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||[[19 January]], 19:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas V]] (551)
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41|LC-41]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|USA}}[[International Launch Services|ILS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[New Horizons]]
||[[NASA]]
||Solar Escape
||Flyby of [[Pluto]] and other [[Kuiper belt|KBOs]]
||N/A
||Successful so far
||First probe to visit Pluto
|-
||[[24 January]], 01:33 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[H-IIA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[JAXA]]{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[ALOS|Daichi (ALOS)]]
||[[JAXA]]
||[[Sun synchronous orbit|SSO]]
||Observation satellite
||Still in Orbit
||Partial failure, still in operation
||Poor quality images returned due to attitude control and noise problems<ref>[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080110TDY02309.htm 55 bil. yen JAXA map-making satellite sends useless data]</ref> was resolved by software adjustment.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Utilization of Data Acquired by "DAICHI" (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) for Maps |publisher=JAXA |date=2008-01-16 |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/01/20080116_sac_daichi_e.html |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
|-
||[[15 February]], 23:35 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Zenit rocket|Zenit-3SL]]
||{{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ocean Odyssey]] <br> [[Pacific Ocean]]
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[Sea Launch]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[EchoStar 10]]
||[[EchoStar]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in Orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[16 February]], 08:01 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Minuteman III]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}LF-10, [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[USAF]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle]]
||[[USAF]]
||[[Sub-orbital]]
||[[ICBM]] test launch
||[[16 February]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[18 February]], 06:27 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[H-IIA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Rocket System Corporation|RSC]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/RSC/mtsat2/press/rsc.pdf |title=Rocket System Corporation |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[MTSAT|MTSAT-2]]
||[[Government of Japan|Japanese Government]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Air Traffic Control|ATC]] and weather satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[21 February]], 21:28 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|JPN}}[[M-V]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Uchinoura Space Center|Uchinoura]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|JPN}}[[JAXA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[ASTRO-F|Akari (ASTRO-F)]]
||[[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]]
||[[Sun synchronous orbit|SSO]]
||[[Infrared astronomy]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[CUTE-1.7|Cute-1.7+APD]]
||[[Tokyo Institute of Technology]]
||Amateur [[comsat]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||Double [[CubeSat]]
|-
||[[28 February]], 20:10 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton rocket|Proton-M]]/[[Briz-M]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|USA}}[[International Launch Services|ILS]]
||{{flagicon|SAU}}[[ARABSAT 4A]]
||[[Arab Satellite Communications Organization|ARABSAT]]
||Intended: [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]<br>Achieved: [[Medium Earth orbit|MEO]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||[[2007]]
||'''Failure'''
||Upper stage malfunction.
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[11 March]], 22:33 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|EU}}[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[ELA-3]], [[Centre Spatial Guyanais|CSG]] ([[Kourou]])
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Arianespace]]
||{{flagicon|ESP}}[[SPAINSAT]]
||[[Spanish Government]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Military comsat]]
||Still in Orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Hot Bird 7A]]
||[[Eutelsat]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in Orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[22 March]], 14:03 [[GMT]]
|rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Pegasus rocket|Pegasus-XL]]
|rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Lockheed L-1011|L-1011]], [[Vandenberg AFB]]
|rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Orbital Sciences|OSC]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Technology 5|ST-5A]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study Earth's [[Magnetosphere]].
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Technology 5|ST-5B]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study Earth's [[Magnetosphere]].
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Technology 5|ST-5C]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study Earth's [[Magnetosphere]].
