2008 in spaceflight#November
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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
| year = 2008
| image = Falcon 1 Flight 4 liftoff.jpg
| caption = First successful flight of a SpaceX {{nowrap |Falcon 1}}
| first = 15 January
| last = 25 December
| total = 69
| success = 66
| failed = 2
| partial = 1
| catalogued = 67
| maidens = Ariane 5ES
Long March 3C
PSLV-XL
Safir
Zenit-3SLB
| retired = H-IIA 2024
| orbital = 7
| totalcrew = 37
| firstsat = {{VEN}}
{{VNM}}
| firsttrav = {{KOR}}
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme = Timeline of spaceflight
| previous_mission = 2007
| next_mission = 2009
}}
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The year 2008 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including the first flyby of Mercury by a spacecraft since 1975, the discovery of water ice on Mars by the Phoenix spacecraft, which landed in May, the first Chinese spacewalk in September, the launch of the first Indian Lunar probe in October, and the first successful flight of a privately developed orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX's Falcon 1.
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Overview
The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above sea level. The first recorded spaceflight launch of the year occurred on 11 January, when a Black Brant was launched on a suborbital trajectory from White Sands, with the LIDOS ultraviolet astronomy payload.{{cite web|url= http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story80.html|title= 36.243 UG McCandliss/Johns Hopkins University|access-date=15 March 2008|date= 11 January 2008|publisher=NASA Sounding Rockets Office |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511111514/http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story80.html |archive-date=2008-05-11}} This was followed by the first orbital launch of the year on 15 January, by a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL, with the Thuraya 3 communications satellite. The launch marked the return to flight for Sea Launch following the explosion of a Zenit-3SL on the launch pad the previous January during an attempt to launch the NSS-8 satellite.
Five carrier rockets made their maiden flights in 2008; the Ariane 5ES, Long March 3C, Zenit-3SLB, PSLV-XL, and the operational version of the Falcon 1, with an uprated Merlin-1C engine. These were all derived from existing systems. The Blue Sparrow and Sejjil missiles also conducted their maiden flights, and the ATK Launch Vehicle made its only flight, but was destroyed by range safety after it went off course. In November, the baseline Proton-M was retired in favour of the Enhanced variant, first launched in 2007.
The first Vietnamese and Venezuelan satellites, Vinasat-1 and Venesat-1 respectively, were launched in 2008, while a failed Iranian launch was reported to have been that country's first indigenous orbital launch attempt. In September, SpaceX conducted the first successful orbital launch of a privately developed and funded liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, when the fourth Falcon 1 launched RatSat, following previous failures in 2006, 2007, and August.
Space exploration
File:Evaporating ice on Mars Phoenix lander image.jpg
India launched its first Lunar probe, Chandraayan-1, on 22 October, with the spacecraft entering selenocentric orbit on 8 November. On 16 November, the Moon Impact Probe was released, and crashed into the Lunar surface. Although no other spacecraft were launched beyond geocentric orbit in 2008, several significant events occurred in interplanetary flights which had been launched in previous years. MESSENGER conducted flybys of Mercury in January and October, the first spacecraft to do so since Mariner 10 in 1975. Cassini continued to make flybys of the moons of Saturn, including several close passes of Enceladus, one at a distance of 25 kilometres.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronomynow.com/081008CassinipreparesfordoubleflybyofEnceladus.html|title=Cassini prepares for double flyby of Enceladus|last=Baldwin|first=Emily|date=2008-10-08|publisher=Astronomy Now|access-date=2009-01-04|archive-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028185831/http://astronomynow.com/081008CassinipreparesfordoubleflybyofEnceladus.html|url-status=dead}} In September Rosetta flew past the asteroid 2867 Šteins. On 25 May, the Phoenix spacecraft landed in the Green Valley on Mars, where it discovered water ice.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080620.html|title=NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Frozen Water|date=2008-06-20|publisher=NASA|access-date=2009-01-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122063950/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080620.html| archive-date= 22 January 2009 | url-status=live}} Phoenix exceeded its design life of 90 days, finally failing on 10 November. The Ulysses spacecraft, launched in 1990, was also retired in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://ulysses.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=11|title=Ulysses|work=Science and Technology|publisher=ESA|access-date=2009-01-04}}
Crewed spaceflight
Seven crewed flights were launched in 2008, one by China, two by Russia and four by the United States. In April, Yi So-yeon became the first South Korean to fly in space, aboard Soyuz TMA-12. On the same flight, Sergey Volkov became the first second-generation cosmonaut. Yi returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-11, which nearly ended in disaster following a separation failure between the descent and service modules, resulting in a ballistic reentry.{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp16/080502peggywhitson.html|title=Whitson describes rough Soyuz entry and landing|last=Harwood|first=William|date=2008-05-02|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=2009-01-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081219073602/http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp16/080502peggywhitson.html| archive-date= 19 December 2008 | url-status=live}} In September, China conducted its third crewed mission, Shenzhou 7, from which Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming conducted the first Chinese spacewalk.{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0809/27shenzhou7/|title=China accomplishes its first spacewalk|last=Clark|first=Stephen|date=2008-09-27|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=2009-01-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081219104251/http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0809/27shenzhou7/| archive-date= 19 December 2008 | url-status=live}} Soyuz TMA-13, launched in October, was the hundredth flight of the Soyuz programme to carry a crew at some point in its mission.
Assembly of the International Space Station continued, with the delivery of the Columbus module by {{OV|104}} on mission STS-122 in February. March saw the launch of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed European spacecraft which was used to resupply the space station. Also in March, Space Shuttle {{OV|105|full=no}} launched on STS-123 with the first component of the Japanese Experiment Module, the Experiment Logistics Module. STS-123 marked the final flight of the Spacelab programme, with a SpaceLab pallet used to carry the Canadian-built Dextre RMS extension. The second JEM component, the main pressurised module, was launched by STS-124, flown by {{OV|103|full=no}} in May. In November, Endeavour launched on the STS-126 logistics flight, with the Leonardo MPLM.
Launch failures
On 14 March, a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage launched AMC-14. Several hours later, on 15 March, the Briz-M engine cut off prematurely during a burn, leaving the satellite in a medium Earth orbit. Following a small legal dispute, the satellite was sold, and raised to a geosynchronous orbit by its manoeuvring thrusters, at the expense of a large amount of its fuel and hence operational life.{{cite web |last1=Krebs |first1=Gunter D. |title=AMC-14 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amc-14.htm |website=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308181302/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amc-14.htm |archive-date=8 March 2023 |date=14 January 2023 |url-status=live}}
On 3 August, SpaceX launched the third Falcon 1. Due to residual thrust caused by the upgraded Merlin-1C engine which was being flown for the first time, the first stage recontacted the second during staging, resulting in the rocket failing to reach orbit. The Trailblazer, PreSat and NanoSail-D satellites were lost in the failure, as was a space burial capsule, containing the remains of several hundred people, including astronaut Gordon Cooper, actor James Doohan, writer and director John Meredyth Lucas and Apollo mission planner Mareta West.{{cite web|url=http://celestis.com/memorial/explorers/default.asp|title=Participants|work=The Explorers Flight|publisher=Celestis|access-date=2009-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131053211/http://celestis.com/memorial/explorers/default.asp|archive-date=31 January 2009|url-status=dead}}
On 16 August, Iran launched a Safir, which though officially successful, was reported to have failed due to a second stage malfunction. The purpose of this launch is in doubt, as before the launch it was claimed that it would place the Omid into orbit, whilst following the launch, it was reported that a boilerplate payload had been launched.{{Cite web|title = Iran says it has put first dummy satellite in orbit, sparks U.S. concern|url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/iran-says-it-has-put-first-dummy-satellite-in-orbit-sparks-u-s-concern-9684306|website = www.hurriyet.com.tr| date=18 August 2008 |access-date = 2015-11-29}} Other reports indicated that the launch was only a suborbital test of the rocket.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug17/0,4670,IranRocketTest,00.html|title=Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite|date=2008-08-17|publisher=Fox News|access-date=2009-01-04 | first=Nasser | last=Karimi}} If this was an orbital launch attempt, it was the first Iranian attempt to launch a satellite.
On 22 August, the inaugural launch of the Alliant Techsystems ALV X-1 was terminated 27 seconds after launch from Wallops Flight Facility when it veered off course. Both hypersonic physics experiments on board were destroyed.{{cite news|last1=Tennant|first1=Diane|title=NASA destroys rocket shortly after launch at Wallops Island|url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/rocket-explodes-shortly-after-launch-wallops-island|access-date=2 November 2014|work=Virginian Pilot|date=22 August 2008|archive-date=23 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823063907/http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/rocket-explodes-shortly-after-launch-wallops-island|url-status=dead}}
Summary of launches
File:Atk alv x-1 pathfinder.jpg
In total, sixty nine orbital launches were made in 2008, with sixty seven reaching orbit, and two outright failures if the Iranian launch in August is counted. This is an increase of one orbital launch attempt on 2007, with two more launches reaching orbit, which continues a trend of increasing launch rates seen since 2006. The final launch of the year was conducted on 25 December, by a Proton-M with three GLONASS navigation satellites for the Russian government.
