2006 in spaceflight

2006 in spaceflight

|19 January, 19:00 GMT
|flagicon|USAAtlas V (551)
|flagicon|USALC-41, Cape Canaveral
|flagicon|RUS/flagicon|USAILS
|flagicon|USANew Horizons
|NASA
|Solar Escape
|Flyby of Pluto and other KBOs
|N/A
|Successful so far
|First probe to visit Pluto
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|24 January, 01:33 GMT
|flagicon|JPNH-IIA
|flagicon|JPNTanegashima
|flagicon|JPNJAXAFact|date=April 2008
|flagicon|JPNDaichi (ALOS)
|JAXA
|SSO
|Observation satellite
|Still in Orbit
|Partial failure, still in operation
|Poor quality images returned due to attitude control and noise problems [ [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080110TDY02309.htm 55 bil. yen JAXA map-making satellite sends useless data] ] was resolved by software adjustment. [cite press release |title=Utilization of Data Acquired by "DAICHI" (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) for Maps |publisher=JAXA |date=2008-01-16 |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/01/20080116_sac_daichi_e.html |accessdate=2008-04-23]
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|15 February, 23:35 GMT
|flagicon|UKRZenit-3SL
|flagicon|NOROcean Odyssey
Pacific Ocean
|flagicon|UNSea Launch
|flagicon|USAEchoStar 10
|EchoStar
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in Orbit
|Successful so far
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|16 February, 08:01 GMT
|flagicon|USAMinuteman III
|flagicon|USALF-10, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USAUSAF
|flagicon|USAMk. 21 re-entry vehicle
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test launch
|16 February 2006
|Successful
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|18 February, 06:27 GMT
|flagicon|JPNH-IIA
|flagicon|JPNTanegashima
|flagicon|JPNRSC [cite web |url=http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/RSC/mtsat2/press/rsc.pdf |title=Rocket System Corporation |accessdate=2008-04-23]
|flagicon|JPNMTSAT-2
|Japanese Government
|Geosynchronous
|ATC and weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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rowspan=2 |21 February, 21:28 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|JPNM-V
rowspan=2 |flagicon|JPNUchinoura
rowspan=2 |flagicon|JPNJAXA
|flagicon|JPNAkari (ASTRO-F)
|JAXA
|SSO
|Infrared astronomy
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|JPNCute-1.7+APD
|Tokyo Institute of Technology
|Amateur comsat
|LEO
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|Double CubeSat
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|28 February, 20:10 GMT
|flagicon|RUSProton-M/Briz-M
|flagicon|KAZBaikonur
|flagicon|RUS/flagicon|USAILS
|flagicon|SAUARABSAT 4A
|ARABSAT
|Intended: Geosynchronous
Achieved: MEO
|Comsat
|2007
|Failure
|Upper stage malfunction.
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rowspan=2 |11 March, 22:33 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|EUAriane 5ECA
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAArianespace
|flagicon|ESPSPAINSAT
|Spanish Government
|Geosynchronous
|Military comsat
|Still in Orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|FRAHot Bird 7A
|Eutelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in Orbit
|Successful so far
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rowspan="3"|22 March, 14:03 GMT
rowspan="3"|flagicon|USAPegasus-XL
rowspan="3"|flagicon|USAL-1011, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan="3"|flagicon|USAOSC
|flagicon|USAST-5A
|NASA
|LEO
|Study Earth's Magnetosphere.
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USAST-5B
|NASA
|LEO
|Study Earth's Magnetosphere.
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USAST-5C
|NASA
|LEO
|Study Earth's Magnetosphere.
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|24 March, 22:30 GMT
|flagicon|USAFalcon 1
|flagicon|MHLOmelek
|flagicon|USASpaceX
|flagicon|USAFalconSat 2
|USAF Academy
|Intended: LEO
|Plasma research satellite.
|T+60 seconds
|Failure
|Rocket lost power shortly after launch due to engine fire.