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[24 March]], 22:30 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Falcon 1]]
||{{flagicon|MHL}}[[Omelek Island|Omelek]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[SpaceX]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[FalconSat 2]]
||[[United States Air Force Academy|USAF Academy]]
||Intended: [[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Plasma research satellite.
||T+60 seconds
||'''Failure'''
||Rocket lost power shortly after launch due to engine fire.
|-
||[[30 March]], 02:30 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz FG]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Gagarin's Start|LC-1/5]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz spacecraft|Soyuz]] [[Soyuz TMA-8|TMA-8]] <br> 3 [[Astronaut|Cosmonauts]]
||[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Manned orbital flight
||[[29 September]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||[[International Space Station|ISS]] [[Expedition 13]] <br>First Brazilian in Space
|-
||[[7 April]], 13:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Minuteman III]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}LF-26, [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[USAF]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle]]
||[[USAF]]
||[[Sub-orbital]]
||[[ICBM]] test
||[[7 April]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[12 April]], 23:30 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Zenit rocket|Zenit-3SL]]
||{{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ocean Odyssey]]
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[Sea Launch]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[JCSAT-9]]
||[[JCSAT]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[14 April]], 01:40 [[GMT]]
|rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Minotaur (rocket)|Minotaur]]
|rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|USA}}SLC-8, [[Vandenberg AFB]]
|rowspan="5"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Orbital Sciences Corporation|Orbital]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|ROC}}[[COSMIC|COSMIC-1]] (FORMOSAT-3A)
||[[NASA]]/[[NSPO]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study atmosphere
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|ROC}}[[COSMIC|COSMIC-2]] (FORMOSAT-3B)
||[[NASA]]/[[NSPO]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study atmosphere
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|ROC}}[[COSMIC|COSMIC-3]] (FORMOSAT-3C)
||[[NASA]]/[[NSPO]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study atmosphere
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|ROC}}[[COSMIC|COSMIC-4]] (FORMOSAT-3D)
||[[NASA]]/[[NSPO]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study atmosphere
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|ROC}}[[COSMIC|COSMIC-5]] (FORMOSAT-3E)
||[[NASA]]/[[NSPO]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Study atmosphere
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[20 April]], 20:27 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas V]] (411)
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41|LC-41]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|USA}}[[International Launch Services|ILS]]
||{{flagicon|LUX}}[[Astra 1KR]]
||[[SES Astra]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||Final ILS Atlas launch
|-
||[[24 April]], 16:03 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]] (R-7 11A511U)
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Gagarin's Start|LC-1/5]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RFSA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Progress spacecraft|Progress 21P]]
||[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RFSA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Resupply [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||[[18 September]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[25 April]], 16:47 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Start-1]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}LC-5, [[Svobodniy]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[United Start]]
||{{flagicon|ISR}}[[EROS-B]]
||[[ImageSat]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], [[Polar orbit|polar]]
||Civilian imaging satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[26 April]], 22:48 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March rocket|Long March 4B-II]] (Long March 4C)
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CAST]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Yaogan 1]]
||[[CAST]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Imaging Satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||Maiden flight of [[Long March 4C]]. Designated Long March 4B-II at time of launch, redesignated in November [[2007]]
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[28 April]], 10:02 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2|SLC-2W]], [[Vandenberg AFB]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[CALIPSO]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ([[A Train|A-Train]])
||Study aerosols
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[CloudSat]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ([[A Train|A-Train]])
||Study clouds
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[3 May]], 17:38 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]] (R-7 11A511U)
||{{flagicon|RUS}}LC-16, [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2420]]
||[[Russian Government]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Spy Satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[24 May]], 22:11 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta IV rocket|Delta IV]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 37|LC-37B]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite|GOES-13 (GOES-N)]]
||[[NASA]]/[[NOAA]]
||[[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
||Weather satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[26 May]], 18:50 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Shtil]] ([[Volna]])
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Submarine]] in [[Barents Sea]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[VMF]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kompass 2]]
||
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Earthquake detection satellite.
