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Soyuz-FG | Giove-B

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 26, 2008, 10:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental Galileo navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Long March 3C | Tian Lian 1A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 25, 2008, 3:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C2 & Vinasat-1

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 18, 2008, 10:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Star One C2 is a Brazilian communications satellite located in Geostionary Orbit at 70 degrees West. Vinasat-1 is the first Vietnamese satellite to be placed into orbit. It provides telecommunications links that operates at 132 degrees East in Geostationary orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Pegasus XL | Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS)

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Air launch to orbit
April 16, 2008, 5:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Atlas V 421 | ICO G1

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 14, 2008, 8:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite built by SSL bosed on the Loral 1300 platform. Its purpose, to support a wide range of mobile voice, video and data services. It covers the Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-12

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 2008, 11:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz TMA-12 begins Expedition 17 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Volkov alongside Flight Engineers, Oleg Kononenko (RSA) & Yi So-Yeon (KAP - Korean Astronaut Program) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 24, 2008, 03:37 UTC

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 27, 2008, 5:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

German military radar reconnaissance spacecraft

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | DirecTV 11

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
March 19, 2008, 10:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II 7925-9.5 | GPS IIR-M-6 (USA-201)

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 15, 2008, 6:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite forming part of the Global Positioning System.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 14

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 14, 2008, 11:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

American communications satellite scheduled to operate in GEO, but was left stranded in a too low transfer orbit due to a launch vehicle failure. It was sold to the US Department of Defense and operated from geosynchronous orbit.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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