2015 in spaceflight

2015 in spaceflight
	The New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first flyby of Pluto in July 2015.
Orbital launches
First	10 January
Last	28 December
Total	87
Successes	82
Failures	3
Partial failures	2
National firsts
Satellite	Turkmenistan; Laos
Space traveller	Denmark; Kazakhstan
Rockets
Maiden flights	Long March 3C/YZ-1 ; Long March 3B/YZ-1; Long March 6; Long March 11 ; Super Strypi ; Falcon 9 v1.1 FT
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	12
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In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.

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 became the first spacecraft to visit the Pluto-Charon system.

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 v1.1 FT took place, ending with a successful landing of its first stage.

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
10 January 09:47:10	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-5	SpaceX/NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	11 February 00:44	Successful
		Flock-1d' 1	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1d' 2	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		AESP-14	ITA	Low Earth	Ionospheric	In orbit	Operational
		SpaceX attempted to land the first stage on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean, but the first stage crash-landed on its landing platform.^[1] The AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from the space station on 5 February 2015,^[2] while the Flock-1 CubeSats were deployed on 3 March 2015.^[3]
21 January 01:04:00	Atlas V 551			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		MUOS-3	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
26 January 09:13	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Poker Flat		NASA

		M-TEX	Alaska	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?
26 January 09:14	Terrier-Orion			Poker Flat		NASA

		MIST	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
26 January 09:46	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Poker Flat		NASA

		M-TEX	Alaska	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?
26 January 09:47	Terrier-Orion			Poker Flat		NASA

		MIST	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
28 January 10:41	Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka			Poker Flat		NASA

		ASSP	USU	Suborbital	Auroral	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~590 kilometres (370 mi)?
31 January 14:22:00	Delta II 7320			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance

		SMAP	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		FIREBIRD II A	Montana State	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		FIREBIRD II B	Montana State	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		GRIFEX	NASA JPL	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ExoCube	Cal Poly	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
31 January 02:36:00^[4]	Agni V			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~800 kilometres (500 mi)
February
1 February 01:21:00	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI

		IGS-Radar Spare	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
1 February 12:31:00	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services

		Inmarsat 5-F2	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
2 February 08:50	Safir			Semnan		ISA

		Fajr	ISA	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
11 February 13:40:00	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		IXV	ESA	Transatmospheric	Technology Demonstration	11 February 15:19	Successful
		Vega's 4th stage briefly entered low Earth orbit before de-orbiting. This marked the first flight of the IXV
11 February 23:03:32	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		DSCOVR	NOAA	Earth/Sun L₁	Earth Observation/Solar Observation	In orbit	Operational
		First SpaceX launch aimed beyond GTO. First stage soft landed on water.
17 February 11:00:17	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-26M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
19 February 22:06	VS-30/Improved Orion			Andøya		Andøya

		ICI-4 (CanoRock 4)	Oslo/Andøya	Suborbital	Technology	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 365 kilometres (227 mi)
22 February 07:52	VSB-30			Esrange		CNES

		Cryofenix	CNES	Suborbital	Microgravity	22 February	Successful
		Apogee: 265 kilometres (165 mi)
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II D5			Submarine, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II D5			Submarine, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
24 February 07:30	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
		FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
24 February 07:30	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
		FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
24 February 07:30	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
		FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
25 February 12:26	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		MOSC 2	AFRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)?
27 February 11:01:35	Soyuz-2.1a			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2503 (Bars-M)	VKO	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
March
2 March 03:50:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Eutelsat 115 West B	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		ABS-3A	ABS	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		First communication satellites to use all-electric propulsion to reach intended orbits from GTO
5 March 01:44	VS-30			Andøya		DLR

		WADIS-2	DLR	Suborbital	Atmospheric	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi), 13 Super Loki meteorological rockets were also launched
9 March	Shaheen-III			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	9 March	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?
13 March 02:44:00	Atlas V 421			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		MMS-1	NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric Research	In orbit	Operational
		MMS-2	NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric Research	In orbit	Operational
		MMS-3	NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric Research	In orbit	Operational
		MMS-4	NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric Research	In orbit	Operational
18 March	RS-26 Rubezh			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
18 March 22:05:00	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev

		Ekspress AM7	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
23 March 10:36	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	23 March	Successful
		GT214GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
25 March 18:36:00	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		USA-260 (GPS IIF-9)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
25 March 22:08:53	Dnepr-1			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras

		KOMPSat-3A	KARI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
26 March 01:21:00	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI

		IGS-Optical 5	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
27 March 10:54	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	27 March	Successful
		GT215GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
27 March 19:42:57	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-16M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 43/44/45/46	12 September 00:51	Successful
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts, including two on a year-long mission
27 March 21:46:18	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo FOC-3	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Galileo FOC-4	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
28 March 11:49:00	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		IRNSS-1D	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
30 March 13:52:30	Long March 3C/YZ-1			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		BDS I1-S	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
30 March	VSB-30			Andøya		DSTO

		HiFire-7	DSTO	Suborbital	Technology	30 March	Successful
31 March 13:47:56	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKO

		Gonets M-18	Gonets SatCom	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Gonets M-19	Gonets SatCom	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Gonets M-20	Gonets SatCom	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2504	VKO	Low Earth	Technology/Satellite inspection (?)	In orbit	Operational
April
9 April	Dhanush			Ship, Indian Ocean		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Target	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
14 April 20:10:41	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-6	SpaceX	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	21 May 16:42	Successful
		Arkyd 3 Reflight	Planetary Resources	Planned: Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1e x 14	Planet Labs	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		First stage recovery failed; the rocket stage landed on the target drone ship too fast, tipped over, and exploded.^[5] 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.
15 April	Ghauri			Tilla		Army of Pakistan

