| Launch Date/Time
|
Launch Vehicle
|
Launch
Site
|
Launch Contractor
|
Payload
|
Operator
|
Orbit
|
Mission/
Function
|
Re-Entry/
Destruction
|
Outcome
|
Remarks
|
January 19
19:00 GMT
|
Lockheed Martin Atlas V (551)
|
LC-41 Cape Canaveral
|
ILS
|
New Horizons
|
NASA
|
N/A
|
Flyby of Pluto and KBOs
|
N/A
|
Successful so far
|
First probe to visit Pluto
|
January 24
01:33 GMT
|
H-2A
|
Tanegashima
|
JAXA
|
Daichi (ALOS)
|
JAXA
|
LEO (Sun synchronous polar orbit)
|
Observation satellite
|
Still in Orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
February 15
23:35 GMT
|
Yuzhnoye Zenit 3SL
|
Ocean Odyssey
Pacific Ocean
|
Sea Launch
|
EchoStar 10
|
EchoStar
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
Still in Orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
February 18
06:27 GMT
|
H-2A
|
Tanegashima
|
Rocket System
|
MTSAT-2
|
Japanese Government
|
Geosynchronous
|
ATC and weather satellite
|
|
Successful so far
|
|
February 21
21:28 GMT
|
M-5 (M-V/Mu-5)
|
Uchinoura
|
JAXA
|
ASTRO-F (Akari)
|
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
|
LEO (Sun synchronous polar orbit)
|
Infrared astronomy satellite.
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
| Cute-1.7+APD
|
|
|
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
February 28
20:10 GMT
|
Chelomei Proton
|
Baikonur
|
ILS
|
ARABSAT 4A
|
ARABSAT
|
Comsat
|
Intended: Geosynchronous
|
February 28, 2006
|
Failure
|
Upper stage malfunction.
|
March 11
22:33 GMT
|
Aérospatiale Ariane 5 ECA
|
ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
|
Arianespace
|
SPAINSAT
|
Spanish Government
|
Military comsat
|
Geosynchronous
|
Still in Orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
| Hot Bird 7A
|
Eutelsat
|
Comsat
|
Geosynchronous
|
Still in Orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
March 22
14:03 GMT
|
Orbital Sciences Pegasus
|
L-1011, Vandenberg AFB
|
Orbital Sciences
|
Space Technology 5 (X3)
|
NASA
|
Study Earth's Magnetosphere.
|
LEO
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
March 24
22:30 GMT
|
SpaceX Falcon 1
|
Omelek
|
SpaceX
|
FalconSat 2
|
USAF Academy
|
Plasma research satellite.
|
Intended: LEO
|
T+60 seconds
|
Failure
|
Rocket lost power shortly after launch. Probable engine fire.
|
March 30
02:30 GMT
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1, Baikonur
|
RFSA
|
Soyuz TMA-8
3 Cosmonauts
|
RFSA
|
LEO - docked to ISS
|
Manned orbital flight
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
ISS Expedition 13
First Brazillian in Space
|
April 12
23:30 GMT
|
Yuzhnoye Zenit 3SL
|
Ocean Odyssey
|
Sea Launch
|
JCSAT-9
|
JCSAT
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
April 14
01:40 GMT
|
OSC Minotaur
|
SLC-8, Vandenberg AFB
|
OSC
|
COSMIC (X5)
|
COSMIC
|
LEO
|
Study atmosphere
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
April 20
20:27 GMT
|
Lockheed Martin Atlas V (411)
|
LC-41, Cape Canaveral
|
ILS
|
ASTRA 1KR
|
SES ASTRA
|
Comsat
|
Geosynchronous
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
April 24
16:03 GMT
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1, Baikonur
|
RFSA
|
Progress 21P
|
RFSA
|
LEO - docked to ISS
|
Resupply ISS
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
April 28
10:02 GMT
|
Boeing Delta II
|
SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB
|
|
CALIPSO
|
NASA
|
LEO (A-Train)
|
Study aerosols
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
| CloudSat
|
NASA
|
LEO (A-Train)
|
Study clouds
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
| May 3, 17:38 GMT
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-16, Plesetsk
|
RFSA
|
Kosmos 2420
|
Russian Government
|
|
Spy Satellite
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
May 24
22:11 GMT
|
Boeing Delta IV
|
LC-37B, Cape Canaveral
|
|
GOES-N
|
NASA/NOAA
|
Geostationary
|
Weather satellite
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
May 26
18:50 GMT
|
Shtil
|
Submarine in Barents Sea
|
Russian Navy
|
Kompass 2
|
|
|
Earthquake detection satellite.