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[27 May]], 21:09 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|EU}}[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[ELA-3]], [[Centre Spatial Guyanais|CSG]] ([[Kourou]])
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Arianespace]]
||{{flagicon|MEX}}[[SATMEX 6]]
||[[Satellites Mexicanas]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
| rowspan=2 |Record for heaviest dual-payload to [[geosynchronous transfer orbit]], stood until May 2007
|-
||{{flagicon|THA}}[[THAICOM 5]]
||[[Shin Satellite]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
|-
||[[14 June]], 14:08:22 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Minuteman III]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}LF-04, [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[USAF]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}3 x [[Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle]]
||[[USAF]]
||[[Sub-orbital]]
||[[ICBM]] test launch
||[[14 June]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[15 June]], 08:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]] (R-7 11A511U)
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Gagarin's Start|LC-1/5]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Resurs]]
||[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Remote Sensing Spacecraft
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[18 June]], 07:50 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Zenit 3SL]]
||{{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ocean Odyssey]]
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[Sea Launch]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Galaxy 16]]
||[[PanAmSat]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[18 June]], 22:44 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton rocket|Proton-K]]/[[DM-3]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-200/39, [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Khrunichev]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[KazSat|KazSat-1]]
||[[Government of Kazakhstan]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||First Kazakh satellite
|-
|rowspan = "3"|[[21 June]], 22:15 [[GMT]]
|rowspan = "3"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]]
|rowspan = "3"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 17|LC-17A]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
|rowspan = "3"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[MITEX|MITEX-A]] (USA-187)
||[[DARPA]]
||[[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
||Experimental military satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[MITEX|MITEX-B]] (USA-188)
||[[DARPA]]
||[[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
||Experimental military satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[MITEX|MITEX Carrier]] (USA-189)
||[[DARPA]]
||[[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
||Experimental military satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[24 June]], 15:08 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]] (R-7 11A511U)
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Gagarin's Start|LC-1/5]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Progress spacecraft|Progress 22P]]
||[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Resupply [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||[[17 January]] [[2007]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[25 June]], 04:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Tsyklon-2]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-90, [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[VKS]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2421]] ([[US-PU]])
||[[Russian Navy]]
||[[Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
||[[SIGINT]]
||[[20 March]] [[2008]] (destroyed in orbit)
||Partial failure
||Final flight of [[Tsyklon-2]] rocket.<br>One of satellite's solar panels failed to deploy<ref>[http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/us-pm.htm Gunter's Space Page - US-PM]</ref>, ceased operations in February 2008.
|-
||[[27 June]], 03:30 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta IV rocket|Delta IV]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6|SLC-6]], [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[NRO L-22]] (USA-184, [[Trumpet (satellite)|Trumpet]])
||[[US National Reconnaissance Office]]
||[[Molniya orbit|Molniya]]
||'''Classified'''
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||First [[EELV]] launch from [[Vandenberg AFB]]
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[4 July]], 18:38 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'']]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39B]], [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[United Space Alliance|USA]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[STS-121]], 7 [[astronaut]]s
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Manned Orbital Flight
|rowspan="2"|[[17 July]] [[2006]], 13:14 [[GMT]]
||Successful
||Return to flight test, visit [[International Space Station|ISS]]
|-
||[[Leonardo MPLM]]
||[[NASA]]/[[European Space Agency|ESA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Resupply [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[10 July]], 12:38 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|IND}}[[GSLV]]
||{{flagicon|IND}}[[Satish Dhawan Space Center|Satish Dhawan]]
||{{flagicon|IND}}[[ISRO]]
||{{flagicon|IND}}[[INSAT 4C]]
||[[ISRO]]
||Intended: [[Geostationary orbit|GSO]]
||[[Comsat]]
||T+60 seconds
||'''Failure'''
||Loss of control due to LRB engine failure. Self-destructed 60 seconds into flight
|-
||[[12 July]], 15:53 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Dnepr rocket|Dnepr]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Dombarovskiy]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[ISC Kosmotras]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Genesis I]]
