2007 in spaceflight
All you want to know about 2007 in spaceflight
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Launches
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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2007.
| Date/Time (GMT) |
Rocket | Site | LSP | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (GMT) |
Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January, 03:53 GMT[1] |  PSLV |
Satish Dhawan |
ISRO |
Cartosat 2 |
ISRO | LEO (Sun synchronous polar orbit) | Earth observation | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| SRE-1 |
ISRO | LEO (Polar) | Technology development | 22 January 2007, 04:16 GMT[2] | Successful | First Indian spacecraft recovery | ||||
 / LAPAN-TUBSAT |
LAPAN/TU Berlin | LEO (Polar) | Earth imaging | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
 Pehuensat 1 |
Asociación Argentina de Tecnología Espacial | LEO (Polar) | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 11 January, 22:28 GMT[3][4] |  DF-21 |
Xichang[5] |
PLA |
PLA | Sub-orbital | ASAT test - intercept satellite | 11 January 2007 | Successful | Destroyed Feng Yun 1C satellite | |
| 16 January, 02:20 GMT[4] |  S-310 |
Uchinoura |
JAXA |
JAXA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 16 January 2007 | Successful | ||
| 18 January, 02:12 GMT[5] |  Soyuz-U |
 LC-1/5, Baikonur |
RKA |
Progress 24P (M-59) |
RKA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 1 August 2007, 19:26 GMT | Successful | |
| 19 January, 12:29 GMT[4] |  Black Brant VB |
 Poker Flat |
NASA |
JOULE II |
Clemson University/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Auroral research | 19 January 2007 | Successful | |
| 19 January, 12:30 GMT[4] | /Terrier-Black Brant IX |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
JOULE II |
Clemson University/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Auroral research | 19 January 2007 | Successful | |
| 19 January, 12:44 GMT[4] | Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
JOULE II |
Clemson University/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Auroral research | 19 January 2007 | Successful | |
| 19 January, 12:45 GMT[4] | Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
JOULE II |
Clemson University/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Auroral research | 19 January 2007 | Successful | |
| 27 January, 05:20 GMT[4] | Scud |
Kauai |
US Army |
Target | MDA | Sub-orbital | ABM test | 27 January 2007 | Successful | |
| 27 January[4] | THAAD |
Kauai |
US Army |
THAAD | ||||||
| 30 January[4] | Scud |
 Syria |
Syrian military |
Re-entry vehicle | Syrian military | Sub-orbital | Missile test | 30 January | Successful | |
| 30 January, 23:22 GMT[5] |  Zenit 3SL |
 Ocean OdysseyPacific Ocean |
 Sea Launch |
 NSS-8 |
SES New Skies | Intended: Geosynchronous | Comsat | Never left ground | Failure | Rocket exploded on pad |
| 2 February, 16:28 GMT[6] | Long March 3A |
LC-2, Xichang |
CNSA |
Beidou-1D |
Chinese government | GSO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Partial failure | Problems deploying solar panels Corrected from ground |
| 7 February, 08:15 GMT[4] | Minuteman III |
LF-10, Vandenberg AFB |
USAF |
Mk. 21 re-entry vehicle | USAF | Sub-orbital | ICBM test launch | 7 February 2007 | Successful | Impacted Reagan Test Site |
| 12 February, 12:45 GMT[4] | Black Brant XII |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
ROPA[7] |
University of Dartmouth | Sub-orbital | Auroral research | 12 February 2007 | Successful | |
| 14 February, 09:22 GMT[4] | Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
HEX 2 |
University of Alaska/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Thermospheric research | 14 February 2007 | Successful | |
| 14 February, 09:27 GMT[4] | Black Brant X |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
HEX 2 |
University of Alaska/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Thermospheric research | 14 February 2007 | Successful | |
| 14 February, 09:36 GMT[4] | Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
HEX 2 |
University of Alaska/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Thermospheric research | 14 February 2007 | Successful | |
| 14 February, 09:38 GMT[4] | Terrier-Orion |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
