2015 - Satellite & Spacecraft Launches and Detailed Orbits

Listed are launches, irrespective of outcome, that were irretrievably committed to flight towards orbit or intended to accelerate the payload to escape velocity. The following notes should help with understanding the launch lists.

Launch times are in UTC and are from the launching agency or estimated by 'walking back' along the ground track to the launch site. Most orbit data and decay information comes from SpaceTrack but it occasionally contains inconsistencies (eg - incorrect re-entry dates or early sets of elements allocated to the wrong object) that need to be corrected from other sources.

To fill the gaps where elements are not formally published, usually because they have a classification of "Secret", some orbits are based on amateur observations using visual and radio techniques. Such data is published near-daily by Mike McCants, and the source observations along with observers' derived orbits can often be found in the web-based Seesat-L discussion group. Occasionally, early orbit data are published by satellite owners. In extreme cases, orbits are estimated from public data.

Space-Track occasionally fails to allocate names to objects in its catalogue. The SATNOGS online database of radio observations sometimes provides pointers to which Catalogue Number belongs to a satellite being tracked by its contributors.

Apogee and perigee are measured against a spherical Earth situated at the focus of the orbital ellipse and with a radius of 6378.145 km. Shown is the Anomalistic Period, or time to complete one circuit of the ellipse. It is not the same as the time taken to complete one circuit of the Earth. Care should be exercised when comparing with other published orbits because they may have been derived using a different model.

Users can go straight to specific launches by pointing to the page URL followed by the three digit launch number, eg - https://www.OrbitalFocus/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2015#001

2015-001 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Jan 10, 09:47
SpaceX Dragon CRS-5 2015-001A 40370						Re-entered - 2015 Feb 11 Life 32 days Returned to Earth
Carrying a cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Its cargo included three Cubesats for later release from the ISS - AESP 14 and the Nanoracks CM5' cluster two Flock 1D' satellites. Launch attempt Jan 6 called off because of a technical issue with the Falcon first stage's thrust vector control system. Captured by ISS Remote Manipulator System Jan 12 at 10:54 UTC, docked with lower port of the Harmony node at 13:56 UTC - retaining bolts were driven home 3-4 minutes later. Undocked from Harmony Feb 10 at 17:11 UTC and released into independent orbit at 19:10 UTC. Retro-fire at 23:49 UTC led to splashdown in Pacific Ocean off California Feb 11 at 00:44 UTC ±1 min.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jan 10, 09:44	6657	0.0109	206	351	90.09	51.64	47
2015 Jan 10, 13:03	6658	0.0110	206	353	90.10	51.64	47
2015 Jan 10, 19:21	6652	0.0102	206	342	89.99	51.67	47
2015 Jan 11, 02:56	6648	0.0114	194	345	89.90	51.78	54
2015 Jan 11, 08:42	6728	0.0005	346	353	91.53	51.65	275
2015 Jan 11, 19:36	6775	0.0019	383	410	92.49	51.66	25
2015 Jan 12, 09:01	6786	0.0006	403	412	92.71	51.65	243

2015-002 Atlas V 551 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Jan 21, 01:04
MUOS 3 (Mobile User Objective System 3) 2015-002A 40374						in space
Narrowband tactical comsat for geosynchronous orbit, designed to work with highly portable receiver/transmitter equipment. Third satellite in a constellation of five. Expected location - 15º.5 west. Orbits are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Jan 21, 23:37	26188	0.6102	3830	35789	702.92	19.06	179
2015 Jan 22, 16:58	27069	0.5578	5592	35789	738.69	16.66	180
2015 Sep 08, 23:46	42165	0.0059	35540	36034	1436.12	4.90	179	16° west
2023 Feb 13, 02:41	42164	0.0054	35559	36013	1436.07	2.68	183	15° west

2015-003 Delta 2 7320 Vandenberg Air Force Base						2015 Jan 31, 14:22
SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) 2015-003A 40376						in space
NASA orbiting observatory using radar and radiometry to determine the amount of water in the top 5 cm of soil on the Earth's surface.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Feb 02, 03:24	7051	0.0018	660	686	98.21	98.13	209	06:01
2023 Feb 13, 10:55	7061	0.0001	682	683	98.40	98.13	93	05:58

FIREBIRD 3 2015-003B 40377						Re-entered - 2023 Aug 2 Life 3105 days
1.5U Cubesat from Montana State University - one of a simultaneously-launched pair studying space weather, in particular - electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. FIREBIRD is an acronym for Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics. Part of NASA's ELaNa 10 cubesat package.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 02, 07:18	6932	0.0165	439	669	95.73	99.13	335
2023 Feb 13, 00:09	6812	0.0071	386	482	93.25	99.08	284

FIREBIRD 4 2015-003C 40378						Re-entered - 2023 Aug 2 Life 3105 days
1.5U Cubesat from Montana State University - one of a simultaneously-launched pair studying space weather, in particular - electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. FIREBIRD is an acronym for Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics. Part of NASA's ELaNa 10 cubesat package.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 02, 04:06	6932	0.0170	436	671	95.73	99.13	334
2023 Feb 13, 09:42	6811	0.0070	385	481	93.24	99.08	282

GRIFEX (GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Performance Experiment) 2015-003D 40379						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 24 Life 3311 days
3U Cubesat carrying a technology evaluation experiment for JPL. Part of NASA's ELaNa 10 cubesat package.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 02, 12:05	6932	0.0168	438	671	95.74	99.13	335
2023 Feb 13, 11:23	6851	0.0098	405	540	94.05	99.08	336

EXOCUBE (CP10) 2015-003E 40380						in space
3U Cubesat frorm California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), sponsored by the National Science Foundation. It carries instruments to measure the hydrogen, oxygen, helium, and nitrogen in the upper ionosphere and above. Part of NASA's ELaNa 10 cubesat package.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 02, 02:31	6933	0.0166	439	670	95.74	99.13	335
2023 Feb 13, 10:51	6868	0.0111	413	566	94.40	99.09	5

2015-004 H-IIA 202 (F-27) Tanegashima Space Centre						2015 Feb 1, 01:21
IGS 9 (IGS Radar Spare) 2015-004A 40381						in space
Information Gathering Satellite - Japanese government/military radar imaging reconnaissance satellite, stored on-orbit against the possibility of failure of one of the earlier satellites in the series. Element sets are not released by Spacetrack so parameters are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Apr 26, 22:15	6861	0.0006	478	487	94.26	97.50	74	10:17
2015 May 24, 21:31	6861	0.0002	481	484	94.26	97.35	10	10:16
2016 May 23, 21:00	6861	0.0004	480	485	94.26	97.36	278	10:16
2017 May 21, 21:19	6861	0.0003	481	485	94.26	97.35	313	10:16
2018 May 23, 21:31	6861	0.0002	481	484	94.26	97.35	334	10:16
2019 May 22, 21:25	6861	0.0002	481	484	94.26	97.35	335	10:16
2020 May 24, 21:13	6861	0.0003	481	485	94.26	97.35	337	10:16
2021 May 22, 21:31	6861	0.0002	481	484	94.26	97.34	349	10:16
2023 Aug 06, 22:03	6891	0.0004	510	516	94.89	97.47	305	09:44

2015-005 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Feb 1, 12:31
Inmarsat 5 F-2 (GX-2) 2015-005A 40384						in space
Communications satellite including support for the Broadband Global Area Network (B-GAN) for internet and intranet use, video on demand, video-conferencing, fax, e-mail, telephone and high-speed LAN access. Expected location: 55° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Feb 02, 03:42	41004	0.7380	4366	64885	1377.21	26.79	180
2015 Feb 08, 03:21	53774	0.3251	29915	64877	2068.33	2.01	180
2015 Feb 10, 16:17	54635	0.3038	31658	64856	2118.20	1.48	180
2015 Feb 12, 21:05	43041	0.1185	31564	41761	1481.09	0.24	198
2015 Feb 18, 08:06	42167	0.1005	31550	40028	1436.22	0.12	217
2015 Apr 09, 07:10	42165	0.0002	35779	35794	1436.10	0.04	208	21° west
2015 Aug 01, 02:00	42358	0.0009	35941	36020	1445.99	0.02	167	28° west
2015 Aug 18, 09:58	42165	0.0002	35780	35793	1436.10	0.03	202	55° west
2023 Feb 13, 02:30	42165	0.0000	35786	35787	1436.11	0.02	189	55° west

2015-006 Safir 1-B Ayatollah Khomeini Space Centre, Iran						2015 Feb 2, 08:49
Fajr 2015-006A 40387						Re-entered - 2015 Feb 26 Life 24 days
Reportedly an electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) satellite. Described by Iran as having an orbit adjustment thruster but there is no evidence of it being used. Project was subject to significant delays.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 02, 21:06	6724	0.0181	224	468	91.45	55.54	163

2015-I01 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2015 Feb 5, 12:50
AESP 14 1998-067FM 40389						Re-entered - 2015 May 11 Life 95 days
1U CubeSat developed by undergraduate and graduate engineering students at the Technology Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) in Brazil to test a variety of satellite subsystems in the space environment. Carried to the ISS aboard the SpaceX CRS 5 (2015-001A/403700.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 06, 23:20	6780	0.0006	397	406	92.59	51.64	3

Sub-orbital launch Vega (VV-04) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Feb 11, 13:40
Vega upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2015 Feb 11 Life <1 day
Launched ESA's IXV experimental re-entry vehicle. IXV itself was not intended to reach orbit but the final launch vehicle stage made a thruster firing to put in on an orbital trajectory. It completed one circuit of the Earth before retro-fire sent it to a destructive re-entry above the Atlantic Ocean. It was not catalogued.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2015-007 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Feb 11, 23:03
DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) 2015-007A 40390						in space
Joint satellite from NASA, NOAA and the USAF to monitor the solar wind in the vicinity of Earth.
Stationed near the L1 Lagrange Point in the Earth-Sun system

Falcon 9 upper stage 2015-007B 40391						in space
Launched DISCOVR.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Apr 01, 23:58	470020	0.1713	383108	544177	53448.37	59.26	252
2016 Jan 04, 07:42	281797	0.4679	143569	407268	24812.07	21.00	64
2021 Mar 20, 20:41	268043	0.4096	151874	371456	23017.95	40.16	42
2021 Sep 09, 15:50	367419	0.4888	181457	540626	36940.48	31.25	89

2015-008 Soyuz-U 11A511U Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Feb 17, 11:00
Progress M-26M (Progress 7K-TGM №425) 2015-008A 40392						Re-entered - 2015 Aug 14 Life 178 days
Supplies to ISS. Precise launch time 11:00:17 UTC. Docked with the Zvezda module at 16:57 UTC. Undocked Aug 14 at 10:19:30 UTC. Retro-fire at 12:28 UTC led to a destructive re-entry over the southern Pacific Ocean. Any unburnt fragments hit the Ocean surface at around 13:17 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 17, 11:31	6590	0.0038	186	237	88.73	51.65	91

2015-009 Soyuz-2 1A Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Feb 27, 11:01
Cosmos 2503 (Bars-M №1) 2015-009A 40420						in space
Russian government optical imaging satellite for use in cartography.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Feb 27, 15:45	6813	0.0156	328	541	93.27	97.64	73	02:45
2015 Mar 01, 20:45	6814	0.0153	332	541	93.30	97.63	66	02:45
2015 Mar 02, 21:39	6817	0.0148	338	540	93.36	97.63	63	02:45
2015 Mar 04, 00:15	6929	0.0015	541	562	95.68	97.62	258	02:46
2015 Mar 05, 00:05	6935	0.0009	551	563	95.79	97.63	276	02:46
2015 Sep 22, 04:25	6933	0.0010	548	562	95.75	97.66	317	02:48
2015 Sep 22, 20:15	6937	0.0011	551	567	95.84	97.66	284	02:48
2015 Oct 15, 16:35	6937	0.0010	552	566	95.84	97.66	192	02:48
2015 Oct 17, 13:30	6950	0.0009	565	578	96.10	97.66	318	02:48
2022 May 18, 13:55	6948	0.0009	563	576	96.05	97.96	184	05:45
2023 Feb 13, 10:49	6946	0.0013	559	576	96.01	97.95	41	06:24

2015-I02 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Feb 27, 14:30
Flock 1B-27 1998-067FN 40422						Re-entered - 2015 Oct 14 Life 229 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 27, 23:34	6778	0.0005	397	404	92.57	51.64	77

Flock 1B-28 1998-067FP 40423						Re-entered - 2015 Aug 7 Life 161 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Feb 28, 16:32	6778	0.0006	396	404	92.56	51.64	80

2015-I03 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 2, 01:25
Flock 1B-21 1998-067FQ 40427						Re-entered - 2015 Oct 12 Life 224 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 05, 12:36	6777	0.0004	396	401	92.53	51.64	52

Flock 1B-22 1998-067FR 40428						Re-entered - 2015 Oct 3 Life 215 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 05, 09:29	6777	0.0005	395	403	92.54	51.64	55

2015-010 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Mar 2, 03:50
ABS 3A (Asia Broadcast Satellite 3A) 2015-010A 40424						in space
Commercial comat covering the Atlantic Ocean Region, particularly the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Expected location 3° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Mar 04, 10:45	38217	0.8237	359	63320	1239.23	24.81	171
2015 Mar 27, 03:45	39126	0.8024	1352	64144	1283.70	20.66	176
2015 Apr 20, 12:00	41028	0.7260	4865	64436	1378.44	11.28	180
2015 Aug 28, 01:48	42166	0.0002	35780	35796	1436.16	0.07	144	3° west
2023 Feb 13, 01:02	42165	0.0001	35781	35792	1436.10	0.02	128	3° west

Eutelsat 115 West B (Satmex 7) 2015-010B 40425						in space
Geosynchronous orbit comsat for Mexico. It will serve an area ranging from the continental United States to Argentina plus the Caribbean, Latin America and the major cities of Brazil. Expected location - 114°.9 west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Mar 05, 16:13	38143	0.8232	365	63164	1235.59	24.97	172
2015 Apr 29, 19:59	40661	0.7259	4765	63801	1359.98	11.22	182
2015 Sep 29, 19:59	42165	0.0001	35782	35792	1436.11	0.00	350	115° west
2023 Feb 13, 08:48	42165	0.0000	35785	35788	1436.10	0.01	38	115° west

2015-I04 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 2, 08:45
Flock 1B-10 1998-067FS 40429						Re-entered - 2015 Aug 23 Life 174 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 02, 16:42	6778	0.0011	393	407	92.56	51.62	100

