2008 in spaceflight (July–December)

This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and December 2008. For launches between January and June, see 2008 in spaceflight (January–June). For an overview of the whole year, see 2008 in spaceflight.


Launches

Date and time (UTC) Rocket Launch site LSP
Payload Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
7 July
21:30[1]		 United StatesNike-Orion NorwayAndøya NorwayAndøya
NorwayGermanyECOMA 2008-2 Andøya/DLR Suborbital Aeronomy 7 July Successful
Apogee: 125 kilometres (78 mi)
7 July
21:47[2]		 European UnionAriane 5ECA FranceKourou ELA-3 FranceArianespace
Saudi ArabiaBadr-6 Arabsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
BermudaProtoStar-1[3] ProtoStar Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
9 July[4] IranShahab-3[5] IranStrait of Hormuz[4] IranIRG
IRG Suborbital Missile test 9 July Successful
Part of Great Prophet III exercise[5]
9 July[4] IranShahab-2[6] IranStrait of Hormuz[4] IranIRG
IRG Suborbital Missile test 9 July Successful
Part of Great Prophet III exercise,[5] missile type not confirmed
9 July[4] IranShahab-1[6] IranStrait of Hormuz[4] IranIRG
IRG Suborbital Missile test 9 July Successful
Part of Great Prophet III exercise,[5] missile type not confirmed
10 July[7] IranShahab-3 IranStrait of Hormuz IranIRG
IRG Suborbital Missile test 10 July Successful
Part of Great Prophet III exercise, missile type not confirmed
12 July
10:46[1]		 United StatesNike-Orion NorwayAndøya[1] NorwayAndøya
NorwayGermanyECOMA 2008-3 Andøya/DLR Suborbital Aeronomy[1] 12 July Successful
Apogee: 123 kilometres (76 mi)[1]
14 July
10:10[8]		 United StatesTerrier-Orion[9] United StatesWallops Island LP-1 United StatesNASA
United StatesSubTEC-II Andøya/DLR Suborbital Technology 14 July Successful
16 July
05:20:59
[10][11]		 UkraineZenit-3SL NorwayOcean Odyssey United NationsSea Launch
United StatesEchostar 11 Echostar Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Ongoing
18 July
22:47[12]		 United StatesUGM-27 Polaris (STARS United StatesKodiak Island United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTX-03 MDA Suborbital Target 18 July Successful[13]
Radar targeting test only, missile not intercepted
22 July
02:40:09
[14][15][16]		 RussiaKosmos-3M RussiaPlesetsk Site 132/1 GermanyCOSMOS International[14]
GermanySAR-Lupe 5 Bundeswehr Low Earth, polar Radar imaging In orbit Operational
26 July
18:31[17]		 RussiaSoyuz-2.1b RussiaPlesetsk Site 43/4 RussiaRVSN
RussiaKosmos 2441 (Persona)[17] VKS Sun-synchronous Optical imaging In orbit Spacecraft failure
Spacecraft lost due to electrical malfunction[18]
1 August[19] RussiaR-29 RussiaRFS Ryazan, Barents Sea[19] RussiaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 1 August Successful[19]
2 August
08:30[20][21]		 JapanS-520 JapanUchinoura JapanJAXA
JAXA/Teikyo Suborbital Microgravity 2 August Successful
Apogee: 293 kilometres (182 mi)
3 August
03:34[22][23]		 United StatesFalcon 1 Marshall IslandsOmelek United States SpaceX
United StatesTrailblazer ORS/MDA Intended: Low Earth Technology ~T+140 seconds[24] Launch failure[24]
United StatesPreSat[25] Santa Clara/NASA[25][26] Intended: Low Earth Biological
United StatesNanoSail-D[25] Santa Clara/NASA[25][27] Intended: Low Earth Solar sail
United StatesExplorers[28] Celestis Intended: Low Earth Space burial
First and second stage recontact due to residual thrust[22][29] PreSat and Nanosail CubeSats, Celestis burial payload included remains of astronaut Gordon Cooper,[30] actor James Doohan,[31] writer and director John Meredyth Lucas,[32] and Apollo mission planner Mareta West[33]
13 August
08:01[34]		 United StatesLGM-30G Minuteman III United StatesVandenberg United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesGT-195GM US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 13 August Successful[34]
Travelled about 6,790 kilometres (4,220 mi) downrange.[35]
14 August
20:44[36]		 European UnionAriane 5ECA FranceKourou ELA-3 FranceArianespace
JapanSuperbird 7 SCC Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
United StatesAMC-21 SES Americom Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
16 August
19:32[37]		 IranSafir[38] IranSemnan IranISA
IranDemoSat[39] ISA Intended: Low Earth[37] Test flight 16 August Launch failure[37]
Reported to have been first Iranian orbital launch attempt. Officially successful, however no objects were left in orbit.[37] Unofficial reports of a second stage malfunction.[37] Also reported to have been a suborbital test, or an attempt to launch the Omid satellite, instead of an orbital test launch.
