Launch Schedule – United States 2012

Here is the current calendar for 2012 for United States satellites and rocket launch vehicles as listed on the Forum at NASASpaceFlight on 7 February 2012:

2012

• Complete
• 20 January, 00:38 – WGS-4 – Delta IV-M+(5,4) – Canaveral SLC-37B
• Upcoming
• February 22 (NET) – MUOS-1 – Atlas V 551 – Canaveral SLC-41 – 22:26-23:10
• March 21 (NET) – NuSTAR – Pegasus-XL – Kwajalein –
• March 29 – NRO L-25 – Delta IV-M+(5,2) – Vandenberg SLC-6
• April (TBD) – Dragon COTS 2&3 – Falcon 9 – Canaveral SLC-40
• April – Risk reduction test flight – Antares – MARS
• April 27 – AEHF-2 – Atlas V 531 – Canaveral SLC-41
• June 20 – NRO L-38 – Atlas V 401 – Canaveral SLC-41
• June 28 – NRO L-15 – Delta IV-H – Canaveral SLC-37B
• NET August 1 – NRO L-36 – Atlas V 411 – Vandenberg SLC-3E
• August 9 – Dragon CRS1/Orbcomm 2G – Falcon 9 – Canaveral SLC-40
• NET August 20 – Cygnus COTS Demo- Antares – MARS LP-0A
• August 30 – RBSP (x2) – Atlas V 401 – Canaveral SLC-41
• September – GPS IIF-3 – Delta-IV-M+(4,2) – Canaveral SLC-37B
• October 2 – Cygnus CRS1 – Antares – MARS LP-0A
• October – DMSP-5D3 F19/DSX – Atlas V 401 – Vandenberg SLC-3E
• December 1 – IRIS – Pegasus XL – Vandenberg
• December 8 – Dragon CRS2/CUSat 1&2/Lunar Orbiter&Lander CubeSat/SwampSat/Black Night 1/IPEX/SPA-1 Trailblazer/TetherSat/TJSat
• /DragonSat 1/Copper-Cube – Falcon 9 – Canaveral SLC-40
• December 15 – TDRS-K – Atlas V 401 – Canaveral SLC-41
• Late – Cassiope/Orbcomm 2G (x2) – Falcon 9 – Vandenberg SLC-4E
• TBD – NRO L-45 – Atlas V 501 – Vandenberg SLC-3E

For details on some of the NASA launches, see the NASA Launch Schedule or here. Additional launch schedules can be seen at Space.com.

Updated 19 February 2012

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Launch Schedule – European Space Agency 2012

Here is the current calendar for 2012 for the European Space Agency (ESA) satellites and rocket launch vehicles as listed on the Forum at NASASpaceFlight from 7 February 2012:

2012

• Complete
• February 13 – LARES & ALMASat 1 & E-ST@R & Goliat & MaSat-1 & PW Sat 1 & Robusta & XaTcobeo & UniCubeSat GG – Vega (qualification flight)(VV01) – 10:00-12:00
• Upcoming
• March 9 – ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi – Ariane 5 ES (VA205) – 09:41
• April 16-22 – JCSAT 13 & Vinasat-2 – Ariane 5 ECA (VA206)
• May-June – GSAT-10 – Ariane 5
• second quarter – Intelsat 20 – Ariane 5 ECA
• June 15 – July 15 – MSG-3 – Ariane 5 ECA (or June – August)
• June 30 – July 30 – HYLAS 2 – Ariane 5 ECA
• midyear – Proba-V – Soyuz
• midyear – Jupiter – Ariane 5 ECA
• midyear – Arsat 1 – Ariane 5 / Soyuz
• midyear – OHO-1 – Ariane 5 / Soyuz
• August-September – Galileo-IOV (2 sats) – Soyuz-STB/Fregat
• second half – Badr 7 – Ariane 5 ECA
• fourth quarter – Eutelsat W6A – Ariane 5
• December – INSAT 3D – Ariane 5 ECA
• end of year – GSAT 7 – Ariane 5 / Soyuz
• end of year – Amazonas 3 – Ariane 5 ECA
• end of year – Azerspace/Africasat-1a – Ariane 5 ECA
• end of year – Mexsat-3 – Ariane 5 / Soyuz
• TBD – Star One C3 – Ariane 5 ECA

Updated 14 February 2012

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Launch Schedule – Russia 2012

Here is the current calendar for 2012 for Russian satellites and rocket launch vehicles as listed on the Forum at NASASpaceFlight on 9 February 2012:

