2015 in spaceflight

none September 2014 September 2014 2015 ORBCOMM-2 (23802553412).jpgA Falcon 9 first stage landing at Cape Canaveral LZ-1 Pluto in True Color - High-Res.jpgFull disc, true colour view of Pluto Occator PIA19889.jpgClose-up view of high-albedo regions on Ceres Expedition 46 Landing (NHQ201603020028).jpgScott Kelly being carried from the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft 250 3 transparent transparent Highlights from spaceflight in 2015Clockwise from top: The first ever vertical landing of an orbital-class launch vehicle, during the Falcon 9's twentieth flight in December. The vehicle landed at Cape Canaveral LZ-1. A close-up view of one of many high albedo regions on the dwarf planet Ceres spotted by the Dawn spacecraft upon its arrival in March. Ceres was the second world to be visited by Dawn after the main belt asteroid 4 Vesta. Commander Scott Kelly is pulled from the Soyuz TMA-M Eridan following its landing in Kazakhstan in March. The landing signalled the conclusion of Kelly's and Mikhail Kornienko's year in space. A true colour view of Pluto, photographed by the New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby in July. Launched in 2006, the spacecraft traversed a distance of nearly 5 billion kilometres (3.1 billion miles) before performing the first ever reconnaissance of a Kuiper belt object (KBO). 10 January 28 December 87 82 4 1 83IXV The European experimental spaceplane IXV was briefly in orbit but did not receive a COSPAR catalog number. Long March 3C/E / YZ-1 Long March 3B / YZ-1 Long March 6 Long March 11 Super Strypi Falcon 9 Full Thrust Dnepr-1 4 12 7 Timeline of spaceflight 2014 2016 right on In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place. A total of 87 orbital launches were attempted in 2015, of which 82 were successful, one was partially successful and four were failures. The year also saw seven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 27, 20 and 19 launches respectively. 3 Overview In February 2015, the European Space Agency's experimental lifting body spacecraft, the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, successfully conducted its first test flight. In March 2015, Ceres became the first dwarf planet to be visited by a spacecraft when Dawn entered orbit. In July 2015, New Horizons visited the Pluto-Charon system after a 9-year voyage, returning a trove of pictures and information about the former "ninth planet" (now classified as a dwarf planet). Meanwhile, the MESSENGER probe was deliberately crashed into Mercury after 4 years of in-orbit observations. On 23 November 2015, the Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital rocket achieved its first powered soft landing near the launch site, paving the way for full reuse of its propulsion stage. On 21 December, the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust took place, ending with a successful landing of its first stage. Two old weather satellites, NOAA-16 and DMSP 5D-2/F13, broke up in 2015, creating several hundred pieces of space debris. In both cases, a battery explosion is suspected as the root cause. Orbital launches 2015 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| January |- 4 10 January 09:47:10 USA Falcon 9 v1.1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX SpaceX attempted to land the first stage on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean, but the first stage crash-landed on its landing platform.553855109114101760 elonmusk Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho. 2015-04-04 2015-01-10 The AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from the space station on 5 February 2015,http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/news/150205_aesp14.html Brazilian AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from Kibo JAXA 5 February 2015 17 September 2015 while the Flock-1 CubeSats were deployed on 3 March 2015.http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/flock-1.htm Flock-1, -1b, -1c, -1d, -1d', -1e, -1f, -2, -2b, -2c, -2d, -2e space.skyrocket.de 17 September 2015 USA SpaceX CRS-5 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply 11 February 2015 00:44 Successful BRA AESP-14 yes ITA Low Earth Ionospheric research 11 May 2015 Successful USA Flock-1d' 1 yes Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation 13 October 2015 Successful USA Flock-1d' 2 yes Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation 27 December 2015 Successful 1 21 January 01:04:00 USA Atlas V 551 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance USA MUOS-3 US Navy Geosynchronous Communications Operational 5 31 January 14:22:00 USA Delta II 7320 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W USA United Launch Alliance USA SMAP NASA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational USA ExoCube yes Cal Poly Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational USA FIREBIRD II A yes Montana State Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Successful 2 August 2023https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40377 FIREBIRD 3 2 August 2023 2 December 2023 N2YO.com USA FIREBIRD II B yes Montana State Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Successful 2 August 2023https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40378 FIREBIRD 4 2 August 2023 2 December 2023 N2YO.com USA GRIFEX yes NASA / JPL Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 February |- 1 1 February 01:21:00 JPN H-IIA 202 JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 JPN MHI JPN IGS-Radar Spare CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Successfulhttps://www.cas.go.jp/jp/houdou/pdf/20240731_csice_press.pdf ja ja:情報収集衛星レーダ予備機の運用終了について CSICE 31 July 2024 3 August 2024 1 1 February 12:31:00 RUS Proton-M/Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUSUSA International Launch Services UK Inmarsat 5-F2 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 2 February 08:50 IRN Safir-1B LBS.2001 IRN Semnan IRN ISA IRN Fajr ISA Low Earth Technology demonstration 26 February 2015 Successful 1 11 February 13:40:00 ITA Vega FRA Kourou ELV FRA Arianespace Vega's 4th stage briefly entered low Earth orbit before de-orbiting; thus it did not get a COSPAR ID. This marked the first flight of the IXV 23px IXV ESA Transatmospheric Technology demonstration 11 February 2015 15:19 Successful 1 11 February 23:03:32 USA Falcon 9 v1.1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX First SpaceX launch aimed beyond GTO. First stage soft landed on water. USA DSCOVR NOAA Sun–Earth Earth observation / Heliophysics Operational 1 17 February 11:00:17 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-26M / 58P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply 14 August 2015 14:17 Successful 1 27 February 11:01:35 RUS Soyuz-2.1a RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Kosmos 2503 (Bars-M 1L) VKO Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 March |- 2 2 March 03:50:00 USA Falcon 9 v1.1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX First communication satellites to use all-electric propulsion to reach intended orbits from GTO. FRA Eutelsat 115 West B Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational BMU ABS-3A ABS Geosynchronous Communications Operational 4 13 March 02:44:00 USA Atlas V 421 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance USA MMS-1 NASA Elliptical High Earth Magnetospheric research Operational USA MMS-2 NASA Elliptical High Earth Magnetospheric research Operational USA MMS-3 NASA Elliptical High Earth Magnetospheric research Operational USA MMS-4 NASA Elliptical High Earth Magnetospheric research Operational 1 18 March 22:05:00 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS Khrunichev RUS Ekspress AM7 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 25 March 18:36:00 USA Delta IV M+(4,2) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-37B USA United Launch Alliance Named after Star Deneb. USA USA-260 (GPS IIF-9) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 25 March 22:08:53 UKR Dnepr RUS Dombarovsky Site 13 RUS UKR ISC Kosmotras Final flight of Dnepr-1 rocket, due to the Russo-Ukrainian war. KOR KOMPSat-3A KARI Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 1 26 March 01:21:00 JPN H-IIA 202 JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 JPN MHI JPN IGS-Optical 5 CSICE Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational 1 27 March 19:42:57 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including two on a year-long mission. RUS Soyuz TMA-16M Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 43/44/45/46 12 September 2015 00:51 Successful 2 27 March 21:46:18 RUS Soyuz-STB / Fregat FRA Kourou ELS FRA Arianespace 23px Galileo FOC 3 ESA Medium Earth Navigation Operational 23px Galileo FOC 4 ESA Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 28 March 11:49:00 IND PSLV-XL IND Satish Dhawan SLP IND ISRO IND IRNSS-1D ISRO Geosynchronous Navigation Operational 1 30 March 13:52:30 CHN Long March 3C/E/YZ-1 CHN Xichang LC-2 CHN CASC CHN BeiDou I1-S CNSA Geosynchronous Navigation Operational 4 31 March 13:47:56 RUS Rokot / Briz-KM RUS Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133/3 RUS VKO RUS Gonets-M 11 Gonets Satellite System Low Earth Communications Operational RUS Gonets-M 12 Gonets Satellite System Low Earth Communications Operational RUS Gonets-M 13 Gonets Satellite System Low Earth Communications Operational RUS Kosmos 2504 VKO Low Earth Technology demonstration / Satellite inspection (?) Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 April |- 3 14 April 20:10:41 USA Falcon 9 v1.1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX First stage recovery failed; the rocket stage landed on the target drone ship too fast, tipped over, and exploded.Elon Musk at Twitter: "Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival."All secondary payloads were deployed from an ISS airlock later. Arkyd 3 Reflight is a replacement for Arkyd 3, which was lost in the Cygnus CRS Orb-3 flight accident in 2014. USA SpaceX CRS-6 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply Successful 21 May 2015 16:42 USA Arkyd 3 Reflight Planetary Resources Low Earth Technology demonstration 23 December 2015 Successful USA Flock-1e × 14 yes Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation First: 8 February 2016 Last: 24 August 2016 Successful 2 26 April 20:00:07 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace NOR Thor 7 Telenor Geosynchronous Communications Operational ITA FRA SICRAL-2 MDD/DGA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 27 April 23:03:00 USA Falcon 9 v1.1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX First Turkmen satellite (not counting Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule). TKM TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT Turkmen Telecom Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 28 April 07:09:50 RUS Soyuz-2.1a KAZ Baikonur Site 31/6 RUS Roscosmos Spacecraft lost communications and attitude control soon after separation failure during launch.РОСКОСМОС: "ПРОГРЕСС М-27М" - ОПРЕДЕЛЕНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ (ROSCOSMOS: "Progress M-27M" - cause of accident determined) http://www.federalspace.ru/21513/ Roscosmos 1 June 2015 ru 1 June 2015 11 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150611064320/http://www.federalspace.ru/21513/ dead International Space Station docking attempt cancelled.Hout Dan Progress 59 Update Apr. 30, 2015 https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/04/30/progress-59-update-apr-30-2015/ NASA Blogs: Space Station NASA 16 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210516120653/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/04/30/progress-59-update-apr-30-2015/ 16 May 2021 30 April 2015 live Mission declared a total loss.Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M 'out of control' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32517447 BBC News British Broadcasting Company 30 April 2015 29 April 2015 RUS Progress M-27M / 59P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply 8 May 2015 Failure |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 May |- 1 16 May 05:47:39 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services Proton third stage vernier engine failed at T+497 seconds due to turbopump shaft coating degradation causing excess vibration.РОСКОСМОС: НАЗВАНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ РН "ПРОТОН-М" (ROSCOSMOS: Named cause of the accident "Proton-M") http://www.federalspace.ru/21511/ Roscosmos 30 May 2015 ru 29 May 2015 30 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150530054705/http://www.federalspace.ru/21511/ dead MEX Mexsat-1 SCT Geosynchronous Communications 16 May 2015 Launch failure 12 20 May 15:05:00 USA Atlas V 501 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance The X-37B spaceplane landed autonomously at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility after spending a record-breaking 718 days in orbit.https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/07/x-37b-spaceplane-returns-to-earth-and-makes-precision-autopilot-landing/ X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth and makes autopilot landing in Florida Spaceflight Now Justin Ray 7 May 2017 7 May 2017 USA AFSPC-5 (X-37B OTV-4) U.S. Air Force Low Earth Technology demonstration 7 May 2017 Operational USA ULTRASat NASA Low Earth CubeSat Deployment Operational USA LightSail 1 yes The Planetary Society Low Earth Technology demonstration 14 June 2015 17:23 Successful USA USS Langley yes U.S. Naval Academy Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA BRICSat-P yes U.S. Naval Academy / George Washington Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA ParkinsonSat yes U.S. Naval Academy Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA GEARRS-2 yes Taylor Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA AeroCube-8A yes The Aerospace Corporation Low Earth Technology demonstration 11 October 2021https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40659 AEROCUBE 8A N2YO.com 27 October 2021 Successful USA AeroCube-8B yes The Aerospace Corporation Low Earth Technology demonstration 2 October 2021https://www.satview.org/?sat_id=40660U AEROCUBE 8B - Norad 40660U Satview 8 October 2021 Successful USA OptiCube 1 yes CalPoly Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA OptiCube 2 yes CalPoly Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA OptiCube 3 yes CalPoly Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational 2 27 May 21:16:07 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace USA DirecTV-15 DirecTV Geosynchronous Communications Operational MEX Sky Mexico 1 SKY Mexico Geosynchronous Communications Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 June |- 1 5 June 15:23:54 RUS Soyuz-2.1a RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Kosmos 2505 (Kobalt-M №10) VKO Low Earth Reconnaissance 18 September 2015 Successful 1 23 June 01:51:58 ITA Vega FRA Kourou ELV FRA Arianespace 23px Sentinel-2A ESA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 1 23 June 16:44:00 RUS Soyuz-2.1b RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF RUS Kosmos 2506 (Persona №3) VKO Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational 1 26 June 06:22:04 CHN Long March 4B CHN Taiyuan LC-9 CHN CASC CHN Gaofen 8 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation / Reconnaissance Operational 2 28 June 14:21:11 USA Falcon 9 v1.1 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX Vehicle disintegrated at T+139 seconds after second stage helium tank support strut failure caused helium tank to break through second stage tanks.CRS-7 INVESTIGATION UPDATE http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/07/20/crs-7-investigation-update SpaceX 20 July 2015 28 July 2015 26 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170326154026/http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/07/20/crs-7-investigation-update dead Attempted to deliver the IDA-1 segment of the NASA Docking System. CubeSats were to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date. Planned first stage landing test not achieved. USA SpaceX CRS-7 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply 28 June 2015 Launch Failure USA Flock-1f × 8614903950635085824 planet4589 Dragon also will carry eight @planetlabs Flock-1f imaging cubesats which will be stored on ISS for later deployment 27 June 2015 yes Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation 28 June 2015 Launch Failure |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 July |- 1 3 July 04:55:48 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-28M / 60P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply Successful 19 December 2015 5 10 July 16:28:00 IND PSLV-XL IND Satish Dhawan FLP IND ISRO UK UK-DMC-3A DMCii Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational UK UK-DMC-3B DMCii Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational UK UK-DMC-3C DMCii Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational UK CBNT-1 SSTL Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational UK DeOrbitSail yes Surrey Space Centre Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational 1 15 July 15:36:00 USA Atlas V 401 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance Named after Star Antares. USA USA-262 (GPS IIF-10) U.S. Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational 2 15 July 21:42:07 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace BRA Star One C4 Star One Geosynchronous Communications Operational 23px MSG-4 EUMETSAT Geosynchronous Meteorology Operational 1 22 July 21:02:44 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos Crewed flight with three cosmonauts. RUS Soyuz TMA-17M Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 44/45 11 December 2015 13:10 Successful 1 24 July 00:07:00 USA Delta IV M+(5,4) USA Cape Canaveral SLC-37B USA United Launch Alliance USA USA-263 (WGS-7) U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Operational 2 25 July 12:29:04 PRC Long March 3B/YZ-1 PRC Xichang LA-2 PRC CASC PRC BeiDou M1-S CNSA Medium Earth Navigation Operational PRC BeiDou M2-S CNSA Medium Earth Navigation Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 August |- 6 19 August 11:50:49 JPN H-IIB JPN Tanegashima LA-Y2 JPN MHI CubeSats to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date. SERPENS and S-CUBE were deployed on 17 September. AAUSAT5, GOMX-3, and Dove Flocks were deployed on 5–7 October, but two out of the fourteen Dove Flocks failed to be deployed due to a malfunction of the deployer.https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2015/10/07/ ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/7/15 7 October 2015 NASA 26 October 2015 JPN HTV-5 JAXA Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply 29 September 2015 Successful DEN AAUSAT5 yes Aalborg Low Earth Technology demonstration 