18 August
22:43[40][41][42]		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39[42] RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
United KingdomInmarsat-4 F3[43] Inmarsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
22 August
09:10[44]		 United StatesALV United StatesMARS LP-0B United StatesAlliant Techsystems
United StatesSOAREX VI NASA Suborbital Technology T+27 seconds[44] Launch failure
United StatesHy-BoLT NASA Suborbital Aerodynamics
Only flight of ALV, veered off course to the South and destroyed by RSO[45]
25 August[46] United StatesUGM-133 Trident II United StatesUSS Louisiana, Pacific Ocean United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 25 August Successful
25 August[46] United StatesUGM-133 Trident II United StatesUSS Louisiana, Pacific Ocean United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Missile test 25 August Successful
28 August[47] RussiaRT-2PM Topol (RS-12M) RussiaPlesetsk RussiaRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 28 August Successful
29 August
07:15[48]		 UkraineDnepr-1 KazakhstanBaikonur Site 109/95 RussiaISC Kosmotras
GermanyTachys (RapidEye-1)[49] RapidEye Low Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
GermanyMati (RapidEye-2)[49] RapidEye Low Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
GermanyChoma (RapidEye-3)[49] RapidEye Low Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
GermanyChoros (RapidEye-4)[49] RapidEye Low Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
GermanyTrochia (RapidEye-5)[49] RapidEye Low Earth Imaging In orbit Operational
6 September
03:25[50]		 ChinaLong March 2C ChinaTaiyuan LC-1 ChinaCNSA
ChinaHuan Jing 1A CNSA Sun-synchronous Remote sensing In orbit Operational
ChinaHuan Jing 1B CNSA Sun-synchronous Remote sensing In orbit Operational
6 September
18:50:57[51]		 United StatesDelta II 7420 United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
United StatesGeoEye 1 (Orbview 5) GeoEye Sun-synchronous Imaging In orbit Operational
10 September
19:50:02[52]		 RussiaSoyuz-U KazakhstanBaikonur Site 1/5 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaProgress M-65 Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Logistics 7 December
08:48:47[53]		 Successful
ISS flight 30P
18 September
02:05[54]		 United StatesKauai United StatesMDA
MDA Suborbital Target 18 September Launch failure[54]
Two THAAD intercept launches cancelled.[54]
18 September
14:45[55]		 RussiaRSM-56 Bulava (R-30) RussiaRFS Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea[56] RussiaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 15:05[57] Successful
19 September
21:48[49][58]		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
CanadaNimiq-4[59] Telesat Canada Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
24 September
06:57[60]		 United StatesChimera[60] (Minuteman/Minotaur II) United StatesVandenberg LF-06 United StatesOrbital Sciences
United StatesNFIRE 2b MDA Suborbital Target 24 September Successful
Tracked by NFIRE satellite
24 September
09:28[61]		 UkraineZenit-3SL NorwayOcean Odyssey United NationsSea Launch
United NationsGalaxy 19 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
25 September
08:49:37
[49][62]		 RussiaProton-M/DM-2[63] KazakhstanBaikonur Site 81/24 RussiaRVSN
RussiaKosmos 2442 (GLONASS)[49][64] VKS Medium Earth Navigation[65] In orbit Operational
RussiaKosmos 2443 (GLONASS)[49][64] VKS Medium Earth Navigation[65] In orbit Operational
RussiaKosmos 2444 (GLONASS)[49][64] VKS Medium Earth Navigation[65] In orbit Operational
25 September
