 FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace New Dawn's C-Band antenna failed to deploy. UAE Yahsat 1A Yahsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational UN New DawnMission Update – Maintaining the pace: a second Ariane 5 arrives in French Guiana for launch in 2011 http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/753.asp Arianespace 21 February 2011 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Partial spacecraft failure 1 27 April 13:05:21 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-10M / 42P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful 29 October 13:00:31 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 May |- 1 4 May 17:41:33http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html#4 Russia launches fourth Meridian spacecraft russianspaceweb.com 4 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110526025425/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html 26 May 2011 dead RUS Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Meridian 4 VKS Medium Earth Communications Operational 1 7 May 18:10 USA Atlas V 401 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance USA USA-230 (SBIRS-GEO 1) U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Missile defense Operational 3 16 May 12:56 USA 105 USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed flight, final flight of Endeavour. USA STS-134 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics 1 June 06:35 Successful UN AMS-02http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/02/shuttle-planning-clfs-ams-noted-maf-extra-ets/ Downstream shuttle planning: CLFs, AMS noted, MAF working on extra ETs Bergin Chris 11 February 2009 NASASpaceFlight.com 16 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090216095521/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/02/shuttle-planning-clfs-ams-noted-maf-extra-ets/ 16 February 2009 live NASA Low Earth (ISS) Cosmic-ray observatory Operational UN ExPRESS-3 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Operational 1 20 May 19:15http://www.ilslaunch.com/mission-control/mission-telstar-14r Commercial Launch | Telstar 14R | Proton Rocket | Mission Control | International Launch Services Ilslaunch.com 21 May 2011 5 October 2011 RUS Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services Second solar panel failed to deploy due to tangled cablehttp://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110819-cable-clip-telstar-failure.html https://archive.today/20120913153717/http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110819-cable-clip-telstar-failure.html dead 13 September 2012 Inquiry Finds Cable Clip to Blame For Telstar 14R Deployment Failure SpaceNews.com 19 August 2011 5 October 2011 CAN Telstar 14R Telesat Geosynchronous Communications Partial spacecraft failure 2 20 May 20:38http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/797.asp Mission Update – The upcoming Ariane 5 mission with GSAT-8 and ST-2 is given its "go" for launch Arianespace 5 October 2011 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace SGP ROC ST-2 SingTel / Chunghwa Geosynchronous Communications Operational IND INSAT-4G/GSAT-8http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Two_Ariane_5_And_One_Soyuz_Flights_Are_Now_Being_Prepared_999.html Two Ariane 5 And One Soyuz Flights Are Now Being Prepared Space-travel.com 5 October 2011 ISRO Geosynchronous Communications Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 June |- 1 7 June 20:12:45 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Soyuz TMA-02M Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 28/29 Successful 22 November 02:26 1 10 June 14:20 USA Delta II 7320 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W USA United Launch Alliance Final scheduled flight of Delta II 7300 series; spacecraft carrying NASA's Aquarius instrument. ARG USA SAC-D CONAE / NASA Low Earth (SSO) Oceanography Operational 1 15 June 09:14July 2021 IRN Safir-1A UIS.0001 IRN Semnan LP-1 IRN ISA IRN Rasad 1 ISA Low Earth Earth observation Successful 6 July 2011 1 20 June 16:13Long March 3B launches with ChinaSat-10 20 June 2011 http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/china-launch-domestic-satellite-zhongxing-10/ NASASpaceFlight.com 20 June 2011 PRC Long March 3B PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC ChinaSat 10 China Satellite Communications Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 21 June 14:38 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-11M / 43P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful 1 September 10:21:41 1 27 June 16:00Soyuz rocket lifts off with Russian spy satellite Stephen Clark 27 June 2011 https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1106/27soyuz/ spaceflightnow.com 28 March 2023 RUS Soyuz-U RUS Plesetsk Site 16/2 RUS VKS RUS Kosmos 2472 (Kobalt-M No.7) VKS Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 24 October 1 30 June 03:09 USA Minotaur I USA MARS LP-0B USA Orbital Sciences USA USA-231 (ORS-1) ORSO Low Earth Reconnaissance Successful 12 March 2018https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=37728 ORS 1 (USA 231) N2YO.com 22 November 2019 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 July |- 1 6 July 04:28Long March 2C launches Shi Jian-11 for China 6 July 2011 http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/long-march-2c-launches-shi-jian-11-for-china/ NASASpaceFlight.com 8 July 2011 PRC Long March 2C PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CNSA PRC Shijian 11-03 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational 3 8 July 15:29 USA 104 USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed flight, final flight of Atlantis and of Space Shuttle programme. USA STS-135 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful 21 July 2011 09:57 2 ITA USA Raffaelo MPLM NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful inherit USA PSSC-2 U.S. Air Force Low Earth Technology demonstration Successful 8 December 1 11 July 15:41http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2011/07-12/3173952.shtml 中国成功发射第二颗中继卫星"天链一号02星"——中新网 Chinanews.com 5 October 2011http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-07/12/c_13978690.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110714040855/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-07/12/c_13978690.htm dead 14 July 2011 China launches new data relay satellite 11 July 2011 PRC Long March 3C PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC Tianlian I-02 (1B) CNSA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 6 13 July 02:27http://www.marketwatch.com/story/correcting-and-replacing-update-globalstar-satellites-now-scheduled-for-launch-on-july-13th-2011-07-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp CORRECTING and REPLACING – UPDATE: Globalstar Satellites Now Scheduled for Launch on July 13th 12 July 2011Soyuz delivers six satellites for Globalstar's constellation on an Arianespace-Starsem mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome http://www.starsem.com/news/Globalstar-2-gen-feature-9.htm 13 July 2011 RUS Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat KAZ Baikonur Site 31/6 FRA RUS Starsem USA Globalstar M081 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M083 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M085 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M088 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M089 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M091 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational 1 15 July 11:18 IND PSLV-XL IND Satish Dhawan FLP IND ISRO IND GSAT-12 ISRO Geosynchronous Communications Operational 2 15 July 23:16 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services NED SES-3 SES World Skies (July–September)SES S.A. (September—) Geosynchronous Communications Operational KAZ KazSat-2 JSC KazSat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 16 July 06:41 USA Delta IV-M+ (4,2) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-37B USA United Launch Alliance Named after Star Sirius. USA USA-232 (GPS-IIF-2) U.S. Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 18 July 02:31http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12006 Федеральное Космическое Агентство (Роскосмос)| Новости Roscosmos.ru 5 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111015194731/http://roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12006 15 October 2011 UKR RUS Zenit-3F KAZ Baikonur Site 45/1 RUS Roscosmos Russian scientific satellite with a 10 m ft on radio telescope on board. Together with some of the largest ground-based radio telescopes, the Spektr-R formed interferometric baselines extending up to 350000 km mi on. RUS Spektr-R (RadioAstron) Roscosmos High Earth Radio astronomy Successful 30 May 2019 1 26 July 21:44China launches ninth orbiter for indigenous global navigation system http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-07/27/c_131011502.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111119163134/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-07/27/c_131011502.htm dead 19 November 2011 Xinhua News Agency 26 July 2011 PRC Long March 3A PRC Xichang LC-3 PRC CNSA PRC Compass-IGSO4 CNSA IGSO Navigation Operational 1 29 July 07:42Barbosa Rui China make it two in a week via successful Shi Jian 11-02 launch 29 July 2011 http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/china-make-it-two-in-a-week-shi-jian-11-launch/ NASASpaceFlight.com 29 July 2011 PRC Long March 2C PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CNSA PRC Shijian 11-02 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 August |- 1 5 August 16:25Graham William ULA Atlas V launches NASA's Juno on a path to Jupiter 5 August 2011 http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/ula-atlasv-nasa-juno-jupiter/ NASASpaceFlight.com 5 August 2011 USA Atlas V 551 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance USA Juno NASA Jovicentric Jupiter orbiter Operational 2 6 August 22:52http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/827.asp Mission Update – A weather-related postponement for the Ariane 5 launch with ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R Arianespace 5 October 2011 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace LUX Astra 1N SES Astra (August–September)SES S.A. (September—) Geosynchronous Communications Operational JPN BSAT-3c / JCSAT-110R BSAT / JSAT Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 11 August 16:15http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/china-debuts-partnership-pakistan-long-march-launches-paksat-1r/ China debuts partnership with Pakistan – Long March launches Paksat-1R NASASpaceFlight.com 11 August 2011 27 March 2012 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CNSA PAK Paksat-1R SUPARCO Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 15 August 22:57http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/chinas-surge-haiyang-21a-launch-long-march-4b/ China's surge continues with HaiYang-2A launch via Long March 4B NASASpaceFlight.com 15 August 2011 27 March 2012 PRC Long March 4B PRC Taiyuan LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC Hai Yang 2A CAST Low Earth (SSO) Oceanography Operational 8 17 August 07:12http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/dnepr-launches-ukraines-sich-2-several-passengers/ Dnepr launches with Ukraine's Sich-2 and several passengers NASASpaceFlight.com 17 August 2011 27 March 2012 UKR Dnepr RUS Dombarovsky Site 13 RUS ISC Kosmotras UKR Sich-2 NKAU Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational NGR NigeriaSat-2 NASRDA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational NGR NigeriaSat-X NASRDA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational TUR RASAT TÜBİTAK Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Successful ITA EduSAT GAUSS Srl Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational CAN AprizeSat-5 exactEarth Low Earth (SSO) Communications Operational CAN AprizeSat-6 exactEarth Low Earth (SSO) Communications Operational UKR BPA-2 Hartron-Arkos Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Successful 1 17 August 21:25http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/proton-m-launches-russias-ekspress-am4-communications-satellite/ FAILURE: Russia's Ekspress-AM4 is lost as Proton-M Briz-M fails NASASpaceFlight.com 17 August 2011 27 March 2012 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS Khrunichev Briz-M upper stage failed before the planned fourth burn. An insufficient time slot was allocated for re-setting the gyroscopes of the upper stage control system before launch, which led to loss of adequate attitude control in flight.Express-AM4 Launch Failure Inter-Agency Commission Concludes Investigations http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/express-am4-launch-failure-inter-agency-commission-concludes-investigations International Launch Services 27 December 2011 30 August 2011 RUS Ekspress AM-4 RSCC Intended: GeosynchronousAchieved: GTO Communications Launch failure 25 March 2012 1 18 August 09:28Barbosa Rui China's third launch in a week proves too much as Long March 2C fails http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/chinas-third-launch-week-long-march-2c-fails/ NASASpaceFlight.com 18 August 2011 18 August 2011 PRC Long March 2C PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CNSA Failed to reach orbit. Second stage's vernier engine support structure failed in flight, led to loss of attitude control.Malfunction at devices connection blamed for orbiter launch failures http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/06/c_131100892.