15 March 2016 Successful USA Flock-2b × 14http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/htv5_launch Stork Set to Make Special Space Station Delivery 14 August 2015 NASA 14 August 2015 2 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160102204837/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/htv5_launch/ dead yes Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation First: 22 May 2016 Last: 17 October 2016 Successful (12 deployed) DEN GOMX-3 yes GomSpace Low Earth Technology demonstration 19 October 2016http://gomspace.com/documents/investor/Press_release_GOMX-3_re-entering_into_the_atmosphere.pdf GomSpace - GOMX-3 mission completed and de-orbited according to plan 21 October 2016 8 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120607/http://gomspace.com/documents/investor/Press_release_GOMX-3_re-entering_into_the_atmosphere.pdf 20 December 2016 dead dmy-all Successful JPN S-CUBE yes Chiba Institute of Technology Low Earth Meteor observation 23 November 2016https://twitter.com/PERC_Chitech/status/801695152888692736 ja:千葉工業大学 惑星探査研究センター ja 24 November 2016 8 December 2016 BRA SERPENS yes University of Brasília / Brazilian Space Agency Low Earth Technology demonstration 27 March 2016 Successful 2 20 August 20:34:08 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace FRA Eutelsat 8 West B Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational USA Intelsat 34 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 27 August 02:31:35 CHN Long March 4C CHN Taiyuan LC-9 CHN CASC CHN Yaogan 27 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational 1 27 August 11:22:00 IND GSLV Mk II IND Satish Dhawan SLP IND ISRO IND GSAT-6 Indian Armed Forces/ISRO Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 28 August 11:44:00 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services UK Inmarsat 5-F3 Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 September |- 1 2 September 04:37:43 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos Crewed flight with three cosmonauts: including ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, the first Dane in space, and Aidyn Aimbetov, the first cosmonaut from an independent Kazakhstan.Sarah Brightman was intended to fly this mission as a spaceflight participant, but withdrew from training on 13 May 2015 for personal reasons.http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/05/13/brightman-steps-down-from-station-flight/ Brightman steps down from station flight 13 May 2015 spaceflightnow.com Japanese space tourist Satoshi Takamatsu was believed to be taking Brightman's place, but he declined and Roscosmos chose Aimbetov as an alternative instead.http://spacenews.com/kazakh-cosmonaut-to-take-brightmans-place-on-soyuz-flight/ Kazakh Cosmonaut To Take Brightman's Place On Soyuz Flight Jeff Foust 22 June 2015 SpaceNews.comLanded with the Year in Space crew of Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko RUS Soyuz TMA-18M Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 45/46/irisshttp://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Andreas_Mogensen_s_mission_name_links_cosmos_and_Earth Andreas Mogensen's mission name links cosmos and Earth 22 June 2015 ESA 2 March 2016 04:26 Successful 1 2 September 10:18:00 USA Atlas V 551 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance USA MUOS-4 U.S. Navy Geosynchronous Communications Operational 2 11 September 02:08:10 RUS Soyuz-STB / Fregat FRA Kourou ELS FRA Arianespace 23px Galileo FOC 5 ESA Medium Earth Navigation Operational 23px Galileo FOC 6 ESA Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 12 September 15:42:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CASC PRC TJS-1 CNSA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 14 September 04:42 PRC Long March 2D PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CASC PRC Gaofen 9 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation / Reconnaissance Operational 1 14 September 19:00:00 RUS Proton-M / Blok DM-03 KAZ Baikonur Site 81/24 RUS Khrunichev RUS Ekspress AM8 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications Operational 20 19 September 23:01:14 PRC Long March 6 PRC Taiyuan LC-16 PRC CASC Maiden flight of the Long March 6 vehicle. PRC LilacSat-2 HIT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC NS-2 Tsinghua University Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC NUDT-PhoneSat NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration 29 March 2023https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40900 NUDT-PHONESAT N2YO.com 29 March 2023 31 March 2023 Successful PRC Tiantuo-3 NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Xingchen 1 NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Xingchen 2 NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Xingchen 3 NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Xingchen 4 NUDT Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Xiwang-2A CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Amateur radio Successful 25 April 2023https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40903 XW-2A 25 April 2023 15 January 2024 N2YO.com PRC Xiwang-2B CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Amateur radio Operational PRC Xiwang-2C CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Amateur radio Operational PRC Xiwang-2D CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Amateur radio Operational PRC Xiwang-2E CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Amateur radio Operational PRC Xiwang-2F CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Amateur radio Operational PRC XY-2 CASC Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC ZDPS-2A ZJU Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC ZDPS-2B ZJU Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC ZJ-1 Tsinghua University Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC ZJ-2 Tsinghua / Xidian Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC DCBB yes CAMSAT Low Earth (SSO) Education Operational 3 23 September 21:59:38 RUS Rokot / Briz-KM RUS Plesetsk Site 133/3 RUS VKO RUS Kosmos 2507 (Strela-3M) VKO Low Earth Communications Operational RUS Kosmos 2508 (Strela-3M) VKO Low Earth Communications Operational RUS Kosmos 2509 (Strela-3M) VKO Low Earth Communications Operational 4 25 September 01:41:40 PRC Long March 11 PRC Jiuquan LS-95A PRC CASC Maiden flight of the Long March 11 vehicle. PRC Pujiang-1 SAST Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration Operational PRC Tianwang 1A (Shankeda 2) yes ShanghaiTech Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration 30 December 2022https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40928 TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A) N2YO.com 30 December 2022 9 January 2023 Successful PRC Tianwang 1B (NJUST 2) yes NJUST Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration 31 March 2021https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40927 TIANWANG 1B (TW-1B) N2YO.com 31 March 2021 27 October 2021 Successful PRC Tianwang 1C (NJFA 1) yes ShanghaiTech Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration 27 February 2021https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40926 TIANWANG 1C (TW-1C) N2YO.com 27 February 2021 27 October 2021 Successful 7 28 September 04:30:00 IND PSLV-XL IND Satish Dhawan FLP IND ISRO IND Astrosat ISRO Low Earth X-ray astronomy Operational Indonesia LAPAN-A2 LAPAN Low Earth Earth observation Operational CAN ExactView 9 exactEarth Low Earth Maritime observation Operational USA Lemur-2 1 yes NanoSatisfi Low Earth Earth observation Operational USA Lemur-2 2 yes NanoSatisfi Low Earth Earth observation Operational USA Lemur-2 3 yes NanoSatisfi Low Earth Earth observation Operational USA Lemur-2 4 yes NanoSatisfi Low Earth Earth observation Operational 1 29 September 23:13:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LA-3 PRC CASC PRC BeiDou I2-S CNSA Geosynchronous Navigation Operational 2 30 September 20:30:07 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace AUS NBN-Co 1A (Sky Muster) NBN Co Geosynchronous Communications Operational ARG ARSAT-2 ARSAT Geosynchronous Communications Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 October |- 1 1 October 16:49:40 RUS Soyuz-U KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos RUS Progress M-29M / 61P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply Successful 8 April 2016 1 2 October 10:28:00 USA Atlas V 421 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance MEX Mexsat-2 SCT Geosynchronous Communications Operational 4 7 October 04:13:04 PRC Long March 2D PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CASC PRC Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellitehttps://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jilin-1-svs.htm Jilin-1 Smart Verf ication [sic] Satellite Gunter's Space Page Gunter Krebs 10 January 2019 Chang Guang Satellite Technology Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational PRC Jilin-1 Optical-Ahttps://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jilin-1-optical-a.htm Jilin-1 Optical-A, B Gunter's Space Page Gunter Krebs 10 January 2019 Chang Guang Satellite Technology Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational PRC Jilin-1 Video-01 (Lingqiao 1-01)https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jilin-1-video-01.htm Jilin-1 Video-01, 02 (Lingqiao 1-01, 02) Gunter's Space Page Gunter Krebs 10 January 2019 Chang Guang Satellite