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2007 in spaceflight

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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched, or scheduled to be launched in 2007, including the next scheduled launch.


Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
10 January, 03:53 GMT PSLV Satish Dhawan Indian Space Research Organisation Cartosat 2 ISRO LEO (Sun synchronous polar orbit) Earth observation Still in orbit Successful so far
SRE-1 ISRO LEO (Polar) Technology development January 22 2007
04:16 GMT		 Successful First Indian spacecraft recovery
LAPAN-TUBSAT LAPAN/TU Berlin LEO (Polar) Earth imaging Still in orbit Successful so far
Pehuensat 1 Asociación Argentina de Tecnología Espacial LEO (Polar) Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
11 January, 22:28 GMT DF-21 Xichang Chinese military ASAT Chinese military Sub-orbital Intercept satellite N/A Successful Destroyed Feng Yun 1C satellite
16 January, 02:20 GMT S-310 Uchinoura JAXA JAXA Sub-orbital Ionosphere research 16 January 2007 Successful
18 January, 02:12 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur Russian Federal Space Agency Progress 24P (M-59) Russian Federal Space Agency LEO, docked to ISS Resupply ISS 1 August 2007, 19:26 GMT Successful
19 January, 12:29 GMT Black Brant VB Poker Flat NASA JOULE II Clemson University/Geospace Sub-orbital Auroral research 19 January 2007 Successful
19 January, 12:30 GMT Terrier-Black Brant IX Poker Flat NASASat JOULE II Clemson University/Geospace Sub-orbital Auroral research 19 January 2007 Successful
19 January, 12:44 GMT Terrier-Orion Poker Flat NASA JOULE II Clemson University/Geospace Sub-orbital Auroral research 19 January 2007 Successful
19 January, 12:45 GMT Terrier-Orion Poker Flat NASA JOULE II Clemson University/Geospace Sub-orbital Auroral research 19 January 2007 Successful
27 January, 05:20 GMT Scud Kauai US Army THAAD Target MDA Sub-orbital ABM test 27 January, 2007 Successful
27 January THAAD Kauai US Army THAAD
30 January Scud Syria Syrian military Re-entry vehicle Syrian military Sub-orbital Missile test 30 January Successful
30 January, 23:22 GMT Yuzhnoye Zenit 3SL Ocean Odyssey
Pacific Ocean		 Sea Launch NSS-8 SES New Skies Intended: Geosynchronous Comsat Never left ground Failure Rocket exploded on pad
2 February, 16:28 GMT Long March 3A LC-2, Xichang CNSA Beidou-1D Chinese government GSO Navigation Still in orbit Partial failure Problems deploying solar panels
Corrected from ground
7 February, 08:15 GMT Minuteman III LF-10, Vandenberg AFB USAF Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle USAF Sub-orbital ICBM test launch 7 February 2007 Successful Impacted Reagan Test Site
12 February, 12:45 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA ROPA[1] University of Dartmouth Sub-orbital Auroral research 12 February 2007 Successful
14 February, 09:22 GMT Terrier-Orion Poker Flat NASA HEX 2 University of Alaska/Geospace Sub-orbital Thermospheric research 14 February 2007 Successful
14 February, 09:27 GMT Black Brant X Poker Flat NASA HEX 2 University of Alaska/Geospace Sub-orbital Thermospheric research 14 February 2007 Successful
14 February, 09:36 GMT Terrier-Orion Poker Flat NASA HEX 2 University of Alaska/Geospace Sub-orbital Thermospheric research 14 February 2007 Successful
14 February, 09:38 GMT Terrier-Orion Poker Flat NASA HEX 2 University of Alaska/Geospace Sub-orbital Thermospheric research 14 February 2007 Successful
17 February
23:01 GMT		 Boeing Delta II (7925-10C) LC-17B, Cape Canaveral United Launch Alliance THEMIS-A NASA HEO Auroral research Still in orbit Successful so far
THEMIS-B NASA HEO Auroral research Still in orbit Successful so far
THEMIS-C NASA HEO Auroral research Still in orbit Successful so far
THEMIS-D NASA HEO Auroral research Still in orbit Successful so far
THEMIS-E NASA HEO Auroral research Still in orbit Successful so far
24 February 04:41 GMT H-IIA 2024 Pad Y, Tanegashima JAXA IGS-Radar 3 Japanese government LEO (Sun-Synchronous) Reconnaissance satellite Still in orbit Successful so far
IGS-Optical 3 Verification Japanese government LEO (Sun-Synchronous) Demonstration reconnaissance satellite Still in orbit Successful so far
25 February Shahab-3 (TBC) IARI Kavesh INSA Sub-orbital Scientific research 25 February 2007 Successful First successful Iranian scientific launch
28 February, 08:39 GMT Black Brant XII Poker Flat NASA CHARM LaBelle/University of Dartmouth Sub-orbital Auroral research 28 February 2007 Successful