		Haft-5	Army of Pakistan	Suborbital	Missile test	15 April	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 April 04:22	Agni-III			ITR IC-4		Indian Army

			Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
18 April 11:01	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Island		NASA

		Rocksat-X	University of Colorado Boulder	Suborbital	Student Research	18 April	Successful
		Apogee: ~174 kilometres (108 mi)
23 April 07:35	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		TEXUS-51	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	23 April	Successful
		Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi)
26 April 20:00:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Thor 7	Telenor	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		SICRAL-2	MDD/DGA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 April 04:55	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		TEXUS-52	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	27 April	Successful
		Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi)
27 April 23:03:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT	Turkmen Telecom	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		First Turkmen satellite
28 April 07:09:50	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Progress M-27M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	8 May	Partial failure
		Spacecraft lost communications and attitude control soon after separation failure during launch.^[6] International Space Station docking attempt cancelled.^[7] Mission declared a total loss.^[8]
May
2 May 08:30:01	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		OGRESS	University of Iowa	Suborbital	X-Ray Astronomy	2 May	Successful
		Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
16 May 05:47:39	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services

		Mexsat-1	SCT	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communication	16 May	Launch failure
		Proton third stage vernier engine failed at T+497 seconds due to turbopump shaft coating degradation causing excess vibration.^[9]
20 May 10:37	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	20 May	Successful
		GT212GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
20 May 15:05:00	Atlas V 501			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		AFSPC-5 (X-37B OTV-4)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ULTRASat	NASA	Low Earth	Cubesat Deployment	In orbit	Operational
		Lightsail-A	The Planetary Society	Low Earth	Technology	14 June 17:23	Successful
		USS Langley	U.S. Naval Academy	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		BRICSat-P	U.S. Naval Academy / George Washington	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ParkinsonSat	U.S. Naval Academy	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		GEARRS-2	Taylor	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		AeroCube-8A	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		AeroCube-8B	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		OptiCube 1	CalPoly	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		OptiCube 2	CalPoly	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		OptiCube 3	CalPoly	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
21 May 19:15	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		EVE	CU Boulder	Suborbital	SDO calibration	21 May	Launch failure
		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.
27 May 21:16:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		DirecTV-15	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Sky Mexico 1	SKY Mexico	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
June
5 June 15:23:54	Soyuz-2.1a			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2505 (Kobalt-M)	VKO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
6 June	SM-3-IIA			San Nicolas Island		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	6 June	Successful
		Maiden flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01 (SCD CTV-01)
23 June 01:51:58	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		Sentinel-2A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
23 June 16:44:00	Soyuz-2.1b			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2506 (Persona)	VKO	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
25 June 10:00	Terrier-Improved Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

		RockOn	CU Boulder	Suborbital	Student experiments	25 June	Successful
		Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
26 June 06:22:04	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LA-9		SAST

		Gaofen 8	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation/Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
26 June	ARAV ?			Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	26 June	Launch failure
		Aegis radar target
28 June 14:21:11	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		SpaceX CRS-7	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	28 June	Launch Failure
		Flock-1f x 8^[11]	Planet Labs	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 June	Launch Failure
		Vehicle disintegrated at T+139 seconds after second stage helium tank support strut failure caused helium tank to break through second stage tanks.^[10] 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.
30 June 04:55	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MAPHEUS-5	DLR	Suborbital	Technology	30 June	Successful
		Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
July
3 July 04:55:48	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-28M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
7 July 10:15	Black Brant IX			Wallops Island		NASA

		SOAREX-8	NASA	Suborbital	Tech Demonstration	7 July	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
10 July 16:28:00	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		UK-DMC-3A	DMCii	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		UK-DMC-3B	DMCii	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		UK-DMC-3C	DMCii	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		CBNT-1	SSTL	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		DeOrbitSail	Surrey Space Centre	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
15 July 15:36:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		USA-262 (GPS IIF-10)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
15 July 21:42:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Star One C4	Star One	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		MSG-4	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
22 July 21:02:44	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-17M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 44/45	11 December 13:10	Successful
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
24 July 00:07:00	Delta IV M+(5,4)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance

		USA-263 (WGS-7)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
25 July 12:29:04	Long March 3B/YZ-1			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		BDS M1-S	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BDS M2-S	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
29 July 08:30	ARAV ?			Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	29 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E1 target, successful intercept by SM-6 Dual I missile
30 July 06:15	ARAV ?			Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E2 target, successful intercept by SM-2 Block IV missile
August
12 August 10:14	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Island		NASA

		Rocksat-X	Various universities	Suborbital	Student Research	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: ~156km (97 miles).^[12]
19 August 10:03	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	19 August	Successful
		GT213GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
19 August 11:50:49	H-IIB			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI

		HTV-5	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	29 September	Successful
		SERPENS	University of Brasília / Brazilian Space Agency	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		S-CUBE	Chiba Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Meteor observation	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-1 x 14^[14]	Planet Labs	Planned: Low Earth	Optical Imaging
		AAUSAT5	Aalborg	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		GOMX-3	GomSpace	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		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.^[13]
20 August 20:34:08	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Eutelsat 8 West B	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Intelsat 34	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
22 August 15:13	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 August	Successful
27 August 02:31:35	Long March 4C			Taiyuan LA-9		SAST

