WORLD SPACECRAFT DIGEST by Jos Heyman 2014 Version: 7 February 2016 © Copyright Jos Heyman

2014 001A (39498) Name: GSat-14 Country: India Launch date: 5 January 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: GSLV Mk 2 Orbit: geostationary at 75 °E

Based on the I-2K platform, the 1982 kg Gsat-14 communications satellite was fitted with 6 extended C-band transponders, 6 Ku band transponders to provide educational and medical communications services. In addition the satellite carried 2 Ka band beacons that were used to carry out studies related to rain and atmospheric effects on Ka band satellite communication links in Indian region. The satellite also carried several new technology experiments, a Fiber Optic Gyro, an Active Pixel Sun Sensor and Thermal control coating experiments.

2014 002A (39500) Name: Thaicom-6 Country: Thailand Launch date: January 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: geostationary at 78.8 oE

Thaicom-6 was a communications satellite built by Orbital using the Star 2.4 platform. Owned by Thaicom Public Company Limited (formerly Shin Satellite Public Company Limited), the 3325 kg satellite carried 8 Ku band and 18 C band transponders.

2014 003A (39502) Name: Cygnus Orb-1 Country: USA Launch date: 9 January 2014 Re-entry: 19 February 2014 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares Orbit: 405 x 415 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo spacecraft as described for 2013 051A. The spacecraft, also known as the C. Gordon Fullerton, docked at the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 12 January 2014.. The spacecraft carried 1261 kg of supplies for ISS, including several scientific experiments, 23 student experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and experimental hardware. In addition it carried a number of cubesats that were ejected with the NanoRack Cubesat deployers located in the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS. These cubesats were: 1. 28 Flock 1 3U cubesats which were ejected in batches of two between 11 February 2014 and 28 February 2014 as 1998 067DG to 1998 067EK; 2. SkyCube, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EL; 3. UAPSAT, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EM; 4. LitSat, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EN; 5. LituanicaSAT-1, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EP; and 6. Ardusat-2, ejected on 28 February as 1998 067EQ. The spacecraft undocked on 18 February 2014.

2014 004A (39504) Name: TDRS-12 Country: USA Launch date: 23 January 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: geostationary at 150 °W

Communications relay satellite as described for 2013 004A. It was also known as TDRS-L. In February 2015 it was oved to 41 oW.

2014 005A (39506) Name: Progress M-22M Country: Russia Launch date: 5 February 2014 Re-entry: 18 April 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 414 x 419 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-22M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 5 February 2014. The flight was also known as ISS-54P. The payload included Chasqui-1 (1998 067ET), a Peruvian 1U cubesat built at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú and that was deployed on 18 August 2014 during an EVA. The spacecraft undocked on 7 April 2014 but remained in orbit to conduct Radar-Progress ionospheric studies.

2014 006A (39508) Name: ABS-2 Country: Hong Kong Launch date: 6 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 75 oE

Communications satellite owned by Asia Broadcast Satellite and built by Space Systems Loral using the LS- 1300 platform. The 6330 kg satellite carried 32 C, 51 Ku and 6 Ka transponders. Some of these transponders were used by SIngtel of Singapore, as ST-3, as well as KT Telecom of Korea, as Mugunghwa-8.

2014 006B Name: Athena-Fidus Country: France Launch date: 6 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 38 oE

The Access on THeaters for European Nations Allied Forces-French Italian Dual Use Satellite (Athena-Fidus) was built by Thales Alenia Space for the French space agency CNES, the French defense procurement agency DGA, the Italian space agency ASI and the Italian Ministry of Defense. Using the Spacebus 4000B2 platform the 3080 kg satellite was fitted with state-of-the-art civil broadband technologies operating in the EHF and Ka bands, to provide communications services to both armed forces and civil security agencies in France and Italy.

2014 007A (39522) Name: Turksat-4A Country: Turkey Launch date: 14 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 42 oE

Communications satellite owned by Turksat and built by Mitsubishi Electric MELCO using the DS2000 platform. The 4910 kg satellite was fitted with 28 transponders in the Ku band and 2 transponders in the Ka band.

2014 008A (39533) Name: Navstar 2F-5 Country: USA Launch date: 20 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2) Orbit: 20451 x 20469 km, inclination: 55.0 °

Navigational satellite as described for 2010 022A. It was also known as GPS 2F-5, USA-248, Canopus, Navstar-64, Navstar-69 and SVN-64.

2014 009A (39572) Name: ShindaiSat Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 24 November 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 383 x 399 km, inclination: 65 o

The objective of ShindaiSat was to demonstrate an LED to drive an optical communications ground station link at distances up to 400 km. Also named Ginrei, the 35 kg satellite was built at the Shinshu University.

2014 009B (39573) Name: KSat-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 29 June 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 381 x 388 km, inclination: 65 o

The Kagoshima University Satellite (KSat)-2 was a 1U cubesat to study water vapour in the Earth's atmosphere and obtain Earth images. It also tested a pantograph design extending boom and was used for a number of other space-related experiments. Also named Hayato-2, it was a modified reflight of KSat (2010 020A)..

2014 009C (39574) Name: GPM Core Country: USA Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 387 x 405 km, inclination: 65 o

A successor to TRMM (1997 074A), the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)-Core mission was a joint effort by NASA and Japan to measure rain and snow worldwide. The data collected by GPM Core was expected to advance the understanding of the Earth's water and energy cycles and enhance the forecasting of extreme events that cause natural disasters. The 3850 kg satellite carried two instruments: 1. GPM Microwave Imager (GMI), carrying a conical- scanning, microwave radiometer operating in thirteen channels in the frequencies from 10 GHz to 183 GHz, to provide a precipitation standard for the spacecraft as well as a radiometric standard for the other GPM constellation members; and 2. Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), consisting of a Ku-band precipitation radar (KuPR) and a Ka-band precipitation radar (KaPR) to provide a three dimensional observation of rain enabling the provision of an accurate estimation of rainfall rate to the scientific community. The GPM Core satellite cooperated with eight other weather satellites operated or to be launched by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Japan, EUMETSAT and others. The eight satellites made it possible to get a global rainfall distribution in every 3 hours. The satellites involved were MetOp-2 (2012 049A) and MetOp-C (to be launched), Suomi NPP (2011 061A), Megha Tropiques (2011 058A), NOAA-19 (2009 005A), GCOM-W1 (2012 025A), DMSP F-19 and -20 (to be launched) and JPSS-1 (to be launched)

As part of the outreach programme for the mission, NASA held a competition for the design of an anime character for the mission. The winning character was Mizu-chan, designed by Sabrynne Buchhold, from Hudson, CO. Mizo-chan wore a flowing blue dress with clouds at the hemline. She could evaporate water with her hair. Along with the second prize winner, who measured all the rainfall and snowfall on Earth, she starred in her own comic series that taught the public about precipitation science and the GPM mission.

2014 009D (39575) Name: OPUSat Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 24 July 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 349 x 366 km, inclination: 65 o

The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite (OPUSat) was a 1U cubesat to test lithium-ion capacitors for use as a power source in space.

2014 009E (39576) Name: TeikyoSat-3 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 25 October 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 383 x 3993 km, inclination: 65 o

TeikyoSat-3 was a 20 kg biological research satellite developed at the Teikyo University. It carried an onboard camera to observe and transmit images of growth in the slime mould Dictyostelium Discoideum. TeikyoSat-1 and -2 were non-flight cubesats for fundamental experiment with use of accelerometer and thermometer, etc. for students for graduation thesis. They were developed in 2008.

2014 009F (39577) Name: ITF-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 2 September 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 381 x 390 km, inclination: 65 o

The Image The Future (ITF)-1 1U cubesat was built at the University of Tsukuba to transmit data to simple receivers by the use of Morse code that could be received by simple equipment such as a handheld transceiver or scanner.

2014 009G (39578) Name: INVADER Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 18 May 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 381 x 387 km, inclination: 65 o

The Interactive satellite for Art and Design Experimental Research (INVADER) 1U cubesat was developed at the Tama Art University as a tool to create art from orbit. Awaiting confirmation of separation from launch vehicle. The satellite carried sensors to be used in art work, including the Lightning Equipment which changed color according to the satellite temperature data and distributing to people, a small camera (150 × 150 pixels) for acquiring the Earth images for utilizing in Art Work and a Digi-Talker, to transmit voice data using FM. The satellite was later also named as Oscar-77 and CO-77.

2014 009H (39570) Name: STARS-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 26 April 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 383 x 395 km, inclination: 65 o

STARS 2 (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite) was developed by the Kagawa University as a replacement of the STARS-1 (2009 002G) that did not succeed to deploy the sub-satellite by tether. STARS-2 consisted of the mother satellite of 5 kg, and the daughter satellite of 4 kg. Based on orbital data it is believed that the 300 m tether was deployed. Once in orbit the satellite was renamed Gennai after the Japanese polymath Hiraga Gennai (1728-1780).

2014 010A (39612) Name: Ekspress AT-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 15 March 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 56 oE

Express-AT1 was built by ISS Reshetnev and was based on the Express-1000H platform. Having a mass of 1672 kilograms, the spacecraft was fitted with 32 Ku-band transponders.

2014 010B (39613) Name: Ekspress AT-2 Country: Russia Launch date: 15 March 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 140 oE

Express-AT2 was built by ISS Reshetnev and was based on the Express-1000K platform. The 1326 kilogram satellite carried 16 Ku-band transponders.

--- Name: Tadbir Country: Iran Launch date: 20 Mach 2014 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Semnan Launch vehicle: Safir 1B Orbit: failed to orbit

Tadbir was a 50 kg Earth observation satellite built at the Iran University of Science and Technology. It is believed to have been fitted with a camera for cloud and Earth imaging. The launch failed and has not been confirmed by Iranian authorities.

2014 011A (39616) Name: Amazonas-4A Country: Spain Launch date: 22 March 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 61 °W

Owned by Hispasat the 1241 kg communications satellite was built by Orbital Sciences using the GeoStar 2.4 platform. It was fitted with 24 Ku band transponders.

2014 011B (39617) Name: Astra-5B Country: Luxembourg Launch date: 22 March 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 31.5 °E

The Astra-5B communications satellite was owned by SES and built by Airbus Defence and Space using the Eurostar 3000L platform. The 5755 kg satellite was fitted with 40 Ku and 6 Ka band transponders to provide Direct-to-Home (DTH), Direct-to-Cable (DTC) services and contribution feeds to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) networks.

2014 012A (39620) Name: Kosmos-2492 Country: Russia Launch date: 23 March 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat Orbit: 19129 x 19153 km, inclination: 64.8 °

Glonass M navigational satellite as described for 2001 053A.

