:2011 in spaceflight
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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year = 2011
|image = STS-135 landing cropped.jpg
|caption = {{OV|104}} lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility on 21 July 2011, completing the final mission of the Space Shuttle programme.
|first = 20 January
|last = 28 December
|total = 84
|success = 78
|failed = 6
|catalogued = 80
|maidens = Zenit-3F
Long March 2F/G
Atlas V 541
|retirements = Space Shuttle
Delta II Heavy
|firstsat = {{IOM}}
|orbital = 7
|totalcrew = 28
|EVAs = 10
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme = Timeline of spaceflight
| previous_mission = 2010
| next_mission = 2012
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The year 2011 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight, including the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle after its final flight in July 2011, and the launch of China's first space station module, Tiangong-1, in September. A total of 84 orbital launches were conducted over the course of the year, of which 78 were successful. Russia, China and the United States conducted the majority of the year's orbital launches, with 35, 19 and 18 launches respectively; 2011 marked the first year that China conducted more successful launches than the United States.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/china-rocket-launches/|title=China Now Tops U.S. in Space Launches|magazine=Wired|date=16 April 2012|access-date=24 October 2012}} Seven crewed missions were launched into orbit during 2011, carrying a total of 28 astronauts to the International Space Station. Additionally, the Zenit-3F and Long March 2F/G carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2011, while the Delta II Heavy made its last.
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Overview of orbital spaceflight
A total of 84 orbital launches were attempted in 2011, with 78 being reported as successful; 80 launches reached orbit. 35 launches were conducted using Russian and former Soviet rockets, whilst China launched 19 rockets, and the United States launched 18. Europe conducted five launches, India and Japan launched three rockets each, and Iran conducted one launch.
=Crewed launches=
Seven crewed spaceflights – four Soyuz and three Space Shuttle missions – were launched in 2011, carrying a total of 28 astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. At the beginning of the year, the Expedition 26 crew was aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The first crewed flight of 2011 was STS-133, the final flight of the Space Shuttle {{OV|103|full=no}}, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 24 February. STS-133 carried Leonardo, the final American pressurised module of the ISS, for installation. Discovery returned to Earth on 9 March.
On 16 March, Expedition 27 began aboard the ISS with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft, which had been docked since October 2010. On 4 April, Soyuz TMA-21 launched to the space station, delivering a further three crewmembers. On 16 May, Space Shuttle {{OV|105}} launched to the station on its final mission, STS-134, delivering and installing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, before returning to Earth on 1 June. Expedition 28 began aboard the ISS on 23 May with the departure of Soyuz TMA-20, which had been launched in December 2010, and landed in the early morning of 24 May. Three more crewmembers were launched to the space station aboard Soyuz TMA-02M on 7 June.
The final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, began on 8 July with the launch of {{OV|104}}, carrying supplies for the ISS aboard the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). After resupplying the space station, Atlantis returned to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 09:57 UTC on 21 July, and concluding thirty years of Space Shuttle operations. Two days before landing, Atlantis deployed PSSC-2, the last satellite to be launched from a Space Shuttle.
On 29 September, China launched its first space station module, Tiangong-1, which was placed into orbit by a Long March 2F/G carrier rocket flying from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. Although no crewed missions to Tiangong-1 were conducted in 2011, the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft, which was launched on 31 October, docked twice with the module to test its systems in preparation for a successful 2012 crewed docking.
ISS Expedition 28 ended, and Expedition 29 began, with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-21 on 16 September. The launch of Soyuz TMA-22 did not take place until 14 November, having been delayed by reliability concerns surrounding the Soyuz rocket after an uncrewed launch failure in August. A week later, Soyuz TMA-02M undocked, beginning Expedition 30, with the Soyuz spacecraft landing on 22 November. The final crewed launch of the year took place on 21 December, when Soyuz TMA-03M was launched to bring a further three crewmembers to the ISS.
Ten spacewalks were conducted in 2011, all of them by ISS or Space Shuttle astronauts. The final spacewalk by a Space Shuttle crew was conducted on 27 May, during the STS-134 mission.
=Robotic exploration=
Numerous scientific exploration missions were begun in 2011. In March 2011, the MESSENGER probe became the first artificial satellite of the planet Mercury. In July, the Dawn spacecraft became the first artificial satellite of the asteroid 4 Vesta. The Mars Science Laboratory – at the time, the largest Mars rover ever constructed – was launched in November, conducting a successful landing on Mars in August 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19144464|title=Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars|publisher=BBC|date=6 August 2012}}
=Launch failures=
Six orbital launches failed in 2011, four of which failed to achieve orbit and the remaining two reached lower orbits than expected. The first failure occurred on 1 February, when a Rokot with a Briz-KM upper stage placed Kosmos 2470 into a useless orbit, from which it could not recover. The failure was later traced to a software problem on the Briz-KM.
The next failure occurred on 4 March, when the payload fairing of a Taurus-XL failed to separate, resulting in the rocket being too heavy to reach orbit. The Glory climate research satellite was lost in the failure, along with the KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1
No more launch failures occurred until mid-August when, over the space of a week, three consecutive orbital launches failed. On 17 August, a Proton-M/Briz-M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the Ekspress-AM4 communications satellite. In the morning of 18 August, the rocket's upper stage failed to conduct the fourth of five planned burns due to an attitude control system malfunction, leaving the spacecraft in a parking orbit. Later that same day, a Long March 2C launched from Jiuquan carrying the Shijian XI-04 satellite. The second stage vernier engine's mounting suffered a structural failure, resulting in a loss of control, and the rocket failed to reach orbit. Finally, on 24 August, a Soyuz-U carrying the Progress M-12M cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station suffered a third-stage engine failure and also failed to attain orbit.
The final launch failure of 2011 occurred on 23 December, when a Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat carrying the Meridian 5 satellite failed to achieve orbit due to a third-stage malfunction. Debris fell over Novosibirsk Oblast, with one piece hitting a house; however, no casualties were reported.
In November 2011, Russia's Fobos-Grunt Martian sample return probe launched successfully, but experienced a malfunction post-launch and became stranded in orbit. The spacecraft, which was Russia's first attempt at an interplanetary mission since the 1996 Mars 96 mission, disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on 15 January 2012.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16491457 "Phobos-Grunt: Failed probe likely to return late Sunday"]. BBC. 15 January 2012.[https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/phobos-grunt-failed-russian-mars-probe-falls-earth/story?id=15366151 "Phobos-Grunt: Failed Russian Mars Probe Falls to Earth"]. ABC News. 15 January 2012. China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, which was being carried by the same rocket as Fobos-Grunt, was also lost in the incident.