Flock 1B-9 1998-067FT 40430						Re-entered - 2015 Jun 28 Life 118 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 04, 23:00	6778	0.0008	394	405	92.55	51.64	92

2015-I05 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 3, 03:00
Flock 1D'-1 1998-067FU 40451						Re-entered - 2015 Oct 13 Life 224 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1D'" consisting of two Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-5 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM5 cubesat cluster. Twenty six of the Flock 1D satellites were lost on the failed Cygnus Orb launch 2014 Oct 28.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 04, 17:42	6778	0.0009	393	406	92.55	51.64	83

Flock 1D'-2 1998-067FV 40452						Re-entered - 2015 Dec 27 Life 299 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1D'" consisting of two Earth imaging satellites. Twenty six of the Flock 1D satellites were lost on the failed Cygnus Orb launch 2014 Oct 28.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 05, 07:52	6778	0.0008	394	406	92.56	51.64	87

2015-I06 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 3, 10:50
Flock 1B-5 1998-067FW 40453						Re-entered - 2015 Aug 17 Life 167 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 04, 01:09	6779	0.0010	394	408	92.58	51.64	91

Flock 1B-6 1998-067FX 40454						Re-entered - 2015 Oct 16 Life 227 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 04, 18:12	6779	0.0009	395	407	92.58	51.64	78

2015-I07 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 4, 01:20
TechEdSat 4 1998-067FY 40455						Re-entered - 2015 Apr 3 Life 30 days
3U Cubesat built by NASA Ames in partnership with San Jose State University in California and the University of Idaho. Its purpose is to demonstrate new technologies including satellite-to-satellite communications and anair braking device to demonstrate passive deorbiting. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 07, 01:38	6774	0.0008	390	401	92.47	51.65	43

GEARRS 1 (Globalstar Risk Reduction Satellite) 1998-067FZ 40456						Re-entered - 2015 Nov 7 Life 248 days
3U Cubesat from Taylor University, investigating the feasibility of using the Globalstar satellite comms network for command and control of cubesats and other small satellite systems.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 05, 18:56	6778	0.0007	395	405	92.56	51.65	53

2015-I08 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 4, 08:30
MicroMAS 1998-067GA 40457						Re-entered - 2015 Aug 1 Life 150 days
3U Cubesat three-unit CubeSat being developed by the Space Systems Laboratory to carry the MIT Lincoln Laboratory microwave radiometer. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 06, 19:39	6778	0.0009	393	406	92.55	51.64	98

LambdaSat 1998-067GB 40458						Re-entered - 2015 May 16 Life 73 days
1U Cubesat built by Greek students and lecturers based in Silicon Valley (San Jose), CA, USA. It carries a technology experiments to measures the radiation effects on graphene material and an experimental AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver for tracking shipping at locations around the globe. IT seems not to have activated on departing from the ISS. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 06, 11:45	6777	0.0009	393	405	92.55	51.64	96

2015-I09 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Mar 5, 01:45
Flock 1B-11 1998-067GC 40459						Re-entered - 2015 Sep 7 Life 186 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 07, 01:39	6778	0.0006	396	404	92.57	51.65	92

Flock 1B-12 1998-067GD 40460						Re-entered - 2015 Sep 29 Life 208 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1B" consisting of 28 Earth imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by Cygnus Orb 2 (2014-039A/40084) as part of the Nanoracks CM4 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 07, 20:23	6778	0.0007	396	405	92.56	51.65	94

2015-011 Atlas V 421 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Mar 13, 02:44
MMS 1 (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission 1) 2015-011A 40482						in space
Nasa satellite for magnetosphere studies. One of four spacecraft orbiting in a tetrahedral formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 17, 02:05	41720	0.8337	560	70123	1413.43	28.88	20
2015 Mar 24, 23:04	41983	0.8224	1078	70133	1426.84	28.86	22
2015 Apr 09, 21:09	42111	0.8166	1343	70122	1433.33	28.90	25

MMS 2 (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission 2) 2015-011B 40483						in space
Nasa satellite for magnetosphere studies. One of four spacecraft orbiting in a tetrahedral formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 16, 08:46	41735	0.8339	553	70160	1414.19	28.88	20
2015 Apr 07, 21:24	42110	0.8176	1305	70158	1433.28	28.90	24

MMS 3 (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission 3) 2015-011C 40484						in space
Nasa satellite for magnetosphere studies. One of four spacecraft orbiting in a tetrahedral formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 21, 00:32	41743	0.8340	550	70179	1414.61	28.78	21
2015 Mar 24, 23:12	41984	0.8234	1036	70177	1426.89	28.86	22
2015 Apr 06, 21:34	42109	0.8180	1285	70177	1433.26	28.90	24

MMS 4 (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission 4) 2015-011D 40485						in space
Nasa satellite for magnetosphere studies. One of four spacecraft orbiting in a tetrahedral formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 16, 08:46	41752	0.8341	548	70199	1415.06	28.83	20
2015 Mar 26, 22:49	41985	0.8236	1030	70183	1426.91	28.88	22
2015 Apr 11, 18:14	42109	0.8184	1268	70193	1433.23	28.91	25

2015-012 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Mar 18, 22:05
Express-AM7 2015-012A 40505						in space
Russian domestic communications satellite. Expected location - 40° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Mar 20, 14:06	26956	0.5628	5406	35750	734.09	19.91	0
2015 Apr 07, 18:47	42166	0.0002	35781	35795	1436.16	0.02	107	40° east
2023 Feb 13, 04:54	42165	0.0003	35776	35799	1436.13	0.02	224	40° east

2015-013 Delta 4 Medium+ 4,2 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Mar 25, 18:36
USA 260 (Navstar GPS IIF-09) 2015-013A 40534						in space
Ninth Block 2F, Generation 2 GPS Navsat.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 27, 01:38	26846	0.0000	20467	20468	729.59	55.01	250
2015 Apr 18, 16:32	26561	0.0005	20168	20197	717.99	55.01	353

2015-014 Dnepr Dombarovsky (Yasny) Cosmodrome						2015 Mar 25, 22:08
KompSat 3A (Arirang 3A) 2015-014A 40536						in space
KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite to be used to support Geographical Information Systems, environmental, agricultural and oceanographic monitoring. There may also be a miltary/strategic imaging role. It is similar to KompSat 3 but with the addition of an infrared detector. Precise launch time 22:08:46 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Mar 26, 02:53	6909	0.0014	521	541	95.25	97.51	283	01:30
2023 Feb 13, 11:20	6906	0.0002	526	529	95.19	97.56	350	01:43

2015-015 H-IIA 202 (F-28) Tanegashima Space Centre						2015 Mar 26, 01:21
IGS 10 (IGS Optical 5) 2015-015A 40538						in space
Information Gathering Satellite - Japanese government/military optical imaging reconnaissance satellite. Element sets are not released by Spacetrack so parameters are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Apr 05, 21:34	6891	0.0003	511	515	94.89	97.50	146	10:18
2016 Apr 05, 21:42	6891	0.0002	512	514	94.89	97.50	85	10:26
2017 Apr 05, 21:59	6891	0.0004	510	516	94.88	97.46	341	10:27
2018 Apr 06, 22:01	6891	0.0002	512	514	94.89	97.50	49	10:29
2019 Apr 10, 21:16	6891	0.0002	512	514	94.88	97.46	17	10:32
2020 Apr 04, 21:12	6891	0.0007	508	518	94.88	97.41	105	10:28
2021 Apr 05, 21:01	6891	0.0003	511	515	94.88	97.39	324	10:17

2015-016 Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Mar 27, 19:42
Soyuz TMA-16M (Soyuz 11F732A47 № 716) 2015-016A 40542						Re-entered - 2015 Sep 12 Life 169 days Returned to Earth
Crew to ISS - Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko, Scott Kelly. Precise launch time - 19:42:57 UTC. Docked with ISS Poisk port Mar 28 at 01:34:00 UTC, about two minutes ahead of schedule. On Aug 28 at 07:11 UTC, carrying Padalka, Kornienko and Kelly, Soyuz TMA-16M was undocked and re-docked with the Zvezda module at 10:30 UTC. Undocked Sep 11 at 21:29 UTC carrying Padalka with Andreas Mogensen and Aydyn Aimbetov (both from Soyuz TMA-18M). Following retro-fire for 281s (Δv 127 m/s) starting at 03:05 UTC, Soyuz-TMA-13M landed 146 km South-East of Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan Sep 12 at 00:51 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 27, 19:31	6584	0.0012	198	214	88.61	51.61	54

2015-017 Soyuz ST-B + Fregat-MT (VS-11) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Mar 27, 21:46
Galileo 7 (Adam,Galileo FOC FM-03) 2015-017A 40544						in space
One of a pair of dual-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 29, 10:57	29965	0.0007	23565	23608	860.36	55.07	240
2015 May 07, 07:12	29601	0.0001	23219	23227	844.75	55.05	239

Galileo 8 (Anastasia, Galileo FOC FM-04) 2015-017B 40545						in space
One of a pair of dual-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 29, 10:55	29945	0.0002	23562	23573	859.52	55.06	133
2015 May 12, 02:38	29600	0.0004	23210	23234	844.69	55.08	269

2015-018 PSLV-XL (PSLV C-27) Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2015 Mar 28, 11:49
IRNSS 1D (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System 1D) 2015-018A 40547						in space
Satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. Expected location 112° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Mar 28, 18:43	16801	0.6039	277	20569	361.23	19.21	179
2015 Mar 29, 22:29	24318	0.7250	310	35569	628.99	19.22	180
2015 Apr 10, 16:58	42163	0.0020	35700	35869	1435.99	30.47	184	112° east
2015 Apr 27, 14:22	42165	0.0020	35701	35873	1436.10	30.44	183	112° east

2015-019 CZ 3C Xichang Space Centre						2015 Mar 30, 13:52
Beidou 17 (Beidou-3S IGEO-1S) 2015-019A 40549						in space
In-orbit validation satellite in China's navigation satellite system in inclined geosynchronous orbit. Transmitted navigation signals are different from those of the operational satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Apr 02, 08:03	42667	0.0115	35797	36781	1461.84	54.98	172	163° west
2015 Apr 28, 22:10	42158	0.0041	35606	35953	1435.74	54.96	174	95° east
2015 Aug 10, 20:38	42165	0.0046	35595	35979	1436.10	54.91	178	98° east
2016 Mar 29, 00:21	42163	0.0040	35614	35955	1435.99	54.76	180	97° east
2023 Feb 12, 15:41	42156	0.0036	35627	35930	1435.67	51.46	194	91° east

YZ-1 rocket stage 2015-019C 41929						in space
Mission information in preparation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2017 Feb 12, 04:20	98880	0.6623	27018	157986	5157.32	41.17	34

2015-020 Rockot + Briz-KM Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Mar 31, 13:48
Gonets 21 (Gonets M-21) 2015-020A 40552						in space
Store and forward communications satellite for Russia's civil/commercial system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 31, 21:14	7881	0.0008	1496	1509	116.05	82.48	336
2015 May 10, 09:13	7877	0.0010	1491	1507	115.96	82.49	211
2015 May 16, 19:53	7873	0.0016	1482	1507	115.87	82.49	191

Gonets 22 (Gonets M-22) 2015-020B 40553						in space
Store and forward communications satellite for Russia's civil/commercial system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 31, 23:04	7880	0.0007	1496	1508	116.02	82.48	323
2015 May 02, 19:05	7873	0.0014	1484	1505	115.86	82.49	204

Gonets 23 (Gonets M-23) 2015-020C 40554						in space
Store and forward communications satellite for Russia's civil/commercial system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Apr 01, 20:15	7879	0.0007	1495	1506	115.99	82.48	308
2015 Apr 17, 23:25	7872	0.0011	1485	1503	115.85	82.49	218
2015 May 15, 02:03	7873	0.0013	1484	1505	115.86	82.49	158

Cosmos 2504 2015-020D 40555						in space
Small satellite with orbit changing capability. Possibly, but speculatively, an inspector satellite with its own Briz-KM rocket body (2015-020E/40556) as a target.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Mar 31, 22:51	7716	0.0216	1171	1505	112.42	82.48	270
2015 Apr 10, 05:51	7719	0.0217	1173	1508	112.48	82.49	248
2015 Apr 13, 18:15	7722	0.0222	1173	1515	112.56	82.49	240
2015 Apr 23, 09:48	7715	0.0206	1179	1496	112.41	82.47	217
2015 Apr 23, 20:10	7719	0.0215	1175	1506	112.48	82.49	216
2015 Jul 05, 20:53	7664	0.0217	1120	1452	111.29	82.68	44
2015 Oct 09, 18:25	7717	0.0219	1169	1508	112.43	82.49	180

Briz-KM 2015-020D 40556						in space
Launch a trio of GONETS satellites and Cosmos 2504 that 'hunted it down' in orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Apr 01, 14:27	7717	0.0216	1172	1506	112.45	82.49	267

2015-021 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Apr 14, 20:10
SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 2015-021A 40588						Re-entered - 2015 May 21 Life 37 days Returned to Earth
Carrying a cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Captured by ISS Remote Manipulator System Apr 17 at 10:55 UTC, docked with lower port of the Harmony node at 13:29 UTC - retaining bolts were driven home 3-4 minutes later. Its cargo included 16 Cubesats for later launch from the ISS - Centennial 1, Arkyd 3R and the Nanoracks CM6 cluster consisting of 14 Planet Labs Flock 1E satellites. Undocked from Harmony May 21 at 09:29 UTC and released into independent orbit at 11:04 UTC. Retro-fire at about 15:47 UTC led to splashdown in Pacific Ocean off California at 16:42 UTC ±1 min.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Apr 14, 22:07	6655	0.0112	203	351	90.05	51.65	45
2015 Apr 15, 12:34	6660	0.0117	204	359	90.14	51.65	49
2015 Apr 16, 19:27	6767	0.0006	385	393	92.34	51.64	229
2015 Apr 17, 13:26	6778	0.0006	396	404	92.56	51.65	223
2015 May 21, 12:52	6774	0.0005	392	400	92.48	51.64	172