		Yaogan 27	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
27 August 11:22:00	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO

		GSAT-6	Indian Armed Forces/ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 August 17:45	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		MOSES-2	MSU	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	27 August	Successful
		Apogee: 185 miles (298 km)^[15]
28 August 11:44:00	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services

		Inmarsat 5-F3	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
September
2 September 04:37:43	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-18M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 45/46/iriss^[18]	In orbit	Operational
		Manned 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.^[16] Japanese space tourist Satoshi Takamatsu was believed to be taking Brightman's place, but he declined and Roscosmos chose Aimbetov as an alternative instead.^[17]
2 September 10:18:00	Atlas V 551			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		MUOS-4	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
3 September 17:01	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		CLASP	NASA/JAXA/IAC/IAS	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	3 September	Successful
		Apogee: 167 miles (269 km)^[19]
11 September 02:08:10	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo FOC-5	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Galileo FOC-6	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
11 September 11:00:00	S-520			Uchinoura		JAXA

			HU/UT/TU/JAXA	Suborbital	Microgravity	11 September	Successful
		Apogee: 312 km^[20]
12 September 15:42:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		TJS-1	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
14 September 04:42	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2		SAST

		Gaofen 9	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation/Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
14 September 19:00:00	Proton-M/Blok DM-03			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev

		Ekspress AM8	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
16 September 19:06	Black Brant XI			Andøya		NASA

		CARE II	NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 September	Successful
		Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi)
19 September 23:01:14	Long March 6			Taiyuan LA-16		SAST

		ZDPS-2A	ZJU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ZDPS-2B	ZJU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Xiwang-2A	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur Radio	In orbit	Operational
		Xiwang-2B	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur Radio	In orbit	Operational
		Xiwang-2C	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur Radio	In orbit	Operational
		Xiwang-2D	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur Radio	In orbit	Operational
		Xiwang-2E	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur Radio	In orbit	Operational
		Xiwang-2F	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur Radio	In orbit	Operational
		XY-2	CASC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		DCBB	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Education	In orbit	Operational
		LilacSat-2	HIT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Tiantuo-3	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		NUDT-Phone-Sat	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Xingchen 1	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Xingchen 2	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Xingchen 3	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Xingchen 4	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		NS-2	Tsinghua	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ZJ-1	Tsinghua	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ZJ-2	Tsinghua/Xidian	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of the Long March 6 vehicle
23 September 21:59:38	Rokot/Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKO

		Kosmos 2507 (Strela-3M)	VKO	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2508 (Strela-3M)	VKO	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2509 (Strela-3M)	VKO	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
25 September 01:41:40	Long March 11			Jiuquan		CASC

		Pujiang-1	SAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Tianwang 1A	ShanghaiTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Tianwang 1B	ShanghaiTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Tianwang 1C	ShanghaiTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of the Long March 11 vehicle
28 September 04:30:00	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		Astrosat	ISRO	Low Earth	X-ray Astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		LAPAN-A2	LAPAN	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		ExactView 9	exactEarth	Low Earth	Maritime Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Lemur-2 1	NanoSatisfi Inc	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Lemur-2 2	NanoSatisfi Inc	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Lemur-2 3	NanoSatisfi Inc	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Lemur-2 4	NanoSatisfi Inc	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
29 September 23:13:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-3		CASC

		BDS I2-S	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
30 September 08:28	M51			Landes		DGA/Marine nationale

			DGA/Marine nationale	Suborbital	Test flight	30 September	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), apparently launched from the land test pad, rather than from a submarine.
30 September 20:30:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		NBN-Co 1A (Sky Muster)	NBN Co	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		ARSAT-2	ARSAT	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
October
1 October 16:49:40	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Progress M-29M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
2 October 05:39:00	/ VSB-30/Improved Orion			Esrange		Swedish Space Corporation

		O-STATES 1	SNSB	Suborbital	Atmospheric Research	2 October	Successful
		Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
2 October 10:28:00	Atlas V 421			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		Mexsat-2	SCT	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
7 October 04:13:04	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2		SAST

		Jilin-1A	CAS CIOMP	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1B	CAS CIOMP	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1C	CAS CIOMP	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1D	CAS CIOMP	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
7 October 23:07:00	Black Brant IX			Wallops Island		NASA

		Technology Test Flight	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Rocket motor test	7 October	Successful
		LEO-1	Orbital ATK	Suborbital	Materials Testing	7 October	Successful
		NNS	NASA	Suborbital	Materials Testing	7 October	Successful
		Apogee: 257.5 kilometers (160mi).^[21] 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.
8 October 12:49:30	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance

		USA-264 (NOSS)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		USA-264 (NOSS)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Aerocube-5c	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Aerocube-7	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		SNaP-3 x 3	US Army SMDC	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		PropCube x 2	Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		SINOD-D x 2	SRI International	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		ARC-1	UAF	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		BisonSat	SKC	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
		AMSAT Fox-1	AMSAT	Low Earth	Amateur Radio/Technology	In orbit	Operational
		LMRST-Sat	NASA JPL	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 55
16 October 16:16:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		APStar-9	APT Satellite Holdings	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
16 October 20:40:11	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services

		Türksat 4B	Türksat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
19 October 14:09:00	/ VSB-30/Improved Orion			Esrange		Swedish Space Corporation