13:10[49][66]		 ChinaLong March 2F ChinaJiuquan LA-4/SLS-1 ChinaCNSA
ChinaShenzhou 7 CNSA Low Earth Manned flight 28 September
09:37:40[67]		 Successful
ChinaBan Xing[67] CNSA Low Earth Technology 30 October 2009[68] Successful
ChinaShenzhou 7-GC[67] CNSA Low Earth Technology 4 January 2010[69] Successful
Manned flight with three yǔhángyuán, crew conducted first Chinese EVA
Ban Xing deployed from Shenzhou on 27 September at 11:27 GMT, GC separated on 28 September at 08:48 to begin independent mission[67]
28 September
23:15[70]		 United StatesFalcon 1 Marshall IslandsOmelek United StatesSpaceX
United StatesRatSat[67] SpaceX Low Earth DemoSat In orbit Successful[70][71]
Launched boilerplate payload. First privately funded and developed liquid fuelled rocket to reach orbit[71]
1 October
06:37:16		 UkraineDnepr-1 RussiaDombarovskiy RussiaISC Kosmotras
ThailandTHEOS GISTDA Low Earth Remote sensing In orbit Operational
11 October[72] RussiaR-29RMU Sineva RussiaRFS Tula, Barents Sea RussiaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 11 October Successful
Long-range test[72]
12 October
07:01[73]		 RussiaSoyuz-FG KazakhstanBaikonur Site 1/5 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaSoyuz TMA-13[74] Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS Expedition 18 8 April 2009
07:16		 Successful
Manned flight with three cosmonauts, including a space tourist. 100th flight of the Soyuz programme to be manned at some point in its mission[75]
12 October
07:24[76]		 RussiaRT-2PM Topol (RS-12M) RussiaPlesetsk RussiaRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 07:50[76] Successful
12 October[77] RussiaR-29R Vysota RussiaRFS Zelenograd, Sea of Okhotsk[77] RussiaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 12 October Successful
12 October[77] RussiaR-29RM Shtil RussiaRFS Yekaterinburg, Barents Sea[77] RussiaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 12 October Successful
19 October
17:47:23[78]		 United StatesPegasus-XL/Star-27 Marshall IslandsUnited StatesStargazer, Kwajalein Atoll United StatesOrbital Sciences
United StatesIBEX NASA High Earth Solar In orbit Operational
20 October
08:39[79]		 CanadaBlack Brant IX United StatesWhite Sands LC-36 United StatesNASA
NRL Suborbital UV Astronomy[80] 08:49[79] Successful
22 October
00:52:11[81]		 IndiaPSLV-XL IndiaSatish Dhawan SLP IndiaISRO
IndiaChandrayaan-1[82] ISRO Selenocentric Lunar orbiter In orbit Partial spacecraft failure
IndiaMIP ISRO Selenocentric Lunar impactor 14 November Successful
First Indian lunar spacecraft,[83] failed on 28 August 2009 after less than half of planned mission duration, maiden flight of PSLV-XL
22 October
09:10[84]		 RussiaRS-18 UR-100N KazakhstanBaikonur RussiaRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 22 October Successful
22 October
12:30[85]		 United StatesNike-Orion SwedenEsrange SwedenGermanyEuroLaunch
SwedenGermanyREXUS-4 SSC/DLR Suborbital Student research 22 October Successful
Apogee: 175 kilometres (109 mi)
25 October
01:15[86]		 ChinaLong March 4B ChinaTaiyuan LC-2[87] ChinaCNSA
China Shi Jian 6E CNSA Low Earth Scientific In orbit Operational
China Shi Jian 6F CNSA Low Earth Scientific In orbit Operational
First launch from Taiyuan LC-2[87]
25 October
02:28[88]		 United StatesDelta II 7420-10 United StatesVandenberg SLC-2W United StatesUnited Launch Alliance
ItalyCOSMO-3 ASI[89] Sun-synchronous Radar imaging In orbit Operational
29 October
16:53:53[90]		 ChinaLong March 3B/E ChinaXichang LA-3 ChinaCNSA
VenezuelaVenesat-1 VMoST Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