2015-022 Ariane 5ECA (VA-222) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Apr 26, 20:00
Thor 7 2015-022A 40613						in space
Norwegian comsat covering Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe, the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Red Sea, Baltic Sea, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean. Expected location 0°.8 west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Apr 30, 05:34	33320	0.2644	18132	35752	1008.85	0.93	181
2015 Apr 30, 16:40	40996	0.0278	33480	35756	1376.80	0.10	224
2015 May 01, 14:23	42117	0.0001	35733	35745	1433.65	0.02	31	15° west
2015 May 08, 11:53	42165	0.0002	35778	35797	1436.13	0.02	143	12° west
2015 Jun 07, 13:31	42030	0.0001	35647	35657	1429.24	0.04	358	8° west
2015 Jun 16, 20:21	42165	0.0002	35778	35796	1436.10	0.03	232	1° west
2023 Feb 13, 02:45	42165	0.0003	35776	35797	1436.09	0.01	174	1° west

Sicral 2 2015-022B 40614						in space
Joint French/Italian government/military communications satellite for use by the respective countries and NATO. Expected location - 37° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 09, 22:37	42165	0.0001	35783	35791	1436.12	0.03	161	37° east

2015-023 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Apr 27, 23:03
TurkmenAlem 52E (MonacoSat) 2015-023A 40617						in space
Comsat - part of the payload is is used by the Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications, the remainder, covering the Middle East and North Africa is used by SSI of Monaco. Expected location - 52° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Apr 28, 10:55	24141	0.7272	207	35318	622.13	25.48	179
2015 Apr 29, 07:01	28109	0.4886	7998	35465	781.69	9.75	179
2015 Apr 30, 18:00	37586	0.1179	26776	35641	1208.67	1.71	180
2015 May 05, 00:42	42099	0.0015	35656	35786	1432.74	0.03	268	42° east
2015 May 15, 17:09	42166	0.0002	35777	35798	1436.15	0.04	184	43° east
2015 May 17, 19:47	42165	0.0003	35776	35799	1436.13	0.05	183	43° east
2023 Feb 13, 07:33	42165	0.0002	35777	35797	1436.12	0.01	222	52° east

2015-024 Soyuz-2 1A Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Apr 28, 07:09
Progress M-27M (Progress 7K-TGM №426) 2015-024A 40619						Re-entered - 2015 May 8 Life 10 days
Supplies to ISS. Precise launch time 11:00:17 UTC. Intended to dock with the Pirs module at 13:07 UTC. The mission was lost when Progress was damaged by a small explosion in the launch vehicle upper stage caused it to shut down early and deliver Progress to a lower orbit than intended. Although communications were functioning, rapid tumbling of the spacecraft after separating from the launch vehicle meant it could not be controlled. According to TsUP, it re-entered May 8 at 02:04 UTC and was destroyed by frictional heating.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Apr 28, 20:49	6602	0.0055	187	260	88.97	51.65	85
2015 May 07, 19:29	6523	0.0009	140	151	87.39	51.64	128

2015-025 Atlas V 501 (AFSPC-5) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 May 20, 15:05
USA 261 (OTV-4. X-37B#2 Flight 2) 2015-025A 40651						Re-entered - 2017 May 7 Life 718 days Returned to Earth
Flight of USAF/Boeing X-37B space plane, probably the second mission for vehicle number 2. Detailed payload and mission purpose are unknown. Launch by United Launch Alliance on behalf of the USAF Rapid Capabilities Office. Landed Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility 2017 May 7 at 11:47 UTC. Element sets are not released by Spacetrack so parameters are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 May 27, 16:18	6694	0.0010	309	322	90.84	38.02	319
2015 Oct 27, 10:08	6728	0.0006	346	354	91.54	38.02	222
2015 Nov 13, 23:58	6693	0.0006	311	319	90.82	38.02	338
2016 May 15, 19:12	6730	0.0008	347	357	91.58	38.03	266
2016 Nov 11, 03:42	6734	0.0003	354	358	91.67	37.67	73
2016 Dec 20, 18:58	6716	0.0022	323	353	91.30	38.00	343
2017 Mar 25, 18:02	6707	0.0010	322	336	91.11	38.00	90

USS Langley 2015-025B 40652						in space
3U CubeSat from the US Naval Academy to demonstrate the ability to host a web server aboard a CubeSat. Part of the Unique Lightweight Technology and Research Auxiliary Satellite ( ULTRASat) cluster of ten Cubesats carried on the USA-261 (X-37B) launch vehicle. Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

Opticube 01 2015-025C 40653						in space
3U Cubesat (one of three similar satellites carried in the same launch) built by students of California Polytechnic (CalPol). Passive satellite for use as callibration targets for orbital debris studies - each has a different coating to test ground based sensors. Project sponsored by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

ParkinsonSat (PSat) 2015-025D 40654						in space
1.5U Cubesat carrying a US Naval Academy rado receiver for collecting data from remote buoys on the ocean. It also carries two Amateur Radio transponders. Part of the Unique Lightweight Technology and Research Auxiliary Satellite ( ULTRASat) cluster of ten Cubesats carried on the USA-261 (X-37B) launch vehicle. Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

BRICSat-P (Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite ) 2015-025E 40655						in space
1.5U Cubesat, from the US Naval Academy built in collaboration with George Washington University to measure the performance of miniature pulse plasma thrusters. Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission..
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

Opticube 02 2015-025F 40656						in space
3U Cubesat (one of three similar satellites carried in the same launch) built by students of California Polytechnic (CalPol). Passive satellite for use as callibration targets for orbital debris studies - each has a different coating to test ground based sensors. Project sponsored by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

GEARRS 2 (Globalstar Risk Reduction Satellite) 2015-025G 40657						in space
3U Cubesat from Taylor University, investigating the feasibility of using the Globalstar satellite comms network for command and control of cubesats and other small satellite systems and cubesats. Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

Opticube 03 2015-025H 40658						in space
3U Cubesat (one of three similar satellites carried in the same launch) built by students of California Polytechnic (CalPol). Passive satellite for use as callibration targets for orbital debris studies - each has a different coating to test ground based sensors. Project sponsored by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

AeroCube 8a 2015-025J 40659						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 11 Life 2336 days
1.5U Cubesat, one of a jointly-launched pair from the Aerospace Corporation, MIT and eSpace, carring an R&D payload sponsored by the National Reconnaissance Office and relating to development of Carbon Nanotubetechnology and a Scalable ion Electrospray Propulsion system (SiEPro). Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45
2019 Sep 11, 07:18	6794	0.0127	329	502	92.88	55.02	170

AeroCube 8b 2015-025K 40660						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 2 Life 2327 days
1.5U Cubesat, one of a jointly-launched pair from the Aerospace Corporation, MIT and eSpace, carring an R&D payload sponsored by the National Reconnaissance Office and relating to development of Carbon Nanotubetechnology and a Scalable ion Electrospray Propulsion system (SiEPro). Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission. For a few days in 2019 Space-Track (inadvertently?) released orbital data.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45
2019 Sep 11, 06:29	6793	0.0126	329	501	92.86	55.02	171

Lightsail 1 2015-025L 40661						Re-entered - 2015 Jun 14 Life 25 days
3U CubeSat from The Planetary Society designed to demonstrate the viability of using solar sailing for propulsion. Part of the Unique Lightweight Technology and Research Auxiliary Satellite ( ULTRASat) cluster of ten Cubesats carried on the USA-261 (X-37B) launch vehicle. The solar sail was opened Jun 7 at 1947 UTC. Initial orbit is an estimate based on web pages describing some of the Cubesats carried on the mission. The second orbit listed is based on radio Doppler observations by amateur trackers.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45
2015 Jun 13, 23:37	6739	0.0085	304	418	91.77	54.99	258

Atlas V upper stage 2015-025M 40662						Re-entered - 2015 May 20 Life <1 day
Launched USA 261 (OTV-4/X-37B. Performed plane change from 38° to 55° inclination shortly after releasing the main payload and then released a cluster of Cubesats. Caused to re-enter above the southern Indian Ocean on the day of launch at about 17:35 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	6694	0.0010	309	322	90.84	38.02	80
estimated orbit	6907	0.0251	355	702	95.20	55.00	45

2015-026 Ariane 5ECA (VA-223) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 May 27, 21:16
DirecTV 15 2015-026A 40663						in space
Commercial comsat covering the continental USA, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Expected location - 102.75 west
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 May 29, 14:24	24395	0.7279	259	35774	631.98	4.41	179
2015 Jun 01, 12:37	35155	0.1987	21790	35763	1093.28	0.90	183
2015 Jun 04, 14:09	42126	0.0015	35685	35812	1434.14	0.12	225	71° west
2015 Jun 14, 11:44	42163	0.0001	35782	35789	1436.03	0.11	235	67° west
2015 Jul 25, 18:11	42242	0.0002	35855	35872	1440.02	0.06	152	72° west
2015 Sep 04, 12:47	42165	0.0001	35781	35793	1436.10	0.02	134	103° west
2023 Feb 13, 01:57	42165	0.0000	35784	35788	1436.09	0.02	65	103° west

Sky Mexico 1 2015-026B 40664						in space
Commercial comsat owned by DirecTV providing Direct-to-Home broadcast services to the Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Expected location - 78°.8 west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 May 29, 12:00	24378	0.7276	261	35738	631.32	4.40	179
2015 Jun 02, 02:48	32270	0.3048	16056	35728	961.54	0.92	180
2015 Jun 04, 13:30	38587	0.0913	28687	35731	1257.26	0.21	182
2015 Jun 05, 13:05	42091	0.0007	35686	35740	1432.34	0.05	44	80° west
2015 Jun 09, 05:52	42151	0.0002	35763	35782	1435.38	0.05	243	77° west
2015 Jun 12, 12:35	42165	0.0000	35786	35788	1436.11	0.05	180	77° west
2023 Feb 12, 12:37	42165	0.0002	35778	35795	1436.08	0.01	260	79° west

2015-027 Soyuz-2 1A Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Jun 5, 15:23
Cosmos 2505 (Yantar 4K2M 11Ф695M, Kobalt-M) 2015-027A 40667						Re-entered - 2015 Sep 17 Life 104 days Returned to Earth
Military imaging reconnaissance satellite, sometimes referred to as 'Yantar', with manoeuvring engine to maintain its orbit. It released two containers of exposed film at different times during the mission for retro-fire and recovery with landings 2015 Jul 7 at around 09:35 UTC and Aug 7 at around 04:45 UTC. The main module landed in the Orenburg region of Russia 2015 Sep 17 at around 22:15 UTC. Spacetrack's re-entry date of Sep 18 is incorrect - it may refer to an uncatalogued piece of debris (eg solar panel) discarded in orbit before retro-fire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jun 05, 18:27	6609	0.0082	177	285	89.13	81.42	87

2015-028 Vega (VV-05) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Jun 23, 01:51
Sentinel 2A 2015-028A 40697						in space
First of of a pair of optical imaging satellites The satellite is part of ESA's Copernicus constellation, the EU contribution to GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems). Precise launch time: 01:51:58 UTC, separated from the launch vehicle at 02:46:41 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jun 23, 20:18	7167	0.0001	788	789	100.63	98.57	156	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 12:31	7167	0.0001	788	790	100.64	98.57	89	10:30

2015-029 Soyuz-2 1B Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Jun 23, 16:44
Cosmos 2506 (Persona 14F137 №3) 2015-029A 40699						in space
Third launch of new generation imaging reconnaissance satellite operated by the GRU (Russian Military Intelligence Directorate). The projected operational lifetime is seven years.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jun 23, 20:26	6823	0.0379	187	704	93.49	98.31	79	08:37
2015 Jun 26, 19:48	6819	0.0367	191	691	93.41	98.31	68	08:38
2015 Jun 28, 12:27	7094	0.0012	707	725	99.11	98.31	314	08:39
2022 Oct 12, 23:54	7092	0.0008	708	720	99.07	98.25	4	09:22
2023 Feb 13, 10:08	7092	0.0008	709	719	99.07	98.23	343	09:21

2015-030 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre						2015 Jun 26, 06:02
Gaofen 8 2015-030A 40701						in space
Carries a high-resolution optical system. It will support a remote sensing programme based on LEO and GEO satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jun 26, 10:51	6855	0.0007	471	481	94.13	97.30	243	13:30
2015 Jun 30, 10:37	6867	0.0006	484	493	94.38	97.29	28	13:30
2023 Feb 13, 14:56	6872	0.0008	489	500	94.50	97.59	324	14:52

2015-F02 - failed to reach orbit Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Jun 28, 14:21
SpaceX Dragon CRS-7
Carrying a cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, the Dragon spacecraft was destroyed after 139s of flight when the Falcon 9 second stage liquid oxygen tank ruptured because it became over-pressurised. Among the cargo lost was a new International Docking Adaptor for the ISS and a Nanoracks cluster consisting of eight Flock 1F cubesats belonging to Planet Labs..