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|30 March, 02:30 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz FG
|flagicon|KAZLC-1/5, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSRKA
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz TMA-8
3 Cosmonauts
|RKA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned orbital flight
|29 September 2006
|Successful
|ISS Expedition 13
First Brazilian in Space
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|7 April, 13:00 GMT
|flagicon|USAMinuteman III
|flagicon|USALF-26, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USAUSAF
|flagicon|USAMk. 21 re-entry vehicle
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|7 April 2006
|Successful
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|12 April, 23:30 GMT
|flagicon|UKRZenit-3SL
|flagicon|NOROcean Odyssey
|flagicon|UNSea Launch
|flagicon|JPNJCSAT-9
|JCSAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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rowspan="5"|14 April, 01:40 GMT
rowspan="5"|flagicon|USAMinotaur
rowspan="5"|flagicon|USASLC-8, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan="5"|flagicon|USAOrbital
|flagicon|USA/flagicon|ROCCOSMIC-1 (FORMOSAT-3A)
|NASA/NSPO
|LEO
|Study atmosphere
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USA/flagicon|ROCCOSMIC-2 (FORMOSAT-3B)
|NASA/NSPO
|LEO
|Study atmosphere
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USA/flagicon|ROCCOSMIC-3 (FORMOSAT-3C)
|NASA/NSPO
|LEO
|Study atmosphere
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USA/flagicon|ROCCOSMIC-4 (FORMOSAT-3D)
|NASA/NSPO
|LEO
|Study atmosphere
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USA/flagicon|ROCCOSMIC-5 (FORMOSAT-3E)
|NASA/NSPO
|LEO
|Study atmosphere
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|20 April, 20:27 GMT
|flagicon|USAAtlas V (411)
|flagicon|USALC-41, Cape Canaveral
|flagicon|RUS/flagicon|USAILS
|flagicon|LUXAstra 1KR
|SES Astra
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|Final ILS Atlas launch
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|24 April, 16:03 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|flagicon|KAZLC-1/5, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSRFSA
|flagicon|RUSProgress 21P
|RFSA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
|18 September 2006
|Successful
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|25 April, 16:47 GMT
|flagicon|RUSStart-1
|flagicon|RUSLC-5, Svobodniy
|flagicon|RUSUnited Start
|flagicon|ISREROS-B
|ImageSat
|LEO, polar
|Civilian imaging satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|26 April, 22:48 GMT
|flagicon|PRCLong March 4B-II (Long March 4C)
|flagicon|PRCTaiyuan
|flagicon|PRCCAST
|flagicon|PRCYaogan 1
|CAST
|LEO
|Imaging Satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|Maiden flight of Long March 4C. Designated Long March 4B-II at time of launch, redesignated in November 2007
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rowspan=2 |28 April, 10:02 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USADelta II
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USASLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USACALIPSO
|NASA
|LEO (A-Train)
|Study aerosols
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USACloudSat
|NASA
|LEO (A-Train)
|Study clouds
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|3 May, 17:38 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|flagicon|RUSLC-16, Plesetsk
|flagicon|RUSRKA
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2420
|Russian Government
|LEO
|Spy Satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|24 May, 22:11 GMT
|flagicon|USADelta IV
|flagicon|USALC-37B, Cape Canaveral
|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USAGOES-13 (GOES-N)
|NASA/NOAA
|Geostationary
|Weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|26 May, 18:50 GMT
|flagicon|RUSShtil (Volna)
|flagicon|RUSSubmarine in Barents Sea
|flagicon|RUSVMF
|flagicon|RUSKompass 2
|RKA
|LEO
|Earthquake detection
|Still in orbit
|Partial failure
|Control and power problems made satellite unusable. Written off on 29 May 2006. Problems cleared by November, and satellite re-activated. [cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/compass.html|publisher=Russian Space Web|title=COMPASS|date=2006-12-28|accessdate=2008-07-18|language=English]
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rowspan=2 |27 May, 21:09 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|EUAriane 5ECA
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAArianespace
|flagicon|MEXSATMEX 6
|Satellites Mexicanas
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