		O-STATES 2	SNSB	Suborbital	Atmospheric Research	19 October	Successful
		Apogee: 244 kilometres (152 mi)
20 October	Terrier-Orion			South Uist, Hebrides		MDA

			DOD	Suborbital	Target	20 October	Successful
		SM-3 Target, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
20 October	SM-3			USS Ross (DDG-71), Hebrides Range		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	20 October	Successful
		ADS-15, first Aegis-Test in the North Atlantic, successful intercept, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
21 October 12:45:00	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	21 October	Successful
		GT216GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
26 October 07:10:04	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2		SAST

		Tianhui 1C	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Cartography	In orbit	Operational
28 October 11:30	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 October	Successful
30 October	RS-12M Topol			Plesetsk		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
30 October	R-29RMU Sineva			K-117 Bryansk, Barents Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
30 October	R-29R Volna			K-223 Podolsk, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
31 October 16:13:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		USA-265 (GPS IIF-11)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
31 Ocotber 23:00 ?	B-611			Shuangchengzi		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	ABM target	31 October	Successful
		Target
31 October 23:00 ?	SC-19			Korla		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	ABM test	31 October	Successful
		Interceptor, successful intercept
November
1 November 03:05	SRALT			C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

		FTO-02 Event 2a	MDA	Suborbital	THAAD target	1 November	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
1 November 03:07	THAAD			Wake Island		US Army

		FTO-02 Event 2a	US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	1 November	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November 03:10	eMRBM			C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

		FTO-02 Event 2a	MDA	Suborbital	THAAD target	1 November	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
1 November 03:12	THAAD			Wake Island		US Army

		FTO-02 Event 2a	US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	1 November	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
3 November 16:25:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-3		CASC

		ChinaSat 2C	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
4 November 03:45:00	SPARK			Pacific Missile Range Facility LP-41		ORS

		HiakaSat	ORS	Planned: Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	4 November	Launch failure
		EDSN x 8	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	4 November	Launch failure
		PrintSat	Montana State University	Planned: Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	4 November	Launch failure
		Argus	St. Louis University and Vanderbilt University	Planned: Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	4 November	Launch failure
		STACEM	Utah State University	Planned: Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	4 November	Launch failure
		Supernova-Beta	Pumpkin, Inc.	Planned: Low Earth	Technology Demonstration	4 November	Launch failure
		Maiden flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle Vehicle lost attitude control at T+1 minute
6 November 15:01	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace

		FOP-4	NASA	Suborbital	Four technology experiments	6 November	Successful
		Mission SL-10, Apogee: 120.7 kilometers (74.98 miles). First private suborbital rocket to demonstrate ejection of recoverable payloads.^[22]
8 November 02:00	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Kentucky, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 November	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)
8 November 07:06:04	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LA-9		SAST

		Yaogan 28	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
9 November 04:15	Agni-IV			Integrated Test Range		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile Test	9 November	Successful
		Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)?
9 November 20:00	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Kentucky, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	9 November	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)
10 November 21:34:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace

		Arabsat 6B	Arabsat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		GSAT-15	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
14 November	RSM-56 Bulava			K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	14 November	Successful
14 November	RSM-56 Bulava			K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	14 November	Successful
		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
17 November 06:33:41	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2510 (EKS (Tundra))	VKO	Molniya ^[24]	Early warning	In orbit	Operational^[25]
		First space component for Russia's new unified missile early warning network.^[23]
17 November 12:12	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	17 November	Successful
20 November 16:07:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		LaoSat-1	Laos National Authority for Science and Technology	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		First Laotian satellite^[26]
21 November	Ghadr-1			Semnan ?		IRGC

			IGRC	Suborbital	Missile test	21 November	Successful
		apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 November 17:21	New Shepard			Corn Ranch		Blue Origin

		New Shepard	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	23 November	Successful
		Apogee: 100.5 kilometres (62.4 mi). 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.
24 November 06:50:00	H-IIA 204			Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI

		Telstar 12V	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
25 November 04:17	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		PICTURE-B	UMass	Suborbital	Astronomy	25 November	Successful
		apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)
26 November 21:24:04	Long March 4C			Taiyuan LA-9		SAST

		Yaogan 29	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
30 November 07:25	Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka			Andøya		NASA

		CAPER	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral research	30 November	Launch failure
		Third stage failure, payload recoverd
December
1 December 05:00	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MASER-13	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	1 December	Successful
		apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
3 December 04:04:00	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace

		LISA Pathfinder	ESA/NASA	Planned: Sun/Earth L₁	Technology Demonstration	In orbit	Operational
5 December 04:45	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		DXL-2	U of M	Suborbital	Astronomy	5 December	Successful
		apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
5 December 14:08:33	Soyuz-2.1v/Volga			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF

		Kosmos 2511 (Kanopus-ST)	VKO	Intended: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	8 December 2015 05:43	Launch failure
		Kosmos 2512 (KYuA-1)	Almaz-Antey	Low Earth (SSO)	Radar calibration	In orbit	Operational
		Kanopus-ST failed to separate from the Volga upper stage.^[27]^[28]
8 December	SM-3-IIA			San Nicolas Island		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	8 Decemver	Successful
		Second flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-02 (SCD CTV-02)
6 December 21:44:57	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance

		Cygnus CRS OA-4 S.S. Deke Slayton II	Orbital ATK	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	In orbit	Operational
		Flock-2e x 12	Planet Labs	Planned: Low Earth	Earth observation
		CADRE	University of Michigan	Planned: Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		MinXSS 1	University of Colorado Boulder	Planned: Low Earth	Solar observation
		Nodes x 2	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		STMSat 1	St. Thomas More Cathedral School	Planned: Low Earth	Education
		SIMPL	NovaWurks	Planned: Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		Flight moved from Antares 130 rocket following launch failure of Cygnus CRS Orb-3. Originally scheduled for April 1, 2015.^[29]
9 December 16:46:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-3		CASC

		ChinaSat 1C	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
10 December 06:12	Silver Sparrow			F-15 Eagle, Israel		IAF

			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM target	10 December	Successful
		Arrow-3 target, successfully intercepted, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)
10 December 06:15	Arrow III			Negev		IAF

			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM Test	10 December	Successful
		First test of the Arrow-III against a target, successful intercept over the Mediterranean
10 December	SRALT			C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

		FTO-02 Event 1a	MDA	Suborbital	SM-3-IB target	10 December	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
10 December	SM-3-IB			Kauai		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	10 December	Successful
		First intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system
10 December 13:55	Juno			Fort Wingate LC-96		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	10 December	Successful
		Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted
11 December	Shaheen-III			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	11 December	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?
11 December 13:45:33	Zenit-3F			Baikonur Site 45/1		Roskosmos

		Elektro-L No.2	Roskosmos	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
		Possible final flight of the Zenit launch vehicle following tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
12 December	R-29RMU Sineva			K-51 Verkhoturye, Barents Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	12 December	Successful
13 December 00:19:00	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev

		Kosmos 2513 (Garpun No. 12L)	VKO	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
13 December 04:32	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA

		RENU 2	New Hampshire	Suborbital	Geospace	13 December	Successful
		Apogee: 447 kilometres (278 mi)
15 December 11:03:09	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos

		Soyuz TMA-19M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 46/47	In orbit	Operational
		Manned flight with three cosmonauts
15 December	Shaheen-IA			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	15 December	Successful
16 December 12:30:00	PSLV-CA			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO

		TeLEOS-1	AgilSpace	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		VELOX C1	NTU	Low Earth	Atmospheric research	In orbit	Operational
		VELOX 2	NTU	Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Operational
		Kent Ridge 1	NUS	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Galassia	NUS	Low Earth	Atmospheric research	In orbit	Operational
		Athenoxat-1	NTU	Low Earth	Earth Observation	In orbit	Operational
17 December 00:12:04	Long March 2D			Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2		SAST

		DAMPE	CAS	Low Earth (SSO)	High-energy Astronomy	In orbit	Operational
17 December 11:51:56	Soyuz-STB/Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace

		Galileo FM08	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Galileo FM09	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
18 December 06:52	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		FORTIS	JHU	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	18 December	Successful
		apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
21 December 08:44:39	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos

		Progress MS-1	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
		First launch of the new Progress-MS variant.
22 December 01:29:00	Falcon 9 v1.1 FT			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX

		Orbcomm-2 F2	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F5	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F8	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F10	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F12	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F13	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F14	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F15	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F16	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F17	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F18	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Operational
		First flight of the upgraded "full thrust" version of Falcon 9 v1.1, 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.
24 December 17:55	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 December	Successful
24 December 21:31:19	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev

		Ekspress AMU1	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
28 December 16:04:04	Long March 3B/E			Xichang LA-2		CASC

		Gaofen 4	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational

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Deep space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
10 January	Chang'e 5-T1	Injection into Selenocentric orbit	Departed from Earth–Moon L2 on 4 January.
11 January^[30]	Cassini	109th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 kilometres (603 mi).
12 February	Cassini	110th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (746 mi).
6 March^[31]	Dawn	Enters orbit of Ceres	1st visit to a dwarf planet.
16 March	Cassini	111th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,275 kilometres (1,413 mi).
30 April	MESSENGER	Impact to Mercury^[32]	The crash occurred on the side of the planet not visible from Earth.
7 May	Cassini	112th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,722 kilometres (1,691 mi).
16 June	Cassini	4th flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 516 kilometres (321 mi).
7 July	Cassini	113th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 10,953 kilometres (6,806 mi).
14 July	New Horizons	First flyby of Pluto and Charon	2nd visit to a dwarf planet. Closest approach: 12,500 km (7,800 mi).
17 August	Cassini	5th flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 474 kilometres (295 mi).
28 September	Cassini	114th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,036 kilometres (643 mi).
14 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1,839 kilometres (1,142 mi).
28 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 49 kilometres (30 mi).
12 November	Cassini	115th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 11,920 kilometres (7,407 mi).
3 December^[33]	Hayabusa 2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
3 December^[34]	PROCYON	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist en route to cancelled asteroid flyby.
4 December^[35]	Shin'en 2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
7 December^[36]	Akatsuki	Venus orbit insertion	Akatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus and 2nd (successful) attempt at orbit insertion.
19 December	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 4,999 kilometres (3,106 mi).

Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs)

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
21 February 12:45	6 hours 41 minutes	19:26	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	Barry E. Wilmore Terry W. Virts	Rigged 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.^[37]
25 February 11:51	6 hours 43 minutes	18:34	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	Barry E. Wilmore Terry W. Virts	Completed 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.^[38]^[39]
1 March 11:52	5 hours 38 minutes	17:30	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	Terry W. Virts Barry E. Wilmore	Finished 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.^[40]^[41]
10 August 14:20	5 hours 31 minutes	19:51	Expedition 44/45 ISS Pirs	Gennady Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko	Installed 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.^[42]^[43]
28 October 12:03	7 hours 16 minutes	19:19	Expedition 45 ISS Quest	Scott Kelly Kjell N. Lindgren	Prepared 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.^[44]
6 November 11:22	7 hours 48 minutes	19:10	Expedition 45 ISS Quest	Scott Kelly Kjell N. Lindgren	Worked 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.^[45]
21 December 13:45	3 hours 16 minutes	16:01	Expedition 46 ISS Quest	Scott Kelly Timothy Kopra	Released 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. ^[46]

Orbital launch summary

By country

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Europe	9	9	0	0
India	5	5	0	0
Iran	1	1	0	0
Japan	4	4	0	0
People's Republic of China	19	19	0	0
Russia	29	26	1	2	Includes Sea Launch and Soyuz from Kourou (3)
United States	20	18	2	0

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane	Europe	6	6	0	0
Atlas	United States	9	9	0	0
Delta	United States	3	3	0	0
Energia	Ukraine / Russia	1	1	0	0	Includes Zenit
Falcon	United States	7	6	1	0
H-II	Japan	4	4	0	0
Long March	People's Republic of China	19	19	0	0
R-7	Russia	17	15	0	2
R-36	Ukraine	1	1	0	0
Safir	Iran	1	1	0	0
SLV	India	5	5	0	0
Strypi	United States	1	0	1	0
Universal Rocket	Russia	10	9	1	0
Vega	Europe	3	3	0	0

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	9	9	0	0
Delta II	United States	Delta	1	1	0	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	2	2	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon	7	6	1	0
GSLV	India	SLV	1	1	0	0
PSLV	India	SLV	4	4	0	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	3	3	0	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-II	1	1	0	0
Long March 2	People's Republic of China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 3	People's Republic of China	Long March	9	9	0	0
Long March 4	People's Republic of China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 6	People's Republic of China	Long March	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 11	People's Republic of China	Long March	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	8	7	1	0
Safir	Iran	Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	17	15	0	2
Super Strypi	United States	Strypi	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	2	2	0	0
Vega	Europe	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	Energia	1	1	0	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	Europe	Ariane 5	6	6	0	0
Atlas V 401	United States	Atlas V	4	4	0	0
Atlas V 421	United States	Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Atlas V 501	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 551	United States	Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Delta II 7320	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr-1	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	Falcon 9	6	5	1	0
Falcon 9 v1.1 FT	United States	Falcon 9	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
GSLV Mk II	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-IIA	2	2	0	0
H-IIA 204	Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-IIB	1	1	0	0
Long March 2D	People's Republic of China	Long March 2	4	4	0	0
Long March 3B/E	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	7	7	0	0
Long March 3B/YZ-1	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 3C/YZ-1	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 4B	People's Republic of China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Long March 4C	People's Republic of China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Long March 6	People's Republic of China	Long March 6	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 11	People's Republic of China	Long March 11	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton-M/Blok DM-03	Russia	Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia	Proton	7	6	1	0
PSLV-CA	India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
PSLV-XL	India	PSLV	3	3	0	0
Rokot/Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	2	2	0	0
Safir-1B	Iran	Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a	Russia	Soyuz	4	3	0	1
Soyuz-2.1b	Russia	Soyuz	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	3	3	0	0
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga	Russia	Soyuz	1	0	0	1
Super Strypi	United States	Strypi	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Vega	Europe	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit-3F	Ukraine / Russia	Zenit	1	1	0	0

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	18	16	1	1
Barking Sands	United States	1	0	1	0
Cape Canaveral	United States	17	16	1	0
Dombarovsky	Russia	1	1	0	0
Kourou	France	12	12	0	0
Jiuquan	People's Republic of China	5	5	0	0
Plesetsk	Russia	7	6	0	1
Satish Dhawan	India	5	5	0	0
Semnan	Iran	1	1	0	0
Taiyuan	People's Republic of China	5	5	0	0
Tanegashima	Japan	4	4	0	0
Vandenberg	United States	2	2	0	0
Xichang	People's Republic of China	9	9	0	0

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not Achieved	Accidentally Achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	1	1	0	0
Low Earth	44	41	2	1	14 to ISS (1 failure, 1 partial failure)
Geosynchronous/transfer	32	31	1	0
Medium Earth	7	7	0	0
High Earth	3	3	0	0

Gallery

Soyuz TMA-16M launches carrying ISS year long mission crew members Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko and Soyuz commander Gennady Padalka.
Photo of Ceres taken by the Dawn spacecraft at a distance of 13,600 km (8,500 mi).
Photo of Pluto taken by the New Horizons spacecraft.
First stage of the Falcon 9 Flight 20 rocket immediately before touching down at Landing Zone 1.

