2014 in spaceflight

National firsts
Satellite	Turkmenistan
Orbital launch	Indonesia Argentina
Rockets
Maiden flights	Angara A5 Falcon Heavy RPS-420 Tronador II

The year 2014 is currently expected to see the maiden flights of the Angara and Falcon Heavy carrier rockets, with Indonesia and Argentina scheduled to conduct its first orbital rocket launch with the RPS-420 and Tronador II, respectively.

Launches

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks
1 January	Atlas V 401		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
	TDRS-L	NASA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
13 January	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-4	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
January	Atlas V 401		Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
	DMSP-5D3 F19	US Air Force/NOAA	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology
5 February	Soyuz-U		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Progress M-22M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
26 March	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-12M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 39/40
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts
First quarter	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	AsiaSat-6	AsiaSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
First quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		International Launch Services
	Türksat 4B	Turksat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		International Launch Services
	Inmarsat-5F2	Inmarsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		Khrunichev
	Ekspress-AT1	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
	Ekspress-AT2	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		Khrunichev
	Ekspress-AM8	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		Khrunichev
	KazSat-3	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
	Luch 5B	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
First quarter	Rokot/Briz-KM		Plesetsk 133/3		VKO
	Gonets-M	Gonets Satcom	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Gonets-M	Gonets Satcom	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Gonets-M	Gonets Satcom	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	DOSAAF-85	ISS Reshetnev	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
5 April	Antares 130		MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences
	Orbital CRS-3	Orbital/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
6 April	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-5	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
12 April	Ariane 5ES		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
	Georges Lemaitre ATV	ESA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
28 April	Soyuz-U		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Progress M-23M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
April	Rokot/Briz-KM		Plesetsk 133/3		Eurockot
	Sentinel 3A	ESA	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
28 May	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-13M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 40/41
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts
May	Delta IV-M+(4,2)		Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
	GPS IIIA-1	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
June	Rokot/Briz-KM		Plesetsk 133/3		Eurockot
	Sentinel 2A	ESA	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
June	Vega		Kourou ELV		Arianespace
	PRISMA	ASI	Planned: Low Earth	Technology/Imaging
June	H-IIA		Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi
	GPM-Core	JAXA/NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Environmental
	STARS-II	Kagawa	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	TBD		Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	TeikyoSat-3	Teikyo	Planned: Low Earth	Bioscience
	KSAT2	Kagoshima	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	OPUSAT	OPU	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	Invader	Tama	Planned: Low Earth	Amateur radio
	ITF-1	Tsukuba	Planned: Low Earth	Remote Sensing
June	Chang Zheng 2C/CTS2		Xichang LA-3		CGWIC
	TBD	BMT	Planned: Selenocentric	Lunar lander
	First commercial lunar probe, Google Lunar X-Prize attempt
June (NET)	Delta IV-H		Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
	EFT-1	NASA	Planned: Medium Earth	Technology
	First test flight of Orion spacecraft
Second quarter	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	AsiaSat-8	AsiaSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
Second quarter	Falcon Heavy		Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
	TBD	TBD	Planned:
	Maiden flight of Falcon Heavy
Second quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		Khrunichev
	Ekspress-AM4R	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Second quarter	Vega		Kourou ELV		Arianespace
	DZZ-HR		Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging
First half	Atlas V 401		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
	GPS IIF-7	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
First half	Atlas V 401		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
	GPS IIF-8	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
1 July	Delta II 7320-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance
	OCO-2	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Climatology
30 July	Soyuz-2.1a		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Progress M-24M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
July	Vega		Kourou ELV		Arianespace
	LISA Pathfinder	ESA/NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