rowspan=2 |Record for heaviest dual-payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit, stood until May 2007
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|flagicon|THATHAICOM 5
|Shin Satellite
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|14 June, 14:08:22 GMT
|flagicon|USAMinuteman III
|flagicon|USALF-04, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USAUSAF
|flagicon|USA3 x Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test launch
|14 June 2006
|Successful
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|15 June, 08:00 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|flagicon|KAZLC-1/5, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSRKA
|flagicon|RUSResurs
|RKA
|LEO
|Remote Sensing Spacecraft
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|18 June, 07:50 GMT
|flagicon|UKRZenit 3SL
|flagicon|NOROcean Odyssey
|flagicon|UNSea Launch
|flagicon|USAGalaxy 16
|PanAmSat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|18 June, 22:44 GMT
|flagicon|RUSProton-K/DM-2
|flagicon|KAZLC-200/39, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSKhrunichev
|flagicon|KAZKazSat-1
|Government of Kazakhstan
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|First Kazakh satellite
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rowspan = "3"|21 June, 22:15 GMT
rowspan = "3"|flagicon|USADelta II
rowspan = "3"|flagicon|USALC-17A, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = "3"|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USAMITEX-A (USA-187)
|DARPA
|Geostationary
|Experimental military satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USAMITEX-B (USA-188)
|DARPA
|Geostationary
|Experimental military satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USAMITEX Carrier (USA-189)
|DARPA
|Geostationary
|Experimental military satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|24 June, 15:08 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|flagicon|KAZLC-1/5, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSRKA
|flagicon|RUSProgress 22P
|RKA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
|17 January 2007
|Successful
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|25 June, 04:00 GMT
|flagicon|RUSTsyklon-2
|flagicon|KAZLC-90, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSVKS
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2421 (US-PU)
|Russian Navy
|LEO
|SIGINT
|20 March 2008 (destroyed in orbit)
|Partial failure
|Final flight of Tsyklon-2 rocket.
One of satellite's solar panels failed to deploy [ [http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/us-pm.htm Gunter's Space Page - US-PM] ] , ceased operations in February 2008.
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|27 June, 03:30 GMT
|flagicon|USADelta IV
|flagicon|USASLC-6, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USANRO L-22 (USA-184, Trumpet)
|US National Reconnaissance Office
|Molniya
|Classified
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|First EELV launch from Vandenberg AFB
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rowspan=2 |4 July, 18:38 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USASpace Shuttle "Discovery"
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USALC-39B, Kennedy
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USAUSA
|flagicon|USASTS-121, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned Orbital Flight
rowspan="2"|17 July 2006, 13:14 GMT
|Successful
|Return to flight test, visit ISS
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|Leonardo MPLM
|NASA/ESA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
|Successful
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|10 July, 12:38 GMT
|flagicon|INDGSLV
|flagicon|INDSatish Dhawan
|flagicon|INDISRO
|flagicon|INDINSAT 4C
|ISRO
|Intended: GSO
|Comsat
|T+60 seconds
|Failure
|Loss of control due to LRB engine failure. Self-destructed 60 seconds into flight
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|12 July, 15:53 GMT
|flagicon|UKRDnepr
|flagicon|RUSDombarovskiy
|flagicon|RUSISC Kosmotras
|flagicon|USAGenesis I
|Bigelow Aerospace
|LEO
|Experimental inflatable Space Station
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|First commercial space station (uninhabitable prototype)
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|20 July, 10:14 GMT
|flagicon|USAMinuteman III
|flagicon|USALF-09, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USAUSAF
|flagicon|USA3 Mk. 21 re-entry vehicles
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test launch
|20 July 2006
|Successful
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|21 July, 04:20 GMT
|flagicon|RUSMolniya-M
|flagicon|RUSLC-16, Plesetsk
|flagicon|RUSVKS
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2422 (Oko)
