July & August Launch Schedule

Sea Launch - EchoStar 11
July 16, 0521 GMT (1:21 a.m. EDT), Odyssey platform, Pacific Ocean (154° West, 0° North)
The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket will carry into orbit the EchoStar 11 direct-to-home television broadcast satellite. The Loral-built spacecraft will provide services for DISH Network subscribers.

Kosmos 3M - SAR-Lupe 5
July 22, 0440 GMT, (12:40 a.m. EDT), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
A Russian Kosmos 3M rocket will launch the SAR-Lupe 5 spacecraft into Earth orbit. The craft is the fifth in a series of five German radar reconnaissance satellites. Moved up from July 29/30.

Falcon 1 - Jumpstart
July 29, TBD, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
The SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket will launch the Jumpstart mission for the U.S. Air Force Operationally Responsive Space initiative. The Jumpstart mission will fly the Trailblazer spacecraft built by SpaceDev, Inc. Delayed from late June.

Proton - Inmarsat 4-F3
August 13, 2246 GMT (6:46 p.m. EDT), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
An International Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the Inmarsat 4-F3 mobile communications spacecraft. This is the third of three next-generation satellites in the Inmarsat 4-series. The launch will mark the return-to-flight for ILS and the Proton/Breeze M following the March failure.

Land Launch - MEASAT 3a
August 21, TBD, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
The Land Launch Zenit 3SLB rocket will carry into orbit the MEASAT 3a television broadcasting satellite for MEASAT Satellite Systems of Malaysia.

Delta 2 - GeoEye 1
August 22, approx. 1850 GMT (2:50 p.m. EDT), SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the GeoEye 1 commercial Earth-imaging spacecraft into a Sun-synchronous orbit for the GeoEye company. ULA will conduct this commercial launch for Boeing. Delayed from 2007 and April 16.

Ariane 5 - Superbird 7 & AMC 21
August, TBD, ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana
Arianespace Flight 185 will use an Ariane 5 rocket with an ECA cryogenic upper stage to launch the Japanese Superbird 7 telecommunications satellite and the American AMC 21 television broadcast spacecraft.