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073250/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/06/c_131100892.htm dead 4 March 2016 Xinhua News Agency 27 December 2011 6 September 2011 PRC Shijian 11-04 CNSA Intended: Low Earth (SSO) 18 August Technology demonstration Launch failure 1 24 August 13:00Harding Pete Russia's Progress M-12M launches toward ISS – fails to achieve orbit http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/russias-progress-m-12m-fails-to-achieve-orbit/ NASASpaceFlight.com 24 August 2011 24 August 2011 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos Third stage engine failure 325 seconds after launch due to the gas generator fuel supply pipeline being blocked by contaminants.Zak Anatoly Russian cargo ship fails to reach orbit http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress_m12m.html RussianSpaceWeb.com 27 December 2011 7 October 2011 RUS Progress M-12M / 44P Roscosmos Intended: Low Earth (ISS) 24 August ISS logistics Launch failure |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 September |- 2 10 September 13:08:52http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/main/index.html Nasa – Grail Nasa.gov 27 March 2012 26 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221126002928/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/main/index.html dead USA Delta II 7920H USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA United Launch Alliance Final launch of Delta II Heavy, final Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral, and last launch from SLC-17. USA GRAIL-A (Ebb) NASA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter Successful 17 December 2012 22:28:51http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/12/grail-mission-ends-with-lunar-impact-and-the-honoring-of-a-hero/ GRAIL mission ends with Lunar impact and the honoring of a hero 17 December 2012 18 December 2012 William Graham Chris Bergin NASASpaceflight.com USA GRAIL-B (Flow) NASA Selenocentric Lunar orbiter Successful 17 December 2012 22:29:21 1 18 September 16:33China return to flight with Long March 3B/E launch of ChinaSat-1A 18 September 2011 http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/china-return-flight-long-march-3be-launch-chinasat-1a NASASpaceFlight.com 19 September 2011 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC Chinasat-1A China Satcom Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 20 September 22:47 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 81/24 RUS Khrunichev RUS Kosmos 2473 (Garpun #1) VKS Geosynchronous Communications Operational 2 21 September 21:38 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace SAU Arabsat 5C Arabsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational NED SES-2 SES S.A. Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 23 September 04:36:50 JPN H-IIA JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 JPN MHI JPN IGS Optical 4 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Successfulhttp://www.jwing.net/news/4661 ja:情報収集衛星光学4号機が運用終了 ja 7 September 2018 jwing.net WING Aviation Press 7 September 2018 1 24 September 20:18 UKR Zenit-3SL NOR Ocean Odyssey UN Sea Launch USA Atlantic Bird 7 Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 27 September 15:49 USA Minotaur IV+ USA Kodiak LP-1 USA Orbital Sciences USA TacSat-4 U.S. Air Force Highly elliptical Technology demonstration Operational 1 29 September 13:16:03http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/19/c_131145705.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110924172858/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/19/c_131145705.htm dead 24 September 2011 China launches new communication satellite News.xinhuanet.com 19 September 2011 27 March 2012 PRC Long March 2F/G T1 PRC Jiuquan SLS-1 PRC CNSA Maiden flight of Long March 2F/G, first Chinese space station prototype. PRC Tiangong-1 CMSA Low Earth Space station Successful 2 April 2018 00:16Chiles Cody JFSCC tracks Tiangong-1's reentry over the Pacific Ocean https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1481734/jfscc-tracks-tiangong-1s-reentry-over-the-pacific-ocean/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180402161341/http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1481734/jfscc-tracks-tiangong-1s-reentry-over-the-pacific-ocean/ dead 2 April 2018 Vandenberg Air Force Base 1 April 2018 22 November 2019 U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Force Space Component Command (JFSCC), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), confirmed Tiangong-1 reentered the Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 5:16 p.m. (PST) April 1, 2018. 1 29 September 18:32http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=146852 SES'Quetzsat-1 Satellite Scheduled For Launch Webwire.com 27 March 2012 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services Intended for lease to QuetzSat. IOM QuetzSat 1 SES Satellite Leasing Geosynchronous Communications Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 October |- 1 2 October 20:15 RUS Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Kosmos 2474 (Glonass-M 742) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 5 October 21:00 UKR Zenit-3SLB KAZ Baikonur Site 45/1 UN Land Launch UN Intelsat 18 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 7 October 08:21 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CNSA FRA Eutelsat W3C Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 4 12 October 05:31 IND PSLV-CA IND Satish Dhawan FLP IND ISRO IND FRA Megha-TropiquesMEGHA-TROPIQUES: Announcement of Opportunity http://www.isro.org/news/pdf/MEGHA-TROPIQUES.pdf Indian Space Research Organisation 21 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101216191635/http://isro.org/news/pdf/MEGHA-TROPIQUES.pdf 16 December 2010 dead ISRO / CNES Low Earth Climatology Successful 7 March 2023https://www.isro.gov.in/mt1-rentry-successful.html MT1 Controlled Re-entry Successful and impacted on the Pacific Ocean ISRO 7 March 2023 8 March 2023 IND SRMSAT SRM Low Earth Climatology Operational LUX VesselSat-1 Luxspace Low Earth Communications Operational IND Jugnu yes IITK Low Earth Earth observation Operational 1 19 October 18:48 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services IOM ViaSat-1 ViaSat-IOM / ManSat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 2 21 October"Europe launches two Galileo satellites". Bloomberg. 21 October 2011."Europe's first Galileo satellites lift off". BBC. 21 October 2011. 10:30 RUS Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT FRA Kourou ELS FRA Arianespace First Soyuz launch from Kourou. 23px Galileo IOV 1 ESA Medium Earth Navigation / Technology demonstration Operational 23px Galileo IOV 2 ESA Medium Earth Navigation / Technology demonstration Operational 7 28 October 09:48:01 USA Delta II 7920-10 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W USA United Launch Alliance USA NPP NASA / NOAA Low Earth Meteorology Operational USA AubieSat 1 yes Auburn University Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA DICE-1 yes Space Dynamics Laboratory Low Earth Magnetospheric research Operational USA DICE-2 yes Space Dynamics Laboratory Low Earth Magnetospheric research Operational USA E1P-U2 yes Montana State Low Earth Radiation Operational USA M-Cubed yes University of Michigan Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA RAX-2 yes University of Michigan Low Earth Auroral Operational 2 30 October 10:11 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-13M / 45P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics Successful 25 January 2012 RUS Chibis-M (RS-39) IKI Low Earth Ionospheric research Successful 15 October 2014 2 31 October 21:58:10 PRC Long March 2F Y8 PRC Jiuquan SLS-1 PRC CNSA Uncrewed flight, first Chinese orbital docking. PRC Shenzhou 8 CMSA Low Earth (Tiangong-1) Technology demonstration Successful 17 November 11:36 PRC Shenzhou-8-GC CMSA Low Earth (Tiangong-1) Technology demonstration Successful 2 April 2012 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 November |- 3 4 November 12:51:41"Russian Proton-M launches three Glonass-M GPS satellites". NASASpaceFlight.com. 4 November 2011. RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 81/24 RUS Khrunichev RUS Kosmos 2475 (Glonass-M 743) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Operational RUS Kosmos 2476 (Glonass-M 744) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Operational RUS Kosmos 2477 (Glonass-M 745) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Operational 2 8 November 20:16 UKR Zenit-2M KAZ Baikonur Site 45/1 RUS Roscosmos First Russian attempt at an interplanetary mission since 1996.http://www.domainb.