2014 013A (39622) Name: Soyuz TMA-12M Country: Russia Launch date: 25 March 2014 Re-entry: 11 September 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 414 x 425 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts A. Skvortsov (Cmdr.), O. Artemyev (Fl. Eng.) and S. Swanson (USA) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-38S and the call sign was Cliff. They were members of the thirty ninth permanent crew (EX-39) and later the fortieth permanent crew (EX-40) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Poisk docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 27 March 2014 after an attempt on 25 March 2014 was aborted. On 10 September 2014 the spacecraft undocked again. The mission had lasted 198 days, 5 hours, 6 minutes.

--- Name: CPM TV-1 Country: USA Launch date: 29 March 2014 Re-entry: 29 March 2014 Launch site: Mojave Launch vehicle: CPM TV Orbit: sub-orbital to 3 km

The Interorbital Systems’ Common Propulsion Module Test Vehicle (CPM TV)-1 was a boiler-plate test version of the rocket units that will make up Interorbital’s Neptune launch vehicle. The vehicle carried the following payloads: 1. a 2U cubesat developed at the National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan); 2. a 1U cubesat developed by M2M2SKY/Boreal Space (Brazil/California); 3. a payload developed by SYNERGY MOON (California/International); and 4. Sat-JF14, a payload that transmitted John Frusicante’s album ENCLOSURE to any iOS or Android device; and 5. a GoPro camera mounted on the rocket to make a video of the launch. All payloads were successfully recovered after the flight and Sat-JF14 did not transmit the album from space until 7 April 2014, as was suggested in the press.

2014 014A (39624) Name: SJ-11-6 Country: China Launch date: 31 March 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2C Orbit: 688 x 704 km, inclination: 98.3 °

Satellite for space science and engineering experiments probably similar to SJ-11-1 (2009 061A).

2014 015A (39630) Name: DMSP F-19 Country: USA Launch date: 3 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: 840 x 853 km, inclination: 98.8 o

Military meteorological satellite as described for 1999 067A. Also known as USA-249.

2014 016A (39634) Name: Sentinel-1A Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 3 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2/Fregat Orbit: 686 x 690 km, inclination: 98.2 °

The Sentinel series of Earth observation satellites were geared to fit in with the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GEMS), a European initiative for a wide capability for Earth observation. The Sentinel system comprised five different series of spacecraft. The Sentinel 1 series of two satellites performed a C band radar imaging mission, providing all-weather day/night images with a resolution of up to 5 meters. The 2300 kg satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space.

2014 017A (39635) Name: IRNSS-1B Country: India Launch date: 4 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV-XL Orbit: 35417 x 35939 km, inclination: 31.0 °

Navigational satellite as described for 2013 034A.

2014 018A (39648) Name: Progress M-23M Country: Russia Launch date: 9 April 2014 Re-entry: 31 July 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 374 x 414 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-23M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 9 April 2014. The flight was also known as ISS-55P. The spacecraft undocked on 21 July 2014 and spent the next ten days undertaking tests as part of the Radar-Progress experiment program.

2014 019A (39650) Name: Ofeq-10 Country: Israel Launch date: 9 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Palmachin Launch vehicle: Shavit 2 Orbit: 332 x 609 km, inclination: 140.9 °

Radar reconnaissance satellite as described for 2008 002A.

2014 020A (39652) Name: Mercury F/O-1 Country: USA Launch date: 10 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-541 Orbit: geostationary at ? °

It is believed Mercury F/O-1 was the first of a new generation of large NRO electronic signals intelligence satellites. It was also known as NROL-67 and USA-250.

2014 021A (39678) Name: EgyptSat-2 Country: Egypt Launch date: 16 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 436 x 703 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Also known as MisrSat-2, the 1050 kg EgyptSat-2 Earth observation satellite was fitted with an Earth-viewing telescope and camera with a resolution of 1 m operating in the visible and infra-red wavelengths. . The satellite was built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences and RKK Energia, using the latter’s 559GK platform. The payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy.

--- Name: Falcon 9R-Dev-1 Country: USA Launch date: 17 April 2014 Re-entry: 17 April 2014 Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Falcon 9R Orbit: sub-orbital to 250 m

Falcon 9R-Dev-1 was a test vehicle for the landing of the first stage of Falcon-9 v1.1. The vehicle was fitted with three Merlin-1D engine and operational lightweight landing legs. The low altitude flight reached a 250 m altitude before landing again. Also referred to as Grasshopper 2-1.

2014 022A (39680) Name: Dragon CRS-3 Country: USA Launch date: 18 April 2014 Re-entry: 18 May 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 414 x 419 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Resupply mission for the International Space Station using the Dragon C spacecraft as described for 2010 066A. The 4200 kg spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 20 April 2014. It carried about 1518 kg of supplies in the pressurized module and 571 kg in the unpressurised module.. The spacecraft undocked on 18 May 2014 and, on the return flight, it carried 1563 kg of scientific materials as well as space station hardware. The spacecraft splashed down about 400 km off the coast of California and was successfully recovered.

The first stage of the Falcon-9 v1.1 launch vehicle was fitted with four landing legs to make the first stage reusable. The four legs, which were made of carbon fiber with aluminum honeycomb, deployed after the first stage separation. On this occasion the first stage was guided to a soft landing in the Atlantic Ocean although a recovery team failed to recover that stage due to poor weather conditions.

2014 022B (39681) Name: SporeSat Country: USA Launch date: 18 April 2014 Re-entry: 4 June 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 300 x 331 km, inclination: 51.6 °

SporeSat was a 3U cubesat developed by NASA Ames Research Center, Santa Clara University, Purdue University and University of Texas to gain knowledge of the mechanisms of plant cell gravity sensing. It also carried an amateur radio beacon. The satellite was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-V programme.

2014 022C (39682) Name: TSAT Country: USA Launch date: 18 April 2014 Re-entry: 28 May 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 297 x 332 km, inclination: 51.6 °

TSAT or TestSat-Lite, was a 2U cubesat designed and built by engineering students at Taylor University to perform a variety of research, including temperature and density of plasma in space. The satellite was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-V programme.

2014 022D (39683) Name: PhoneSat v-2-5 Country: USA Launch date: 18 April 2014 Re-entry: 26 May 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 299 x 331 km, inclination: 51.6 °

PhoneSat v-2-5 was a 1U cubesat similar to PhoneSat v-2 (2013 016C). The satellite was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-V programme.

2014 022E (39684) Name: All-Star-THEIA Country: USA Launch date: 18 April 2014 Re-entry: 15 May 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 299 x 331 km, inclination: 51.6 °

All-Star-THEIA was a 3U cubesat developed by students of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium (COSGC) in collaboration with Lockheed Martin. The satellite fulfilled the Agile Low-cost Laboratory for Space Technology Acceleration and Research (All-Star) requirement by providing students with experience in developing a small satellite platform. It also carried the THEIA optical remote sensing payload developed at the University of Colorado (UC) and at COSGC. THEIA is the name of a Greek goddess. The satellite was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-V programme.

2014 022F (39685) Name: KickSat Country: USA Launch date: 18 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 297 x 329 km, inclination: 51.6 °

KickSat was an on-line crowd funded 3 U cubesat developed at Cornell University as part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-V programme. KickSat carried 104 tiny Sprite payloads measuring just 3.5 x 2.5 centimeters and 3 millimeters thick with a mass of about 5 grams. Each one was a self-functioning circuit board. They were housed in four stacks inside KickSat.

Each Sprite had a solar cell, a microcontroller, a radio transceiver and a couple of different sensors, Some had three-axis gyroscopes, three-axis magnetometers and various temperature sensors. The payloads had been sponsored by various individuals and organisations who paid $ 1000 to the KickSat project to have their own project uploaded. For $ 300 contributors could name one of the Sprites and specify the brief message its radio would transmit from orbit. The Sprite satellites were to have been released on 4 May 2014, after a 16 day delay in deployment to prevent them from impacting with ISS.. However, the automatic timer that was to release the satellites was reset by the on-board micro controller on 30 April 2014, probably due to a high dose of radiation. This caused the clock to restart a new 16 day period with the release to take place on 16 May 2014. However, KickSat re-entered on 14 May 2014 before the release could take place.. Each Sprite would have been in orbit for just a few days and they were too small to have been tracked.

2014 023A (39727) Name: Luch 5-V Country: Russia Launch date: 28 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 95 °E

Communications satellite as described for 2011 074B.

2014 023B (39728) Name: Kazsat-3 Country: Kazakhstan Launch date: 28 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 58.5 °

Communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev using the Express-1000HTA platform. The 1800 kg satellite was fitted with 28 Ku band transponders.

2014 024A (39731) Name: KazEOSat-1 Country: Kazakhstan Launch date: 30 April 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Vega Orbit: 738 x 742 km, inclination: 98.6 °

Previously referred to as DZZ-High resolution, KazEOSat-1 was a high resolution Earth observation satellite that was developed for Kazakhstan by Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium) using the AstroSat-250 platform. The 830 kg satellite was fitted with the New AstroSat Optical Modular Instrument (NAOMI), a high- resolution pushbroom imager with a resolution of 1 m in panchromatic and 4 m in the multi-spectral bands. The images acquired by KazEOSat-1 provided very-high-quality panchromatic and multispectral products for a wide range of applications, including cadastral surveys, management of natural resources, environmental monitoring and homeland surveillance. KazEOSat-1 was originally known as KazEOSat-2 but the names were switched shortly before the launch with KazEOSat-2 referring to the DZZ-MR satellite instead of the original KazEOSat-1.

--- Name: Falcon 9R-Dev-2 Country: USA Launch date: 1 May 2014 Re-entry: 1 May 2014 Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Falcon 9R Orbit: sub-orbital to 1000 m

Further test for the landing of the first stage of Falcon-9 v1.1, as described for the Falcon 9R-Dev-1 test of 17 April 2014. The low altitude flight reached a 1000 m altitude before landing again.

2014 025A (39732) Name: Kosmos-2495 Country: Russia Launch date: 6 May 2014 Re-entry: 3 September 2014 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1a Orbit: 176 x 282 km, inclination: 81.4 °

Yantar 4KS2 military reconnaissance satellite as described for 2004 038A.

--- Name: Ekspress AM-4R Country: Russia Launch date: 15 May 2014 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: failed to orbit

Intended to be a replacement satellite for Ekspress AM-4 (2011 045A) that had been left in a low orbit, Express AM-4R failed to achieve orbit after the third stage of the launch vehicle failed. The satellite was identical to Ekspress AM-4.

