2015 SPACE LAUNCH LOG ========================================================================= SPACE LAUNCH REPORT 2015 ORBITAL/SUBORBITAL LAUNCH LOG ========================================================================= by Ed Kyle as of December 29, 2015 ========================================================================= YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL SPACE LAUNCH LOG DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/10/15 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-14 Dragon CRS-5 ~9.54 CC 40 LEO/ISS[1] 01/21/15 Atlas 5-551 AV052 MUOS 3 6.74 CC 41 GTO 01/31/15 Delta 2-7320 D370 SMAP 0.944 VA 2W LEO/S 02/01/15 H-2A-202 F27 IGS Radar Spare - TA Y1 LEO/S 02/01/15 Proton M/Briz M 93551 Inmarsat 5F2 6.07 TB 200/39 GTO+ 02/02/15 Safir 1B LBS2001 Fajr 0.05 SE 1 LEO 02/11/15 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-15 DSCOVR 0.57 CC 40 EEO [2] 02/17/15 Soyuz U Progress M26M 7.287 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 02/27/15 Soyuz 2-1a BARS-1M 1L 4.0 PL 43/4 LEO/S- 03/02/15 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-16 Eutelsat 115WB/ABS 3A 4.159 CC 40 GTO 03/13/15 Atlas 5-421 AV053 MMS 5.44 CC 41 EEO 03/18/15 Proton M/Briz M 93552 Express AM7 5.712 TB 200/39 GTO+ 03/25/15 Delta 4M+4,2 D371 GPS 2F-9 1.63 CC 37B MEO 03/25/15 Dnepr 22 Kompsat 3A DO 370/13 LEO/S 03/26/15 H-2A-202 F28 IGS Optical 5 TA Y1 LEO/S 03/27/15 Soyuz FG Soyuz TMA-16M 7.2 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 03/27/15 Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat VS11 Galileo FOC 2 1.466 KO ELS MEO 03/28/15 PSLV-XL C27 IRNSS 1D 1.425 SR 2 GTO- [3] 03/30/15 CZ-3C/YZ-1 Y11 Beidou 17 (3I-1) 0.85 XC 2 GEO/I[4] 03/31/15 Rokot/Briz KM 24 3xGonets M/Cosmos 2504 ~1.0 PL 133/3 LEO 04/14/15 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-18 Dragon CRS-6 ~9.24 CC 40 LEO/ISS[5] 04/26/15 Ariane 5 ECA VA222 Thor 7/Sircal 2 9.00 KO 3 GTO 04/27/15 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-17 TurkmenAlem 52E 4.5 CC 40 GTO 04/28/15 Soyuz 2-1a 1840 Progress M-27M 7.3 TB 31/6 [LEO][6] 05/16/15 Proton M/Briz M 93554 Mexsat 1 5.235 TB 200/39[FTO][7] 05/20/15 Atlas 5-501 AV054 AFSPC 5 (X37B OTV4?) ~5.00+ CC 41 LEO 05/27/15 Ariane 5 ECA VA223 DirecTV 15/SkyMex 1 9.20 KO 3 GTO 06/05/15 Soyuz 2-1a 1841 Kobalt-M 6.7 PL 43/4 LEO 06/23/15 Vega VV05 Sentinel 2A 1.13 KO ZLV LEO/S 06/23/15 Soyuz 2-1b 1842 Kvarts/Persona 6.5 PL 43/4 LEO/S 06/26/14 CZ-4B Gaofen 8 TY 9 LEO/S 06/28/15 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-19 Dragon CRS-7 ~9.2 CC 40 [FTO][8] 07/03/15 Soyuz U 1843 Progress M-28M 6.9 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 07/10/15 PSLV-XL C28 3xDMC3 1.439 SR 1 LEO/S 07/15/15 Atlas 5-401 AV055 GPS 2F-10 1.63 CC 41 MEO 07/15/15 Ariane 5 ECA VA224 Star One C4/MSG 4 7.608 KO 3 GTO 07/22/15 Soyuz FG 1844 Soyuz TMA-17M 7.2 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 07/24/15 Delta 4M+5,4 D372 WGS 7 5.987 CC 37B GTO+ 07/25/15 CZ-3B/YZ-1 Y26 Beidou 3M1S/3M2S 2.028 XC 2 MEO 08/19/15 H-2B-304 F5 HTV-5 16.2 TA Y2 LEO/ISS 08/20/15 Ariane 5 ECA VA225 Eutlsat 8WB/Intlsat 34 9.082 KO 3 GTO 08/27/15 CZ-4C Yaogan 27 1.04 TY 9 LEO/S 08/27/15 GLSV Mk 2 D6 GSAT 6 2.117 SR 2 GTO 08/28/15 Proton M/Briz M 93555 Inmarsat 5-F3 6.07 TB 200/39 GTO+ 09/02/15 Soyuz FG 1845 Soyuz TMA-18M 7.2 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 09/02/15 Atlas 5-551 AV056 MUOS 4 6.74 CC 41 GTO+ 09/11/15 Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat VS12 Galileo FOC 3 (5-6) 1.431 KO ELS MEO 09/12/15 CZ-3B/E CZ3B28 