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20081203_sino-russian_interplanetary.html PolyU preparing for a Sino-Russian interplanetary space mission 3 December 2008 Aviation & Aerospace Domain-B 11 January 2009First Chinese Mars probeSpacecraft stranded in low Earth orbit, as telemetry was lost soon after launch and the two trans-Martian injection burns by the payload did not take placehttp://www.russianspaceweb.com/phobos_grunt_launch.html Launch of Phobos-Grunt 13 November 2011 Anatoly Zak RussianSpaceWeb.com 14 November 2011 RUS Fobos-Grunt Roscosmos Intended: AreocentricAchieved: Low Earth Phobos sample return 15 January 2012 2 Spacecraft failure 2 PRC Yinghuo-1 CNSA Intended: AreocentricAchieved: Low Earth Mars orbiter inherit inherit 2 9 November 03:21http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/09/c_131238098.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111112102455/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/09/c_131238098.htm dead 12 November 2011 China launches remote-sensing satellite Xinhua News 9 November 2011 30 November 2011 PRC Long March 4B PRC Taiyuan LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC Yaogan 12 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational PRC Tian Xun 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Successful 7 February 2016https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=37874 TX 1 N2YO.com 22 November 2019 1 14 November 04:14https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14708107 Russia delays next manned space flight to ISS 29 August 2011 BBC 29 August 2011 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Soyuz TMA-22 Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 29/30 Successful 27 April 2012 2 20 November 00:15http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/20/c_131258278.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111122073856/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/20/c_131258278.htm dead 22 November 2011 China sends two satellites into space Xinhua News 20 November 2011 30 November 2011 PRC Long March 2D PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CNSA PRC Shiyan 4 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Chuang Xin 1C CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational 1 25 November 19:10:34 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services PRC AsiaSat 7 AsiaSat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 26 November 15:02 USA Atlas V 541 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance Maiden flight of Atlas V 541, largest Mars rover yet launched. USA Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) NASA TMI to Martian Surface Mars rover 6 August 2012 05:18 Successful 1 28 November 08:25:57 RUS Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Kosmos 2478 (Glonass-M 746) VKS Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 29 November 18:50http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/30/c_131279064.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111203082337/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/30/c_131279064.htm dead 3 December 2011 China launches remote-sensing satellite Yaogan XIII Xinhua News 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 PRC Long March 2C PRC Taiyuan LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC Yaogan 13 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2011 December |- 1 1 December 21:07http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-12/02/c_131283096.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111205124236/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-12/02/c_131283096.htm dead 5 December 2011 China launches 10th satellite for independent navigation system Xinhua news 2 December 2011 2 December 2011 PRC Long March 3A PRC Xichang LC-3 PRC CNSA PRC Compass-IGSO5 CNSA IGSO Navigation Operational 2 11 December 11:17 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced KAZ Baikonur Site 81/24 RUS Roscosmos RUS Luch 5A Gonets Satellite System Geosynchronous Communications Operational ISR Amos-5 SCL Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 12 December 01:21 JPN H-IIA JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 JPN MHI JPN IGS Radar 3 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance (radar) Operational 6 17 December 02:03:08 RUS Soyuz ST-A / Fregat FRA Kourou ELS FRA Arianespace FRA Pléiades-HR 1A CNES Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation/Reconnaissance Operational CHL FASat-Charlie (SSOT) MDN Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation/Reconnaissance Operational FRA ELISA 1 CNES / DGA Low Earth (SSO) ELINT Operational FRA ELISA 2 CNES / DGA Low Earth (SSO) ELINT Operational FRA ELISA 3 CNES / DGA Low Earth (SSO) ELINT Operational FRA ELISA 4 CNES / DGA Low Earth (SSO) ELINT Operational 1 19 December 16:41http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/12/chinese-long-march-3be-launches-nigcomsat-1r/ Chinese Long March 3B/E launches NigComSat-1R Rui C. Barbosa NASASpaceFlight.com 19 December 2011 19 December 2011 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CNSA NGA NigComSat-1R NIGCOMSAT / NASRDA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 21 December 13:16 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Soyuz TMA-03M Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 30/31 1 July 2012 08:14http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/07/soyuz-tma-03m-undocks-iss-return/ Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to Earth Harding Pete 1 July 2012 NASASpaceFlight.com 3 July 2012 Successful 1 22 December 03:26 PRC Long March 4B PRC Taiyuan LC-2 PRC CNSA PRC Ziyuan 1-02C CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 1 23 December 12:08 RUS Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS VKO Third stage engine malfunctioned 421 seconds after launch, failed to reach orbit; first launch conducted by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces RUS Meridian 5 VKO Intended: Molniya Communications Launch failure 23 December 6 28 December 17:09 RUS Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat KAZ Baikonur Site 31/6 FRA RUS Starsem USA Globalstar M080 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M082 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M084 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M086 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M090 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational USA Globalstar M092 Globalstar Low Earth Communications