||[[Bigelow Aerospace]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Experimental inflatable [[Space Station]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||First commercial space station (uninhabitable prototype)
|-
||[[20 July]], 10:14 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Minuteman III]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}LF-09, [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[USAF]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}3 [[Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle]]s
||[[USAF]]
||[[Sub-orbital]]
||[[ICBM]] test launch
||[[20 July]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[21 July]], 04:20 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Molniya rocket|Molniya-M]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}LC-16, [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[VKS]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2422]] ([[Oko]])
||[[VKS]]
||[[Molniya orbit|Molniya]]
||Early warning missile defence
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=18 |[[26 July]], 19:43 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=18 |{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Dnepr rocket|Dnepr]]
| rowspan=18 |{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-109, [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
| rowspan=18 |{{flagicon|RUS}}[[ISC Kosmotras]]
||{{flagicon|BLR}}[[BelKA]]
||[[National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Earth Observation Satellite
| rowspan=18 |T+74 seconds
| rowspan=18 |'''Failure'''
| rowspan=18 |First-stage engine hydraulic pump failure caused emergency shutdown
|-
||{{flagicon|ITA}}[[Unisat-4]]
||[[University of Rome La Sapienza]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Technology demonstration satellite
|-
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Baumanets]]
||[[Moskovskiy Gosudarstvenniy Tekhnicheskiy Universitet|MGTU]]/[[RKA]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Earth observation and amateur radio satellite
|-
||{{flagicon|ITA}}[[PICPOT]]
||[[Politecnico di Torino]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Earth observation satellite
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[SACRED]]
||[[University of Arizona]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[ION]]
||[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Double [[Cubesat]] <!--This is a single, large cubesat-->
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Rincon 1]]
||[[University of Arizona]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[ICECube1]]
||[[Cornell]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[KUTESat Pathfinder]]
||[[University of Kansas]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[SEEDS (satellite)|SEEDS]]
||[[Nihon University]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ncube satellite|nCube 1]]
||[[Government of Norway]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|KOR}}[[HAUSAT-1]]
||[[Government of South Korea]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[MEROPE]]
||[[University of Montana]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[CP2]] <!--Due to loading order, CP2 was to be deployed prior to CP1-->
||[[CalPoly]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[AeroCube-1]]
||[[AerospaceCorp]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[CP1]]
||[[CalPoly]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Voyager (cubesat)|Voyager]]
||[[University of Hawaii]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[ICECube2]]
||[[Cornell]]
||Intended:[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||[[28 July]], 07:05 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Rockot]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-133, [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
||{{flagicon|EU}}/{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Eurockot]]
||{{flagicon|KOR}}[[KOMPSAT 2]]
||[[KARI]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Earth Observation satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[4 August]], 21:48 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton rocket|Proton]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|USA}}[[International Launch Services|ILS]]
||{{flagicon|EU}}[[Hot Bird|Hot Bird 8]]
||[[Eutelsat]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[11 August]], 22:15 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|EU}}[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5 ECA]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[ELA-3]], [[Centre Spatial Guyanais|CSG]] ([[Kourou]])
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Arianespace]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[JCSat 10]]
||
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Syracuse 3B]]
||
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[22 August]], 03:27 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Zenit 3SL]]
||{{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ocean Odyssey]]
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[Sea Launch]]
||{{flagicon|KOR}}[[Koreasat 5]]
||[[KT Corporation]]/[[Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)|Agency for Defence Development]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[9 September]], 07:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CZ-2C]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Jiquan]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CASC]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Shi Jian 8]]
||[[CASC]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Investigate exposure of seeds to [[microgravity]] and [[radiation]]
||[[24 September]] [[2006]], 02:43 [[GMT]]
||Successful
||
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[9 September]], 15:15 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|''Atlantis'']]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39B]], [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[United Space Alliance|USA]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[STS-115]], 6 [[astronaut]]s