Technology Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational PRC Jilin-1 Video-02 (Lingqiao 1-02) Chang Guang Satellite Technology Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 11 8 October 12:49:30 USA Atlas V 401 USA Vandenberg SLC-3E USA United Launch Alliance NRO Launch 55 USA USA-264 (NOSS) NRO Low Earth ELINT Operational USA USA-264 (NOSS) NRO Low Earth ELINT Operational USA Aerocube-5c yes The Aerospace Corporation Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA Aerocube-7 yes The Aerospace Corporation Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA AMSAT Fox-1 yes AMSAT Low Earth Amateur radio / Technology demonstration Operational USA ARC-1 yes UAF Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA BisonSat yes SKC Low Earth Earth observation Operational USA LMRST-Sat yes NASA / JPL Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA PropCube x 2 yes Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA SINOD-D x 2 yes SRI International Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational USA SNaP-3 x 3 yes U.S. Army SMDC Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational 1 16 October 16:16:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CASC HK APStar-9 APT Satellite Holdings Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 16 October 20:40:11 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS USA International Launch Services TUR Türksat 4B Türksat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 26 October 07:10:04 PRC Long March 2D PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CASC PRC Tianhui 1C CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation (Cartography) Operational 1 31 October 16:13:00 USA Atlas V 401 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance Named after Star Altair. USA USA-265 (GPS IIF-11) U.S. Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 November |- 1 3 November 16:25:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-3 PRC CASC PRC ChinaSat 2C CNSA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 6 4 November 03:45:00 USA SPARK USA Pacific Missile Range Facility LP-41 USA ORS Maiden flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle.Vehicle lost attitude control at T+1 minute. USA HiakaSat ORS Low Earth Technology demonstration 4 November 2015 Launch failure USA EDSN x 8 yes NASA Low Earth Technology demonstration 4 November 2015 Launch failure USA PrintSat yes Montana State University Low Earth Technology demonstration 4 November 2015 Launch failure USA Argus yes St. Louis University and Vanderbilt University Low Earth Technology demonstration 4 November 2015 Launch failure USA STACEM yes Utah State University Low Earth Technology demonstration 4 November 2015 Launch failure USA Supernova-Beta yes Pumpkin, Inc. Low Earth Technology demonstration 4 November 2015 Launch failure 1 8 November 07:06:04 CHN Long March 4B CHN Taiyuan LC-9 CHN CASC CHN Yaogan 28 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational 2 10 November 21:34:07 FRA Ariane 5 ECA FRA Kourou ELA-3 FRA Arianespace SAU Arabsat 6B Arabsat Geosynchronous Communications Operational IND GSAT-15 ISRO Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 17 November 06:33:41 RUS Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF First space component for Russia's new unified missile early warning network.Bergin Chris Graham William Soyuz 2-1B launches EKS-1 to upgrade Russian Early Warning System https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/soyuz-2-1b-eks-1-russian-early-warning-system/ NASASpaceflight.com 16 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210516121124/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/soyuz-2-1b-eks-1-russian-early-warning-system/ 16 May 2021 17 November 2015 live RUS Kosmos 2510 (EKS (Tundra)) VKO Molniyahttp://spaceflight101.com/russias-1st-eks-missile-warning-satellite-enters-surprising-orbit Russia's 1st EKS Missile Warning Satellite enters surprising Orbit 18 November 2015 2015-11-20 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151121033355/http://spaceflight101.com/russias-1st-eks-missile-warning-satellite-enters-surprising-orbit/ dead Early warning Operationalhttp://ria.ru/space/20151117/1322817651.html Новейший спутник Минобороны РФ вышел на связь и работает нормально РИА Новости РИА Новости 17 November 2015 2015-11-17 1 20 November 16:07:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CASC First Laotian satelliteClark Stephen China launches first satellite for Laos http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/11/22/china-launches-first-satellite-for-laos/ Spaceflight Now 27 November 2015 LAO LaoSat-1 Laos National Authority for Science and Technology Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 24 November 06:50:00 JPN H-IIA 204 JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 JPN MHI CAN Telstar 12V Telesat Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 26 November 21:24:04 CHN Long March 4C CHN Taiyuan LC-9 CHN CASC CHN Yaogan 29 CNSA Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 2015 December |- 1 3 December 04:04:00 ITA Vega FRA Kourou ELV FRA Arianespace 23px LISA Pathfinder ESA / NASA Sun–Earth Technology demonstration Operational 2 5 December 14:08:33 RUS Soyuz-2-1v / Volga RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 RUS RVSN RF Kanopus-ST failed to separate from the Volga upper stage.http://www.space.com/31307-russian-military-satellite-kanopus-launch-failure.html Russian Military Satellite Suffers Launch Failure, Will Crash Soon Space.com 7 December 2015http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/defense/russia-successfully-launches-kanopus-st-satellite-into-orbit/ Russian Soyuz-2.1v launch a partial failure - SpaceFlight Insider www.spaceflightinsider.com 7 December 2015 RUS Kosmos 2511 (Kanopus-ST) VKO Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Launch failure 8 December 2015 05:43 RUS Kosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) Almaz-Antey Low Earth (SSO) Radar calibration Operational 7 6 December 21:44:57 USA Atlas V 401 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-41 USA United Launch Alliance Flight moved from Antares 130 rocket following launch failure of Cygnus CRS Orb-3. Originally scheduled for 1 April 2015.http://www.space.com/27962-cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-new-rocket.html Private Cargo Spacecraft Gets New Rocket Ride After Accident 9 December 2014 Space.com 2015-04-04 MinXSS was deployed into orbit from ISS on 16 May 2016.http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/ The Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) University of Colorado Boulder 19 April 2018 USA Cygnus CRS OA-4 S.S. Deke Slayton II Orbital ATK / NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply Successful 20 February 2016 USA SIMPL NovaWurks Low Earth Technology demonstration Successful 26 July 2022https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=42983 SIMPL N2YO.com 26 July 2022 18 August 2022 USA Flock-2e x 12 yes Planet Labs Low Earth Earth observation Successful First: 25 July 2017https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41566 FLOCK 2E-8 25 July 2017 20 October 2023 N2YO.comLast: 14 August 2018https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41564 FLOCK 2E-8 14 August 2018 20 October 2023 N2YO.com USA CADRE yes University of Michigan Low Earth Technology demonstration Successful 3 January 2017https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41475 CADRE N2YO.com 19 August 2019 USA MinXSS 1 yes University of Colorado Boulder Low Earth Solar physics, Space weather 5 May 2017https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41474 MINXSS N2YO.com 19 August 2019 Successful USA Nodes x 2 yes NASA Low Earth Technology demonstration Successful 23 September 2017https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41478 NODES 2 N2YO.com 19 August 2019 USA STMSat 1 yes St. Thomas More Cathedral School Low Earth Education Successful 21 April 2017https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=41476 STMSAT 1 N2YO.com 19 August 2019 1 9 December 16:46:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-3 PRC CASC PRC ChinaSat 1C CNSA Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 11 December 13:45:33 UKR Zenit-3F KAZ Baikonur Site 45/1 RUS Roscosmos RUS Elektro-L No.2 Roscosmos Geosynchronous Meteorology Operational 1 13 December 00:19:00 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 81/24 RUS Khrunichev RUS Kosmos 2513 (Garpun No. 12L) VKO Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 15 December 11:03:09 RUS Soyuz-FG KAZ Baikonur Site 1/5 RUS Roscosmos Crewed flight with three cosmonauts. RUS Soyuz TMA-19M Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 46/47 18 June 2016 09:15 Successful 6 16 December 12:30:00 IND PSLV-CA IND Satish Dhawan FLP IND ISRO SIN TeLEOS-1 AgilSpace Low Earth Earth observation Operational SIN VELOX C1 NTU Low Earth Atmospheric science Operational SIN VELOX 2 yes NTU Low Earth Technology demonstration Operational SIN Kent Ridge 1 NUS Low Earth Earth observation Operational SIN Galassia yes NUS Low Earth Atmospheric science Operational SIN Athenoxat-1 yes NTU Low Earth Earth observation Operational 1 17 December 00:12:04 PRC Long March 2D PRC Jiuquan SLS-2 PRC CASC PRC DAMPE CAS Low Earth (SSO) High-energy astronomy Operational 2 17 December 11:51:56 RUS Soyuz ST-B / Fregat FRA Kourou ELS FRA Arianespace 23px Galileo FOC 8 ESA Medium Earth Navigation