File:SM-3 ignition for a satellite destruction mission.jpg
Suborbital spaceflight in 2008 saw a number of sounding rocket and missile launches. On 21 February, a RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 was used as an anti-satellite weapon to destroy the USA-193 satellite. USA-193 was a US spy satellite which had failed immediately after launch in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23166344 |title= U.S. to launch missile at broken satellite|access-date=15 March 2008|date= 14 February 2008|work=NBC News}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7254540.stm|title= US Missile hits 'toxic satellite'|access-date= 2008-03-15|date= 2008-02-21|work= BBC News}}
=By country=
China conducted twelve orbital launches of a planned fifteen. Europe had intended to conduct seven launches of Ariane 5 rockets, and the maiden flight of the Vega rocket, however payload delays pushed one of the Arianes into 2009, and the Vega was delayed due to development issues. India had originally scheduled five to seven launches, however only three of these were conducted, mostly due to delays with the launch of Chandraayan-1. Japan scheduled three launches for 2008, of which one was launched; an H-IIA with WINDS in February. Russia and the former Soviet Union conducted twenty six launches, not including the international Sea and Land launch programmes, which conducted six. Fourteen launches were conducted by the United States, which had originally announced plans to launch many more, however technical issues with several rockets, particularly the Atlas V, Delta II and Falcon 1, caused a number of delays. The Atlas problems, combined with a series of delays to the launch of NRO L-26 on a Delta IV, resulted in just two of ten planned EELV launches being conducted.{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-080102-lauches-ahead.html|title=Lofty Launch Goals Set for 2008 |last=Halvorson|first=Todd|date=2008-01-02|publisher=Space.com|access-date=2009-01-03| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081215112147/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-080102-lauches-ahead.html| archive-date= 15 December 2008 | url-status=live}} Two of six planned Space Shuttle launches were also delayed to 2009, one due to problems with External Tank delivery, and another due to a major systems failure on the Hubble Space Telescope, which it was to have serviced. Israel was not reported to have scheduled, or conducted an orbital launch attempt.
Orbital launches
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|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
=January=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Thuraya 3
|user = Thuraya
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 January |time = 03:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} PSLV-CA
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} ISRO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ISR}} TecSAR (Polaris)
|user = IAI
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 January |time = 00:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roskosmos
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekspress AM-33
|user = RSCC
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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=February=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 February |time = 13:02:54
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = ISS flight 28P
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-63
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 7 April
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 7 February |time = 19:45:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|104}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight with seven astronauts
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-122
|user = NASA
|function = ISS assembly
|d-date = 20 February
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Columbus
|user = ESA
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 February |time = 11:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} Thor-5
|user = Telenor
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 February |time = 08:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIA 2024
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} Mitsubishi
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} WINDS (Kizuna)
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
Technology
}}
}}
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=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 March |time = 04:03:07
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = Maiden flight of Ariane 5ES and ATV
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{nowrap|23pxJules Verne ATV}}
|user = ESA
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 29 September
|d-time = 13:31
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 11 March |time = 06:28:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|105}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight with seven astronauts
Final flight of Spacelab programme, pallet used to transport Dextre
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-123
|user = NASA
|function = ISS assembly
|d-date = 27 March
|d-span = 2
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} Spacelab MD002}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-031808a.html|title= Space shuttle to return pallet full of history|access-date=18 March 2008|date= 18 March 2008|publisher=collectSPACE| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080325060347/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-031808a.html| archive-date= 25 March 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = NASA
|function = ISS logistics
|d-span = inherit
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} JEM ELM-PF
|user = JAXA
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Dextre (SPDM)
|user = MDA Corporation
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 March |time = 10:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 411
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3E
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = NRO Launch 28, first Atlas V launch from Vandenberg
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-200 (Improved Trumpet){{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/trumpet-fo.htm|title= Trumpet F/O|access-date=17 March 2008|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|date= 13 March 2008|publisher=Gunter's Space Page| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080220235229/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/trumpet-fo.htm| archive-date= 20 February 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = NRO
|orbit = Molniya
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 March |time = 23:18:55{{cite web|url= http://www.ilslaunch.com/we-have-liftoff-2/|title= We Have Lift Off|access-date=14 March 2008|author=ILS Communications Team|date= 17 March 2008|publisher=International Launch Services|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080318213959/http://www.ilslaunch.com/we-have-liftoff-2/ |archive-date = 18 March 2008|url-status=dead}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|remarks = Upper stage malfunction during second burn left spacecraft in wrong orbit{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-031408/|title= ILS Declares Proton Launch Anomaly|access-date=15 March 2008|first=Fran|last=Slimmer|date= 14 March 2008|publisher=International Launch Services|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080318232154/http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-031408/ |archive-date = 18 March 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/StartsMain.asp?ShowYear=2008
|title= Starts Main|access-date=17 March 2008|date= 14 March 2008|publisher=Roskosmos|language=ru
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011154442/http://roscosmos.ru/StartsMain.asp?ShowYear=2008 |archive-date = 11 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Initial recovery attempted but abandoned due to legal issues.{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Boeing_Patent_Shuts_Down_AMC_14_Lunar_Flyby_Salvage_Attempt_999.html|publisher=Space-Travel.com|title=Boeing Patent Shuts Down AMC-14 Lunar Flyby Salvage Attempt|date=10 April 2008|access-date=11 April 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ses.com/ses/siteSections/mediaroom/Latest_News/index.php?pressRelease=/pressReleases/pressReleaseList/08-04-11/index.php |title=SES AMERICOM Declares AMC-14 Satellite A Total Loss |first=Mark |last=Roberts |publisher=SES Americom |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415153605/http://www.ses.com/ses/siteSections/mediaroom/Latest_News/index.php?pressRelease=%2FpressReleases%2FpressReleaseList%2F08-04-11%2Findex.php |archive-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=dead }} Later sold and recovery efforts restarted.{{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.597|title=Issue 597|access-date=23 July 2008|first=Dr. Jonathan|last=McDowell|date=27 June 2008|publisher=Jonathan's Space Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928184936/http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.597|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} AMC-14
|user = SES Americom
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
{{nowrap|Partial launch failure{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2008.htm|title= Orbital Launches of 2008|access-date=18 June 2008|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|date= 15 March 2008|publisher=Gunter's Space Page| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080530190458/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2008.htm| archive-date= 30 May 2008 | url-status=live}}}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 March |time = 06:10{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d332/status.html|title=Delta D332 Mission Status Center|access-date=17 March 2008|first=Justin|last=Ray|date=15 March 2008|publisher=Spaceflight Now}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7925-9.5
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = 80th consecutive successful Delta II launch.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-201 (GPS IIR-19/M6){{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/navstar-2rm.htm|title= Navstar-2RM (GPS-2RM)|access-date=17 March 2008|first= Gunter|last=Krebs|date= 15 March 2008|publisher=Gunter's Space Page| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405092406/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/navstar-2rm.htm| archive-date= 5 April 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 March |time = 22:47:59{{cite web|url = http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/03/sea-launch-zenit-3sl-lofts-directv-11/|title = Sea Launch Zenit 3SL lofts DIRECTV 11|access-date =19 March 2008|first=Chris|last=Bergin|date=19 March 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DirecTV-11
|user = DirecTV
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|GER}} COSMOS International
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} SAR-Lupe 4
|user = Bundeswehr
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 April |time = 11:16:39{{cite web|url = http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp17/status2.html|title = Mission Status Center|work=Space Station Mission Report (Expedition 17)|first=Justin|last=Ray|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date = 10 April 2008|access-date =15 November 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including first South Korean in space and first second-generation cosmonaut{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp17/080408launch.html |title= Station's next resident crew launches into orbit |first=William|last=Harwood |publisher=Spaceflight Now |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=10 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080517170433/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp17/080408launch.html| archive-date= 17 May 2008 | url-status=live}}
Docked on 10 April at 12:57 GMT
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz TMA-12
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS Expedition 17
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 24 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas V 421
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|remarks = Heaviest single commercial satellite to be placed in GSO.