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
May 27
21:09 GMT
|
Aérospatiale Ariane 5 ECA
|
ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
|
Arianespace
|
SATMEX 6
|
Satellites Mexicanas
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
Record for heaviest dual-payload to orbit
|
| THAICOM 5
|
Shin Satellite
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
June 15
08:00 GMT
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Resurs
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
LEO
|
Remote Sensing Spacecraft
|
Still in orbit
|
Successful so far
|
|
June 17
07:50-09:50 GMT
|
Yuzhnoye Zenit 3SL
|
Ocean Odyssey
|
Sea Launch
|
Galaxy 16
|
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| June 18
|
Chelomei Proton
|
Baikonur
|
ILS
|
KazSat
|
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
June 20
21:33-01:33 GMT
|
Boeing Delta II
|
LC-17A, Cape Canaveral
|
|
MITEX
|
DARPA
|
|
Spy Satellite
|
|
|
|
June 24
15:08 GMT
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Progress 22P
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Resupply ISS
|
|
|
|
| June 27
|
Boeing Delta IV
|
Vandenberg AFB
|
|
NRO L-22
|
US National Reconnaissance Office
|
|
Spy Satellite
|
|
|
|
| June 30
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Starsem
|
METOP
|
|
|
Weather satellite
|
|
|
|
July 1
19:48 GMT
|
Space Shuttle Discovery
|
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center
|
USA
|
STS-121, 7 astronauts
|
NASA
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Manned Orbital Flight
|
|
|
Return to flight test, visit ISS
|
| Leonardo MPLM
|
NASA/ESA
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Resupply ISS
|
|
|
|
| July (TBC)
|
H-2A
|
Tanegashima
|
|
Classified (X2)
|
Japanese government
|
|
Reconnaissance satellites
|
|
|
|
| July 21
|
Chelomei Proton
|
Baikonur
|
ILS
|
Hot Bird 8
|
Eutelsat
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
July 22
19:11-19:13 GMT
|
Boeing Delta II
|
LC-17B, Cape Canaveral
|
|
STEREO
|
NASA
|
|
Study Sun and Earth
|
|
|
|
| July (TBC)
|
Yuzhnoye Zenit 3SL
|
Ocean Odyssey
|
Sea Launch
|
Koreasat 5
|
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| July (TBC)
|
Dnepr
|
Baikonur
|
|
BelKA
|
|
|
Earth Observation satellite
|
|
|
|
| July/August (TBC)
|
Rockot
|
Baikonur
|
Eurockot
|
KOMPSAT 2
|
|
|
Earth Observation satellite
|
|
|
|
| July/August (TBC)
|
Chelomei Proton
|
Baikonur
|
ILS
|
AMC-14
|
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| July/August (TBC)
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Starsem
|
GIOVE-B
|
|
|
Experimental navigation satellite
|
|
|
|
| July/August (TBC)
|
SpaceX Falcon 1
|
SLC-3W, Vandenberg AFB
|
SpaceX
|
TacSat 1
|
US Naval Research Laboratory
|
Planned: LEO
|
Experimental communications satellite.