Operational |} 2011 Suborbital flights collapsed 1 22 January 06:10http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/S.lis S: Suborbital launches (apogee 80+ km) Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2 January 2012 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101014111342/http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/S.lis dead USA Terrier-Oriole USA Wallops Island USA MDA Aegis Radar target, not intercepted, Apogee: 100 km USAAegis Radar Test MDA Suborbital 22 January Radar target Successful 1 28 January 10:46:00 CANBlack Brant IX USA Poker Flat USA NASA USAFIRE Colorado Suborbital Astronomy Spacecraft failure 28 January 1 5 February 08:11:11 CANBlack Brant IX USAPoker Flat USANASA USA Polar NOx VPI Suborbital Geospace Spacecraft failure 5 February 1 February IRN Shahab-3 IRN IRN IRGC Two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired into the Indian Ocean prior to 19 FebruaryJanuary 2012 IGRC Suborbital Missile test Successful February 1 February IRN Sejjil-2 IRN IRNIRGC Two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired into the Indian Ocean prior to 19 FebruaryJanuary 2012 IGRC Suborbital Missile test Successful February 1 1 March 21:00 USA UGM-133 Trident II D5 USA Nevada SSBN-733 6, Pacific Ocean USAUS Navy Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 22 (DASO-22) US Navy Suborbital Missile test Successful 1 March 1 2 March 13:40 USA Juno USA Fort Wingate LC-96 USA U.S. Army Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted U.S. Army Suborbital Target Successful 2 March 1 9 March USATerrier-Oriole USAKauai USA MDA Tracked by STSS satellites USA ARAV-B MDA Suborbital 9 March Radar target Successful 1 11 March IND Dhanush INDSea launch from Indian Ocean IND DRDO Apogee: 100 km DRDO Suborbital Target Successful 11 March 1 11 March IND Prithvi II IND Integrated Test Range IC-3 IND DRDO Apogee: 100 km DRDO Suborbital Missile test Successful 11 March 1 15 March IRN Kavoshgar (Zelzal-based) IRN Semnan Space Center IRN ISA Test of biological capsule. Apogee: 120 km IRN Kavoshgar-4 ISA Suborbital Test flight Successful 15 March 1 16 March USATerrier-Oriole USAKauai USA MDA Tracked by both STSS Demo satellites USA ARAV-B MDA Suborbital 16 March Radar target Successful 1 23 March 18:50:00 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands USANASA USA EVE CU Boulder Suborbital SDO calibration2011-07-05 GMS: Riding on a Sounding Rocket https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10797 2024-06-03 Goddard Media Studios NASA Successful 23 March 1 29 March 04:01http://www.ssc.se/news-activities/all-news-archives/2011/texus-49-successfully-launched TEXUS 49 successfully launched Swedish Space Corporation 29 March 2011 2 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502034557/http://www.ssc.se/news-activities/all-news-archives/2011/texus-49-successfully-launched 2 May 2012 dead BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange EuroLaunch Apogee: 268 km GER 23px TEXUS-49 DLR/ESA Suborbital Microgravity Successful 29 March 1 15 April 06:52 USA UGM-96 Trident I C4 (LV-2)http://www.mda.mil/news/11news0007.html Sea-based Missile Defense Flight Test Results in Successful Intercept Mda.mil 15 April 2011 27 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120330025610/http://www.mda.mil/news/11news0007.html 30 March 2012 FTM-15 MHL Meck USA MDA MDA Suborbital ABM target 15 April Successful 1 15 April 07:03 USA RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 FTM-15 USA O'Kane DDG-177 6, Pacific Ocean USA US Navy First intercept of an IRBM by an SM-3 (FTM-15 Stellar Charon) USA FTM-15 US Navy Suborbital 15 April ABM test Successful 1 26 April RUSR-29RMU Sineva RUSK-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test 26 April Successful 1 27 April 08:00:00 CANBlack Brant IX USA Poker Flat USA NASA USA WFF Suborbital Test flight Successful 27 April 1 6 Mayhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/07/c_13863911.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110510105516/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/07/c_13863911.htm dead 10 May 2011 China launches rocket to monitor space environment News.xinhuanet.com 7 May 2011 5 October 2011 23:02http://www.stdaily.com/kjrb/content/2011-05/08/content_302799.htm 科技网 -《科技日报》- "子午工程":天鹰送鲲鹏展翅太空 Stdaily.com 8 May 2011 5 October 2011 1 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111001000701/http://www.stdaily.com/kjrb/content/2011-05/08/content_302799.htm dead PRC Tianying 3C PRC Hainan PRC CNSA Apogee: 196.6 km mi. PRC Kunpeng-1 CSSAR Suborbital Environment monitoring Successful 23:09 1 11 May 18:00 USA Improved Orion BRA Barreira do Inferno BRA AEB INPE Suborbital Microgravity Successful 11 May 2 20 May 13:21March 2022 USA SpaceLoft XL USA Spaceport America USA UP Aerospace Apogee: 118.3 km mi, successfully recovered. Suborbital Technology demonstration Successful 20 May 2 USA Goddard Celestis Suborbital Space burial Successful inherit 1 20 May 14:50 RUS R-29RMU2.1 Layner RUS K-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea RUS VMF Maiden flight of Layner missile VMF Suborbital Missile test 20 May Successful 1 10 June 11:11:16 USA Terrier-Orion USA Wallops Island USA NASA USA SubTec IV GSFC Suborbital Technology demonstration Successful 10 June 1 22 June 13:35 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-10 USA U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 22 June 1 23 June 10:18:00 USATerrier-Orion USAWallops Island USANASA USA RockOn Colorado Suborbital Student experiments Successful 23 June 1 28 June 11:55 RUS RSM-56 Bulava RUSK-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 June 1 28 June IRN Shahab-1 IRNIran IRNIRGC Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 km IGRC Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 June 1 28 June IRNShahab-1 IRNIran IRNIGRC Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 km IRGC Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 June 1 28 June IRN Shahab-2 IRNIran IRNIRGC Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 km IRGC Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 June 1 28 June IRNShahab-2 IRNIran IRNIRGC Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 100 km IRGC Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 June 1 28 June IRN Ghadr-1 IRNIran IRNIRGC Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: 500 km IRGC Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 June 1 9 July 02:04 USA SRALT USA C-17, Pacific Ocean USA MDA Tracked by STSS Demo satellites USA FTX-17 MDA Suborbital Radar target Successful 9 July 1 9 July 09:00:00 CANBlack Brant VB USAWallops LA-2 USANASA USADaytime Dynamo NASA Suborbital Geospace Successful 9 July 1 9 July 09:00:15 USATerrier-Orion USAWallops LA-2 USANASA USADaytime Dynamo NASA Suborbital Geospace Successful 9 July 1 11 July 15:35 ARGGradicom II ARG Chamical ARG CITEFA Apogee: 100 km CITEFA Suborbital Test flight Successful 11 July 1 21 July 07:00http://www.ssc.se/news-activities/all-news-archives/2011/phocus-successfully-launched PHOCUS rocket successfully launched | 2011 | SSC Ssc.se 21 July 2011 5 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110917020353/http://www.ssc.se/news-activities/all-news-archives/2011/phocus-successfully-launched 