Heaviest satellite to be launched by an Atlas rocket.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ICO G1
|user = ICO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Pegasus-XL
|site = {{flagicon|MHL}} {{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Kwajalein Atoll
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} C/NOFS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Electrodynamics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 28 November 2015
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 18 April |time = 22:17{{cite web|url=http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/2008.html|title= Space Calendar|access-date=17 March 2008|first=Ron|last=Baalke|date= 16 March 2008|publisher=NASA JPL}}
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = First Vietnamese satellite
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|VIE}} Vinasat-1
|user = VNPT
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|BRA}} Star One C2
|user = Star One
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LA-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks = Maiden flight of Long March 3C
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Tianlian I-01
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Starsem
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = ESA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=10
|date = 28 April |time = 03:53:51{{cite web|url=http://www.utias-sfl.net/|title=Latest from SFL|date=28 April 2008|publisher=UTIAS|access-date=28 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080512084353/http://www.utias-sfl.net/| archive-date= 12 May 2008 | url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivr_ZCshK_rTlcDIe5g2vXBzkOQQ|title=Indian rocket blasts into space carrying 10 satellites|date=28 March 2008|agency=AFP |access-date=28 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080502000317/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivr_ZCshK_rTlcDIe5g2vXBzkOQQ| archive-date= 2 May 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} PSLV-C
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Satish Dhawan SLP
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} ISRO
|remarks = All payloads except CartoSat, TWSAT and RUBIN were CubeSats, launched under designation NSL-4, except CanX-6 which was NSL-5.{{cite web|url=http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/|title=Nanosatellite Launch Service 4|publisher=UTIAS|date=10 April 2008|access-date=14 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405072859/http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/| archive-date= 5 April 2008 | url-status=live}}
RUBIN-8 intentionally remained attached to upper stage
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} Cartosat-2A{{cite web|url=http://www.isro.org/rep2006/EOS%20System.htm|title= Earth Observation System|access-date=17 March 2008|publisher=ISRO|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060411184701/http://www.isro.org/rep2006/EOS%20System.htm |archive-date = 11 April 2006|url-status=dead}}
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} TWSAT (IMS-1)
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} RUBIN-8{{cite web|url=http://www.ohb-system.de/gb/News/presse/2804_08.html|title= RubinX|access-date=14 April 2008|publisher=OHB System|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080502154312/http://www.ohb-system.de/gb/News/presse/2804_08.html |archive-date = 2 May 2008|url-status=dead}}
|user = OHB System
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|DEN}} AAUSAT-II{{cite web|url=http://aausatii.space.aau.dk/|title= AAUSAT-II Launch Info – HomePage|access-date=17 March 2008|date= 10 March 2008|publisher=Aalborg University| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080429231206/http://aausatii.space.aau.dk/| archive-date= 29 April 2008 | url-status=live}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Aalborg
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radiation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} CanX-2{{cite web|url=http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/|title= CanX-2 Mission Objectives|access-date=17 March 2008|publisher=UTIAS/SFL| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080312173554/http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/| archive-date= 12 March 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = UTIAS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} CanX-6{{cite web|url=http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX6/|title= Canx-6 – Nts|access-date=14 April 2008|publisher=UTIAS/SFL |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704052048/http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX6/ |archive-date=2008-07-04}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = UTIAS/COM DEV
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} COMPASS-1{{cite web|url=http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/|title= COMPASS-1|access-date=17 March 2008|publisher=Aachen University| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033133/http://www.raumfahrt.fh-aachen.de/| archive-date= 21 March 2008 | url-status=live}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Aachen
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} Cute-1.7+APD II{{cite web|url=http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html|title=Cute-1.7 + APD II Project|access-date=17 March 2008|date=20 July 2007|publisher=Tokyo Institute of Technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503032832/http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html|archive-date=3 May 2008|url-status=dead}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Tokodai
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NED}} Delfi-C3{{cite web|url= http://www.delfic3.nl/|title= Delfi-C3 – Home|access-date=17 March 2008|date= 10 March 2008|publisher=Delfi University of Technology| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080330035724/http://www.delfic3.nl/| archive-date= 30 March 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Delft
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 November 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=32789#results |title=DELFI C3 |date=13 November 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} SEEDS-2{{cite web|url=http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/main_e.html |title=CubeSat Project Official Web Site |access-date=17 March 2008 |date=22 January 2008 |publisher=Nihon University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307080327/http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/main_e.html |archive-date=7 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Nihon
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SLB
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 45/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Land Launch
|remarks = First Land Launch flight and maiden flight of Zenit-3SLB.
Reached incorrect orbit due to carrier rocket underperformance.{{cite web|url=http://izvestia.ru/news/news173271|script-title=ru:Израиль корит Роскосмос за невыполненные обязательства|date=6 May 2008|publisher=Izvestia|language=ru|access-date=9 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080510132234/http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news173271| archive-date= 10 May 2008 | url-status=dead}} Corrected by satellite through use of spare fuel, without affecting operational life.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ISR}} AMOS-3 (AMOS-60)
|user = SCL
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 May |time = 20:22:54{{cite web|url=http://www.adn.es/tecnologia/20080508/NWS-2291-Progress-envio.html|title=La nave 'Progress' será lanzada el día 14 con tres toneladas de 'carga vital'|publisher=adn.es|language=es|access-date=13 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080509060509/http://www.adn.es/tecnologia/20080508/NWS-2291-Progress-envio.html| archive-date= 9 May 2008 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0805/14progress29p/|title=Cargo ship begins flight to the space station|last=Justin Ray|date=14 May 2008|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=15 May 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = ISS flight 29P
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-64
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 May |time = 09:43{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/05/sea-launch-zenit-3sl-launches-with-galaxy-18/|title=Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launches with Galaxy 18|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=21 May 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=21 May 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Galaxy 18
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 23 May |time = 15:20:09{{cite web|url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=3436|script-title=ru:Успешный старт космического аппарата «Юбилейный|date=23 May 2008|publisher=Russian Federal Space Agency|language=ru|access-date=23 May 2008}} {{dead link|date=January 2016}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rokot / Briz-KM
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 133/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2437 (Rodnik){{cite journal|url=http://russianforces.org/blog/2008/06/cosmos-2437_-2438_and_-2439_ar.shtml|title=Cosmos-2437, −2438, and −2439 are not Gonets-M|last=Podvig|first=Pavel|date=19 June 2008|journal=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces|access-date=27 September 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081015151525/http://russianforces.org/blog/2008/06/cosmos-2437_-2438_and_-2439_ar.shtml| archive-date= 15 October 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2438 (Rodnik)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2439 (Rodnik)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yubeleiny
|user = NPO PM{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127115518/http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20080122/97519139.html|archive-date=27 January 2008|url=http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20080122/97519139.html|script-title=ru:Спутник малого класса "Юбилейный" доставлен на космодром "Плесецк"|date=22 January 2008|publisher=RIA Novosti|language=ru|access-date=18 March 2009}}
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Fengyun 3A
|user = CMA
|orbit = Sun-synchronous
|function = Weather{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/27/content_8261650.htm|title=China launches 2nd Olympic weather satellite|last=Yao|first=Amber|date=27 May 2008|publisher=Xinhua|access-date=27 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080529211754/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/27/content_8261650.htm| archive-date= 29 May 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 31 May |time = 21:02:12{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/05/discovery-launches-after-clean-countdown/|title=LIVE: Discovery launches after clean countdown|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=31 May 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=31 May 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status2.html|title=STS-124 Mission Status Center|last=Ray|first=Justin|date=31 May 2008|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=31 May 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|103}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight with seven astronauts
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-124
|user = NASA
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 June
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} JEM-PM
|user = JAXA
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/06/cz-3b-chang-zheng-3b-launches-chinasat-9/|title=CZ-3B Chang Zheng-3B launches ChinaSat-9|last=Barbosa|first=Rui C.|date=9 June 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=9 June 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Chinasat 9{{cite web|url=http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2008-05-22/01322209420.shtml|script-title=zh:中星9号发射倒计时：直播卫星"7星计划"出炉|date=22 May 2008|publisher=Sina|language=zh|access-date=22 May 2008}}
|user = CNPT
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 June |time = 16:05{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/06/delta-ii-h-launches-with-nasas-glast-telescope/|title=LIVE: Delta II-H launches with NASA's GLAST telescope|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=11 June 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=11 June 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7920H-10C
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} FGST{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/glast_renamed.html|title=NASA Renames Observatory for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky|publisher=NASA|first1=J.D.|last1=Harrington|last2=Harris |first2= David |last3= Cominsky |first3= Lynn|date=26 August 2008|access-date=30 November 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828195541/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/glast_renamed.html| archive-date= 28 August 2008 | url-status=live}} (GLAST){{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/index.html|title=GLAST Mission Coverage – Latest News|access-date=5 June 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080604080015/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/index.html| archive-date= 4 June 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Gamma-ray astronomy
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 12 June |time = 22:05:02{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/06/ariane-5-eca-launches-with-turksat-3a-and-skynet-5c/|title=LIVE: Ariane 5 ECA launches with Turksat 3A and Skynet 5C|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=12 June 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=13 June 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UK}} Skynet 5C
|user = MoD
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|TUR}} Turksat 3A
|user = Türksat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 19 June |time = 06:36
{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/launchlog.html |title=Spaceflight Now – Tracking Station – Launch Log |access-date=28 August 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1424620/russian_rocket_to_place_six_us_telecom_satellites_into_orbit/|title=Russian Rocket to Place Six U.S. Telecom Satellites into Orbit|date=9 June 2008|publisher=redOrbit|access-date=12 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527124102/http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1424620/russian_rocket_to_place_six_us_telecom_satellites_into_orbit/ |archive-date=2012-05-27}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kapustin Yar Site 107