2014 026A (39741) Name: Navstar 2F-6 Country: USA Launch date: 17 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2) Orbit: 20460 x 20476 km, inclination: 55.0 °

Navigational satellite as described for 2010 022A. It was also known as GPS 2F-6, USA-251, Rigel, Navstar- 67, Navstar-70 and SVN-67.

2014 027A (39751) Name: SDS 3-6 Country: USA Launch date: 22 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: geostationary at 144 °W

Military data relay satellite as described for 1996 038A. It was also known as USA-252 and NROL-33. Amateur satellite observers located the satellite at 144 oW in early 2015..

2014 028A (39761) Name: Kosmos-2496 Country: Russia Launch date: 23 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1477 x 1505 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2014 028B (39762) Name: Kosmos-2497 Country: Russia Launch date: 23 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1473 x 1504 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2014 028C (39763) Name: Kosmos-2498 Country: Russia Launch date: 23 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1473 x 1504 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2014 028E (39765) Name: Kosmos-2499 Country: Russia Launch date: 23 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1480 x 1508 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Originally thought to be debris, Kosmos-2499 is now believed to be a technology satellite similar to Kosmos- 2491 (2013 076E). During November 2014 amateur satellite trackers observed unusual maneuvers that culminated, on 9 November 2014, in a rendez-vous with the Briz KM rocket stage that had launched it. By then its orbit was 1151 x 1504 km. On 30 November 2014 the satellite activated the RS-47 amateur radio payload.

2014 029A (39767) Name: Daichi-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 24 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H2A-202 Orbit: 630 x 635 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Daichi-2, also known as Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS)-2, was a follow-on from the earlier Daichi mission (2006 002A) The objective was to provide data to be used in cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and environmental monitoring. The 2120 kg satellite was developed by Mitsubishi and carried: 1. Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR)-2, an L-band SAR instrument; 2. Compact Infrared Camera (CIRC), an infrared demonstration instrument of JAXA with state-of-the-art Commercial-off-the-Shelf technology to provide infrared imagery for wildfire detection; and 3. SPace based Automatic Identification SystemExperiment (SPAISE)-2, a second generation AIS instrument.

2014 029B (39767) Name: UNIFORM-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 24 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H2A-202 Orbit: 621 x 628 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The University International Formation Mission (UNIFORM)-1 was the first step in a project to develop a satellite based wildfire monitoring system using a micro satellite constellation to achieve high-time resolution. The satellite had a mass of 50 kg and was developed at the Wakayama University.

2014 029C (39768) Name: SOCRATES Country: Japan Launch date: 24 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H2A-202 Orbit: 621 x 625 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite (SOCRATES) was a 48 kg satellite developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NIICT) to demonstrate and validate the operation of the Small Optical Transponder (SOTA) laser communication system.

2014 029D (39769) Name: Rising-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 24 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H2A-202 Orbit: 619 x 638 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Rising-2 was built by the Tohoku University to observe cumulonimbus cloud cover of the Earth and monitor lightning effects phenomenon in the upper atmosphere. The 41 kg satellite was fitted with a Cassegrain reflector telescope providing a resolution of 5 m.

2014 029E (39770) Name: SPROUT Country: Japan Launch date: 24 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H2A-202 Orbit: 612 x 638 km, inclination: 97.8 °

SPROUT (Space Research On Unique Technology (SPROUT) was a 5 kg satellite developed by Nihon University as a successor of SEEDS-2 (2008 021J). The satellite undertook a number of technology experiments including the deployment of a membrane structure at the end of the mission to test the use of air-resistance during re-entry. In addition it carried Earth imaging and amateur radio communications instruments.

2014 030A (39773) Name: Eutelsat 3-B Int. Agency: Eutelsat Launch date: 26 May 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Odyssey Launch vehicle: Zenit 3SL Orbit: geostationary at 3 °E

Communications satellite built by Airbus using the Eurostar 3000 platform. The 5967 kg satellite carried 51 transponders in the C, Ku and Ka band. The launch platform was located at 0 o, 154 oW.

2014 031A (39775) Name: Soyuz TMA-13M Country: Russia Launch date: 28 May 2014 Re-entry: 10 November 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 412 x 418 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts M. Suraev (Cmdr.), R. Wiseman (USA) (Fl. Eng.) and A. Gerts (ESA) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-39S and the call sign was Cepheus. They were members of the fortieth permanent crew (EX-40) and later the forty first permanent crew (EX-41) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Rasvett docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 29 May 2014. The spacecraft undocked on 10 November 2014 and landed with a mission duration of 164 days, 4 hours, 1 minute.

2014 032A (40001) Name: Kosmos-2500 Country: Russia Launch date: 14 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat Orbit: 19129 x 19153 km, inclination: 64.8 °

Glonass M navigational satellite as described for 2001 053A.

2014 033A (40010) Name: KazEOSat-2 Country: Kazakhstan Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 612 x 636 km, inclination: 98.0 °

KazEOSat-2 was a medium-resolution imaging satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Initially known as Medium Resolution Earth Observation Satellite (MRES), the 177 kg spacecraft collected 6.5 m resolution imagery.

2014 033B (40011) Name: Hodoyoshi-4 Country: Japan Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 613 x 615 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Remote sensing satellite developed at the University of Tokyo. The 64 kg satellite carried imaging equipment with a resolution of 6 m. It also carried a Xenon Micro Ion Propulsion system..

2014 033C (40012) Name: UniSat-6 Country: Italy Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 614 x 699 km, inclination: 98.0 °

UniSat-6 was a 26 kg satellite built at La Sapienze University of Rome. The satellite also carried a GAUSS CubeSat Deployer Systems, also known as PEPPOD as well as two Pico- Orbital Deployers, that deployed Antelsat (2014 033AA), TigriSat (2014 033AK), Lemur-1 (2014 033AL), AeroCube-6A (2014 033AM) and AeroCube-6B (2014 033AN) on 20 June 2014.

2014 033D (40013) Name: Deimos-2 Country: Spain Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 597 x 619 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Deimos-2 was a 300 kg Earth observation satellite developed by Inta for Elecnor. It was fitted with imaging equipment with a resolution of 75 cm provided by Satrec Initiative of South Korea,

2014 033E (40014) Name: BugSat Country: Argentina Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 570 x 617 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Also known as Tita, BugSat 1 was a technology demonstration flight a platform of small Earth observation satellites designed by the Argentinian company Satellogic S.A. The 23 kg satellite was fitted with a mid- resolution camera system and an amateur radio transmitter.

2014 033F (40015) Name: Hodoyoshi-3 Country: Japan Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 613 x 666 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Remote sensing satellite as described for 2014 033B but the 58 kg satellite was fitted with imaging equipment with a resolution of 40 m.

2014 033G (40016) Name: SaudiSat-4 Country: Saudi Arabia Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 613 x 682 km, inclination: 98.0 °

SaudiSat 4 was a technology demonstration satellite developed by the King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) in cooperation with NASA Ames. In particular the 100 kg satellite tested the control of charge build-up on free-floating test masses with respect to the operation of gravitational reference sensors (GRS) on drag-free spacecraft.

2014 033H (40017) Name: TabletSat-Aurora Country: Russia Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 583 x 618 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite owned by Sputnix Ltd. to test a new platform. It had a mass of 25 kg and carried a panchromatic photo- and video- camera with a ground resolution of 15 m and a swath width of 47 km.

2014 033J (40018) Name: AprizeSat-9 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 613 x 715 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2002 058B. The satellite was later transferred to the Canadian exactEarth company as exactView-11.

2014 033K (40019) Name: AprizeSat-10 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 613 x 733 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2002 058B. The satellite was later transferred to the Canadian exactEarth company as exactView-13.

2014 033L (40020) Name: BRITE-Toronto Country: Canada Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 614 x 738 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Also known as Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiments (CanX)-3E, the BRIght-star Target Explorer (BRITE)-Toronto was a contribution to the programme as described for UniBRITE (2013 009G). In particular BRITE-Toronto had an instrument sensitive to a red wavelength. The satellite had a mass of 10 kg.

2014 033M (40021) Name: Duchifat-1 Country: Israel Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 604 x 621 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Duchifat-1 was a 1U cubesat built by secondary school students at the Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Centre, Israel with support from the Israeli Amateur Radio Organization, It transmitted real-time information using the Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) protocol.

2014 033N (40022) Name: PACE Country: Taiwan Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 604 x 621 km, inclination: 98.0 °

The Platform for Attitude Control Experiments (PACE) was a 2U cubesat developed by students at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to evaluate varying attitude determination and control strategies. The 2 kg satellite carried a miniature momentum wheel as well as digital sun sensors. In addition PACE was used as a technology demonstrator for small satellite technologies. The satellite was originally planned to be launched into a low polar orbit on the subsequently cancelled IOS Neptune launch vehicle.

2014 033P (40023) Name: Flock 1c-10 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 604 x 621 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1968 067DG and also known as Dove 090C.

2014 033Q (40024) Name: NanosatC-Br1 Country: Brazil Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 605 x 621 km, inclination: 98.0 °

NanosatC-Br1 was a 1U cubesat built by Brazil's Southern Regional Space Research Centre in collaboration with the Space Science Laboratory of the Federal University of Santa Maria and the Brazilian Space Agency - INPE. The objective was to monitor the Earth's magnetosphere by measuring the magnetic field over Brazil and to study the magnetic phenomena of the SAA (South Atlantic Anomaly) and the EEJ (Equatorial Electrojet) and the instruments of the 1 kg satellite consisted of a magnetometer to measure the intensity of the Earth magnetic field and a particle precipitation chip dosimeter.

2014 033R (40025) Name: QB50p1 Country: Belgium Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 605 x 621 km, inclination: 98.0 °

QB50p1 was a technology demonstrator for the proposed QB50 project. The 2kg 2U cubesat carried an Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMDS) to study the Earth's lower thermosphere, and the QB50 Attitude Determination and Controls System (ADCS), a thermocouple experiment and a 435/145 MHz linear transponder known as FUNcube-3. The satellite was also known as European Oscar (EO)-79 or Oscar-79.

2014 033S (40026) Name: Flock 1c-7 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 620 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0909.

2014 033T (40027) Name: Flock 1c-1 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 605 x 621 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0903.

2014 033U (40028) Name: POPSAT-HIP Country: Singapore Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 604 x 623 km, inclination: 98.0 °

POPSAT-HIP was a 3U cubesat built by Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd. to demonstrate a high resolution optical payload and an attitude control propulsion system. It had a mass of 3 kg..

2014 033V (40029) Name: Flock 1c-2 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 605 x 623 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0904.