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Manned Orbital Flight
||[[21 September]] [[2006]], 10:21 [[GMT]]
||Successful
||[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight
|-
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[ISS Truss|ISS P3/4 Truss]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], attached to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||[[International Space Station|ISS]] component
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[11 September]], 04:35 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[H-IIA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Tanegashima]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|MHI]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Information Gathering Satellite|IGS]]
||[[Japanese government]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Reconnaissance satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[12 September]], 16:02 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 3A]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CAST]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Zhongxing 22A]]
||
||[[geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[14 September]], 13:41 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]] (R-7/A-2)
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6|LC-31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baiknour]]{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[VKS]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2423]] (Don)
||[[VKS]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||'''Classified'''
||Still in orbit
||Successful
||Ceased operations [[17 November]] [[2006]].<br>Destroyed
|-
||[[18 September]], 04:08 [[GMT]]<ref>
{{cite web | url = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2006-040A | title = Soyuz TMA-9 - NSSDC ID: 2006-040A | publisher = National Space Science Data Center}}</ref>
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz FG]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Gagarin's Start|LC-1/5]], [[Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz spacecraft|Soyuz]] [[Soyuz TMA-9|TMA-9]] <br> 3 [[Astronaut|Cosmonauts]]
||[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Manned orbital flight
||[[21 April]] [[2007]], 12:31 [[GMT]]
||Successful
||[[International Space Station|ISS]] [[Expedition 14]]<br>First female [[Space tourist]]
|-
| rowspan=3 |[[22 September]], 21:36 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|JPN}}[[M-V]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Uchinoura]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|JPN}}[[JAXA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Hinode|Hinode<br>(Solar-B)]]
|| [[JAXA]]
|| [[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] (Sun synchronous polar orbit)
||Solar telescope
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
|rowspan=3|Final flight of [[M-V]] rocket
SSSat failed to establish communications<ref>[http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/snews/2006/1031_sssat.shtml ISAS]</ref>
|-
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[HIT-SAT]]
|| [[Hokkaido Institute of Technology]]
||
|| Technology development [[nanosatellite]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
|-
|| {{flagicon|JPN}}[[SSSAT]]
|| [[JAXA]]
||
||Experimental [[Solar sail]] [[nanosatellite]]
|| [[26 September]] [[2006]] <!--estimate-->
|| '''Failure'''
|-
||{{nowrap|[[25 September]]}}, 18:50 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]] (7925)
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 17|LC-17A]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[GPS satellite|GPS IIR-15 (M2)]] (USA-190)
||[[US Air Force]]
||[[Medium Earth orbit|MEO]]
||[[Global Positioning System|GPS]] navigation satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[25 September]], 20:14 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[SpaceLoft XL]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Spaceport America]], [[Upham, New Mexico]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[UP Aerospace]]
||N/A
||Various
||[[Suborbital]]
||Various experiments
||T+60 seconds
||'''Failure'''
||Maiden flight of [[SpaceLoft XL]] [[Sounding rocket]]<br>First flight from [[Spaceport America]]<br>Went out of control and failed to reach space.
|-
| rowspan=3 |[[13 October]], 20:56 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|EU}}[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5 ECA]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[ELA-3]], [[Centre Spatial Guyanais|CSG]] ([[Kourou]])
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Arianespace]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[DirecTV-9S]]
||[[DirecTV]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|AUS}}[[Optus fleet of satellites#Optus D1|Optus D1]]
||[[Optus]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[LDREX-2]]
||[[JAXA]]
||[[Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
||Technology development
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[19 October]], 16:28 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-2|Soyuz-2.1a]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6|LC-31/6]], [[Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|EU}}/{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Starsem]]
||{{flagicon|EU}}[[MetOp-A]]
||[[EUMETSAT]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] (Sun synchronous polar orbit)
||Weather satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[23 October]], 13:41 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]] (R-7 11A511U)
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Gagarin's Start|LC-1/5]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Progress spacecraft|Progress 23P (M-58)]]
||[[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Resupply [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||[[27 March]] [[2007]], 22:44 [[GMT]]
||Successful
||Antenna stowage issues on [[26 October]] initially prevented full mechanical docking. A second docking attempt was successful.