2015-031 Soyuz-U 11A511U Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Jul 3, 04:55
Progress M-28M (Progress 7K-TGM №428) 2015-031A 40713						Re-entered - 2015 Dec 19 Life 169 days
Supplies to ISS. Precise launch time 04:55:50 UTC. Docked with the Pirs module at Jul 5 at 07:11 UTC. Undocked 2015 Dec 19 at 07:35:23 UTC. Retro-fire over central Asia at 10:42 UTC resulted in a destructive re-entry. Any surviving fragments hit the surface of the southern Pacific Ocean at about 11:28 UTC near 45° south, 150° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 03, 05:25	6587	0.0029	189	228	88.66	51.61	75
2015 Jul 03, 11:05	6653	0.0019	262	287	90.00	51.64	300
2015 Jul 04, 23:01	6779	0.0003	398	403	92.57	51.65	121

2015-032 PSLV-XL (PSLV C-28) Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2015 Jul 10, 16:28
DMC 3-FM1 2015-032A 40715						in space
One of three simultaneously-launched satellites in the the third Disaster Monitoring Constellation. By 2015 mid-September the three satellites were flying in formation, spaced at 120° intervals around the orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jul 12, 05:17	7029	0.0019	637	664	97.74	98.05	234	22:10
2015 Sep 16, 02:28	7027	0.0017	637	661	97.71	98.04	31	22:11
2023 Feb 13, 09:31	7000	0.0007	616	627	97.14	97.82	92	21:51

DMC 3-FM2 2015-032B 40716						in space
One of three simultaneously-launched satellites in the the third Disaster Monitoring Constellation. By 2015 mid-September the three satellites were flying in formation, spaced at 120° intervals around the orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jul 12, 03:39	7028	0.0019	637	663	97.73	98.05	236	22:10
2015 Sep 16, 06:18	7027	0.0015	639	660	97.71	98.04	38	22:12
2023 Feb 13, 10:04	7000	0.0009	615	628	97.14	97.82	95	21:54

DMC 3-FM3 2015-032C 40717						in space
One of three simultaneously-launched satellites in the the third Disaster Monitoring Constellation. By 2015 mid-September the three satellites were flying in formation, spaced at 120° intervals around the orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jul 12, 03:39	7027	0.0018	637	662	97.71	98.05	237	22:10
2015 Sep 16, 10:04	7027	0.0020	635	663	97.71	98.04	30	22:12
2023 Feb 13, 10:35	7000	0.0011	614	629	97.14	97.83	93	21:58

CBNT 1 (Carbonite 1) 2015-032D 40718						in space
Small satellite from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) built to test satellite construction techniques. It carries a camera for video and images of Earth. Design includes a drag device to be deployed on cmpletion of its mission in order to accelerate re-entry.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Jul 12, 02:00	7026	0.0016	637	659	97.68	98.05	241	22:10
2023 Feb 13, 09:21	7020	0.0016	631	653	97.56	97.71	320	19:59

De-OrbitSail 2015-032E 40719						in space
3U Cubesat to demonstrate use of a sail to increase air drag and accelerate re-entry.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 12, 00:22	7025	0.0016	636	657	97.65	98.05	250
2023 Feb 12, 21:21	7008	0.0014	619	640	97.30	97.75	308

2015-I10 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 13, 16:40
Flock 1E-2 1998-067GE 40722						Re-entered - 2016 Mar 5 Life 236 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 14, 10:51	6778	0.0005	397	403	92.56	51.65	253

Flock 1E-1 1998-067GF 40723						Re-entered - 2016 May 18 Life 310 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 14, 10:51	6778	0.0005	396	403	92.56	51.64	257

2015-I11 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 14, 04:31
Flock 1E-4 1998-067GG 40724						Re-entered - 2016 Jun 24 Life 346 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 15, 07:11	6778	0.0000	400	400	92.56	51.64	234

Flock 1E-3 1998-067GH 40725						Re-entered - 2016 May 29 Life 320 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 15, 19:22	6778	0.0006	396	404	92.55	51.64	202

2015-I12 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 14, 15:45
Flock 1E-7 1998-067GJ 40726						Re-entered - 2016 Jul 17 Life 369 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 11:31	6778	0.0004	397	403	92.55	51.64	293

Flock 1E-8 1998-067GK 40727						Re-entered - 2016 Jun 22 Life 344 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 13:05	6778	0.0004	397	403	92.55	51.65	297

2015-I13 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 14, 23:40
Flock 1E-5 1998-067GL 40728						Re-entered - 2016 Jun 20 Life 342 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 13:05	6778	0.0005	396	403	92.55	51.65	266

Flock 1E-6 1998-067GM 40729						Re-entered - 2016 Jul 21 Life 373 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 16:24	6778	0.0005	396	403	92.55	51.65	261

2015-I14 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 15, 06:01
Flock 1E-9 1998-067GN 40736						Re-entered - 2016 Feb 8 Life 208 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 13:13	6778	0.0003	398	402	92.56	51.64	320

Flock 1E-10 1998-067GP 40737						Re-entered - 2016 Aug 9 Life 391 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 13:12	6778	0.0002	398	402	92.56	51.65	303

2015-I15 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 15, 13:15
Flock 1E-11 1998-067GQ 40738						Re-entered - 2016 Aug 9 Life 391 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 13:12	6778	0.0005	396	403	92.55	51.65	253

Flock 1E-12 1998-067GR 40739						Re-entered - 2016 Aug 9 Life 391 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 13:07	6778	0.0005	397	403	92.55	51.65	267

2015-033 Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Jul 15, 15:36
USA 262 (Navstar GPS IIF-10) 2015-033A 40730						in space
Tenth Block 2F, Generation 2 GPS Navsat.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 16, 10:04	26831	0.0002	20447	20460	729.00	54.99	327
2015 Jul 31, 00:00	26668	0.0014	20253	20327	722.35	55.08	255
2015 Aug 09, 12:39	26559	0.0016	20139	20223	717.93	55.01	258

2015-034 Ariane 5ECA (VA-224) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Jul 15, 21:42
Meteosat 11 (MSG 4) 2015-034A 40732						in space
Fourth and final Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite. The payload includes a SARSat Search and Rescue transponder to receive and relay distress signals from emergency radio beacons within its field of view. Released from the launch vehicle at 22:22 UTC. Expected location 3°.4 west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Jul 16, 14:00	24406	0.7282	254	35800	632.40	3.96	178
2015 Jul 17, 20:26	27139	0.5533	5744	35777	741.55	0.76	179
2015 Jul 20, 05:02	32789	0.2857	17042	35780	984.81	1.61	360
2015 Jul 21, 05:32	40662	0.0364	32802	35765	1359.99	2.95	358
2015 Jul 29, 02:14	42018	0.0012	35589	35691	1428.62	3.17	14	12° west
2015 Aug 03, 03:48	42122	0.0013	35690	35798	1433.91	3.16	261	3° west
2015 Aug 05, 19:07	42195	0.0089	35443	36191	1437.65	3.18	183	4° west
2015 Aug 13, 22:00	42165	0.0000	35785	35789	1436.13	3.14	22	3° west
2018 Jan 25, 06:57	42163	0.0001	35779	35791	1436.01	1.47	83	3° west
2023 Feb 13, 02:46	42166	0.0000	35787	35789	1436.16	0.47	303	1° east

Star One C4 2015-034B 40733						in space
Commercial communications satellite covering Brazil, plus western south and central America, Mexico and the continental United States. Expected location - 70° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Jul 17, 10:31	26322	0.6000	4151	35737	708.33	2.52	179
2015 Jul 19, 02:57	29401	0.4322	10316	35730	836.17	1.41	179
2015 Jul 20, 08:52	34414	0.2236	20341	35731	1058.91	0.52	179
2015 Jul 21, 08:23	41269	0.0203	34054	35729	1390.60	0.08	359
2015 Jul 22, 06:41	42138	0.0008	35728	35792	1434.72	0.11	174	71° west
2015 Jul 28, 23:36	42165	0.0001	35783	35791	1436.12	0.09	134	70° west
2023 Feb 12, 12:39	42165	0.0003	35775	35799	1436.10	0.02	308	70° west

2015-I16 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 15, 22:49
Flock 1E-13 1998-067GS 40740						Re-entered - 2016 Aug 24 Life 406 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 19, 15:58	6778	0.0004	397	402	92.55	51.65	294

Flock 1E-14 1998-067GT 40741						Re-entered - 2016 Jul 31 Life 382 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 1E" imaging satellites. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 17, 16:25	6777	0.0005	396	403	92.55	51.64	352

2015-I17 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Jul 16, 06:41
Arkyd 3R 1998-067GU 40742						Re-entered - 2015 Dec 23 Life 160 days
3U Cubesat acting a a test bed for systems to be used in the planned Arkyd-100 satellite constellation that will seek out asteroids in the vicinity of Eart. Replacement for Arkyd 3 which was lost in the Cygnus Orb 3 lauch failure 2014 Oct. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 18, 10:40	6778	0.0005	397	403	92.56	51.64	302

Centennial 1 1998-067GV 40743						Re-entered - 2016 Jan 6 Life 174 days
1U Cubesat from Booz Allen Hamilton in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, probably testing optical sensors and imaging devices. Carried to ISS by the SpaceX CRS-6 mission (2015-21A/40588) as part of the Nanoracks CM6 cubesat cluster.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 18, 10:42	6777	0.0004	397	402	92.55	51.65	327

2015-035 Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Jul 22, 21:02
Soyuz TMA-17M (Soyuz 11F732A47 № 717) 2015-035A 40744						Re-entered - 2015 Dec 11 Life 142 days Returned to Earth
Crew to ISS - Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui and Kjell Lindgren. Precise launch time - 21:02:44 UTC. Docked with ISS Rassvet port Jun 23 at 02:45 UTC, about one minute ahead of schedule. Undocked, carrying, Kononenko, Yui and Lindgren 2014 Dec 11 at 09:49:36 UTC. Retro-fire at 15:19:19 UTC led to landing north-east of Dzhezhkazgan, Kazakhstan at about 18:12 UTC in bad weather and in the dark. The aim point was 125 km from the city near 48°.45 north, 69°.12 east but neither the precise time nor the landing location have been confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 23, 00:02	6780	0.0001	401	402	92.59	51.65	290
2015 Jul 23, 14:03	6780	0.0001	401	403	92.59	51.65	295

2015-036 Delta 4 Medium+ 5,2 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Jul 24, 00:07
USA 263 (Wideband Global SATCOM 7) 2015-036A 40746						in space
Block II Military communications satellite, providing communications links for troops in the field. A major improvent in the Block II satellites is transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery at approximately three times the data rate available through the Block I satellites. Operated jointly by the US DoD and the Australian Department of Defense. Orbits are based on amateur observations.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2016 Apr 04, 23:59	42165	0.0001	35784	35790	1436.12	0.09	262	150° east
2023 Feb 12, 20:43	42165	0.0000	35785	35789	1436.12	0.02	72	175° east

2015-037 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Jul 25, 12:29
Beidou 18 (Beidou-3S M-1S) 2015-037A 40748						in space
In-orbit validation satellite China's navigation system in MEO. Transmitted navigation signals are different from those of the operational satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 26, 17:03	28237	0.0118	21525	22194	787.04	54.98	177
2015 Aug 13, 22:08	27906	0.0005	21515	21542	773.24	54.99	253
2023 Feb 12, 16:24	27906	0.0005	21514	21541	773.22	55.77	349

Beidou 19 (Beidou-3S M-2S) 2015-037B 40749						in space
In-orbit validation satellite China's navigation system in MEO. Transmitted navigation signals are different from those of the operational satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 27, 11:47	28083	0.0063	21528	21881	780.58	54.99	180
2015 Jul 29, 03:08	27874	0.0012	21464	21528	771.89	54.99	344
2015 Aug 07, 12:42	27907	0.0005	21514	21543	773.27	54.99	264
2023 Feb 12, 06:12	27906	0.0007	21508	21547	773.23	55.77	322

CZ 3B fourth stage 2015-037C 40750						in space
Launched Beidou-3 M1 & M2
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Jul 26, 02:39	15668	0.5808	189	18390	325.30	55.00	171

2015-038 H-IIB (F-5) Tanegashima Space Centre						2015 Aug 19, 11:50
HTV 5 (Kounotori 5) 2015-038A 40873						Re-entered - 2015 Sep 29 Life 41 days
Japanese supply vehicle to the ISS. Kounotori translates to "white stork" (seen as a carrier of joyful things) in English. Cargo included 18 Cubesats for later launch from the ISS - SERPENS, S-Cube, GOMX 3, AAUSat 5 and the Nanoracks cluster of 14 Flock 2B imaging satellites for Planet Labs. Precise launch time - 11:50:49 UTC. Captured by the ISS manipulator arm Sep 28 at 10:29 UTC. Attached to the Harmony node at 14:58 UTC with all securing bolts driven home by 17:28 UTC. Undocked using the ISS remote manipulator Sep 4 at 11:12 UTC and released into independent orbit at 16:53 UTC, about 90 mins later than planned because of a problem with the manipulator. Retro-fire Sep 29 at 20:08 UTC led to destructive re-entry at 20:33 with any surviving fragments hitting the southern Pacific Ocean over the period 20:47-21:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Aug 19, 17:31	6622	0.0086	187	301	89.39	51.68	313
2015 Aug 20, 01:24	6651	0.0043	245	302	89.98	51.69	309
2015 Aug 22, 23:57	6748	0.0015	360	380	91.94	51.64	191
2015 Aug 23, 21:18	6765	0.0014	377	396	92.28	51.65	197
2015 Aug 24, 03:32	6779	0.0002	400	402	92.58	51.65	93
2015 Aug 28, 13:30	6779	0.0001	400	401	92.57	51.64	59

2015-039 Ariane 5ECA (VA-225) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Aug 20, 20:34
Intelsat 34 2015-039A 40874						in space
Comsat to provide direct communications services to homes, plus aeronautical and maritime services to Latin Americs. Separated from the launch vehicle at 21:14 UTC. Expected location - 55°.5 west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Aug 21, 19:31	24393	0.7285	246	35784	631.91	4.67	179
2015 Aug 22, 13:01	28640	0.4718	8748	35776	803.94	1.77	178
2015 Aug 23, 15:08	36139	0.1664	23749	35772	1139.51	0.27	174
2015 Aug 25, 08:46	39943	0.0557	31338	35791	1324.10	0.07	155
2015 Aug 28, 05:30	42085	0.0022	35614	35800	1432.03	0.06	56	52° west
2015 Aug 31, 18:14	42166	0.0004	35773	35803	1436.17	0.04	238	51° west
2023 Feb 13, 00:10	42165	0.0000	35785	35789	1436.12	0.00	6	55° west

Eutelsat 8 West B 2015-039B 40875						in space
Geosynchronous orbit comsat. It will serve Europe, the Middle East, North Afric and sub-Saharan Africa. Expected location - 8° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Aug 21, 19:19	24381	0.7284	244	35761	631.43	4.67	179
2015 Aug 23, 01:34	34142	0.2339	19779	35749	1046.41	1.25	176
2015 Aug 31, 16:23	42165	0.0005	35766	35808	1436.11	0.08	246	2° east
2023 Feb 13, 09:36	42165	0.0004	35770	35803	1436.10	0.07	346	8° west

2015-040 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre						2015 Aug 27, 02:31
Yaogan 27 2015-040A 40878						in space
Described as being used for remote sensing for natural resources surveys. Specific tasks include land survey, crop yield assessment, and input to disaster monitoring and prevention plans. Mission is probably military or government photo-reconnaissance.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Aug 27, 22:00	7578	0.0008	1195	1206	109.43	100.50	273	09:29
2023 Feb 13, 07:30	7578	0.0009	1193	1207	109.42	100.11	147	07:10

2015-041 GSLV Mk II D6 Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2015 Aug 27, 11:22
GSat 6 2015-041A 40880						in space
Indian communication satellite covering the Indian mainland. Separated from the launch vehicle at 11:39 UTC. Expected location - 83° East.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Sep 01, 21:07	42072	0.0005	35673	35714	1431.36	1.19	231	81° east
2015 Sep 07, 20:25	42163	0.0006	35758	35812	1436.02	1.18	314	83° east
2023 Feb 12, 19:12	42165	0.0002	35779	35794	1436.09	0.07	32	83° east

