2016 in spaceflight

2016 in spaceflight
	The Juno mission is expected to enter orbit around Jupiter in July 2016.
Orbital launches
First	15 January
Total	12
Successes	12
Rockets
Retirements	Falcon 9 v1.1
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In 2016, the maiden spaceflights of the private American Falcon Heavy and the Chinese Long March 5^[1] and Long March 7 launch vehicles are planned. The inaugural flight from the new Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia is currently planned to occur in 2016.^[2] The first orbital flight of the Dragon V2 is planned for December 2016. It saw the launch of the second successful North Korean satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.

Events in planetary exploration expected to occur in 2016 include the rendezvous of NASA’s Juno with the planet Jupiter in July, and the launch of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid 101955 Bennu in September, as well as the launch of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli EDM lander, both part of the ExoMars collaboration between the European and Russian space agencies, in March.

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
15 January 03:00:00	S-310			Uchinoura		JAXA

			TPU/TU/TU/KU/JAXA	Suborbital	Ionospheric	15 January	Successful
		Apogee: 161 kilometres (100 mi)^[3]
15 January 16:57:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-3		CASC

		Belintersat 1	Belarus	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 January 18:42:18	Falcon 9 v1.1			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Jason-3	NOAA/EUMETSAT	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of the standard Falcon 9 v1.1, future flights will use the upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1 Full Thrust. Falcon 9's first stage performed a soft landing on an Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship in the Pacific Ocean, but the failure of one landing leg to lock into position caused it to fall over and break apart.^[4]
20 January 04:01:00	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		IRNSS-1E	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
22 January	New Shepard			Corn Ranch		Blue Origin

		New Shepard	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	22 January	Successful
		Apogee: 101.7 kilometres (63.2 mi)^[5]
23 January 08:30	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		TEXUS-53	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
27 January 23:20:48	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Intelsat 29e	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 January	SRALT?			C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), CTV-02+ target
28 January	Ground Based Interceptor			Vandenberg LF-23		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	28 January	Successful
		CTV-02+, successful test flight, the CE-II kill vehicle performed scripted maneuvers to demonstrate performance of alternate divert thrusters. Upon entering terminal phase, the kill vehicle initiated a planned burn sequence to evaluate the alternate divert thrusters until fuel was exhausted, intentionally precluding an intercept.
29 January 22:20:09	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev

		Eutelsat 9B	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Carries the first laser communication node for the European Data Relay System
February
1 February 07:29:04	Long March 3C/YZ-1			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		BDS M3-S	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
5 February 13:38:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		USA-266 (GPS IIF-12)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
7 February 00:21	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2514 (GLONASS-M)	VKO	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
7 February 00:30	Unha			Sohae		KCST

		Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4^[6]	KCST	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
10 February 11:40:32	Delta IV M+(5,2)			Vandenberg SLC-6		United Launch Alliance

		USA-267 (Topaz NROL-45)	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Spacecraft launched in a retrograde orbit
16 February 17:57:40	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		Eurockot

		Sentinel-3A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
17 February 08:45:00	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI

		Hitomi (ASTRO-H)	JAXA/NASA	Low Earth	X-ray astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		ChubuSat-2	Nagoya University	Low Earth	Radiation / Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
		ChubuSat-3	MHI	Low Earth	Remote sensing / space debris monitor	In orbit	Operational
		Horyu-4	Kyushu Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
March
NET 4 March 23:35	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SES-9	SES S.A.	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
9 March 05:20 - 08:20	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Eutelsat 65 West A	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
10 March	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		IRNSS-1F	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation
12 March 13:56	Soyuz-2.1b			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Resurs-P No.3	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
14 March 09:31	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev

		ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter	ESA	Planned: Areocentric orbit	Mars Orbiter
		EDM Schiaparelli lander	ESA	Planned: Areocentric orbit	Mars Lander
18 March 21:26	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-20M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 47/48
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts. Final planned flight of the Soyuz TMA-M variant
23 March 03:02 - 03:32	Atlas V 401			Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		Cygnus CRS OA-6	Orbital ATK/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
31 March 16:20	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Progress MS-02	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
31 March	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		IRNSS-1G	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation
1st Quarter (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		JCSAT-14	JSAT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
April
1 April (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-8	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
		BEAM	Bigelow Aerospace	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Technology Demonstration/ISS Assembly
22 April 21:02	Soyuz-STA/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Sentinel-1B	ESA	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
23 April	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		Intelsat 31/DLA-2	Intelsat/DirecTV	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
April (TBD)	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Iridium NEXT-1	Iridium	Planned: Low Earth	Communications
		Iridium NEXT-2	Iridium	Planned: Low Earth	Communications
25 April	Soyuz-2.1a/Volga			Vostochny Site 1S		Roskosmos

		Mikhailo Lomonosov	MSU	Planned: Low Earth	Gamma-ray astronomy
		Aist-2D	SSAU	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		SamSat 218	SSAU	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
		First orbital flight from Vostochny Cosmodrome
April (TBD)	PSLV			Satish Dhawan Space Centre		ISRO

		CartoSat-2C	ISRO	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
		GHGsat	GHGsat Inc.	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
		Max Valier sat	TFO Meran, TFO Max Valier Bozen	Planned: Low Earth	X-ray astronomy
April (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Eutelsat 117 West B	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
		ABS-2A	ABS	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
1st Half (TBD)	Long March 2F/G LA-4/SLS-1			Jiuquan		CNSA

		Tiangong-2	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Space station
		Second Chinese space station
May
5 May 15:46 - 19:46	Atlas V 551			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		MUOS 5	US Navy	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
12 May	Delta IV-H			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		NROL-37	NRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Reconnaissance
24 May 8:48	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo-FOC 13	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
		Galileo-FOC 14	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation
31 May	Antares 230			MARS Pad 0A		Orbital ATK

		Cygnus CRS OA-5	Orbital ATK/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
May (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Amos-6	Spacecom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
May (TBD)	PSLV			Satish Dhawan Space Centre		ISRO

		SCATSAT	ISRO	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
June
7 June	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		EchoStar 18	Echostar	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
		BRIsat	BRI	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
10 June	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-9	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
		Delivering the IDA-2 segment of the NASA Docking System
21 June	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz MS-01	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 48/49
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
24 June	Atlas V 421			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		NROL-61	NRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
25 June	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur		Khrunichev

		EchoStar 21	EchoStar	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
2nd Quarter (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		FormoSat-5	NSPO	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
1st Half (TBD)	Long March 2D			?		CASC

		Quantum Experiments At Space Scale (QUESS)	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Technology
1st Half (TBD)	Long March 2D			?		CASC

		Shijian-10 (SJ-10)	CAS	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
Mid-year (TBD)	Long March 2F			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1		CNSA

		Shenzhou 11	CNSA	Planned: Low Earth	Docking with Tiangong-2
		Crewed flight with three Taikonauts
July
4 July	Soyuz			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress MS-03	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
21 July	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		AFPSC 6	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Space Surveillance
27 July	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		SBIRS GEO-3	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Missile warning
July (TBD)	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		PeruSat 1	Peruvian Armed Forces	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
		SkySat x 4	Skybox Imaging	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
3rd Quarter (TBD)	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI

		Himawari 9	JMA	Planned: Geostationary	Meteorology
August
15 August (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-10	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
		Will deliver the SAGE III and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Earth-observation instruments to the ISS
August (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Iridium NEXT 3-12	Iridium Communications	Planned: Low Earth	Communications
August (TBD)	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan		ISRO

		INSAT-3DR	ISRO	Planned:Geostationary	Meteorology
September
8 September/9 September 23:10-00:40	Atlas V 411			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		OSIRIS-REx	NASA	Planned: Heliocentric	Asteroid sample return
15 September	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		Worldview 4	DigitalGlobe	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
23 September	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz MS-02	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 49/50
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
28 September	Delta IV M+(5,4)			Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		WGS-8	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
September (TBD)	Falcon Heavy			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX

