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Zenit | NSS 8

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
Jan. 30, 2007, 11:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Dutch geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M-59

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 18, 2007, 2:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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PSLV | Cartosat 2 & SRE 1

Indian Space Research Organization | India
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Jan. 10, 2007, 3:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indian Earth observation and re-entry technology satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | COROT

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 2006, 2:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

French-European astrophysics satellite. Operated until November 2, 2012 due to a computer failure.

Polar Orbit
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Proton | Uragan-M 6 to 8

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 2006, 8:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

GLONASS navigation satellites

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat | Meridian No. 11L

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 2006, 8:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Russian highly elliptic communications satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 2006, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

German military radar reconnaissance spacecraft

Low Earth Orbit
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H-IIA 204 | Kiku-8

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Dec. 18, 2006, 6:32 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ETS-VIII (Engineering Test Satellite) is to be launched in 2006, with the main purpose of dealing with the increasing demand for digital communications, such as mobile phones and other mobile devices. The satellite, with a gross weight of around three tons and a diameter of 40 meters, has two Large Deployable Antenna Reflectors (LDAR) and two Solar Array paddles. One LDAR, about the size of a tennis court, is one of the world's largest geostationary satellites. Its size will enable direct communications with a geostationary satellite that covers all of Japan, making mobile communications more reliable. Currently under development are Large Deployable Antenna Reflectors with metal-mesh, high-power transponders, and on-board processors. The technologies used in the development of these LDARs will be applicable to other large space structures. A subscale test of the LDARs was flown as the LDREX experiment.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Minotaur I | Tacsat 2

Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Dec. 16, 2006, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Technology satellite for the US Air Force

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta II 7920-10 | NROL-21

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 14, 2006, 9 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Low Earth Orbit
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