2014 033W (40030) Name: DTUSat-2 Country: Denmark Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 622 km, inclination: 98.0 °

The Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Satellite (DTUSat)-2) was a 1U CubeSat to demonstrate the tracking of birds fitted with miniature radio transmitters.

2014 033X (40031) Name: Flock 1c-4 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 622 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0906.

2014 033Y (40032) Name: QB50p2 Country: Belgium Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 607 x 622 km, inclination: 98/0 °

QB50p2 was a technology demonstrator for the proposed QB50 project. The 2kg 2U cubesat carried the Flux- (Phi)-Probe-Experiment (FIPEX) payload, the QB50 Attitude Determination and Controls System (ADCS), a thermocouple experiment and a 435/145 MHz FM voice transponder. The satellite was also known as European Oscar (EO)-80 or Oscar-80.

2014 033Z (40033) Name: Flock 1c-11 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 622 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 09D.

2014 033AA (40034) Name: Antelsat Country: Uruguay Launch date: 20 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 623 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Antelsat was a 2U technology demonstration cubesat developed by the Uruguayan Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República (FING), the State Faculty of Engineering, and the national telecom service provider ANTEL. Its purpose was to build and operate a satellite and to develop skills in radio and aerospace engineering. The satellite was fitted with instruments to transmit colour and infrared images of the surface of the Earth, and to provide services to radio amateurs. The 2 kg satellite was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer on board of the Unisat-6 (2014 033C) satellite.

2014 033AB (40035) Name: Flock 1c-9 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 607 x 623 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 090B.

2014 033AC (40036) Name: Flock 1c-6 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 607 x 622 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0908.

2014 033AD (40037) Name: Perseus M-2 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 624 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Perseus-M 2 was a 6U cubesat developed by Canopus Systems for Dauria Aerospace for the purpose of maritime surveillance using AIS transmissions from ships. It had a mass of 6 kg.

2014 033AE (40038) Name: Flock 1c-5 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 606 x 625 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0907.

2014 033AF (40039) Name: Perseus M-1 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 607 x 625 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Maritime surveillance satellite as described for 2014 033AD.

2014 033AG (40040) Name: Flock 1c-8 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 607 x 625 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 090A.

2014 033AH (40041) Name: Flock 1c-3 Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 608 x 624 km, inclination: °

Earth observation satellite as described for 1998 067DG and also known as Dove 0905.

2014 033AJ (40042) Name: PolyITAN Country: Ukraine Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: x km, inclination: °

Developed at National Technical University of Ukraine, PolyITAN was fitted with a Sun sensor, orientation system and a GLONASS/GPS navigation system. The main objective of the 1 kg cubesat was to demonstrate the building and operation of a satellite.

2014 033AK (40043) Name: TigriSat Country: Italy Launch date: 20 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 611 x 698 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Developed by Iraqi students at the La Sapienza University of Rome, the 3U cubesat was fitted with a RGB camera to detect dust storms over Iraq. The 3 kg satellite was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer on board of the Unisat-6 (2014 033C) satellite. The satellite was registered with the Unted Nations as an Italian satellite.

2014 033AL (40044) Name: Lemur-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 612 x 697 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Lemur-1 was a 3U cubesat built by NanoSatisfi Inc. as a technology demonstration for several science payloads. In addition it carried two Earth-observation payloads, one with a resolution of 1 km and the other with a resolution of 5m. The 4 kg satellite was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer on board of the Unisat-6 (2014 033C) satellite.

2014 033AM (40045) Name: AeroCube-6A Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 614 x 700 km, inclination: 98.0 °

The AeroCube-6A was a 0.5U cubesat built and operated by the Aerospace Corporation. It represented a major upgrade in the AeroCube programme by introducing a redesigned cubesat structure. It carried a suite of micro dosimeters for measuring radiation in the space environment. The 0.5 kg satellite was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer on board of the Unisat-6 (2014 033C) satellite.

2014 033AN (40046) Name: AeroCube-6A Country: USA Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 614 x 701 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Satellite as described for 2014 033AM. The 0.5 kg satellite was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer on board of the Unisat-6 (2014 033C) satellite.

--- Name: BRITE-Montreal Country: Canada Launch date: 19 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: x km, inclination: °

Also known as Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiments (CanX)-3F, the BRIght-star Target Explorer (BRITE)-Montreal was a contribution to the programme as described for UniBRITE (2013 009G). In particular BRITE-Montreal had an instrument sensitive to a blue wavelength. Deployment of the satellite is believed to have failed and it remained attached to the upper stage of the launch vehicle. The Int. Des. 2014 033AR (40048) was reserved for it, but was not applied.

2014 034A (40053) Name: SPOT-7 Country: France Launch date: 30 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 643 x 660 km, inclination: 98.2 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2012 047A. In December 2014 Airbus sold the satellite to Azerbaijan’s space agency Azercosmos and it was renamed as Azersky.

2014 034B (40054) Name: AISSat Country: Germany Launch date: 30 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 643 x 660 km, inclination: 98.2 °

AISSat was a 14 kg satellite built by the DLR Institute of Space Systems to detect Automatic Indentification Signals (AIS) transmitted by ships in busy shipping lanes.

2014 034C (40055) Name: CanX-4 Country: Canada Launch date: 30 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 642 x 659 km, inclination: 98.2 °

CanX-4 and CanX-5 were two identical 15 kg satellites built by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies to demonstrate in-orbit formation flying through the use of GPS systems. The satellites were fitted with a cold gas propulsion system and were deployed through the NLS-7 launch system.

2014 034D (40056) Name: CanX-5 Country: Canada Launch date: 30 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 643 x 656 km, inclination: 98.2 °

Technology satellite as described for 2014 034C.

2014 034E (40057) Name: Velox I Country: Singapore Launch date: 30 June 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 642 x 655 km, inclination: 98.2 °

Velox I was a 4.5 kg satellite developed by the Nanyang Technical University to acquire images of the Earth and transmit these to a groundstation and to carry out relevant technology experiments. It was fitted with a narrow angle camera with tele-optics whilst it also carried the Velox I-P pico satellite with a mass of 250 grams, that was ejected for an intersatellite communications experiment.

2014 035A (40059) Name: OCO-2 Country: USA Launch date: 2 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Delta-2 7320-10C Orbit: 687 x 691 km, inclination: 98.2 °

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 was a replacement for the OCO satellite that was lost during a launch failure on 24 February 2009 and was dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide. Like OCO, the 407 kg spacecraft was built by Orbital using the LEOStar-2 space platform. It was fitted with three high resolution grating spectrometers to measure the sunlight reflected from the Earth from which the CO 2 concentrations could be determined. These instruments were identical to those carried on OCO except for changes made due to parts obsolescence or mitigation of known performance issues. The satellite was to be part of the “A Train” formation as described for 2006 016A.

The satellite was originally to be launched with a Taurus XL-3110 in February 2013 but that was cancelled in February 2012 due to launch failures of the Taurus XL.

2014 036A (40061) Name: Gonets M-8 Country: Russia Launch date: 3 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1478 x 1510 km, inclination: 82.5 °

Message relay communications satellite communications satellite as described for 2005 048A.

2014 036B (40062) Name: Gonets M-9 Country: Russia Launch date: 3 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1481 x 1511 km, inclination: 82.5 °

Message relay communications satellite communications satellite as described for 2005 048A.

2014 036C (40063) Name: Gonets M-10 Country: Russia Launch date: 3 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1478 x 1509 km, inclination: 82.5 °

Message relay communications satellite communications satellite as described for 2005 048A.

2014 037A (40069) Name: Meteor M-2 Country: Russia Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 818 x 828 km, inclination: 98.8 °

Meteorological satellite as described for 2009 049A.

2014 037B (40070) Name: Relik Country: Russia Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 623 x 810 km, inclination: 98.4 °

Relyativistskhe Elektpoiy (Relik), also known as MKA-PN-2, was a microsatellite to study the electron precipitation in the magnetosphere. It made use of the Karat platform and had a mass of approximately 250 kg. Originally the payload was to include the Monika payload to study solar cosmic rays, but in 20012 this was changed into the future dedicated MKN PN-6 mission. The satellite was later renamed Vernov, after a Russian cosmic radiation physicist.

2014 037C (40071) Name: DX-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 626 x 636 km, inclination: 98.4 °

DX-1 was a small technology satellite to test the equipment, technology and software to create a new small spacecraft platform. The 27 kg satellite carried an Automatic Identification System (AIS) to track ships.

2014 037D (40072) Name: SkySat-2 Country: USA Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 626 x 633 km, inclination: 98.4 °

Technology satellite as described for 2013 066C.

2014 037E (40073) Name: M3MSat Dummy Country: Russia Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 626 x 632 km, inclination: 98.4 °

Mass dummy to replace the 95 kg Canadian M3MSat withdrawn from the launch as a result of sanctions imposed on Russia resulting from the Ukrainian crisis.

2014 037F (40074) Name: UKube Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 626 x 631 km, inclination: 98.4 °

The UK Space Agency developed the UKube-1 satellite to test new space technology. The 3 kg satellite was based on the Clyde Space CubeSat platform and carried: 1. A tiny radio transmitter known as FUNcub and developed by AMSAT-UK; 2. Astrium's Janus payload to demonstrate the feasibility of using space-based cosmic radiation to produce true random number generation in satellites for the first time;. 3. CMOS Imager Demonstrator developed by the Open University, designed to perform a variety of imaging tasks including and test the effect of radiation on instruments in space; 4. myPocketQub, developed by UKSEDS, a pocket spacecraft that will carry a stack of different experiments, allowing students and hobbyists to take part in a space mission; and 5. TOPCAT, a project from the University of Bath, will be the first GPS device aimed at measuring space weather conditions in the plasmasphere.

2014 037G (40075) Name: AISSat-2 Country: Norway Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 625 x 631 km, inclination: 98.4 °

Maritime tracking satellite as described for AISSat-1 (2010 035C).