8 August	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-6	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
August	H-IIA		Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi
	Astro-H	JAXA	Planned: Low Earth	Astronomy
30 September	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-14M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 41/42
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts
Third quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		International Launch Services
	Inmarsat-5F2	Inmarsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third Quarter	H-IIA		Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi
	Himawari-8	JAXA	Planned: Geostationary	Weather
22 October	Soyuz-U		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Progress MS-1	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
	Maiden flight of Progress-MS
31 October	Delta II 7320-10C		Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance
	SMAP	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Climatology
October	Atlas V 421		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
	MMS #1	NASA	Planned: Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric
	MMS #2	NASA	Planned: Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric
	MMS #3	NASA	Planned: Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric
	MMS #4	NASA	Planned: Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric
	Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
October	Vega		Kourou ELV		Arianespace
	Sentinel 3B	ESA	Planned: Low Earth	Remote Sensing
15 November	Soyuz-2-1b		Baikonur 31/6		Roskosmos
	Progress M-UM	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Orbital tug
	Uzlovoi Module	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS module
30 November	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-15M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 42/43
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts
November	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	DSCOVR	US Air Force/NASA/NOAA	Planned: Earth/Sun L2	Climatology
1 December	Falcon 9 1.1		Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
	Jason-3	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Oceanology
December	Falcon 9 1.1		Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
	SAOCOM 1A	CONAE	Planned: Low Earth	Radar imaging
December	H-IIA		Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi
	Hayabusa 2	JAXA	Planned: Heliocentric	Asteroid probe
Fourth quarter	Chang Zheng 4B		Taiyuan		CASC
	Fengyun 3-04	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Weather
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur		Khrunichev
	Ekspress-AM7	PFFK	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Zenit-3F		Baikonur 45/1		Roskosmos
	Spektr-RG	Roskosmos	Planned: Highly elliptical	Astronomy
	Konus-M	Roskosmos	Planned: Highly elliptical	Astronomy
Fourth quarter	Rokot/Briz-KM		Plesetsk 133/3		VKO
	Gonets-M	Gonets Satcom	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Gonets-M	Gonets Satcom	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Gonets-M	Gonets Satcom	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
Fourth quarter	Chang Zheng 3B/E		Xichang LA-2		CGWIC
	TurkmenistanSat	Turkmen Telecom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
	First Turkmen satellite
TBD	Atlas V 401		Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
	NROL-55	NRO	Planned:
TBD	Delta IV-M+(4,2)		Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
	SBIRS-GEO-3	US Air Force	Planned:
TBD	Falcon 9 1.1		Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
	Formosat-5	NSPO	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
TBD	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	OG2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
TBD	Falcon 9 1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	DragonLab 1	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth
TBD	SPARK		Barking Sands LC-41		University of Hawaii
	Kuma A'o	Hawaii	Planned: Low Earth
TBD	Proton-M/DM-03		Baikonur		Khrunichev
	Glonass-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
	Glonass-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
	Glonass-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
TBD	Zenit-3F		Baikonur 45/1
	Lybid'	DKAU	Planned: Highly elliptical	Astronomy
TBD	Angara A5		Plesetsk 35/1
	TBD
	Maiden flight of Angara
TBD	H-IIB		Tanegashima Y2		Mitsubishi
	HTV-5	JAXA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
TBD	RPS-420		Morotai		LAPAN
	TBD		Planned: Low Earth
	First Indonesian orbital launch attempt
TBD	Tronador II		Puerto Belgrano Naval Base		CONAE
	TBD		Planned: Low Earth
	First Argentinan orbital launch attempt

Deep space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
May 2014	Rosetta	Enters orbit of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
November 2014	Philae	Landing on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	First soft landing on a comet

References

Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".  Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".  Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page.  "Space Information Center". JAXA.  McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page.  "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC.  "NASASpaceFlight.com".  "Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency.  "Space Calendar". NASA JPL.  "Southwest Space Archive".  "Launch Forecast". Space.com.  "Spaceflight Now".  Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".  "U.S. Space Objects Registry".  "Хроника освоения космоса ('Chronicle of space exploration')" (in Russian). Cosmoworld.ru.

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