Orbital launches
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=January=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 January |time = 12:29:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3F
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 45/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Maiden flight of Zenit-3F.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Elektro-L No.1
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Geostationary
|function = Meteorology
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 January |time = 21:10{{cite web|title=United Launch Alliance Launches First West Coast Delta IV Heavy Mission|url=http://ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/63|publisher=United Launch Alliance|access-date=21 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609014723/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/63|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta IV-H
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-6
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = NRO Launch 49, first Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg.{{cite web|title=Largest-Ever Rocket, With Secret Payload, Launched On West Coast|date=20 January 2011 |url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/01/20/rocket-with-secret-payload-largest-ever-launched-on-west-coast/|publisher=CBS Radio|access-date=21 February 2011}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-224 (KH-11)
|user = NRO
|function = Earth observation
|orbit = Low Earth
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 January |time = 05:37:57{{cite web |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2011/01/20110122_h2bf2_e.html |title=Launch Result of H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 with KOUNOTORI2 (HTV2) Onboard |publisher=JAXA |date=22 January 2011 |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123175907/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2011/01/20110122_h2bf2_e.html |url-status=dead }}
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIB
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y2
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} JAXA{{cite news |title=Japan's rocket delivering supplies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78030169/japans-rocket-delivering-supplies/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=The Gazette |agency=Associated Press |date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172206/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78030169/japans-rocket-delivering-supplies/ |archive-date=20 May 2021 |location=Tokyo |page=P6 |url-status=live |via=Newspapers.com }}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)
|user = JAXA
|d-date = 30 March
|outcome = Successful
|function = ISS logistics
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 28 January |time = 01:31:41
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-09M / 41P
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 April |d-time = 13:22:53
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kedr
|user = RKK Energia
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Amateur radio
|d-date = 4 January 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ARISSat_1_KEDR_Amateur_Radio_Satellite_Deorbits_999.html |title=ARISSat-1/KEDR Amateur Radio Satellite Deorbits |publisher=Spacedaily.com |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
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=February=
|-
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|date = 1 February |time = 14:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rokot / Briz-KM
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 133/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKS
|remarks = Upper stage malfunctioned due to problems with the flight software,{{cite web|script-title=ru:Военный спутник, запущенный на "Рокоте", скорее всего, утрачен |url=http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20110201/329151467.html |publisher=RIA Novosti |access-date=1 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204194009/http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20110201/329151467.html |archive-date=4 February 2011 |language=ru |date=1 February 2011 |url-status=live }} reached lower orbit than planned.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2470 (Geo-IK-2 No.11)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Geodesy
|d-date = 15 July 2013{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=37362 |title=GEO IK 2 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=22 November 2019}}
|outcome = Launch failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 February |time = 12:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Minotaur I
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-8
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences
|remarks = NRO Launch 66
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-225 (RPP)
|user = NRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 February |time = 21:50{{cite web|title=Mission Update – Ariane 5 opens a busy year of Arianespace missions with the milestone launch of another Automated Transfer Vehicle for Europe|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/763.asp|publisher=Arianespace|access-date=20 February 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ES
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{nowrap|23px Johannes Kepler ATV}}
|user = ESA
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 21 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 24 February |time = 21:53:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|103}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight, final flight of Discovery.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-133
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 9 March
|d-time = 16:57:17
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Leonardo (PMM)
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} ExPRESS-4
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 February |time = 03:07
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2471 (Glonass-K 701)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|d-date = 12 November 2021
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/12906805 |title=Спутник "Глонасс-К" вывели из состава орбитальной группировки |trans-title="Glonass-K" satellite removed from orbital constellation |work=TASS |date=12 November 2021 |access-date=12 November 2021 |language=ru}}
}}
}}
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=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 4 March |time = 10:09:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Taurus-XL 3110
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LC-576E
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences
|remarks = All payloads CubeSats except Glory, which would have been part of the A-train constellation. Fairing failed to separate.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Glory
|user = NASA
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Climatology
|outcome = Launch failure |d-date = 4 March
|o-span = 4 |d-span=4
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KySat-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Kentucky Space
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|o-span = inherit |d-span=inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Hermes
|cubesat = yes
|user = Colorado
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|o-span = inherit |d-span=inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorer-1 [PRIME]
|cubesat = yes
|user = Montana State
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Radiation
|o-span = inherit |d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 March |time = 22:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 501
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-226 (X-37B FLT-2)
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 16 June 2012
|d-time = 12:48[https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/?id=123304066 "Preparations underway for X-37B landing"] . Vandenberg.af.mil, 30 May 2012. Retrieved: 1 June 2012.[http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/military/vandenberg/x--b-lands-this-morning-at-vandenberg-afb/article_31f5827c-b7bc-11e1-80b2-0019bb2963f4.html "X-37B lands this morning at Vandenberg AFB"]. Santa Maria Times. 16 June 2012.
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 March |time = 23:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta IV-M+ (4,2)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = NRO Launch 27
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-227 (SDS-3)
|user = NRO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 April |time = 22:18:20{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Launch_Of_New_ISS_mission_Slated_For_April_5_999.html |title=Launch Of New ISS mission Slated For April 5 |publisher=Space-travel.com |access-date=5 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0a08c854ce74e81ae441a64af079363a&topic=1133.1380 |title=Plan of Russian space launches |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz TMA-21
|user = Roscosmos
|function = Expedition 27/28
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 16 September
|d-time = 03:59:39
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 April |time = 20:47:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3A
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Compass-IGSO3
|user = CNSA
|orbit = IGSO
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 14 April |time = 04:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 411{{cite web |url=http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69/ |title=:::: United Launch Alliance, LLC :::: |publisher=Ulalaunch.com |access-date=5 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207160150/http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/News.shtml#/69/ |archive-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3E
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = NRO Launch 34
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-229 (NOSS)
|user = NRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-229 (NOSS)
|user = NRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 20 April |time = 04:42{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=6270 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911155045/http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=6270 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=Calendar of Events: Indian PSLV-C16 Launch of Resourcesat-2, X-Sat, Youthsat | SpaceRef – Your Space Reference |publisher=SpaceRef |access-date=5 October 2011 }}{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030653081200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402050353/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030653081200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 April 2011 | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=PSLV to be launched around April 10 | date=6 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/04/09/00012411/isro-launch-pslv-c16-resourcesat-2-two-other-satellites-apr-20 |title=ISRO to launch PSLV-C16 with RESOURCESAT-2, two other satellites on Apr 20 | NetIndian |publisher=Netindian.in |date=9 April 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} PSLV
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} ISRO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} Resourcesat-2
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|RUS}} YouthSat
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Education
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SGP}} X-Sat
|user = CREST
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 22 April |time = 21:37{{cite web|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/780.asp |title=Mission Update – Ariane 5 launch with Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn: Launch countdown interrupted |publisher=Arianespace |access-date=5 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Final_Countdown_Is_Underway_For_Second_Ariane_5_Flight_Of_2011_999.html |title=Final Countdown Is Underway For Second Ariane 5 Flight Of 2011 |publisher=Space-travel.com |access-date=5 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/784.asp |title=Mission Update – Ariane 5's launch with Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn is set for April 22 |publisher=Arianespace |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA{{cite web|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/777.asp|title=The Ariane 5 mission with Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn is "go" for its March 30 liftoff|publisher=Arianespace|date=28 March 2011|access-date=24 October 2012}}
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = New Dawn's C-Band antenna failed to deploy.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UAE}} Yahsat 1A
|user = Yahsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} New Dawn{{cite web|title=Mission Update – Maintaining the pace: a second Ariane 5 arrives in French Guiana for launch in 2011|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/753.asp|publisher=Arianespace|access-date=21 February 2011}}
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 April |time = 13:05:21
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-10M / 42P
