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JUNE 19: Kosmos 3M; ORBCOMM satellite launch from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
A Russian Kosmos 3M rocket will launch six replacement ORBCOMM data communications satellites for the U.S.-based ORBCOMM Inc.

JUNE 20: Delta 2; Jason 2 launch from Vandenberg SLC-2W.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the Jason 2 spacecraft to measure sea surface height. This The Ocean Surface Topography Mission is a joint U.S. and European project.

JUNE 23?: Third launch (attempt) of the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket with the Jumpstart satellite from Kwajalein Atoll.
The SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket will launch the Jumpstart mission for the U.S. Air Force Operationally Responsive Space initiative. The Jumpstart mission will fly the Trailblazer spacecraft built by SpaceDev, Inc.

JULY 04: Ariane 5; ProtoStar 1 & BADR 6 launch from ELA-3, Kourou.
Arianespace Flight 184 will use an Ariane 5 rocket with an ECA cryogenic upper stage to launch the ProtoStar 1 communications satellite to provide high definition TV and broadband Internet to Southeast Asia and Arabsat's BADR 6 communications spacecraft for the Middle East and North Africa.

JULY 29/30: Kosmos 3M; SAR-Lupe 5 launch from Plesetsk, Russia.
A Russian Kosmos 3M rocket will launch the SAR-Lupe 5 spacecraft into Earth orbit. The craft is the fifth in a series of five German radar reconnaissance satellites.

JULY: Planned launch of ESA's Herschel & Planck astronomical missions on an Ariane 5.

JULY: India hopes to launch its scientific Lunar probe Chandrayaan-1, on a PSLV-XL. An impact probe will be released at the beginning of the mision.
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will send the Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft to the moon. It will be country's first lunar orbiter. The mission carries a slate of instruments provided by scientists from India, Bulgaria, the European Space Agency and NASA.

AUGUST 12: Soyuz; Progress 30P launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 30th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

AUGUST 22: Delta 2; GeoEye 1 launch from Vandenberg SLC-2W.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the GeoEye 1 commercial Earth-imaging spacecraft into a Sun-synchronous orbit for the GeoEye company. ULA will conduct this commercial launch for Boeing.

AUGUST: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL; EchoStar 11 launch from the Odyssey Platform, Pacific Ocean.
The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket will carry into orbit the EchoStar 11 direct-to-home television broadcast satellite. The Loral-built spacecraft will provide services for DISH Network subscribers.

SEPTEMBER 05: Rosetta encounters asteroid Steins.

SEPTEMBER 10: Soyuz; Progress 31P launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 31st Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

SEPTEMBER 10: Rockot; GOCE launch from Plesetsk, Russia.
A Eurockot Rockot vehicle will launch the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite for the European Space Agency. GOCE will map global variations in Earth's gravity field with unprecedented detail and derive measurements of ocean circulation and changes in sea level.

SEPTEMBER 13: Pegasus; IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) air-launch from Kwajalein.
The air-launched Orbital Sciences Pegasus rocket will launch NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer. IBEX will study the interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar medium.

SEPTEMBER 14: Minotaur; TacSat 3 launch from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia.
The Orbital Sciences Minotaur rocket will launch the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat 3 advanced technology research spacecraft. The four-stage rocket uses U.S. government-supplied Minuteman 2 motors and Pegasus rocket stages.

SEPTEMBER 18: Atlas 5; DMSP F18 launch from Vandenberg SLC-3E.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 18 spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force. Built by Lockheed Martin, this polar-orbiting weather satellite will be used by the military for global weather forecasting. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no strap-on solid rocket booster and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.

SEPTEMER 26: Delta 4-H; NRO L-26 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket.

SEPTEMBER: Planned first Chinese spacewalk, on the Shenzhou 7 flight. 3 taikonauts will be on board.

SEPTEMBER: Sea Launch Zenit 3SL; Galaxy 19 launch from the Odyssey Platform, Pacific Ocean.
The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket will carry into orbit the Galaxy 19 communications satellite for Intelsat. The Loral-built spacecraft will replace the Galaxy 25 satellite and be used for telecommunication services across North America.

OCTOBER 08: STS-125, Atlantis, final HST servicing mission launch from KSC pad 39A. A 2nd Shuttle (Discovery) will be ready on pad 39B to launch on a rescue mission.
After this mission Atlantis will probably be retired.
STS-125 will be the fifth and final space shuttle mission launched to service and upgrade the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Shuttle Atlantis will launch two new science instruments, along with stabilizing gyroscopes, batteries and thermal blankets to refurbish the observatory and extend its useful life another five years. The astronauts plan to conduct five spacewalks during the service call. Attempts to repair two other instruments are planned as well.

OCTOBER 10: Atlas 5; WGS SV 2 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the second Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft, formerly known as the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite. Built by Boeing, this geostationary communications spacecraft will serve U.S. military forces. The rocket will fly in the 421 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, two solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.