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|GER}} COSMOS International
|remarks = Spacecraft affected by communications problems, four had failed by December 2009.{{cite web|url=http://m2m.tmcnet.com/topics/m2mevolution/articles/71698-orbcomm-reaches-settlement-satellite-insurance-claim.htm|title=ORBCOMM Reaches Settlement on Satellite Insurance Claim|date=28 December 2009|publisher=TMCNet|first=Jai|last=C.S.|access-date=13 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101111754/http://m2m.tmcnet.com/topics/m2mevolution/articles/71698-orbcomm-reaches-settlement-satellite-insurance-claim.htm|archive-date=1 January 2010|url-status=dead}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbcomm CDS-3
|user = Orbcomm
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbcomm QL-1
|user = Orbcomm
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbcomm QL-2
|user = Orbcomm
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbcomm QL-3
|user = Orbcomm
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbcomm QL-4
|user = Orbcomm
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbcomm QL-5
|user = Orbcomm
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 June |time = 07:46:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7320
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Jason-2 (OSTM)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Oceanography
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-K / DM-2{{cite web|url= https://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=LAUNCHLOG|first=Dr. Jonathan|last=McDowell|publisher=Jonathan's Space Report}} (?? DM-3)
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2440 (Prognoz)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Missile defence
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 7 July |time = 21:47{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/07/ariane-5-eca-launches-with-protostar-1badr-6/|title=Ariane 5 ECA launches with ProtoStar-1/BADR-6|first=Rene|last=David|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|date=7 July 2008|access-date=8 July 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SAU}} Badr-6
|user = Arabsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|BMU}} ProtoStar-1{{cite web|url=http://www.protostarsat.com/aboutus.html|publisher=ProtoStar|title=About Us|access-date=4 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080705100852/http://www.protostarsat.com/aboutus.html| archive-date= 5 July 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = ProtoStar
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 July |time = 05:20:59
{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/07/sea-launch-lofts-echostar-11-echostar-2-dies-on-orbit/|title=Sea Launch Zenit-3SL successfully lofts EchoStar 11|last=Bergin|first=Chris|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|date=16 July 2008|access-date=16 July 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/echostar11/index.html|title=Sea Launch boosts relay satellite for DISH Network|last=Ray|first=Justin|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=16 July 2008|access-date=16 July 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Echostar 11
|user = Echostar
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 July |time = 02:40:09
{{cite web|url=http://www.ln.mid.ru/ns-dvbr.nsf/a84cf38ed768735943256ccc003bcff1/4730f0369e2ac90ac325746a002f3cc2?OpenDocument|script-title=ru:Уточненные данные по запуску космических аппаратов в июле 2008 года|publisher=Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=17 July 2008|language=ru}} {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6091|title=Germany's first satellite-based reconnaissance system now completed – SAR-Lupe 5 successfully launched|publisher=The Space Fellowship|date=22 July 2008|access-date=22 July 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|GER}} COSMOS International{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} SAR-Lupe 5
|user = Bundeswehr
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|remarks = Spacecraft lost due to electrical malfunction{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2441 (Persona)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 3 August |time = 03:34{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/003/status.html|title=Mission Status Center|work=Falcon Mission Report|publisher=Spaceflight Now|first=Justin|last=Ray|date=6 August 2008|access-date=15 November 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081120022245/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/003/status.html| archive-date= 20 November 2008 | url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com
|title=Kwajalein Atoll and Rockets|access-date=29 July 2008|date=28 July 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Falcon 1
|site = {{flagicon|MHL}} Omelek
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} SpaceX
|remarks = First and second stage recontact due to residual thrust. PreSAT and NanoSail-D CubeSats, Celestis burial payload included remains of astronaut Gordon Cooper,{{cite web|url=http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/memorial/explorers/cooper.asp|title=L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.|work=Participants on board The Explorers Flight|publisher=Space Services Incorporated (Celestis)|access-date=21 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207013425/http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/memorial/explorers/cooper.asp|archive-date=7 December 2005}} actor James Doohan,{{cite web|url=http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/memorial/explorers/doohan.asp|title=James M. Doohan|work=Participants on board The Explorers Flight|publisher=Space Services Incorporated (Celestis)|access-date=21 May 2008}} writer and director John Meredyth Lucas,{{cite web|url=http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/memorial/explorers/lucas.asp|title=John Meredyth Lucas|work=Participants on board The Explorers Flight|publisher=Space Services Incorporated (Celestis)|access-date=21 May 2008}} and Apollo mission planner Mareta West{{cite web|url=http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/memorial/explorers/west.asp|title=Mareta N. West|work=Participants on board The Explorers Flight|publisher=Space Services Incorporated (Celestis)|access-date=21 May 2008}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Trailblazer
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-span = 4 |o-span = 4
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} PreSat{{cite web|url=http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm|title=Amateur Radio Information and Support for CubeSats|last=Wallio|first=Ralph|date=20 June 2008|publisher=WØRPK|access-date=21 June 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080706183800/http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm| archive-date= 6 July 2008 | url-status=live}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Santa Clara / NASA{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PreSat|title=PreSat|date=25 June 2008|publisher=Twitter|access-date=30 June 2008}}
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Biological
|d-span = inherit |o-span = inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} NanoSail-D
|cubesat = yes
|user = Santa Clara / NASA{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html|title=NanoSail-D|date=22 June 2008|publisher=NASA|access-date=23 June 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080707022615/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html| archive-date= 7 July 2008 | url-status=live}}
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Solar sail
|d-span = inherit |o-span = inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorers{{cite web|url=http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/explorers.asp |title=The Explorers Flight |publisher=Space Services Incorporated (Celestis) |access-date=5 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907104137/http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/explorers.asp |archive-date=7 September 2008 }}
|user = Celestis
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Space burial
|d-span = inherit |o-span = inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 14 August |time = 20:44{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/launchlog.html |title=Spaceflight Now – Tracking Station – Launch Log |access-date=28 August 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} Superbird 7
|user =SCC
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} AMC-21
|user = SES Americom
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 August |time = 19:32
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Safir{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFZUVHHeYn_ON94JnSVouYU5-S1Q|title=Iran says launches first home-built satellite|agency=AFP|date=17 August 2008|access-date=17 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821060117/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFZUVHHeYn_ON94JnSVouYU5-S1Q|archive-date=21 August 2008|url-status=dead}}
|flight=LBS.2001
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Semnan
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} ISA
|remarks = Reported to have been first Iranian orbital launch attempt. Officially successful, however no objects were left in orbit. Unofficial reports of a second stage malfunction. Also reported to have been a suborbital test, or an attempt to launch the Omid satellite, instead of an orbital test launch.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IRN}} DemoSat{{cite web|url=http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n149617|title=Iran says it has put first dummy satellite in orbit|publisher=FOCUS Information Agency|date=17 August 2008|access-date=17 August 2008}}
|user = ISA
|orbit = {{nowrap|Intended: Low Earth{{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.599|title=Issue 599|access-date=11 September 2008|first=Dr. Jonathan|last=McDowell|date=4 September 2008|publisher=Jonathan's Space Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208042633/http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.599|archive-date=8 February 2009|url-status=dead}}}}
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 16 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 August |time = 22:43{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-081908|title=ILS Proton Successfully Launches Inmarsat-4 F3 Satellite|publisher=International Launch Services|date=19 August 2008|access-date=19 August 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080923142147/http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-081908 |archive-date = 23 September 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kt.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153457516|publisher=Kazakhstan Today|title=На Байконуре продолжается подготовка к запуску ракеты-носителя "Протон-М" с космическим аппаратом Inmarsat 4F3|date=11 August 2008|access-date=11 August 2008|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722142611/http://www.kt.kz/index.php?lang=rus&uin=1138536794&chapter=1153457516|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-081308|title=Media Advisory -ILS Proton to launch Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=15 August 2008|date=13 August 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080923142142/http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-081308 |archive-date = 23 September 2008|url-status=dead}}
|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|UK}} Inmarsat-4 F3{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/inmarsat-4-f3|publisher=International Launch Services|title=Mission Control: Inmarsat-4 F3|access-date=5 August 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080719071756/http://www.ilslaunch.com/inmarsat-4-f3 |archive-date = 19 July 2008|url-status=dead}}
|user = Inmarsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date = 29 August |time = 07:15:58{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0808/29dneprrapideye/ |title=Five RapidEye remote sensing satellites launched |work=Spaceflight Now |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=3 April 2020}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Dnepr
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 109/95
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} ISC Kosmotras
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} Tachys (RapidEye-1){{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.600|title=Issue 600|access-date=29 September 2008|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|date=26 September 2008|publisher=Jonathan's Space Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928185057/http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.600|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
|user = RapidEye / Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |url=https://www.planet.com/pulse/historic-rapideye-constellation-captures-last-light/ |title=Historic RapidEye Constellation Captures Last Light |work=Planet Labs |date=2 April 2020 |access-date=3 April 2020}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} Mati (RapidEye-2)
|user = RapidEye / Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} Choma (RapidEye-3)
|user = RapidEye / Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} Choros (RapidEye-4)
|user = RapidEye / Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} Trochia (RapidEye-5)
|user = RapidEye / Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2C
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Huan Jing 1A
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Huan Jing 1B
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 September |time = 18:50:57{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d335/status.html|title=Mission Status Center|work=Delta II/Geoeye 1|publisher=Spaceflight Now|first=Justin|last=Ray|date=6 September 2008|access-date=6 September 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7420
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GeoEye 1 (Orbview 5)
|user = GeoEye
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 September |time = 19:50:02{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0809/10progress30p/|title=Cargo ship begins trek to the space station|publisher=Spaceflight Now|first=Justin|last=Ray|date=10 September 2008|access-date=10 September 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = ISS flight 30P