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Footnotes

^ "Elon Musk on Twitter: "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho."". Twitter.com. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ "Brazilian AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from Kibo". JAXA. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "Flock-1, -1b, -1c, -1d, -1d', -1e, -1f, -2, -2b, -2c, -2d, -2e". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "Agni-V's maiden canister trial successful | Zee News". Zeenews.india.com. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ Elon Musk at Twitter: "Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival."
^ "РОСКОСМОС: "ПРОГРЕСС М-27М" - ОПРЕДЕЛЕНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ (ROSCOSMOS: "Progress M-27M" - cause of accident determined)" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
^ "Progress Cargo Vessel Docking With Space Station Canceled". Sputnik International. Sputnik. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M 'out of control'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Company. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "РОСКОСМОС: НАЗВАНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ РН "ПРОТОН-М" (ROSCOSMOS: Named cause of the accident "Proton-M")" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^ "CRS-7 INVESTIGATION UPDATE". SpaceX. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^ "Jonathan McDowell". Twitter. 27 June 2015.
^ Black, Patrick (12 August 2015). "NASA Launches Student Experiments from Wallops". NASA.
^ "ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/7/15". NASA. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ "Stork Set to Make Special Space Station Delivery". NASA. 14 August 2015.
^ Frazier, Sarah (28 August 2015). "NASA-Funded MOSES-2 Sounding Rocket to Investigate Coronal Heating / Update". NASA. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Brightman steps down from station flight". spaceflightnow.com. 13 May 2015.
^ Jeff Foust (22 June 2015). "Kazakh Cosmonaut To Take Brightman's Place On Soyuz Flight". SpaceNews.com.
^ ESA. "Andreas Mogensen's mission name links cosmos and Earth". Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^ "NASA's 'CLASP' Mission Set to Gauge Upper Solar Chromosphere's Magnetic Field / Update - Sept. 4, 2015". 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ 観測ロケットS-520-30号機　打上げ結果について (in Japanese). JAXA. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)
^ Latrell, Joe (8 October 2015). "NASA Launches Student Experiments from Wallops". Spaceflight Insider.
^ "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.
^ "Russia to Launch First Satellite for New Space Defense Network in November". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "Russia's 1st EKS Missile Warning Satellite enters surprising Orbit". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ "Новейший спутник Минобороны РФ вышел на связь и работает нормально РИА Новости". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
^ Clark, Stephen. "China launches first satellite for Laos". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
^ http://www.space.com/31307-russian-military-satellite-kanopus-launch-failure.html
^ http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/defense/russia-successfully-launches-kanopus-st-satellite-into-orbit/
^ "Private Cargo Spacecraft Gets New Rocket Ride After Accident". Space.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ "Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2015". Cassini Solstice Mission.
^ "Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres". NASA. 29 December 2014.
^ "From Mercury orbit, MESSENGER watches a lunar eclipse". Planetary Society. 10 October 2014.
^ "Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2" Topics". JAXA. 2 November 2015.
^ Emily Lakdawalla (13 April 2015). "PROCYON update: Asteroid 2000 DP107 target selected, ion engine stopped". The Planetary Society.
^ "Keiichi Okuyama-Lab". Kyushu Institute of Technology.
^ "Crippled space probe bound for second chance at Venus". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
^ "First of Three Spacewalks Complete | Space Station". Blogs.nasa.gov. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ "Wilmore and Virts Begin Their Second Spacewalk". NASA. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ Pete Harding (25 February 2015). "EVA-30 concluded latest ISS commercial crew preparations". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ "Spacewalkers Install C2V2 Cables". NASA. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ Chris Bergin (1 March 2015). "Spacewalkers install new comms system for future vehicles". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ "Cosmonauts Complete Russian Spacewalk". NASA. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ David Štula (10 August 2015). "RS-41: Cosmonaut duo complete the only Russian spacewalk of 2015". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/10/28/nasa-astronauts-complete-their-first-spacewalk/
^ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/11/06/pair-of-nasa-astronauts-wrap-up-second-spacewalk/
^ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/12/21/astronauts-make-quick-work-of-short-spacewalk/

[1] "Elon Musk on Twitter: "Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho."". Twitter.com. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[2] "Brazilian AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from Kibo". JAXA. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[3] "Flock-1, -1b, -1c, -1d, -1d', -1e, -1f, -2, -2b, -2c, -2d, -2e". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[4] "Agni-V's maiden canister trial successful | Zee News". Zeenews.india.com. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[5] Elon Musk at Twitter: "Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival."

[6] "РОСКОСМОС: "ПРОГРЕСС М-27М" - ОПРЕДЕЛЕНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ (ROSCOSMOS: "Progress M-27M" - cause of accident determined)" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[7] "Progress Cargo Vessel Docking With Space Station Canceled". Sputnik International. Sputnik. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[8] "Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M 'out of control'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Company. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[9] "РОСКОСМОС: НАЗВАНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ РН "ПРОТОН-М" (ROSCOSMOS: Named cause of the accident "Proton-M")" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[10] "CRS-7 INVESTIGATION UPDATE". SpaceX. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[11] "Jonathan McDowell". Twitter. 27 June 2015.

[12] Black, Patrick (12 August 2015). "NASA Launches Student Experiments from Wallops". NASA.

[13] "ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/7/15". NASA. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[14] "Stork Set to Make Special Space Station Delivery". NASA. 14 August 2015.

[15] Frazier, Sarah (28 August 2015). "NASA-Funded MOSES-2 Sounding Rocket to Investigate Coronal Heating / Update". NASA. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[16] "Brightman steps down from station flight". spaceflightnow.com. 13 May 2015.

[17] Jeff Foust (22 June 2015). "Kazakh Cosmonaut To Take Brightman's Place On Soyuz Flight". SpaceNews.com.

[18] ESA. "Andreas Mogensen's mission name links cosmos and Earth". Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[19] "NASA's 'CLASP' Mission Set to Gauge Upper Solar Chromosphere's Magnetic Field / Update - Sept. 4, 2015". 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[20] 観測ロケットS-520-30号機　打上げ結果について (in Japanese). JAXA. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)

[21] Latrell, Joe (8 October 2015). "NASA Launches Student Experiments from Wallops". Spaceflight Insider.

