The Interplanetary Spaceflight Calendar
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Ariane 5
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  • 09 MAR: Ariane 5; ATV 3 'Edoardo Amaldi' launch from Kourou ELA-3 to the ISS.
    Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ES rocket to launch the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Edoardo Amaldi. The ATV is a cargo-carrying spacecraft to deliver supplies and equipment to the orbiting International Space Station.
  • FEB: Ariane 5; ATV 4 launch from Kourou to the ISS.
  • FEB: Ariane 5; ATV 5 launch from Kourou to the ISS.
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  • OCT: Planned launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to the L2 point, on an Ariane 5 ECA. The infrared observatory is built by Northrup Grumman Space Technology.
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    Atlas V
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  • 16 FEB: Atlas 5; MUOS 1 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
  • 27 APR: Atlas 5; AEHF 2 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
  • JUN: Atlas 5; NROL-38 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
  • 30 AUG: Atlas 5; 2 NASA RBSP (Radiation Belt Storm Probes) launch on an Atlas 5 401 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
  • AUG: Atlas 5; NROL-36 launch from Vandenberg SLC-3E.
  • Atlas 5; TDRS K launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
  • 18 NOV - 07 DEC:  Planned launch of NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) probe to Mars on an Atlas 5 401.
  • Planned launch of 2 Bigelow Aerospace 'Sundancer' human-rated orbital habitats on Atlas 5 rockets from Cape Canaveral.
  • Possible first flight of the Blue Origin New Shepard CTS, a reuasable manned biconic-shaped capsule, on an Atlas 5 rocket.
  • Sierra Nevada Corp. / SpaceDev Dream Chaser could be ready for a first test launch (on an Atlas 5 rocket), under NASA's CCDev plan.
  • MAR: Possible first orbital flight test of the Boeing CST-100 reusable capsule. The unmanned launch will be on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Complex 41.
  • DEC: Possible first manned launch of a Boeing CST-100 capsule on an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Complex 41. The flight will rendezvous with the ISS.
  • Possible first manned launch of the Sierra Nevada DreamChaser, a 7-seat reusable winged lifting-body spacecraft, on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.
  • /2016: Possible unmanned transonic abort test launch of a Boeing CST-100 capsule on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Complex 41.
  • SEP: NASA plans to launch the OSIRIS-REx sample return probe on an Atlas V to Asteroid 1999 RQ36.
  • JAN: Planned launch of ESA's Solar Orbiter on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.
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    Delta II
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    Delta IV
    (USA)
  • 29 MAR: Delta 4; NROL-25 launch from Vandenberg SLC-6.
  • JUN: Delta 4-Heavy; NROL-15 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.
  • SEP: Delta 4; GPS 2F-3 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.