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-65
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 September |time = 21:48{{cite web|url=http://www.ilslaunch.com/nimiq-4-mission-control|title=Nimiq-4 Mission Control|publisher=International Launch Services|access-date=18 September 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080822141445/http://www.ilslaunch.com/nimiq-4-mission-control |archive-date = 22 August 2008|url-status=dead}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} Nimiq-4{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2008.html|title=Space exploration in 2008|publisher=Russian Space Web|first=Anatoly|last=Zak|author2=Günes, Sedat|access-date=27 August 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010203834/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2008.html| archive-date= 10 October 2008 | url-status=live}}
|user = Telesat Canada
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 September |time = 09:27:59{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/5887-sea-launch-deploys-galaxy-north-america.html|title=Sea Launch Deploys New Galaxy for North America|first=Justin|last=Ray|publisher=Space.com|date=24 September 2008|access-date=28 November 2015}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP = {{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} Galaxy 19
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 25 September |time = 08:49:37
{{cite web|url=http://www.ln.mid.ru/ns-dvbr.nsf/a84cf38ed768735943256ccc003bcff1/9229b3ccdfd9efe1c32574cc00248e02?OpenDocument|script-title=ru:Уточненные данные по запуску космических аппаратов в сентябре 2008 года|publisher=Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=22 September 2008|access-date=22 September 2008|language=ru}} {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / DM-2{{cite web|url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=4268|title=Glonass-M Satellites are under Ground Control|publisher=Roscosmos|date=25 September 2008|access-date=25 September 2008}} {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2442 (GLONASS){{cite web|url=http://arms-tass.su/?page=article&aid=57511&cid=125|script-title=ru:Начало эксплуатации спутников серии "Глонасс-К" переносится с 2009 на 2010 год|publisher=ARMS-TASS|date=17 July 2008|access-date=18 July 2008|language=ru|archive-date=3 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003093838/http://arms-tass.su/?page=article&aid=57511&cid=125|url-status=dead}}
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation{{cite web|url=http://www.rian.ru/science/20080919/151430995.html|script-title=ru:Три спутника ГЛОНАСС будут запущены 28 сентября – представитель ИСС|publisher=RIA Novosti|date=19 September 2008|access-date=19 September 2008|language=ru| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922142840/http://www.rian.ru/science/20080919/151430995.html| archive-date= 22 September 2008 | url-status=live}}
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2443 (GLONASS)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2444 (GLONASS)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 25 September |time = 13:10{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-09-12/031814438512s.shtml|script-title=zh:神七首选9月25日晚9时10分左右发 射|language=zh|access-date=12 September 2008|date=12 September 2008|publisher=Sina| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928203249/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-09-12/031814438512s.shtml| archive-date= 28 September 2008 | url-status=live}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2F
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|remarks = Crewed flight with three yǔhángyuán, crew conducted first Chinese EVA
Ban Xing deployed from Shenzhou on 27 September at 11:27 GMT, GC separated on 28 September at 08:48 to begin independent mission
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shenzhou 7
|user = CMSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 28 September
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Ban Xing
|user = CMSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shenzhou 7-GC
|user = CMSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 September |time = 23:15{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/004/status.html|title=Mission Status Center|work=Falcon 1 Flight 4|last=Ray|first=Justin|date=28 September 2008|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=28 September 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Falcon 1
|site = {{flagicon|MHL}} Omelek
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} SpaceX
|remarks = Launched boilerplate payload. First privately funded and developed liquid fuelled rocket to reach orbit.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} RatSat
|user = SpaceX
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Boilerplate
|outcome = Successful{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1311|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104213616/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1311|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|title=SpaceX Update – ORBIT|last=Cowing|first=Keith|date=28 September 2008|publisher=SpaceRef|access-date=29 September 2008}}
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 October |time = 06:37:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|UKR}} Dnepr
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dombarovskiy
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} ISC Kosmotras
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|THA}} THEOS
|user = GISTDA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including a space tourist. 100th flight of the Soyuz programme to be crewed at some point in its mission{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101008a.html|title=The 100th Soyuz flight that (maybe) isn't|access-date=12 October 2008|publisher=collectSPACE|first=Robert Z.|last=Pearlman| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081014051257/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101008a.html| archive-date= 14 October 2008 | url-status=live}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz TMA-13{{cite web|url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/iss_reports/reports2008/08-09-2008.htm |publisher=NASA Office of Space Operations |work=International Space Station Daily Report |title=ISS On-Orbit Status 08/09/08 |date=9 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109155444/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/iss_reports/reports2008/08-09-2008.htm |archive-date=9 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS Expedition 18
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 April 2009 |d-time = 07:16
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 October |time = 17:47:23{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/ibex/status.html|title=Mission Status Center|work=Pegasus/IBEX Launch Report|publisher=Spaceflight Now|first=Justin|last=Ray|date=19 October 2008|access-date=19 October 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL/Star-27
|site = {{flagicon|MHL}} {{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Kwajalein Atoll
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} IBEX
|user = NASA
|orbit = High Earth
|function = Solar
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} PSLV-XL
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Satish Dhawan SLP
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} ISRO
|remarks = First Indian lunar spacecraft,{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science-july-dec08-indiamoon_10-22/|title=India Launches First Mission to the Moon|work=PBS |access-date=29 November 2015|date=22 October 2008}} failed on 28 August 2009 after less than half of planned mission duration, maiden flight of PSLV-XL
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} Chandrayaan-1{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/come-rain-or-shine-indias-lunar-mission-to-keep-oct-22-date-lead_100106162.html|title=Come rain or shine, India's lunar mission to keep Oct 22 date|date=11 October 2008|publisher=Thaindian News|access-date=11 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131105603/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/come-rain-or-shine-indias-lunar-mission-to-keep-oct-22-date-lead_100106162.html|archive-date=31 January 2009|url-status=dead}}
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Selenocentric
|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IND}} MIP
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar impactor
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4B
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-2{{cite web|url=http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2008/10-25/1425211.shtml|script-title=zh:太原卫星发射中心启用新工位 航天发射能力跃升| publisher= China News|date=25 October 2008|access-date=27 October 2008|language=zh| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081028063003/http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2008/10-25/1425211.shtml| archive-date= 28 October 2008 | url-status=live}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|remarks = First launch from Taiyuan LC-2
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 6-03A
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 6-03B
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7420-10
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Launch Alliance
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ITA}} COSMO-3
|user = ASI{{cite web |url=http://clusters.wallonie.be/espace/en/news/cosmo-skymed-2-satellite-successfully-launched-from-vandenberg-us-base.html|title=COSMO-SkyMed 2 satellite successfully launched from Vandenberg US base|access-date=27 September 2008|date=10 December 2007|publisher=Space Cluster}}
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 October |time = 16:53:53{{cite web |last=Barbosa |first=Rui C. |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/10/china-launch-venesat/ |title=China launch VENESAT-1 – debut bird for Venezuela |publisher=NASASpaceFlight |date=29 October 2008 |access-date=29 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101025301/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/10/china-launch-venesat/ |archive-date=1 November 2008 |url-status=live}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|remarks = First Venezuelan satellite. Lost in March 2020 due to the failure of both solar array drives.{{cite web |last=Henry |first=Caleb |url=https://spacenews.com/solar-array-problem-killed-venezuelas-venesat-1-officials-confirm/ |title=Solar array problem killed Venezuela's VeneSat-1, officials confirm |work=SpaceNews |date=30 March 2020 |access-date=31 March 2020}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|VEN}} VeneSat-1 (Simón Bolívar)
|user = VMoST
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful; Partial spacecraft failure
}}
}}
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=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2D{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/05/content_10310876.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111170947/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/05/content_10310876.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2009|title=China puts two satellites into orbit |date=5 November 2008|publisher=Xinhua|access-date=5 November 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center SLS-2{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/11/china-up-the-pace-with-another-dual-launch/|title=China up the pace with another dual launch|last=Barbosa|first=Rui C.|date=5 November 2008|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=5 November 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208194554/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/11/china-up-the-pace-with-another-dual-launch/| archive-date= 8 December 2008 | url-status=live}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Chuang Xin 1B
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Weather
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Shiyan 3
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 November |time = 20:44
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|remarks = Final flight of standard Proton-M
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|LUX}} Astra 1M
|user = SES Astra
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 November |time = 15:50{{cite web|url=http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13274340&PageNum=0|title=Soyuz-U rocket successfully delivers defense satellite to orbit|date=14 November 2008|publisher=ITAR-TASS|access-date=14 November 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 16/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2445 (Kobalt-M)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|105}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/04/atlantis-sts-125-mission-to-hubble-delayed-to-october-update/|title=Atlantis' STS-125 mission to Hubble delayed to October|first=Chris |last=Bergin|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|date=4 April 2008|access-date=7 April 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} United Space Alliance
|remarks = Crewed flight with seven astronauts, PSSC deployed from Shuttle at 20:33 GMT on 29 November and operated for 110 days.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/tac-tac060209.php|title=The Aerospace Corporation nanosatellite tests the latest generation of solar cells|last=Chaney|first=Lindsay|date=June 2009|publisher=The Aerospace Corporation |access-date=3 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090604103309/http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/tac-tac060209.php| archive-date= 4 June 2009 | url-status=live}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} STS-126{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts125/080929hubble/|title=Failure aboard Hubble puts shuttle flight on hold|last=Harwood|first=William|date=29 September 2008|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=30 September 2008}}
|user = NASA
|function = ISS assembly
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 30 November
|d-span = 2
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|ITA}}{{flagicon|USA}}Leonardo MPLM
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-span = inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} PSSC
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 February 2010
|d-time = 17:31[http://reentrynews.aero.org/2008059b.html PSSC]
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = First flight of modernised Progress spacecraft, Kurs anomaly necessitated manual docking.