[22] "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.

[23] "Russia to Launch First Satellite for New Space Defense Network in November". Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[24] "Russia's 1st EKS Missile Warning Satellite enters surprising Orbit". Retrieved 20 November 2015.

[25] "Новейший спутник Минобороны РФ вышел на связь и работает нормально РИА Новости". Retrieved 17 November 2015.

[26] Clark, Stephen. "China launches first satellite for Laos". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

[27] ttp://www.space.com/31307-russian-military-satellite-kanopus-launch-failure.html

[28] ttp://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/defense/russia-successfully-launches-kanopus-st-satellite-into-orbit/

[29] "Private Cargo Spacecraft Gets New Rocket Ride After Accident". Space.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[30] "Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2015". Cassini Solstice Mission.

[31] "Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres". NASA. 29 December 2014.

[32] "From Mercury orbit, MESSENGER watches a lunar eclipse". Planetary Society. 10 October 2014.

[33] "Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2" Topics". JAXA. 2 November 2015.

[34] Emily Lakdawalla (13 April 2015). "PROCYON update: Asteroid 2000 DP107 target selected, ion engine stopped". The Planetary Society.

[35] "Keiichi Okuyama-Lab". Kyushu Institute of Technology.

[36] "Crippled space probe bound for second chance at Venus". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

[37] "First of Three Spacewalks Complete | Space Station". Blogs.nasa.gov. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[38] "Wilmore and Virts Begin Their Second Spacewalk". NASA. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[39] Pete Harding (25 February 2015). "EVA-30 concluded latest ISS commercial crew preparations". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[40] "Spacewalkers Install C2V2 Cables". NASA. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[41] Chris Bergin (1 March 2015). "Spacewalkers install new comms system for future vehicles". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[42] "Cosmonauts Complete Russian Spacewalk". NASA. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[43] David Štula (10 August 2015). "RS-41: Cosmonaut duo complete the only Russian spacewalk of 2015". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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[45] ttps://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/11/06/pair-of-nasa-astronauts-wrap-up-second-spacewalk/

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January	SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' × 2, AESP-14) MUOS-3 SMAP, ExoCube
February	IGS-Radar Spare Inmarsat 5-F2 Fajr DSCOVR Progress M-26M Kosmos 2503 / Bars-M No. 1
March	ABS-3A, Eutelsat 115 West B WADIS-2 MMS Ekspress AM7 USA-260 / GPS IIF -9 KOMPSat-3A IGS-Optical 5 Soyuz TMA-16M Galileo FOC-3, FOC-4 IRNSS-1D BeiDou I1-S Gonets-M 11, 12, 13, Kosmos 2504
April	SpaceX CRS-6 (Arkyd-3R, Flock-1e × 14) Thor 7, SICRAL-2 TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT Progress M-27M
May	Mexsat-1 USA-261 / X-37 OTV-4, LightSail-1, USS Langley, BRICSat-P, ParkinsonSat, GEARRS-2, AeroCube 8A, 8B, OptiCube 1, 2, 3 DirecTV-15, SKY México-1
June	Kosmos 2505 / Kobalt-M №10 Sentinel-2A Kosmos 2506 / Persona №3 Gaofen 8 SpaceX CRS-7† (Flock-1f × 8†)
July	Progress M-28M UK-DMC 3 × 3, CBNT-1, DeOrbitSail USA-262 / GPS IIF -10 Star One C4, MSG-4 Soyuz TMA-17M USA-263 / WGS-7 BeiDou M1-S, M2-S
August	HTV-5 / Kounotori 5 (Flock-2b × 14) Eutelsat 8 West B, Intelsat 34 Yaogan 27 GSAT-6 / INSAT-4E Inmarsat 5-F3
September	Soyuz TMA-18M MUOS-4 Galileo FOC-5, Galileo FOC-6 TJS-1 Gaofen 9 Ekspress AM8 Kosmos 2507 / Strela-3M 13, Kosmos 2508 / Strela-3M 14, Kosmos 2509 / Strela-3M 15 Pujiang-1 Astrosat, LAPAN-A2, Lemur-2 × 4 BeiDou I2-S NBN-Co 1A, ARSAT-2
October	Progress M-29M Mexsat-2 Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite, Jilin-1 Optical-A, Jilin-1 Video-01, Jilin-1 Video-02 USA-264 / NOSS Intruder × 2, AMSAT Fox-1 APStar-9 Türksat 4B USA-265 / GPS IIF -11
November	Chinasat 2C HiakaSat, EDSN × 8, PrintSat, Argus, STACEM, Supernova-Beta Yaogan 28 Arabsat 6B, GSAT-15 Kosmos 2510 / EKS-1 / Tundra-11L LaoSat-1 Telstar 12V Yaogan 29
December	LISA Pathfinder Kosmos 2511 / Kanopus-ST†, Kosmos 2512 / KYuA-1 Cygnus CRS OA-4 (Flock-2e × 12, MinXSS 1, Nodes × 2) ChinaSat 1C Elektro-L No.2 Kosmos 2513 / Garpun-12L Soyuz TMA-19M TeLEOS-1 DAMPE Galileo FOC-8, Galileo FOC-9 Progress MS-01 Orbcomm-OG2 × 11 Ekspress-AMU1 Gaofen 4
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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