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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched, or scheduled to be launched in 2008, including the next scheduled launch. ISS in earth orbit. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
11 January, 05:32 GMT	Black Brant IX	LC-36, White Sands	NASA	LIDOS	NASA/JHU	Sub-orbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	11 January, 05:42 GMT	Successful	Apogee: 315 km (196 mi)
15 January, 11:49 GMT	Zenit-3SL	Ocean Odyssey	Sea Launch	Thuraya 3	Thuraya	GEO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
17 January	Jericho-3	Palmachim	IAF		IAF	Sub-orbital	Missile test	17 January 2008	Successful
18 January, 07:30 GMT	Black Brant XII	Andøya	NASA	SCIFER-2	NASA/Cornell/Dartmouth	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric research	18 January 2008	Successful	Apogee: 1,460 km (907 mi)
21 January, 03:45 GMT	PSLV-CA	FLP, Sriharikota	ISRO	Polaris (TechSAR)	IAI	LEO	Radar imaging	Still in orbit	Successful so far
25 January	Shaheen-1	Sonmiani	PAF		PAF	Sub-orbital	Missile test	25 January 2008	Successful
28 January, 00:18 GMT	Proton-M	LC-200/39, Baikonur	RKA	Ekspress AM-33	RSCC	GSO	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
31 January, 19:14 GMT	/ VS-30-Orion	Andøya	/ DLR/ARR	HotPay-2	University of Leeds	Sub-orbital	Ionospheric research	31 January 2008	Successful	Apogee: 380.6 km (237 mi)
January	SM-2	White Sands	US Navy/MDA	ABM	US Navy/MDA	Sub-orbital	ABM test	Within 15 minutes of launch	Successful
4 February	Kavoshgar-1	Semnan	IARI		INSA	Sub-orbital		4 February	Successful
5 February, 13:02:54 GMT	Soyuz-U	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RKA	Progress M-63	RKA	LEO, docked to ISS	Resupply ISS	Still in orbit	Successful so far
6 February, 09:14:40 GMT	S-310	Uchinoura	JAXA		JAXA	Sub-orbital	Ionosphere research	6 February	Successful
7 February, 11:30 GMT	VSB-30	Esrange	/ DLR/ESA	/ TEXUS-44	DLR/ESA	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	7 February	Successful	Apogee: 264 km (164 mi)
7 February, 19:45:30 GMT	Space Shuttle Atlantis	LC-39A, Kennedy	USA	STS-122, 7 astronauts	NASA	LEO, docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	20 February 2008, 14:07:10 GMT	Successful	ISS assembly flight
				Columbus	ESA	LEO, attached to ISS	ISS component	Still in orbit	Successful so far
11 February, 11:34 GMT	Proton-M	LC-200/39, Baikonur	ILS	Thor-5	Telenor	Geosynchronous	Comsat	Still in orbit	Successful so far
21 February, 03:26 GMT	SM-3	USS Lake Erie	US Navy/MDA	ASAT	US Navy/MDA	Sub-orbital	ASAT satellite intercept	21 February, 03:29 GMT	Successful	Destroyed USA-193 satellite[1]
21 February, 06:15 GMT	VSB-30	Esrange	/ DLR/ESA	/ TEXUS-45	DLR/ESA	Sub-orbital	Microgravity research	21 February	Successful
23 February, 08:55 GMT	H-IIA 2024	Pad Y, Tanegashima	MHI	WINDS (Kizuna)	JAXA/NICT	GEO	Comsat/Technology development	Still in orbit	Successful so far
26 February	K-15	INS Kalinga	Indian Navy		Indian Navy	Sub-orbital	SLBM test	26 February 2008	Successful
9 March, 04:03:07 GMT	Ariane 5-ES	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	ATV-001 Jules Verne	ESA	LEO, planned: docked to ISS	Test spacecraft, resupply ISS	Still in orbit	Successful so far	Maiden flight of Ariane 5-ES and ATV