Operational 23px Galileo FOC 9 ESA Medium Earth Navigation Operational 1 21 December 08:44:39 RUS Soyuz-2.1a KAZ Baikonur Site 31/6 RUS Roscosmos First launch of the new Progress-MS variant. RUS Progress MS-01 / 62P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS resupply 3 July 2016 07:50 Operational 11 22 December 01:29:00 USA Falcon 9 Full Thrust USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA SpaceX First flight of the upgraded "full thrust" version of Falcon 9, first Falcon 9 flight after launch failure in June. First successful return to launch site and vertical landing of a first stage, demonstrated as part of a controlled descent test. USA Orbcomm-2 F2 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F5 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F8 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F10 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F12 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F13 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F14 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F15 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F16 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F17 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational USA Orbcomm-2 F18 Orbcomm Low Earth Communications Operational 1 24 December 21:31:19 RUS Proton-M / Briz-M KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 RUS Khrunichev RUS Ekspress AMU1 RSCC Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 28 December 16:04:04 PRC Long March 3B/E PRC Xichang LC-2 PRC CASC PRC Gaofen 4 CNSA Geosynchronous Earth observation Operational |} 2015 Suborbital flights collapsed 1 26 January 09:13 USA Terrier-Improved Malemute USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: ~160 km? USA M-TEX Alaska Suborbital Auroral 26 January Successful 1 26 January 09:14 USA Terrier-Orion USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: ~130 km? USA MIST Clemson Suborbital Auroral 26 January Successful 1 26 January 09:46 USA Terrier-Improved Malemute USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: ~160 km? USA M-TEX Alaska Suborbital Auroral 26 January Successful 1 26 January 09:47 USA Terrier-Orion USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: ~130 km? USA MIST Clemson Suborbital Auroral 26 January Successful 1 28 January 10:41 USA Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka USA Poker Flat USA NASA Apogee: ~590 km? USA ASSP USU Suborbital Auroral 28 January Successful 1 31 January 02:36:00June 2026 IND Agni V IND Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV IND DRDO Apogee: ~800 km DRDO Suborbital Missile test Successful 31 January 1 19 February IND Prithvi II IND Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3 IND DRDO Apogee: ~100 km DRDO Suborbital Missile test Successful 19 February 1 19 February 22:06 BRAUSA VS-30/Improved Orion NOR Andøya NOR Andøya Apogee: 365 km SWENOR ICI-4 (CanoRock 4) Oslo/Andøya Suborbital Technology 19 February Successful 1 22 February 07:52 BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange France CNES Apogee: 265 km France Cryofenix CNES Suborbital Microgravity Successful 22 February 1 22 February USA UGM-133 Trident II D5 USA Submarine, Pacific Ocean USA US Navy US Navy Suborbital Missile test Successful 22 February 1 22 February USA UGM-133 Trident II D5 USA Submarine, Pacific Ocean USA US Navy US Navy Suborbital Missile test Successful 22 February 1 24 February 07:30 USA Terrier-Oriole USA Wallops Island USA TBD FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 km? DOD Suborbital 24 February Missile Defense Test Successful 1 24 February 07:30 USA Terrier-Oriole USA Wallops Island USA TBD FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 km? DOD Suborbital 24 February Missile Defense Test Successful 1 24 February 07:30 USA Terrier-Oriole USA Wallops Island USA TBD FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 km? DOD Suborbital 24 February Missile Defense Test Successful 1 25 February 12:26 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA Apogee: 300 km? USA MOSC 2 AFRL Suborbital Ionospheric research Successful 25 February 1 26 February RUS UR-100NU RUS Yasniy RUS RVSN Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test RVSN Suborbital Missile test Launch failurehttp://russianforces.org/blog/2015/02/flight_test_of_a_project_4202.shtml Flight test of a Project 4202 vehicle Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces 26 February 2015 Podvig Pavel 26 February 1 1 MarchThe CNS North Korea Missile Test Database https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/north_korea_missile_test_database.xlsx 2025-01-17 Nuclear Threat Initiative PRK Hwasong-6 PRK Nampo PRK Korean People's Army Strategic Force Apogee: 134 km. 1 of 2. PRK Korean People's Army Strategic Force Suborbital 1 March Missile test Successful 1 1 March PRK Hwasong-6 PRK Nampo PRK Korean People's Army Strategic Force Apogee: 134 km. 2 of 2. PRK Korean People's Army Strategic Force Suborbital 1 March Missile test Successful 1 5 March 01:44 BRA VS-30 NOR Andøya GER DLR Apogee: 126 km, 13 Super Loki meteorological rockets were also launched GER WADIS-2 DLR Suborbital Atmospheric Successful 5 March 1 9 March PAK Shaheen-III PAK Sonmiani PAK ASFC Apogee: 500 km? ASFC Suborbital Missile test Successful 9 March 1 18 March RUS RS-26 Rubezh RUS Kapustin Yar RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 18 March 1 23 March 10:36 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-10 USA US Air Force GT214GM, Apogee: ~1300 km ? US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 23 March 1 27 March 10:54 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-04 USA US Air Force GT215GM, Apogee: ~1300 km ? US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 27 March 1 30 March BRA VSB-30 NOR Andøya AUS DSTO AUSHiFire-7 DSTO Suborbital Technology demonstration 30 March Successful 1 9 April INDDhanush INDShip, Indian Ocean INDDRDO Apogee: ~100 km DRDO Suborbital Target Successful 9 April 1 15 April PAKGhauri PAKTilla PAKArmy of Pakistan Apogee: 100 km PAKHaft-5 Army of Pakistan Suborbital Missile test Successful 15 April 1 16 April 04:22 INDAgni-III INDITR IC-4 INDIndian Army Apogee: 350 km Indian Army Suborbital Missile test Successful 16 April 1 18 April 11:01 USA Terrier-Improved Malemute USA Wallops Island USA NASA Apogee: ~174 km USA Rocksat-X University of Colorado Boulder Suborbital Student Research 18 April Successful 1 23 April 07:35 BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange EUR EuroLaunch Apogee: 261 km GER/23px TEXUS-51 DLR/ESA Suborbital Microgravity Successful 23 April 1 27 April 04:55 BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange EUR EuroLaunch Apogee: 255 km GER/23px TEXUS-52 DLR/ESA Suborbital Microgravity Successful 27 April 1 2 May 08:30:01 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA Apogee: 272 km USA OGRESS University of Iowa Suborbital X-Ray Astronomy 2 May Successful 1 20 May 10:37 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-09 USA US Air Force GT212GM, Apogee: ~1300 km ? US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 20 May 1 21 May 19:15 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USANASA Second stage failure, flight was terminated safety officials about four seconds into the second stage burn after data showed the vehicle was flying off-course. The payload carrying the experiment separated from the rocket and descended via parachute. USA EVE CU Boulder Suborbital SDO calibration 21 May Launch failure 1 6 June USA SM-3-IIA USA San Nicolas Island USA US Navy Maiden flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01 (SCD CTV-01) US Navy Suborbital 6 June ABM test Successful 1 25 June 10:00 USA Terrier-Improved Orion USA Wallops Island USA NASA Apogee: 118 km USA RockOn CU Boulder Suborbital Student experiments 25 June Successful 1 26 June USA ARAV ? USA Kauai USA MDA Aegis radar target MDA Suborbital 26 June ABM target Launch failure 1 30 June 04:55 BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange EUR EuroLaunch Apogee: 252 km GER MAPHEUS-5 DLR Suborbital Technology demonstration Successful 30 June 1 7 July 10:15 USA Black Brant IX USA Wallops Island USA NASA Apogee: 350 km USA SOAREX-8 NASA Suborbital Technology demonstration 7 July Successful 1 29 July 08:30 USA ARAV ? MMW E1 USA Kauai USA MDA Apogee: 100 km?, Aegis MMW E1 target, successful intercept by SM-6 Dual I missile MDA Suborbital 29 July ABM target Successful 1 30 July 06:15 USA ARAV ? MMW E2 USA Kauai USA MDA Apogee: 100 km?, Aegis MMW E2 target, successful intercept by SM-2 Block IV missile MDA Suborbital 30 July ABM target Successful 1 12 August 10:14 USA Terrier-Improved Malemute USA Wallops Island USA NASA Apogee: ~156km (97 miles).http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-launches-student-experiments-from-wallops NASA Launches Student Experiments from Wallops Black Patrick NASA 12 August 2015 USA Rocksat-X Various universities Suborbital Student Research 12 August Successful 1 19 August 10:03 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-10 USA US Air Force GT213GM, Apogee: ~1300 km ? US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 19 August 1 22 August 15:13 RUS RS-12M Topol RUS Kapustin Yar RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 22 August 1 27 August 17:45 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA Apogee: 185 mihttp://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-funded-moses-2-sounding-rocket-to-investigate-coronal-heating