2015-042 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Aug 28, 11:44
Inmarsat 5 F-3 (GX-3) 2015-042A 40882						in space
Communications satellite including support for the Broadband Global Area Network (B-GAN) for internet and intranet use, video on demand, video-conferencing, fax, e-mail, telephone and high-speed LAN access. Expected location: 175° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Aug 31, 14:42	41001	0.7379	4369	64877	1377.07	26.64	180
2015 Sep 08, 05:06	54626	0.3031	31691	64806	2117.69	1.26	169
2015 Sep 08, 13:38	45120	0.1590	31569	45915	1589.70	0.36	155
2015 Sep 09, 14:51	42647	0.1113	31521	41016	1460.80	0.12	75
2015 Sep 11, 18:38	42164	0.1016	31500	40071	1436.04	0.13	37
2023 Feb 12, 10:33	42165	0.0001	35784	35789	1436.11	0.02	302	180° east

2015-043 Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Sep 2, 04:37
Soyuz TMA-18M (Soyuz 11F732A47 № 718) 2015-043A 40885						Re-entered - 2016 Mar 2 Life 182 days
Crew to ISS - Sergey Volkov, Andreas Mogensen and Aydyn Aimbetov. Precise launch time - 04:37:43 UTC. A debris avoidance maoeuvre by the ISS on Jun 8 raised its orbit slightly and meant that the planned six hour approach could not be achieved because the length of orbit arc between Soyuz and ISS would have been too short. Docked with ISS Poisk port Sep 4 at 07:37:43 UTC, about five minutes ahead of schedule. Undocked 2016 Mar 2 at 01:02:38 UTC (±5s) carrying Volkov, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko. Retro-fire for 289s at 03:32 UTC led to a landing south-east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 04:26 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 02, 15:11	6638	0.0035	237	283	89.70	51.64	147
2015 Sep 03, 22:23	6779	0.0002	400	403	92.59	51.64	178

2015-044 Atlas V 551 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Sep 2, 10:18
MUOS 4 (Mobile User Objective System 4) 2015-044A 40887						in space
Narrowband tactical comsat for geosynchronous orbit, designed to work with highly portable receiver/transmitter equipment. Fourth satellite in a constellation of five. Expected location - 75º east. Orbits are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 17, 07:40	42165	0.0003	35773	35801	1436.12	5.02	140	172° west
2023 Feb 12, 19:09	42165	0.0057	35545	36029	1436.10	2.63	357	75° east

2015-045 Soyuz ST-B + Fregat-MT (VS-12) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Sep 11, 02:08
Galileo 9 (Alba, Galileo FOC FM-05) 2015-045A 40889						in space
One of a pair of dual-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system. Launched simultaneously with Galileo 10. Precise launch time 11:51:56 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 12, 15:31	29956	0.0011	23546	23611	859.98	57.39	254

Galileo 10 (Oriana, Galileo FOC FM-06) 2015-045B 40890						in space
One of a pair of dual-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system. Launched simultaneously with Galileo 9. Precise launch time 11:51:56 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 20, 22:04	29637	0.0009	23232	23285	846.25	57.40	292

2015-046 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Sep 12, 15:04
TJS 1 (Communication Technology Test Satellite 1) 2015-046A 40892						in space
Reportedly a communications test satellite although its precise purpose has not been disclosed and indicationsare that it may carry missile early warning detectors.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Sep 13, 06:28	24387	0.7304	195	35823	631.70	27.10	180
2015 Sep 23, 15:31	42164	0.0002	35776	35795	1436.05	0.18	260	155° east
2023 Feb 12, 21:35	42167	0.0002	35780	35797	1436.21	0.09	75	155° east

2015-047 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre						2015 Sep 14, 04:42
Gaofen 9-01 2015-047A 40894						in space
Carries a high-resolution optical system to support a remote sensing programme based on LEO and GEO satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 14, 20:25	7020	0.0033	619	665	97.56	98.01	245	10:59
2023 Feb 13, 09:48	7018	0.0032	618	663	97.53	97.79	154	09:54

2015-048 Proton-M + Blok DM3 Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Sep 14, 19:00
Express-AM8 2015-048A 40895						in space
Russian domestic communications satellite serving Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Expected location - 14° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Sep 16, 22:41	42231	0.0009	35813	35892	1439.49	0.05	205	88° east
2015 Sep 25, 22:28	42207	0.0009	35792	35867	1438.28	0.04	194	81° east
2015 Sep 30, 15:09	42166	0.0004	35770	35806	1436.16	0.04	241	80° east
2015 Oct 21, 20:06	42386	0.0002	36000	36017	1447.44	0.02	55	69° east
2015 Nov 04, 05:36	42503	0.0005	36106	36144	1453.41	0.06	344	13° east
2015 Nov 14, 05:53	42227	0.0004	35833	35864	1439.26	0.05	286	14° west
2015 Nov 15, 04:31	42166	0.0003	35777	35799	1436.16	0.05	146	14° west
2023 Feb 13, 06:08	42165	0.0000	35786	35787	1436.09	0.05	327	14° west

2015-I18 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2015 Sep 17, 12:02
SERPENS (Sistema Espacial para Realização de Pesquisas e Experimentos com Nanossatélites) 1998-067GY 40898						Re-entered - 2016 Mar 27 Life 192 days
3U Cubesat developed by students of the University of Brasilia and collecting meteorological data from Earth-based sensors. Also carries an amateur radio transponder and a store and forward messaging system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 19, 05:05	6781	0.0009	397	409	92.62	51.64	293

2015-I19 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2015 Sep 17, 12:13
S³ (Shootingstar Sensing Satellite) 1998-067GX 40897						Re-entered - 2016 Mar 27 Life 192 days
3U Cubesat designed and built by Japan's Planetary Exploration Research Center of Chiba Institute of Technology in Narashino and Tohoku University in Sendai. Its purpose is to observe meteors during the 2015 Orionid shower using ultraviolet sensors.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 19, 05:05	6781	0.0009	396	408	92.61	51.64	314

2015-049 CZ 6 (Y-1) Taiyuan Space Centre						2015 Sep 19, 23:01
Tiantuo 3 2015-049A 40899						in space
Small satellite from China's National University of Defence Technology sponsored by the Luliang municipality. Carries a test payload of an AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and an ADS-B (Aircraft Data Relay) for tracking aircraft. Also housed NUDT-PhoneSat (2015-049B/40899) that it released after reaching orbit. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle. Catalogue Number and Designation subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 22, 19:16	6904	0.0015	516	536	95.15	97.46	262	06:10

NUDT-Phonesat (National University of Defense Technology Satellite) 2015-049B 40900						Re-entered - 2023 Mar 29 Life 2748 days
Small satellite from China's National University of Defence Technology, released from Luliang 1 (2015-049A/40899) after it reached orbit. It carries an amateur radio payload as well as a communications system based on an an Android smart phone. It also carried internally four picosatellites for communication and control experiments. However, no additional satellites were ever catalogued from this launch so it is unclear whether they were ever released. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 24, 02:51	6905	0.0015	516	536	95.16	97.45	258	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 13:53	6756	0.0008	373	384	92.12	97.37	122	07:13

ZP 2A (Zhejiang University Pi Satellite 2A) 2015-049C 40901						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 19 Life 3044 days
One of a pair of simultaneously-launched small satellites testing microchip technology and a truss structure for deploying an aerial. It carries a micro-thruster to allow station-keeping with ZP-2B. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 21, 19:29	6905	0.0013	518	536	95.17	97.46	263	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 06:07	6848	0.0009	464	476	94.00	97.46	198	06:19

ZP 2B (Zhejiang University Pi Satellite 2B) 2015-049D 40902						Re-entered - 2023 Dec 27 Life 3021 days
One of a pair of simultaneously-launched small satellites testing microchip technology and a truss structure for deploying an aerial. It carries a micro-thruster to allow station-keeping with ZP-2B. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 22, 07:53	6905	0.0013	518	536	95.18	97.45	258	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 13:55	6846	0.0008	463	474	93.96	97.47	192	06:11

XW-2A 2015-049E 40903						Re-entered - 2023 Apr 25 Life 2775 days
Amateur radio satellite equipped with orbit adjustment thrusters and instruments to collect data on the Earth's upper atmosphere. Released two sub-satellites, XW-2E and XW-2F once in orbit. Part of a cluster of six amateur radio satellites carried on the first test flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 24, 07:28	6894	0.0024	499	533	94.95	97.46	289	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 09:00	6726	0.0005	344	351	91.49	97.14	292	09:48

Kaituo 1A 2015-049F 40904						in space
Satellite testing a thruster system. Also carried Kaituo 1B (2014-049P/40912) which it released once in orbit. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 22, 03:16	6906	0.0014	519	537	95.20	97.46	254	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 08:49	6879	0.0010	494	507	94.63	97.50	246	05:48

Naxing 2 2015-049G 40905						in space
Small satellite testing components for satellite system. It also reportedly carried two picosatellites for space research - as yet they have not been catalogued so it is unclear whether they have been released. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle. Catalogue Number and Designation subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 22, 17:36	6909	0.0015	520	541	95.24	97.45	240	06:10

XW-2C 2015-049H 40906						in space
Amateur radio satellite equipped with instruments to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. Part of a cluster of six amateur radio satellites carried on the first test flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 22, 07:55	6908	0.0015	520	540	95.23	97.46	243	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 08:09	6876	0.0011	490	505	94.57	97.50	230	05:53

XW-2D 2015-049J 40907						in space
Amateur radio satellite equipped with instruments to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. Part of a cluster of six amateur radio satellites carried on the first test flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 22, 03:17	6908	0.0014	520	540	95.23	97.46	240	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 06:59	6872	0.0010	487	501	94.50	97.50	223	05:54

LilacSat 2 2015-049K 40908						in space
2U Cubesat built by Harbin Institute of Technology. It carries an infrared camera for Earth imaging and receivers for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea and ADS-B (Aircraft Data Relay) for tracking aircraft. Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 22, 03:18	6909	0.0015	521	542	95.26	97.47	235
2023 Feb 13, 14:12	6891	0.0012	504	521	94.88	97.52	260

XW-2E 2015-049L 40909						in space
Amateur radio satellite. Released from XW-2A (2015-049E/40903) after it reached orbit. Part of a cluster of six amateur radio satellites carried on the first test flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 21, 19:30	6907	0.0014	519	539	95.22	97.46	248	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 13:40	6853	0.0010	468	482	94.10	97.46	189	06:15

XW-2F 2015-049M 40910						in space
Amateur radio satellite. Released from XW-2A (2015-049E/40903) after it reached orbit. Part of a cluster of six amateur radio satellites carried on the first test flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 24, 15:16	6909	0.0015	520	541	95.24	97.45	231	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 13:59	6855	0.0010	470	484	94.14	97.47	191	06:12

XW-2B 2015-049N 40911						in space
Amateur radio satellite equipped with instruments to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. Part of a cluster of six amateur radio satellites carried on the first test flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 23, 05:57	6908	0.0014	520	540	95.23	97.46	238	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 12:43	6873	0.0010	488	502	94.50	97.49	225	05:56

Kaituo 1B 2015-049P 40912						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 21 Life 3046 days
Satellite carrying test thrusters for space use. Carried to orbit by, and then released from, Kaituo 1B (2015-049F/40904). Launched as part of a multi-satellite payload on the first flight of the CZ-6 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 23, 23:39	6903	0.0016	514	536	95.13	97.46	233	06:10
2023 Feb 13, 13:28	6843	0.0012	457	472	93.88	97.43	154	06:29

CZ 6 third stage 2015-049Q 40913						Re-entered - 2023 Feb 2 Life 2693 days
Launched cluster of small satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )

2015-050 Rockot Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Sep 23, 22:00
Cosmos 2507 (Strela-3M/Rodnik) 2015-050A 40920						in space
Government/military system store-dump communications satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 27, 00:57	7880	0.0006	1497	1507	116.03	82.50	322

Cosmos 2508 (Strela-3M/Rodnik) 2015-050B 40921						in space
Government/military system store-dump communications satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 28, 13:42	7879	0.0006	1496	1506	116.00	82.49	305

Cosmos 2509 (Strela-3M/Rodnik) 2015-050C 40922						in space
Government/military system store-dump communications satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 28, 04:04	7881	0.0006	1498	1508	116.05	82.49	334

2015-051 CZ 11 Jiuquan Space Centre						2015 Sep 25, 01:41
Puijang 1 2015-051A 40925						Re-entered - 2024 Mar 8 Life 3087 days
Technology demonstration satellite containing a number of unspecified space systems for potential use by future satellites. Payload on the first test flight of the CZ-11 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Sep 26, 05:41	6855	0.0013	469	486	94.15	97.31	276	08:00
2023 Feb 13, 13:52	6808	0.0008	424	435	93.16	97.12	328	05:38

Tianwang 1C (NJFA 1) 2015-051B 40926						Re-entered - 2021 Feb 27 Life 1982 days
3U Cubesat from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Carries Amateur Radio and communications links to the other two Tianwang 1 satellites (2105-051C/40926 and 2015-051D/40927). Also has a receiver for ADS-B (Aircraft Data Relay) for tracking aircraft. Payload on the first test flight of the CZ-11 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 26, 10:40	6855	0.0015	466	487	94.14	97.31	275

Tianwang 1B (NJUST 2) 2015-051C 40927						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 31 Life 2014 days
2U Cubesat from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Carries Amateur Radio and communications links to the other two Tianwang 1 satellites (2105-051B/40926 and 2015-051D/40927). Also equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea. Payload on the first test flight of the CZ-11 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 27, 02:03	6854	0.0014	466	485	94.12	97.32	279

Tianwang 1A (Shangkeda 2) 2015-051D 40928						Re-entered - 2022 Dec 30 Life 2653 days
2U Cubesat from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Carries Amateur Radio and communications links to the other two Tianwang 1 satellites (2105-051B/40925 and 2015-051C/40926). Payload on the first test flight of the CZ-11 launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 27, 02:02	6854	0.0013	467	485	94.12	97.31	282

2015-052 PSLV-XL (PSLV C-29) Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2015 Sep 28, 04:30
Astrosat 2015-052A 40930						in space
Astronomical observatory for studying stars in several parts of the electromagnetic spectrum - optical, Ultraviolet, low and high energy X-rays.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 29, 15:40	7020	0.0012	633	650	97.55	5.99	13

LAPAN A2 2015-052B 40931						in space
Indonesian satellite from Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN) - National Institute of Aeronautics and Space for use in disaster mitigation. IT carries equipment to image the Earth's surface using video, Amateur Radio equipment for use in disaster areas and an Automatic Identification System (AIS) for tracking ships.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Sep 29, 17:17	7019	0.0013	632	650	97.54	6.00	17