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 29 October |d-time = 13:00:31
}}
}}
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=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 May |time = 17:41:33{{cite web
|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html#4
|title=Russia launches fourth Meridian spacecraft
|publisher=russianspaceweb.com
|access-date=4 May 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526025425/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html
|archive-date=26 May 2011
|url-status=dead
}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Meridian 4
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 May |time = 18:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 401
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-230 (SBIRS-GEO 1)
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Missile defense
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 16 May |time = 12:56
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|105}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight, final flight of Endeavour.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-134
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 1 June |d-time = 06:35
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} AMS-02{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/02/shuttle-planning-clfs-ams-noted-maf-extra-ets/|title=Downstream shuttle planning: CLFs, AMS noted, MAF working on extra ETs|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=11 February 2009|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=16 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090216095521/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/02/shuttle-planning-clfs-ams-noted-maf-extra-ets/| archive-date= 16 February 2009 | url-status=live}}
|user = NASA
|function = Cosmic-ray observatory
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} ExPRESS-3
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M/Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|remarks = Second solar panel failed to deploy due to tangled cable{{cite web|url=http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110819-cable-clip-telstar-failure.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913153717/http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/110819-cable-clip-telstar-failure.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Inquiry Finds Cable Clip to Blame For Telstar 14R Deployment Failure |publisher=SpaceNews.com |date=19 August 2011 |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} Telstar 14R
|user = Telesat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 20 May |time = 20:38{{cite web|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/797.asp |title=Mission Update – The upcoming Ariane 5 mission with GSAT-8 and ST-2 is given its "go" for launch |publisher=Arianespace |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SGP}} {{flagicon|ROC}} ST-2
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} INSAT-4G/GSAT-8{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Two_Ariane_5_And_One_Soyuz_Flights_Are_Now_Being_Prepared_999.html |title=Two Ariane 5 And One Soyuz Flights Are Now Being Prepared |publisher=Space-travel.com |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 June |time = 20:12:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz TMA-02M
|user = Roscosmos
|function = Expedition 28/29
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 November |d-time = 02:26
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 June |time = 14:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7320
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = Final scheduled flight of Delta II 7300 series; spacecraft carrying NASA's Aquarius instrument.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ARG}} {{flagicon|USA}} SAC-D
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Oceanography
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 June |time = 09:14{{cn|date=July 2021}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Safir-1A
|flight=UIS.0001
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Semnan LP-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} ISA
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IRN}} Rasad 1
|user = ISA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 6 July 2011
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 June |time = 16:13{{cite web |title=Long March 3B launches with ChinaSat-10 |date=20 June 2011 |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/china-launch-domestic-satellite-zhongxing-10/ |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |access-date=20 June 2011
}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} ChinaSat 10
|user = China Satellite Communications
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 June |time = 14:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-11M / 43P
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 September |d-time = 10:21:41
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 June |time = 16:00{{cite news|title=Soyuz rocket lifts off with Russian spy satellite
|author=Stephen Clark|date=27 June 2011|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1106/27soyuz/|website=spaceflightnow.com
|access-date=28 March 2023}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 16/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKS
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2472 (Kobalt-M No.7)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 24 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 June |time = 03:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Minotaur I
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} MARS LP-0B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-231 (ORS-1)
|user = ORSO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 March 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=37728 |title=ORS 1 (USA 231) |work=N2YO.com |access-date=22 November 2019}}
}}
}}
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=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 July |time = 04:28{{cite web |title=Long March 2C launches Shi Jian-11 for China |date=6 July 2011 |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/long-march-2c-launches-shi-jian-11-for-china/ |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |access-date=8 July 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 11-03
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 8 July |time = 15:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|104}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight, final flight of Atlantis and of Space Shuttle programme.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-135
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 21 July 2011 |d-time = 09:57 |d-span=2
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ITA}} {{flagicon|USA}} Raffaelo MPLM
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-span = inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} PSSC-2
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 July |time = 15:41{{cite web|url=http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2011/07-12/3173952.shtml |title=中国成功发射第二颗中继卫星"天链一号02星"——中新网 |publisher=Chinanews.com |access-date=5 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-07/12/c_13978690.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714040855/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-07/12/c_13978690.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2011 |title=China launches new data relay satellite |access-date=11 July 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Tianlian I-02 (1B)
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 13 July
|time = 02:27{{cite web | url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/correcting-and-replacing-update-globalstar-satellites-now-scheduled-for-launch-on-july-13th-2011-07-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp | title=CORRECTING and REPLACING – UPDATE: Globalstar Satellites Now Scheduled for Launch on July 13th | access-date=12 July 2011}}{{cite web |title=Soyuz delivers six satellites for Globalstar's constellation on an Arianespace-Starsem mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome |url=http://www.starsem.com/news/Globalstar-2-gen-feature-9.htm |access-date=13 July 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Starsem
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M081
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M083
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M085
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M088
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M089
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M091
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 July |time = 11:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} PSLV-XL
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} ISRO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} GSAT-12
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 15 July |time = 23:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NED}} SES-3
|user = SES World Skies (July–September)
SES S.A. (September—)
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|KAZ}} KazSat-2
|user = JSC KazSat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 July |time = 06:41
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta IV-M+ (4,2)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-232 (GPS-IIF-2)
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit-3F
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 45/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Russian scientific satellite with a {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} radio telescope on board. Together with some of the largest ground-based radio telescopes, the Spektr-R formed interferometric baselines extending up to {{convert|350000|km|mi|abbr=on}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Spektr-R (RadioAstron)
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = High Earth
|function = Radio astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 30 May 2019
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3A
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Compass-IGSO4
|user = CNSA
|orbit = IGSO
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 11-02
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2011}}
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 August |time = 16:25{{cite web|last=Graham|first=William|title=ULA Atlas V launches NASA's Juno on a path to Jupiter|date=5 August 2011 |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/ula-atlasv-nasa-juno-jupiter/|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=5 August 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 551
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Juno
|user = NASA
|orbit = Jovicentric
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 6 August |time = 22:52{{cite web|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/827.asp |title=Mission Update – A weather-related postponement for the Ariane 5 launch with ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R |publisher=Arianespace |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|LUX}} Astra 1N
|user = SES Astra (August–September)
SES S.A. (September—)
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} BSAT-3c / JCSAT-110R
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 August |time = 16:15{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/china-debuts-partnership-pakistan-long-march-launches-paksat-1r/ |title=China debuts partnership with Pakistan – Long March launches Paksat-1R |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=11 August 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PAK}} Paksat-1R
|user = SUPARCO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 August |time = 22:57{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/chinas-surge-haiyang-21a-launch-long-march-4b/ |title=China's surge continues with HaiYang-2A launch via Long March 4B |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=15 August 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4B
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Hai Yang 2A
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Oceanography
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date = 17 August |time = 07:12{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/dnepr-launches-ukraines-sich-2-several-passengers/ |title=Dnepr launches with Ukraine's Sich-2 and several passengers |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=17 August 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Dnepr
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dombarovsky Site 13
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} ISC Kosmotras
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UKR}} Sich-2
|user = NKAU
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NGR}} NigeriaSat-2
|user = NASRDA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NGR}} NigeriaSat-X
|user = NASRDA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|TUR}} RASAT
|user = TÜBİTAK
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ITA}} EduSAT
|user = GAUSS Srl
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} AprizeSat-5
|user = exactEarth
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} AprizeSat-6
|user = exactEarth
