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Ariane 5 ECA | AMC-21 & Superbird 7

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 14, 2008, 8:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

AMC-21 is a communications satellite operated by SES operating at 125 degrees West. Superbird 7 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by JSAT, positioned at 144 degrees East.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon 1 | Flight 3

SpaceX | United States of America
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Aug. 3, 2008, 3:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Trailblazer, PRESat, NanoSail-D and a Celestis payload were part of the rideshare on the 3rd Falcon 1 launch.

Low Earth Orbit F1 B0003 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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Soyuz 2.1b | Persona 1

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 26, 2008, 6:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 2008, 2:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

German military radar reconnaissance spacecraft

Low Earth Orbit
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Zenit | Echostar XI

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
July 16, 2008, 5:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

American geostationary direct broadcasting satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Badr-6 & ProtoStar I

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 7, 2008, 9:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Badr-6 is a satellite as part of the fourth generation of Arab communication satellites. It is inteded to create an integration of social and cultaral activities among the Arab League countries. Protostar I is a satellite built by SSL and operated at 98.5 degrees East providing communications.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Proton | US-KMO 7

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 26, 2008, 11:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation early warning satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta II 7320 | Jason-2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 20, 2008, 7:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A joint mission between NASA and CNES. It's mission, to survey and monitor sea surface height.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Orbcomm FM 37 to 41 & CDS 3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 19, 2008, 6:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

LEO communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 5 ECA | Türksat 3A & Skynet 5C

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 12, 2008, 10:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Turksat 3A is a Turkish communications satellite operated by Turksat. Providing communication services to Turkey, Europe and the Middle East from geostationary orbit at 42 degrees East. Skynet 5C is a military commications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications. It is located at 17.8 degrees West.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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