2015 in spaceflight

2015 in spaceflight
Orbital launches
The New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to fly by Pluto in July 2015.
First	10 January
Total	25
Successes	25
National firsts
Satellite	Turkmenistan
Rockets
Maiden flights	Long March 3C/YZ-1

In 2015 the maiden flights of the Falcon Heavy and the Long March 6 rockets are planned, as well as the inaugural flight from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.

Launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Launch site		LSP
	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
	Remarks

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] CubeSats to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date.
21 January 01:04:00	Atlas V 551		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
21 January 01:04:00	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^[2]	Agni V		Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV		DRDO
		DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
	Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)

1 February 01:21:00	H-IIA 202		Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
1 February 01:21:00	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
1 February 12:31:00	Inmarsat 5-F2	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
2 February 08:50	Safir		Semnan		ISA
2 February 08:50	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.
11 February 23:03:32	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	DSCOVR	NOAA	Planned: 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
17 February 11:00:17	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
22 February		US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II D5		Submarine, Pacific Ocean		US Navy
22 February		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
27 February 11:01:35	Kosmos 2503 (Bars-M)	VKO	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational

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
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 22:05:00	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev
18 March 22:05:00	Ekspress AM7	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communication	In orbit	Operational
25 March 18:36:00	Delta IV M+(4,2)		Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
25 March 18:36:00	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
25 March 22:08:53	KOMPSat-3A	KARI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
26 March 01:21:00	H-IIA 202		Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
26 March 01:21:00	IGS-Optical 5	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
27 March 19:42:57	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-16M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 43/44/45/46	In orbit	Operational
	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
28 March 11:49:00	IRNSS-1D	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
30 March 13:52:30	Long March 3C/YZ-1		Xichang LA-2		CASC
30 March 13:52:30	BDS I1-S	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
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

14 April 20:10:41	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-6	SpaceX	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply	In orbit	Operational
	AggieSat 4	Texas A&M	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	Bevo 2	Texas A&M	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	Arkyd 3 Reflight	Planetary Resources	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	Flock-1e x 14	Planet Labs	Planned: Low Earth	Optical imaging
	First stage recovery failed; the rocket stage landed on the target drone ship too fast, tipped over, and exploded.^[3] All secondary payloads will be deployed from an ISS airlock at a later date. Arkyd 3 Reflight is a replacement for Arkyd 3, which was lost in the Cygnus CRS Orb-3 flight accident in 2014.
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)
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 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	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
	Spacecraft lost communications and attitude control soon after separation due to an explosion^[4]^[5] International Space Station docking attempt cancelled.^[6] Spacecraft expected to reenter due to orbital decay. Mission declared a total loss.^[7]

15 May (TBD)	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
15 May (TBD)	Mexsat-1	SCT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
15 May	Soyuz-2.1a		Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
15 May	Kobalt-M	VKO	Planned: Low Earth	Reconnaissance
19 May	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
19 May	Garpun	VKO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
20 May 13:00 - 17:00	Atlas V 501		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
	AFSPC-5 (X-37B OTV-4)	US Air Force	Planned: Low Earth	Technology
	ULTRASat	NASA	Planned: Low Earth	Cubesat Deployment
22 May 21:16 - 22:40	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
	DirecTV-15	DirecTV	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
	Sky Mexico 1	SKY Mexico	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
26 May 19:46	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-17M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 44/45
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts
31 May 02:01	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
31 May 02:01	Inmarsat 5-F3	Inmarsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication

5 June	Soyuz-2.1b		Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
5 June	Persona	VKO	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
12 June 01:52	Vega		Kourou ELV		Arianespace
12 June 01:52	Sentinel-2A	ESA	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation
19 June 17:51	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-7	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
	Delivering the IDA-1 segment of the NASA Docking System
30 June 16:48 - 17:06	Atlas V 401		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
30 June 16:48 - 17:06	GPS IIF-10	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
30 June	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
30 June	Türksat 4B	Türksat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
June	PSLV-XL		Satish Dhawan		ISRO
	DMC-3A	DMCii	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation
	DMC-3B	DMCii	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation
	DMC-3C	DMCii	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation
2nd Quarter (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	Orbcomm-2 F2	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F5	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F8	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F10	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F12	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F13	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F14	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F15	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F16	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F17	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Orbcomm-2 F18	Orbcomm	Planned: Low Earth	Communication