|VKS
|Molniya
|Early warning missile defence
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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rowspan=18 |26 July, 19:43 GMT
rowspan=18 |flagicon|UKRDnepr
rowspan=18 |flagicon|KAZLC-109, Baikonur
rowspan=18 |flagicon|RUSISC Kosmotras
|flagicon|BLRBelKA
|National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus
|LEO
|Earth Observation Satellite
rowspan=18 |T+74 seconds
rowspan=18 |Failure
rowspan=18 |First-stage engine hydraulic pump failure caused emergency shutdown
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|flagicon|ITAUnisat-4
|University of Rome La Sapienza
|Intended:LEO
|Technology demonstration satellite
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|flagicon|RUSBaumanets
|MGTU/RKA
|Intended:LEO
|Earth observation and amateur radio satellite
-
|flagicon|ITAPICPOT
|Politecnico di Torino
|Intended:LEO
|Earth observation satellite
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|flagicon|USASACRED
|University of Arizona
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAION
|University of Illinois
|Intended:LEO
|Double Cubesat
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|flagicon|USARincon 1
|University of Arizona
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAICECube1
|Cornell
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAKUTESat Pathfinder
|University of Kansas
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|JPNSEEDS
|Nihon University
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|NORnCube 1
|Government of Norway
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
-
|flagicon|KORHAUSAT-1
|Government of South Korea
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAMEROPE
|University of Montana
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USACP2
|CalPoly
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAAeroCube-1
|AerospaceCorp
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USACP1
|CalPoly
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAVoyager
|University of Hawaii
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|flagicon|USAICECube2
|Cornell
|Intended:LEO
|Cubesat
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|28 July, 07:05 GMT
|flagicon|RUSRockot
|flagicon|KAZLC-133, Plesetsk
|flagicon|EU/flagicon|RUSEurockot
|flagicon|KORKOMPSAT 2
|KARI
|LEO
|Earth Observation satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|4 August, 21:48 GMT
|flagicon|RUSProton
|flagicon|KAZBaikonur
|flagicon|RUS/flagicon|USAILS
|flagicon|EUHot Bird 8
|Eutelsat
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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rowspan=2 |11 August, 22:15 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|EUAriane 5 ECA
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAArianespace
|flagicon|JPNJCSat 10
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|FRASyracuse 3B
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|22 August, 03:27 GMT
|flagicon|UKRZenit 3SL
|flagicon|NOROcean Odyssey
|flagicon|UNSea Launch
|flagicon|KORKoreasat 5
|KT Corporation/Agency for Defence Development
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|9 September, 07:00 GMT
|flagicon|PRCCZ-2C
|flagicon|PRCJiquan
|flagicon|PRCCASC
|flagicon|PRCShi Jian 8
|CASC
|LEO
|Investigate exposure of seeds to microgravity and radiation
|24 September 2006, 02:43 GMT
|Successful
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rowspan=2 |9 September, 15:15 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USASpace Shuttle "Atlantis"
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USALC-39B, Kennedy
rowspan=2 |flagicon|USAUSA
|flagicon|USASTS-115, 6 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned Orbital Flight
|21 September 2006, 10:21 GMT
|Successful
|ISS assembly flight
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|flagicon|UNISS P3/4 Truss
|NASA
|LEO, attached to ISS
|ISS component
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|11 September, 04:35 GMT
|flagicon|JPNH-IIA
|flagicon|JPNTanegashima
|flagicon|JPNMHI
|flagicon|JPNIGS
|Japanese government
|LEO
|Reconnaissance satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|12 September, 16:02 GMT
|flagicon|PRCLong March 3A
|flagicon|PRCTaiyuan
|flagicon|PRCCAST
|flagicon|PRCZhongxing 22A
|Geosynchronous
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|14 September, 13:41 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-U (R-7/A-2)
|flagicon|KAZLC-31/6, BaiknourFact|date=April 2008
|flagicon|RUSVKS
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2423 (Don)
|VKS
|LEO
|Classified
|Still in orbit
|Successful
|Ceased operations 17 November 2006.