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UKR}} BPA-2
|user = Hartron-Arkos
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 August |time = 21:25{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/proton-m-launches-russias-ekspress-am4-communications-satellite/ |title=FAILURE: Russia's Ekspress-AM4 is lost as Proton-M Briz-M fails |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=17 August 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Khrunichev
|remarks = Briz-M upper stage failed before the planned fourth burn. An insufficient time slot was allocated for re-setting the gyroscopes of the upper stage control system before launch, which led to loss of adequate attitude control in flight.{{cite web|title=Express-AM4 Launch Failure Inter-Agency Commission Concludes Investigations|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/express-am4-launch-failure-inter-agency-commission-concludes-investigations|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=27 December 2011|date=30 August 2011}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekspress AM-4
|user = RSCC
|orbit = Intended: Geosynchronous
Achieved: GTO
|function = Communications
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 25 March 2012
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 August |time = 09:28{{cite web|last=Barbosa|first=Rui|title=China's third launch in a week proves too much as Long March 2C fails|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/chinas-third-launch-week-long-march-2c-fails/|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=18 August 2011|date=18 August 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks = Failed to reach orbit. Second stage's vernier engine support structure failed in flight, led to loss of attitude control.{{cite web|title=Malfunction at devices connection blamed for orbiter launch failures|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/06/c_131100892.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073250/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/06/c_131100892.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=27 December 2011|date=6 September 2011}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 11-04
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth (SSO)
|d-date = 18 August
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Launch failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 August |time = 13:00{{cite web|last=Harding|first=Pete|title=Russia's Progress M-12M launches toward ISS – fails to achieve orbit|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/russias-progress-m-12m-fails-to-achieve-orbit/|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=24 August 2011|date=24 August 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Third stage engine failure 325 seconds after launch due to the gas generator fuel supply pipeline being blocked by contaminants.{{cite web|last=Zak|first=Anatoly|title=Russian cargo ship fails to reach orbit|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress_m12m.html|publisher=RussianSpaceWeb.com|access-date=27 December 2011|date=7 October 2011}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-12M / 44P
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth (ISS)
|d-date = 24 August
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Launch failure
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2011}}
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 10 September |time = {{nowrap|13:08:52}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/main/index.html |title=Nasa – Grail |publisher=Nasa.gov |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7920H
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = Final launch of Delta II Heavy, final Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral, and last launch from SLC-17.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GRAIL-A (Ebb)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar orbiter
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 December 2012 |d-time = 22:28:51{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/12/grail-mission-ends-with-lunar-impact-and-the-honoring-of-a-hero/|title=GRAIL mission ends with Lunar impact and the honoring of a hero|date=17 December 2012|access-date=18 December 2012|first1=William|last1=Graham|first2=Chris|last2=Bergin|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GRAIL-B (Flow)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar orbiter
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 December 2012 |d-time = 22:29:21
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 September |time = 16:33{{cite web |title=China return to flight with Long March 3B/E launch of ChinaSat-1A |date=18 September 2011 |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/china-return-flight-long-march-3be-launch-chinasat-1a |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |access-date=19 September 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Chinasat-1A
|user = China Satcom
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 September |time = 22:47
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Khrunichev
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2473 (Garpun #1)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 21 September |time = 21:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SAU}} Arabsat 5C
|user = Arabsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NED}} SES-2
|user = SES S.A.
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 September |time = 04:36:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIA
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} MHI
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} IGS Optical 4
|user = CSICE
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 September |time = 20:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlantic Bird 7
|user = Eutelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 September |time = 15:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Minotaur IV+
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kodiak LP-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} TacSat-4
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Highly elliptical
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2F/G
|flight = T1
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan SLS-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks = Maiden flight of Long March 2F/G, first Chinese space station prototype.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Tiangong-1
|user = CMSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Space station
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 April 2018
|d-time = 00:16{{cite press release |last=Chiles |first=Cody |title=JFSCC tracks Tiangong-1's reentry over the Pacific Ocean |url=https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1481734/jfscc-tracks-tiangong-1s-reentry-over-the-pacific-ocean/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402161341/http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1481734/jfscc-tracks-tiangong-1s-reentry-over-the-pacific-ocean/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2018 |work=Vandenberg Air Force Base |date=1 April 2018 |access-date=22 November 2019 |quote=U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Force Space Component Command (JFSCC), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), confirmed Tiangong-1 reentered the Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 5:16 p.m. (PST) April 1, 2018.}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 September |time = 18:32{{cite web|url=http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=146852 |title=SES'Quetzsat-1 Satellite Scheduled For Launch |publisher=Webwire.com |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|remarks = Intended for lease to QuetzSat.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IOM}} QuetzSat 1
|user = SES Satellite Leasing
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 October |time = 20:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2474 (Glonass-M 742)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 October |time = 21:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SLB
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 45/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Land Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Intelsat 18
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 October |time = 08:21
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} Eutelsat W3C
|user = Eutelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 12 October |time = 05:31
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} PSLV-CA
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} ISRO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|FRA}} Megha-Tropiques{{cite web|title=MEGHA-TROPIQUES: Announcement of Opportunity|url=http://www.isro.org/news/pdf/MEGHA-TROPIQUES.pdf|publisher=Indian Space Research Organisation|access-date=21 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216191635/http://isro.org/news/pdf/MEGHA-TROPIQUES.pdf|archive-date=16 December 2010|url-status=dead}}
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Climatology
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 March 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/mt1-rentry-successful.html |title=MT1 Controlled Re-entry Successful and impacted on the Pacific Ocean |work=ISRO |date=7 March 2023 |access-date=8 March 2023}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} SRMSAT
|user = SRM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Climatology
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|LUX}} VesselSat-1
|user = Luxspace
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} Jugnu
|cubesat = yes
|user = IITK
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 October |time = 18:48
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IOM}} ViaSat-1
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 21 October[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-21/europe-launches-two-galileo-satellites-to-cut-reliance-on-gps.html "Europe launches two Galileo satellites"]. Bloomberg. 21 October 2011.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15372540 "Europe's first Galileo satellites lift off"]. BBC. 21 October 2011. |time = 10:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELS
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = First Soyuz launch from Kourou.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = ESA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation / Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|user = ESA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation / Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=7
|date = 28 October |time = 09:48:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7920-10
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} NPP
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} AubieSat 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Auburn University
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DICE-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Space Dynamics Laboratory
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Magnetospheric research
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DICE-2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Space Dynamics Laboratory
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Magnetospheric research
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} E1P-U2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Montana State
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radiation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} M-Cubed
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Michigan
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} RAX-2
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Michigan
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Auroral
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 30 October |time = 10:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-13M / 45P
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 January 2012
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Chibis-M (RS-39)
|user = IKI
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Ionospheric research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 October 2014
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 31 October |time = 21:58:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2F
|flight = Y8
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan SLS-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks = Uncrewed flight, first Chinese orbital docking.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shenzhou 8
|user = CMSA
|orbit = Low Earth (Tiangong-1)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 November
|d-time = 11:36
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shenzhou-8-GC
|user = CMSA
|orbit = Low Earth (Tiangong-1)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 April 2012
}}
}}
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=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 4 November |time = 12:51:41[http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/11/russian-proton-m-launches-three-glonass-m-gps-satellites/ "Russian Proton-M launches three Glonass-M GPS satellites"]. NASASpaceFlight.com. 4 November 2011.