		TBA	SpaceX	Planned: TBA	Flight Test
October
4 October	Antares 230			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences

		Cygnus CRS OA-7	Orbital ATK/NASA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
14 October (TBD)	Atlas V 541			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		GOES-R	NASA/NOAA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Weather
17 October 17:00	Pegasus-XL			Stargazer, Cape Canaveral		Orbital Sciences

		CYGNSS x 8	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Weather research
20 October	Soyuz			Baikonur		Roskosmos

		Progress MS-04	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
October (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX

		Iridium NEXT 13-22	Iridium Communications	Planned: Low Earth	Communications
October (TBD)	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Galileo-FOC 7, 10-12	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
November
10 November	Atlas V 431			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		EchoStar 19	HughesNet	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
16 November	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz MS-03	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 50
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
December
1 December	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		NROL-79	NRO	Planned: Low Earth	Reconnaissance
1 December^[7]	H-IIB			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		HTV-6	JAXA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
15 December	Atlas V 531			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		AEHF 4	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
December (TBD)	LVM3(GSLV Mk.III)			Satish Dhawan Space Centre		ISRO

		GSAT-19E	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
		Launch Vehicle Developmental test flight.
December	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX/NASA

		SpX DM-1	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Flight Test
		Crew Dragon Demo 1: Planned test of Dragon V2 as part of Commercial Crew Development program
2016 (TBD)	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		Paz	Hisdesat	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
2016 (TBD)	Minotaur-C			Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital ATK

		SkySat x 6	Skybox Imaging	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
2016 (TBD)	Long March 4B			?		CASC

		Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT)	CAS, Tsinghua University	Planned: Low Earth	X-ray astronomy
Late 2016 (TBD)	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		Göktürk-1	Turkish Armed Forces	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance

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Deep space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
14 January	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 53 kilometres (33 mi).^[8]
15 January^[9]	Cassini	116th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3,817 kilometres (2,372 mi).
31 January	Cassini	117th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
16 February	Cassini	118th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,018 kilometres (633 mi).
4 April	Cassini	119th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 990 kilometres (615 mi).
6 May	Cassini	120th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 971 kilometres (603 mi).
7 June	Cassini	121st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 975 kilometres (606 mi).
4 July	Juno	Jovian orbit injection	First solar-powered Jovian probe (2nd orbiter)
4 July	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 350 kilometres (220 mi).
25 July	Cassini	122nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 976 kilometres (606 mi).
10 August	Cassini	123rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,599 kilometres (994 mi).
26 September	Cassini	124th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,737 kilometres (1,079 mi).
13 November	Cassini	125th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,582 kilometres (983 mi).
16 November	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 127 kilometres (79 mi).
29 November	Cassini	126th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 3,223 kilometres (2,003 mi).

Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs)

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
15 January 13:48	4 hours 43 minutes	18:31	Expedition 46 ISS Quest	Timothy Kopra Tim Peake	Replaced a failed voltage regulator responsible for shutting down one of the station's eight power channels in November 2015, and routed cables in support of the installation of the International Docking Adaptor. EVA terminated two hours early due to water leakage in Kopra's helmet, but the primary task was accomplished.^[10]
3 February 12:55	4 hours 45 minutes	17:40	Expedition 46 ISS Pirs	Yuri Malenchenko Sergey Volkov	Deployed a commemorative flash drive, took samples of module exteriors, installed handrails for use in future EVAs, retrieved an astrobiology experiment, deployed a materials science experiment, and tested a tool for applying coatings to module exteriors.^[11]

Orbital launch summary

By country

Country	Launches	Successes	Remarks
Europe	1	1
India	1	1
Japan	1	1
People's Republic of China	2	2
Russia	3	3	Includes Sea Launch and Soyuz from Kourou
United States	3	3
North Korea	1	1