2014 037H (40076) Name: TDS-1 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 8 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M Orbit: 625 x 631 km, inclination: 98.4 °

Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd the 150 kg TechDemoSat (TDS)-1 was based on the SSTL 150 platform and carried a variety of British payloads to demonstrate the technologies. These payloads were: 1. Sea State Payload (SSP), an SSTL payload using an enhanced GPS receiver to monitor reflected signals to determine ocean roughness; 2. Micro radiation environment monitor (MuREM), a payload supplied by the Surrey Space Centre to provides a flexible, miniature radiation environment and effects monitor which can be flown as a standard radiation alarm and diagnostic package, enhancing the security of future space missions; 3. Charged Particle Spectrometer (ChaPS), supplied by the Mullard Space Science Laboratory to detect electrons and ions in three modes, to measure electrons in the auroral regions, electrons and ions in other regions and also to measure the spacecraft potential; 4. Highly Miniaturised Radiation Monitor (HMRM), supplied by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Imperial College, a lightweight, ultra compact radiation monitor designed to measure total radiation dose, particle flux rate and identify particle species; 5. Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector (LUCID) developed by the Langston Star centre, to allow the characterization of the energy, type, intensity and directionality of high energy particles; 6. Compact Modular Sounder (CMS) system, provided by Oxford University’s Planetary Group and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, a modular infrared remote sensing radiometer unit; 7. Cranfield University de-orbit sail which will be deployed at the end of the satellite’s operational life to safely bring it back into the Earth’s atmosphere; and 8. Platform Technology Suite, a cubesat payload, supplied by SSBV, which is a complete 3-axes attitude determination and control subsystem designed for cubesats.

--- Name: Angara 1.2PP Country: Russia Launch date: 9 July 2014 Re-entry: 9 July 2014 Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Angara 1.2PP Orbit: sub-orbital to 188 km

Sub-orbital test flight of the first and second stage of the Angara rocket, fitted with a 1430 kg dummy payload. The rocket impacted about 5700 km away in the Kamchatka peninsula. The ‘PP’ in the designation refers to ‘pervyy polyot’, Russian for ‘maiden flight’.

2014 038A (40079) Name: Ob3-FM08 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 10 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7834 x 7837 km, inclination: 0.04 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 038B (40080) Name: Ob3-FM06 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 10 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7831 x 7839 km, inclination: 0.04 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 038C (40081) Name: Ob3-FM07 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 10 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7827 x 7839 km, inclination: 0.04 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 038D (40082) Name: Ob3-FM03 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 10 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7815 x 7837 km, inclination: 0.04 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 039A (40084) Name: Cygnus Orb-2 Country: USA Launch date: 13 July 2014 Re-entry: 17 August 2014 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 120 Orbit: 413 x 420 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo spacecraft as described for 2013 051A. The spacecraft, also known as the SS Janet Voss, docked at the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 16 July 2014.. The spacecraft carried 1,494 kg of cargo and supplies, including crew supplies, hardware for ISS, computer resources, EVA equipment as well as scientific equipment. Included in this were a number of cubesats that were ejected with the NanoRack Cubesat deployers located in the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS. These cubesats included 28 Flock 1b 3U cubesats which 12 were ejected in batches of two between 20 August 2014 and 5 September 2014 as 1998 067EU to 1998 067FE. The remaining 16 satellites could not be deployed because of the failure of the deployment mechanism and the satellites remained on board of ISS. After repairs to the NanoRack deployer deployments of 10 of the satellites were conducted between 27 February 2015 and 4 March 2015 with Int. Des. 1998 067FN, 1998 067FP, 1998 067FQ, 1998 067FR, 1998 067FS, 1998 067FT, 1998 067FW, 1998 067FX, 1998 067GC and 1998 067GD. The remaining 6 had been returned to Earth on 10 February 2015 with Dragon CRS-5. Other cubesats that could not be deployed for the same reason and remained on board of ISS, were TechEdSat-4, GEARRSAT, MicroMAS and Lambdasat. They were eventually deployed on 4 March 2015 as 1998 067FY, 1998 067FZ, 1998 067GA and 1998 067GB respectively. The Cygnus Orb-2 spacecraft undocked on 15 August 2014.

2014 040A (40086) Name: Orbcomm FM-109 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: 620 x 739 km, inclination: 47.0 °

Orbcomm FM-109 was the first operational second generation of machine-to-machine communications satellites for Orbcomm and was part of a constellation of 17 Orbcomm OG2 satellites. Built by Sierra Nevada Space Systems and Argon ST, the 172 kg satellite carried an enhanced communications payload designed to increase subscriber capacity by up to 12 times over the first generation Orbcomm satellites, as described for 1995 017A. In addition the satellites carried an Automatic Identification System (AIS) payload to enable transmissions from AIS-equipped maritime vessels. As the EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) stack on the launch vehicle had eight positions, two positions had mass simulators mounted which remained, along with the ESPA stack, remained attached to the launch vehicle’s upper stage.

2014 040B (40087) Name: Orbcomm FM-107 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: 619 x 739 km, inclination: 47.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2014 040A.

2014 040C (40088) Name: Orbcomm FM-106 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: 620 x 739 km, inclination: 47.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2014 040A.

2014 040D (40089) Name: Orbcomm FM-111 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: 619 x 740 km, inclination: 47.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2014 040A.

2014 040E (40090) Name: Orbcomm FM-104 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: 619 x 741 km, inclination: 47.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2014 040A.

2014 040F (40091) Name: Orbcomm FM-103 Country: USA Launch date: 14 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: 619 x 741 km, inclination: 47.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2014 040A.

2014 041A (40095) Name: Foton M-4 Country: Russia Launch date: 18 July 2014 Re-entry: 1 September 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1a Orbit: 252 x 553 km, inclination: 64.9 °

Foton M-4 was a upgraded version of the Foton M a materials science satellite as described for 2005 020A in which the propulsion module had been replaced by a Yantar type module to provide maneuvering capabilities as well as an extended mission duration of up to 6 months as a result of fitting solar cells for energy generation. In addition the weight for scientific equipment had increased by 100 kg. The spacecraft carried 22 Russian and German biological and materials sciences experiments, including: 1. Polizon-2, an automatic electro-vacuum furnace fitted with 12 sample capsules to study crystal growth; 2. Microstructure, an experiment to grow protein crystals; 3. Intermetal, a directional solidification experiment for intermetallic compounds in microgravity; 4. Fuller ISSP, to study the impact of reduced gravity and vibration on the growth of crystals of fullerene; 5. Uniformity, a study of the effect of microgravity on the processes of growing single crystals of semiconductors (Ge, GaSb) with high uniformity of properties; 6. Squirrel, an experiment for the cultivation in space of protein crystals by liquid diffusion and diffusion of the gaseous medium; 7. Movement, to study the effects of microgravity on the thermal characteristics of phase transitions; and 8. a number of additional technology experiments. The 6410 kg spacecraft was intended to remain in orbit for 60 days but a partial failure of communications with the spacecraft, prevented the ignition of the on-board maneuvering engines and the spacecraft could not be placed in the desired circular orbit of about 575 km. In addition the retro-rockets could not be ignited for a controlled recovery at the end of the mission.

2014 042A (40097) Name: Progress M-24M Country: Russia Launch date: 23 July 2014 Re-entry: 20 November 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 411 x 420 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-24M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 24 July 2014. The flight was also known as ISS-56P. The spacecraft undocked on 27 October 2014.

2014 043A (40099) Name: GSSAP-1 Country: USA Launch date: 28 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2) Orbit: ? x ? km, inclination: ?o

The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) is a series of satellites to monitor satellite traffic in the geosynchronous orbit belt, with a specific attention to strategic communications and early warning satellites and is being described as a "neighbourhood watch" for satellites. The satellites have been developed by Orbital Sciences Corp. and have been fitted with an electro-optical payload. One satellite will be placed in an orbit just below and the other just above the geosynchronous satellite belt. The satellites have also been referred to as Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-4. GSSAP-1 was also known as USA-253.

2014 043B (40101) Name: GSSAP-2 Country: USA Launch date: 28 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2) Orbit: ? x ? km, inclination: ? o

Military surveillance satellite as described for 2014 042A. It was also known as USA-254.

2014 043C (40101) Name: ANGELS Country: USA Launch date: 28 July 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2) Orbit: 36122 x 36223 km, inclination: 0.3 o

The Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS) was a 70 kg technology satellite carrying instrumentation to detect, track and identify other spacecraft in orbit. It was also known as USA-255. In an orbit above the GPS constellation it also used the positioning signals from those satellites to test maneuverability around the spent Delta 4 upper stage.

2014 044A (40103) Name: ATV-5 Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 29 July 2014 Re-entry: 15 February 2015 Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ATV Orbit: 332 x 339 km, inclination: 51.6 o

Cargo spacecraft as described for 2008 008A. The spacecraft was named Georges Lemaitre. The payload of 6600 kg payload included experiments, spare parts, clothing, food, fuel, air, oxygen and water to the ISS. In addition the spacecraft conducted two experiments: 1. Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors (LIRIS), a demonstration version of a new autonomous rendezvous sensor set that enables future spacecraft to dock with uncooperative targets, ATV-5 tested it around the ISS docking port; and 2. Break-Up Camera, to record the re-entry of ATV-5 in infrared as it breaks up over the Pacific Ocean to as far low as 40 km altitude. The data will be transmitted live via an Iridium satellite. ATV-5 conducted the experiments with LIRIS before it docked at the rear port of the Zvezda module of ISS (1998 067A) on 12 August 2014.. It undock on 14 February 2015.

2014 045A (40105) Name: Navstar 2F-7 Country: USA Launch date: 2 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: 20466 x 20669 km, inclination: 55.0 °

Navigational satellite as described for 2010 022A. It was also known as GPS 2F-7, USA-256, Navstar-68, Navstar-71, Capella and SVN-68.

2014 046A (40107) Name: Asiasat-8 Country: Hong Kong Launch date: 5 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.1 Orbit: geostationary at 105.5 oE

Communications satellite owned by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. The app. 4500 kg satellite used the SS/L 1300 platform and was fitted with 24 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band transponder.

2014 047A (40109) Name: YW-20A Country: China Launch date: 9 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1086 x 1104 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 8-4.

2014 047B (40110) Name: YW-20B Country: China Launch date: 9 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1087 x 1104 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Companion satellite to YW-20A (2014 047A).

2014 047C (40111) Name: YW-20C Country: China Launch date: 9 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1086 x 1104 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Companion satellite to YW-20A (2014 047A).

2014 048A (40115) Name: WorldView-3 Country: USA Launch date: 13 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: 612 x 614 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe and was built by Ball Aerospace. Using an Exelis 1.1 meter aperture telescope, the 2810 kg satellite collected imagery with a 31 cm resolution in panchromatic, 1.24 m multispectral resolution in 8 spectral bands and a 3.7 m resolution in short-wave infrared in an additional 8 spectral bands. It also collected 30 m resolution Cloud, Aerosol, Water Vapor, Ice, Snow (CAVIS) imageries.

2014 049A (40118) Name: GF-2 Country: China Launch date: 19 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 608 x 631 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Remote sensing satellite China High-Resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) series as described for 2013 018A. Gao Fen-2 was based on the CS-L3000A platform and carried a single High-Resolution Optical Imaging Payload with a ground resolution of 80 cm in panchromatic mode and 3.2 m in multi-spectral mode, covering a swath of 48 km.

