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2015 Space Launch Statistics

December 29, 2015January 3, 2019 Patrick Blau 20064 Views Statistics

The year 2015 saw a total of 87 known orbital launch attempts operated by seven nations from space ports in eight countries.

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Soyuz/Fregat provides on-target Orbital Insertion for 11th & 12th Galileo Satellites

December 17, 2015January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 2870 Views ELS, French Guiana, Galileo, Guiana Space Center

Galileo Satellites 11 & 12 received an on-target orbital injection on Thursday by their Soyuz / Fregat launch vehicle as seen in orbital data for the two latest additions to Europe’s navigation satellite fleet.

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Next Pair of Galileo Navigation Satellites enters Orbit after successful Soyuz Launch

December 17, 2015January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 3014 Views ELS, French Guiana, Galileo, Guiana Space Center

A Russian Soyuz 2-1B rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Thursday, lifting a pair of European Galileo Navigation Satellites into a Medium Earth Orbit 23,200 Kilometers high in a mission lasting close to four hours.

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Video: Soyuz blasts off with Galileo Satellite Duo

December 17, 2015 Patrick Blau 2801 Views ELS, French Guiana, Galileo, Guiana Space Center

A Russian Soyuz 2-1B rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center on December 17, 2015 on a mission to deliver the 11th and 12th Galileo Navigation Satellites to orbit as the year-closing mission from the tropical launch site.

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Soyuz Rocket blasts off from French Guiana with two Galileo Satellites, Initial Parking Orbit reached

December 17, 2015January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 2979 Views ELS, French Guiana, Galileo, Guiana Space Center

Russia’s Soyuz workhorse launch vehicle blasted off from its tropical launch site in French Guiana on Thursday at 11:51 UTC, embarking on a mission to deliver the 11th and 12th satellite in the Galileo satellite navigation system to orbit.

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Soyuz Rocket cleared for Liftoff on third Galileo Satellite Delivery of the Year

December 16, 2015January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 2629 Views ELS, French Guiana, Galileo, Guiana Space Center

A Soyuz rocket has been cleared to thunder off from its tropical launch site in South America on Thursday, carrying a pair of European Galileo Navigation Satellites into an orbit over 20,000 Kilometers in altitude.

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Russia’s 1st EKS Missile Warning Satellite enters surprising Orbit

November 18, 2015January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 8931 Views EKS, EKS-1, Molniya, Tundra

Russia’s first EKS Missile Early Warning satellite launched on Tuesday reached a surprising orbit, as evident in tracking data published in the overnight hours. Instead of entering the synonymous Tundra orbit, the Soyuz 2-1B/Fregat-M launch vehicle delivered the ‘Tundra’ spacecraft to a standard Molniya orbit.

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Russia’s Soyuz Rocket successfully launches Tundra Missile Warning Satellite

November 17, 2015January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 7954 Views EKS, Plesetsk, Tundra

A Russian Soyuz 2-1B rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 6:34 UTC on Tuesday, carrying into orbit the first Tundra EKS Missile Early Warning Satellite, marking the start of the closure of a critical gap in Russia’s early detection system for incoming ballistic missiles.

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Next Galileo Satellite Pair enters Orbit after successful Soyuz Launch

September 24, 2015January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 4448 Views

A Soyuz rocket thundered into the early morning skies over the Amazon on Friday, blasting off from the Guiana Space Center on a mission to deliver the next pair of Galileo navigation satellites into orbit in the continued deployment of Europe’s satellite navigation system.