First Venezuelan satellite[90]
1 November[91] United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Target 1 November Successful
Intercepted by SM-3 missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise[91]
1 November[91] United StatesRIM-161 Standard Missile 3 United StatesUSS Paul Hamilton, Pacific Ocean[91] United StatesUS Navy
US Navy[91] Suborbital Intercept test 1 November Successful
Intercepted target missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise[91]
1 November[91] United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Navy
US Navy Suborbital Target 1 November Successful
Intercept by SM-3 missile failed. Part of Pacific Blitz exercise[91]
1 November[91] United StatesRIM-161 Standard Missile 3 United StatesUSS Hopper, Pacific Ocean[91] United StatesUS Navy
US Navy[91] Suborbital Intercept test 1 November Spacecraft failure
Sensor fault resulted in failure to intercept target missile.[91] Part of Pacific Blitz exercise[91]
5 November
00:15[92]		 ChinaLong March 2D[93] ChinaJiuquan LA-4/SLS-2[94] ChinaCNSA
ChinaChuang Xin 1B CNSA Low Earth Weather In orbit Operational
ChinaShiyan Weixing 3[94] CNSA Low Earth Technology In orbit Operational
5 November
09:00[95]		 United StatesLGM-30G Minuteman III United StatesVandenberg United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesGT-198GM US Air Force Suborbital Missile test 5 November Successful
Travelled 6,740 kilometres (4,190 mi) downrange[95]
5 November
20:44		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
LuxembourgAstra 1M SES Astra Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
Final flight of standard Proton-M
12 November
05:56[96]		 IndiaShaurya[97] IndiaIntegrated Test Range LC-3[98] IndiaDRDO
Indian Army Suborbital Missile test 12 November Successful
12 November[99] IranSejjil IranIran IranIRGC AF
IRGC AF Suborbital Missile test 12 November Successful
Maiden flight of Sejjil missile
13 November
09:06[100]		 FranceM51 FranceCEL FranceFOST
FOST Suborbital Missile test 13 November Successful
14 November
15:50[101]		 RussiaSoyuz-U RussiaPlesetsk Site 16/2 RussiaRVSN
RussiaKosmos 2445 (Kobal't-M) VKS Low Earth Optical imaging 23 February 2009[102]
16:15[103]		 Successful
14 November CanadaBlack Brant IX United StatesWhite Sands LC-36 United StatesNASA
NRL[104] Suborbital Solar[104] 14 November Successful
15 November
00:55:39[105]		 United StatesSpace Shuttle Endeavour[106] United StatesKennedy LC-39A United StatesUnited Space Alliance
United StatesSTS-126[107] NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS Assembly 30 November
21:25:06[108]		 Successful
ItalyUnited StatesLeonardo MPLM ASI/NASA Low Earth (ISS) Logistics Successful
United StatesPSSC US Air Force Low Earth Technology 17 February 2010
17:31[109]		 Successful
Manned flight with seven astronauts, PSSC deployed from Shuttle at 20:33 GMT on 29 November and operated for 110 days.[110]
19 November
02:18[111][112]		 United StatesBarking Sands United StatesUS Navy
US Navy/JMSDF Suborbital Target 19 November Successful
Intercept by SM-3 missile failed
19 November
02:21[112]		 United StatesRIM-161 Standard Missile 3 JapanJDS Chōkai, Pacific Ocean JapanJMSDF
JMSDF Suborbital Interceptor 19 November Spacecraft failure
Infrared sensor fault, failed to intercept target[113]
26 November
12:38:27[114]		 RussiaSoyuz-U KazakhstanBaikonur Site 1/5 RussiaRoskosmos
RussiaProgress M-01M Roskosmos Low Earth (ISS) Logistics 8 February 2009
08:20[115]		 Successful
First flight of modernised Progress spacecraft, Kurs anomaly necessitated manual docking.