2014 049B (40119) Name: BRITE-PL-2 Country: Poland Launch date: 19 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 613 x 636 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Astronomical satellite as described for 2013 066R. It was also known as Hevelus.

2014 050A (40128) Name: Galileo FOC-1 Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 22 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat MT Orbit: 13703 x 25860 km, inclination: 49.7 °

Galileo FOC-1 and FOC-2

Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC)-1 was the first of the FOC satellites in the constellation of 30 navigational satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The constellation included the four In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites that had been launched earlier as 2011 060A, 2011 060B, 2012 055A and 2012 055B. The operational constellation consisted of 27 satellites and 3 satellites were used as in-orbit spares. The 733 kg FOC satellites had been manufactured by OHB System and carried payloads developed by Surrey Satellite Technology consisting, apart from the transmitting equipment, of: 1. Timing Subsystem, two different types of highly accurate atomic clocks; 2. Search and Rescue Payload to relay distress and co-ordination messages from COSPAS-SARSAT Search and Rescue service; and 3. Laser Retroreflector Array, to reflect laser light fired at the satellite to support the accurate tracking from the ground of the satellite in its orbit. Galileo FOC-1 was also named Doresa and has also been referred to as Galileo-5 and GSat-0201. Problems with the Fregat upper stage prevented the satellite from achieving the desired orbit of about 23,500 km. This orbit was eventually achieved in March 2015.

2014 050B (40129) Name: Galileo FOC-2 Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 22 August 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat MT Orbit: 13702 x 25906 km, inclination: 49.7 °

Navigational satellites as described for 2014 050A. Galileo FOC-2 was also named Milena and has also been referred to as Galileo-6 and GSat-0202 Problems with the Fregat upper stage prevented the satellite from achieving the desired orbit of about 23,500 km.

--- Name: Falcon 9R-Dev-3 Country: USA Launch date: 22 August 2014 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Falcon 9R Orbit: failed

Further test for the landing of the first stage of Falcon-9 v1.1, as described for the Falcon 9R-Dev-1 test of 17 April 2014. The low altitude flight was to reach a 1000 m altitude before landing again but during the flight, an anomaly was detected in the vehicle and the flight termination system automatically terminated the mission.

2014 051A (40136) Name: Ling Qiao Country: China Launch date: 4 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 779 x 808 km, inclination: 98.5 °

Ling Qiao was a 135 kg satellite developed by the Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Co and Tsinghua University. It conducted multi-media experiments.

2014 051B (40137) Name: CX 1-4 Country: China Launch date: 4 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 778 x 809 km, inclination: 98.5 °

Chuangxin (CX) 1-4 was a 88 kg store-dump communications satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It collected data for water conservancy, hydrological and meteorological purposes as well as for power supply and disaster relief from remote monitoring stations.

2014 052A (40141) Name: Asiasat-6 Country: Hong Kong Launch date: 7 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.1 Orbit: geostationary at 120 oE

Communications satellite owned by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. and built by Space Systems/Loral using the SS/L 1300 platform. The 4080 kg satellite was fitted with 28 C-band transponders of which half were used by Thaicom as Thaicom-7.

2014 053A (40143) Name: YW-21 Country: China Launch date: 8 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 480 x 494 km, inclination: 97.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 10-3.

2014 053B (40144) Name: Tiantuo-2 Country: China Launch date: 8 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 477 x 493 km, inclination: 97.4 °

Tiantuo-2 was a 67 kg satellite developed by China's National University of Defense Technology carrying four video cameras capable of tracking and recording moving targets and sending the data back to the ground in real time.

2014 054A (40146) Name: Measat-3b Country: Malaysia Launch date: 11 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 91.5 oE

Communications satellite owned by Measat and built by Airbus Defence and Space using the Eurostar E3000 platform. The 5897 kg satellite was fitted with 48 Ku band transponders of which several were leased to Australian operator NewSat under the name of Jabiru-2.

2014 054B (40147) Name: Optus-10 Country: Australia Launch date: 11 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 164 oE

Communications satellite owned by Singtel Optus and built by Space Systems/Loral using the LS1300 space platform. The 3270 kg satellite carried 24 Ku band transponders.

2014 055A (40208) Name: CLIO Country: USA Launch date: 17 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: geostationary at 108 °E

Also known as USA-257, CLIO was a secret satellite that had been procured by an unidentified US Government Agency from Lockheed Martin. It was likely based on a commercial A2100A platform. The objective of the satellite has not been disclosed but it is thought the satellite is a follow on from the PAN (2009 047A) satellite.

2014 056A (40210) Name: Dragon CRS-4 Country: USA Launch date: 21 September 2014 Re-entry: 25 October 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v 1.1 Orbit: 414 x 417 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Resupply mission for the International Space Station using the Dragon C spacecraft as described for 2010 066A. The 4200 kg spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 23 September 2014. It carried about 2216 kg of supplies. The payload included, amongst others: 1. the RapidScat experiment; 2. the Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems (SSIKLOPS), also known as Cyclops, a means to release small satellites; 3. a 3D Print device; 4. the Bone Densitometer (BD) payload to provide a bone density scanning capability on ISS to measure bone mineral density (and lean and fat tissue) in mice; and 5. SpinSat which was deployed on 28 November 2014 as 1998 067FL. The spacecraft undocked on 25 October 2014 and, on the return flight, it carried 1486 kg of scientific materials as well as space station hardware. The spacecraft splashed down about 400 km off the coast of California and was successfully recovered.

Unlike some earlier flights, the first stage of the Falcon-9 v1.1 launch vehicle was not fitted with four landing legs although the first stage was guided to a soft landing in the Atlantic Ocean. No attempt to recover it was made.

2014 057A (40246) Name: Soyuz TMA-14M Country: Russia Launch date: 25 September 2014 Re-entry: 12 March 2015 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 414 x 416 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts A. Samokutyayev (Cmdr.), Y. Serova (Fl. Eng.) and B. E. Wilmore (USA) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-40S and the call sign was Tarkhany. They were members of the forty first permanent crew (EX-41) and later the forty second permanent crew (EX-42) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Poisk docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 26 September 2014. The crew undocked on 11 March 2015 and landed the next day. The mission had lasted 167 days, 4 hours, 43 minutes.

2014 058A (40258) Name: Olimp K Country: Russia Launch date: 27 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 54 oE, 95 °E and 167 oE

Olimp-K, also designated Luch, was a dual purpose satellite built by ISS Reshetnev for the Ministry of Defence and the FSB intelligence agency FSB. The objectives are believed to be electronic intelligence (SIGINT) as well as secure communications for governmental use. The 3000 kg satellite is believed to have been based on the Ekspress 2000 platform. In April 2015 the satellite moved to a location between Intelsat-7 (1998 052A) and Intelsat-901 (2001 024A) , both located at 18 oW, and in October 2015 the satellite moved to 24.4 oW, right next to Intelsat-905 (2002 027A), located at 24.5 oW.

2014 059A (40261) Name: SJ-11-7 Country: China Launch date: 28 September 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2C Orbit: 687 x 705 km, inclination: 98.1°

Satellite for space science and engineering experiments probably similar to SJ-11-1 (2009 061A).

2014 060A (40267) Name: Himawari-8 Country: Japan Launch date: 7 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A-202 Orbit: geostationary at 140 °E

Himawari-8 was built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. for the Japan Meteorological Agency. The 3500 kg spacecraft carried the Advanced Himawari Imager that was capable of observing weather systems in 16 spectral bands, three in visible wavelengths, three in near-infrared and 10 in infrared, to provide forecasters with greater detail on the structure and evolution of weather systems.

2014 061A (40269) Name: IRNSS-1C Country: India Launch date: 15 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV-XL Orbit: geostationary at 83 °E

Navigational satellite as described for 2013 034A.

2014 062A (40271) Name: Intelsat-30 Country: Intelsat Launch date: 16 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 95 oW

Communications satellite owned by Intelsat and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) using the LS-1300 space platform. The 6300 kg satellite was fitted with 10 C band transponders and 72 Ku band transponders. The latter were used by Direc TV and have also been referred to as Direct Latin America (DLA)-1.

2014 062B (40272) Name: Arsat-1 Country: Argentina Launch date: 16 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 71.8 oW

Arsat-1 was a communications satellite owned by Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima (Arsat) and built by the Argentinian INVAP company in cooperation with Astrium and Thales Alenia. The 2985 kg satellite was fitted with 24 Ku band transponders to provide services to Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay.

2014 063A (40275) Name: YW-22 Country: China Launch date: 20 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1197 x 1208 km, inclination: 100.3 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 9-4.

2014 064A (40277) Name: Ekspress AM-6 Country: Russia Launch date: 21 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 53 °E

Communications satellite as described for 2013 077A.

2014 065A (40238) Name: Chang’e-5-T1 Country: China Launch date: 23 October 2014 Re-entry: 31 October 2014 Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: CZ 3C/G2 Orbit: 327 x 402812 km, inclination: 46.1 °

Chang’e-5-T1 demonstrated re-entry technologies for the planned Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission. The spacecraft consisted of a Chang’e-2 type spacecraft fitted with a return capsule that was based on the Shenzhou spacecraft, but smaller with a mass of 2450 kg. The spacecraft performed a lunar fly-by 97 hours after orbit insertion and returned to Earth after 196 hours (8 days) when the return capsule was released to test a high speed atmospheric re-entry. The capsule, nicknamed Xiaofei (little flyer) in Chinese social media, carried radiation experiments with bacteria and plants. On 31 October 2014 the capsule touched down in Inner Mongolia and was successfully recovered. The main spacecraft continued it flight and flew past the Moon again on 23 November 2014 before entering into an L2 orbit on 27 November 2014 from where it conducted a number of tests. On 5 January 2015 it left that orbit to return to a lunar orbit of 200 x 5300 km on 8 January 2015. That orbit was lowered to about 200 x 200 km and the spacecraft undertook two tests of the trajectories and guidance techniques needed for the proposed Chang'e 5 mission which requires the Ascent Vehicle containing samples acquired from the lunar surface to automatically link up with its return craft.

2014 065B (20484) Name: 4M Country: Luxembourg Launch date: 23 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: CZ 3C/G2 Orbit: x km, inclination: °

The Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M) payload, named in memory of Prof. Manfred Fuchs remained attached to the last stage of the launch vehicle. Managed by Luxspace, a subsidiary of OHB, the payload had a mass of 14 kg and carried a German designed radio beacon to test a new approach for locating spacecraft and a Spanish developed dosimeter to continuously measure radiation levels.

