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Last
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October 3 10:00Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Plesetsk (Russia)
Topol (No.60?)
RVSNSUBORBITAL Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Test Flight
RVSN (Russia)
October 5 21:21Z
Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Titan 404B (B-34 "Charlotte")
Lockheed Martin AstronauticsDELAYED FROM SEP.25, OCT.1 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
USA-161 (EIS-2?)
Military Observation?
National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Astronautics?
Bus-1B?
16,650 kg?
October 6 16:45Z
Proton K/DM-2Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Proton K/DM-2
GKNPTs KhrunichevPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Globus 2 (Raduga 1-6)
Military Communications
VKS (Russia)
NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki
17F15 "Globus"
2,000 kg
October 11 02:32Z
Atlas 2ASSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Cape Canaveral (U.S.)
Atlas 2AS (AC-162)
International Launch Services
Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Aquila (USA-162, MLV-12)
Military Communications?
U.S. Air Force (U.S.)
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
October 18 09:00 or 11:00Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Submarine (White Sea, Russia)
RSM-54 Shtil?
GRTsKB MakeyevSUBORBITAL Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Test Flight
Russian Naval Strategic Nuclear Forces (Russia)
October 18 18:51:26Z
Delta 2-7320Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Vandenberg (U.S.)
Delta 2-7320-10
Boeing Expendable Launch SystemsPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
QuickBird 2
Remote Sensing
DigitalGlobe (formerly EarthWatch, U.S.)
Ball Aerospace & Technology
BCP-2000 (BGIS-2000)
980 kg
October 21 08:59:34Z
Soyuz U
WATCH THE LAUNCHSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz U (ISS-3S)
TsSKB-ProgressPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Soyuz TM33
Manned, ISS Emergency Ship
Rosaviakosmos (Russia), CNES (France), NASA (U.S.)
RKK Energiya
7K-M
6,750 kg
October 22 04:53Z
PSLVSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Sriharikota (India)
PSLV (C3)
ISRO/Antrix Corp.DELAYED FROM JULY 20 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
TES
Remote Sensing Technology
ISRO (India)
ISRO
IRS-2?
1,108 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
PROBA
Technology
European Space Agency (Europe)
Verhaert
94 kgPayload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Launch mass:
BIRD-1
Remote Sensing Technology
DLR (Germany)
DLR
92 kg
October 25 11:34ZSite:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Plesetsk (Russia)
Molniya M
TsSKB-ProgressDELAYED FROM OCT.11 Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
Prime:
Platform:
Launch mass:
Molniya 3
Military Communications
VKS (Russia)
NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki
Molniya
1,900 kg
October 26 12:30Z Site:
Vehicle:
Launch provider:
Baykonur (Kazakhstan)
RS-18
RVSNSUBORBITAL Payload:
Mission:
Operator:
[Dummy Warhead]
Missile Test Flight
RVSN (Russia)
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