2 July	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
	Star One C4	Star One	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
	MSG-4	EUMETSAT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Meteorology
21 July	Zenit-3F		Baikonur Site 45/1		Roskosmos
21 July	Electro-L No.2	Roskosmos	Planned: Geosynchronous	Meteorology
22 July ~00:15	Delta IV M+(5,4)		Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
22 July ~00:15	WGS-7	US Air Force	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
22 July 07:27	Falcon 9 v1.1		Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
22 July 07:27	Jason-3	NOAA/EUMETSAT	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation
July	GSLV Mk II		Satish Dhawan Space Centre		ISRO
July	GSAT-6	Indian Armed Forces/ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications

6 August 15:08	Soyuz-U		Baikonur		Roskosmos
6 August 15:08	Progress M-28M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
17 August	H-IIB		Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
17 August	HTV-5	JAXA	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
20 August	Atlas V 551		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
20 August	MUOS-4	US Navy	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
20 August	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
	Eutelsat 8 West B	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
	Intelsat 34	Intelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
27 August	Atlas V 421		Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
27 August	NROL-55	NRO	Planned: Low Earth	Reconnaissance
August	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
August	Eutelsat 9B/EDRS-A	Eutelsat/ESA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication/Data relay
August	Proton-M/Blok DM-03		Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
August	Ekspress AM8	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication

1 September 04:56	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-18M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 45/46
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts, including spaceflight participant Sarah Brightman and Andreas Mogensen, the first Dane in space.
2 September	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-8	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
	BEAM	Bigelow Aerospace	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Technology Demonstration/ISS Assembly
10 September	Soyuz-STB/Fregat		Kourou ELS		Arianespace
	Galileo FOC-5	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
	Galileo FOC-6	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
15 September	Delta IV M+(5,2)		Vandenberg SLC-6		United Launch Alliance
15 September	NROL-45	NRO	Planned: Low Earth	Reconnaissance
16 September	Atlas V 401		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
16 September	GPS IIF-11	US Air Force	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
September	Vega		Kourou ELV		Arianespace
September	LISA Pathfinder	ESA/NASA	Planned: Sun/Earth L₁	Technology Demonstration
September	Proton-M/Briz-M		Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
September	Ekspress AMU1	RSCC	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
September	PSLV-XL		Satish Dhawan		ISRO
September	IRNSS-1E	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation
3rd Quarter (TBD)	Falcon Heavy		Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
3rd Quarter (TBD)	TBA	SpaceX	Planned: TBA	Flight Test
3rd Quarter (TBD)	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
3rd Quarter (TBD)	SES-9	SES S.A.	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
3rd Quarter (TBD)	Soyuz-2.1v/Volga		Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
3rd Quarter (TBD)	Kanopus-ST	VKO	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation

20 October	Atlas V 421		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
20 October	Mexsat-2	SCT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
22 October 08:33	Soyuz-2.1a		Baikonur		Roskosmos
	Progress MS-1	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
	First launch of the new Progress-MS variant.
October	Rokot/Briz-KM		Plesetsk Site 133/3		Eurockot
October	Sentinel-3A	ESA	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Earth Observation
October	Dnepr-1		Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras
	Iridium NEXT-1	Iridium	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
	Iridium NEXT-2	Iridium	Planned: Low Earth	Communication
October	PSLV-XL		Satish Dhawan		ISRO
October	Astrosat	ISRO	Planned: Low Earth	X-ray Astronomy

