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Space history in 2011

82 records

2010s

50 records

  1. 2011

    1. 2011-01-20 launch

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      Delta 4H launched on the USA 224 [IC] flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2011-01-22 launch

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      H-IIB launched on the HTV-2 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y2. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2011-01-28 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-09M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 2011-02-01 launch

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      Rokot launched on the Geo-IK-2 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC133/3. Partial launch success/failure.

    5. 2011-02-16 launch

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      Ariane 5ES/ATV launched on the ATV 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2011-02-24 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS ULF-5 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2011-02-26 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Glonass-K1 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2011-03-05 launch

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      Atlas V 501 launched on the X-37B OTV FLT-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2011-03-11 launch

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      Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the USA 227 [SDS17] flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 2011-03-18 orbital insertion

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      MESSENGER entered Mercury orbit at 00:45 UT.

    11. 2011-04-01

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      UK Space Agency — formal establishment (2011-04-01).

    12. 2011-04-04 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-21 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2011-04-09 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3A launched on the Beidou DW8 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2011-04-15 launch

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      Atlas V 411 launched on the USA 229 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3E. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2011-04-20 launch

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      PSLV (C) launched on the Resourcesat-2 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2011-04-22 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Yahsat 1A/New Dawn flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2011-04-27 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-10M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 2011-04-29

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      Joanna Russ: death.

    19. 2011-05-04 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Meridian No. 14 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2011-05-07 launch

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      Atlas V 401 launched on the SBIRS GEO-1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2011-05-16 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS ULF-6 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2011-05-20 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Telstar 14R flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2011-05-20 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the ST-2/GSAT-8 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2011-05-21

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      I Shall Wear Midnight () by Terry PratchettAward: Andre Norton Award — Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

      I Shall Wear Midnight won Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.

    25. 2011-05-21

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      The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window () by Rachel SwirskyAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window won Best Novella.

    26. 2011-05-21

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      That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made () by Eric James StoneAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made won Best Novelette.

    27. 2011-05-21

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      Inception () by Christopher NolanAward: Ray Bradbury Award — Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

      Inception won Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation.

    28. 2011-05-21

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      How Interesting: A Tiny Man () by Harlan EllisonAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      How Interesting: A Tiny Man won Best Short Story.

    29. 2011-05-21

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      Ponies () by Kij JohnsonAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      Ponies won Best Short Story.

    30. 2011-05-21

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      Blackout/All Clear () by Connie WillisAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole:

      Blackout/All Clear — 2010 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2011-05-21).

    31. 2011-06-07 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-02M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 2011-06-10 launch

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      Delta 7320-10C launched on the SAC-D flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 2011-06-20 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Zhongxing 10 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 2011-06-21 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-11M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 2011-06-27 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2472 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 2011-07-06 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the SJ-11-03 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 2011-07-08 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the ISS ULF-7 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2011-07-11 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3C launched on the Tian Lian 1-02 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 2011-07-15 launch

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      PSLV-XL launched on the GSAT-12 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 2011-07-15 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the SES-3/Kazsat-2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 2011-07-16 launch

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      Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the GPS IIF SV-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 2011-07-16 orbital insertion

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      Dawn used ion propulsion to enter orbit around Vesta.

    43. 2011-07-26 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3A launched on the Beidou DW9 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 2011-07-29 launch

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the SJ-11-02 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 2011-08-05 launch

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      Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter.

    46. 2011-08-06 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Astra 1N/BSAT-3c flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 2011-08-11 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Paksat-1R flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 2011-08-15 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Haiyang-2 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 2011-08-17 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Ekspress AM-4 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Partial launch success/failure.

    50. 2011-08-18 launch failure

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      Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the SJ-11-04 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. Launch failure.

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