|
|
|
|
| Space burial
|
Space Services Incorporated
|
Space burial of human remains
|
Planned: LEO
|
|
|
Includes remains of Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper
|
| August (TBC)
|
Aérospatiale Ariane 5 ECA
|
ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
|
Arianespace
|
JCSat 10
|
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| Syracuse 3B
|
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
August 28
20:07 GMT
|
Space Shuttle Atlantis
|
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center
|
USA
|
STS-115, 6 astronauts
|
NASA
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Manned Orbital Flight
|
|
|
ISS assembly flight
|
| ISS Truss
|
NASA
|
Planned: LEO, attatched to ISS
|
ISS component
|
|
|
|
| August/September (TBC)
|
Boeing Delta II
|
Vandenberg AFB
|
|
NRO L-21
|
US National Reconnaissance Office
|
|
Classified
|
|
|
|
| August/September (TBC)
|
Chelomei Proton
|
Baikonur
|
ILS
|
MEASAT 3
|
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| September 13
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1, Baikonur
|
RFSA
|
Soyuz TMA-9
3 Cosmonauts
|
RFSA
|
Manned orbital flight
|
LEO - docked to ISS
|
|
|
ISS Expedition 14
"Space tourist" flight
|
| September (TBC)
|
Aérospatiale Ariane 5 ECA
|
ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)
|
Arianespace
|
DirecTV-9S
|
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| Optus D1
|
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| LDREX-2
|
|
Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| September 14
|
Boeing Delta II
|
LC-17, Cape Canaveral
|
|
GPS 2R-M2
|
NAVSTAR
|
|
GPS navigation satellite
|
|
|
|
September 29
20:22-20:28 GMT
|
Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL
|
L-1011, Vandenberg AFB
|
Orbital Sciences
|
AIM
|
NASA
|
LEO
|
Study clouds on the edge of space
|
|
|
|
| September/October (TBC)
|
Chelomei Proton
|
Baikonur
|
ILS
|
Anik F3
|
Telesat
|
Planned: Geosynchronous
|
Comsat
|
|
|
|
| October 6
|
Boeing Delta IV
|
Vandenberg AFB
|
|
DMSP F17
|
US Air Force
|
|
Weather Satellite
|
|
|
|
| October (TBC)
|
Lockheed Martin Atlas V
|
Vandenberg AFB
|
ILS
|
STP-1 (X7)
|
USAF
|
|
Test program
|
|
|
|
| October 18
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Progress 23P
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Resupply ISS
|
|
|
|
| October 19
|
Boeing Delta II
|
LC-17, Cape Canaveral
|
|
THEMIS
|
NASA
|
|
Study Auroras
|
|
|
|
| November 15
|
Lockheed Martin Atlas V
|
Vandenberg AFB
|
ILS
|
NRO-L28
|
US National Reconnaissance Office
|
|
Classified
|
|
|
|
| November (TBC)
|
Orbital Sciences Minotaur
|
SLC-8 Vandenberg AFB
|
OSC
|
TacSat 2
|
US Naval Research Laboratory
|
|
Experimental satellite
|
|
|
|
| December (TBC)
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Starsem
|
RADARSAT 2
|
|
|
Observation satellite
|
|
|
|
December 14
00:17 GMT
|
Space Shuttle Discovery
|
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center
|
USA
|
STS-116, 6 astronauts
|
NASA
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Manned Orbital Flight
|
|
|
ISS assembly flight
|
| ISS Truss
|
NASA
|
Planned: LEO, attatched to ISS
|
ISS component
|
|
|
|
| December 20
|
Soyuz (R-7/A-2)
|
LC-1 Baikonur
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Progress 24P
|
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
Planned: LEO, docked to ISS
|
Resupply ISS
|
|
|
|
| TBC
|
Boeing Delta IV
|
Vandenberg AFB
|
|
NRO L-22
|
US National Reconnaissance Office
|
|
Classified
|
|
|
|
| TBC
|
Boeing Delta IV-H
|
LC-37A, Cape Canaveral
|
|
NRO L-22
|
US National Reconnaissance Office
|
|
Classified
|
|
|
|