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Khrunichev
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2475 (Glonass-M 743)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2476 (Glonass-M 744)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2477 (Glonass-M 745)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 8 November |time = 20:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-2M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 45/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = First Russian attempt at an interplanetary mission since 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.domainb.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20081203_sino-russian_interplanetary.html|title=PolyU preparing for a Sino-Russian interplanetary space mission|date=3 December 2008|work=Aviation & Aerospace|publisher=Domain-B|access-date=11 January 2009}}
First Chinese Mars probe
Spacecraft stranded in low Earth orbit, as telemetry was lost soon after launch and the two trans-Martian injection burns by the payload did not take place{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/phobos_grunt_launch.html|title=Launch of Phobos-Grunt|date=13 November 2011|work=Anatoly Zak|publisher=RussianSpaceWeb.com|access-date=14 November 2011}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Fobos-Grunt
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Intended: Areocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
|function = Phobos sample return
|d-date = 15 January 2012 |d-span=2
|outcome = Spacecraft failure |o-span=2
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Yinghuo-1
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Intended: Areocentric
Achieved: Low Earth
|d-span = inherit
|o-span = inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 9 November |time = 03:21{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/09/c_131238098.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112102455/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/09/c_131238098.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 November 2011 |title=China launches remote-sensing satellite|publisher=Xinhua News |date=9 November 2011 |access-date=30 November 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4B
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Yaogan 12
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Tian Xun 1
|user = Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 February 2016{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=37874 |title=TX 1 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=22 November 2019}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 November |time = 04:14{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14708107|title=Russia delays next manned space flight to ISS|date=29 August 2011|publisher=BBC|access-date=29 August 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz TMA-22
|user = Roscosmos
|function = Expedition 29/30
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 27 April 2012
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 20 November |time = 00:15{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/20/c_131258278.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122073856/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/20/c_131258278.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 November 2011 |title=China sends two satellites into space |publisher=Xinhua News |date=20 November 2011 |access-date=30 November 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2D
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shiyan 4
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Chuang Xin 1C
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 November |time = 19:10:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} AsiaSat 7
|user = AsiaSat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 November |time = 15:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 541
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = Maiden flight of Atlas V 541, largest Mars rover yet launched.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)
|user = NASA
|orbit = TMI to Martian Surface
|function = Mars rover
|d-date = 6 August 2012
|d-time = 05:18
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 November |time = 08:25:57
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2478 (Glonass-M 746)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 November |time = 18:50{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/30/c_131279064.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203082337/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/30/c_131279064.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2011 |title=China launches remote-sensing satellite Yaogan XIII|publisher=Xinhua News |date=30 November 2011 |access-date=30 November 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Yaogan 13
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2011}}
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 December |time = 21:07{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-12/02/c_131283096.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205124236/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-12/02/c_131283096.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2011 |title=China launches 10th satellite for independent navigation system |publisher=Xinhua news |date= 2 December 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3A
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Compass-IGSO5
|user = CNSA
|orbit = IGSO
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 11 December |time = 11:17
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Luch 5A
|user = Gonets Satellite System
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ISR}} Amos-5
|user = SCL
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 December |time = 01:21
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIA
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} MHI
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} IGS Radar 3
|user = CSICE
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance (radar)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 17 December |time = 02:03:08
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz ST-A / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELS
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} Pléiades-HR 1A
|user = CNES
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation/Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CHL}} FASat-Charlie (SSOT)
|user = MDN
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation/Reconnaisance
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} ELISA 1
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} ELISA 2
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} ELISA 3
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} ELISA 4
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 December |time = 16:41{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/12/chinese-long-march-3be-launches-nigcomsat-1r/ |title=Chinese Long March 3B/E launches NigComSat-1R|author=Rui C. Barbosa|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=19 December 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NGA}} NigComSat-1R
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 December |time = 13:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz TMA-03M
|user = Roscosmos
|function = Expedition 30/31
|d-date = 1 July 2012
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 December |time = 03:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4B
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Ziyuan 1-02C
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 December |time = 12:08
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKO
|remarks = Third stage engine malfunctioned 421 seconds after launch, failed to reach orbit; first launch conducted by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Meridian 5
|user = VKO
|orbit = Intended: Molniya
|function = Communications
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 23 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 28 December |time = 17:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Starsem
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M080
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M082
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M084
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M086
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M090
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Globalstar M092
|user = Globalstar
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2011}}
Suborbital flights
{{TLS-H2|collapsed}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 January |time = 06:10{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/S.lis|title=S: Suborbital launches (apogee 80+ km)|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2 January 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier-Oriole
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Wallops Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = Aegis Radar target, not intercepted, Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}Aegis Radar Test
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 22 January
|function = Radar target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 January |time = 10:46:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Poker Flat
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}FIRE
|user = Colorado
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|d-date = 28 January
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 February |time = 08:11:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Poker Flat
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Polar NOx
|user = VPI
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Geospace
|d-date = 5 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-3
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} IRGC
|remarks = Two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired into the Indian Ocean prior to 19 February{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IGRC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Sejjil-2
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}}IRGC
|remarks = Two missiles with a range of 1,900 kilometres were fired into the Indian Ocean prior to 19 February{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IGRC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-133 Trident II D5
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Nevada|SSBN-733|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 22 (DASO-22)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = US Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Juno
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Fort Wingate LC-96
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Army
|remarks = Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Oriole
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Kauai
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = Tracked by STSS satellites
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ARAV-B
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 9 March
|function = Radar target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 March
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Dhanush
|site = {{flagicon|IND}}Sea launch from Indian Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = DRDO
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 March
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Prithvi II
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Integrated Test Range IC-3 |LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = DRDO
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar (Zelzal-based)
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Semnan Space Center
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} ISA
|remarks = Test of biological capsule. Apogee: {{convert|120|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar-4
|user = ISA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Oriole
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Kauai
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = Tracked by both STSS Demo satellites
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ARAV-B
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 16 March
|function = Radar target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 March |time = 18:50:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} EVE
|user = CU Boulder
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = SDO calibration{{Cite web |date=2011-07-05 |title=GMS: Riding on a Sounding Rocket |url=https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10797 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Goddard Media Studios |publisher=NASA}}
|d-date = 23 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VSB-30
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = EuroLaunch
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|268|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} 23px TEXUS-49
|user = DLR/ESA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 29 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 April | time = 06:52
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-96 Trident I C4 (LV-2){{cite web |url=http://www.mda.mil/news/11news0007.html |title=Sea-based Missile Defense Flight Test Results in Successful Intercept |publisher=Mda.mil |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330025610/http://www.mda.mil/news/11news0007.html |archive-date=30 March 2012 }}
|flight = FTM-15
|site = {{flagicon|MHL}} Meck
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = ABM target
|d-date = 15 April
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 April |time = 07:03
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
|flight = FTM-15
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|O'Kane|DDG-177|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} US Navy
|remarks = First intercept of an IRBM by an SM-3 (FTM-15 Stellar Charon)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} FTM-15
|user = US Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 15 April
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}}R-29RMU Sineva
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}}K-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 26 April
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 April |time = 08:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Poker Flat
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}
|user = WFF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 27 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 May{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/07/c_13863911.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510105516/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/07/c_13863911.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2011 |title=China launches rocket to monitor space environment |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=7 May 2011 |access-date=5 October 2011}} |time=23:02{{cite web|url=http://www.stdaily.com/kjrb/content/2011-05/08/content_302799.htm |title=科技网 -《科技日报》- "子午工程":天鹰送鲲鹏展翅太空 |publisher=Stdaily.com |date=8 May 2011 |access-date=5 October 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Tianying 3C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Hainan
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|196.6|km|mi}}.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Kunpeng-1
|user = CSSAR
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Environment monitoring
|outcome = Successful
|d-time = 23:09
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}} Improved Orion
|site={{flagicon|BRA}} Barreira do Inferno
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}} AEB
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = INPE
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 20 May |time=13:21{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} SpaceLoft XL
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Spaceport America
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} UP Aerospace
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|118.3|km|mi}}, successfully recovered.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 May |d-span=2
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Goddard
