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Space history in 2015

95 records

2010s

50 records

  1. 2015

    1. 2015-01-10 launch

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      Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the Dragon CRS-5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2015-01-21 launch

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      Atlas V 551 (C) launched on the MUOS 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2015-01-31 launch

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

    4. 2015-02-01 launch

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      H-IIA 202 (1) launched on the IGS R-Spare flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 2015-02-01 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Inmarsat 5F2 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 2015-02-11 launch

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      Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the DSCOVR flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 2015-02-17 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-26M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 2015-02-27 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Kosmos-2503 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 2015-02-27

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      Leonard Nimoy: death.

    10. 2015-03-02 launch

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      Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the ABS-3A/Eutelsat115WB flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 2015-03-06 orbital insertion

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      Dawn reached Ceres orbit after its earlier orbital investigation of Vesta.

    12. 2015-03-13 launch

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      Atlas V 421 launched on the MMS flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 2015-03-18 launch

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Ekspress AM-7 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 2015-03-25 launch

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      Delta 4M+(4,2) launched on the GPS IIF-7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 2015-03-26 launch

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      H-IIA 202 (1) launched on the IGS O-5 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 2015-03-27 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-16M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 2015-03-27 launch

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      Soyuz-ST-B (Fregat) launched on the Galileo FOC 3/4 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 2015-03-28 launch

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      PSLV-XL launched on the IRNSS-1D flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 2015-03-30 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 launched on the Beidou DW17 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 2015-03-31 launch

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      Rokot launched on the Gonets-M Blok 14/K-2504 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 2015-04-14 launch

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      Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the Dragon CRS-6 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 2015-04-26 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Sicral 2/Thor 7 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 2015-04-27 launch

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      Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 2015-04-28 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Progress M-27M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Partial launch success/failure.

    25. 2015-04-30 mission end

      MESSENGER struck Mercury at 19:26 UT after exhausting its propellant.

    26. 2015-05-16 launch failure

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      Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Mexsat-1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch failure.

    27. 2015-05-20 launch

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      Atlas V 501 (C) launched on the X-37B OTV FLT-4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 2015-05-27 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the DirecTV-15/SKYM-1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 2015-06-05 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Kosmos-2505 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 2015-06-06

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      Yesterday’s Kin () by Nancy KressAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      Yesterday’s Kin won Best Novella.

    31. 2015-06-06

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      Love Is the Drug () by Alaya Dawn JohnsonAward: Andre Norton Award — Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

      Love Is the Drug won Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.

    32. 2015-06-06

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      Annihilation () by Jeff VanderMeerAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole:

      Annihilation — 2014 Nebula Award, Best Novel (2015-06-06).

    33. 2015-06-06

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      A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i () by Alaya Dawn JohnsonAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i won Best Novelette.

    34. 2015-06-06

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      Guardians of the Galaxy () by James Gunn, Nicole PerlmanAward: Ray Bradbury Award — Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

      Guardians of the Galaxy won Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation.

    35. 2015-06-06

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      Jackalope Wives () by Ursula VernonAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      Jackalope Wives won Best Short Story.

    36. 2015-06-23 launch

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      Vega (1) launched on the Sentinel-2A flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 2015-06-23 launch

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      Soyuz-2-1B launched on the Kosmos-2506 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 2015-06-26 launch

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      Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Gaofen 8 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 2015-06-28 launch failure

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      Falcon 9 (1.1) launched on the Dragon CRS-7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch failure.

    40. 2015-07-03 launch

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      Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-28M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 2015-07-10 launch

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      PSLV-XL launched on the DMC3 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 2015-07-14 planetary flyby

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      New Horizons completed the first close-range reconnaissance of Pluto and its moons.

    43. 2015-07-15 launch

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      Atlas V 401 (C) launched on the GPS II F-10 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 2015-07-15 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Star One C4/MSG 4 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 2015-07-22 launch

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      Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-17M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 2015-07-24 launch

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      Delta 4M+(5,4) (A) launched on the WGS 7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 2015-07-25 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 (G3Z) launched on the Beidou 18/19 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 2015-08-19 launch

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      H-IIB launched on the HTV-5 flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y2. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 2015-08-20 launch

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      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Eutelsat 8WB/IS-34 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 2015-08-22

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      The Three-Body Problem () by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (translator)Award: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole:

      The Three-Body Problem — 2015 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2015-08-22).

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