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  • DEC: Planned first (unmanned) test flight (OFT-1) of the new Lockheed Orion/MPCV spacecraft, possibly on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket, into HEO.
  • Planned unmanned Exploration Flight Test of the US Orion MPCV spacecraft. Launched on a Delta 4 Heavy from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 37, the EFT-1 mission will fly 2 high-apogee orbits followed by a high-energy re-entry and a water landing.
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    Falcon 9
    (USA)
  • 20 MAR: Falcon 9; Dragon C2 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-40.
  • Planned lauch of the Canadian scientific Cassiope satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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    GSLV
    Geosynchrynous Satellite Launch Vehicle
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  • GSLV; Possible launch of the Russian Luna-Resurs polar lander & the Indian Chandrayaan 2 lunar orbiter and rover from from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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    H-IIA
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  • DEC: H-2A; GCOM W1 & Kompsat 3 launch from Tanegashima, Japan.
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    H-IIB
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  • 26/28 JUN: H-2B; HTV 3 launch from Tanegashima Space Center to the ISS.
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    Long March
    (China)
  • FEB: Long March 3C; Beidou launch from Xichang, China.
  • China plans to launch the Chang'e 3 lunar lander & rover to the Moon, on a Long March 3B.
  • China plans to launch the Chang'e 4 lunar lander/rover to the Moon, on a Long March 3B.
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  • /2018: China plans to launch the Chang'e 5 lunar sample return mission, on a Long March 5 from the new near-equatorial spaceport on Hainan Island.
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  • China plans to launch the Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission, on a Long March 5 from the near-equatorial spaceport on Hainan Island.
  • China plans to launch a space station into orbit on Long March 5 boosters.
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  • 14 MAR: Pegasus XL; NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) launch from Kwajalein.
  • DEC: Orbital Sciences Pegasus; IRIS solar observatory launch.
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    Proton
    (Russia)
  • 20 FEB: Proton; Sirius FM6 launch from Baikonur.
  • APR: Proton; Yahsat 1B launch from Baikonur.
  • Proton; Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA) launch to the ISS (3R).
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    PSLV
    Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
    (India)
  • MAR: PSLV; RISAT 1 launch from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India.
  • PSLV-C20; planned launch of Sapphire, a Canadian military satellite, and NEOSsat (Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite), also from Canada.
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    Soyuz
    (Russia)
  • 30 MAR: Soyuz 30S launch to the ISS from Baikonur.
  • 25 APR: Soyuz; Progress 47P launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
  • 23 MAY: Soyuz; MetOp B launch from Plesetsk, Russia
  • 30 MAY: Soyuz ISS 31S launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
  • 25 JUL: Soyuz; Progress 48P launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
  • 26 SEP: Soyuz ISS 32S launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
  • Russia plans to launch two Resonance magnetospheric observation satellites on a Soyuz 2 Fregat from Baikonur.
  • Russia plans to launch the first OKA T microgravity laboratory on a Soyuz 2 from Baikonur. Possible docking with the ISS.
  • Launch of ESA's GAIA astronomy satellite on a Soyuz Fregat to the L2 point.
  • Soyuz; Galileo IOV launch from Kourou.
  • Soyuz; 6 Globalstar satellites launch from Baikonur.
  • Planned launch of ESA's EarthCARE satellite, possibly on a Soyuz rocket.
  • Russia plans to launch the 2nd OKA T microgravity laboratory on a Soyuz 2 from Baikonur. Possible docking with the ISS.
  • Possible first tourist flight to orbit the Moon.
    The Deep Space Exploration - Alpha mission will use a Soyuz TMA and a 2nd habitation module plus an additional Block DM propulsion module launched separately.
  • Planned launch on a Soyuz 2 rocket of Russia's Luna-Glob mission; 1 orbiter & 4 Japanese seismic penetrators.
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  • Planned launch of ESA's Euclid astronomy mission on a Soyuz rocket from Kourou to the L2 Lagrange point.
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    [launched on an Atlas V]
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  • APR: Planned first (demonstration) flight of the OSC Antares (Taurus 2) rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. The first Orbital Sciences Taurus 2 rocket will launch a simulated Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration flight.
  • 01 MAY: Antares (Taurus 2); Cygnus 1 launch to the ISS, from Wallops Island OA.
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  • Japan's new Epsilon rocket will launch the small astronomical observatory Sprint-A into orbit to observe Venus, Mars and Jupiter.
    Epsilon will replace the M-5 rocket.
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  • 15 JAN: Planned launch of NASA's LADEE probe to the Moon on a Minotaur 5, from Wallops Island.
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  • Planned first (unmanned) test flight of the Liberty crew launcher, from KSC.
  • Planned 2nd unmanned launch of the Liberty crew launcher, from KSC.
  • Possible first manned launch of the Liberty crew launcher, from KSC.
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  • Planned first flight of the Reaction Engines Skylon.
    Service entry of the British spaceplane is expected to take place in 2020.
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    Space Launch System
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  • DEC: Possible first launch of NASA's new heavy-lift SLS (Space Launch System), from KSC Pad 39A.
    The unmanned SLS-1 flight will launch an Orion MPCV around the Moon.
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  • Planned launch from KSC Pad 39A of the SLS-2 mission, carrying a manned Orion MPCV around the Moon.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the SLS-3 mission, carrying a manned Orion MPCV into space.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the SLS-4 mission, carrying a manned Orion MPCV into space.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of SLS-5; the first Cargo SLS, possibly with newly designed boosters.
  • AUG: Planned launch from KSC Pad 39A of SLS-6, possibly carrying a manned Orion MPCV on an exploration mission to an asteroid.
  • AUG: Possible SLS-7 Cargo launch, using the new expendable RS-25E SSMEs, from KSC Pad 39A.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the manned SLS-8 / Orion MPCV mission.
  • AUG: Possible SLS-9 Cargo launch, from KSC Pad 39A.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the manned SLS-10 / Orion MPCV mission.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the Cargo SLS-11 mission, using the first 5-engine core.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the manned SLS-12 / Orion MPCV mission.
  • AUG: Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the Cargo SLS-13; the first Evolved SLS HLV with a full (J-2X powered) Upper Stage.
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  • /2016: Stratolaunch hopes to begin testing of their air-launch system.Stratolaunch Systems will build a mobile launch system with three primary components: A carrier aircraft, developed by Scaled Composites. It will be the largest aircraft ever flown. A multi-stage booster, manufactured by Space Exploration Technologies. A mating and integration system allowing the carrier aircraft to safely carry a booster weighing up to 490,000 pounds, built by Dynetics.
  • /2017: Planned first Stratolaunch air-launch. A modified multi-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be dropped from a giant 6-engine carrier aircraft developed by Scaled Composites. The Stratolaunch system will be able to put cargo and manned Dragon capsules into orbit.
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    Vega
    (Europe)
  • 09 FEB: First launch of the European Vega rocket, from Kourou ELA-1, carrying Italy's LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite), ALMAsat and 9 European Cubsats.
  • Planned suborbital launch of the Italian Pollux FTB-X on a European Vega rocket.
  • Planned launch of ESA's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV). The lifting body will be launched from Kourou by a Vega rocket on a suborbital trajectory and after a controlled atmospheric reentry will parachute into the Pacific Ocean, where it will be retrieved.
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    OPERATIONAL MANNED ORBITAL SPACECRAFT
    		 