Lemur-2 (Joel) 2015-052C 40932						in space
3U Cubesat - one of a group of four simultaneously-launched satellites equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. Developed by Spire (formerly Nanosatisfi). Lemur-2 satellites are named after development and support team members.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 04, 01:01	7018	0.0013	631	650	97.52	6.00	83

Lemur-2 (Chris) 2015-052D 40933						in space
3U Cubesat - one of a group of four simultaneously-launched satellites equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. Developed by Spire (formerly Nanosatisfi). Lemur-2 satellites are named after development and support team members.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 03, 08:48	7018	0.0014	629	650	97.51	6.00	72

Lemur-2 (Jeroen) 2015-052E 40934						in space
3U Cubesat - one of a group of four simultaneously-launched satellites equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. Developed by Spire (formerly Nanosatisfi). Lemur-2 satellites are named after development and support team members.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 04, 01:05	7020	0.0011	634	650	97.56	6.00	80

Lemur-2 (Peter) 2015-052F 40935						in space
3U Cubesat - one of a group of four simultaneously-launched satellites equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. Developed by Spire (formerly Nanosatisfi). Lemur-2 satellites are named after development and support team members.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 03, 18:36	7021	0.0010	635	650	97.57	6.00	72

ExactView 9 2015-052G 40936						in space
Canadian satellite for monitoring shipping movements by using AIS, built for exactEarth.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 04, 01:06	7021	0.0010	636	650	97.58	6.00	74

2015-053 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Sep 29, 23:13
Beidou 20 (Beidou-3S IGEO-2S) 2015-053A 40938						in space
In-orbit validation satellite in China's navigation satellite system in inclined geosynchronour orbit. Transmitted navigation signals are different from those of the operational satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Sep 30, 13:08	24389	0.7306	192	35828	631.74	55.05	180
2015 Oct 08, 12:02	42158	0.0041	35606	35954	1435.75	55.02	174	94° east
2015 Dec 10, 00:38	42161	0.0043	35601	35965	1435.92	54.95	170	97° east
2023 Feb 12, 14:10	42161	0.0043	35601	35965	1435.92	51.13	193	96° east

2015-054 Ariane 5ECA (VA-225) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Sep 30, 16:30
Sky Muster 1 (NBN-Co 1A) 2015-054A 40940						in space
Australian comsat to provide broadband services to remote parts of the country. Expected location - 140° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 01, 16:06	24392	0.7285	245	35784	631.89	5.96	179
2015 Oct 02, 16:22	27169	0.5515	5807	35775	742.81	3.16	179
2015 Oct 04, 12:09	31720	0.3289	14909	35775	937.05	1.39	178
2015 Oct 06, 14:37	36512	0.1545	24493	35775	1157.21	0.53	177
2015 Oct 10, 08:20	42138	0.0003	35746	35773	1434.71	0.04	35	139° east
2015 Oct 22, 06:11	42165	0.0003	35775	35799	1436.11	0.02	273	140° east
2023 Feb 13, 06:53	42165	0.0002	35780	35794	1436.09	0.00	185	140° east

Arsat 2 2015-054B 40941						in space
Argentinian comsat providing direct-to-home television (DTH), Internet access services for reception on VSAT antennas, along with data transmission and IP telephony. Coverage area is from Argentiana to Canada. Expected location 81° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 01, 15:46	24381	0.7285	242	35764	631.44	5.97	179
2015 Oct 02, 13:39	26652	0.5810	4789	35759	721.71	3.52	179
2015 Oct 06, 00:11	31285	0.3473	14042	35772	917.84	1.55	178
2015 Oct 13, 23:29	42194	0.0007	35785	35846	1437.59	0.05	352	80° west
2015 Oct 17, 07:06	42164	0.0001	35781	35791	1436.07	0.01	272	81° west
2023 Feb 12, 12:36	42165	0.0002	35780	35794	1436.10	0.04	33	81° west

2015-055 Soyuz-U 11A511U Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Oct 1, 16:49
Progress M-29M (Progress 7K-TGM №429) 2015-055A 40944						Re-entered - 2016 Apr 8 Life 190 days
Supplies to ISS. Precise launch time 16:49:40 UTC. Docked with the Zvezda module at 22:52 UTC. Undocked 2016 Mar 30 at 14:15:42 UTC and undertook a series of experiments to measure bending of its structure under different rotation regimes. Retro-fire for 180 seconds Apr 8 at 13:31 UTC provided ∆v of 96.8 m/s to precipitate a destructive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere at 14:03 UTC. Any unburnt fragments hit the surface of the southern Pacific Ocean around 14:17 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 01, 17:18	6600	0.0039	196	247	88.94	51.59	120
2015 Oct 01, 19:55	6701	0.0022	308	337	90.98	51.64	285
2015 Oct 03, 10:49	6783	0.0006	400	409	92.66	51.64	355
2016 Mar 29, 12:18	6782	0.0002	403	406	92.65	51.64	12
2016 Mar 31, 21:03	6767	0.0021	374	403	92.33	51.64	254
2016 Apr 08, 10:34	6766	0.0021	373	402	92.30	51.64	283

2015-056 Atlas V 421 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Oct 2, 10:28
Morelos 3 2015-056A 40946						in space
Communications satellite for for Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation. Expected location - 116° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 03, 05:15	26670	0.5808	4801	35783	722.42	27.00	180
2015 Oct 08, 19:01	31150	0.3533	13765	35779	911.91	15.26	182
2015 Oct 10, 08:26	34451	0.2236	20371	35775	1060.62	11.55	182
2015 Oct 12, 03:33	37661	0.1195	26781	35785	1212.26	9.24	182
2015 Oct 13, 10:36	41297	0.0210	34052	35785	1391.98	7.47	184
2015 Oct 15, 15:23	41760	0.0097	34978	35787	1415.48	7.27	184	116° west
2015 Oct 18, 10:52	42165	0.0005	35768	35806	1436.10	7.12	68	113° west
2023 Feb 13, 04:09	42165	0.0003	35773	35801	1436.10	3.42	359	113° west

2015-I20 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 5, 14:05
AAUSat 5 (Aalborg University Cubesat) 1998-067GZ 40948						Re-entered - 2016 Mar 15 Life 162 days
1U Cubesat from Denmark carrying an amateur radio payoad and a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) transmissions to locate ships at sea.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 06, 09:46	6780	0.0009	396	409	92.61	51.64	21

GomX 3 1998-067HA 40949						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 18 Life 379 days
3U Cubesat from GomSpace in Denmark. It carries a demonstration receiver for aircraft ADS-B broadcast, a receiver to measure GEO comsat spot beam signal quality at L-band and a miniaturised high data rate X-band transmitter developed by Syrlinks and funded by France’s CNES space agency.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 06, 12:39	6780	0.0010	396	409	92.61	51.64	18

2015-I21 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 6, 01:15
Flock 2B-1 1998-067HB 40950						Re-entered - 2016 Sep 22 Life 352 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 07, 20:38	6781	0.0006	398	407	92.61	51.64	40

Flock 2B-2 1998-067HC 40951						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 2 Life 362 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 08, 01:29	6781	0.0007	398	407	92.61	51.65	41

2015-I22 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 6, 04:30
Flock 2B-3 1998-067HD 40952						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 14 Life 374 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 09, 05:27	6780	0.0005	399	406	92.60	51.64	44

Flock 2B-4 1998-067HE 40953						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 17 Life 377 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 09, 00:47	6780	0.0005	399	406	92.61	51.64	41

2015-I23 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 6, 08:31
Flock 2B-5 1998-067HF 40954						Re-entered - 2016 Sep 25 Life 355 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 08, 10:57	6781	0.0010	396	409	92.61	51.64	16

Flock 2B-6 1998-067HG 40955						Re-entered - 2016 Aug 22 Life 321 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 08, 10:54	6781	0.0009	396	409	92.61	51.64	16

2015-I24 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 6, 11:45
Flock 2B-7 1998-067HH 40956						Re-entered - 2016 Sep 21 Life 351 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 09, 00:36	6780	0.0010	396	409	92.61	51.64	27

Flock 2B-8 1998-067HJ 40957						Re-entered - 2016 May 22 Life 229 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 08, 01:41	6781	0.0009	396	409	92.61	51.64	22

2015-I25 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 7, 00:10
Flock 2B-10 1998-067HK 40962						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 12 Life 371 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 08, 18:33	6781	0.0009	396	409	92.61	51.64	35

Flock 2B-9 1998-067HL 40963						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 16 Life 375 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 08, 18:33	6781	0.0010	396	409	92.61	51.64	27

2015-057 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre						2015 Oct 7, 04:13
Jilin-1 Smart Verification (Jilin-1GXA) 2015-057A 40958						in space
Technology demonstrator for Earth observation systems. Also carries an Amateur Radio payload.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Oct 09, 02:57	7031	0.0017	640	664	97.78	98.04	238	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 09:49	7028	0.0016	638	661	97.72	97.72	263	08:05

Jilin-1 Smart Video 01 (Jilin-1 SP01) 2015-057B 40959						in space
Chinese commercial imaging satellite providing high definition Earth surface video. Named after the city where it was developed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Oct 08, 20:25	7030	0.0017	640	664	97.77	98.04	242	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 08:53	7027	0.0016	637	660	97.70	97.72	264	08:08

Jilin-1 Smart Video 02 (Jilin-1 SP02) 2015-057C 40960						in space
Chinese commercial imaging satellite providing high definition Earth surface video. Named after the city where it was developed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Oct 08, 04:07	7030	0.0017	639	664	97.76	98.04	246	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 10:25	7027	0.0017	637	660	97.70	97.72	264	08:12

Jilin-1 Optical A (Jilin-1LQ) 2015-057D 40961						in space
Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Oct 08, 05:44	7029	0.0018	639	664	97.75	98.04	247	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 08:57	7025	0.0017	635	659	97.66	97.73	262	08:21

2015-I26 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2015 Oct 7
Flock 2B-13 1998-067HM 40979						Re-entered - 2016 Oct 11 Life 370 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 09, 08:44	6781	0.0011	395	410	92.61	51.66	26

Flock 2B-14 1998-067HN 40980						Re-entered - 2016 Sep 12 Life 341 days
3U Cubesat, part of Planet Labs "Flock 2B" imaging satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Oct 10, 01:28	6780	0.0010	396	409	92.61	51.65	27

2015-058 Atlas V 401 Vandenberg Air Force Base						2015 Oct 8, 12:49
USA 264 p/l 1 (NOSS 3-7 p/l 1, Intruder) 2015-058A 40964						in space
Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite (NOSS) - main payload. Orbit is based on amateur observations.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Nov 01, 17:56	7484	0.0124	1013	1198	107.38	63.43	179

AeroCube 5c 2015-058B 40965						in space
1.5U Cubesat used to demonstrate tracking technologies, optical communications, and laser communication with the ground and between satellites. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

AeroCube 7 2015-058C 40966						in space
1.5U Cubesat used to demonstrate tracking technologies, optical communications, and laser communication with the ground and between satellites. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

Fox 1A 2015-058D 40967						in space
1U Cubesat including an amateur radio voice and data transponder, and two educational satellite experiments. Part of NASA's ELaNa 12 cluster of cubesats included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

BisonSat 2015-058E 40968						in space
1U Cubesat from Salish Kootenai College in Montana for training undergraduate engineering and science students on design, build, test, and operation of space hardware. Payload includes a visible light camera for land cover classification, cloud cover, and cloud height measurements. Part of NASA's ELaNa 12 custer of cubesats included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

ARC (Alaska Research CubeSat) 2015-058F 40969						in space
1U Cubesat from the University of Alaska. The payload includes a camera to obtain images of Arctic snow and ice coverage, a magnetometer to measure the local magnetic filed, and a system to monitor the ride into space aboard the launch vehicle. Part of NASA's ELaNa 12 custer of cubesats included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

SNAP-3 Alice 2015-058G 40970						in space
3U Cubesat from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command . One of a group of three simultaneously-launched satellites with radio payloads to demonstrate beyond-line-of-sight communication for disadvantaged users in remote locations. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

LMRSat (Low Mass Radio Science Transponder Satellite) 2015-058H 40971						in space
3U Cubesat from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory carrying radio equipment to be used for calibration of NASA's Deep Space Network. Part of NASA's ELaNa 12 custer of cubesats included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

SNAP-3 Eddie 2015-058J 40972						in space
3U Cubesat from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command . One of a group of three simultaneously-launched satellites with radio payloads to demonstrate beyond-line-of-sight communication for disadvantaged users in remote locations. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

Propcube (Merryweather) 2015-058K 40973						in space
1U Cubesat from Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems In and sponsored by the NRO. One of a simultaneously-launched pair, providing ionospheric measurements. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

SINOD-D 1 2015-058L 40974						in space
2U Cubesat from SRI International and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc.with a payload to demonstrate radio communications using a Softwware Defined Radio. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

SNAP-3 Jimi 2015-058M 40975						in space
3U Cubesat from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command . One of a group of three simultaneously-launched satellites with radio payloads to demonstrate beyond-line-of-sight communication for disadvantaged users in remote locations. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

Propcube (Flora) 2015-058N 40976						in space
1U Cubesat from Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems In and sponsored by the NRO. One of a simultaneously-launched pair, providing ionospheric measurements. Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

SINOD-D 3 2015-058P 40977						in space
2U Cubesat Included in the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesat payload carried on the NRO L-55 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
estimated orbit	7003	0.0200	485	765	97.20	64.00	270

USA 264 p/l 2 (NOSS 3-7 p/l 2, Intruder) 2015-058R 40981						in space
Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite (NOSS) - main payload. Orbit is based on amateur observations.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Nov 01, 17:56	7484	0.0124	1013	1198	107.38	63.43	179

2015-059 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Oct 16, 16:16
APStar 9 2015-059A 40982						in space
Commercial comsat covering the Asia-Pacific region and providing VSAT networks, cellular telephone connections, Direct to Home services and mobile connections for ships and aircraft. Expected location - 142° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 16, 23:16	27359	0.7600	188	41774	750.60	27.15	180
2015 Oct 26, 18:04	42166	0.0000	35786	35790	1436.15	0.14	58	137° east
2015 Nov 13, 11:15	42106	0.0001	35723	35733	1433.09	0.09	68	139° east
2015 Nov 18, 10:43	42166	0.0003	35774	35801	1436.14	0.08	350	142° east
2023 Feb 11, 23:54	42165	0.0002	35777	35797	1436.13	0.01	11	142° east