TJSSW 1 XC 2 GTO 09/14/15 CZ-2D CZ2D23 Gaofen 9 JQ 43/603 LEO/S 09/14/15 Proton M/DM-03 93553 Express AM8 2.1 TB 81/24 GEO 09/19/15 CZ-6 CZ6-1 Multipayload TY 16 LEO/S 09/23/15 Rokot/Briz KM 25 3xGonets M/Cosmos xxxx ~1.0 PL 133/3 LEO 09/25/15 CZ-11 CZ11-1 Multisats JQ LEO/S 09/28/15 PSLV-XL C30 Astrosat + 6usats 1.631 SR 1 LEO 09/29/15 CZ-3B/E CZ3B29 Beidou 20 4.2 XC 3 GTO/i 09/30/15 Ariane 5 ECA L580 VA226/SkyMuster/Arsat2 9.417 KO 3 GTO 10/01/15 Soyuz-U 1847 Progress M-29M 7.3 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 10/02/15 Atlas 5-421 AV059 Morelos 3 5.3 CC 41 GTO 10/07/15 CZ-2D CZ2D24 Jilin 1 0.664 JQ 43/603 LEO/S 10/08/15 Atlas 5-401 AV-058 NROL 55 VA 3E LEO? 10/16/15 CZ-3B/E CZ3B30 APStar 9 ~4.0 XC 2 GTO 10/16/15 Proton M/Briz M 93556 Turksat 4B 4.924 TB 200/39 GTO 10/26/15 CZ-2D CZ2D25 Tianhua 1C JQ 43/603 LEO/S 10/31/15 Atlas 5-401 AV-060 GPS 2F-11 1.63 CC 41 MEO 11/03/15 CZ-3B/E CZ3B31 Zhongxing 2C ~5.1? XC 3 GTO 11/04/15 Super Strypi SS-01 HaikaSat/Cubesats BS 41 [FTO][9] 11/08/15 CZ-4B Yaogan 28 ~2 TY 9 LEO/S 11/10/15 Ariane 5 ECA VA227 VA227/Badr 7/GSAT 15 8.962 KO 3 GTO 11/17/15 Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat 1848 EKS 1 ~1.4? PL 43/4 EEO/M [10] 11/20/15 CZ-3B/E Y38 LaoSat 1 4.6 XC 2 GTO 11/24/15 H-2A-204 F29 Telstar 12V 4.9 TA Y1 GTO [11] 11/26/15 CZ-4C Yaogan 29 ~2 TY 9 LEO/S 12/03/15 Vega VV06 LISA Pathfinder 1.906 KO ZLV LEO [12] 12/05/15 Soyuz 2-1v/Volga 002 Kanopus ST ~0.440 PL 43/4 [EEO][13] 12/06/15 Atlas 5-401 AV-061 Cygnus/CRS-4 7.492 CC 41 LEO/ISS 12/09/15 CZ-3B/E CZ3B33 Zhongxing 1C ~5.2? XC 3 GTO 12/11/15 Zenit 3F/FregatSB Z2F03 Electro-L2 1.855 TB 45/1 GEO 12/13/15 Proton M/Briz M 53544 Garpun 12L ~3 TB 81/24 GEO 12/15/15 Soyuz FG 1849 Soyuz TMA-19M 7.2 TB 1/5 LEO/ISS 12/16/15 PSLV-CA C29 TeLEOS 1 + 5usats 0.625 SR 1 LEO 12/17/15 CZ-2D CZ2D26 DAMPE (Wukong) 1.9 JQ 43/603 LEO/S 12/17/15 Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat 1850 Galileo FOC4 (8-9) 1.435 KO ELS MEO 12/21/15 Soyuz 2-1a 1851 Progress MS ~7.3 TB 31/6 LEO/ISS 12/22/15 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-21 Orbcomm OG2 1.892 CC 40 LEO [14] 12/24/15 Proton M/Briz M p409 Ekspress AMU 1 5.7 TB 200/39 GTO+ 12/28/15 CZ-3B/E CZ3B34 Gaofen 4 4.6 XC 2 GTO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] 1st attempt to land first stage on downrange landing platform. Hard landing destroyed stage. [2] 187 x 1,371,156 km x 37 degree insertion orbit. DSCVR bound for Earth-Sun L1. [3] To planned subsynchronous transfer orbit. IRNSS 1D to lift self to GEOx30.5 deg. [4] YZ-1 stage fired twice to reach inclined GEO. [5] First stage landed hard on downrange landing platform and was destroyed. [6] Progress tumbled out of control on orbit. Staging failure involving upper stage/payload resonance. [7] Failure at 490-498 sec during third stage burn. [8] Broke up at about T+2m19s, before staging, due Stg2 LOX tank overpress. [9] Broke up about 60 seconds into flight. [10] First E-warn of type, to 12 hr Molniya orbit. [11] First 3-burn second stage mission, to 2,700 x 36,585 km x 20.1 deg. [12] To 207 x 1,540 km x 5.96 deg orbit. LISA Pathfinder used own propulsion module to go to Earth-Sun L1 halo orbit. [13] Primary payload did not separate from Volga after reaching LEO/S. Secondary radar calibration sphere did separate. Volga burned to drop with Kanopus ST to elliptical orbit on December 6. Fell out of orbit after about two days. One of four clamps on Volga failed to open. [14] First stage boosted back to CC LZ-1 (former LC 13) and landed. Performed