ISS flight 31P
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Progress M-01M
|user = Roscosmos
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 February 2009
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2008}}
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2D
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center SLS-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Yaogan-4
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Molniya-M/2BL{{cite web|url=http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13331590&PageNum=0|title=Molnia-M carrier lifts off from Plesetsk with military satellite.|date=2 December 2008|publisher=ITAR-TASS|access-date=2 December 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 16/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2446 (Oko)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Missile defence
|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
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CAN}} Ciel-2
|user = Ciel{{cite web|url=http://www.cielsatellite.ca/press_feb_15_2007.html|title = ILS Proton to launch Ciel-2 satellite to serve North America|publisher=Ciel|access-date=17 March 2008|first=Dave|last=Lewis|date=15 February 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215121/http://www.cielsatellite.ca/press_feb_15_2007.html |archive-date = 14 May 2007|url-status=dead}}
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4B
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Yaogan-5
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 September 2014
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 20 December |time = 22:35{{cite web|url=http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7765|title=LIVE COVERAGE: Ariane 5 W2M / HOT BIRD 9 Launch|date=20 December 2008|publisher=The Space Fellowship|access-date=20 December 2008}}
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} Hot Bird 9
|user = Eutelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} Eutelsat W2M
|user = Eutelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3A
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Fengyun 2E
|user = CMA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 25 December |time = 10:43{{cite web|url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=5096|script-title=ru:Космические аппараты "Глонасс-М" : полёт нормальный|date=25 December 2008|publisher=Roskosmos|language=ru|access-date=25 December 2008}} {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / DM-2 Enhanced
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|remarks = First flight of Proton-M Enhanced with DM-2 upper stage, last orbital launch from Baikonur to be conducted by the Russian military
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2447 (GLONASS)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2448 (GLONASS)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2449 (GLONASS)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2008}}
Suborbital launches
{{TLS-M|2008}}
{{TLS-H2}}
|colspan=8|
=January-March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} White Sands LC-36
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|315|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} LIDOS
|user = JHU
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = UV Astronomy
|d-time = 05:42
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|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 = 17 January
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant XII
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1460|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SCIFER-2
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Ionospheric research
|d-date = 18 January
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PAK}} Shaheen-I
|site = {{flagicon|PAK}} Sonmiani
|LSP = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan Army
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = {{nowrap|Pakistan Army}}
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 25 January
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} {{flagicon|USA}} VS-30-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|GER}} {{flagicon|NOR}} DLR/Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|380.6|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UK}} HotPay-2
|user = University of Leeds
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Ionospheric research
|d-date = 31 January
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Safir
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Semnan
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} ISA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar-1
|user = ISA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|d-date = 4 February
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} S-310
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Uchinoura
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} JAXA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = JAXA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Ionospheric research
|d-date = 6 February
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 February |time = 11:30{{cite web|url=http://www.ssc.se/?id=7169|title= List of all launches|access-date=15 March 2008|date= 21 February 2008|publisher=Swedish Space Corporation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819200345/http://www.ssc.se/?id=7169 |archive-date=2007-08-19}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VSB-30
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|GER}} 23px DLR / ESA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|264|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} 23px TEXUS-44
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|d-date = 7 February
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 February |time = 03:26{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/news/080220-satellite-hit.html|title= Navy Hits Satellite With Heat-Seeking Missile|access-date=15 March 2008|date= 21 February 2008|publisher=Space.com}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Lake Erie|CG-70|6}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy / MDA
|remarks = Destroyed USA-193 satellite{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23166344 |title= U.S. to launch missile at broken satellite|access-date=15 March 2008|date= 14 February 2008|work=NBC News}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ASAT
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Satellite intercept
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 February |time = 06:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VSB-30
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|GER}} 23px DLR / ESA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} 23px TEXUS-45
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|d-date = 21 February
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} K-15 Sagarika
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} INS Kalinga
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} Indian Navy
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Indian Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 26 February
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 March |time = 04:45{{cite web|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-successfully-test-fires-Agni-1-missile/articleshow/2890590.cms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022225125/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-03-23/india/27768641_1_agni-1-test-fires-nuclear-capable|url-status = live|archive-date = 22 October 2012|title = India successfully test-fires Agni-1 missile|access-date =23 March 2008|date = 23 March 2008|work = The Times of India|location=India}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Agni 1
|site = {{flagicon|IND}} Integrated Test Range LC-4
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} Indian Army
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 March
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VSB-30
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} Mini-DUSTY 14
|user = Andøya
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Ionospheric research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 28 March
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=April-June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LF-09
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Travelled {{convert|6759|km}} downrange
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}GT-196GM
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} White Sands LC-36
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SEE
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = UV Astronomy{{cite web|url=http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story82.html|title=36.240 UE WOODS/UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO|access-date=19 April 2008|date= 14 April 2008|publisher=NASA Sounding Rockets Office| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511075851/http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story82.html| archive-date= 11 May 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 April
|rocket = {{flagicon|ISR}} Blue Sparrow
|site = {{flagicon|ISR}} F-15 Eagle, Israel
|LSP = {{flagicon|ISR}} Israeli Air Force
|remarks = Maiden flight of Blue Sparrow.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Israeli Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 15 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 April{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-19-1283054207_x.htm|title=Pakistan test fires long-range missile|first=Munir|last=Ahmad|agency=Associated Press |date=19 April 2008|access-date=19 April 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-test-fires-N-capable-Shaheen-II/articleshow/1056454.cms|title=Pak test-fires N-capable Shaheen-II|publisher=Press Trust of India|date=19 April 2008|access-date=22 January 2016}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|PAK}} Shaheen-II
|site = {{flagicon|PAK}} Sonmiani
|LSP = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan Army{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUwpYvvOyhNJdm7t0iE2ZbQ4DKbw|title=Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile: army|agency=AFP |date=19 April 2008|access-date=19 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080429212252/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUwpYvvOyhNJdm7t0iE2ZbQ4DKbw| archive-date= 29 April 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Pakistan Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 19 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|PAK}} Shaheen-II
|site = {{flagicon|PAK}} Sonmiani
|LSP = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan Army
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Pakistan Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 21 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 May |time = 05:30{{cite web|url= http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story83.html|title= 36.223 UH McCammon/University of Wisconsin|access-date=1 May 2008|date= 1 May 2008|publisher=NASA Sounding Rockets Office| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511111524/http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story83.html| archive-date= 11 May 2008 | url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url= http://sched.wff.nasa.gov/wffsched/ViewItem.html?detail=0&integral=0&dropdown=1&show_stop=0&show_resources=0&style_sheet=style_wallops.css&dtwhen=2454588&cal_item_id=2736|title= SR-WS Black Brant IX 36.223|access-date=1 May 2008|first=Jay|last=Scott|date=1 May 2008|publisher=NASA Wallops Flight Facility |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219233040/http://sched.wff.nasa.gov/wffsched/ViewItem.html?detail=0&integral=0&dropdown=1&show_stop=0&show_resources=0&style_sheet=style_wallops.css&dtwhen=2454588&cal_item_id=2736 |archive-date=2012-02-19}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} White Sands LC-36
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = JHU
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = UV Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-time = 05:40
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 May |time = 04:26{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/agniiii-launch-on-may-7/article1252477.ece|title=Agni-III to be launched on May 7|work=The Hindu |location=India|date=5 May 2008|access-date=7 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080523011540/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/05/stories/2008050556151400.htm| archive-date= 23 May 2008 | url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Agni-III_missile_test-fired/articleshow/3017605.cms|title=Agni-III missile test-fired|work=The Economic Times |location=India|date=7 May 2008|access-date=7 May 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Agni-III
|site = {{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range LC-4
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}}Indian Army
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = SFC/DRDO
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-time = 04:41
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 May
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-133 Trident II
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Nebraska|SSBN-739|6}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 May
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}USS Nebraska
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 May |time = 04:00{{cite web|url=http://www.ssc.se/?id=11165 |title=MASER 11 |publisher=Swedish Space Corporation |access-date=14 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724011931/http://www.ssc.se/?id=11165 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ssc.se/filearchive/1/11020/Engelskt%20press-kit%20MASER%2011.pdf|title=MASER-11 Press Kit|publisher=Swedish Space Corporation|access-date=12 May 2008}} {{dead link|date=January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ssc.se/?id=5104&cid=11165|title=Sounding rocket MASER 11 launched
| publisher=Swedish Space Corporation|access-date=15 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080601053715/http://www.ssc.se/?id=5104&cid=11165| archive-date= 1 June 2008 | url-status=dead}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} VSB-30
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|SWE}} {{flagicon|GER}} SSC/DLR
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|252|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} 23px MASER-11
|user = SSC/ESA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|d-date = 15 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 May |time = 10:04{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4908862|title=Unarmed missile successfully tested, hits target|date=22 May 2008|agency=Associated Press |access-date=22 May 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123099783 |title=Missile successfully launches from Vandenberg |last=Raymond |first=Geoffroy (2nd Lt) |author2=30th Space Wing Public Affairs |date=22 May 2008 |publisher=Air Force Space Command/Vandenberg Air Force Base |access-date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531165915/http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123099783 |archive-date=31 May 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LF-10
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GT-197GM
|user = U.S. Air Force/NNSA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 May |time = 05:00{{cite web|url=http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_tests_ballistic_missile_official_999.html|title=India tests ballistic missile: official|date=23 May 2008|publisher=Spacewar.com|access-date=28 June 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Prithvi
|site = {{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}} Indian Army
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Indian Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 May
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} JL-2
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} P629 submarine, Yellow Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} PLAN
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = PLAN
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 29 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 June |time = 18:13
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} TR-SRBM
|flight = FTM-14
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Tripoli|LPH-10|6}}, Kauai
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy / MDA
|remarks = Destroyed after re-entry by endoatmospheric SM-2 missile launch
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = AEGIS target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 June
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} MRT
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy / MDA
|remarks = Used for simulated test, not intercepted
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = AEGIS target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 June
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} MRT
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy / MDA
|remarks = Used for simulated test, not intercepted
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = AEGIS target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} TRBM
|flight = FTT-09
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} C-17, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Intercepted after re-entry by THAAD launched from KMR at 02:22 GMT.{{cite web|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/29th-missile-defense-intercept-achieved,447634.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012024225/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/29th-missile-defense-intercept-achieved,447634.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2008|work=Earth Times|first=Riki|last=Ellison|date=26 June 2008|access-date=26 June 2008|title=29th Missile Defense Intercept Achieved}}{{cite news |title=U.S. military shoots down separating missile |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77729882/us-military-shoots-down-separating/ |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=Hawaii Tribune-Herald |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Stephens Media |date=26 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515141632/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77729882/us-military-shoots-down-separating/ |archive-date=15 May 2021 |location=Kapaa, Hawaii |page=3}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = THAAD Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 June |time = 19:57{{cite web|url=http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/|publisher=NASA|title=Sounding Rockets Program Office|date=26 June 2008|access-date=28 June 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/pdf/08news0072.pdf|publisher=US Missile Defense Agency|title=Missile Defense Data Collection Experiment Successfully Completed|date=27 June 2008|access-date=28 June 2008|first=Rick|last=Lehner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819215543/http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/pdf/08news0072.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-19}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant XI
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Wallops Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} {{flagicon|GER}} ECOMA 2008-1
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 30 June
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=July-September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|125|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} {{flagicon|GER}} ECOMA 2008-2
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-3{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Strait of Hormuz
|remarks = Part of Great Prophet III exercise.{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} IRGC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-2{{cite web|url=http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8704200561|publisher=FARS|title=Iran Test-Fires more Missiles|date=10 July 2008|access-date=10 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716211855/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8704200561|archive-date=16 July 2008|url-status=dead}}
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Strait of Hormuz
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} IRGC
|remarks = Part of Great Prophet III exercise,{{cn|date=March 2023}} missile type not confirmed.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-1
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Strait of Hormuz
|remarks = Part of Great Prophet III exercise,{{cn|date=March 2023}} missile type not confirmed.