1 March RH-200SV Andøya AAR Mini-DUSTY 13 AAR Sub-orbital Technology demonstration 1 March 2007 Failure Rocket underperformed and failed to reach correct apogee
6 March, 00:30 GMT SR-19 C-17, Kauai US Army SRALT MDA Sub-orbital Target demonstration 6 March 2007 Successful
9 March 03:10 GMT Lockheed Martin Atlas V (401) LC-41, Cape Canaveral United Launch Alliance ASTRO DARPA LEO Refuelling & Servicing experiment (tanker/servicer) Still in orbit Successful
NEXTSat DARPA LEO Refuelling & Servicing experiment (servicable satellite receiver) Successful
MidSTAR I US Naval Academy LEO Radiation and communication research Still in orbit Successful so far
FalconSat3 United States Air Force Academy LEO Plasma/Ionospheric research Still in orbit Successful so far
STPSat 1 USAF's Space Test Program LEO Atmospheric research and technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful so far
CFESat Los Alamos National Laboratory LEO Ionospheric research Still in orbit Successful so far
11 March, 22:03 GMT Ariane 5 ECA ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) Arianespace Skynet 5A Ministry of Defence GSO Military comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
INSAT 4B ISRO GSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
21 March, 01:10 GMT SpaceX Falcon 1 Omelek SpaceX DemoSat(LCT2/AFSS) DARPA/NASA Intended: LEO Gather flight data & demonstrate fast launch of LV (with a Boilerplate spacecraft)
GPS and communication experiments		 T+5 minutes, 5 seconds Failure Loss of signal after control problems
Failed to reach orbit
Some test objectives achieved.
21 March, 04:27 GMT Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II) LF-06, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences US Air Force Sub-orbital Tracking demonstration 21 March 2007 Successful
6 April, 06:42 GMT Scud Kauai US Army MDA Sub-orbital Target demonstration 6 April 2007 Successful
7 April, 17:31 GMT Soyuz-FG LC-1, Baikonur Russian Federal Space Agency Soyuz TMA-10
3 Cosmonauts		 Russian Federal Space Agency LEO,
docked to ISS		 Manned orbital flight Still in orbit Successful so far ISS Expedition 15, space tourist
9 April, 22:54 GMT Khrunichev Proton-M LC-200, Baikonur International Launch Services Anik F3 Telesat Canada Geosynchronous Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
11 April, 03:27 GMT Long March 2C-III Taiyuan CNSA Haiyang-1B CAST SSO Oceanographic monitoring Still in orbit Successful so far
12 April, 05:32 GMT Agni Chandipur IDRDL Re-entry vehicle IDRDL Sub-orbital Missile test 12 April [2007]] Successful
13 April, 20:11 GMT Long March 3A LC-2, Xichang CNSA Compass-M1 (Beidou-2A) CNSA MEO Navigation Still in orbit Successful so far
17 April, 06:46:34 GMT Dnepr LC-109, Baikonur ISC Kosmotras Egyptsat-1 NARS SSO Earth imaging Still in orbit Successful so far
Saudisat-3 RSRI SSO Scientific Research Still in orbit Successful so far
SaudiComsat-3 RSRI SSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
SaudiComsat-4 RSRI SSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
SaudiComsat-5 RSRI SSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
SaudiComsat-6 RSRI SSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
SaudiComsat-7 RSRI SSO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
PolySat-3 CalPoly SSO Technology development Still in orbit Successful so far In P-POD container
PolySat 4 CalPoly SSO Technology development Still in orbit Successful so far In P-POD container
CAPE-1 University of Louisiana at Lafayette SSO Technology development Still in orbit Partial failure, still in operation In P-POD container, Problems with power supply[2]
Libertad 1 Sergio Arboleda University SSO Technology development Still in orbit Successful First Colombian satellite; in P-POD container
Deactivated following completion of mission[2]
AeroCube 2 Aerospace Corporation SSO Technology development Still in orbit Failure In P-POD container. Solar panel/converter malfunction.[2]
CSTB-1 Boeing SSO Technology development Still in orbit Successful so far In P-POD container
MAST Tethers Unlimited SSO Technology development Still in orbit Successful so far In P-POD container
23 April, 10:00 GMT PSLV-CA Sriharikota ISRO AGILE ASI LEO Gamma ray observation Still in orbit Successful so far
AAM ISRO LEO Technology demonstration Still in orbit Successful so far
