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Next Launches (Detailed)
July-August 2008:
July 16: Echostar
11
launcher: Zenit
3SL
launch site: Sea Launch's
Odyssey platform in the Pacific Ocean
mission: commercial
communications satellite
status: launch
successful
July 22: SAR-Lupe
5
launcher:
Kosmos-3M
launch site: Plesetsk
Cosmodrome, Russia
mission: German military
SAR radar imaging satellite
July 24: Theos
launcher:
Dniepr-1
launch site: Dombarovsky
Cosmodrome, Russia
mission: earth observation
satellite
July 29: Celestis 05,
D-Sat, NanoSail-D, ORS (Operationally Responsive Space) Jumpstart,
Trailblazer
launcher: Falcon
1
launch site: Reagan Test
Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
mission:
delayed: GPS 2R-20
(M7)
launcher: Delta
2
launch site: Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Florida, USA
mission: navigation
satellite
July: Canopus 1
launcher: Strela
mission:
July: Condor E
launcher: Strela
July: Meteor M-N1, Sterkh 2
(Cospas 12), Tatyana 2
launcher: Soyuz FG /
Fregat
launch site:
mission:
July: RapidEye1, RapidEye2,
RapidEye3, RapidEye4, RapidEye5
launcher:
Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission: five optical
imaging satellites
August 12: AMC-12,
Superbird 7
launcher: Ariane
5
launch site: CSG Kourou,
French Guiana
mission: commercial
communications satellites
August 13: Inmarsat-4
F3
launcher: Proton M / Briz
M
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission: commercial
communications satellite
August 21: Measat 3A
(Measat 1R)
launcher: Zenit
3SLB
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission: TV broadcast
satellite
August 22: GeoEye
1
launcher: Delta
2
launch site: Vandenberg Air
Force Base, California, USA
mission: commercial optical
imaging satellite
August: Bluesat
launcher:
Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
August: Express AM-44,
Express MD-1
launcher: Proton M / Briz
M
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
August: GPS 2F-1
launcher: Delta
4-Medium
launch site: Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Florida, USA
mission: US navigation
satellite
August: Hausat 2
launcher:
Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
August: Lapansat
2
launcher:
Dniepr-1
launch site: Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
mission:
August: Mars Gravity
Biosatellite
launcher: Falcon
1
launch site: Reagan Test
Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
mission: interplanetary
probe to Mars
August: Ocean Vector Winds
(EOS FO-4)
launcher: Small
launch site:
mission:
August: Unamsat
3
launcher: Dneipr
1
launch site:
mission:
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