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} IRGC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Shahab-3
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Strait of Hormuz
|remarks = Part of Great Prophet III exercise, missile type not confirmed.
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} IRGC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 10 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|123|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} {{flagicon|GER}} ECOMA 2008-3
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Aeronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Terrier-Orion{{cite web|url=http://sched.wff.nasa.gov/wffsched/ViewItem.html?detail=0&integral=0&dropdown=1&show_stop=0&show_resources=0&style_sheet=style_wallops.css&dtwhen=2454657&cal_item_id=1664|title=SR-SubTec-II 41.075|publisher=NASA Wallops Flight Facility|access-date=8 July 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Wallops Island LP-1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SubTEC-II
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-27 Polaris (STARS
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kodiak Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Radar targeting test only, missile not intercepted
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} FTX-03
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|d-date = 18 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 August{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-29
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ryazan, Barents Sea{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|d-date = 1 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 August |time = 08:30{{cite web |url=http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/topics/topics/2008/0802.shtml |title=S-520-24号機打上げ成功！ |publisher=JAXA |language=ja |access-date=2 August 2008}}{{cite press release |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/08/20080802_s520_24_j.html |title=S-520-24号機 発表文 |publisher=JAXA |date=2 August 2008 |language=ja |access-date=2 August 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} S-520
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Uchinoura
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} JAXA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|293|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Microgravity
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 August |time = 08:01{{cite web|url = http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8832417&nav=menu612_2_7|title = Unarmed missile tested in launch from California base base| work=KMPH |date= 13 August 2008|access-date =13 August 2008}} {{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Travelled about {{convert|6790|km}} downrange.
{{cite news|url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-08-13-775846174_x.htm|title = Unarmed missile tested in launch from Calif. base|work=USA Today|date= 13 August 2008|access-date =18 March 2009}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GT-195GM
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 13 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} ALV
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} MARS LP-0B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Alliant Techsystems
|remarks = Only flight of ALV, veered off course to the South and destroyed by RSO{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/hybolt082508.xml&headline=HyBolt%20Launch%20Fails|first=Frank|last=Morring|title=HyBolt Launch Fails|date=25 August 2008|access-date=27 August 2008|publisher=Aviation Week|archive-date=21 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521143733/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/hybolt082508.xml&headline=HyBolt%20Launch%20Fails|url-status=dead}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} SOAREX-VI
|user = NASA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-span = 2 |o-span = 2
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Hy-BoLT
|user = NASA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Aerodynamics
|d-span = inherit |o-span = inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Louisiana|SSBN-743|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}USS Louisiana, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RT-2PM Topol (RS-12M)
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN RF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 28 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket =
|flight = FTT-10
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kauai
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} MDA
|remarks = Two THAAD intercept launches cancelled.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|d-date = 18 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RSM-56 Bulava (R-30)
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/russia+test+fires+new+missile/2460857 |title=Russia test fires new missile |publisher=Channel 4 News |date=18 September 2008 |access-date=18 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921104444/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/russia%2Btest%2Bfires%2Bnew%2Bmissile/2460857 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LF-06
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} Orbital Sciences
|remarks = Tracked by NFIRE satellite
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} NFIRE 2b
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 24 September
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=October-December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-29RMU Sineva
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Tula, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|remarks = Long-range test{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 October |time = 07:24{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RT-2PM Topol (RS-12M)
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN RF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-time = 07:50{{cn|date=March 2023}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-29R Vysota
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Zelenograd, Sea of Okhotsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} R-29RM Shtil
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yekaterinburg, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} White Sands LC-36
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = NRL
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = UV Astronomy{{cite web|url=http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story85.html|title=36.207 DG Kowalski/Naval Research Laboratory|last=Eberspeaker|first=Phil|author2=Bland, Berit|date=22 October 2008|work=Sounding Rockets Program Office|publisher=NASA Wallops Flight Facility|access-date=23 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320162034/http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story85.html|archive-date=20 March 2009}}
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RS-18 UR-100N
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN RF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Nike-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|SWE}} Esrange
|LSP = {{flagicon|SWE}} {{flagicon|GER}} EuroLaunch
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|175|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|SWE}} {{flagicon|GER}} REXUS-4
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Student research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket =
|flight = Pacific Blitz
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Intercepted by SM-3 missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} RIM-161 SM-3
|flight = Pacific Blitz
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Paul Hamilton|DDG-60|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Intercepted target missile, part of Pacific Blitz exercise
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Intercept test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket =
|flight = Pacific Blitz
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Intercept by SM-3 missile failed. Part of Pacific Blitz exercise
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} RIM-161 SM-3
|flight = Pacific Blitz
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} {{USS|Hopper|DDG-70|6}}, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Sensor fault resulted in failure to intercept target missile. Part of Pacific Blitz exercise
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Intercept test
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
|d-date = 1 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 November |time = 09:00{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/05/america/NA-US-Missile-Test.php|title=Unarmed missile tested in launch from US base|agency=Associated Press|date=5 November 2008
|work=International Herald Tribune|access-date=5 November 2008}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Travelled {{convert|6740|km}} downrange
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GT-198GM
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}} Shaurya{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/India-successfully-test-fires---Shaurya---missile/384746/|title=India successfully test fires 'Shaurya' missile|date=12 November 2008|publisher=Express India|access-date=13 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215183536/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/India-successfully-test-fires---Shaurya---missile/384746/|archive-date=15 December 2008|url-status=dead}}
|site = {{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range LC-3{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article2620.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131030300/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article2620.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2016|title=Missile testing: Residents to be evacuated|date=9 November 2008|publisher=Express News Service|access-date=9 November 2008}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}}DRDO
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Indian Army
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Sejjil
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Iran
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} IRGC AF
|remarks = Maiden flight of Sejjil missile
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = IRGC AF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 November |time = 09:06{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3819367&c=EUR&s=AIR|title=French Test-launch M51 Missile Underwater|last=Tran|first=Pierre|date=14 November 2008|publisher=DefenseNews|access-date=16 November 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} M51
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} CEL
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} FOST
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = FOST
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 November
|rocket = {{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} White Sands LC-36
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|orbit = Suborbital
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 November |time = 02:18{{cite web|url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-lead-missile-test-japans-maritime-self-defense-force-/2008/11/19/3801707.htm|title=Missile test by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fails|date=20 November 2008|publisher=TMCnet|access-date=20 November 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHrP8RITLNsb4YHaf36kDfqxF8EAD94IG3I80|title=Japan fails to intercept missile in Hawaii test|date=20 November 2008|agency=Associated Press|access-date=20 November 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket =
|flight = JFTM-2
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Barking Sands
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Intercept by SM-3 missile failed
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 19 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 November |time = 02:21
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} RIM-161 SM-3
|flight = JFTM-2
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} JDS Chōkai, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} JMSDF
|remarks = Infrared sensor fault, failed to intercept target{{cite news|url=http://islandbreath.org/2008Year/17-peace_war/0817-32JapanesePMRFtest.html|title=Japanese-PMRF missile test fails|last=Pascatore|first=Linda |date=20 November 2008|access-date=29 November 2015 |publisher=IslandBreath.com}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = JMSDF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Interceptor
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
|d-date = 19 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 November |time = 13:24{{cn|date=March 2023}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RS-24 Yars
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN RF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 November{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-rocket/iran-reports-rocket-launch-amid-nuclear-tension-idUSTRE4AP2KP20081126 |title=Iran reports rocket launch amid nuclear tension |work=Reuters|date=26 November 2008 |access-date=22 January 2020}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar-2
|site = {{flagicon|IRN}} Semnan
|LSP = {{flagicon|IRN}} ISA
|remarks = Payload recovered by parachute
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|IRN}} Kavoshgar-2
|user = ISA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava (R-30)
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Donskoi, White Sea{{cite web|url=http://www.barentsobserver.com/ballistic-missile-test-from-the-white-sea.4529287-16149.html|title=Ballistic missile test from the White Sea|date=25 November 2008|publisher=Barents Observer|access-date=26 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105235308/http://www.barentsobserver.com/ballistic-missile-test-from-the-white-sea.4529287-16149.html|archive-date=5 January 2009|url-status=dead}}
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 28 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 December |time = 10:35:10{{cite web|url=http://www.rocketrange.no/news/ici-2-successful|title=ICI-2 Successful|date=5 December 2008|publisher=Andøya Rocket Range|access-date=5 December 2008}} {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|BRA}} {{flagicon|USA}}VS-30-Orion
|site = {{flagicon|NOR}} SvalRak
|LSP = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|330|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|NOR}} ICI-2{{cite web|url=http://www.rocketrange.no/campaigns/ici-2/|title=ICI-2 Sounding Rocket Campaign|date=5 December 2008|publisher=Andøya Rocket Range|access-date=5 December 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090804125440/http://www.rocketrange.no/campaigns/ici-2/ |archive-date=4 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}