24 April, 06:48 GMT Minotaur I Pad 0B, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island) Orbital Sciences NFIRE Missile Defense Agency LEO Missile early warning system Still in orbit Successful so far
25 April, 20:26:00 GMT Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL L-1011, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences AIM (SMEX 9) NASA LEO Study clouds on the edge of space Still in orbit Successful so far
26 April, 21:31 GMT Terrier-Orion Kauai US Navy Target US Navy Sub-orbital ABM test 26 April 2007 Successful
26 April, 21:32 GMT SM-3 USS Lake Erie Kauai US Navy Inteceptor
28 April, 14:56 GMT SpaceLoft XL Spaceport America, Upham, New Mexico UP Aerospace Legacy Celestis Suborbital Space burial 28 April 2007 Successful Recoverable sounding launch
Included remains of Astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan
Reached an apogee of 117 kilometres
Bad weather delayed recovery
LaunchQuest CCAT/NALI Suborbital Student experiments
RocketSat NASA/University of Colorado Suborbital Technology demonstration
Seeds Epsori Space Systems Suborbital
Antimatter/Space2O MEI Suborbital Drink ingredients
Astrata, RocketFoto and Astrax Suborbital Personal/commemorative items
4 May, 22:29 GMT Ariane 5 ECA ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) Arianespace Astra 1L SES Astra GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Galaxy 17 Intelsat GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
12 May, 03:25:38 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur Russian Federal Space Agency Progress 25P (M-60) Russian Federal Space Agency LEO, docked to ISS Resupply ISS 25 September 2007, 19:48 GMT Successful
13 May, 16:01 GMT Long March 3B LC-2, Xichang CNSA NigComSat-1 NASRDA GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far First African geosynchronous communication satellite
15 May Trident D-5 USS Tennessee, Eastern Test Range US Navy FCET-37 US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 15 May 2007 Successful
15 May Trident D-5 USS Tennessee, Eastern Test Range US Navy FCET-37 US Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 15 May 2007 Successful
25 May, 07:12 GMT Long March 2D Jiuquan CNSA Yaogan-II CNSA SSO Earth imaging Still in orbit Successful so far 100th successful Chinese orbital launch[3]
Zheda PiXing-1 (MEMS-Pico) Zhejiang University SSO Microelectronic research Still in orbit Successful so far
25 May, 13:15 GMT Polaris/STARS Kodiak Island Sandia FTG-03 Target MDA Sub-orbital ABM Target 25 May 2007 Failure Did not reach correct altitude, GMD OBV interceptor not launched[4]
29 May, 10:20 GMT RS-24 Plesetsk RVSN RVSN Sub-orbital Test ICBM 29 May 2007 Successful Maiden flight of RS-24 missile
29 May, 20:31:30 GMT Soyuz-FG/Fregat LC-31, Baikonur Starsem Globalstar 65 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Globalstar 69 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Globalstar 71 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
Globalstar 72 Globalstar LEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
31 May, 16:08 GMT Long March 3A LC-2, Xichang CNSA Sinosat-3 Sino Satellite Communications Co GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far 100th flight of Long March carrier rocket
7 June, 18:00 GMT Soyuz-U Plesetsk Russian military Kosmos 2427 (Kobal't-M) VKS LEO Classified defence spacecraft 22 August, 21:00 GMT Successful
8 June, 02:34:01 GMT Boeing Delta II (7420-10) SLC-2W, Vandenberg AFB United Launch Alliance COSMO-1 Italian government, ASI, CONAE[5] SSO Earth imaging/reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful so far
8 June, 23:38:04 GMT Space Shuttle Atlantis LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center United Space Alliance STS-117, 7 Astronauts NASA LEO, docked to ISS Manned orbital flight 22 June 2007, 19:49:38 GMT Successful ISS assembly flight, crew rotation
ITS S3/4 Truss NASA LEO, attached to ISS ISS component Still in orbit Successful so far
10 June, 23:40 GMT Shavit-2 Palmachim IAI Ofeq-7 IAI/Israeli military LEO (retrograde) Reconnaissance satellite Still in orbit Successful so far[6] Maiden flight of Shavit-2
15 June, 02:14 GMT Dnepr LC-109, Baikonur ISC Kosmotras TerraSAR-X DLR LEO Radar/Remote Sensing Still in orbit Successful so far
15 June, 02:45 GMT Talos-Castor Woomera DSTO HyShot/HYCAUSE DSTO Sub-orbital Hypersonic research 15 June Successful so far
15 June, 15:04 GMT Lockheed Martin Atlas V (401) LC-41, Cape Canaveral United Launch Alliance NOSS 3-4A (NRO-L30R) NRO LEO Ocean surveillance Still in orbit Partial failure