2014 066A (40286) Name: SJ-11-8 Country: China Launch date: 27 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2C Orbit: 688 x 704 km, inclination: 98.2°

Satellite for space science and engineering experiments probably similar to SJ-11-1 (2009 061A).

--- Name: Cygnus Orb-3 Country: USA Launch date: 28 October 2014 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 130 Orbit: failed to orbit

Cargo spacecraft as described for 2013 051A. The spacecraft, also known as the SS Deke Slayton was to docked at the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 3 November 2014 and would have undocked on 3 December 2014, but the launch vehicle exploded seconds after the commencement of the launch.. The spacecraft carried 2215 kg of supplies for ISS, including several scientific experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and experimental hardware. Some of the experiments were: 1. Pea Shoot Growth in Space, a student experiment to test the performance of pea shoot growth in space; 2. Yankee Clipper, a student experiment that would have investigated a range of topics from a crystal growth study to a study how the investigate how microgravity affects milk spoilage; 3. Drain Brain, a human health study to study the blood flow in space as a possible aid in the treatment of headaches and other neurological systems reported by crew members; 4. The Meteor Composition Determination, or Meteor, to use high-resolution video and images for the analysis of the atmosphere in order to learn about the physical and chemical properties of meteoroid dust; and 5. Reentry Breakup Recorder-W (REBR) to collect and transmit data during the reentry and breakup of the spacecraft on re-entry.

In addition it carried 26 Flock 1d Earth observation satellites as described for 1998 067DG, along with Arkyd 3, RACE and GOMX-2, that were to be ejected with the NanoRack Cubesat deployers located in the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS. Deployment was expected in early 2015 and their Int. Des. would have been in the 1998 067 range. The Flock satellites were also respectively known as Dove 0B01, Dove 0B02, Dove 0A07, Dove 0A19, Dove 0A02, Dove 0A20, Dove 0A13, Dove 0A12, Dove 0A06, Dove 0C01, Dove 0A0F, Dove 0A1C, Dove 0A1D, Dove 0A1B, Dove 0A08, Dove 0A04, Dove 0A09, Dove 0A18, Dove 0A0D, Dove 0A10, Dove 0C00, Dove 0A15, Dove 0A08, Dove 0A17, Dove 0A01 and Dove 0A03.

Arkyd 3 was a 3U cubesat developed by Planetary Resources, a US company, to test subsystems for the planned Arkyd 100 satellite. These sub-systems included avionics, attitude determination and control system (both sensors and actuators), and integrated propulsion system that will enable proximity operations. Also known as A3, the 3 kg satellite was named after a fictional Star Wars probe droid made by Arakyd Industries. A replacement satellite, nwn as Arkyd 3R, was sent to ISS on Dragon CRS-6 (2015 021A).

Formerly known as CubeSat Hydrometric Atmospheric Radiometer Mission (CHARM) the Radiometer Atmospheric CubeSat Experiment (RACE) was a 3U CubeSat developed by the University of Texas at Austin as part of NASA’s ELaNa-8 programme. The satellite was to use a 183 GHz radiometer fitted with an indium phosphide low noise amplifier front-end, to measure water vapor emission from the Earth’s atmosphere.

GOMX-2 was a 2U cubesat to test a de-orbit system designed by Aalborg University in Denmark. It also carried an optical communications experiment from the National University of Singapore and was to test a new highspeed UHF transceiver and SDR receiver by Aalborg University.

2014 067A (40292) Name: Progress M-25M Country: Russia Launch date: 29 October 2014 Re-entry: 26 April 2015 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a Orbit: 412 x 417 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-25M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 29 October 2014. The flight was also known as ISS-57P. The spacecraft undocked on 25 April 2015.

2014 068A (40294) Name: Navstar 2F-8 Country: USA Launch date: 29 October 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: 20456 x 20464 km, inclination: 55.0 °

Navigational satellite as described for 2010 022A. It was also known as GPS 2F-8, USA-258, Navstar-69, Navstar-72, Spica and SVN-69.

2014 069A (40296) Name: Meridian-7 Country: Russia Launch date: 30 October 2012 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1a/Fregat Orbit: 967 x 39749 km, inclination: 62.8 °

Communications satellite as described for 2006 061A.

2014 070A (50298) Name: ASNARO-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 6 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 506 x 506 km, inclination: 97.5 °

The Advanced Satellite with New system ARchitecture for Observation (ASNARO) was a spacecraft developed for the Japanese Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) a non-profit organisation founded by the Japanese government as a separate organisation from the Japanese space agency JAXA. The ASNARO project, which was started in 2008, involved the development of a next generation high performance mini satellite platform based on open architecture technologies and manufacturing methodologies to drastically reduce the cost and the development period using up-to-date electronics technologies. Apart from the technology demonstration, the objective of ASNARO-1 was to undertake Earth observation. For this the 495 kg satellite was fitted with the Optical Sensor (OPS), a compact pushbroom instrument comprising an optics subsystem using Three Mirror Anastigmat (TMA) telescope and a primary mirror made of New Technology Silicon Carbide (NTSIC). The satellite was also known as Saske.

2014 070B (40299) Name: Hodoyoshi-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 6 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 506 x 525 km, inclination: 97.5 °

Hodoyoshi-1 was an experimental Earth-observing micro-satellite built by the University of Tokyo. Apart from demonstrating the construction of a small satellite, the 60 kg satellite provided high-resolution imagery of Earth's surface using an optical pushbroom imager with a ground resolution of 6.7 m with a swath width of about 28 km. Hodoyoshi means 'Reasonably Reliable Systems' in Japanese.

2014 070C (40300) Name: ChubuSat-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 6 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 506 x 538 km, inclination: 97.5 °

ChubuSat-1was a technology satellite developed by the Nagoya University and Daido University, both of which are in the Chubu region of central Japan, which is the core region of Japan's aerospace industries. In particular the 50 kg satellite demonstrated Earth observation technology and the observation of space debris, as well as radio amateur communications. For this it carried the Visible Camera (VIS) and the Thermal Infrared Camera (TIR) to observe Earth's surface with a resolution of 10 m for the VIS camera. The TIR was sensitive in the wavelength region of 7.5-13.5 µm and enabled observations of the ground temperature profile. It could also be used to observe space debris. The communication subsystem consisted of two amateur radio transceivers The satellite was also known as Kinshachi, meaning ‘golden grampus’, the symbol of the Chubu region.

2014 070D (40301) Name: QSAT-EOS Country: Japan Launch date: 6 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 506 x 544 km, inclination: 97.5 °

Kyushu Satellite for Earth Observation System Demonstration (QSAT-EOS) was an Earth-observing micro- satellite built by the Kyushu University. Originally the satellite was referred to as QSat and had as primary objective the observation of the polar plasma regions to study Earth's auroral zones but in August 2008 the objective was changed to Earth observation, warranting the new name QSAT-EOS. These observations included natural disaster monitoring, Earth magnetic field observation, micro debris detection and water vapor observation in the upper atmosphere. The instruments of the 50 kg satellite were: 1. a Two-band VNIR Camera with a resolution of 5 m; 2. a fluxgate magnetometer to measure the magnetic field variations caused by field-aligned currents in the polar and equatorial regions; and 3. a Debris Sensor for in-situ debris measurement. At the end of the mission the re-entry of the spacecraft will be accelerated by the deployment of a 3 m kapton film drag augmentation device fitted to a deployment boom. The satellite was also known as Tsukushi.

2014 070E (40302) Name: Tsubame Country: Japan Launch date: 6 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 506 x 568 km, inclination: 97.5 °

Tsubame (meaning ‘swift’) was built by the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Science to demonstrate satellite bus technology for microsatellites and verification of COTS components such as micro- processors, memory and Li-ion batteries as well as the newly developed Micro Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs) The 50 kg satellite also carried instrumentation to measure the polarization of hard X-ray photons from gamma-ray bursts. These two detectors were the Wide-field Burst Monitor (WBM) and the Hard X-ray Compton Polarimeter (HXCP). In addition the satellite carried a high-resolution optical camera with a resolution of 14 m.

2014 071A (40305) Name: YW-23 Country: China Launch date: 14 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 2C Orbit: 492 x 513 km, inclination: 97.3 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 7-4.

2014 072A (40310) Name: YW-24 Country: China Launch date: 20 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 630 x 652 km, inclination: 97.9°

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. The satellite was fitted with electro-optical equipment and was also known as Jian Bing 6-5.

2014 073A (40311) Name: Kuaizhou-2 Country: China Launch date: 21 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: Kuaizhou Orbit: 284 x 301 km, inclination: 96.6°

Possibly a small remote sensing or store/dump communications satellite intended to assist in disaster monitoring as described for 2013 053A.

2014 074A (40312) Name: Soyuz TMA-15M Country: Russia Launch date: 23 November 2014 Re-entry: 11 June 2015 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 408 x 417 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts A. Shkaplerov (Cmdr), S. Cristoforetti (ESA)(Fl.Eng.) and T. Virts (USA)(Fl.Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-41S and the call sign was Astraeus. They were members of the forty second permanent crew (EX-42) and later the forty third permanent crew (EX-43) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Rassvet docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 24 November 2014. The crew left the space station on 11 June 2015 and landed the same day. They had been in space for 198 days, 17 hours, 42 minutes.

2014 075A (40315) Name: Kosmos-2501 Country: Russia Launch date: 30 November 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat Orbit: 19102 x 19179 km, inclination: 64.8 °

Glonass K navigational satellite as described for 2011 009A. It was the first operational satellite.

2014 076A (40319) Name: Hayabusa-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 3 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A-202 Orbit: interplanetary trajectory

Hayabusa-2 was an asteroid mission that studied near-Earth asteroid 1999 JU3, a roughly spherical asteroid with a diameter of about 1 km, and collected rock samples of the asteroid using four landers. In particular the mission was to establish what original organic matters exist in the solar system and how they are related to life. After a swing-by of Earth on 3 December 2015 at a distance of 3090 km, the spacecraft will reach the asteroid in June 2018 when it will be placed in an orbit around the asteroid for an 18 months observation programme during which it will make three close approaches. The 600 kg spacecraft was fitted with an array of instruments, including imagers, a spectrometer and a terrain- mapping altimeter.

