2014 in spaceflight

2014 in spaceflight
	Orion EFT-1, the first test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, will occur in 2014.
Orbital launches
First	5 January
Total	19
Successes	19
National firsts
Satellite	Lithuania
Rockets
Maiden flights	Antares 120
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In 2014, the maiden flight of Antares 120 took place, and the maiden flights of the Angara and SPARK carrier rockets are planned.

Launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
3 January	Arrow III			Negev		IAI

			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM Test	3 January	Successful
		Second flight test of the Arrow-III
5 January 10:48	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		GSAT-14	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
6 January 22:06:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Thaicom 6	Thaicom (Shin Corporation)	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
9 January 18:07:05	Antares 120			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences

		Cygnus CRS Orb-1	Orbital Sciences/NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	19 February 18:20	Successful
		ArduSat-2	NanoSatisfi	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Lituanica SAT-1	VU	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		LitSat-1	LSA, KTU, VGTU	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		SkyCube	SkyCube	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		UAPSat-1	UAP	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 1	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 2	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 3	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 4	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 5	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 6	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 7	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 8	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 9	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 10	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 11	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 12	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 13	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 14	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 15	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 16	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 17	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 18	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 19	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 20	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 21	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 22	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 23	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 24	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 25	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 26	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 27	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 28	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		First Orbital Sciences CRS operational flight, maiden flight of Antares 120. All payloads other than Cygnus are CubeSats carried aboard the Cygnus for deployment from the ISS. CubeSats include first Lithuanian satellites.
15 January 09:09	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Classified	15 January	Successful
		FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
15 January 09:09	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Classified	15 January	Successful
		FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
15 January 09:09	Terrier-Orion			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Classified	15 January	Successful
		FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
20 January 05:22	Agni-IV			Integrated Test Range		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile Test	20 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)
24 January 02:33:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		TDRS-L	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communication/Data Relay	In orbit	Operational
February
5 February 16:23:32	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-22M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
		Chasqui-1 ^[1]	Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Chasqui-1 to be released from the Kibo airlock
6 February 21:30:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		ABS-2	ABS	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Athena-Fidus	CNES/ASI	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
14 February 21:09:03	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services

		Türksat 4A	Türksat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
21 February 01:59:00	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		USA-248 (GPS IIF-5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
27 February 18:37:00	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

		GPM-Core	JAXA/NASA	Low Earth	Environmental	In orbit	Operational
		Ginrei (ShindaiSat)	Shinshu	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		STARS-II	Kagawa	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		TeikyoSat-3	Teikyo	Low Earth	Bioscience	In orbit	Operational
		KSAT2	Kagoshima	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		OPUSAT	OPU	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		INVADER	Tamabi	Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
		ITF-1	Tsukuba	Low Earth	Remote Sensing	In orbit	Operational
March
3 March 11:09	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat		NASA

		GREECE	SwRI	Suborbital	Auroral research	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi)
4 March 18:10	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	4 March	Successful
15 March 23:08:00	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev

		Ekspress-AT1	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Ekspress-AT2	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
22 March 22:04:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Astra 5B	SES S.A.	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Amazonas 4A	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
23 March 22:54:03	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2491 (GLONASS-M)	VKO	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
25 March 21:17:23	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-12M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 39/40	In orbit	Operational
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
31 March 02:46:03	Long March 2C			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2		CALT

		Shijian 11-06	CNSA	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
April
3 April 14:46:30	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		USA-249 (DMSP-5D3 F19)	US Air Force/NOAA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
3 April 21:02:26	Soyuz-STA/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Sentinel-1A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
4 April 11:44	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		IRNSS-1B	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
9 April 15:26:27	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-23M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
9 April ~19:00^[2]	Shavit			Palmachim Airbase		Israel Aerospace Industries

