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Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2471)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 2011, 3:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.
Medium Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-133
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 24, 2011, 9:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-133 was an ISS assembly flight. Payload included the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo, which was left permanently docked to one of the station's ports. The shuttle also carried the third of four ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS, as well as a humanoid robot called Robonaut.
Low Earth Orbit
Ariane 5 ES | Johannes Kepler ATV (ATV-002)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 16, 2011, 9:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
ATV-2 is the Automated Transfer Vehicle operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) to resupply the international space station (ISS) with propellant, water, air and dry cargo. After 8 days in orbit it docked to the ISS on 24th February 2011.
Low Earth Orbit
Minotaur I | NROL-66 (RPP) (USA-225)
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 6, 2011, 12:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
USA-225, also known as the Rapid Pathfinder Prototype (RPP) and NRO Launch 66 (NROL-66), is an American satellite which was launched in 2011. The satellite is being used to perform technology demonstration and development experiments, including advanced dosimeters to characterize the space environment from a 1,200 kilometer low Earth orbit. It is operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office.
Low Earth Orbit
Rokot/Briz-KM | Geo-IK-2 No.11L (Kosmos 2470)
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 1, 2011, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Geo-IK-2 is a Russian geodesy mission to deliver precise three-dimensional maps of the Earth’s surface and gravitational data for use in scientific studies and military applications. This satellite was supposed to be the first one of the two-spacecraft system, however it was not delivered to an operational orbit due to upper stage underperformance.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz-U | Progress M-09M (41P)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 28, 2011, 1:31 a.m.
H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Jan. 22, 2011, 5:37 a.m.
Delta IV Heavy | NROL-49 (KH-11) (USA-224)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 20, 2011, 9:10 p.m.
Zenit-3F | Elektro-L No.1
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 20, 2011, 12:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. Electro-L №1 was the first of the series and became the first Russian weather satellite that successfully operates in geostationary orbit. It is designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth’s underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service data.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF04
Virgin Galactic | United States of AmericaAir launch to Suborbital flight
Jan. 13, 2011, noon