2012

• Complete
• January 25 – Progress M-14M (No. 414) – Soyuz-U – Baikonur 1/5 – 23:06:40 UTC
• February 14 – SES-4 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur 200/39 – 19:36:37 UTC
• Upcoming
• March 5 – Sirius FM-6 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur 200/39
• March – Kondor-E – Strela – Baikonur 175/59
• March (TBD) – Intelsat 22 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur 200/39
• April 20 – Progress M-15M (No. 415) – Soyuz-U – Baikonur 1/5 (or 31/6) – 12:50 UTC
• April (TBD) – YahSat 1B – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur 200/39
• April (TBD) – Kosmos (Oko) – Proton-K/DM-2 – Baikonur 81/24
• May 15 – Soyuz TMA-04M (No. 705) – Soyuz-FG – Baikonur 1/5 – 02:58 UTC
• May 23 – MetOp-B – Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat – Baikonur 31/6
• May 31 (TBD) – Telkom-3, Ekspress-MD2 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur 81/24
• May – KOMPSat-5 – Dnepr – Dombarovskiy 13
• May (TBD) – Kanopus-V No. 1, BKA, MKA-FKI No. 1 (Zond-PP), ADS-1B, TET-1 – Soyuz-FG/Fregat – Baikonur 31/6
• May (TBD) – two Gonets-M satellites, Kosmos, MiR – Rokot/Briz-KM – Plesetsk 133/3
• second quarter – Intelsat 23 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur
• second quarter (TBD) – three Kosmos (Glonass-M) satellites – Proton-M/DM-03 – Baikonur (or fourth quarter)
• middle of year (TBD) – Kosmos (Glonass-K1) – Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat – Plesetsk 43/4
• July 15 – Soyuz TMA-05M (No. 706) – Soyuz-FG – Baikonur – 02:37 UTC
• July 16 – three Swarm satellites – Rokot/Briz-KM – Plesetsk
• July 31 – Progress M-16M (No. 416) – Soyuz-U – Baikonur – 19:57 UTC
• July – Luch-5B, Yamal-300K – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur
• August/September – Bion-M No. 1 – Soyuz-2-1B – Baikonur
• September – Meteor-M No. 2, Baumanets-2, MKA-FKI No, 2 (Monika, Relek) – Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat – Baikonur 31/6 (or 2013)
• third quarter – Nimiq 6 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur
• third quarter – SES-5 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur
• third quarter – Resurs-P No. 1 – Soyuz-2-1B – Baikonur 31/6
• third quarter – six Globalstar-2 – Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat – Baikonur 31/6
• third quarter – three Gonets-M satellites – Rokot/Briz-KM – Plesetsk 133/3
• October 15 – Soyuz TMA-06M (No. 707) – Soyuz-FG – Baikonur
• end of October – Yamal-402 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur
• October/November – DubaiSat-2, STSat-3, WNISAT-1, Lem, UWE-3, Ukube-1, NEE-01 Pegaso, BPA-3, TBD – Dnepr – Dombarovskiy 13
• November 1 – Progress M-17M (No. 417) – Soyuz-U – Baikonur
• November (TBD) – Mikhailo Lomonosov, AIST – Soyuz-2-1V – Plesetsk 43/4
• December 5 – Soyuz TMA-07M (No. 708) – Soyuz-FG – Baikonur
• December 26 – Progress M-18M (No. 418) – Soyuz-U – Baikonur
• December – Ekspress-AM5 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur

Updated 18 February 2012

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Launch Schedule – China 2012

Here is the current calendar for 2012 for Chinese satellites and rocket launch vehicles as listed on the Forum at NASASpaceFlight on 29 December 2011:

2012

• Complete
• January 9 – CZ-4B (Y26) – TSLC, LC9 – ZY-3 Zi Yuan-3; Vesselsat-2 – 0317 UTC
• January 13 – CZ-3A (Y22) – XSLC, LC3 – FY-2F Feng Yun-2F – 0056 UTC
• Upcoming
• January 22 to 31 – CZ-3C – XSLC, LC2 – Compass-G5
• March – CZ-3B/E – XSLC, LC2 – Apstar-7
• March / April – CZ-2F/G – JSLC, 921 – SZ-9 ShenZhou-9
• NET April – CZ-2D – JSLC, 603 – Gokturk-2
• October – CZ-2D – JSLC, 603 – VRSS-1 (Venezuela Remote Sensing Satellite-1)
• November / December – CZ-4B – TSLC, LC9 – CBERS-3
• December – CZ-4B – TSLC, LC9 – FY-3C Feng Yun-3C (Batch 2)
• December – CZ-2C – TSLC, LC9 – HJ-1C Huan Jing-1C
• Middle – CZ-4C (Y9) – JSLC, 603 – YG-14 Yaogan Weixing-14
• Late – CZ-3B/E – XSLC, LC2 – Apstar-7B
• Late – CZ-2F/G – JSLC, 921 – SZ-10 ShenZhou-10

Updated 13 January 2012

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Launch Schedule – Japan 2012

Here is the current calendar for 2012 for Japan’s satellites and rocket launch vehicles as listed on the Forum at NASASpaceFlight on 12 December 2011:

2012

• Complete
• Upcoming
• May – H-2A – (F-21: 202 config. with 4/4D-LC faring) GCOM-W1″SHIZUKU”; Kompsat-3 (Arirang-3); SDS-4; Houryuu-2
• Jun 26 – H-2B (F-3) – HTV3
• ?? – H-2A – IGS radar-4; IGS Optical-5 demo (Test version)
• December ? – (Dnepr) – ASNARO (Advanced Satellite with New system Architecture for Observation)

Last updated 9 February 2012

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Launch Schedule – India 2012

Here is the current calendar for 2012 for Indian satellites and rocket launch vehicles as listed on the Forum at NASASpaceFlight on 29 December 2011:

2012

• Complete
• Upcoming
• March – PSLV C19 (XL) SLP – RISAT-1 + Venta-1
• April – Ariane-5 – GSAT-10 (includes Gagan)
• May – PSLV C20 – SARAL + SAPPHIRE + NEOSSat + CanX-3b + CanX-3a + Max Valier + AAUSat3
• June – GSLV-D5 (Mk II return to flight) SLP – GSAT-14
• September- PSLV (XL) SLP- AstroSat-1 + LAPAN-A2 + LAPAN-ORARI
• end – foreign launcher – GSAT-7 (Navy Communications Satellite)
• September – foreign launcher – Insat-3D

Last Updated 1 January 2012

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