OCTOBER 12: Soyuz TMA-13 launch (ISS 17S) from Baikonur, carrying the Expedition 18 crew to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the Expedition 18 crew. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the crew.

OCTOBER: Messenger (2nd) Mercury flyby.

OCTOBER: China plans to launch its third manned space mission. Shenzou 7 will carry 3 astronauts and feature China's first space walk.

NOVEMBER 10: STS-126, (ULF 2; logistics mission) Endeavour launch to the ISS from KSC.
STS-126 will be the 27th U.S. mission to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver equipment and supplies with a reusable Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.

NOVEMBER 13: STSS Demo launch from Cape Canaveral SL-17A.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (SSTS) technology demonstration mission for the Missile Defense Agency. NASA will oversee the launch. The rocket will fly in the 7920 vehicle configuration.

NOVEMBER 24: Planned launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to the Moon on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41. Secondary payload will be LCROSS. The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite will monitor the impact of a spent upper stage from the same mission.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to the moon and a lunar impactor secondary payload called the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.

NOVEMBER: Atlas 5; AEHF 1 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Built by Lockheed Martin, this U.S. military spacecraft will provide highly-secure communications. The rocket will fly in the 531 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.

NOVEMBER: Soyuz; Progress 32P launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 32nd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

NOVEMBER?: H-2; GOSAT launch from Tanegashima.
The Japanese H-2A rocket will launch the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) environmental spacecraft for JAXA.

DECEMBER 11: NASA will begin testing the Launch Abort System (LAS) of the Ares I launch vehicle on OSC Minotaur rockets at White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico.

DECEMBER 12: Delta 4; GOES O launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite O, or GOES O, for NASA and NOAA. The weather satellite will orbit 22,300 miles above the planet to monitor conditions across the U.S. The rocket will fly in the Medium+ (4,2) configuration with two solid rocket boosters.

DECEMBER 15: Taurus XL; OCO launch from Vandenberg Area 576-E.
The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket will launch NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory. The Orbital Sciences-built satellite will measure atmospheric carbon dioxide.

2 0 0 8:
- Rosetta will pass through the asteroid belt.
- Start-1; EROS C Earth observation satellite launch into a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit.
- Possible first suborbital flight of the SpaceDev DreamChaser, a reusable piloted lifting-body spacecraft.
An orbital version could be launched around 2011, possibly on an Atlas 5.
- Planned launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
- Planned launch of the Indian/French Megha Tropiques research mission.
- Virgin Galactic will start testflying its VSS Enterprise/SpaceShipTwo (dropped from the White Knight Two mothership 'Eve'), initially from the Mojave Spaceport, California. Future (2009) commercial flights will be staged from New Mexico's Spaceport America.
- IOS (Interorbital Systems) plans to make the first manned launch of the Neptune spaceliner.
- The Swedish Space Corporation plans to launch the Prisma autonomous space rendezvous dual-satellite system.
- Ocean Surface Topography Mission launch.
- Planned launch of Canada's NEOSSat (Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite).
- A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch Cassiope, a Canadian Mission to demonstrate an experimental store and forward delivery system for transmitting large data packages.
- Planned first flight of the XCOR XERUS from Mojave, CA.
- Planned first flight of the Canadian Wild Fire VI rocket from Saskatchewan, Canada. The 2nd generation Project Tiger will later be launched from a Southwest Regional Spaceport (Spaceport America) runway. The 2nd generation Project Tiger will later be launched from New Mexico's Southwest Regional Spaceport runway.
- Planned first launch of the unmanned USAF X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas V launch vehicle.
- Planet Space / Canadian Arrow will begin suborbital manned test flights from Canada.
- SpaceX Falcon 1; RazakSat launch from Kwajalein.
- First launch of the Space-X Falcon 9 booster.
- Delta 2; USAF Block 2010 Spacecraft Risk Reduction launch from Vandenberg. To be launched by NASA for the U.S. Air Force, Block 2010 Spacecraft Risk Reduction is a technology research and development mission to improve reliability and longevity for Department of Defense satellites.
- Planned launch of SDO on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41. The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a replacement for SOHO.
- Delta 2; STSS-ATRR launch from Vandenberg SLC-2W.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS-ATRR) research and development mission for the Missile Defense Agency. The mission previously called Block 2010 Spacecraft Risk Reduction. NASA will oversee the launch. The rocket will fly in the 7920 vehicle configuration.
- Delta 2; GPS 2R-20 (M7) launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-17.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the seventh modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block 2R military navigation satellite. The launch will be run by the U.S. Air Force. The rocket will fly in the 7925 vehicle configuration.
- Delta 2; GPS 2R-21 (M8) launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-17.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the eighth modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block 2R military navigation satellite. The launch will be run by the U.S. Air Force. The rocket will fly in the 7925 vehicle configuration.
- (/2009) Planned 2nd flight of the US Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle (HTV-2).
- (/2009) First Soyuz rocket launch from Kourou.
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