2008 Worldwide Space Launches

	Date	Mission Designation	Launch Vehicle	Country of Launch	Payload Type	Notes
1.	January 15	Thuraya-3 (UAE)	Zenit-3 SL/SeaLaunch	Russia++/Com	Comsat	Carrier 60% foreign
2.	January 21	Polaris (TecSAR-Israel)	PSLV (C10)	India/Mil.	Radar
3.	January 28	Ekspress AM-33	Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia/Com.	Comsat
4.	February 5	Progress M-63	Soyuz-U	Russia/FKA	ISS Cargo	28P
5.	February 7	STS-122/Atlantis	Shuttle (ISS 1E)	US/NASA	Crewed (7)	Columbus (ESA)
6.	February 11	Thor-5 (Norway)	Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia/Com.	Comsat
7.	February 23	WINDS/Kizuna (Japan)	H2-A (2024)	Japan/Com.	Comsat	Flight F14
8.	March 9	ATV "Jules Verne"	Ariane 5 ES	Europe/ESA	ISS Cargo	first ATV
9.	March 11	STS-123/Endeavour	Shuttle (ISS 1J/A)	US/NASA	Crewed (7)	JLP Kibo, SPDM Dextre
10.	March 13	NROL-28	Atlas 5 (411)	US/Mil.	Sigint
11.	March 14	AMC-14	Proton-M/Briz-M	Russia/Com.	Comsat	failed
12.	March 15	GPS IIR-19 M6 (48)	Delta 2 7925	US/Mil.	Navigation
13.	March 19	DirecTV-11	Zenit-3 SL/SeaLaunch	Russia++/Com	Comsat	Carrier 60% foreign
14.	March 27	SAR-Lupe 4 (Germany)	Kosmos-3M	Russia/Com.	SAR-Radar
15.	April 8	Soyuz TMA-12	Soyuz-FG	Russia/FKA	ISS CrewRot (2+1)	16S (Yi So-Yeon)
16.	April 14	ICO G1	Atlas 5 (421)	US/Com.	Comsat
17.	April 16	C/NOFS	Pegasus XL	US/Mil.	Atm.Science
18.	April 18	Star One C2 (Brazil) Vinasat 1 (Vietnam)	Ariane 5 ECA	Europe/ESA	Comsat Comsat
19.	April 25	Tian Lian 1 (China)	Long March 3C (CZ-3C)	China	Comsat
20.	April 26	Galileo GIOVE-B (ESA)	Soyuz-FG/Fregat	Russia/Com.	Navigation	2nd GNSS
21.	April 28	Cartosat-2A (India) IMS-1 (India Mini Sa -1) + 8 nano satellites	PSLV	India	RemoteSens RemoteSens TechDev	13th PSLV

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