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Ariane 5 ECA | Türksat 3A & Skynet 5C

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 12, 2008, 10:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Turksat 3A is a Turkish communications satellite operated by Turksat. Providing communication services to Turkey, Europe and the Middle East from geostationary orbit at 42 degrees East. Skynet 5C is a military commications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications. It is located at 17.8 degrees West.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Delta II 7920H-10C | GLAST

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 11, 2008, 4:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A joint mission between NASA, USA Department of Energy and government agencies of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden. Its mission to suvery astrophysical and cosmological phenomena, also has instruments to study Gamma-ray bursts.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 3B | Zhongxing 9

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 9, 2008, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-124

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 31, 2008, 9:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission, flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. Discovery launched on 31 May 2008 at 17:02 EDT, moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of 25 May 2008, and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, at 11:15 EDT on 14 June 2008.

Low Earth Orbit
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Long March 4C | Feng Yun 3A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 27, 2008, 3:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese 2nd generation polar orbiting meteorological satellite

Polar Orbit
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Rokot / Briz-KM | Strela-3 137 to 139

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 2008, 3:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | Galaxy 18

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
May 21, 2008, 9:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-64

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 14, 2008, 8:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Zenit | Amos 3

Land Launch | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 28, 2008, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Israeli geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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PSLV | Cartosat 2A

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
April 28, 2008, 3:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indian Earth observation satellite. Launched alongside 9 nanosatellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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