After reaching the asteroid, Hayabusa-2 will drop the Small Carry-on Impactor(SCI) at 300 m from the surface. The impactor includes 4.5 kg of plasticized HMX and a 2.5 kg copper liner that will explode to form a copper penetrator hitting the asteroid with a velocity of 2 km/s, creating a crater. Before the explosion Hayabusa-2 will maneuver to the opposite side of the asteroid whilst the explosion and impact will be observed by the DCAM-3 deployable camera subsatellite. After the crater has been formed Hayabusa-2 will observe the asteroid using the onboard instruments of Hayabusa-2. It will also approach the impact site and collect rocks with a horn leading into a sample holding chamber.

DCAM-3

The spacecraft will also deploy four landers: 1. three Micro/Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid (MINERVA) landers, designated as MINERVA 2-1A, -2-1B and 2-2, developed by Japan that will hop across the surface of the asteroid. Eash has a mass of 0.5 kg; and 2. the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander developed by DLR, the German space agency and CNES, the French space agency. The 10 kg lander will study the asteroid's magnetic field, surface temperature, rock composition, and take pictures during descent and after landing. The instruments carried by MASCOT are a Wide Angle Camera, a Radiometer, a Magnetometer and an Infrared Microscope. It is also fitted with an internal hopping mechanism that allows the lander to move. Two hops are envisaged to take place within the expected 16 hours of operation. These operations will be fully automated, without intervention by ground control.

MASCOT, Minerva-2

Following the collection of three surface samples, Hayabusa-2 will begin the return flight to Earth in December 2019 with a landing of the sample bearing re-entry capsule towards December 2020.

2014 076B (40320) Name: Shin'en-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 3 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A-202 Orbit: interplanetary trajectory

Shin’en-2 was a 15 kg interplanetary spacecraft built at Kagoshima University and fitted with a transponder to establish long-range communications technologies. It was placed in a 0.7 to 1.3 AU solar orbit between Venus and Mars with an inclination that kept it in the Earth equatorial plane. It was also nwen as Oscar-82 and FO-82.

2014 076C (40321) Name: DESPATCH Country: Japan Launch date: 3 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A-202 Orbit: interplanetary trajectory

The Deep Space Amateur Troubadour’s Challenge (DESPATCH) space probe was an art project of the Tama Art University also referred to as ARTSAT-2, Oscar-81 and FO-81. The 30 kg sculpture carried a CW beacon and was built using a 3D printer.

2014 076D (40322) Name: PROCYON Country: Japan Launch date: 3 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A-202 Orbit: interplanetary trajectory

The Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation (PROCYON) was a 67 kg spacecraft developed by the University of Tokyo and JAXA/ISAS (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) to demonstrate the use of an ion propulsion system as well as of optical navigation techniques and a number of other technologies associated with the spacecraft. The spacecraft was fitted with an Ion thruster and COld-gas thruster Unified Propulsion System (I-COUPS), a unified propulsion system of ion thrusters and cold-gas thrusters by sharing the same gas system. I-COUPS consists five units: an Ion-Thruster Unit (ITU), a Cold-gas Thruster Unit (CTU), a Power Processing Unit (PPU), a Gas Management Unit (GMU), and an I-COUPS Control Unit (ICU).

The spacecraft was initially placed in an orbit that allowed it to come back to Earth after which, in April 2015, it was decided to target the spacecraft towards a fly-by with asteroid 2000DP107, a binary system consisting of an 800 m primary asteroid and a 300 m secondary asteroid. Their separation is 2.6 km. Unfortunately the ion engine developed some problems and in May 2015 it was decided to abandon the asteroid fly-by. Nevertheless, the spacecraft made an Earth fly-by on 3 December 2015 after which it would have been directed to the asteroid system. However, during the flyby contact was lost and it is believed that the spacecraft passed Earth at a distance of 2,700,000 km, insufficient for the gravity assist expected during the Earth fly- by. During the initially planned asteroid fly-by, which was expected to take place on 12 May 2016, the spacecraft would have conducted observations using a camera with a scan mirror and onboard image feedback control.

2014 077A (40329) Name: Orion ETF-1 Country: USA Launch date: 5 December 2014 Re-entry: 5 December 2014 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4 Heavy Orbit: 0 x 5795 km, inclination: 28.8 °

The Orion Exploration Test Flight (ETF)-1, previously referred to as Orion Flight Test (OFT)-1, was an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft as described as a future project. The flight tested various Orion systems such as separation events, avionics, heat shielding, parachute deployment and recovery. The flight also evaluated the Crew Module (CM), the Service Module (SM), the Launch Abort System (LAS), and the Orion-to-Stage Adapter, be it that the SM was only a structural representation. The spacecraft remained attached to the launch vehicle’s upper stage and was placed in a transfer orbit of 185 by 888 kilometers. After completing one orbit, the upper stage fired its engine again and placed the spacecraft in an elliptical trajectory (or incomplete orbit) with an altitude of 5795 km from where it dived back into the atmosphere at a speed of 32,000 km/h, providing data on how the spacecraft responds to re-entry speeds that will be encountered on deep space missions. The upper stage of the launch vehicle was used for course corrections before being jettisoned prior to re-entry. Following re-entry Orion deployed parachutes and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off California, about 440 km off the coast of Baja California and 1015 km south of San Diego where two US Navy vessels were position to recover the spacecraft. The flight lasted 4 hours, 24 minutes. The flight was declared successful with all test objectives having been achieved. It is intended to use the recovered Orion EFT-1 in a launch abort test scheduled for 2015 or 2016. For this test the spacecraft will be mounted on a Peacekeeper missile.

2014 078A (40332) Name: Direc TV-14 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 99 oW

Communications satellite owned by Direc TV and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) using the LS-1300 platform. The 6300 kg satellite was fitted with 76 Ka-band spot beam transponders for HD local channels and 18 National Reverse-band transponders.

2014 078B (40333) Name: GSat-16 Country: India Launch date: 6 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 55 oE

Communications satellite based on the I3K platform. The 1457 kg satellite was fitted with 24 C band, 12 Extended C band and 12 Ku band transponders.

2014 079A (40336) Name: CBERS-4 Country: Brazil Launch date: 7 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 738 x 748 km, inclination: 98.5 o

The China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS)-4, also known as Ziyuan 1-4, was an Earth observation satellite identical to CBERS-3 that failed on 9 December 2013. The launch was brought forward from 2015. It was originally intended to launch the satellite with a Ukrainian Tzyklon 4 launch vehicle from Brazil's Alcantara launch facility. This would have involved the construction of a special launchpad and associated facilities. In addition the development of the Tsyklon 4 was not proceeded with.

2014 080A (40338) Name: YW-25A Country: China Launch date: 10 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuguan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1089 x 1097 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 8-5.

2014 080B (40339) Name: YW-25B Country: China Launch date: 10 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuguan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1091 x 1098 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A.

2014 080C (40340) Name: YW-25C Country: China Launch date: 10 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1091 x 1097 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A.

2014 081A (40344) Name: Trumpet FO2-1 Country: USA Launch date: 13 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-541 Orbit: 11207 x 37560 km, inclination: 63.6 °

Also known as USA-259 and NROL-35, internet sources indicate that this satellite was probably the first of two Trumpet Follow On 2 electronic intelligence gathering satellites. It is believed it was also fitted with a secondary SBIRS-HEO early warning payload.

2014 082A (40345) Name: Yamal-401 Country: Russia Launch date: 15 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 90 °E

Yamal-401 was a communications satellite owned by Gazprom Space Systems and built by ISS Reshetnev with a communications payload consisting of 36 Ku-band and 17 C-band transponders provided by Thales Alenia. The satellite had a mass of 2976 kg.

The Yamal-401 designation was originally to be used for a Spacebus-4000C3 platform with 36 Ku-band and 17 C-band transponders to be built by Thales Alenia but that contract was cancelled in 2010.

--- Name: CARE Country: India Launch date: 18 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: GSLV Mark III Orbit: sub-orbital to 126 km

Although the primary objective was to test the launch vehicle’s performance, the launch vehicle also carried the Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE), a 3635 kg experimental test vehicle for ISRO’s future crewed Orbital Vehicle. It had a diameter of 3.10 m and a length of 2.68 m and was fitted with six liquid propellant thrusters. The purpose of the flight was to test orbital injection, separation and re-entry procedures and systems for the Orbital Vehicle’s crew capsules. Following separation from the launch vehicle at an altitude of 126 km it performed a three axis control using the thrusters to place it in a zero degree angle of attack at re-entry. The re-entry started at an altitude of 80 km at which point the propulsion was shut down. This was followed by a descent and landing aided by a total six parachutes, two with a diameter of 2.5 m, two with a diameter 6.5 m. The main parachutes, with a diameter of 31 m each were deployed at an altitude of 5 km. Splash down occurred in the Bay of Bengal and the spacecraft was recovered with the Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Samudra Paheredar.

2014 083A (49348) Name: Ob3-FM10 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 18 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7383 x 7843 km, inclination: 0.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 083B (40349) Name: Ob3-FM11 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 18 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7831 x 7837 km, inclination: 0.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 083C (40350) Name: Ob3-FM12 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 18 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7818 x 7842 km, inclination: 0.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 083D (40351) Name: Ob3-FM09 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 18 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7827 x 7836 km, inclination: 0.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

2014 084A (40353) Name: Kondor E-1 Country: South Africa Launch date: 19 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle Strela Orbit: 499 x 502 km, inclination: 74.8°

Synthetic aperture radar satellite as described for 2013 032A. It was built for the South African military services as part of Project Flute.

2014 085A (40355) Name: IPM Country: Russia Launch date: 23 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Angara 5/Briz M Orbit: 434 x 35809 km, inclination: 60.6 °

IPM was a 2040 kg simulated communications satellite used on the first flight of the Angara 5/Briz M launch vehicle. It remained attached to the Briz M upper stage.

2014 086A (40358) Name: Kosmos-2502 Country: Russia Launch date: 25 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 239 x 870 km, inclination: 67.1 °

Lotos S electronic intelligence gathering satellite as described for 2009 063A.

2014 087A (40360) Name: Resurs P-2 Country: Russia Launch date: 26 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1b Orbit: 331 x 472 km, inclination: 97.3 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2013 030A.

2014 088A (40302) Name: YW-26 Country: China Launch date: 27 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 482 x 491 km, inclination: 97.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 12-1.

2014 089A (40364) Name: Astra-2G Country: Luxembourg Launch date: 27 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 28.2 oE

Communications satellite as described for 2013 056A.

2014 090A (40367) Name: Feng Yun 2-G Country: China Launch date: 31 December 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: CZ 3A Orbit: geostationary at 105 °E

Meteorological satellite as described for 1997 029A. The 1390 kg spacecraft also carried a space environment monitor to detect solar X-rays and high-energy particles in support of space weather forecasting.