|user = Celestis
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Space burial
|outcome = Successful
|d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-29RMU2.1 Layner
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} K-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|remarks = Maiden flight of Layner missile
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 20 May
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 June |time = 11:11:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Wallops Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SubTec IV
|user = GSFC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date=10 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 June |time = 13:35
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LF-10
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 June |time = 10:18:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} RockOn
|user = Colorado
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Student experiments
|d-date=23 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}} RSM-56 Bulava
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit =Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=28 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-1
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}Iran
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}}IRGC
|remarks = Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IGRC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date = 28 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}}Shahab-1
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}Iran
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}}IGRC
|remarks = Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date = 28 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-2
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}Iran
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}}IRGC
|remarks = Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date = 28 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}}Shahab-2
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}Iran
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}}IRGC
|remarks = Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date = 28 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Ghadr-1
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}}Iran
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}}IRGC
|remarks = Part of an exercise with 14 missile launches, apogee: {{convert|500|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date = 28 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} SRALT
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} C-17, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = Tracked by STSS Demo satellites
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} FTX-17
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Radar target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 July |time = 09:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant VB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Wallops LA-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}Daytime Dynamo
|user = NASA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Geospace
|d-date = 9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 July |time = 09:00:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Wallops LA-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}Daytime Dynamo
|user = NASA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Geospace
|d-date = 9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|ARG}}Gradicom II
|site = {{flagicon|ARG}} Chamical
|LSP = {{flagicon|ARG}} CITEFA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = CITEFA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Improved Orion
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}}Esrange
|LSP = 23pxEuroLaunch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} PHOCUS
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Atmospheric
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 21 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 July |time = 11:58:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Wallops Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} RockSat-X
|user = Wallops Flight Facility
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Student experiments
|d-date = 21 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LF-04
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = An anomaly was detected five minutes after launch and the flight was terminated.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 27 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}}R-29RMU Sineva
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}}K-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 27 July
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 August |time = 14:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Minotaur IV Lite
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-8
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}Orbital
|remarks = Second flight of the HTV-2, loss of contact approximately 20 minutes after launch at Mach 20.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} HTV-2b
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 11 August
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit =Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=27 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 September |time=13:53
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier-Oriole
|flight = FTM-16 E2
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kauai
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = SM-3 Block 1B target
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 1 September
|function = ABM target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 September |time=13:54
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1B
|flight = FTM-16 E2
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Lake Erie|CG-70|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} US Navy
|remarks = First launch of SM-3 Block 1B, intercept failed
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = US Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 1 September
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 September |time = 09:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RS-12M Topol
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 3 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar (Zelzal-based)
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Semnan
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} ISA
|remarks = First Iranian attempt to launch a monkey into space; failed, resulting in death of the monkey
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar-5
|user = ISA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Biological
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 15 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 September{{cite web|url=http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/26/india-tests-nuclear-capable-missile/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929150012/http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/26/india-tests-nuclear-capable-missile/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2011 |title=India Tests Nuclear Capable Missile « VOA Breaking News |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=27 March 2012}} |time = 03:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Prithvi II
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Integrated Test Range IC-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} DRDO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = DRDO
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 27 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 September |time = 07:08{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/lvdb/lis/A.lis|title=A: Atmospheric launches (apogee 0–50 km)|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2 January 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}}RS-26 Rubezh
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 27 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 September{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-29RMU2.1 Layner
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} K-114 Tula, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 30 September
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 September|time = 04:02{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/agniii-missile-testfired-as-part-of-user-trial-by-army/853846/ |title=Agni-II missile test-fired as part of user trial by Army |work=The Indian Express |date=30 September 2011 |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Agni-II
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} ITR IC-4
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} Indian Army
|remarks = Travelled {{convert|2500|km}} downrange
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Indian Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 30 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 October |time = 05:56
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} SRALT
|flight = FTT-12
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} C-17, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = Intercepted by THAAD missile
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = ABM target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 October |time = 05:56
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-17 Elbrus
|flight = FTT-12
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} MLP, Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Army
|remarks = Intercepted by THAAD missile
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = ABM target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 October |time = 06:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} THAAD
|flight = FTT-12
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Army
|remarks = Intercepted target missile
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 October |time = 06:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} THAAD
|flight = FTT-12
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Army
|remarks = Intercepted target missile
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 October
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}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 October |time = 10:25:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} PICTURE
|user = Boston
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|d-date = 8 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October |time = 21:15:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}CHAMPS
|user = Colorado
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Geospace
|d-date = 11 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 October | time = 13:50:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}CHAMPS
|user = Colorado
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Geospace
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 October |time = 03:40
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit =Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=28 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 November |time = 07:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|ISR}} Jericho III
|site = {{flagicon|ISR}} Palmachim
|LSP = {{flagicon|ISR}} Israeli Air Force
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = Israeli Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 2 November
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 November |time = 06:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RS-12M Topol
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 3 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} White Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = XQC F5
|user = Wisconsin
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|d-date = 6 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 November |time = 03:30{{cite web|last=France |first=Agence |url=http://www.defencetalk.com/india-tests-long-range-nuclear-capable-missile-2-38288/ |title=India tests long-range nuclear-capable missile | Missiles & Bombs News at DefenceTalk |publisher=Defencetalk.com |access-date=27 March 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Agni IV
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Integrated Test Range IC-4
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} DRDO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Indian Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 November |time = 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands LC-42
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} AHW Flight 1A
|user = U.S. Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-time = 17 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 November | time = 23:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}} Improved Orion
|site={{flagicon|BRA}} Barreira do Inferno
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}} AEB
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = INPE
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 November|time=09:10{{cite web|url=http://www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10212/332_read-2153/ |title=Start | DLR |publisher=dlr.de |access-date=28 November 2011}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VSB-30
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = 23px EuroLaunch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}}/23px TEXUS-48
|user = DLR/ESA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|d-time = 27 November
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 December | time = 22:00
|rocket={{flagicon|BRA}} VS-30
|site={{flagicon|BRA}} Barreira do Inferno
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}} AEB
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|BRA}} Brasil-Alemanha
|user = INPE
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 December |time = 07:21:31
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VS-30/Improved Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ny-Ålesund
|LSP = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} {{flagicon|NOR}} ICI-3 (CanoRock 4)
|user = Oslo/Andøya
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Atmospheric
|d-time = 3 December
|outcome = Successful{{cite web|url=http://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/news-and-events/news/2011/ici3-launch.html |title=Flew through the aurora: a successful flight over Svalbard with the ICI-3 research rocket |publisher=University of Oslo|date= 3 December 2011 |access-date=20 December 2011}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Colorado
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Astronomy
|d-time = 10 December
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 December |time = 14:48{{cite web|url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2011/12/20111220_s310-40_j.html|title=S-310-40号機 打上げ結果について|language=ja|publisher=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|date=20 December 2011|access-date=2 January 2012}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} S-310
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Uchinoura
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} JAXA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Ionospheric
|d-date = 19 December
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 December
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} MN-300
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kapustin Yar
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roshydromet
|remarks = Maiden flight of MN-300
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} MR-30
|user = Roshydromet
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Meteorology
Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 19 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 December
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit =Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 December
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit =Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 December |time =12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RS-18 UR-100N
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 27 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = ?