Destroyed
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|18 September, 04:08 GMT [cite web | url = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2006-040A | title = Soyuz TMA-9 - NSSDC ID: 2006-040A | publisher = National Space Science Data Center]
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz FG
|flagicon|RUSLC-1/5, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSRKA
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz TMA-9
3 Cosmonauts
|RKA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned orbital flight
|21 April 2007, 12:31 GMT
|Successful
|ISS Expedition 14
First female Space tourist
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rowspan=3 |22 September, 21:36 GMT
rowspan=3 |flagicon|JPNM-V
rowspan=3 |flagicon|JPNUchinoura
rowspan=3 |flagicon|JPNJAXA
|flagicon|JPNHinode
(Solar-B)
| JAXA
| LEO (Sun synchronous polar orbit)
|Solar telescope
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
rowspan=3|Final flight of M-V rocketSSSat failed to establish communications [ [http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/snews/2006/1031_sssat.shtml ISAS] ]
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|flagicon|JPNHIT-SAT
| Hokkaido Institute of Technology
|LEO
| Technology development nanosatellite
|18 June 2008, 08:48 GMT [ [http://www.reentrynews.com/2006041f.html Re-entry News - HITSAT Satellite] ]
|Successful
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| flagicon|JPNSSSAT
| JAXA
|Experimental Solar sail nanosatellite
| 26 September 2006
| Failure
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|nowrap|25 September, 18:50 GMT
|flagicon|USADelta II (7925)
|flagicon|USALC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USAGPS IIR-15 (M2) (USA-190)
|US Air Force
|MEO
|GPS navigation satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|25 September, 20:14 GMT
|flagicon|USASpaceLoft XL
|flagicon|USASpaceport America, Upham, New Mexico
|flagicon|USAUP Aerospace
|N/A
|Various
|Suborbital
|Various experiments
|T+60 seconds
|Failure
|Maiden flight of SpaceLoft XL Sounding rocket
First flight from Spaceport America
Went out of control and failed to reach space.
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rowspan=3 |13 October, 20:56 GMT
rowspan=3 |flagicon|EUAriane 5 ECA
rowspan=3 |flagicon|FRAELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan=3 |flagicon|FRAArianespace
|flagicon|USADirecTV-9S
|DirecTV
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|AUSOptus D1
|Optus
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|JPNLDREX-2
|JAXA
|GTO
|Technology development
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|19 October, 16:28 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-2.1a
|flagicon|KAZLC-31/6, Baikonur
|flagicon|EU/flagicon|RUSStarsem
|flagicon|EUMetOp-A
|EUMETSAT
|LEO (Sun synchronous polar orbit)
|Weather satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|23 October, 13:41 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|flagicon|RUSLC-1/5, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSRKA
|flagicon|RUSProgress 23P (M-58)
|RKA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Resupply ISS
|27 March 2007, 22:44 GMT
|Successful
|Antenna stowage issues on 26 October initially prevented full mechanical docking. A second docking attempt was successful.
