2017 in spaceflight
Notable spaceflight activities in 2017 will include the maiden flights of both Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Dragon 2 capsules, thereby restoring capabilities for human spaceflight from the USA which has been halted since the Space Shuttle retirement in 2011. Thus the goals of NASA's Commercial Crew Development program will have been reached. The much-delayed Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from the refurbished Launch Complex 39 pad A at Kennedy Space Center in the second quarter.
After a record-breaking 13-year mission observing Saturn, its rings and moons, the Cassini space probe will be deliberately destroyed by plunging into Saturn's atmosphere, a maneuver currently scheduled for September 15, 2017.
Orbital launches
Suborbital flights
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks |
Deep space rendezvous
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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22 April 2017[14] | Cassini | 127th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 979 kilometres (608 mi). |
15 September 2017 | Cassini | Atmospheric entry into Saturn | |
23 September 2017 | OSIRIS-REx | Flyby of Earth | Gravity Assist |
Orbital launch summary
By country
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.
Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
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By rocket
By family
Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By type
Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By configuration
Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By spaceport
Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By orbit
Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
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Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Low Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Geosynchronous/transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Medium Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
High Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
- ^ Peter B. de Selding (24 November 2016). "EchoStar expects Jan. 8 or 9 SpaceX launch, confronts Brazil and EU deadlines". SpaceNews. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
Satellite fleet operator EchoStar Corp. on Nov. 23 said its EchoStar 23 tri-band telecommunications satellite for Brazil is expected to launch Jan. 8 or Jan. 9 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
- ^ a b Peter B. de Selding [@pbdes] (28 October 2016). "CFO says SES-10 tentatively set for January launch on SpaceX Falcon 9" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Masunaga, Samantha (30 August 2016). "SpaceX signs first customer for launch of a reused rocket". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Klotz, Irene (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "The Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR Mission". NASA. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
Previously scheduled for a December 2016 launch on SpaceX-12, NICER will now fly to the International Space Station with two other payloads on SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)-11, in the Dragon vehicle's unpressurized Trunk.
- ^ Mike Gruss (18 May 2016). "NRO discloses previously unannounced launch contract for SpaceX". Space News.
- ^ a b Clark, Stephen (30 August 2016). "SES agrees to launch satellite on 'flight-proven' Falcon 9 rocket". Spaceflight Now.
Intelsat, one of the world's largest geostationary satellite operators alongside SES, has one launch reserved on a newly-built Falcon 9 rocket in the first quarter of 2017, when the Intelsat 35e satellite will launch from Cape Canaveral.
- ^ a b c d "Russian launch manifest". Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive. 27 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d "SES – Upcoming launches". SES S.A. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Klotz, Irene (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly (16 April 2016). "Spektr-RG to expand horizons of X-ray astronomy". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ @TESSatMIT (19 May 2016). "#TESS will be launching on a @SpaceX Falcon 9. There will be 40+ Falcon launches before TESS launches in Dec 2017. #SciTeamTESS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Arianespace selected by Airbus Defence and Space to launch EDRS-C satellite". Arianespace. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2017". saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 September 2015.