2015-060 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Oct 16, 20:40
Türksat 4B 2015-060A 40984						in space
Turkish comsat offering telecommunication service, direct TV broadcasting and broadband connections for Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Expected location 50° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Oct 17, 16:51	28842	0.4609	9169	35759	812.46	13.07	360
2015 Oct 19, 15:05	32621	0.2917	16726	35759	977.24	6.53	0
2015 Oct 22, 15:19	42117	0.0005	35718	35759	1433.64	0.04	60	50° east
2015 Oct 27, 18:16	42165	0.0004	35768	35806	1436.12	0.03	29	50° east
2023 Feb 13, 07:41	42165	0.0002	35778	35796	1436.10	0.02	247	50° east

2015-061 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre						2015 Oct 26, 07:10
Tianhui 1-03 2015-061A 40988						in space
Cartographic imaging satellite capable of stereoscopic Earth photography, equipped with orbit adjustment engine to maintain height against air drag.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Oct 27, 21:08	6873	0.0008	490	501	94.52	97.35	302	13:29
2023 Feb 13, 08:31	6873	0.0008	490	501	94.52	97.42	293	13:34

2015-062 Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Oct 31, 16:13
USA 265 (Navstar GPS IIF-11) 2015-062A 41019						in space
Eleventh Block 2F, Generation 2 GPS Navsat.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Nov 03, 23:32	26846	0.0009	20443	20492	729.58	54.98	207
2015 Dec 18, 18:00	26561	0.0009	20158	20207	718.00	54.95	189

2015-063 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Nov 3, 16:25
Zhongxing 2C (Chinasat 2C) 2015-063A 41021						in space
Communications satellite for Chinese government/military use.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Nov 03, 18:56	24391	0.7306	194	35833	631.85	27.10	179
2015 Nov 13, 10:57	42164	0.0002	35779	35793	1436.06	0.56	143	103° east
2023 Feb 11, 21:14	42165	0.0002	35779	35794	1436.09	0.05	76	103° east

2015-F03 - failed to reach orbit Super Strypi Kokole Point, Barking Sands						2015 Nov 4, 03:45
Argus
2U CubeSat intended to improve modeling of the effects of space radiation on modern electronics. Built, managed and operated by a team of students from Saint Louis and Vanderbilt Universities, it was intended to monitor test circuits in orbit and provide data that will be compared to models. Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1A
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1B
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1C
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1D
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1E
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1F
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1G
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks 1H
1.5U Cubesat, one of a simultaneously-launched group of eight intended as proof of concept for future constellations of satellites performing satellite-to-satellite data transfers with eventual data transfer to the ground. EDSN is a partnership of NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University (MSU) and Santa Clara University (SCU). Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

HawaiiSat
Hyperspectral Imaging, Aeronautical Kinematic Analysis Satellite - technology demonstration satellite that carried instruments assembled by students and graduates of the University of Hawai including Earth imaging cameras. Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Printsat
1U CubeSat to verify the viability of 3-D Printing for spacecraft structures and mechanisms. Built by Montana State University, the mission will measure the on-orbit performance of the 3D Printer material used to build the satellite. Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

STACEM
3U CubeSat built, tested and operated by the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University to conduct a spaceborne optical experiment to collect imagery, both visible and near infrared and hyperspectral, of Earth scenes for environmental analysis and monitoring. Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

Supernova-Beta
6U CubeSat (3x2) as a proof of concept flight for several experiments including the first flight of the 6U dispenser, a very high power solar array system and a system to record launch vibration environments. The satellite was assembled by faculty and students from the University of New Mexico’s COSMIAC center. Part of the ORS-4 satellite cluster, lost on the first flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle when it disintegrated a few seconds after lif off.

2015-064 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre						2015 Nov 8, 07:06
Yaogan 28 2015-064A 41026						in space
Described as being used for remote sensing for natural resources surveys. Specific tasks include land survey, crop yield assessment, and input to disaster monitoring and prevention plans. Mission is probably military or government photo-reconnaissance.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Nov 08, 11:28	6849	0.0017	460	482	94.02	97.24	255	14:14
2023 Feb 13, 13:35	6874	0.0006	492	500	94.53	97.58	238	15:24

2015-065 Ariane 5ECA (VA-227) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Nov 10, 21:34
GSat 15 2015-065A 41028						in space
Indian Space Research organisation communications satellite including Direct to Home services. Also carries GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) to augment IRNSS services across Asia. Released from the launch vehicle around 22:17 UTC. Expected location 93°.5 east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Nov 11, 16:20	24390	0.7278	261	35762	631.78	3.97	178
2015 Nov 12, 20:59	30818	0.3671	13125	35755	897.36	1.13	175
2015 Nov 16, 18:40	42016	0.0029	35515	35762	1428.53	0.10	102	90° east
2015 Nov 17, 12:59	42083	0.0014	35644	35765	1431.91	0.10	94	91° east
2015 Nov 27, 18:43	42165	0.0003	35773	35800	1436.10	0.08	339	94° east
2023 Feb 12, 15:24	42165	0.0001	35782	35791	1436.10	0.02	158	94° east

Badr 7 2015-065B 41029						in space
Comsat for the Arab Satellite Communications Organisation with coverage of the Middle East and North Africa. Released from the launch vehicle around 22:01 UTC. Expected location 26° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Nov 11, 16:38	24370	0.7279	254	35731	631.04	3.96	178
2015 Nov 17, 23:20	42057	0.0012	35630	35728	1430.61	0.09	116	23° east
2015 Nov 20, 05:47	42095	0.0005	35694	35739	1432.51	0.08	360	25° east
2015 Nov 21, 04:37	42113	0.0002	35725	35744	1433.45	0.08	326	26° east
2015 Nov 27, 02:13	42165	0.0009	35748	35827	1436.13	0.09	59	26° east
2023 Feb 12, 13:07	42164	0.0004	35769	35804	1436.07	0.04	35	26° east

2015-066 Soyuz-2 1B + Fregat-MT Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Nov 17, 06:34
Cosmos 2510 (EKS 1/Tundra 11L) 2015-066A 41032						in space
First launch of new-generation, EKS, missile early warning satellite capable of tracking missiles and other heat sources in the Earth's atmosphere and in space. May also carry a strategic communications system for use by the Russian Military. Reached operational orbit Dec 10.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Nov 18, 13:27	26468	0.6975	1629	38550	714.22	63.81	270
2015 Dec 03, 19:25	26481	0.6984	1609	38596	714.74	63.80	270
2015 Dec 06, 01:26	26505	0.6990	1599	38655	715.75	63.81	270
2015 Dec 08, 06:54	26540	0.6992	1604	38719	717.15	63.80	270
2015 Dec 10, 03:51	26556	0.6994	1605	38751	717.81	63.79	270

2015-067 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Nov 20, 16:07
LaoSat 1 2015-067A 41034						in space
Comsat covering the Indochina region, particularly Laos. Released from the launch vehicle at 16:36 UTC. Expected location - 128°.5 east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Nov 20, 18:45	27362	0.7600	189	41779	750.73	18.38	179
2015 Nov 30, 16:09	42166	0.0002	35781	35794	1436.14	0.11	292	129° east
2023 Feb 12, 18:36	42166	0.0002	35781	35794	1436.14	0.04	355	129° east

2015-068 H-IIA 204 (F-29) Tanegashima Space Centre						2015 Nov 24, 06:23
Telstar 12 Vantage 2015-068A 41036						in space
Comsat owned by Telesat of Canada, covering the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as high traffic maritime zones in the Mediterranean, North Sea, Caribbean and the South Atlantic. It will replace and enhance services being provided by Telstar 12 (1999-059A/25949). Launched 27 minutes into a 104 minute window, delayed by shipping in downrange zone. Separated from the launch vehicle at 11:27 UTC. Expected location - 15° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Nov 25, 05:51	25769	0.6305	3143	35638	686.12	19.20	178
2015 Nov 25, 17:14	28204	0.4896	8018	35633	785.63	11.46	178
2015 Nov 26, 14:21	31899	0.3170	15408	35633	944.97	5.85	178
2015 Nov 30, 21:35	42056	0.0010	35636	35720	1430.56	0.10	306	21° west
2015 Dec 08, 05:14	42157	0.0002	35769	35790	1435.72	0.07	288	16° west
2015 Dec 12, 03:37	42156	0.0002	35770	35786	1435.66	0.07	295	15° west
2015 Dec 18, 05:21	42165	0.0003	35776	35798	1436.13	0.06	10	15° west
2023 Feb 12, 19:48	42165	0.0002	35776	35797	1436.10	0.01	210	15° west

2015-069 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre						2015 Nov 26, 21:24
Yaogan 29 2015-069A 41038						in space
Described as being used for remote sensing for natural resources surveys. Specific tasks include land survey, crop yield assessment, and input to disaster monitoring and prevention plans. Mission is probably military or government photo-reconnaissance, possibly carrying a synthetic aperture radar.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Nov 27, 03:19	6995	0.0003	615	619	97.04	97.84	33	04:30
2015 Nov 28, 10:51	7006	0.0002	626	629	97.27	97.84	159	04:30
2015 Nov 29, 15:17	7007	0.0001	628	629	97.28	97.84	121	04:30
2019 May 22, 03:38	7006	0.0002	626	630	97.27	97.97	78	04:28
2023 Feb 13, 10:02	7004	0.0002	624	627	97.22	98.06	69	05:50

2015-070 Vega (VV-06) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Dec 3, 01:04
LISA Pathfinder 2015-070A 41043						in space
ESA mission to test the concept of low-frequency gravitational wave detection by putting two test masses in near-perfect gravitational free-fall and measuring their movements. It is a technology demostrator for the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) that will make measurements over a much longer baseline. Released from launch vehicle 05:49 UTC. Will be placed in orbit round the L1 Sun-Earth Lagrange point. Launch delayed from Dec 2 in order to check out a potential technical problem with the Vega upper stage.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 04, 17:01	7244	0.0906	210	1522	102.26	5.97	87
2015 Dec 07, 04:27	7262	0.0928	210	1558	102.65	5.97	118
2015 Dec 07, 15:37	8222	0.1886	293	3394	123.66	5.97	123
2015 Dec 08, 06:35	10154	0.3282	443	7109	169.71	5.96	126
2015 Dec 09, 23:11	28970	0.7553	710	44473	817.86	5.99	129

2015-071 Soyuz-2 1V + Volga Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2015 Dec 5, 14:09
Cosmos 2511 (Canopus ST) 2015-071A 41098						Re-entered - 2015 Dec 8 Life 3 days
Small Russian military satellite equipped with optical and microwave sensors to monitor naval activity on and below the ocean surface. Carried on second test flight of Soyuz 2-1v. Lost when it remained attached to Volga rocket stage. Volga de-orbit manoeuvre (Dec 6 around 03:30 UTC) resulted in low perigee rather than re-entry because of extra mass during thruster firing. Separated from the Volga Dec 7, probably as a result of heating and buffetting in the upper atmosphere around perigee. Re-entered Dec 8 at 05:43 UTC southbound on the Greenwich meridian near 35° south, above the south Atlantic Ocean.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Dec 06, 01:23	7068	0.0006	685	694	98.56	98.18	261	06:00
2015 Dec 06, 20:20	6731	0.0355	114	591	91.59	98.17	297	06:00
2015 Dec 08, 01:55	6571	0.0159	88	298	88.35	98.16	290	06:01

Cosmos 2512 (KYuA-1) 2015-071B 41099						in space
Small military satellite, possibly for callibration of ground-based radar systems. Carried on second test flight of Soyuz 2-1v.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2015 Dec 06, 07:57	7067	0.0006	685	694	98.54	98.18	245	06:00
2023 Feb 13, 12:54	7057	0.0006	675	683	98.33	98.13	304	06:24

Soyuz-2 1V second stage 2015-071C 41100						Re-entered - 2016 Mar 17 Life 103 days
Launched Volga stage and two satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 05, 17:36	6823	0.0347	208	681	93.48	98.19	74

Volga rocket body 2015-071D 41102						Re-entered - 2015 Dec 8 Life 3 days
Carried Cosmos 2511 and Cosmos 2512 to orbit. made de-orbit manoeuvre Dec 6 around 03:30 UTC with Cosmos 2511 still attached but the satellite seems to have been released on Dec 7 as a result of air resistance and buffetting in the upper atmosphere around perigee. Spacetrack reports that the Volga re-entered Dec 8 at 04:37 UTC (±31 minutes) above Antarctica.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 07, 22:57	6597	0.0196	90	348	88.88	98.17	293

2015-072 Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Dec 6, 21:44
Cygnus OA-4 (SS Deke Slayton 2) 2015-072A 41101						Re-entered - 2016 Feb 20 Life 76 days
Fourth Cygnus resupply mission to ISS and first flight of upgraded spacecraft including a new solar array. Delayed from Dec 4 by weather. Precise lift-off time 21:44:57 UTC. Captured by ISS remote arm Dec 9 at 11;19 UTC and docked with Unity module approx 14:10 UTC. Fully bolted down at 14:26 UTC. Named after Deke Slayton of the Mercury astronaut team. Cargo included LONESTAR (Aggiesat 4 and BEVO-2) and 18 Cubesats for later launch from the ISS - Two Network & Operation Demonstration Satellite (NODeS) cubesats, NASA's ELaNa 9 Cubesat cluster consisting of STMSat-1, SIMPL, CADRE, MinXSS, and the Nanoracks cluster of 12 Flock 2E imaging satellites for Planet Labs. Undocked 2016 Feb 19 at 10:40 UTC using the ISS remote Manipulator then released into independent orbit at 12:26 UTC. Two-burn retro-fire Feb 20 led to a destructive re-entry NE of New Zealand around 16:00 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 08, 06:17	6790	0.0010	405	419	92.80	51.65	291
2015 Dec 10, 07:44	6781	0.0008	398	409	92.63	51.64	257
2016 Feb 18, 13:42	6783	0.0004	402	407	92.65	51.64	141
2016 Feb 19, 17:40	6788	0.0005	406	413	92.76	51.64	100
2016 Feb 20, 03:01	6773	0.0004	392	398	92.46	51.64	119