		Ofeq 10	Israel Defense Forces	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
10 April 17:45	Atlas V 541			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		NRO L-67	NRO	Planned: Geosynchronous (?)	ELINT (?)
		NRO Launch 67
14 April 20:58	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-3	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics
		KickSat	KickSat/Cornell	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		ALL-STAR/THEIA	Colorado/ALL-STAR	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		SporeSat	NASA Ames/Purdue	Planned: Low Earth	Life sciences
		TestSat-Lite	Taylor	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		PhoneSat 2.5	NASA Ames	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		KickSat will carry and attempt to deploy about 250 femtosatellites in low Earth orbit.
16 April 15:25	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		EgyptSat 2	NARSSS	Planned: Low Earth	Remote Sensing
28 April 04:25	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev

		Luch 5V	Roscosmos	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication/Data Relay
		KazSat-3	JSC KazSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
29 April 01:35	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		KazEOSat 2	KGS	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging
May
6 May 19:44	Antares 120			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences

		Cygnus CRS Orb-2	Orbital/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
7 May	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		NRO L-33	NRO	Planned: TBD	Reconnaissance
		NRO Launch 33
16 May 00:07	Delta IV-M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		GPS IIF-6	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
16 May	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev

		Ekspress-AM4R	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
23 May	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		MEASAT 3b	MEASAT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
		Optus 10	Optus	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
24 May 03:05 - 03:20	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi

		ALOS-2	JAXA	Planned: Low Earth (Sun-synchronous)	Earth observation
		RISING-2	Tohoku	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		UNIFORM-1	Wakayama	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
		SOCRATES	AES	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		SPROUT	Nihon	Planned: Low Earth	Technology / Amateur radio
28 May 19:56	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-13M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 40/41
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
29 May	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev

		Olymp (?)	VKO	Planned: Geosynchronous	ELINT (?)
May	Soyuz-2.1a			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kobalt-M	VKO	Planned: Low Earth	Reconnaissance
May	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKO

		Strela-3M	VKO	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Strela-3M	VKO	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Strela-3M	VKO	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
June
14 June	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		GLONASS-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
19 June	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Deimos-2	Deimos Space	Planned: Low Earth	Earth imaging
		KazEOSat 1	KGS	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging
27 June	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		O3b FM3	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
		O3b FM6	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
		O3b FM7	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
		O3b FM8	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
29 June	Soyuz-2.1b			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Foton-M No.4	Roscosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Microgravity sciences
June	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Astra 2G	SES S.A.	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
June	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Ekspress-AM6	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
June	PSLV-CA			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		SPOT 7	CNES	Planned: Low Earth	Earth imaging
June	GSLV Mk III			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		GSLV Mk III-X	ISRO	Planned: Suborbital	Test flight
		Sub-orbital test flight with ISRO Orbital Vehicle boilerplate ^[3]
Second quarter	Zenit-3SL			Odyssey		Sea Launch

		Eutelsat 3B	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Second quarter	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Orbcomm-2 F2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F3	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F4	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F5	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F6	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F7	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
Second quarter	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		AsiaSat-8	AsiaSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
Second quarter	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		AsiaSat-6	AsiaSat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
Second quarter	Strela			Baikonur Site 175/59		Roskosmos

		Kondor-E	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Radar imaging
July
1 July 09:56	Delta II 7320-10C			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance

		OCO-2	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Climatology
4 July	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
23 July 21:42	Soyuz-U			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-24M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
26 July 01:21	Ariane 5 ES			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Georges Lemaitre ATV	ESA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
July	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		GPS IIF-7	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
July	Angara A1.2			Plesetsk Site 35/1

				Planned: Suborbital	Test flight
		Maiden flight of Angara
July	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Türksat 4B	Turksat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
July	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		CNSA

		Gaofen 2	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
		Heweliusz (BRITE-PL2)	PAS	Planned: Low Earth	Astronomy
August
8 August	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-4	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
22 August	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo-FOC 1	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo-FOC 2	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
August	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		WorldView-3	DigitalGlobe	Planned: Low Earth	Earth imaging
August	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Asnaro-1	USEF	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
September
30 September	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-14M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 41/42
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
September	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		CLIO	TBD	Planned: Geosynchronous (?)	Communication (?)
September	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		GSSAP-1 (AFSPC-4-1)	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Space surveillance
		GSSAP-2 (AFSPC-4-2)	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Space surveillance
		ANGELS	AFRL	Planned: Geosynchronous	Technology
		First launch for the USAF Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program
September	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Ekspress-AM7	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
September	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Yamal-401	Gazprom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
September	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi

		Himawari-8	JMA	Planned: Geostationary	Weather
Third quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		MexSat-1	SCT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Inmarsat 5-F2	Inmarsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third quarter	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Thor 7	Telenor	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third quarter	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		ARSAT-1	AR-SAT SA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third quarter	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Intelsat 30	Intelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Third quarter	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		SICRAL 2	MDD/DGA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
October
3 October	Antares 130			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences

		Cygnus CRS Orb-3	Orbital/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
29 October	Soyuz-U			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress M-25M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
October	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		GPS IIF-8	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
October	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo-FOC 3	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo-FOC 4	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
October	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
October	SPARK			Barking Sands LC-41		University of Hawaii

		HawaiiSat 1	Hawaii	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Maiden flight of SPARK
October	Long March 3C			Xichang LA-2		CAST

		COMPASS MEO-7 (?)	CNSA	Planned: Medium Earth (?)	Navigation
November
5 November 14:16	Delta II 7320-10C			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance

		SMAP	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Climatology
27 November	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-5	SpaceX/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
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 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Orbcomm-2 F8	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F9	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F10	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F11	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F12	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F13	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F14	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F15	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F16	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F17	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
		Orbcomm-2 F18	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
November	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		IXV		Planned: Suborbital	Technology
		Test of a new experimental reentry vehicle
December
4 December	Delta IV-H			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		EFT-1	NASA	Planned: Medium Earth	Technology
		First test flight of Orion spacecraft
December	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi

		Hayabusa 2	JAXA	Planned: Heliocentric	Asteroid probe
December	Atlas V 531			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		NRO L-35	NRO	Planned:
December	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		TurkmenistanSat	Turkmen Telecom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
		First Turkmen satellite
December	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		CNSA

		CBERS-4	CASC/INPE	Planned: Sun-synchronous	Remote sensing
Fourth quarter	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		DirecTV 14	DirecTV	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Star One C4	Star One	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		International Launch Services

		Inmarsat 5-F3	Inmarsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Ekspress-AM8	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
Fourth quarter	Soyuz-2.1b			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Resurs-P No.2	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
Fourth quarter	Zenit-3F			Baikonur 45/1		Roskosmos

		Elektro-L No.2	Roskosmos	Planned: Geosynchronous	Weather
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	Long March 3C			Xichang LA-2		CAST

		Chang'e 5 Precursor Mission	CNSA	Planned: High Earth	Technology
		Testing of Chang'e 5 lunar sample return module in lunar free-return orbit
TBD
TBD	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		DSCOVR	US Air Force/NASA/NOAA	Planned: Earth/Sun L₂	Climatology
TBD	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		O3b FM9	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
		O3b FM10	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
		O3b FM11	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
		O3b FM12	O3b Networks	Planned: Medium Earth	Communication
TBD	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Meteor M-2	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Meteorology
		Baumanets 2	BMSTU	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		MKA-PN2 (Relek)	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth	Earth Science
		DX-1	Dauria Aerospace	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		M3MSat	CSA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		UKube-1	UKSA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		TechDemoSat-1	UKSA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		SkySat-2	Skybox Imaging	Planned: Low Earth	Earth Observation
		AISSat-2	NDRE	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		Venta 1	Ventspils	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
TBD	Zenit-3F			Baikonur Site 45/1		Roskosmos

		Lybid'	DKAU	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	H-IIB			Tanegashima Y2		Mitsubishi

		Kounotori 5	JAXA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
TBD	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Paz	Hisdesat	Planned: Low Earth	Remote sensing
TBD	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		GSAT-6	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Long March 3A			Xichang		CAST

		Fengyun 2G	CNSA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Weather
TBD	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		IRNSS-1C	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation
TBD	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		IRNSS-1D	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation

