2008 orbital launches

In 2008, ExGalactic records 67 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
19Kazakhstan
11USA
10China
9Other
8Russia
6French Guiana
2India
1Iran
1Japan

Launches

  1. Thuraya 3 — 15 January 2008, 11:48 UTC — Success
  2. TECSAR 1 — 21 January 2008, 03:45 UTC — Success
  3. Ekspress AM-33 — 28 January 2008, 00:18 UTC — Success
  4. Progress M-63 — 5 February 2008, 13:02 UTC — Success
  5. STS-122 — 7 February 2008, 19:45 UTC — Success
  6. Thor 5 — 11 February 2008, 11:34 UTC — Success
  7. Kizuna — 23 February 2008, 08:55 UTC — Success
  8. ATV-1 "Jules Verne" — 9 March 2008, 04:03 UTC — Success
  9. STS-123 — 11 March 2008, 06:28 UTC — Success
  10. NROL-28 (USA-200) — 13 March 2008, 10:02 UTC — Success
  11. AMC 14 — 14 March 2008, 23:18 UTC — Failure
  12. GPS IIR-M-6 (USA-201) — 15 March 2008, 06:10 UTC — Success
  13. DirecTV 11 — 19 March 2008, 22:47 UTC — Success
  14. SAR-Lupe 4 — 27 March 2008, 17:16 UTC — Success
  15. Soyuz TMA-12 — 8 April 2008, 11:16 UTC — Success
  16. ICO G1 — 14 April 2008, 20:12 UTC — Success
  17. Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) — 16 April 2008, 17:02 UTC — Success
  18. Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 — 18 April 2008, 22:17 UTC — Success
  19. Tian Lian 1A — 25 April 2008, 15:35 UTC — Success
  20. Giove-B — 26 April 2008, 22:16 UTC — Success
  21. Cartosat 2A — 28 April 2008, 03:53 UTC — Success
  22. Amos 3 — 28 April 2008, 05:00 UTC — Success
  23. Progress M-64 — 14 May 2008, 20:22 UTC — Success
  24. Galaxy 18 — 21 May 2008, 09:43 UTC — Success
  25. Strela-3 137 to 139 — 23 May 2008, 15:20 UTC — Success
  26. Feng Yun 3A — 27 May 2008, 03:02 UTC — Success
  27. STS-124 — 31 May 2008, 21:02 UTC — Success
  28. Zhongxing 9 — 9 June 2008, 12:15 UTC — Success
  29. GLAST — 11 June 2008, 16:05 UTC — Success
  30. Türksat 3A & Skynet 5C — 12 June 2008, 22:05 UTC — Success
  31. Orbcomm FM 37 to 41 & CDS 3 — 19 June 2008, 06:36 UTC — Success
  32. Jason-2 — 20 June 2008, 07:46 UTC — Success
  33. US-KMO 7 — 26 June 2008, 23:59 UTC — Success
  34. Badr-6 & ProtoStar I — 7 July 2008, 21:47 UTC — Success
  35. Echostar XI — 16 July 2008, 05:20 UTC — Success
  36. SAR-Lupe 5 — 22 July 2008, 02:40 UTC — Success
  37. Persona 1 — 26 July 2008, 18:31 UTC — Success
  38. Flight 3 — 3 August 2008, 03:34 UTC — Failure
  39. AMC-21 & Superbird 7 — 14 August 2008, 20:44 UTC — Success
  40. Omid — 16 August 2008, 19:32 UTC — Failure
  41. Inmarsat 4 F3 — 18 August 2008, 22:43 UTC — Success
  42. RapidEye 1 to 5 — 29 August 2008, 07:15 UTC — Success
  43. Huan Jing 1A & 1B — 6 September 2008, 03:25 UTC — Success
  44. GeoEye-1 — 6 September 2008, 18:50 UTC — Success
  45. Progress M-65 — 10 September 2008, 19:50 UTC — Success
  46. Nimiq 4 — 19 September 2008, 21:48 UTC — Success
  47. Galaxy 19 — 24 September 2008, 09:27 UTC — Success
  48. Uragan-M 15 to 17 — 25 September 2008, 08:49 UTC — Success
  49. RatSat — 28 September 2008, 23:15 UTC — Success
  50. Thaichote — 1 October 2008, 06:37 UTC — Success
  51. Soyuz TMA-13 — 12 October 2008, 07:01 UTC — Success
  52. Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) — 19 October 2008, 17:47 UTC — Success
  53. Shi Jian 6E & 6F — 25 October 2008, 01:15 UTC — Success
  54. COSMO-Skymed 3 — 25 October 2008, 02:28 UTC — Success
  55. Simon Bolivar — 29 October 2008, 16:53 UTC — Success
  56. Shiyan Weixing 3 — 5 November 2008, 00:15 UTC — Success
  57. Astra 1M — 5 November 2008, 20:44 UTC — Success
  58. Yantar-4K2M 4 — 14 November 2008, 15:50 UTC — Success
  59. STS-126 — 15 November 2008, 00:55 UTC — Success
  60. Progress M-01M — 26 November 2008, 12:38 UTC — Success
  61. Yaogan Weixing 4 — 1 December 2008, 04:42 UTC — Success
  62. US-K 85 — 2 December 2008, 04:59 UTC — Success
  63. Ciel 2 — 10 December 2008, 13:43 UTC — Success
  64. Yaogan Weixing 5 — 15 December 2008, 03:22 UTC — Success
  65. Eutelsat W2M & Hot Bird 9 — 20 December 2008, 22:35 UTC — Success
  66. Feng Yun 2E — 23 December 2008, 00:54 UTC — Success
  67. Uragan-M 18 to 20 — 25 December 2008, 10:43 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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