|user = Oslo
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Auroral
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)
|flight = FTG-05
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Kodiak Island
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Decoy target failed to deploy,{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/12/05/us.missile.test/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail|title=Decoy fails to deploy, but missile test called 'success'|last=McIntyre|first=Jamie|author2=Levine, Adam|date=5 December 2008|publisher=CNN|access-date=15 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081209050941/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/12/05/us.missile.test/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail| archive-date= 9 December 2008 | url-status=live}} intercepted by GBI
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 December |time = 20:21
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Ground Based Interceptor
|flight = FTG-05
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Air Force
|remarks = Intercepted Polaris
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|remarks = Self-destruct system activated after missile went off course.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 23 December
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2008}}
Deep Space Rendezvous
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" | |||
| Date (GMT)
!Spacecraft !Event !Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January | Cassini | 40th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1010|km}} |
| 14 January | MESSENGER | 1st flyby of Mercury | Closest approach: {{convert|200|km}} at 19:04 GMT{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=24071|title= NASA Selects 23 Participating Scientists for MESSENGER Mission to Mercury|access-date= 2008-03-17|date= 2007-11-20|publisher= Mercury Today}} |
| 22 February | Cassini | 41st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1000|km}} |
| 12 March | Cassini | 3rd flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: {{convert|52|km}} |
| 25 March | Cassini | 42nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1000|km}} |
| 12 May | Cassini | 43rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1000|km}} |
| 25 May | Phoenix | Landing on Mars | Region D, Arctic area - Green Valley, near the Heimdal crater: {{coord|68.2188|N| 125.7492|W|globe:Mars}}. Touchdown at 23:38 GMT. Successful{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/05/nasas-phoenix-lands-successfully-on-mars/|title=NASA's Phoenix lands successfully on Mars|date=2008-05-25|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=2008-05-26}} |
| 28 May | Cassini | 44th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1400|km}} |
| 31 July | Cassini | 45th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1613|km}} |
| 11 August | Cassini | 4th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: {{convert|54|km}} |
| 5 September | Rosetta | Flyby of 2867 Šteins | Closest approach: {{convert|800|km}} |
| 6 October | MESSENGER | 2nd flyby of Mercury | |
| 9 October | Cassini | 5th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: {{convert|25|km|mi}} |
| 31 October | Cassini | 6th flyby of Enceladus | Closest approach: {{convert|200|km|mi}} |
| 3 November | Cassini | 46th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1100|km|mi}} |
| 8 November | Chandrayaan-1 | Injection into Selenocentric orbit | Periselene: {{convert|504|km}}, Aposelene: {{convert|7502|km}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Nov08_2008.htm|title=Chandrayaan-1 Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit|date=2008-11-08|publisher=ISRO|access-date=2008-11-08|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081118044517/http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Nov08_2008.htm |archive-date=18 November 2008 |url-status=dead}} |
| 14 November | MIP | Landing on the Moon | Lunar Impactor |
| 19 November | Cassini | 47th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1023|km}} |
| 5 December | Cassini | 48th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|960|km}} |
| 21 December | Cassini | 49th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|970|km}} |
:Distant, non-targeted flybys of Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys and Titan by Cassini occurred throughout the year.
EVAs
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.
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{"value":240, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 24 (34.78%)"},
{"value":150, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 15 (21.74%)"},
{"value":110, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 11 (15.94%)"},
{"value":80, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 8 (11.59%)"},
{"value":60, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 6 (8.70%)"},
{"value":30, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 3 (4.35%)"},
{"value":10, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 1 (1.45%)"},
{"value":10, "color":"#239f40", "label": "Iran: 1 (1.45%)"},
]
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| colspan=2 | Country
! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}
| 11 || 11 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}
| 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#239f40;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IRN}} | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}
| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}}
| 24 || 23 || 0 || 1 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffd700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{UKR}}
| 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}
| 15 || 14 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| class="sortbottom"
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=By rocket=
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==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}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta | align=left| {{USA}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Falcon | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-II | align=left| {{JPN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March | align=left| {{CHN}} | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Pegasus | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-7 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-14 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-36 | align=left| {{UKR}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Safir | align=left| {{IRN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Universal Rocket | align=left| {{RUS}} | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| align=left|Zenit | align=left| {{UKR}} | 6 | 6 | 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dnepr | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| R-36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Falcon 1 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kosmos | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-12/R-14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Molniya | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Pegasus | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Pegasus | 2 | 2 | 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 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| align=left|Safir | align=left| {{IRN}} | align=left| Safir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Soyuz | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Space Shuttle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|UR-100 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Universal Rocket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 6 | 6 | 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 ES | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Ariane 5 ECA | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 411 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 421 | 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 7420 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7920H | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7925 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dnepr | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Dnepr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA 2024 | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Falcon 1 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | align=left| First successful launch{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/09/live-space-xs-falcon-i-to-make-fourth-attempt-for-success/|title=LIVE: Space X's Falcon I launch success|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=2008-09-28|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|access-date=2008-09-29| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930075127/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/09/live-space-xs-falcon-i-to-make-fourth-attempt-for-success/| archive-date= 30 September 2008 | url-status=live}} |
| align=left|Kosmos-3M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Kosmos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2D | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2F | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3A | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3B/E | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Long March 4B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Molniya-M / 2BL | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Molniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Pegasus-XL | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Pegasus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-K / DM-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-M / DM-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-M / Briz-M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| align=left|PSLV-CA | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|PSLV-XL | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Rokot / Briz-KM | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| UR-100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Safir | align=left| {{IRN}} | align=left| Safir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Soyuz-2.1b | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-FG | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-FG / Fregat | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-U | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Space Shuttle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit-3SL | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit-3SLB | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
=By launch site=
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 850
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group 1 = 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 2 = 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 3 = 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 4 = 0: 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 5 = 0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 6 = 0:0:0: 5:0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 7 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0
| group 8 = 0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0
| group 9 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:19:0:0:0
| group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0
| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0
| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0
| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6:0
| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3
| group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 4
| group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 4
| colors = FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : ForestGreen : MediumPurple : LightSeaGreen : Indigo : DarkGreen : LightSteelBlue : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : SkyBlue
| group names = Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Xichang : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Ocean Odyssey : Semnan : Tanegashima : Baikonour : Kwajalein : Dombarovsky : Kapustin Yar : Plesetsk : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : Vandenberg
| x legends = China : France : India : International waters : Iran : Japan : Kazakhstan : Marshall Islands : 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}} | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |
| align=left|Cape Canaveral | align=left| {{USA}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dombarovsky | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Jiuquan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kapustin Yar | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kennedy | align=left| {{USA}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kwajalein | align=left| {{MHL}} | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Two launches used Stargazer aircraft |
| align=left|Kourou | align=left| {{FRA}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Ocean Odyssey | align=left| {{flagicon|UN}} International | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Plesetsk | align=left| {{RUS}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Satish Dhawan | align=left| {{IND}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Semnan | align=left| {{IRN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| First orbital launch attempt |
| align=left|Taiyuan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Tanegashima | align=left| {{JPN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Vandenberg | align=left| {{USA}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Xichang | align=left| {{CHN}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2|Total !! 69 !! 66 !! 2 !! 1 !! |
=By orbit=
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 800
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group 1 = 0:0:0:0:0:0
| group 2 = 0:15:0:0:0:0
| group 3 = 0:11:0:0:0:0
| group 4 = 0: 8:0:0:0:0
| group 5 = 0: 0:0:0:0:0
| group 6 = 0:0: 6:0:0:0
| group 7 = 0:0:0:25:0:0
| group 8 = 0:0:0: 0:0:0
| group 9 = 0:0:0:0: 2:0
| group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0: 0
| 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 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | align=left|11 to ISS |
| align=left| Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left| Geosynchronous / GTO | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left| Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| class="sortbottom"
!Total !! 69 !! 67 !! 2 !! 0 !! |
Notes
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See also
References
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=Footnotes=
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