HEX 2 |
University of Alaska/Geospace | Sub-orbital | Thermospheric research | 14 February 2007 | Successful | |
| 17 February 23:01 GMT[6] |
Boeing Delta II (7925-10C) |
LC-17B, Cape Canaveral |
ULA |
THEMIS-A |
NASA | HEO | Auroral research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| THEMIS-B |
NASA | HEO | Auroral research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| THEMIS-C |
NASA | HEO | Auroral research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| THEMIS-D |
NASA | HEO | Auroral research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| THEMIS-E |
NASA | HEO | Auroral research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 24 February 04:41 GMT[6] | H-IIA 2024 |
Pad Y, Tanegashima |
JAXA |
IGS-Radar 3 |
Japanese government | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) | Reconnaissance satellite | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| IGS-Optical 3 Verification |
Japanese government | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) | Demonstration reconnaissance satellite | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 25 February[6] |  Shahab-3 |
IARI |
Kavesh |
INSA | Sub-orbital | Scientific research | 25 February 2007 | Successful | First successful Iranian scientific launch | |
| 28 February, 08:39 GMT[4] | Black Brant XII |
Poker Flat |
NASA |
CHARM |
LaBelle/University of Dartmouth | Sub-orbital | Auroral research | 28 February 2007 | Successful | |
| 1 March | RH-200SV |
Andøya |
AAR |
Mini-DUSTY 13 |
AAR | Sub-orbital | Technology demonstration | 1 March 2007 | Failure | Rocket underperformed and failed to reach correct apogee |
| 6 March, 00:30 GMT[4] | SR-19 |
C-17, Kauai |
US Army |
SRALT |
MDA | Sub-orbital | Target demonstration | 6 March 2007 | Successful | |
| 9 March 03:10 GMT[8] | Lockheed Martin Atlas V (401) |
LC-41, Cape Canaveral |
ULA |
ASTRO |
DARPA | LEO | Refuelling & Servicing experiment (tanker/servicer) | Still in orbit | Successful | |
| NEXTSat |
DARPA | LEO | Refuelling & Servicing experiment (servicable satellite receiver) | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
| MidSTAR I |
US Naval Academy | LEO | Radiation and communication research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| FalconSat3 |
United States Air Force Academy | LEO | Plasma/Ionospheric research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| STPSat 1 |
USAF's Space Test Program | LEO | Atmospheric research and technology demonstration | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| CFESat |
Los Alamos National Laboratory | LEO | Ionospheric research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 11 March, 22:03 GMT[8] |  Ariane 5-ECA |
 ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) |
Arianespace |
 Skynet 5A |
Ministry of Defence | GSO | Military comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| INSAT 4B |
ISRO | GSO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 21 March, 01:10 GMT[9] | SpaceX Falcon 1 |
 Omelek |
SpaceX |
DemoSat (LCT2/AFSS) |
DARPA/NASA | Intended: LEO | Test rocket GPS and communication experiments |
T+5 minutes, 5 seconds | Failure | Loss of signal after control problems Failed to reach orbit Some test objectives achieved. |
| 21 March, 04:27 GMT[4] | Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II) |
LF-06, Vandenberg AFB |
Orbital Sciences |
US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Tracking demonstration | 21 March 2007 | Successful | ||
| 6 April, 06:42 GMT[4] | Scud |
Kauai |
US Army |
MDA | Sub-orbital | Target demonstration | 6 April 2007 | Successful | ||
| 7 April, 17:31 GMT[9] | Soyuz-FG |
LC-1/5, Baikonur |
RKA |
Soyuz TMA-10 3 Cosmonauts |
RKA | LEO, docked to ISS |
Manned orbital flight | 21 October 2007, 10:36 GMT | Successful | ISS Expedition 15, space tourist |
| 9 April, 22:54 GMT[9] | Proton-M |
LC-200/39, Baikonur |
/ILS |
Anik F3 |
Telesat Canada | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Partial failure, still in operation | Ka-band transmitter malfunction |
| 11 April, 03:27 GMT[9] | Long March 2C-III |
Taiyuan |
CNSA |
Haiyang-1B |
CAST | SSO | Oceanographic monitoring | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| 12 April, 05:32 GMT[4] | Agni-III |