    FUTURE MANNED ORBITAL SPACECRAFT

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    Soyuz TMA
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    ISS
    International Space Station
    (Alpha)
    		 

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    Shenzou
    (China)
    		 

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    Tiangong 1
    space laboratory module
    (China)
    		 

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    Blue Origin New Shepard
    Crew Transportation System
    (USA)
       

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    Lockheed MPCV (Orion)
    Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle
    (USA)
       

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    Excalibur Almaz
    (USA, Russia, UK)
       

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    Tiangong 2 & 3
    space laboratory modules
    (China)
       

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    Reaction Engines Skylon (with pax module)
    (UK)
         
    OPERATIONAL MANNED SUBORBITAL VEHICLES
    		 
    FUTURE MANNED SUBORBITAL VEHICLES
       

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    XCOR Lynx
    (USA)
       

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    Armadillo Aerospace
    sub-orbital vehicle
    (USA)
       

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    Blue Origin
    sub-orbital vehicle
    (USA)
       

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    Copenhagen Suborbitals Tycho Brahe
    (Denmark)
       

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    SpaceX Grasshopper
    (USA)
         
    OPERATIONAL ISS SUPPLY VEHICLES
    		 
    FUTURE ISS SUPPLY VEHICLES

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    Progress M
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    ATV
    Automated Transfer Vehicle
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    HTV
    H-II Transfer Vehicle
    (Japan)
    		   
         
    OPERATIONAL LAUNCH VEHICLES
    		 
    FUTURE LAUNCH VEHICLES

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    Ariane 5
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    Angara
    (Russia)

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    Athena
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    Atlas V
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    Epsilon
    (Japan)

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    Delta II
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    Delta IV
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    Dnepr
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    Liberty
    (USA & Europe)

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    Falcon 1e
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    Skylon
    (UK)

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    Falcon 9
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    SLS
    Space Launch System
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    GSLV
    Geosynchrynous Satellite Launch Vehicle
    (India)
    		 

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    Stratolaunch
    (USA)
    first launch: 2016

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    H-IIA
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    Tsyklon-4
    (Ukraine)

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    H-IIB
    Japan
    		 

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    Vega
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    Long March
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    Proton
    (Russia)
    		   

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    PSLV
    Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
    (India)
    		   

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    Rokot
    (Russia)
    		   

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    Safir
    (Iran)
    		   

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    Shavit
    (Israel)
    		   

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    Soyuz
    (Russia)
    		   

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    Start-1
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    Taurus
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    Volna
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    Zenit
    (Ukraine/Russia)
    		   

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    X-37B
    [launched on an Atlas V]
    (USA)
    		   
         
    OPERATIONAL ASTRONOMY SATELLITES & SPACE PROBES
    		 
    FUTURE ASTRONOMY SATELLITES & SPACE PROBES
    EARTH ORBIT
    		   

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    IRIS
    (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)
    solar observatory

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    Cluster II
    (Rumba,Salsa,Samba,Tango)
    		 

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    NuSTAR
    (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)
    X-ray telescope

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    Coriolis
    military space & earth observation satellite
    		 

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    RBSP
    (Radiation Belt Storm Probes)