NASA-Funded MOSES-2 Sounding Rocket to Investigate Coronal Heating / Update Sarah Frazier NASA 28 August 2015 18 September 2015 USA MOSES-2 MSU Suborbital Solar astronomy 27 August Successful 1 3 September 17:01 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA Apogee: 167 mihttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2015/nasas-clasp-mission-set-to-gauge-upper-solar-chromospheres-magnetic-field.html NASA's 'CLASP' Mission Set to Gauge Upper Solar Chromosphere's Magnetic Field / Update - Sept. 4, 2015 4 September 2015 18 September 2015 USAJPNESPNORFRA CLASP NASA / JAXA / IAC / IAS Suborbital Solar astronomy 3 September Successful 1 11 September 11:00:00 JPN S-520 JPN Uchinoura JPN JAXA Apogee: 312 kmhttp://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/topics/topics/2015/0916.shtml ja ja:観測ロケットS-520-30号機 打上げ結果について JAXA 16 September 2015 18 September 2015 JPN HU/UT/TU/JAXA Suborbital Microgravity 11 September Successful 1 16 September 19:06 CAN Black Brant XI NOR Andøya USA NASA Apogee: 299 km USA CARE II NRL Suborbital Aeronomy Successful 16 September 1 30 September 08:28 FRA M51 FRA Landes FRA DGA/Marine nationale Apogee: 500 km, apparently launched from the land test pad, rather than from a submarine. DGA/Marine nationale Suborbital Test flight 30 September Successful 1 2 October 05:39:00 BRA/USA VSB-30/Improved Orion SWE Esrange SWE Swedish Space Corporation Apogee: 246 km SWE O-STATES 1 SNSB Suborbital Atmospheric Research 2 October Successful 3 7 October 23:07:00 USA Black Brant IX USA Wallops Island USA NASA Apogee: 257.5 kilometers (160mi). http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/wallops/nasa-launch-from-wallops-visible-to-many-along-east-coast/ NASA Launches Student Experiments from Wallops Latrell Joe Spaceflight Insider 8 October 2015 Test flight of the new Black Brant Mk4 sustainer motor. Other payloads included a cloud of barium and strontium, which was deployed to test the rocket's payload ejection system and was visible for miles along the East Coast of the United States. USA Technology Test Flight NASA GSFC Suborbital Rocket motor test 7 October Successful USA LEO-1 Orbital ATK Suborbital Materials Testing 7 October Successful USA NNS NASA Suborbital Materials Testing 7 October Successful 1 19 October 14:09:00 BRA/USA VSB-30/Improved Orion SWE Esrange SWE Swedish Space Corporation Apogee: 244 km SWE O-STATES 2 SNSB Suborbital Atmospheric Research 19 October Successful 1 20 October USA Terrier-Orion ADS-15 E2 UK South Uist, Hebrides USA MDA SM-3 Target, apogee: ~100 km? DOD Suborbital 20 October Target Successful 1 20 October USA SM-3 ADS-15 E2 USA Ross DDG-71, Hebrides Range USA US Navy First Aegis-Test in the North Atlantic, successful intercept, apogee: ~100 km? US Navy Suborbital 20 October ABM test Successful 1 21 October 12:45:00 USA LGM-30G Minuteman III USA Vandenberg LF-04 USA US Air Force GT216GM, Apogee: ~1300 km ? US Air Force Suborbital Test flight Successful 21 October 1 28 October 11:30 RUS RS-24 Yars RUS Plesetsk RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 28 October 1 30 October RUS RS-12M Topol RUS Plesetsk RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 30 October 1 30 October RUS R-29RMU Sineva RUS K-117 Bryansk, Barents Sea RUS VMF VMF Suborbital Missile test 30 October Successful 1 30 October RUS R-29R Volna RUS K-223 Podolsk, Sea of Okhotsk RUS VMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 30 October 1 31 October 23:00 ? PRC B-611 PRC Shuangchengzi PRCPLA Target PLA Suborbital ABM target 31 October Successful 1 31 October 23:00 ? PRC SC-19 PRC Korla PRC PLA Interceptor, successful intercept PLA Suborbital ABM test 31 October Successful 1 1 November 03:05 USA SRALT FTO-02 E2a USA C-17, Pacific Ocean USA MDA Apogee: 300 km, successful intercepted MDA Suborbital THAAD target Successful 1 November 1 1 November 03:07 USA THAAD FTO-02 E2a USA Wake Island USA US Army Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 km USA US Army/MDA Suborbital ABM test Successful 1 November 1 1 November 03:10 USA eMRBM FTO-02 E2a USA C-17, Pacific Ocean USA MDA Apogee: 300 km, successful intercepted USA MDA Suborbital THAAD target Successful 1 November 1 1 November 03:12 USA THAAD FTO-02 E2a USA Wake Island USA US Army Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 km USA US Army/MDA Suborbital ABM test Successful 1 November 1 6 November 15:01 USA SpaceLoft XL USA Spaceport America USA UP Aerospace Mission SL-10, Apogee: 120.7 kilometers (74.98 miles). First private suborbital rocket to demonstrate ejection of recoverable payloads.http://spaceportamerica.com/press-release/spaceport-americas-24th-launch-an-up-aerospace-spaceloft-rocket-demonstrated-the-capability-to-eject-separate-payloads-requiring-independent-re-entry/ Spaceport America's 24th Launch – an UP Aerospace SpaceLoft Rocket Demonstrated the Capability to Eject Separate Payloads Requiring Independent Re-entry Spaceport America 6 November 2015 14 November 2015 https://archive.today/20160116154432/http://spaceportamerica.com/press-release/spaceport-americas-24th-launch-an-up-aerospace-spaceloft-rocket-demonstrated-the-capability-to-eject-separate-payloads-requiring-independent-re-entry/ 16 January 2016 dead dmy-all USA FOP-4 NASA Suborbital Four technology demonstration experiments Successful 6 November 1 8 November 02:00 USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 USAKentucky SSBN-737 6, Pacific Ocean USAUS Navy Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26) US Navy Suborbital Missile test Successful 8 November 1 9 November 04:15 IND Agni-IV IND Integrated Test Range IND DRDO Apogee: ~850 km? DRDO Suborbital 9 November Missile Test Successful 1 9 November 20:00 USAUGM-133 Trident II D5 USAKentucky SSBN-737 6, Pacific Ocean USAUS Navy Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26) US Navy Suborbital Missile test Successful 9 November 1 14 November RUS RSM-56 Bulava RUS K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea RUS VMF VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 14 November 1 14 November RUS RSM-56 Bulava RUS K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea RUS VMF Missile did not hit its targets at the Kura test site. The warheads did reach the Kamchatka region, but the miss was fairly large, but that was still not significant enough to abort the flight VMF Suborbital Missile test Successful 14 November 1 17 November 12:12 RUS RS-12M Topol RUS Kapustin Yar RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 17 November 1 21 November IRN Ghadr-1 IRN Semnan ? IRN IRGC apogee: 150 km IRN IGRC Suborbital Missile test Successful 21 November 1 23 November 17:21 USA New Shepard USA Corn Ranch USA Blue Origin Apogee: 100.5 km. Second test flight of the New Shepard launch system, first to cross the Kármán line, and first to achieve a powered landing of its propulsion stage. USA New Shepard Blue Origin Suborbital Test flight Successful 23 November 1 25 November 04:17 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA apogee: 217 km USA PICTURE-B UMass Suborbital Astronomy 25 November Successful 1 30 November 07:25 USA Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka NOR Andøya USA NASA Third stage failure, payload recovered USA CAPER Dartmouth College Suborbital Auroral research Launch failure 30 November 1 1 December 05:00 BRA VSB-30 SWE Esrange EUR EuroLaunch apogee: 270 km SWE MASER-13 SSC Suborbital Microgravity 1 December Successful 1 5 December 04:45 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA apogee: 224 km USA DXL-2 U of M Suborbital Astronomy 5 December Successful 1 8 December USA SM-3-IIA USA San Nicolas Island USA US Navy Second flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-02 (SCD CTV-02) US Navy Suborbital 8 December ABM test Successful 1 10 December 06:12 ISR Silver Sparrow ISR F-15 Eagle, Israel ISR IAF Arrow-3 target, successfully intercepted, apogee: ~150 km IAI/IDF Suborbital ABM target Successful 10 December 1 10 December 06:15 ISR Arrow III ISR Negev ISR IAF First test of the Arrow-III against a target, successful intercept over the Mediterranean IAI/IDF Suborbital 10 December ABM Test Successful 1 10 December USA SRALT FTO-02 E1a USA C-17, Pacific Ocean USA MDA Apogee: 300 km, successful intercepted MDA Suborbital SM-3-IB target Successful 10 December 1 10 December USA SM-3-IB FTO-02 E1a USA Kauai USA US Navy First intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system US Navy Suborbital 10 December ABM test Successful 1 10 December 13:55 USA Juno USA Fort Wingate LC-96 USA US Army Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted US Army Suborbital Target Successful 10 December 1 11 December PAK Shaheen-III PAK Sonmiani PAK ASFC Apogee: 500 km? ASFC Suborbital Missile test Successful 11 December 1 12 December RUS R-29RMU Sineva RUS K-51 Verkhoturye, Barents Sea RUS VMF VMF Suborbital Missile test 12 December Successful 1 13 December 04:32 CAN Black Brant XIIA NOR Andøya USA NASA Apogee: 447 km USA RENU 2 New Hampshire Suborbital Geospace Successful 13 December 1 15 December PAK Shaheen-IA PAK Sonmiani PAK ASFC ASFC Suborbital Missile test Successful 15 December 1 18 December 06:52 CAN Black Brant IX USA White Sands USA NASA apogee: 282 km USA FORTIS JHU Suborbital UV Astronomy 18 December Successful 1 24 December 17:55 RUS RS-12M Topol RUS Kapustin Yar RUS RVSN RVSN Suborbital Missile test Successful 24 December |} Deep space rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks10 