|-
|rowspan = 2|[[24 October]], 23:34 [[GMT]]
|rowspan = 2|{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 4|Long March 4B]]
|rowspan = 2|[[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]]
|rowspan = 2|{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CASC]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Shi Jian 6-2A]]
||[[CASC]]
||[[Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
||Environmental research
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Shi Jian 6-2B]]
||[[CASC]]
||[[Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
||Environmental research
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
|rowspan = 2|[[26 October]], 00:52 [[GMT]]
|rowspan = 2|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]] (7925)
|rowspan = 2|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 17|LC-17B]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
|rowspan = 2|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[STEREO|STEREO-A]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]]
||Study Sun and Earth
||Still In Orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[STEREO|STEREO-B]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]]
||Study Sun and Earth
||Still In Orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[28 October]], 16:20 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 3|Long March 3B]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Xichang Satellite Launch Center|Xichang]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CASC]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Sinosat-2]]
||[[Sino Satellite Communications Co.|Sinosat]]
||Intended: [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]<br>Actual: [[Subsynchronous orbit|Subsynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||'''Failure'''
||Solar panels and communications antenna failed to deploy
|-
||[[30 October]], 23:48 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|UKR}}[[Zenit 3SL]]
||{{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ocean Odyssey]] <br> [[Pacific Ocean]]
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[Sea Launch]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[XM 4|XM-4 "''Blues''"]]
||[[XM Satellite Radio]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[4 November]], 13:53[[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta IV rocket|Delta IV-M]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6|SLC-6]], [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[DMSP F17]]
||[[US Air Force]]/[[NOAA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] ([[Polar orbit|Polar]])
||Weather Satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[8 November]], 20:01 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton rocket|Proton-M]]/[[Briz-M]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-200/39, [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[International Launch Services|ILS]]
||{{flagicon|SAU}}[[BADR4|Badr-4]] (ARABSAT 4B)
||[[Arab Satellite Communications Organization|ARABSAT]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[9 November]], 08:45 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[M51 SLBM]]
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Biscarosse]], [[Landes (department)|Landes]]
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[French Navy]]
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[TN 75]]
||[[French Navy]]
||[[Sub-orbital]]
||[[SLBM]] test launch
||[[9 November]] [[2006]]
||Successful
||
|-
||[[17 November]], 19:12 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]] (7925)
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 17|LC-17A]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[GPS satellite|GPS IIR-16 (M3)]]
||[[US Air Force]]
||[[Medium Earth orbit|MEO]]
||[[Global Positioning System|GPS]] navigation satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[8 December]], 00:53 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 3|Long March 3A]] (CZ-3A)
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[CASC]]
||{{flagicon|PRC}}[[Feng Yun 2D]]
||[[CSMA]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||Weather Satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[8 December]], 22:07 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5 ECA]]
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[ELA-3]], [[Centre Spatial Guyanais|CSG]] ([[Kourou]])
| rowspan=2 |{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Arianespace]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[WildBlue 1]]
||[[WildBlue]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Americom 18]]
||[[SES Americom]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=8 |[[10 December]], 01:47 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=8 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'']]
| rowspan=8 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39B]], [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]]
| rowspan=8 |{{flagicon|USA}}[[United Space Alliance|USA]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[STS-116]], 7 [[astronaut]]s
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], docked to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Manned Orbital Flight
|rowspan="2"|[[22 December]] [[2006]], 22:32 [[GMT]]
||Successful
||[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight<br>[[Expedition 14]] partial crew change
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Spacehab module]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], attached to [[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'']]
||Resupply [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||Successful
||
|-