boostback, reentry, and landing burns using 3, 1, and 1 engine. First Falcon 9 Upgrade (Full Thrust) flight. ================================================================================== 2015 Major Suborbital Log 2015 MAJOR SUBORBITAL LAUNCH LOG Suborbital Launches Using Booster Hardware Also Used for Orbital Launches ================================================================================== DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/11/15 Vega VV04 IXV Suborbital 1.845 KO ZLV SUB [1] 02/26/15 UR-100NUTTH Project 4202 DO SUB [2] 03/18/15 RS-26 Test KY SUB [3] 03/23/15 Minuteman 3 GT214GM Suborbital Test VA LF10 SUB [4] 03/27/15 Minuteman 3 GT215GM Suborbital Test VA LF04 SUB [4] 04/25/15 New Shepard NS1 Suborbital Test WT SUB [4.1] 05/20/15 Minuteman 3 GT212GM Suborbital Test VA LF09 SUB [5] 08/19/15 Minuteman 3 GT213GM Suborbital Test VA LF10 SUB [5] 08/22/15 Topol(-E) Suborbital Test KY SUB [3] 10/21/15 Minuteman 3 GT216GM Suborbital Test VA LF04 SUB [5] 10/28/15 RS-24 Yars Suborbital Test PL Silo SUB [6] 10/30/15 R-29RM SLBM Test BA K-117 SUB [6] 10/30/15 R-29R SLBM Test OK K-223 SUB [6] 10/30/15 Topol/SS-25 Suborbital Test PL SUB [6] 11/14/15 Bulava SLBM Test WS FSO [7] 11/14/15 Bulava SLBM Test WS SUB [7] 11/17/15 Topol/SS-25 ICBM Test KY SUB [8] 11/23/15 New Shepard NS2 Suborbital Test WT SUB [9] 12/11/15 R-29RMU2 Sineva SLBM Test BA K-51 SUB [6] 12/24/15 Topol-M/SS-25 ICBM Test KY SUB [3] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Placed experimental reentry body on near-orbital trajectory for Pacific Ocean landing. [2] Hypersonic boost glide vehicle test failure (not sure if UR-100 or payload failed). [3] To Sary Shagan [4] Toward Guam. [4.1] First Blue Origin New Shepard flight test. Vehicle ascended to 93.6 km, capsule landed safely, but propulsion module was destroyed by impact due to a hydraulic system failure during descent. [5] Toward Kwajalein. [6] To Kura Range, Kamchatka [7] Salvo launch from Vladimir Monomakh to Kura Range, Kamchatka. First SLBM damaged during launch, causing target miss. [8] To Sary Shagan. Tested "new combat payload for future ICBMs" [9] First VTVL after exoatmospheric ascent from Blue Origin West Texas launch site. Capsule to 100.5 km, then parachute landing. Propulsion module to 100.4 km, then landed under rocket power near launch site. ================================================================================= *Site Code: BA = Barents Sea (Sub Launch), Russia BS = Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii CC = Cape Canaveral, FL, USA DO = Dombarovsky, Russia FLP = First Launch Pad JQ = Ji Quan, China KA = Kagoshima, Japan KC = Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA KO = Kourou, French Guyana KW = Kwajalein, Marshall Is. KY = Kapustin Yar, Russia ME = Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll, RMI MU = Musudan-ri North Korea NA = Naro Space Center, South Korea NP = North Pole Submarine Launch OK = Sea of Okhotsk OLP = Odyssey Launch Platform PA = Palamchima, Isreal PL = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia PO = Pacific Ocean (154W-0N for Sea Launch) SE = Semnan, Iran in Dasht-e-Kavir Desert SO = Sohae Satellite Launching Center, Tongchang-ri, North Korea SR = Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India SLP = Second Launch Pad TA = Tanageshima, Japan TB = Tyuratam/Baikonur, Kazakstahn TY = Taiyuan, China WH = White Sea (Sub Launch), Russia WI = Wallops Island XC = Xi Chang, China VA = Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA YO = Yoshinobu Launch Pad **Orbit Code: EEO = Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/M = Molynia (12-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/T = Tundra (24-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO+ = Supersynchronous or High Perigee Transfer Orbit GTO- = Subsynchronous Transfer Orbit GTOi = Inclined GTO GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit HCO = Heliocentric (solar) Orbit HTO = High Earth Transfer Orbit LEO = Low Earth Orbit LEO/S = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit LEO/P = Polar Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit SUB = Suborbital ========================================================================= Space Launch Forecast ======================================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT ON THE PAD: SPACE LAUNCH FORECAST ========================================================================= by Ed Kyle as of December 31, 2015 ========================================================================= This space launch forecast, like all such space launch schedules, should not be considered anything but a vague long-term forecast. The dates, sequence, and even the total number of launches, can and almost certainly will be altered as time passes. (Predicting launch dates is much like trying to predict the weather months in advance.) ================================================================================== DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/--/16 CZ-3B/E Belintersat 1 5.223 XC GTO 01/--/16 Falcon 9 v1.1 F9-19 Jason 3 0.553 VA 4E LEO 01/--/16 PSLV-XL C31 IRNSS 1E SR GTO --/--/16 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-22 SES 9 5.5 CC 40 GTO --/--/16 CZ-4B Gaofen 10 TY 9 LEO --/--/16 Rokot/Briz KM Sentinal 3A PL LEO --/--/16 Dnepr Paz DO LEO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Site Code: BA = Barents Sea (Sub Launch), Russia BS = Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii CC = Cape Canaveral, FL, USA DO = Dombarovsky, Russia FLP = First Launch Pad GO = Goheung (Naro), South Korea JQ = Ji Quan, China KA = Kagoshima, Japan KO = Kourou, French Guyana KC = Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA KD = Kodiak, Alaska KW = Kwajalein, Marshall Is. MU = Musudan-ri, North Korea OLP = Odyssey Launch Platform PA = Palamchima, Isreal PL = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia PO = Pacific Ocean Range 154W-0N SE = Semnan, Iran in Dasht-e-Kavir Desert SO = Sohae Satellite Launching Center, Tongchang-ri, North Korea SR = Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India SLP = Second Launch Pad SV = Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russia TA = Tanageshima, Japan TB = Tyuratam/Baikonur, Kazakstahn TY = Taiyuan, China WI = Wallops Island XC = Xi Chang, China VA = Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA YO = Yoshinobu Launch Pad **Orbit Code: EEO = Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/M = Molynia (12-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/T = Tundra (24-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO+ = Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO- = Subsynchronous Transfer Orbit GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit HCO = Heliocentric (solar) Orbit HTO = High Earth Transfer Orbit LEO = Low Earth Orbit LEO/S = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit LEO/P = Polar Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit SUB = Suborbital =========================================================================