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-133 Trident II D5
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|?|SSBN ?|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 44
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = US Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = ?
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = ?
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-133 Trident II D5
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|?|SSBN ?|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 44 ?
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = US Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = ?
}}
}}
|}
Deep space rendezvous
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |
| Date (UTC)
!Spacecraft !Event !Remarks |
|---|
| 9 January
| Flyby of Phobos | Closest approach: {{convert|100|km|mi}}. Mars Express made a total of 8 flybys of Phobos at a distance of less than {{convert|1400|km|mi}} between 20 December and 16 January. |
| 9 January
|Spacecraft left LL2 orbit and joined Artemis P2 in LL1 orbit | |
| 11 January
|3rd flyby of Rhea |Closest approach: {{convert|76|km|mi}}{{cite web | url = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/ | title = 2011 Saturn Tour Highlights | access-date =24 February 2011 | publisher = NASA}} |
| 15 February
|Flyby of Tempel 1 |Closest approach: {{convert|181|km|mi}}. Observed changes since Deep Impact flyby and imaged crater created by Deep Impact impactor, as well as new terrain. |
| 18 February
|Cassini |74th flyby of Titan |Closest approach: {{convert|3651|km|mi}} |
| 18 March
|{{nowrap|Hermocentric orbit injection}} |First artificial satellite of Mercury; elliptical orbit with a periapsis of 200 kilometers (120 mi) and an apoapsis of 15,000 km (9,300 mi).{{cite news|last=Cowen|first=Ron|title=MESSENGER eases into Mercury's orbit|url=http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71327/title/MESSENGER_eases_into_Mercury%E2%80%99s_orbit|access-date=6 January 2012|newspaper=Science News|date=17 March 2011}} |
| 19 April
|Cassini |75th flyby of Titan |Closest approach: {{convert|10053|km|mi}} |
| 8 May
|Cassini |76th flyby of Titan |Closest approach: {{convert|1873|km|mi}} |
| 8 June
|Departed lunar orbit |Travelled to L2 Lagrangian point, which it reached in August 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111123150003/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-08/27/c_131078520_2.htm "Chang'e 2 reaches liberation point 2"]. Xinhua. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011. |
| 20 June
|Cassini |77th flyby of Titan |Closest approach: {{convert|1359|km|mi}} |
| 27 June
|Lunar orbit insertion |Initial orbital parameters were: apogee {{convert|3543|km|mi}}, perigee {{convert|27000|km|mi}}. Over the following three months, the orbit was lowered to an apogee of {{convert|97|km|mi}} and a perigee of {{convert|18000|km|mi}}, with an inclination of 20 degrees; retrograde orbit. |
| 16 July
|Dawn |Vestiocentric orbit injection |First artificial satellite of 4 Vesta.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14160135 | date=17 July 2011| title=Dawn probe orbits asteroid Vesta | first=Jonathan | last=Amos | publisher=BBC }} Initial orbit was {{convert|16000|km|mi}} high and was reduced to {{convert|2700|km|mi}} until 11 August. |
| 17 July
|Lunar orbit insertion |Initial orbital parameters were similar to Artemis P1. Over the following three months the orbit was lowered to an apogee of {{convert|97|km|mi}} and a perigee of {{convert|18000|km|mi}}, with an inclination of 20 degrees; prograde orbit. |
| 25 August
|Cassini |Second-closest flyby of Hyperion{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20110826.html|title=Cassini Closes in on Saturn's Tumbling Moon Hyperion|publisher=nasa.gov|access-date=26 August 2011}} |Closest approach: {{convert|25000|km|mi}} |
| {{nowrap|12 September}}
|Cassini |78th flyby of Titan |Closest approach: {{convert|5821|km|mi}} |
| 16 September
|Cassini |Flyby of Hyperion |Closest approach: {{convert|58000|km|mi}} |
| 1 October
|Cassini |14th flyby of Enceladus |Closest approach: {{convert|99|km|mi}} |
| 19 October
|Cassini |15th flyby of Enceladus |Closest approach: {{convert|1231|km|mi}} |
| 6 November
|Cassini |16th flyby of Enceladus |Closest approach: {{convert|496|km|mi}} |
| 12 December
|Cassini |3rd flyby of Dione |Closest approach: {{convert|99|km|mi}} |
| 13 December
|Cassini |79th flyby of Titan |Closest approach: {{convert|3586|km|mi}} |
| 31 December
|Lunar orbit insertion |Twin satellite Grail-B's insertion occurred a day later, on 1 January 2012. |
EVAs
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |
| Start Date/Time
!Duration !End Time !Spacecraft !Crew !Remarks |
|---|
| 21 January 10:05 |5 hours |15:49 |{{nowrap|Expedition 26}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Kondratyev |Prepared the ISS Poisk module for future dockings.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html|title=Crew Completes First Expedition 22 Spacewalk|date=15 January 2010|publisher=NASA|access-date=15 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100117081048/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html| archive-date= 17 January 2010 | url-status=live}} |
| 16 February 13:15 |6 hours |18:15 |{{nowrap|Expedition 26}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Kondratyev |Installed a radio antenna, deployed a nanosatellite, installed two experiments and retrieved two exposure panels on a third experiment. |
| 28 February 15:46 |6 hours |22:20 |{{flagicon|USA}} Stephen Bowen |Removed a failed coolant pump and routed a power extension cable. |
| 2 March 15:41 |6 hours |21:55 |{{flagicon|USA}} Stephen Bowen |Removed or repaired thermal insulation, swapped out an attachment bracket on the Columbus module, installed a camera assembly on Dextre and installed a light on a cargo cart. |
| 20 May 07:10 |6 hours |13:29 |{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Feustel |Completed installation of a new set of MISSE experiments, started installing a new wireless video system, installed an ammonia jumper, a new light on the CETA cart on the S3 truss segment, and a cover on the starboard SARJ. |
| 22 May 06:05 |8 hours |14:12 |{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Feustel |Hooked up a jumper to transfer ammonia to the Port 6 PVTCS, lubricated the SARJ and one of the "hands" on Dextre, and installed a stowage beam on the S1 truss. |
| 25 May 05:43 |6 hours |12:37 |{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Feustel |Installed PDGF (except for data cable), routed power cables from Unity to Zarya, finished installation of wireless video system, took pictures of Zarya |
| 27 May 04:15 |7 hours |11:39 |{{flagicon|USA}} Gregory Chamitoff |Installed OBSS on S1 truss, removed the EFGF and replaced it with a spare PDGF, and released some torque on the bolts that were holding the spare arm for Dextre down against ELC 3. Final shuttle spacewalk.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13582752 "Astronauts complete final shuttle space-walk at ISS"]. BBC News. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012. |
| 12 July 13:22 |6 hours |19:53 |{{nowrap|Expedition 28}} |{{flagicon|USA}} Ronald Garan |Moved a failed cooling pump from the station to the shuttle Atlantis, transferred a robotic refuelling apparatus from the shuttle to the ISS, installed a materials science experiment on the station's truss, serviced a robot arm attachment fitting, installed a thermal cover over the unused docking port PMA-3, and fixed a protruding wire on a grapple fixture on the Zarya module. | |
| 3 August 14:51 |6 hours |21:22 |{{nowrap|Expedition 28}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Volkov |Launched Kedr satellite, installed BIORISK experiment outside Pirs, and installed laser communication equipment to transmit scientific data from the Russian Orbital Segment. |
Orbital launch statistics
=By country=
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.