||{{flagicon|UN}}[[ISS Truss|ISS P5 truss]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]], attached to [[International Space Station|ISS]]
||[[International Space Station|ISS]] component
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[ANDE|ANDE-MAA]]
||[[US Naval Academy]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Technology development
||[[9 February]] [[2007]]
||Partial failure
||Failed to deploy after becoming stuck in launch canister, still transmitted data
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[ANDE|ANDE-FACL]]
||[[US Naval Academy]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Technology development
||[[9 February]] [[2007]]
||Successful
||
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[RAFT1]]
||[[US Naval Academy]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Calibration target
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[MARScom]]
||[[US Naval Academy]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Calibration target
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[MEPSI-2]]
||[[DARPA]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Technology development
||[[8 March]] [[2007]]
||Successful
||[[Cubesat]]
|-
||[[11 December]], 23:28 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton rocket|Proton-M]]/[[Briz-M]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-200/39, [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|USA}}[[International Launch Services|ILS]]
||{{flagicon|MAS}}[[MEASAT#MEASAT-3|MEASAT 3]]
||[[MEASAT]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||[[Communications satellite|Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[14 December]], 21:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]] (7920-10)
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2|SLC-2W]], [[Vandenberg AFB]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[United Launch Alliance|ULA]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[USA-193]] (NRO L-21)
||[[National Reconnaissance Office|NRO]]
||[[Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
||'''Classified'''
||[[21 February]] [[2008]], 03:29 [[GMT]]
||'''Failure'''
||First launch to be contracted by [[United Launch Alliance|ULA]]<br>Satellite failed to contact ground.<br>Destroyed by [[Anti-satellite weapon|ASAT]] on [[21 February]] [[2008]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[16 December]], 12:00 [[GMT]]
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Minotaur (rocket)|Minotaur]]
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|USA}}Pad-0B, [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport]] ([[Wallops Island]])
|rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Orbital Sciences|OSC]]
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[TacSat 2]]
||[[US Naval Research Laboratory]]
||[[Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
||Experimental satellite
||Still in orbit
||Partial failure
|rowspan="2"|First launch from [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport]]. Little or no imagery returned by TacSat due to politial dispute. TacSat lost contact with ground in January 2008.
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}}[[GeneSat]]
||[[NASA]]
||[[Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
||Scientific research
||Still in orbit
||Successful
|-
||[[18 December]], 06:32 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[H-IIA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[JAXA]]
||{{flagicon|JPN}}[[ETS 8]]
||[[JAXA]]
||[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
||Technology demonstration
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||Full antenna deployment one day late<ref>[http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/12/20061226_kiku8-2_e.html Deployment Result of the Large Deployable Antenna Reflectors of the Engineering Test Satellite VIII "KIKU No. 8"]. [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]], [[26 December]], [[2006]]</ref>
|-
||[[19 December]], 14:00 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}LC-132, [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
||{{flagicon|GER}}/{{flagicon|RUS}}[[COSMOS International]]
||{{flagicon|GER}}[[SAR-Lupe|SAR-Lupe 1]]
||[[Kommando Strategische Aufklärung]], [[Bundeswehr]]
||[[Low-Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Radar reconnaissance
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[24 December]], 08:34 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz 2.1a]]/[[Fregat]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[VKS]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Cosmos (satellite)|Kosmos]]{{Fact|date=April 2008}} (Meridian)
||[[VKS]]
||[[Molniya orbit|Molniya]]
||[[Comsat]]
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
| rowspan=3 |[[25 December]], 20:18 [[GMT]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton rocket|Proton-K]]/[[DM-2]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|KAZ}}LC-81/23, [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]]
| rowspan=3 |{{flagicon|RUS}}[[VKS]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2424]] ([[Glonass]])
||[[KNITs]]
||[[MEO]]
||Navigation
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2425]] ([[Glonass]])
||[[KNITs]]
||[[MEO]]
||Navigation
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2426]] ([[Glonass]])
||[[KNITs]]
||[[MEO]]
||Navigation
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
||[[27 December]], 14:23 [[GMT]]
||{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz 2.1b]]/[[Fregat]]
||{{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6|LC-31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
||{{flagicon|EU}}/{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Starsem]]