By rocket

By family

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

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	1	1
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	1	1
Delta IV	United States	Delta	1	1
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon	1	1
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	1	1
Long March 3	People's Republic of China	Long March	2	2
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	1	1
PSLV	India	SLV	1	1
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	1	1
Unha	North Korea	Unha	1	1
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	1	1

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	Europe	Ariane 5	1	1
Atlas V 401	United States	Atlas V	1	1
Delta IV Medium+ (5,2)	United States	Delta IV	1	1
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	Falcon 9	1	1	Final flight
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-II	1	1
Long March 3B/E	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	1	1
Long March 3C/YZ-1	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	1	1
Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia	Proton	1	1
PSLV XL	India	PSLV	1	1
Rokot/Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	1	1
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Unha	North Korea	Unha	1	1

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	1	1
Cape Canaveral	United States	1	1
Kourou	France	1	1
Plesetsk	Russia	2	2
Satish Dhawan	India	1	1
Sohae	North Korea	1	1
Tanegashima	Japan	1	1
Vandenberg	United States	2	2
Xichang	People's Republic of China	2	2

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved
Transatmospheric	0	0
Low Earth	5	5
Geosynchronous/transfer	4	4
Medium Earth	3	3
High Earth	0	0

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Footnotes

^ Lin, Jeffrey (21 August 2015). "China's Long March 5 Space Rocket Stretches Its Legs". popsci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ [1]
^ 観測ロケットS-310-44号機　打上げ結果について (in Japanese). JAXA. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)
^ https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688834952293519360
^ Berger, Brian (23 January 2016). "Launch. Land. Repeat: Blue Origin posts video of New Shepard's Friday flight". Space News.
^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-satellite-1.3430137
^ Frommert, Hartmut (17 December 2015). "International Space Station Flight Schedule". SEDS. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ http://blogs.esa.int/mex/2016/01/13/skimming-phobos/
^ "Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2016". saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/01/15/spacewalk-ends-early-after-water-detected-in-helmet/
^ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/02/03/second-spacewalk-of-year-complete/

[1] Lin, Jeffrey (21 August 2015). "China's Long March 5 Space Rocket Stretches Its Legs". popsci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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[3] 観測ロケットS-310-44号機　打上げ結果について (in Japanese). JAXA. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)

[4] ttps://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/688834952293519360

[5] Berger, Brian (23 January 2016). "Launch. Land. Repeat: Blue Origin posts video of New Shepard's Friday flight". Space News.

[6] ttp://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-satellite-1.3430137

[seds20151217-7] Frommert, Hartmut (17 December 2015). "International Space Station Flight Schedule". SEDS. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[8] ttp://blogs.esa.int/mex/2016/01/13/skimming-phobos/

[9] "Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2016". saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[10] ttps://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/01/15/spacewalk-ends-early-after-water-detected-in-helmet/

[11] ttps://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/02/03/second-spacewalk-of-year-complete/