ISS flight 31P
26 November
13:24[116]		 RussiaRS-24 Yars RussiaPlesetsk RussiaRVSN
RVSN Suborbital Missile test 26 November Successful
26 November[117] IranIran IranISA
IranKavoshgar-2 ISA Suborbital Test flight 26 November Successful
Payload recovered by parachute
28 November[118] RussiaRSM-56 Bulava (R-30) RussiaRFS Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea[119] RussiaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 28 November Successful
1 December
04:42[120]		 ChinaLong March 2D ChinaJiuquan LA-4/SLS-2 ChinaCNSA
ChinaYaogan-4 CNSA Sun-synchronous Remote sensing In orbit Operational
2 December
05:00[121]		 RussiaMolniya-M/2BL[122] RussiaPlesetsk Site 16/2 RussiaRVSN
RussiaKosmos 2446 (Oko) VKS Molniya Missile defence In orbit Operational
5 December
10:35:10[123]		 BrazilUnited StatesVS-30-Orion NorwaySvalRak NorwayAndøya
NorwayICI-2[124] Oslo Suborbital Auroral 10:45[123] Successful
Apogee: 330 kilometres (210 mi)[123]
5 December
20:04[125]		 United StatesUGM-27 Polaris (STARS) United StatesKodiak Island United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTG-05 MDA Suborbital Target 20:29[126] Partial spacecraft failure
Decoy target failed to deploy,[127] intercepted by GBI
5 December
20:21[125]		 United StatesGround Based Interceptor United StatesVandenberg United StatesUS Air Force
United StatesFTG-05 MDA Suborbital Target 20:29[126] Successful
Intercepted Polaris
10 December
13:43:00[128]		 RussiaProton-M/Briz-M Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 200/39 RussiaUnited StatesInternational Launch Services
CanadaCiel-2[36] Ciel[129] Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
15 December
03:22[130]		 ChinaLong March 4B ChinaTaiyuan LC-2 ChinaCNSA
ChinaYaogan-5 CNSA Sun-synchronous Remote sensing 2 September 2014 Successful
20 December
22:35[131]		 European UnionAriane 5ECA FranceKourou ELA-3 FranceArianespace
FranceHot Bird 9[36] Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Operational
FranceEutelsat W2M[36] Eutelsat Geosynchronous Communication In orbit Spacecraft failure[132]
23 December
00:54[133]		 ChinaLong March 3A ChinaXichang LA-2 ChinaCNSA
ChinaFeng Yun 2E CMA Geosynchronous Weather In orbit Operational
23 December
03:00[134]		 RussiaRSM-56 Bulava[135] RussiaRFS Dmitry Donskoi[136] ChinaVMF
VMF Suborbital Missile test 23 December Launch failure
Self-destruct system activated after missile went off course[136]
25 December
10:43[137]		 RussiaProton-M/DM-2 Enhanced KazakhstanBaikonur Site 81/24 RussiaRVSN
RussiaKosmos 2447 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
RussiaKosmos 2448 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
RussiaKosmos 2449 (GLONASS) VKS Medium Earth Navigation In orbit Operational
First flight of Proton-M Enhanced with DM-2 upper stage, last orbital launch from Baikonur to be conducted by the Russian military

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