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rowspan = 2|24 October, 23:34 GMT
rowspan = 2|flagicon|PRCLong March 4B
rowspan = 2|Taiyuan
rowspan = 2|flagicon|PRCCASC
|flagicon|PRCShi Jian 6-2A
|CASC
|LEO
|Environmental research
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|PRCShi Jian 6-2B
|CASC
|LEO
|Environmental research
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
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rowspan = 2|26 October, 00:52 GMT
rowspan = 2|flagicon|USADelta II (7925)
rowspan = 2|flagicon|USALC-17B, Cape Canaveral
rowspan = 2|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USASTEREO-A
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Study Sun and Earth
|Still In Orbit
|Successful so far
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|flagicon|USASTEREO-B
|NASA
|Heliocentric
|Study Sun and Earth
|Still In Orbit
|Successful so far
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|28 October, 16:20 GMT
|flagicon|PRCLong March 3B
|flagicon|PRCXichang
|flagicon|PRCCASC
|flagicon|PRCSinosat-2
|Sinosat
|Intended: Geosynchronous
Actual: Subsynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Failure
|Solar panels and communications antenna failed to deploy
-
|30 October, 23:48 GMT
|flagicon|UKRZenit 3SL
|flagicon|NOROcean Odyssey
Pacific Ocean
|flagicon|UNSea Launch
|flagicon|USAXM-4 "Blues"
|XM Satellite Radio
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|4 November, 13:53GMT
|flagicon|USADelta IV-M
|flagicon|USASLC-6, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USADMSP F17
|US Air Force/NOAA
|LEO (Polar)
|Weather Satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|8 November, 20:01 GMT
|flagicon|RUSProton-M/Briz-M
|flagicon|KAZLC-200/39, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUSILS
|flagicon|SAUBadr-4 (ARABSAT 4B)
|ARABSAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|9 November, 08:45 GMT
|flagicon|FRAM51 SLBM
|flagicon|FRABiscarosse, Landes
|flagicon|FRAFrench Navy
|flagicon|FRATN 75
|French Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test launch
|9 November 2006
|Successful
-
|17 November, 19:12 GMT
|flagicon|USADelta II (7925)
|flagicon|USALC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|flagicon|USABoeing IDS
|flagicon|USAGPS IIR-16 (M3)
|US Air Force
|MEO
|GPS navigation satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|8 December, 00:53 GMT
|flagicon|PRCLong March 3A (CZ-3A)
|flagicon|PRCTaiyuan
|flagicon|PRCCASC
|flagicon|PRCFeng Yun 2D
|CSMA
|Geosynchronous
|Weather Satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
rowspan=2 |8 December, 22:07 GMT
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAAriane 5 ECA
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
rowspan=2 |flagicon|FRAArianespace
|flagicon|USAWildBlue 1
|WildBlue
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|flagicon|USAAmericom 18
|SES Americom
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
rowspan=8 |10 December, 01:47 GMT
rowspan=8 |flagicon|USASpace Shuttle "Discovery"
rowspan=8 |flagicon|USALC-39B, Kennedy
rowspan=8 |flagicon|USAUSA
|flagicon|USASTS-116, 7 astronauts
|NASA
|LEO, docked to ISS
|Manned Orbital Flight
rowspan="2"|22 December 2006, 22:32 GMT
|Successful
|ISS assembly flight
Expedition 14 partial crew change
-
|flagicon|USASpacehab module
|NASA
|LEO, attached to "Discovery"
|Resupply ISS
|Successful
-
|flagicon|UNISS P5 truss
|NASA
|LEO, attached to ISS
|ISS component
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|flagicon|USAANDE-MAA
|US Naval Academy
|LEO
|Technology development
|9 February 2007
|Partial failure
|Failed to deploy after becoming stuck in launch canister, still transmitted data
-
|flagicon|USAANDE-FACL
|US Naval Academy
|LEO
|Technology development
|9 February 2007
|Successful
-
|flagicon|USARAFT1
|US Naval Academy
|LEO
|Calibration target
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|Cubesat
-
|flagicon|USAMARScom
|US Naval Academy
|LEO
|Calibration target
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|Cubesat
-
|flagicon|USAMEPSI-2
|DARPA
|LEO
|Technology development
|8 March 2007
|Successful
|Cubesat
-
|11 December, 23:28 GMT
|flagicon|RUSProton-M/Briz-M
|flagicon|KAZLC-200/39, Baikonur
|flagicon|RUS/flagicon|USAILS
|flagicon|MASMEASAT 3
|MEASAT
|Geosynchronous
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|14 December, 21:00 GMT
|flagicon|USADelta II (7920-10)
|flagicon|USASLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
|flagicon|USAULA
|flagicon|USAUSA-193 (NRO L-21)
|NRO
|LEO
|Classified
|21 February 2008, 03:29 GMT
|Failure
|First launch to be contracted by ULA
Satellite failed to contact ground.