19 November 21:10	Soyuz-FG		Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
	Soyuz TMA-19M	Roskosmos	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 46/47
	Manned flight with three cosmonauts
20 November ~02:30	Atlas V 401		Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
	Cygnus CRS Orb-4	Orbital ATK	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply
	Flight moved from Antares 130 rocket following launch failure of Cygnus CRS Orb-3. Originally scheduled for April 1, 2015.^[8]
November (TBD)	H-IIA 202		Tanegashima		MHI
November (TBD)	Astro-H	JAXA/NASA	Planned: Low Earth	X-ray Astronomy

5 December	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	SpaceX CRS-9	SpaceX	Planned: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Resupply
	Delivering the IDA-2 segment of the NASA Docking System
25 December (NET)	Soyuz-2.1a/Volga		Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
	MVL-300	MSU	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	High-energy Astronomy
	AIST-2D	SAU	Planned: Low Earth (SSO)	Technology
	Inaugural flight from the Vostochny Cosmodrome
December	Soyuz-STB/Fregat		Kourou ELS		Arianespace
	Galileo FOC-5	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
	Galileo FOC-6	ESA	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
December	PSLV-XL		Satish Dhawan		ISRO
December	IRNSS-1F	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Navigation
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	Arabsat 6B	Arabsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	GSAT-15	ISRO	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	Hispasat AG1	Hispasat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	EchoStar XVIII	EchoStar	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	NBN-Co 1A	NBN Co	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	ARSAT-2	AR-SAT SA	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Ariane 5 ECA		Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
4th Quarter	DSN-1	JSAT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
4th Quarter	JCSAT-14	JSAT	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
4th Quarter	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
	Eutelsat 117 West B	Eutelsat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
	ABS-2A	ABS	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communications
4th Quarter	H-IIA 204		Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
4th Quarter	Telstar 12V	Telesat	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Falcon 9 v1.1		Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
TBD	Amos-6	Spacecom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Communication
TBD	Proton-M/Blok DM-03		Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
	GLONASS-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
	GLONASS-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
	GLONASS-M	VKO	Planned: Medium Earth	Navigation
TBD	Long March 2C		Xichang		CASC
TBD	Barcelona Moon Team Lander/Rover	Barcelona Moon Team	Planned: Low Lunar orbit	Lunar Lander/Rover

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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 January 4
11 January	Cassini	109th flyby of Titan
12 February	Cassini	110th flyby of Titan
6 March^[9]	Dawn	Enters orbit of Ceres	1st visit to a dwarf planet
16 March	Cassini	111th flyby of Titan
30 April	MESSENGER	Impact to Mercury^[10]
7 May	Cassini	112th flyby of Titan
16 June	Cassini	Flyby of Dione
7 July	Cassini	113th flyby of Titan
14 July	New Horizons	First flyby of Pluto and Charon	2nd visit to a dwarf planet
17 August	Cassini	Flyby of Dione
14 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus
28 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus
November/December^[11]	Hayabusa 2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity Assist
3 December^[12]	Procyon	Flyby of Earth	Gravity Assist en route to asteroid flyby
7 December^[13]	Akatsuki	Venus orbit insertion	Akatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus and 2nd attempt at Orbit insertion
19 December	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus

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.^[14]
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.^[15]^[16]
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.^[17]^[18]

Major Orbital Debris creation events

Date/Time (GMT)	Source	Type of Event	Number of debris objects tracked	Remarks
3 February ^[19]	DMSP 5D2-F13^[19]	Internal explosion of satellite^[19]	31+	Possibly caused by battery explosion^[19]

Orbital launch summary

By country

Country	Launches	Successes	Remarks
Europe	2	2
India	1	1
Iran	1	1
Japan	2	2
People's Republic of China	1	1
Russia	9	9	Includes Sea Launch and Soyuz from Kourou (1)
United States	9	9

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes
Ariane	Europe	1	1
Atlas	United States	2	2
Delta	United States	2	2
Falcon	United States	5	5
H-II	Japan	2	2
Long March	People's Republic of China	1	1
R-7	Russia	5	5
R-36	Ukraine	1	1
Safir	Iran	1	1
SLV	India	1	1
Universal Rocket	Russia	3	3
Vega	Europe	1	1