JanuaryChang'e 5-T1Injection into Selenocentric orbitDeparted from Earth–Moon L2 on 4 January.11 Januaryhttp://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/saturntourdates2015/ Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2015 Cassini Solstice Mission dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093211/http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/saturntourdates2015/ 18 May 2015 Cassini109th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 970 kilometres (603 mi).12 FebruaryCassini110th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1,200 kilometres (746 mi).6 Marchhttp://www.nasa.gov/jpl/dawn/dawn-spacecraft-begins-approach-to-dwarf-planet-ceres/ Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres NASA 29 December 2014 Dawn Enters orbit of Ceres 1st visit to a dwarf planet.16 MarchCassini111th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 2,275 kilometres (1,413 mi).30 AprilMESSENGERImpact to Mercuryhttp://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/10100759-from-mercury-orbit-messenger.html From Mercury orbit, MESSENGER watches a lunar eclipse Planetary Society 10 October 2014The crash occurred on the side of the planet not visible from Earth.7 MayCassini112th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 2722 km mi.16 JuneCassini4th flyby of DioneClosest approach: 516 km mi.7 JulyCassini113th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 10953 km mi.14 JulyNew HorizonsFirst flyby of Pluto and Charon2nd visit to a dwarf planet. Closest approach: 12,500 km (7,800 mi).17 AugustCassini5th flyby of DioneClosest approach: 474 km mi.28 SeptemberCassini114th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1,036 kilometres (643 mi).14 OctoberCassiniFlyby of EnceladusClosest approach: 1,839 kilometres (1,142 mi).28 OctoberCassiniFlyby of EnceladusClosest approach: 49 km mi.12 NovemberCassini115th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 11,920 kilometres (7,407 mi).3 Decemberhttp://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/hayabusa2/topics.html Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2" Topics 2 November 2015 JAXAHayabusa2Flyby of EarthGravity assist3 Decemberhttp://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/04131009-procyon-update.html PROCYON update: Asteroid 2000 DP107 target selected, ion engine stopped Emily Lakdawalla 13 April 2015 The Planetary SocietyPROCYONFlyby of EarthGravity assist en route to cancelled asteroid flyby.4 Decemberhttp://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/ Keiichi Okuyama-Lab Kyushu Institute of TechnologyShin'en 2Flyby of EarthGravity assist7 Decemberhttp://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/21akatsuki/ Crippled space probe bound for second chance at Venus Spaceflight Now 21 November 2011Akatsuki Venus orbit insertionAkatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus and 2nd (successful) attempt at orbit insertion.19 DecemberCassiniFlyby of EnceladusClosest approach: 4999 km mi. Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs) Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks21 February12:456 hours41 minutes19:26Expedition 42/43 ISS QuestUSA Barry E. Wilmore USA Terry W. VirtsRigged and routed power and data cables at the forward end of the Harmony module as part of preparations for the installation of the International Docking Adapter at PMA-2.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/02/21/first-of-three-spacewalks-complete/ First of Three Spacewalks Complete | Space Station Blogs.nasa.gov 2015-02-21 2015-04-0425 February11:516 hours43 minutes18:34Expedition 42/43 ISS QuestUSA Barry E. Wilmore USA Terry W. VirtsCompleted power and data cable routing at the forward end of the Harmony module. Removed launch locks from forward and aft berthing ports of Tranquility to prepare for relocation of the Permanent Multipurpose Module and the installation of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Lubricated end effector of Canadarm2.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/02/25/wilmore-and-virts-begin-their-second-spacewalk/ Wilmore and Virts Begin Their Second Spacewalk NASA 2015-02-25 2015-02-25http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/astronauts-spacewalk-re-wire-iss-commercial-crew/ EVA-30 concluded latest ISS commercial crew preparations Pete Harding NASASpaceflight.com 2015-02-25 2015-02-251 March11:525 hours38 minutes17:30Expedition 42/43 ISS QuestUSA Terry W. Virts USA Barry E. WilmoreFinished cable routing, antenna and retro-reflector installation on both sides of the ISS truss and on other modules in preparation for the installation of the International Docking Adapter at PMA-2 and 3.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/03/01/spacewalkers-install-c2v2-cables/ Spacewalkers Install C2V2 Cables NASA 2015-03-01 2015-03-01http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/03/spacewalkers-new-comms-system-future-vehicles/ Spacewalkers install new comms system for future vehicles Chris Bergin NASASpaceflight.com 2015-03-01 2015-03-0110 August14:205 hours31 minutes19:51Expedition 44/45 ISS PirsRUS Gennady Padalka RUS Mikhail KorniyenkoInstalled gap spanners on the hull of the station for facilitating movement of crew members on future spacewalks, cleaned windows of the Zvezda Service Module, install fasteners on communications antennas, replaced an aging docking antenna, photographed various locations and hardware on Zvezda and nearby modules, and retrieved a space environment experiment.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/08/10/cosmonauts-complete-russian-spacewalk/ Cosmonauts Complete Russian Spacewalk NASA 2015-08-10 2015-08-11 23 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190423200941/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/08/10/cosmonauts-complete-russian-spacewalk/ deadhttp://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/08/rs-41-cosmonaut-only-russian-spacewalk-2015/ RS-41: Cosmonaut duo complete the only Russian spacewalk of 2015 David Štula NASASpaceflight.com 2015-08-10 2015-08-1128 October12:037 hours16 minutes19:19Expedition 45 ISS QuestUSA Scott Kelly USA Kjell N. LindgrenPrepared a Main Bus Switching Unit for repair, installed a thermal cover on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, lubricated elements of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System, and routed data and power cables to prepare for the installation of the International Docking Adaptor at PMA-2 and 3.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/10/28/nasa-astronauts-complete-their-first-spacewalk/ NASA Astronauts Complete Their First Spacewalk – Space Station blogs.nasa.gov 29 October 2015 2 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200602192447/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/10/28/nasa-astronauts-complete-their-first-spacewalk/ dead6 November11:227 hours48 minutes19:10Expedition 45 ISS QuestUSA Scott Kelly USA Kjell N. LindgrenWorked to restore a portion of the ISS's cooling system to its primary configuration, returning ammonia coolant levels to normal in the primary and backup radiator arrays.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/11/06/pair-of-nasa-astronauts-wrap-up-second-spacewalk/ Pair of NASA Astronauts Wrap Up Second Spacewalk – Space Station blogs.nasa.gov 10 November 2015 2 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200602192411/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/11/06/pair-of-nasa-astronauts-wrap-up-second-spacewalk/ dead21 December13:453 hours16 minutes16:01Expedition 46 ISS QuestUSA Scott Kelly USA Timothy KopraReleased a brake on the Mobile Servicing System to allow it to be properly stowed prior to the arrival of a visiting Progress vehicle. Routed cables in preparation for the installation of the Nauka module and the International Docking Adapter, and retrieved tools from a toolbox.https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/12/21/astronauts-make-quick-work-of-short-spacewalk/ Astronauts Make Quick Work of Short Spacewalk – Space Station blogs.nasa.gov 21 December 2015 19 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191019174617/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/12/21/astronauts-make-quick-work-of-short-spacewalk/ dead Space debris events Date/Time (UTC)Source objectEvent typePieces trackedRemarks3 February 17:40 http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/pdfs/ODQNv19i2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150503090600/http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/pdfs/ODQNv19i2.pdf dead 2015-05-03 Recent Breakup of a DMSP Satellite NASA Orbital Debris Quarterly News 19 2 April 2015 8 February 2016 DMSP 5D-2/F13 (USA-109)Satellite breakup159 T.S. Kelso, CelesTrak We have TLEs for 10 more pieces of debris from DMSP 5D-2 F13, which brings the total to 159 so far. 11 June 2015 https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/608797620354441216 8 February 2016The breakup was most likely caused by a battery explosion.Berger Brian Gruss Mike 20-year-old Military Weather Satellite Apparently Exploded in Orbit http://spacenews.com/20-year-old-military-weather-satellite-apparently-exploded-in-orbit/ 28 February 2015 Space News 27 February 2015 This satellite had been launched in 1995. Another satellite from the same series, DMSP 5D-2/F11, had broken up in 2004. Debris are expected to remain in orbit for decades.Gruss Mike DMSP-F13 Debris To Stay On Orbit for Decades http://spacenews.com/dmsp-f13-debris-to-stay-on-orbit-for-decades/ 7 May 2015 Space News 2015-05-06 25 November 7:20 T.S. Kelso TSKelso 672943857735110656 Preliminary analysis of initial TLEs for NOAA 16 debris suggests an event time of 2015 Nov 25 @ ~0720 UTC. 5 December 2015 8 February 2016NOAA-16Satellite breakup275 T.S. Kelso, CelesTrak TSKelso 713665017225281536 That brings the total so far for the NOAA 16 debris event to 275 pieces, with none having decayed from orbit. 