17 September 2011 dead USA Nike-Improved Orion SWEEsrange 23pxEuroLaunch SWE PHOCUS Stockholm/SSC Suborbital Atmospheric Successful 21 July 1 21 July 11:58:00 USA Terrier-Orion USA Wallops Island USA NASA USA RockSat-X Wallops Flight Facility Suborbital Student experiments Successful 21 July 1 27 July 10:01 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-04 USA U.S. Air Force An anomaly was detected five minutes after launch and the flight was terminated. U.S. Air Force Suborbital Test flight Launch failure 27 July 1 27 July RUSR-29RMU Sineva RUSK-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test 27 July Successful 1 11 August 14:45 USA Minotaur IV Lite USA Vandenberg SLC-8 USAOrbital Second flight of the HTV-2, loss of contact approximately 20 minutes after launch at Mach 20. USA HTV-2b U.S. Air Force Suborbital Technology demonstration 11 August Spacecraft failure 1 27 August 03:20 RUSRSM-56 Bulava RUSK-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 27 August 1 1 September 13:53 USA Terrier-Oriole FTM-16 E2 USA Kauai USA MDA SM-3 Block 1B target MDA Suborbital 1 September ABM target Successful 1 1 September 13:54 USA RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1B FTM-16 E2 USA Lake Erie CG-70 6, Pacific Ocean USA US Navy First launch of SM-3 Block 1B, intercept failed US Navy Suborbital 1 September ABM test Spacecraft failure 1 3 September 09:46 RUS RS-12M Topol RUS Plesetsk RUSRVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 3 September 1 15 September IRN Kavoshgar (Zelzal-based) IRN Semnan IRN ISA First Iranian attempt to launch a monkey into space; failed, resulting in death of the monkey IRN Kavoshgar-5 ISA Suborbital Biological Launch failure 15 September 1 26 Septemberhttp://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/26/india-tests-nuclear-capable-missile/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110929150012/http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/26/india-tests-nuclear-capable-missile/ dead 29 September 2011 India Tests Nuclear Capable Missile « VOA Breaking News Voice of America 27 March 2012 03:20 IND Prithvi II IND Integrated Test Range IC-3 IND DRDO DRDO Suborbital Missile test Successful 27 September 1 27 September 07:08http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/A.lis A: Atmospheric launches (apogee 0–50 km) Jonathan McDowell Jonathan's Space Page 2 January 2012 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101014111316/http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/A.lis dead RUSRS-26 Rubezh RUS Plesetsk RUSRVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Launch failure 27 September 1 29 SeptemberMarch 2023 RUS R-29RMU2.1 Layner RUS K-114 Tula, Barents Sea RUS VMF VMF Suborbital Missile test 30 September Successful 1 30 September 04:02http://www.indianexpress.com/news/agniii-missile-testfired-as-part-of-user-trial-by-army/853846/ Agni-II missile test-fired as part of user trial by Army The Indian Express 30 September 2011 27 March 2012 IND Agni-II IND ITR IC-4 IND Indian Army Travelled 2500 km downrange Indian Army Suborbital Missile test Successful 30 September 1 5 October 05:56 USA SRALT FTT-12 USA C-17, Pacific Ocean USA MDA Intercepted by THAAD missile U.S. Army / MDA Suborbital ABM target Successful 5 October 1 5 October 05:56 RUS R-17 Elbrus FTT-12 USA MLP, Barking Sands USA U.S. Army Intercepted by THAAD missile U.S. Army / MDA Suborbital ABM target Successful 5 October 1 5 October 06:00 USA THAAD FTT-12 USA Barking Sands USA U.S. Army Intercepted target missile U.S. Army / MDA Suborbital ABM test Successful 5 October 1 5 October 06:00 USA THAAD FTT-12 USA Barking Sands USA U.S. Army Intercepted target missile U.S. Army / MDA Suborbital ABM test Successful 5 October 1 8 October 10:25:01 CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands USANASA USA PICTURE Boston Suborbital Astronomy 8 October Spacecraft failure 1 11 October 21:15:00 USATerrier-Orion NORAndøya USANASA USACHAMPS Colorado Suborbital Geospace 11 October Successful 1 13 October 13:50:00 USATerrier-Orion NOR Andøya USANASA USACHAMPS Colorado Suborbital Geospace 13 October Successful 1 28 October 03:40 RUSRSM-56 Bulava RUSK-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 October 1 2 November 07:50 ISR Jericho III ISR Palmachim ISR Israeli Air Force Israeli Air Force Suborbital Missile test 2 November Successful 1 3 November 06:45 RUS RS-12M Topol RUS Plesetsk RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 3 November 1 6 November 07:00http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/BlueBook.pdf Blue Book NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office December 2011 2 January 2012 4 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120304015938/http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/BlueBook.pdf live CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA XQC F5 Wisconsin Suborbital Astronomy 6 November Successful 1 15 November 03:30France Agence http://www.defencetalk.com/india-tests-long-range-nuclear-capable-missile-2-38288/ India tests long-range nuclear-capable missile | Missiles & Bombs News at DefenceTalk Defencetalk.com 27 March 2012 IND Agni IV IND Integrated Test Range IC-4 IND DRDO Indian Army Suborbital Missile test Successful 15 November 1 17 November 11:30 USA UGM-27 Polaris (STARS) USA Barking Sands LC-42 USA U.S. Air Force USA AHW Flight 1A U.S. Army Suborbital Technology demonstration Successful 17 November 1 25 November 23:00 USA Improved Orion BRA Barreira do Inferno BRA AEB INPE Suborbital Microgravity Successful 25 November 1 27 November 09:10http://www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10212/332_read-2153/ Start | DLR dlr.de 28 November 2011 21 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160121192110/http://www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10212/332_read-2153/ dead BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange 23px EuroLaunch GER/23px TEXUS-48 DLR/ESA Suborbital Microgravity 27 November Successful 1 2 December 22:00 BRA VS-30 BRA Barreira do Inferno BRA AEB BRA Brasil-Alemanha INPE Suborbital Microgravity Successful 2 December 1 3 December 07:21:31 BRA VS-30/Improved Orion NOR Ny-Ålesund NOR Andøya SWE NOR ICI-3 (CanoRock 4) Oslo/Andøya Suborbital Atmospheric 3 December Successfulhttp://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/news-and-events/news/2011/ici3-launch.html Flew through the aurora: a successful flight over Svalbard with the ICI-3 research rocket University of Oslo 3 December 2011 20 December 2011 16 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240816002532/https://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/news-and-events/news/2011/ici3-launch.html dead 1 10 December 10:30:00http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/BlueBook.pdf Blue Book NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office January 2012 10 January 2012 4 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120304015938/http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/files/BlueBook.pdf live CANBlack Brant IX USAWhite Sands USANASA Colorado Suborbital Astronomy 10 December Successful 1 19 December 14:48http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2011/12/20111220_s310-40_j.html S-310-40号機 打上げ結果について ja Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 20 December 2011 2 January 2012 JPN S-310 JPN Uchinoura JPN JAXA JAXA/TPU/TU Suborbital Ionospheric 19 December Successful 1 19 December RUS MN-300 RUS Kapustin Yar RUS Roshydromet Maiden flight of MN-300 RUS MR-30 Roshydromet Suborbital MeteorologyTest flight Successful 19 December 1 23 December RUSRSM-56 Bulava RUSK-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 23 December 1 23 December RUSRSM-56 Bulava RUSK-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea RUSVMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 23 December 1 27 December 12:00 RUS RS-18 UR-100N KAZ Baikonur RUSRVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 27 December 1 ? USA UGM-133 Trident II D5 USA ? SSBN ? 