||{{flagicon|FRA}}[[Corot (space mission)|CoRoT]]
||[[CNES]]
||[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
||Astronomy satellite
||Still in orbit
||Successful so far
||
|-
|}
==Orbital launch summary==
===By country===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Partial failures
! Remarks
|-
|{{flag|China}}
|6
|6
|0
|0
|
|-
|{{Country flag2|flag alias=Flag of Europe.svg|alias=Europe|name=Europe}}
|5
|5
|0
|0
|
|-
|{{IND}}
|1
|0
|1
|0
|
|-
|{{Country flag2|flag alias=Flag of the United Nations.svg|alias=International|name=International}}
|5
|5
|0
|0
|([[Sea Launch]])
|-
|{{JPN}}
|6
|6
|0
|0
|
|-
|{{RUS}}
|22
|20
|2
|0
|
|-
|{{USA}}
|18
|17
|1
|0
|
|-
!<p align="left">Totals
!<p align="left">66
!<p align="left">62
!<p align="left">4
!<p align="left">0
!<p align="left">
|}
===By rocket===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rocket
! Country
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Partial failures
! Remarks
|-
|[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5 ECA]]
|{{Country flag2|flag alias=Flag of Europe.svg|alias=Europe|name=Europe}}
|5
|5
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Atlas V]]
|{{USA}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Delta II]]
|{{USA}}
|6
|6
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Delta IV rocket|Delta IV]]
|{{USA}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Dnepr rocket|Dnepr]]
|{{RUS}}
|2
|1
|1
|0
|
|-
|[[Falcon 1]]
|{{USA}}
|1
|0
|1
|0
|Maiden flight
|-
|[[GSLV]]
|{{IND}}
|1
|0
|1
|0
|
|-
|[[H-IIA]]
|{{JPN}}
|4
|4
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Kosmos-3M]]
|{{RUS}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Long March 2C]]
|{{flag|China}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Long March 3A]]
|{{flag|China}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Long March 3B]]
|{{flag|China}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Long March 4B]]
|{{flag|China}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Long March 4C|Long March 4B-II]] (4C)
|{{flag|China}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|Maiden flight
|-
|[[M-V]]
|{{JPN}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|Retired
|-
|[[Minotaur rocket|Minotaur I]]
|{{USA}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Molniya-M]]
|{{RUS}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Pegasus rocket|Pegasus-XL]]
|{{USA}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Proton rocket|Proton-K]]
|{{RUS}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Proton rocket|Proton-M]]
|{{RUS}}
|4
|3
|1
|0
|
|-
|[[Rokot]]
|{{RUS}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Shtil']]
|{{RUS}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Soyuz 2 rocket|Soyuz 2]]
|{{RUS}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Soyuz-FG]]
|{{RUS}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Soyuz-U]]
|{{RUS}}
|6
|6
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|{{USA}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Start-1]]
|{{RUS}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|
|-
|[[Zenit rocket|Zenit-3SL]]
|{{Country flag2|flag alias=Flag of the United Nations.svg|alias=International|name=International}}
|5
|5
|0
|0
|
|-
|}
===By orbit===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Orbital regime
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Accidentally<br>Achieved
! Remarks
|-
| [[Low Earth orbit]]
| 34
| 32
| 2
| 0
|
|-
| [[Medium Earth orbit]]
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
|-
| [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]/[[Geosynchronous transfer orbit|transfer]]
| 24
| 22
| 2
| 0
|
|-
| [[High Earth orbit]]
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| Including lunar transfer and [[Molniya orbit|Molniya]] orbits
|-
| [[Heliocentric orbit]]
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| Including planetary transfer orbits
|-
| [[Solar escape]]
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
|}
== Deep Space Rendezvous in 2006 ==
*[[15 January]] — Capsule from [[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust]] landed on Earth with cometary samples
*[[15 January]] — [[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]] flyby of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] - T10 (2,042 km)
*[[27 February]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T11 (1,812 km)
*[[10 March]] — [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] enters [[Mars (planet)|Martian]] orbit
*[[18 March]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T12 (1,947 km)
*[[11 April]] — [[Venus Express]] enters [[Venus (planet)|Venerian]] orbit
*[[30 April]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T13 (1,853 km)
*[[20 May]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T14 (1,879 km)
*[[2 July]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T15 (1,911 km)
*[[22 July]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T16 (950 km)
*[[4 September]] — [[SMART-1]] deliberately impacted the [[Moon]]
*[[7 September]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T17 (950 km)
*[[23 September]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T18 (950 km)
*[[9 October]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T19 (950 km)
*[[23 October]] — [[MESSENGER]] 1<sup>st</sup> flyby of [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]
*[[25 October]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T20 (950 km)
*[[12 December]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T21 (950 km)
*[[28 December]] — Cassini flyby of Titan - T22 (1,500 km)
==References==
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