Still in operation		 Placed in incorrect orbit due to premature cutoff of Centaur upper stage.[7]
Spacecraft corrected using their own thrusters, reducing lifespan
NOSS 3-4B (NRO-L30R) NRO LEO Ocean surveillance Still in orbit Partial failure
Still in operation
15 June Terrier-Orion Kauai US Navy ARAV US Navy Sub-orbital Target Demonstration 15 June 2007 Successful
15 June Terrier-Orion Kauai US Navy ARAV US Navy Sub-orbital Target Demonstration 15 June 2007 Successful
20 June? SpaceLoft XL? Las Cruces, New Mexico UP Aerospace?/MEI RocketSat III NASA/University of Colorado Suborbital Technology demonstration 20 June? 2007 Successful
Antimatter/Space2O MEI Suborbital Drink ingredients
21 June Terrier-Orion White Sands NASA ST-5000/CACS NASA/NSROC Sub-orbital Test sounding rocket 21 June 2007 Successful
21 June M51 Submarine, Biscarrosse French Navy French Navy Sub-orbital SLBM test 21 June 2007 Successful
23 June, 02:40 GMT Castor 4B Kauai US Navy Target US Navy Sub-orbital ABM test 23 June 2007 Successful
23 June, 02:44 GMT SM-3 Decatur Kauai US Navy Inteceptor
28 June Bulava Submarine, White Sea VMF VMF Sub-orbital SLBM test 28 June 2007 Successful
28 June, 15:02 GMT Dnepr Dombarovskiy ISC Kosmotras Genesis II Bigelow Aerospace LEO Experimental inflatable module Still in orbit Successful so far
29 June, 10:00 GMT Yuzhnoye Zenit-2M LC-45, Baikonur Russian military Kosmos 2428 (Tselina-2) VKS LEO Intelligence satellite Still in orbit Successful so far Maiden flight of Zenit-2M
2 July, 19:38 GMT Kosmos-3M LC-132/1, Plesetsk Russian military SAR-Lupe-2 Kommando Strategische Aufklärung, Bundeswehr Polar Orbit Radar reconnaissance Still in orbit Successful so far
5 July, 12:08 GMT Long March 3B Xichang CNSA Chinasat/Chinasat-6B ChinaSatcom GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
7 July, 01:16:00 GMT Khrunichev Proton-M Enhanced LC-200/39, Baikonur ILS DirecTV-10 DirecTV GEO Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far Maiden flight of Proton-M Enhanced[8]
19 July VSB-30 (306) Alcantara Brazilian Space Agency Cuma II INPE Sub-orbital Microgravity research 19 July Failure Recovery attempted, but all returned materials lost after GPS failure
2 August, 17:33:48 GMT Soyuz-U LC-1, Baikonur Russian Federal Space Agency Progress 26P (M-61) Russian Federal Space Agency LEO, docked to ISS Resupply ISS Still in orbit Successful so far
3 August, 22:51 GMT Terrier-Orion Andøya NASA MASS 1 NASA/University of Colorado Sub-orbital Atmospheric research 3 August 2007 Successful
3 August, 23:22 GMT Nike-Orion Andøya DLR? ECOMA 3 ARR/DLR/IAP Sub-orbital Atmospheric research 3 August 2007 Successful
4 August, 09:26:34 GMT Boeing Delta II (7925) LC-17A, Cape Canaveral ULA Phoenix NASA Heliocentric orbit Mars lander Still in Orbit Successful so far
6 August, 22:56 GMT Terrier-Orion Andøya NASA MASS 2 NASA/University of Colorado Sub-orbital Atmospheric research 6 August 2007 Successful
7 August SS-N-18 (R-29R/Volna) Delta III submarine, Pacific Ocean VMF VMF Sub-orbital SLBM test 7 August 2007 Successful
8 August, 22:36:42 GMT Space Shuttle Endeavour LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center United Space Alliance STS-118, 7 Astronauts NASA LEO, docked to ISS Manned orbital flight 21 August, 16:32 GMT Successful ISS assembly flight
SpaceHab LSM NASA/SpaceHab LEO, attached to Endeavour ISS logistics Successful Final flight of SpaceHab module
ISS S5 Truss NASA LEO, attached to ISS ISS component Still in orbit Successful so far
13 August, 05:45 GMT Black Brant IX LC-36, White Sands NASA JHU LIDOS 2 NASA/JHU Sub-orbital Ultraviolet astronomy 13 August 2007 Successful
14 August, 23:44 GMT Ariane 5 ECA ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) Arianespace Spaceway 3 Hughes Network Systems Geostationary Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
BSat 3a Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation Geostationary Comsat Still in orbit Successful so far
23 August, 08:31 GMT Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II) LF-06, Vandenberg AFB Orbital Sciences NFIRE 2a target MDA Sub-orbital NFIRE test 23 August 09:01 GMT Successful
2 September, 12:51 GMT GSLV SLP, Sriharikota ISRO INSAT-4CR ISRO GEO Comsat Still in orbit Partial failure, still in operation Apogee lower and inclination higher than expected, due to carrier rocket underperformance. [9]
5 September, 22:43 GMT