6, Pacific Ocean USAUS Navy Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 44 US Navy Suborbital Missile test Successful ? 1 ? USA UGM-133 Trident II D5 USA ? SSBN ? 6, Pacific Ocean USAUS Navy Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 44 ? US Navy Suborbital Missile test Launch failure ? |} Deep space rendezvous Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks9 January Mars Express Flyby of Phobos Closest approach: 100 km mi. Mars Express made a total of 8 flybys of Phobos at a distance of less than 1400 km mi between 20 December and 16 January. 9 JanuaryArtemis P1Spacecraft left LL2 orbit and joined Artemis P2 in LL1 orbit11 JanuaryCassini3rd flyby of RheaClosest approach: 76 km mi http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/ 2011 Saturn Tour Highlights 24 February 2011 NASA15 FebruaryStardust (NExT)Flyby of Tempel 1Closest approach: 181 km mi. Observed changes since Deep Impact flyby and imaged crater created by Deep Impact impactor, as well as new terrain.18 FebruaryCassini74th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 3651 km mi18 MarchMESSENGERHermocentric orbit injectionFirst artificial satellite of Mercury; elliptical orbit with a periapsis of 200 kilometers (120 mi) and an apoapsis of 15,000 km (9,300 mi).Cowen Ron MESSENGER eases into Mercury's orbit http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71327/title/MESSENGER_eases_into_Mercury%E2%80%99s_orbit 6 January 2012 Science News 17 March 2011 30 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120930175207/http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71327/title/MESSENGER_eases_into_Mercury%E2%80%99s_orbit dead19 AprilCassini75th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 10053 km mi8 MayCassini76th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1873 km mi8 JuneChang'e 2Departed lunar orbitTravelled to L2 Lagrangian point, which it reached in August 2011."Chang'e 2 reaches liberation point 2". Xinhua. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.20 JuneCassini77th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1359 km mi27 JuneArtemis P1Lunar orbit insertionInitial orbital parameters were: apogee 3543 km mi, perigee 27000 km mi. Over the following three months, the orbit was lowered to an apogee of 97 km mi and a perigee of 18000 km mi, with an inclination of 20 degrees; retrograde orbit.16 JulyDawnVestiocentric orbit injectionFirst artificial satellite of 4 Vesta.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14160135 17 July 2011 Dawn probe orbits asteroid Vesta Jonathan Amos BBC Initial orbit was 16000 km mi high and was reduced to 2700 km mi until 11 August. 17 JulyArtemis P2Lunar orbit insertionInitial orbital parameters were similar to Artemis P1. Over the following three months the orbit was lowered to an apogee of 97 km mi and a perigee of 18000 km mi, with an inclination of 20 degrees; prograde orbit.25 AugustCassiniSecond-closest flyby of Hyperionhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20110826.html Cassini Closes in on Saturn's Tumbling Moon Hyperion nasa.gov 26 August 2011 19 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120419125821/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20110826.html deadClosest approach: 25000 km mi12 SeptemberCassini78th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 5821 km mi16 SeptemberCassiniFlyby of HyperionClosest approach: 58000 km mi1 OctoberCassini14th flyby of EnceladusClosest approach: 99 km mi19 OctoberCassini15th flyby of EnceladusClosest approach: 1231 km mi6 NovemberCassini16th flyby of EnceladusClosest approach: 496 km mi12 DecemberCassini3rd flyby of DioneClosest approach: 99 km mi13 DecemberCassini79th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 3586 km mi31 DecemberGRAIL-ALunar orbit insertionTwin satellite Grail-B's insertion occurred a day later, on 1 January 2012. EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks21 January10:055 hours23 minutes15:49Expedition 26ISS PirsRUS Dmitri KondratyevRUS Oleg SkripochkaPrepared the ISS Poisk module for future dockings.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Crew Completes First Expedition 22 Spacewalk 15 January 2010 NASA 15 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100117081048/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html 17 January 2010 live16 February13:156 hours23 minutes18:15Expedition 26ISS PirsRUS Dmitri KondratyevRUS Oleg SkripochkaInstalled a radio antenna, deployed a nanosatellite, installed two experiments and retrieved two exposure panels on a third experiment.28 February15:466 hours34 minutes22:20STS-133ISS QuestUSA Stephen BowenUSA Alvin DrewRemoved a failed coolant pump and routed a power extension cable.2 March15:416 hours14 minutes21:55STS-133ISS QuestUSA Stephen BowenUSA Alvin DrewRemoved or repaired thermal insulation, swapped out an attachment bracket on the Columbus module, installed a camera assembly on Dextre and installed a light on a cargo cart.20 May07:106 hours19 minutes13:29STS-134ISS QuestUSA Andrew FeustelUSA Gregory ChamitoffCompleted installation of a new set of MISSE experiments, started installing a new wireless video system, installed an ammonia jumper, a new light on the CETA cart on the S3 truss segment, and a cover on the starboard SARJ.22 May06:058 hours07 minutes14:12STS-134ISS QuestUSA Andrew FeustelUSA Michael FinckeHooked up a jumper to transfer ammonia to the Port 6 PVTCS, lubricated the SARJ and one of the "hands" on Dextre, and installed a stowage beam on the S1 truss.25 May05:436 hours54 minutes12:37STS-134ISS QuestUSA Andrew FeustelUSA Michael FinckeInstalled PDGF (except for data cable), routed power cables from Unity to Zarya, finished installation of wireless video system, took pictures of Zarya's thrusters and captured infrared video of an experiment in ELC 3.27 May04:157 hours24 minutes11:39STS-134ISS QuestUSA Gregory ChamitoffUSA Mike FinckeInstalled OBSS on S1 truss, removed the EFGF and replaced it with a spare PDGF, and released some torque on the bolts that were holding the spare arm for Dextre down against ELC 3. Final shuttle spacewalk."Astronauts complete final shuttle space-walk at ISS". BBC News. