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September 8 15:25Z
Atlas 2ASSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Atlas 2AS (AC-160)
International Launch ServicesDELAYED FROM JULY 31 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
USA-160 (MLV-10)
Military Ocean Surveillance?
National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.)
Lockheed Martin Astronautics?
n.a.
> 5,000 kg
September 14 23:35Z
Soyuz USite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz U (ISS-4R)
TsSKB-ProgressDELAYED FROM JUNE Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
Pirs (Stikovochniy Otsek 1)
ISS Module
Rosaviakosmos (Russia)
RKK Energiya
3,900 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Progress M-SO1
Propulsion Module
Rosaviakosmos (Russia)
RKK Energiya
GKM
3,000 kg
September 18 n.a.
ShtilSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Podolsk (Sea of Okhotsk, Russia)
RSM-54 Shtil?
GRTsKB MakeyevSUBORBITAL Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Test Flight
Russian Naval Strategic Nuclear Forces (Russia)
September 21 18:49Z
Taurus
WATCH THE LAUNCHSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Taurus 2110 (T011, a.k.a T6)
Orbital Sciences Corp.FAILURE
DELAYED FROM JUNE 27, JULY 18/22, AUG.12/21 AND SEP.1Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
OrbView 4
Remote Sensing
Orbimage (U.S.)
Orbital Sciences Corp.
PegaStar
368 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
QuikTOMS
Ozone Monitoring
NASA (U.S.)
Orbital Sciences Corp.
MicroStar
168 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
SBD (not to be separated)
Technology
Orbital Sciences Corp. (U.S.)
Orbital Sciences Corp.
73 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Launch mass:Celestis 04 (not to be separated)
"Space Burial"
Celestis (U.S.)
n.a.
September 25 23:21Z
Ariane 44P-3
WATCH THE LAUNCHSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kourou (French Guiana)
Ariane 44P-3 (V144)
ArianespacePayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Atlantic Bird 2
Communications
Eutelsat (Europe)
Alcatel Space
Spacebus 3000B2
3,149.6 kg
September 30 02:40Z
Athena 1Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Kodiak (U.S.)
Athena 1 "Kodiak Star"
Lockheed Martin AstronauticsPOSSIBLY LAST ATHENA FLIGHT
DELAYED FROM SEP.1, 18, 22, 23, 25, 28Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
PICOsat (P97-1)
Military Technology
U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
MB-70 UoSat
67 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
Starshine 3
Orbitography and Education
NASA Space Grant Consortium (U.S.)
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
40 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
PCSat
Amateur Radio
U.S. Naval Academy (U.S.)
U.S. Naval Academy
18.8 kg??Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
Sapphire (Squirt 1)
Technology
Stanford University (U.S.)
Stanford University
18.8 kg??
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