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v t e 2016 in space
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Space probe launches	Hitomi (X-ray observatory; Feb 2016) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (Mars orbiter; Mar 2016) OSIRIS-REx (asteroid sample-return mission; Sep 2016)
Impact events	DN160822 03
Selected NEOs	Asteroid close approaches (85990) 1999 JV6 1994 WR12 2013 TX68 2016 EU85 469219 Kamoʻoalewa 2016 PQ (164121) 2003 YT1
Exoplanets	38 Virginis b atmospheric composition of 55 Cancri e BD+20 594b Gliese 536 b HD 19467 b HD 131399 Ab (retracted in 2022) HD 164922 c HIP 41378 b c d e f K2-33b K2-332 b K2-72 b c d e KELT-9b KELT-11b Kepler-20g Kepler-56d Kepler-737b Kepler-1229b Kepler-1520b Kepler-1625b Kepler-1638b Kepler-1647b OGLE-2007-BLG-349(AB)b OGLE-2012-BLG-0950Lb Proxima Centauri b Pr0211 c Qatar-3b Qatar-4b Qatar-5b TRAPPIST-1 b c d TW Hydrae b V830 Tauri b 2MASS J11193254–1137466 AB 2MASS J2126–8140 as planet
Discoveries	GW150914 (announced) IDCS 1426 Planet Nine (hypothesized) GN-z11 SDSS J1240+6710 Crater 2 GW151226 (announced) 2015 RR245 (announced) BOSS Great Wall GRB 160625B (471325) 2011 KT19 (announced) 2014 UZ224 (announced) WISE J080822.18-644357.3 Virgo I
Novae	ASASSN-15lh SN 2016aps ASASSN-16kt ASASSN-16ma
Comets	252P/LINEAR 460P/PanSTARRS 53P/Van Biesbroeck C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) 81P/Wild 9P/Tempel 144P/Kushida 43P/Wolf–Harrington 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková
Space exploration	Juno (entered Jupiter orbit; Jul 2016) Rosetta / Philae (end of mission to comet 67P; Sep 2016) Schiaparelli EDM (Mars lander; Oct 2016)
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v t e ← 2015 Orbital launches in 2016 2017 →
January	Belintersat-1 Jason-3 IRNSS-1E Intelsat 29e Eutelsat 9B
February	BeiDou M3-S USA-266 / GPS IIF -12 Kosmos 2514 / GLONASS-M 751 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 USA-267 / Topaz-4 Sentinel-3A ASTRO-H / Hitomi
March	SES-9 Eutelsat 65 West A IRNSS-1F Resurs-P №3 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Schiaparelli EDM Soyuz TMA-20M Cygnus CRS OA-6 (Diwata-1, Flock-2e' × 20 , Lemur-2 × 9) Kosmos 2515 / Bars-M 2L BeiDou IGSO-6 Progress MS-02
April	Shijian-10 Dragon CRS-8, BEAM Sentinel-1B, MICROSCOPE, e-st@r-II Mikhailo Lomonosov IRNSS-1G
May	JCSAT-14 Yaogan 30 Galileo FOC-10, FOC-11 Thaicom 8 Kosmos 2516 / GLONASS-M 753 Ziyuan III-02, ÑuSat 1, 2
June	Kosmos 2517 / Geo-IK-2 №12 Intelsat 31 / DLA-2 USA-268 / Orion 9 BeiDou G7 Eutelsat 117 West B, ABS-2A Cartosat-2C, M3MSat, Flock-2p × 12, SathyabamaSat, Swayam MUOS-5 Chinese next-generation crew capsule scale model Shijian 16-02
July	Soyuz MS-01 Progress MS-03 Dragon CRS-9 USA-269 / NROL-61
August	Tiantong-1 01 Gaofen-3 JCSAT-16 QUESS / Mozi / Micius USA-270 / GSSAP-3, USA-271 / GSSAP-4 Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36 Gaofen-10†
September	AMOS-6† INSAT-3DR OSIRIS-REx Ofek-11 Tiangong-2 SkySat × 4 ScatSat-1, Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B, BlackSky Pathfinder-1, Pratham, CanX-7, PISat
October	Sky Muster II, GSAT-18 Shenzhou 11 Cygnus CRS OA-5 (Lemur-2 × 4) Soyuz MS-02
November	Himawari 9 Shijian-17 XPNAV 1 WorldView-4, CELTEE 1, Prometheus-2 × 2, AeroCube 8 × 2, U2U, RAVAN Yunhai-1 Galileo FOC 7, 12, 13, 14 Soyuz MS-03 GOES-R Tianlian I-04
December	Progress MS-04 Göktürk-1 Resourcesat-2A WGS-8 HTV-6 / Kounotori 6, (EGG, TuPOD, UBAKUSAT, AOBA-VELOX, STARS, FREEDOM, ITF, Waseda-SAT, OSNSAT, Tancredo-1, TechEDSat, Lemur-2 × 4) Fengyun 4A CYGNSS × 8 EchoStar 19 Arase / ERG TanSat, Spark × 2 Star One D1, JCSAT-15 SuperView / Gaojing-1 01, 02, Bayi Kepu 1
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