11 March, 06:28:14 GMT	Space Shuttle Endeavour	LC-39A, Kennedy	USA	STS-123, 7 Astronauts	NASA	LEO, Planned: Docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight	Still in orbit	Successful so far	ISS assembly flight
				JEM-LM	JAXA	LEO, Planned: attached to ISS	ISS component	Still in orbit	Successful so far	First of three components for the JEM
13 March, 09:15-13:15 GMT	Atlas V (411)	SLC-3E, Vandenberg AFB	ULA	NRO L-28 (Trumpet)	NRO	Planned: Molniya	ELINT			First Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB
14 March, 23:18 GMT	Proton-M/Breeze-M	LC-200/39, Baikonur	/ ILS	AMC-14	SES Americom	Planned: Geosynchronous	Comsat
15 March, 06:09-06:23 GMT	Delta II (7925-9.5)	LC-17, Cape Canaveral	ULA	GPS IIR-19 (M6)	US Air Force	Planned: MEO	Navigation
17 March, 22:49-23:47 GMT	Zenit 3SL	Ocean Odyssey	Sea Launch	DirecTV-11	DirecTV	Planned: GEO	Comsat
25 March, 19:15 GMT	Kosmos-3M	Plesetsk	COSMOS	SAR-Lupe 4	KSA, Bundeswehr	Planned: Polar LEO	Military reconnaissance
March (TBC)[2]	Rokot	Plesetsk	VKS	GONETS-M		Planned: LEO	Comsat
				GONETS-M		Planned: LEO	Comsat
				GONETS-M		Planned: LEO	Comsat
				Yubeleiny		Planned: LEO	Experimental spacecraft
NET: March (TBC)	Chimera (Minuteman/Minotaur II)	LF-06, Vandenberg AFB	Orbital Sciences	NFIRE 2b target	MDA	Planned:Sub-orbital	NFIRE test
March (TBC)[2]	Long March 3A	LC-2, Xichang	CNSA	Beidou	CNSA	Planned:MEO	Navigation
1st Quarter (TBC)[2]	Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat	Plesetsk		Persona
8 April, 11:16:14 GMT	Soyuz-FG	LC-1, Baikonur	RKA	Soyuz TMA-12, 3 cosmonauts	RKA	Planned: LEO, Docked to ISS	Manned orbital flight			ISS Expedition 17 First South Korean in space
10 April[3]	Ariane 5-ECA	ELA-3, CSG (Kourou)	Arianespace	Vinasat-1	VNPT	Planned: GSO	Comsat			First Vietnamese spacecraft
				Star One C2	Star One	Planned: GSO	Comsat
12 April	VSB-30	Esrange	/ SSC/DLR	/ MASER-11	SSC/ESA	Planned: Sub-orbital	Microgravity research
14 April	Atlas V (421)	LC-41, Cape Canaveral	ULA	ICO G1	ICO Satellite Management	Planned: Geosynchronous	Mobile communications
15 April	Pegasus-XL	L-1011, Kwajelein Atoll	Orbital	C/NOFS		Planned: LEO	Scientific electrodynamics satellite
18 April, 03:53 GMT	PSLV-C	Sriharikota	ISRO	Cartosat 2A[4]	ISRO	Planned: LEO	Remote Sensing
				TWSAT[4]	ISRO	Planned: LEO	Remote sensing
				CanX-2[5]	UTIAS	Planned: LEO	Technology development[5]
				Cute-1.7+APD II[6]	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Planned: LEO	Technology development
				Delfi C3[7]	Delft University	Planned: LEO	Technology development
				AAUSat-II[8]	Aalborg University	Planned: LEO	Radiation research[8]
				COMPASS-1[9]	Aachen University	Planned: LEO	Remote sensing Technology demonstration
				SEEDS-2[10]	Nihon University	Planned: LEO	Technology development
21 April	Terrier 70	Wallops Island	NASA	SubTEC-II	NASA	Planned: Sub-orbital	Technology development
24 April	Zenit-3SLB	LC-45/1, Baikonur	Land Launch	AMOS-3 (AMOS-60)	Space Communications Ltd	Planned: Geosynchronous	Comsat			First Land Launch contracted launch, maiden flight of Zenit-3SLB
25 April, 20:00-00:00 GMT	Polaris	Kodiak Island	US Air Force	FTG-04	MDA	Planned:Sub-orbital
26 April, 22:16:02 GMT