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Deep space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
1 January	Cassini	98th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
2 February	Cassini	99th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,236 kilometres (768 mi).
6 March	Cassini	100th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).
7 April	Cassini	101st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 963 kilometres (598 mi).
17 May	Cassini	102nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,994 kilometres (1,860 mi).
18 June	Cassini	103rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3,659 kilometres (2,274 mi).
20 July	Cassini	104th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 5,103 kilometres (3,171 mi).
August	Rosetta	Enters orbit of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
21 August	Cassini	105th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 964 kilometres (599 mi).
21 September	Cassini	106th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
22 September	MAVEN	Areocentric orbit injection
24 September	Mars Orbiter Mission	Areocentric orbit injection	India's first mission to Mars^[4]
23 October	Cassini	107th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,013 kilometres (629 mi).
11 November	Philae	Landing on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko	First soft landing on a comet
10 December	Cassini	108th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 980 kilometres (610 mi).

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
27 January 14:00	6 hours 8 minutes	20:08	Expedition 38/39 ISS Pirs	Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky	Installed High Resolution Camera (HRC) on SM Plane IV; installed Medium Resolution Camera (MRC) on SM Plane IV; photographed electrical connectors on ФП11 and ФП19 connector patch panels of SM; removed Worksite Interfaces (WIF) adaptor from SSRMS LEE B; retrieved СКК #2-СО cassette container from DC-1.^[5]

Orbital launch summary

By country

Country	Launches	Successes	Remarks
Europe	2	2
India	2	2
Japan	1	1
People's Republic of China	1	1
Russia	7	7	Includes Soyuz from Kourou (1).
United States	5	5
Israel	1	1

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes
Antares	United States	1	1
Ariane	Europe	2	2
Atlas	United States	2	2
Delta	United States	1	1
Falcon	United States	1	1
H-II	Japan	1	1
Long March	People's Republic of China	1	1
R-7	Russia	5	5
SLV	India	2	2
Universal Rocket	Russia	2	2
Shavit	Israel	1	1

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Partial failures
Antares	United States	Antares	1	1	0
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	2	2	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	2	2	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	1	1	0
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon 9	1	1	0
GSLV	India	SLV	1	1	0
PSLV	India	SLV	1	1	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	1	1	0
Long March 2	People's Republic of China	Long March	1	1	0
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	2	2	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	5	5	0
Shavit	Israel	1	1	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Remarks
Antares 120	United States	Antares	1	1
Ariane 5ECA	Europe	Ariane 5	2	2
Atlas V 401	United States	Atlas V	2	2
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)	United States	Delta IV	1	1
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	Falcon 9	1	1
GSLV Mk.II	India	GSLV	1	1	First successful launch
PSLV XL	India	PSLV	1	1
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-IIA	1	1
Long March 2C	People's Republic of China	Long March 2	1	1
Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia	Proton	2	2
Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	2	2

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	5	5
Cape Canaveral	United States	3	3
Kourou	France	3	3
Jiuquan	People's Republic of China	1	1
MARS	United States	1	1
Plesetsk	Russia	1	1
Satish Dhawan	India	2	2
Tanegashima	Japan	1	1
Vandenberg	United States	1	1
Palmachim Airbase	Israel	1	1

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	9	9	4 to ISS
Medium Earth	2	2
Geosynchronous/transfer	8	8

References

Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.^{[dead link]}
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
"NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
"Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.^{[dead link]}
"Space Information Center". JAXA.^{[dead link]}
"Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).

Generic references:

Spaceflight portal

Footnotes

^ http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/chasqui-1.htm
^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4508773,00.html
^ "Late ship postponed Mars mission launch, says official". The Times of India. 17 January 2014.
^ "NASA's Deep Space Network to Support India's Mars Mission". Space.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
^ "NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 January 2014". 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[1] ttp://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/chasqui-1.htm

[2] ttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4508773,00.html

[3] "Late ship postponed Mars mission launch, says official". The Times of India. 17 January 2014.

[4] "NASA's Deep Space Network to Support India's Mars Mission". Space.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

[5] "NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 January 2014". 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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