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    COROT
    (COnvection,ROtation and planetary Transits)
    		 

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    Spektr-RG SXG
    X-ray & gamma ray observatory

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    GALEX
    (Galaxy Evolution Explorer)
    		   

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    Geotail
    magnetosphere studies
    		   

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    Hinode
    X-ray telescope
    		   

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    HST
    (Hubble Space Telescope)
    		   

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    INTEGRAL
    (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory)
    		   

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    IBEX
    (Interstellar Boundary Explorer)
    		   

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    MOST
    (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars)
    		   

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    RHESSI
    (Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager)
    		   

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    RXTE
    (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer)
    		   

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    Spektr R / RadioAstron
    Space Radio Telescope
    		   

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    Swift
    GRB mission

    		   

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    THEMIS
    5 auroral observatories
    		   

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    XMM-Newton
    X-ray space observatory
    		   
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    ARTEMIS
    Sun-Moon interaction observations
    		 

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    Luna-Resurs &
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    polar lander, rover & orbiter

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    Chang'e 2
    orbiter
    		 

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    Chang'e 3
    lander & rover

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    GRAIL
    (2 Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites)
    		 

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    International Lunar Network
    seismological landers

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    LRO
    (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)
    		 

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    LADEE
    (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer)
    orbiter
       

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    Luna-Glob
    lunar orbiter & 4 seismic penetrators
       

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    ESA Lunar Lander
    (Moon Next)
    (proposed)
       

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    Odyssey Moon MoonOne
    (M-1 robotic lander)
    LAGRANGIAN POINTS
    		   

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    ACE
    (Advanced Composition Explorer)
    		 

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    Euclid
    dark matter / energy
    space telescope

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    ARTEMIS
    Sun-Moon interaction observations
    		 

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    Gaia
    astrometry mission

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    Herschel
    infrared Space Observatory
    		 

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    JWST
    James Webb Space Telescope

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    Planck
    CMB observatory
    		 

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    LISA Pathfinder
    (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)

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    SOHO
    (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory)
    		 

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    TPF
    (Terrestrial Planet Finder)

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    WIND
    solar wind observatory
    		   
    HELIOCENTRIC
    		   

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    Kepler
    exoplanet search
    		 

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    LISA
    (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)

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    Spitzer
    (Space Infrared Telescope Facility)
    		 

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    STEREO
    (2 Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatories)
    		 

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    MARS
    		   

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    EDM lander & TGO
    (Trace Gas Orbiter &
    Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module)

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    Mars Exploration Rovers
    (Opportunity & Spirit)
    		 

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    ExoMars
    rover

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    Mars Express
    Orbiter
    		 

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    MAVEN
    (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
    orbiter

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    MRO
    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
    		   

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    MSL 'Curiosity'
    (Mars Science Laboratory rover)
    		   
    VENUS
    		   

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    Venera-D
    orbiter, balloons & lander

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    MERCURY
    		   

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    MESSENGER
    orbiter
    		 

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    BepiColombo
    orbiter
    ASTEROIDS
    		   

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    Dawn
    multi-target probe
    launched 27 September 2007
    Mars gravity assist 17 February 2009
    Vesta arrival 16 July 2011
    Vesta departure July 2012
    Ceres arrival February 2015
    		 

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    OSIRIS-REx
    sample return mission

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    Deep Impact
    fly-by mission
    		   
    JUPITER
    		   

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    Juno
    orbiter
    		 

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    JEO
    (Jupiter Europa Orbiter)
    SATURN
    		   

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    Cassini
    orbiter
    		   
    PLUTO
    		   

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    New Horizons
    fly-by probe
    		   
    COMETS
    		   

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    Deep Impact / EPOXI
    fly-by mission
    		   

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    Rosetta & Philae
    orbiter &     lander
    		   
    INTERSTELLAR
    		   

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    Voyager Interstellar Mission
    2 deep-space fly-by probes;
    Voyager 1 & Voyager 2
    launched September & August 1977
    flew by Jupiter March & July 1979
    flew by Saturn November 1980 & August 1981
    flew by Uranus January 1986 (Voyager 2)
    flew by Neptune August 1989 (Voyager 2)
    crossed termination shock December 2004 & August 2007
    		 

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    Icarus Pathfinder
    technological demonstrator
    design study
       

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    Icarus Starfinder
    Mk I & II
    precursor missions
    design studies
       

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    Daedalus
    interstellar probe
    design study