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	1	1
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	2	2
Delta II	United States	Delta	1	1
Delta IV	United States	Delta	1	1
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon	5	5
PSLV	India	SLV	1	1
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	2	2
Long March 3	People's Republic of China	Long March	1	1
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	2	2
Safir	Iran	Safir	1	1
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	5	5
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	1	1
Vega	Europe	Vega	1	1

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	Europe	Ariane 5	1	1
Atlas V 421	United States	Atlas V	1	1
Atlas V 551	United States	Atlas V	1	1
Delta II 7320	United States	Delta II	1	1
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)	United States	Delta IV	1	1
Dnepr-1	Ukraine	R-36	1	1
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	Falcon 9	5	5
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-II	2	2
Long March 3C/YZ-1	People's Republic of China	Long March 3	1	1	Maiden flight
Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia	Proton	2	2
PSLV XL	India	PSLV	1	1
Rokot/Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	1	1
Safir-1B	Iran	Safir	1	1
Soyuz-2.1a	Russia	Soyuz	2	2
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	1	1
Vega	Europe	Vega	1	1

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	5	5
Cape Canaveral	United States	8	8
Dombarovsky	Russia	1	1
Kourou	France	3	3
Plesetsk	Russia	2	2
Satish Dhawan	India	1	1
Semnan	Iran	1	1
Tanegashima	Japan	2	2
Vandenberg	United States	1	1
Xichang	People's Republic of China	1	1

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	1	1
Low Earth	12	12	5 to ISS
Geosynchronous/transfer	8	8
Medium Earth	2	2
High Earth	2	2

References

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↑ "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. 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
↑ "Agni-V's maiden canister trial successful | Zee News". Zeenews.india.com. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
↑ Elon Musk at Twitter: "Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival."
↑ Oliphant, Roland (30 April 2015). "'Rocket explosion’ sent Russian spacecraft into tailspin". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ Stephen Clark (28 April 2015). "Antenna snag strikes Progress cargo freighter". Spaceflight Now.
↑ "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.
↑ "Private Cargo Spacecraft Gets New Rocket Ride After Accident". Space.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
↑ "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.
↑ http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/03060933-mini-mission-updates.html
↑ http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/04131009-procyon-update.html
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SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' 1 · Flock-1d' 2 · AESP-14) \| MUOS-3 \| SMAP · FIREBIRD II A · FIREBIRD II B · GRIFEX · ExoCube \| IGS-Radar Spare \| Inmarsat 5-F2 \| Fajr \| AVUM \| DSCOVR \| Progress M-26M \| Kosmos 2503 \| ABS-3A · Eutelsat 115 West B \| WADIS-2 \| Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission \| Ekspress AM7 \| USA-260 \| KOMPSat-3A \| IGS-Optical 5 \| Soyuz TMA-16M \| Galileo FOC-3 · Galileo FOC-4 \| IRNSS-1D \| BDS-3 M1 \| Gonets M-18 · Gonets M-19 · Gonets M-20 · Kosmos 2504 \| SpaceX CRS-6 · AggieSat 4 · Bevo 2 · Arkyd-3A · Flock-1e \| Thor 7 · SICRAL-2 \| TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT \| Progress M-27M

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

2015 in space

Space probe launches	LISA Pathfinder

Selected comets	15P/Finlay C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) 88P/Howell 22P/Kopff 10P/Tempel C/2013 US10

Selected NEOs	Asteroid close approaches 2015 BP513 (357439) 2004 BL86 2015 AZ43 1566 Icarus 2007 VE191 (33342) 1998 WT24

Exoplanets	Kepler-438b Kepler-440b Kepler-442b Kepler-444b Kepler-444c Kepler-444d Kepler-444e Kepler-444f

Space exploration	Dawn (orbiting Ceres) Rosetta (orbiting Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko) MESSENGER (ends)

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