Chandipur |
IDRDL |
Re-entry vehicle | IDRDL | Sub-orbital | Missile test | 12 April 2007 | Successful | |
| 13 April, 20:11 GMT[9] | Long March 3A |
LC-2, Xichang |
CNSA |
Compass-M1 (Beidou-2A) |
CNSA | MEO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| 17 April, 06:46:34 GMT[9] | Dnepr |
LC-109, Baikonur |
ISC Kosmotras |
 Egyptsat-1 |
NARS | SSO | Earth imaging | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
 Saudisat-3 |
RSRI | SSO | Scientific Research | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| SaudiComsat-3 |
RSRI | SSO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| SaudiComsat-4 |
RSRI | SSO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| SaudiComsat-5 |
RSRI | SSO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| SaudiComsat-6 |
RSRI | SSO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| SaudiComsat-7 |
RSRI | SSO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| PolySat-3 |
CalPoly | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful so far | In P-POD container | ||||
| PolySat 4 |
CalPoly | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful so far | In P-POD container | ||||
| CAPE-1 |
University of Louisiana at Lafayette | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Partial failure, still in operation | In P-POD container, Problems with power supply[10] | ||||
 Libertad 1 |
Sergio Arboleda University | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful | First Colombian satellite; in P-POD container Deactivated following completion of mission[10] |
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| AeroCube 2 |
Aerospace Corporation | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Failure | In P-POD container. Solar panel/converter malfunction.[10] | ||||
| CSTB-1 |
Boeing | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful so far | In P-POD container | ||||
| MAST |
Tethers Unlimited | SSO | Technology development | Still in orbit | Successful so far | In P-POD container | ||||
| 23 April, 10:00 GMT[9] | PSLV-CA |
Sriharikota |
ISRO |
 AGILE |
ASI | LEO | Gamma ray observation | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| AAM |
ISRO | LEO | Technology demonstration | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 24 April, 06:48 GMT[11] | Minotaur I |
Pad 0B, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island) |
Orbital Sciences |
NFIRE |
MDA | LEO | Missile early warning system | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| 25 April, 20:26:00 GMT [11] | Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL |
L-1011, Vandenberg AFB |
Orbital Sciences |
AIM (SMEX 9) |
NASA | LEO | Study clouds on the edge of space | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| 26 April, 21:31 GMT [4] | Terrier-Orion |
Kauai |
US Navy |
Target | US Navy | Sub-orbital | ABM test | 26 April 2007 | Successful | |
| 26 April, 21:32 GMT [4] |
SM-3 |
USS Lake Erie, Kauai |
US Navy |
Inteceptor | ||||||
| 28 April, 14:56 GMT[4] | SpaceLoft XL |
Spaceport America, Upham, New Mexico |
UP Aerospace |
Legacy |
Celestis | Suborbital | Space burial | 28 April 2007 | Successful | Recoverable sounding launch Included remains of Astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan Reached an apogee of 117 kilometres Bad weather delayed recovery |
| LaunchQuest |
CCAT/NALI | Suborbital | Student experiments | |||||||
| RocketSat II |
NASA/University of Colorado | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | |||||||
| Seeds |
Epsori Space Systems | Suborbital | ||||||||
| Antimatter/Space2O |
MEI | Suborbital | Drink ingredients | |||||||
| Personal/commemorative items |
Astrata, RocketFoto and Astrax | Suborbital | ||||||||
| 4 May, 22:29 GMT [11] | Ariane 5-ECA |
ELA-3, CSG (Kourou) |
Arianespace |
 Astra 1L |
SES Astra | GEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |
| Galaxy 17 |
Intelsat | GEO | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful so far | |||||
| 12 May, 03:25:38 GMT [11] | Soyuz-U |
LC-1/5, Baikonur |
RKA |
Progress 25P (M-60) |
RKA | LEO, docked to ISS | Resupply ISS | 25 September 2007, 19:48 GMT | Successful | |
| 13 May, 16:01 GMT [11] | Long March 3B |
LC-2, Xichang |
CNSA |
 NigComSat-1 |
NASRDA | Operational: GEO Then: |