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.12 July13:226 hours31 minutes19:53Expedition 28ISS QuestUSA Ronald GaranUSA Michael FossumMoved a failed cooling pump from the station to the shuttle Atlantis, transferred a robotic refuelling apparatus from the shuttle to the ISS, installed a materials science experiment on the station's truss, serviced a robot arm attachment fitting, installed a thermal cover over the unused docking port PMA-3, and fixed a protruding wire on a grapple fixture on the Zarya module.3 August14:516 hours22 minutes21:22Expedition 28ISS PirsRUS Sergei VolkovRUS Aleksandr SamokutyayevLaunched Kedr satellite, installed BIORISK experiment outside Pirs, and installed laser communication equipment to transmit scientific data from the Russian Orbital Segment. Orbital launch statistics By country For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket. 120 false left [ {"value":290, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 29 (34.53%)"}, {"value":190, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 19 (22.62%)"}, {"value":180, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 18 (21.43%)"}, {"value":60, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 6 (7.14%)"}, {"value":50, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 5 (5.95%)"}, {"value":30, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 3 (3.57%)"}, {"value":30, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 3 (3.57%)"}, {"value":10, "color":"#239f40", "label": "Iran: 1 (1.19%)"}, ] Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 19 18 1 0 5 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 29Includes two European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace. Fobos-Grunt launched successfully, but failed while on its parking orbit."New attempt to contact Phobos-Grunt fails" https://web.archive.org/web/20111204195556/http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/02/61370079.html 4 December 2011 . 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DarkGreen : LightGreen : SeaGreen : Gold : Grey : DarkGrey : Chocolate : CornflowerBlue : SaddleBrown : Peru : Tan : Wheat : MediumPurple : MediumOrchid : Orchid : LightGrey Ariane 5 : Atlas V : Delta II : Delta IV : Delta IV Heavy : H-IIA : H-IIB : Long March 2 : Long March 3 : Long March 4 : Minotaur I : Minotaur IV : Taurus : PSLV : Soyuz-U : Soyuz-FG : Soyuz-2 (Russia) : Soyuz ST (Europe) : Space Shuttle : Proton-K : Proton-M : Rokot : Zenit-2M : Zenit-3F : Zenit-3SL/SLB : Others Ariane : Atlas : Delta : H-II : Long March : Minotaur : PSLV : R-7 : Shuttle : UR : Zenit :Others _launches By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 5 5 0 0 Atlas 5 5 0 0 Delta 6 6 0 0 H-II 3 3 0 0 Long March 19 18 1 0 Minotaur 4 3 1 0 PSLV 3 3 0 0 R-7 19 17 2 0 R-36 1 1 0 0 Safir 1 1 0 0 Space Shuttle 3 3 0 0 Final flightUniversal Rocket 10 8 2 0 Zenit 5 5 0 0 By type Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 5 Ariane 5 5 0 0 Atlas V Atlas 5 5 0 0 Delta II Delta 3 3 0 0 Delta IV Delta 3 3 0 0 Dnepr R-36 1 1 0 0 H-IIA H-II 2 2 0 0 H-IIB H-II 1 1 0 0 Long March 2 Long March 7 6 1 0 Long March 3 Long March 9 9 0 0 Long March 4 Long March 3 3 0 0 Minotaur I Minotaur 2 2 0 0 Minotaur IV Minotaur 1 1 0 0 PSLV PSLV 3 3 0 0 Proton Universal Rocket 9 8 1 0 Safir Safir 1 1 0 0 Soyuz R-7 10 9 1 0 Soyuz-2 R-7 9 8 1 0 Space Shuttle Space Shuttle 3 3 0 0 Final flightUR-100 Universal Rocket 1 0 1 0 Taurus Minotaur 1 0 1 0 Zenit Zenit 5 5 0 0 By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 5 ECA Ariane 5 4 4 0 0 Ariane 5 ES Ariane 5 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 401 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 411 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 501 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 541 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 551 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7320 Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7920 Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta II 7920H Delta II 1 1 0 0 Final flightDelta IV Medium+ (4,2) Delta IV 2 2 0 0 Delta IV Heavy Delta IV 1 1 0 0 Dnepr Dnepr 1 1 0 0 H-IIA 202 H-IIA 2 2 0 0 H-IIB H-IIB 1 1 0 0 Long March 2C Long March 2 4 3 1 0 Long March 2D Long March 2 1 1 0 0 Long March 2F Long March 2 1 1 0 0 Long March 2F/G Long March 2 1 1 0 0 Maiden flightLong March 3A Long March 3 3 3 0 0 Long March 3B Long March 3 5 5 0 0 Long March 3C Long March 3 1 1 0 0 Long March 4B Long March 4 3 3 0 0 Minotaur I Minotaur I 2 2 0 0 Minotaur IV+ Minotaur IV 1 1 0 0 PSLV-G PSLV 1 1 0 0 PSLV-CA PSLV 1 1 0 0 PSLV-XL PSLV 1 1 0 0 Proton-M / Briz-M Proton 9 8 1 0 Rokot / Briz-KM UR-100 1 0 1 0 Safir-B Safir 1 1 0 0 Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M Soyuz-2 3 3 0 0 Soyuz ST-A / Fregat Soyuz-2 1 1 0 0Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Soyuz-2 4 3 1 0 Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT Soyuz-2 1 1 0 0 Soyuz-FG Soyuz 4 4 0 0 Soyuz-U Soyuz 6 5 1 0 Space Shuttle Space Shuttle 3 3 0 0 Final flightTaurus-XL Taurus 1 0 1 0 Zenit-2M Zenit 1 1 0 0 Zenit-3F Zenit 2 2 0 0 Maiden flightZenit-3SL Zenit 1 1 0 0 Zenit-3SLB Zenit 1 1 0 0 By spaceport bar chart center 800 400 1 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 9:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0: 7:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:25:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 7 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6 FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : ForestGreen : MediumPurple : LightSeaGreen : DarkGreen : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : Indigo : DeepSkyBlue : SkyBlue Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Xichang : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Ocean Odyssey : Semnan : Tanegashima : Baikonur : Dombarovsky : Plesetsk : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : Kodiak : MARS : Vandenberg China : France : India : International waters : Iran : Japan : Kazakhstan : Russia : United States _launches Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksBaikonur 25 23 2 0 Cape Canaveral 7 7 0 0 Dombarovsky 1 1 0 0 Kourou 7 7 0 0 Jiuquan 6 5 1 0 Kennedy Space Center 3 3 0 0 Kodiak 1 1 0 0 MARS 1 1 0 0 Ocean Odyssey UN International waters 1 1 0 0 Plesetsk 6 4 2 0 Satish Dhawan 3 3 0 0 Semnan 1 1 0 0 Tanegashima 3 3 0 0 Taiyuan 4 4 0 0 Vandenberg 6 5 1 0 Xichang 9 9 0 0 Total 84 78 6 0 By orbit bar chart center 800 400 1 0:0:0:0:0:0 0:13:0:0:0:0 0:13:0:0:0:0 0:13:0:0:0:0 0: 0:0:0:0:0 0:0: 7:0:0:0 0:0:0:24:0:0 0:0:0: 3:0:0 0:0:0:0: 3:0 0:0:0:0:0: 2 DeepSkyBlue: Navy : MediumBlue : RoyalBlue : DodgerBlue : LightSeaGreen : SaddleBrown : Peru : Black: Gold Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Medium Earth : Geosychronous(transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Medium Earth : Geosynchronous / transfer : High Earth : Heliocentric _launches Orbital regime Launches Successes At least one payload was placed in the target orbital regime Failures Accidentallyachieved RemarksTransatmospheric 0 0 0 0 Low Earth 44 40 4 0 14 to ISS, 1 to Tiangong-1 Medium Earth / Molniya 8 7 1 0 Geosynchronous / GTO 27 26 1 1 High Earth / Lunar transfer 3 3 0 0 Heliocentric / Planetary transfer 2 2 0 0 Total 84 78 6 1 Notes See also 2011 in science List of human spaceflights, 2011–2020 Timeline of spaceflight Notes References External links 2011 on expand Category:Spaceflight by year