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{"value":190, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 19 (22.62%)"},
{"value":180, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 18 (21.43%)"},
{"value":60, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 6 (7.14%)"},
{"value":50, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 5 (5.95%)"},
{"value":30, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 3 (3.57%)"},
{"value":30, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 3 (3.57%)"},
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| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| colspan=2 | Country
! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}
| 19 || 18 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}
| 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#239f40;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IRN}}
| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}}
| 29{{efn|Includes two European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace. Fobos-Grunt launched successfully, but failed while on its parking orbit.[http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/02/61370079.html "New attempt to contact Phobos-Grunt fails"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204195556/http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/02/61370079.html |date=4 December 2011 }}. Voice of Russia. 2 December 2011.}} || 25 || 4 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffd700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{UKR}}
| 6{{efn|Includes one Zenit from Sea Launch and one from Land Launch.}} || 6 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}
| 18 || 17 || 1 || 0 | ||||
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| group 26 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2
| colors = MediumBlue : Goldenrod : SteelBlue : LightSteelBlue : DarkBlue : Olive : DarkKhaki : FireBrick : IndianRed : Salmon : DarkGreen : LightGreen : SeaGreen : Gold : Grey : DarkGrey : Chocolate : CornflowerBlue : SaddleBrown : Peru : Tan : Wheat : MediumPurple : MediumOrchid : Orchid : LightGrey
| group names = Ariane 5 : Atlas V : Delta II : Delta IV : Delta IV Heavy : H-IIA : H-IIB : Long March 2 : Long March 3 : Long March 4 : Minotaur I : Minotaur IV : Taurus : PSLV : Soyuz-U : Soyuz-FG : Soyuz-2 (Russia) : Soyuz ST (Europe) : Space Shuttle : Proton-K : Proton-M : Rokot : Zenit-2M : Zenit-3F : Zenit-3SL/SLB : Others
| x legends = Ariane : Atlas : Delta : H-II : Long March : Minotaur : PSLV : R-7 : Shuttle : UR : Zenit :Others
| units suffix = _launches
}}
== By family ==
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center | ||||||
| Family
! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Ariane | align=left| {{FRA}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas | align=left| {{USA}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta | align=left| {{USA}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-II | align=left| {{JPN}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March | align=left| {{CHN}} | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Minotaur | align=left| {{USA}} | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-7 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-36 | align=left| {{UKR}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Safir | align=left| {{IRN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Universal Rocket | align=left| {{RUS}} | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit | align=left| {{UKR}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
==By type==
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center | |||||||
| Rocket
! Country ! Family ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Ariane 5 | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta IV | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dnepr | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| R-36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIB | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Minotaur I | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Minotaur IV | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Universal Rocket | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Safir | align=left| {{IRN}} | align=left| Safir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Space Shuttle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|UR-100 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Universal Rocket | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Taurus | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
==By configuration==
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center | |||||||
| Rocket
! Country ! Type ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Ariane 5 ECA | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Ariane 5 ES | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 401 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 411 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 501 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 541 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 551 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7320 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7920 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7920H | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta IV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta IV Heavy | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dnepr | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Dnepr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA 202 | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIB | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2D | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2F | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2F/G | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Long March 3A | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Minotaur I | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Minotaur IV+ | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV-G | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV-CA | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV-XL | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-M / Briz-M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Rokot / Briz-KM | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| UR-100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Safir-B | align=left| {{IRN}} | align=left| Safir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz ST-A / Fregat | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-FG | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-U | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Space Shuttle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Taurus-XL | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Taurus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit-2M | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit-3F | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Zenit-3SL | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit-3SLB | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
= By spaceport =
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 800
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group 1 = 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 2 = 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 3 = 9:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 4 = 0: 7:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 5 = 0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 6 = 0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0
| group 7 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0
| group 8 = 0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0
| group 9 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:25:0:0
| group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0
| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6:0
| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 7
| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3
| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1
| group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1
| group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6
| colors = FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : ForestGreen : MediumPurple : LightSeaGreen : DarkGreen : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : Indigo : DeepSkyBlue : SkyBlue
| group names = Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Xichang : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Ocean Odyssey : Semnan : Tanegashima : Baikonur : Dombarovsky : Plesetsk : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : Kodiak : MARS : Vandenberg
| x legends = China : France : India : International waters : Iran : Japan : Kazakhstan : Russia : United States
| units suffix = _launches
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center | ||||||
| Site
! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Baikonur | align=left| {{KAZ}} | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | |
| align=left|Cape Canaveral | align=left| {{USA}} | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dombarovsky | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kourou | align=left| {{FRA}} | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Jiuquan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kennedy Space Center | align=left| {{USA}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kodiak | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|MARS | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Ocean Odyssey | align=left| {{flagicon|UN}} International waters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Plesetsk | align=left| {{RUS}} | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| align=left|Satish Dhawan | align=left| {{IND}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Semnan | align=left| {{IRN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Tanegashima | align=left| {{JPN}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Taiyuan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Vandenberg | align=left| {{USA}} | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Xichang | align=left| {{CHN}} | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2|Total !! 84 !! 78 !! 6 !! 0 !! |
=By orbit=
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 800
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group 1 = 0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 2 = 0:13:0:0:0:0
| group 3 = 0:13:0:0:0:0
| group 4 = 0:13:0:0:0:0
| group 5 = 0: 0:0:0:0:0
| group 6 = 0:0: 7:0:0:0
| group 7 = 0:0:0:24:0:0
| group 8 = 0:0:0: 3:0:0
| group 9 = 0:0:0:0: 3:0
| group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0: 2
| colors = DeepSkyBlue: Navy : MediumBlue : RoyalBlue : DodgerBlue : LightSeaGreen : SaddleBrown : Peru : Black: Gold
| group names = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Medium Earth : Geosychronous
(transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric
| x legends = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Medium Earth : Geosynchronous / transfer : High Earth : Heliocentric
| units suffix = _launches
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center | |||||
| Orbital regime
! Launches ! {{tooltip|Successes|At least one payload was placed in the target orbital regime}} ! Failures ! Accidentally ! Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Low Earth | 44 | 40 | 4 | 0 | align=left|14 to ISS, 1 to Tiangong-1 |
| align=left| Medium Earth / Molniya | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left| Geosynchronous / GTO | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left| Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| class="sortbottom"
!Total !! 84 !! 78 !! 6 !! 1 !! |
== Notes ==
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See also
Notes
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References
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External links
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{{TLS-L|year=2011|nav=on}}
{{2011 in space}}
{{Orbital launches in 2011|state=expand}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2011 In Spaceflight}}