2015-073 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Dec 9, 16:46
Zhongxing 1C (Chinasat 1C) 2015-073A 41103						in space
Communications satellite described as carrying high-quality voice, data and radio and TV transmissions. Probably for government/military services.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Dec 09, 19:41	24375	0.7311	177	35816	631.20	27.09	179
2015 Dec 20, 23:22	42165	0.0002	35778	35796	1436.12	0.11	326	82° east
2023 Feb 12, 15:05	42165	0.0002	35778	35795	1436.11	3.99	203	78° east

2015-074 Zenit-2SB (Zenit-2 + Fregat-SB) Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Dec 11, 16:45
Elektro-L №2 (GOMS № 3) 2015-074A 41105						in space
Second generation Russian geosynchronous metsat. It provides a multispectral image of the complete visible hemisphere every 30 minutes with the interval increased to 15 minutes to cope with emergencies. Compared with the earlier Elektro-L, it has improved star sensors for orientation and the infrared scanner has an improved lifetime. It also carries a COSPAS-SARSAT search and rescue system receiver. Released from the Fregat rocket stage Dec 11 at 22:43 UTC. The first three orbits listed are estimates based on public data. Expected location - 77°.8 but with an expected later move to 14°.5 west. Moved away from 78° west GEO slot around 2020 Jul 22. Arrived near 14° west Aug 20 and settled at 14°.5 west on Aug 24.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Dec 11, 17:02	6730	0.0279	165	540	91.58	51.40	59
2015 Dec 11, 17:47	8652	0.2315	271	4277	133.49	50.38	5
2015 Dec 11, 19:59	24490	0.7256	343	35881	635.69	48.60	358
2015 Dec 20, 22:42	42125	0.0016	35681	35814	1434.08	0.46	8	68° east
2015 Dec 22, 12:16	42133	0.0014	35695	35815	1434.48	0.45	6	69° east
2016 Jan 02, 03:16	42133	0.0014	35694	35815	1434.45	0.43	8	73° east
2016 Jan 16, 01:23	42152	0.0009	35734	35814	1435.46	0.40	8	78° east
2020 Jul 22, 18:42	42164	0.0002	35779	35793	1436.08	1.28	61	76° east
2020 Aug 06, 05:33	42472	0.0075	35777	36410	1451.82	1.32	88	14° east
2020 Aug 12, 02:43	42471	0.0075	35775	36412	1451.79	1.33	89	9° west
2020 Aug 12, 18:13	42229	0.0018	35775	35927	1439.40	1.33	89	8° west
2020 Aug 19, 20:45	42229	0.0018	35775	35927	1439.40	1.35	90	14° west
2020 Aug 20, 08:49	42183	0.0006	35780	35828	1437.01	1.35	88	14° west
2020 Aug 20, 19:09	42180	0.0006	35776	35829	1436.90	1.35	87	14° west
2020 Aug 23, 09:10	42181	0.0006	35776	35829	1436.91	1.36	84	14° west
2020 Aug 24, 02:24	42164	0.0003	35773	35799	1436.07	1.36	76	14° west
2023 Feb 13, 06:08	42165	0.0002	35778	35794	1436.09	3.59	181	14° west

Zenit upper stage 2015-074C 41107						Re-entered - 2016 Jan 2 Life 22 days
Second stage of launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 11, 21:11	6730	0.0276	166	538	91.58	51.38	59

2015-075 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Dec 13, 00:19
Cosmos 2513 (Garpun №2) 2015-075A 41121						in space
Russian military digital communications satellite. Its purpose is to carry data between military satellites in LEO and ground receiving stations. Garpun replaces the older Potok series of satellites. The Briz-M released Cosmos 2513 into geosynchronous drift orbit about 9 hrs after launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Dec 13, 15:32	24371	0.7219	400	35585	631.05	48.58	0
2015 Dec 20, 16:18	41968	0.0018	35513	35667	1426.05	0.06	230	76° east
2015 Dec 20, 23:41	42010	0.0011	35585	35678	1428.19	0.05	209	77° east
2015 Dec 22, 19:43	42066	0.0023	35592	35783	1431.04	0.05	217	79° east
2015 Dec 30, 02:30	42163	0.0006	35759	35811	1436.00	0.05	147	80° east
2023 Feb 12, 20:44	42165	0.0002	35777	35797	1436.12	0.04	184	80° east

Proton upper stage (Briz-M) 2015-075B 41122						in space
Launched Cosmos 2513. Disintegrated 2016 Jan 20 around 03:50 UTC, possibly indicating that venting of propellant after releasing Cosmos 2513 into orbit did not occur as planned.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 26, 23:55	40982	0.0271	33491	35716	1376.08	0.14	1

2015-076 Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Dec 15, 11:03
Soyuz TMA-19M (Soyuz 11F732A47 № 719) 2015-076A 41124						Re-entered - 2016 Jun 18 Life 186 days Returned to Earth
Carrying Expedition 46 crew to ISS - Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Timothy Kopra (NASA) and Timothy Peake (ESA). Precise launch time - 11:03:10 UTC. Docked with the port on the Rassvet module of the ISS approx 17:33:30 UTC, about 10 min later than planned because a technical problem caused the Kurs automatic rendezvous system to call off docking. Malenchenko took over for a manual approach. Hooks and latches were engaged a few minutes later. Undocked 2016 Jun 18 at 05:52 UTC carrying it's original crew. Retro-fire for 257s at 08:22 UTC led to landing at 09:14 UTC - 147 km ESE of Dzezhkazgan in Kazakhstan. The initial orbit shown is an estimate based on data from TsUP.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 15, 10:51	6590	0.0022	197	226	88.73	51.67	76
2015 Dec 15, 14:08	6701	0.0002	321	324	90.98	51.65	236
2015 Dec 15, 15:43	6719	0.0029	322	361	91.36	51.65	353
2015 Dec 15, 18:35	6781	0.0008	397	408	92.62	51.64	281

2015-077 PSLV CA (PSLV C-30) Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2015 Dec 16, 12:30
Velox C1 2015-077A 41166						in space
Small satellite from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It will observe the way radio transmissions from GPS satellites are occulted by the Earth's atmosphere when rising or setting. Results will be used to measure physical attributes of the upper atmosphere. Released from launch vehicle at 12:48:39 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 16, 23:10	6920	0.0013	533	551	95.48	14.98	351

Kent Ridge 1 2015-077B 41167						in space
Small satellite from the National University of Singapore, built as part of a project to give students experience of satellite programmes. It will use multispectral imaging cameras for disaster monitoring. Released from launch vehicle at 12:48:39 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 16, 23:16	6920	0.0012	534	550	95.49	14.98	350

Athenoxat 1 2015-077C 41168						Re-entered - 2023 Aug 8 Life 2792 days
3U Cubesat from Microspace Rapid Pte Ltd, Singapore as a technology demonstrator relating to Earth observation. Released from launch vehicle at 12:50:59 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 17, 04:20	6919	0.0013	532	550	95.46	14.99	354

TeLEOS 1 2015-077D 41169						in space
Earth observation satellite from Singapore carrying a high-resolution imaging system. Released from launch vehicle at 12:48:09 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 17, 20:12	6921	0.0011	535	550	95.50	14.98	359

Galassia 2015-077E 41170						Re-entered - 2023 Dec 19 Life 2925 days
2U Cubesat from the National University of Singapore, built as part of a project to give students experience of satellite programmes. It carries an instrument to measure electron content of the ionosphere and a communications experiment. Released from launch vehicle at 12:50:04 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 17, 21:49	6917	0.0015	529	549	95.43	14.99	14

Velox 2 2015-077F 41171						in space
Small satellite from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It will experiment with space-ground communications via a comsat in geosynchronous orbit. Released from launch vehicle at 12:49:09 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 17, 21:53	6922	0.0010	537	550	95.52	14.99	354

PSLV upper stage 2015-077G 41172						Re-entered - 2023 Jan 16 Life 2588 days
Carried six satellites to orbit. After they were released the stage was rotated 180° and re-ignited in a successful test for future missions requiring a multi-start launch profile.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 17, 05:12	6865	0.0126	400	573	94.34	14.69	279

2015-078 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre						2015 Dec 17, 01:12
Wukong (DAMPE/Dark Matter Particle Explorer) 2015-078A 41173						in space
China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer science satellite to observe the direction, energy and electric charge of high-energy particles in space as part of the search for dark matter. Expected to operate for three years. Wukong is a Monkey God from classical chinese fiction, the name was chose through a public competition. The upper stage rocket was not catalogued as it was de-orbited on its first circuit of the Earth.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 18, 01:16	6874	0.0012	488	505	94.54	97.30	288
2023 Feb 13, 14:21	6869	0.0015	480	501	94.42	97.40	73

2015-079 Soyuz ST-B + Fregat-MT (VS-13) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2015 Dec 17, 11:51
Galileo 11 (Andriana, Galileo FOC FM-08) 2015-079A 41174						in space
One of a pair of dual-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system. Precise launch time 11:51:56 UTC. Separated from launch vehicle at 15:39 UTC simultaneously with Galileo 12. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 18, 17:02	29939	0.0007	23539	23583	859.26	54.96	146

Galileo 12 (Liene, Galileo FOC FM-09) 2015-079B 41175						in space
One of a pair of dual-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system. Precise launch time 11:51:56 UTC. Separated from launch vehicle at 15:39 UTC simultaneously with Galileo 11. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 17, 17:55	29969	0.0011	23558	23623	860.51	54.96	215

2015-080 Soyuz-2 1A Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Dec 21, 08:44
Progress MS-01 (Progress 7K-MS №431) 2015-080A 41177						Re-entered - 2016 Jul 3 Life 195 days
Supplies to ISS, first of new-generation Progress, launch delayed one month due to Progress M-27M loss on a similar launch vehicle 2015 Apr 28. Precise launch time 08:44:39 UTC, separated from launch vehicle at 08:54:14 UTC. Around 09:05 UTC, Progress performed a 180° rotation and made contact with TsUP via the Luch relay satellite at 16° west, the first Soyuz or Progress to do so. Docked with the port on the Pirs module of ISS Dec 23 at 10:27:02 UTC, about 4 min earlier than scheduled. Hooks and latches were engaged about 6 min later. Undocked 2016 Jul 1 at 05:36 UTC and manually guided to a re-docking at 07:04 UTC as a test of an updated TORU system. Undocked Jul 3 at 03:48 UTC after which retro-fire at 07:03 UTC led to destructive re-entry above the southern Pacific Ocean at 07:30 UTC with any surviving fragments hitting the ocean surface around 07:50 UTC. The first orbit listed is an estimate based on data from TsUP.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 21, 09:00	6588	0.0030	190	229	88.69	51.67	76
2015 Dec 21, 17:48	6653	0.0007	270	280	90.01	51.64	270
2015 Dec 22, 19:23	6655	0.0008	271	282	90.05	51.64	302
2015 Dec 23, 11:49	6780	0.0008	397	407	92.60	51.64	316

2015-081 Falcon 9 v1.2 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station						2015 Dec 22, 01:29
Orbcomm OG2 FM-114 2015-081A 41179						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 22, 11:08	7014	0.0031	614	658	97.43	47.00	23

Orbcomm OG2 FM-119 2015-081B 41180						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:22	7014	0.0031	614	658	97.43	47.00	25

Orbcomm OG2 FM-105 2015-081C 41181						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:22	7014	0.0031	614	657	97.43	47.00	25

Orbcomm OG2 FM-110 2015-081D 41182						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:22	7014	0.0031	614	657	97.43	47.00	24

Orbcomm OG2 FM-118 2015-081E 41183						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:22	7013	0.0031	614	657	97.42	47.00	24

Orbcomm OG2 FM-112 2015-081F 41184						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:22	7013	0.0030	614	657	97.42	47.00	23

Orbcomm OG2 FM-113 2015-081G 41185						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:21	7012	0.0030	613	655	97.40	47.00	21

Orbcomm OG2 FM-115 2015-081H 41186						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:21	7012	0.0030	613	655	97.40	47.00	21

Orbcomm OG2 FM-108 2015-081J 41187						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 22, 22:29	7012	0.0029	613	654	97.39	47.00	20

Orbcomm OG2 FM-117 2015-081K 41188						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:21	7012	0.0030	613	654	97.39	47.00	20

Orbcomm OG2 FM-116 2015-081L 41189						in space
Second generation LEO store and forward messaging satellites that include an AIS (Automatic InformationSystem) receiver for collecting messages from shipping.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2015 Dec 23, 03:21	7012	0.0029	613	654	97.39	47.00	20

2015-082 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2015 Dec 24, 21:31
Express-AMU1 (Eutelsat 36C) 2015-082A 41191						in space
Russian communications satellite covering Europe including Russia. Part of the capacity was leased long-term to Eutelsat and branded as Eutelsat 36C to enhance services already provided by Eutelsat 36B but the contract was terminated when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Design life 15 years. Precise launch time 21:31:19 UTC. The first three orbits shown are based on information from Khrunichev. Separated from Briz-M in geosynchronous transfer orbit Dec 25 at 06:43 UTC. Reached test location 2016 Jan 7. Expected operational location - 36°east (a slot allocated to Eutelsat).
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Dec 24, 21:49	6570	0.0010	185	198	88.32	51.56	80
2015 Dec 24, 22:59	9019	0.2627	272	5009	142.06	50.31	358
2015 Dec 25, 01:25	24496	0.7231	404	35832	635.92	49.10	359
2015 Dec 25, 15:55	26421	0.5950	4324	35762	712.34	22.39	360
2016 Jan 07, 16:29	42165	0.0000	35787	35787	1436.12	0.08	267	70° east
2016 Jan 25, 22:23	42165	0.0000	35786	35787	1436.10	0.05	327	70° east
2016 Feb 03, 03:42	42438	0.0001	36054	36065	1450.06	0.03	88	42° east
2016 Feb 09, 17:22	42164	0.0001	35780	35792	1436.08	0.01	211	36° east
2024 Mar 31, 03:46	42165	0.0003	35774	35800	1436.13	0.02	135	36° east

2015-083 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2015 Dec 28, 16:04
Gaofen 4 2015-083A 41194						in space
Earth observation satellite equipped with continuously-operating Earth imaging visible light and infrared sensors to be used, among other things, for 'hotspot detection' in relation to tracking tropical storms. With 50m resolution at visible wavelengths, ships the size of oil tankers will be distinguishable. Expected location near 110° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	ecc	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	GEO Longitude
2015 Dec 28, 18:06	24384	0.7300	205	35807	631.57	22.97	180
2016 Jan 07, 22:38	42164	0.0000	35784	35788	1436.08	0.58	20	106° east
2023 Feb 13, 13:36	42165	0.0002	35779	35795	1436.12	0.11	198	106° east