Destroyed by ASAT on 21 February 2008.
-
rowspan="2"|16 December, 12:00 GMT
rowspan="2"|flagicon|USAMinotaur
rowspan="2"|flagicon|USAPad-0B, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island)
rowspan="2"|flagicon|USAOSC
|flagicon|USATacSat 2
|US Naval Research Laboratory
|LEO
|Experimental satellite
|Still in orbit
|Partial failure
rowspan="2"|First launch from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Little or no imagery returned by TacSat due to politial dispute. TacSat lost contact with ground in January 2008.
-
|flagicon|USAGeneSat
|NASA
|LEO
|Scientific research
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|18 December, 06:32 GMT
|flagicon|JPNH-IIA
|flagicon|JPNTanegashima
|flagicon|JPNJAXA
|flagicon|JPNETS 8
|JAXA
|Geosynchronous
|Technology demonstration
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
|Full antenna deployment one day late [ [http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/12/20061226_kiku8-2_e.html Deployment Result of the Large Deployable Antenna Reflectors of the Engineering Test Satellite VIII "KIKU No. 8"] . Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 26 December, 2006]
-
|19 December, 14:00 GMT
|flagicon|RUSKosmos-3M
|flagicon|RUSLC-132, Plesetsk
|flagicon|GER/flagicon|RUSCOSMOS International
|flagicon|GERSAR-Lupe 1
|Kommando Strategische Aufklärung, Bundeswehr
|LEO
|Radar reconnaissance
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|24 December, 08:34 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat
|flagicon|RUSPlesetsk
|flagicon|RUSVKS
|flagicon|RUSKosmosFact|date=April 2008 (Meridian)
|VKS
|Molniya
|Comsat
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
rowspan=3 |25 December, 20:18 GMT
rowspan=3 |flagicon|RUSProton-K/DM-2
rowspan=3 |flagicon|KAZLC-81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome
rowspan=3 |flagicon|RUSVKS
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2424 (Glonass)
|KNITs
|MEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2425 (Glonass)
|KNITs
|MEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|flagicon|RUSKosmos 2426 (Glonass)
|KNITs
|MEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-
|27 December, 14:23 GMT
|flagicon|RUSSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat
|flagicon|KAZLC-31/6, Baikonur
|flagicon|EU/flagicon|RUSStarsem
|flagicon|FRACoRoT
|CNES
|LEO
|Astronomy satellite
|Still in orbit
|Successful so far
-

Orbital launch summary

By country

Deep Space Rendezvous in 2006

*15 January — Capsule from Stardust landed on Earth with cometary samples
*15 January — Cassini flyby of Titan - T10 (2,042 km)
*27 February — Cassini flyby of Titan - T11 (1,812 km)
*10 March — Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Martian orbit
*18 March — Cassini flyby of Titan - T12 (1,947 km)
*11 April — Venus Express enters Venerian orbit
*30 April — Cassini flyby of Titan - T13 (1,853 km)
*20 May — Cassini flyby of Titan - T14 (1,879 km)
*2 July — Cassini flyby of Titan - T15 (1,911 km)
*22 July — Cassini flyby of Titan - T16 (950 km)
*4 September — SMART-1 deliberately impacted the Moon
*7 September — Cassini flyby of Titan - T17 (950 km)
*23 September — Cassini flyby of Titan - T18 (950 km)
*9 October — Cassini flyby of Titan - T19 (950 km)
*23 October — MESSENGER 1st flyby of Venus
*25 October — Cassini flyby of Titan - T20 (950 km)
*12 December — Cassini flyby of Titan - T21 (950 km)
*28 December — Cassini flyby of Titan - T22 (1,500 km)

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