26 March 2016 28 March 2016 As this weather satellite, launched in 2000, had a similar construction to the DMSP satellite which broke up in February 2015, the same cause is suspected (battery overheating and explosion). NOAA Weather Satellite suffers in-orbit Breakup 25 November 2015 http://spaceflight101.com/noaa-weather-satellite-suffers-in-orbit-breakup/ 8 February 2016 3 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230203135156/https://spaceflight101.com/noaa-weather-satellite-suffers-in-orbit-breakup/ dead 22 December 16:00 Joint Space Operations Center JSpOC 691823805451345925 JSpOC confirms breakup of BREEZE-M R/B (#38343). Analysis shows it occurred Dec 22, 2015, 1600Z +/-1 min. 9 associated pieces. #38343Breakup 26 January 2016 28 March 2016 Briz-M upper stageBooster explosion9A Briz-M upper-stage booster, having subsisted in geosynchronous transfer orbit since launching the Canadian Nimiq 6 commsat in 2012, was seen to have broken up into 9 pieces as of 26 January 2016. Orbital analysis of the debris allowed to time the explosion within one minute of 16:00 UTC on 22 December 2015. Three other Briz-M upper stages had exploded earlier in 2007, 2010 and 2012. Rocket explosion raises worries over space debris Stephen Clark Spaceflight Now 24 October 2012 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1210/23breezem/ 28 March 2016 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":270, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 27 (31.03%)"}, {"value":200, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 20 (22.99%)"}, {"value":190, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 19 (21.84%)"}, {"value":60, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 6 (6.89%)"}, {"value":50, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 5 (5.75%)"}, {"value":40, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 4 (4.6%)"}, {"value":30, "color":"#808000", "label": "Italy: 3 (3.45%)"}, {"value":20, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 2 (2.3%)"}, {"value":9, "color":"#239f40", "label": "Iran: 1 (1.15%)"}, ] Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 19 19 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 27Includes three European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace 24 2 1 2Zenit and Dnepr rockets were launched from Russia and/or Kazakhstan 2 0 0 20 18 2 0 World 19 6 5 1 3 4 27 2 20 19 6 5 1 3 4 24 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 By rocket bar chart center 990 400 1 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:9:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:7:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:3:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:1:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:4:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:9:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:4:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:1:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:1:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:4:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:3:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:4:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:7:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:3:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:8:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:2:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:3:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:5 MediumBlue : Goldenrod : SteelBlue : LightSteelBlue : DarkBlue : Teal : Olive : DarkKhaki : FireBrick : IndianRed : Salmon : Tomato : Crimson : Gold : Grey : DarkGrey : Chocolate : CornflowerBlue : Tan : Wheat : SkyBlue : LightGrey Ariane 5 : Atlas V : Delta II : Delta IV : Delta IV Heavy : Falcon 9 : H-IIA : H-IIB : Long March 2 : Long March 3 : Long March 4 : Long March 6 : Long March 11 : PSLV : Soyuz-U : Soyuz-FG : Soyuz-2 (Russia) : Soyuz-ST (Europe) : Proton-M : Rokot : Vega : Others Ariane : Atlas : Delta : Falcon : H-II : Long March : PSLV : R-7 : UR : Vega : Others _launches By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 6 6 0 0 Atlas 9 9 0 0 Delta 3 3 0 0 Falcon 7 6 1 0 GSLV 1 1 0 0 H-II 4 4 0 0 Long March 19 19 0 0 PSLV 4 4 0 0 R-7 17 15 1 1 R-36 1 1 0 0 Safir 1 1 0 0 Strypi 1 0 1 0 Universal Rocket 10 9 1 0 Vega 3 3 0 0 Zenit 1 1 0 0 By type Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 5 Ariane 6 6 0 0 Atlas V Atlas 9 9 0 0 Delta II Delta 1 1 0 0 Delta IV Delta 2 2 0 0 Dnepr R-36 1 1 0 0 Final flight Falcon 9 Falcon 7 6 1 0 GSLV GSLV 1 1 0 0 H-IIA H-II 3 3 0 0 H-IIB H-II 1 1 0 0 Long March 2 Long March 4 4 0 0 Long March 3 Long March 9 9 0 0 Long March 4 Long March 4 4 0 0 Long March 6 Long March 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Long March 11 Long March 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Proton Universal Rocket 8 7 1 0 PSLV PSLV 4 4 0 0 Safir Safir 1 1 0 0 Soyuz R-7 7 7 0 0 Soyuz-2 R-7 10 8 1 1 Super Strypi Strypi 1 0 1 0 Maiden flight UR-100 Universal Rocket 2 2 0 0 Vega Vega 3 3 0 0 Zenit Zenit 1 1 0 0 By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 5 ECA Ariane 5 6 6 0 0 Atlas V 401 Atlas V 4 4 0 0 Atlas V 421 Atlas V 2 2 0 0 Atlas V 501 Atlas V 1 1 0 0 Atlas V 551 Atlas V 2 2 0 0 Delta II 7320 Delta II 1 1 0 0 Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) Delta IV 1 1 0 0 Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) Delta IV 1 1 0 0 Dnepr R-36 1 1 0 0 Final flight Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon 9 6 5 1 0 Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon 9 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight GSLV Mk II GSLV 1 1 0 0 H-IIA 202 H-IIA 2 2 0 0 H-IIA 204 H-IIA 1 1 0 0 H-IIB H-IIB 1 1 0 0 Long March 2D Long March 2 4 4 0 0 Long March 3B/E Long March 3 7 7 0 0 Long March 3B / YZ-1 Long March 3 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Long March 3C/E / YZ-1 Long March 3 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Long March 4B Long March 4 2 2 0 0 Long March 4C Long March 4 2 2 0 0 Long March 6 Long March 5 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Long March 11 Long March 11 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Proton-M / Blok DM-03 Proton 1 1 0 0 Proton-M / Briz-M Proton 7 6 1 0 PSLV-CA PSLV 1 1 0 0 PSLV-XL PSLV 3 3 0 0 Rokot / Briz-KM UR-100 2 2 0 0 Safir-1B Safir 1 1 0 0 Soyuz-2.1a Soyuz-2 4 3 1 0 Soyuz-2.1b Soyuz-2 1 1 0 0 Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Soyuz-2 1 1 0 0 Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT Soyuz-2 3 3 0 0 Soyuz-2-1v / Volga Soyuz-2 1 0 0 1 Soyuz-FG Soyuz 4 4 0 0 Soyuz-U Soyuz 3 3 0 0 Super Strypi Strypi 1 0 1 0 Maiden flight Vega Vega 3 3 0 0 Zenit-3F Zenit 1 1 0 0 By spaceport bar chart center 800 400 1 5:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 5:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 9:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:12:0:0:0:0:0:0 0:0: 5:0:0:0:0:0 0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0 0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:18:0:0 0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 0:0:0:0:0:0: 7:0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:17 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2 FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : ForestGreen : MediumPurple : Plum : LightSeaGreen : DarkGreen : SteelBlue : Navy : Blue : DodgerBlue : DeepSkyBlue : SkyBlue Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Xichang : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Semnan : Tanegashima : Uchinoura : Baikonur : Dombarovsky : Plesetsk : Barking Sands : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : MARS : Vandenberg China : France : India : Iran : Japan : Kazakhstan : Russia : United States _launches Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Baikonur 18 16 2 0 Barking Sands 1 0 1 0 Cape Canaveral 17 16 1 0 Dombarovsky 1 1 0 0 Kourou 12 12 0 0 Jiuquan 5 5 0 0 Plesetsk 7 6 0 1 Satish Dhawan 5 5 0 0 Semnan 1 1 0 0 Taiyuan 5 5 0 0 Tanegashima 4 4 0 0 Vandenberg 2 2 0 0 Xichang 9 9 0 0 Total 87 82 4 1 By orbit bar chart center 800 400 1 1:0:0:0:0:0 0:11:0:0:0:0 0:12:0:0:0:0 0:19:0:0:0:0 0: 0:0:0:0:0 0:0:31:0:0:0 0:0:0: 7:0:0 0:0:0:0: 2:0 0:0:0:0:0: 0 DeepSkyBlue: Navy : MediumBlue : RoyalBlue : DodgerBlue : SaddleBrown : LightSeaGreen : Black: Gold Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Geosychronous(transfer) : Medium Earth : High Earth : Heliocentric Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Geosynchronous / transfer : Medium Earth : High Earth : Heliocentric orbit _launches Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not achieved Accidentallyachieved Remarks Transatmospheric 1 1 0 0 Low Earth 45 42 2 1 14 to ISS (1 launch failure, 1 failure post-separation) Geosynchronous/transfer 32 31 1 0 Medium Earth 7 7 0 0 High Earth 2 2 0 0 Total 87 83 3 1 Gallery Notes References External links 2015 on Category:Spaceflight by year