Every major space launch to orbit during the year 2007 is listed here. Please send any corrections to SPACE.com.

Failures resulting in loss of mission are noted in red.

• January 9: A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to orbit India's CARTOSAT 2 mapping satellite and three other vehicles from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. 10:53 p.m. EST (0353 Jan. 10 GMT). Read more.
• January 17: A Russian-built Soyuz rocket launches the automated supply ship Progress 24 to the restock the International Space Station in a flight to begin at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. 9:12 p.m. EST (0212 Jan. 18 GMT). Read more.
• January 30: A Sea Launch Zenit 3SL booster exploded at liftoff carrying the New Skies Satellite 8 communications satellite while launching from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the equatorial waters of the Pacific Ocean. 6:22 p.m. EST (2322 GMT). Read more. Countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• February 17: NASA's THEMIS spacecraft is set to ride a Delta 2 rocket spaceward in a launch to be staged from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 6:01 p.m. EST (2301 GMT). Read more. Countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• February 23: A Japanese H-2A rocket launches a new spy satellite into orbit from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. 11:41 p.m. EST (0441 GMT). Read more.
• February 25: Iran officials announced the first launch test of a rocket that reportedly reached suborbital space. Read more. UPDATE.
• March 8: An Atlas 5 rocket orbits a clutch of seven satellites, among them the Orbital Express demonstration vehicle, under the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program 1 (STP 1) mission to fly from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 10:10 p.m. EST (0310 March 9 GMT). Read more. Countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• March 11: An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launches the Skynet 5A and INSAT 4B satellites into orbit from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 6:03 p.m. EDT (2203 GMT). Read more. Countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• March 20: The second test launch of a Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach its intended orbit after launching from its Kwajalein Atoll launch site in the South Pacific Ocean. 9:10 p.m. EDT (0110 March GMT). Read more. Countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• April 7: A Russian Soyuz rocket to launch the Expedition 15 crew towards the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT). Read more. Mission coverage.
• April 9: A Russian-built Proton rocket to orbit the Anik F3 communications satellite in an International Launch Services space shot to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT). Read more. Countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• April 13: A Chinese Long March 3A rocket launched a Compass navigation satellite into orbit from the Xichang Launch Center at 4:11 p.m. EDT (2011 GMT) or early morning April 14 Local Time at launch site. Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• April 23: The Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lofts the AGILE gamma ray observatory for the Italian Space Agency in a mission staged from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. 6:00 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT).Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• April 24: An Orbital Sciences Minotaur booster carrying the Near Field Infrared Experiment to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia. 2:48 a.m. EDT (0648 GMT).Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• April 25: An Orbital Sciences-built Pegasus rocket orbits the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite for NASA in a space shot to be staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. 4:26 p.m. EDT (2026 GMT). Read more. Click here for countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• April 28: A privately-built suborbital SpaceLoft XL rocket developed by UP Aerospace makes its second launch - after a failed debut in September - from a New Mexico launch site. The rocket carried the ashes of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on television's Star Trek. 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT). Read more.
• May 4: An Ariane 5 rocket to launch the ASTRA 1L direct television broadcast satellite and Galaxy 17 telecommunications satellite from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 6:29 p.m. EDT (2229 GMT). Read more. Click here for countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• May 11: The unmanned cargo ship Progress 25 launched atop a Russian-built Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day trek to resupply the International Space Station. 11:25 p.m. EDT (0325 May 12 GMT). Read more.
• May 14: A Chinese-built Long March 3B rocket launched NIGCOMSAT 1, Nigeria's first communications satellite, into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province. Read more.
• May 30:A Russian Soyuz rocket launches a quartet of Globalstar mobile communications satellites in a space shot to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• June 7: A Delta 2 rocket hauls COSMO-SkyMed, the first of a four-spacecraft constellation of Italian-built Earth observation satellites, into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Read more. Launch countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• June 8: NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches towards the International Space Station on the STS-117 mission, to deliver new solar arrays and truss segments to the orbital lab, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 7:38:04 p.m. EDT (2338:04 GMT). Read more. Full Mission Coverage.
• June 14: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket orbits the German-built TerraSAR-X satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 10:14 p.m. EDT (0214 June 15 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• June 15: A classified NROL-30 payload launches atop at United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office in a space shot to be staged from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 11:12 a.m. EDT (1512 GMT). Read more. Post-launch anomaly update. Launch countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• June 28: An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr booster launched the Genesis 2 inflatable module, a demonstration spacecraft built by Bigelow Aerospace. 11:02 a.m. EDT (1502 GMT) Read more.
• June 29: A Ukrainian Zenit rocket launched a secret Russian satellite into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the booster's first flight since a January failure. 6:00 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT) Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• July 2: A Russian Kosmos 3M booster launched the SAR-Lupe 2 spacecraft from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. 3:38:41 p.m. EDT (1938:41 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• July 5: China successfully launches the Chinasat 6B communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern Sichuan Province. Read more.
• July 7: A Russian Proton rocket launched U.S-built DIRECTV-10 broadcast television satellite into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 9:16 p.m. EDT (0116 July 8 GMT). Read more.
• July 19: The Brazilian Space Agency and researchers launched a VSB-30 rocket on a 20-minute spaceflight to study microgravity from the country's northern seaside Alcantara launch site. Read more.
• August 2: A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the unmanned Progress 26 cargo ship towards the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT). Read more.
• August 4: NASA's Mars lander Phoenix rides a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket toward the red planet from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 5:26 a.m. EDT (0926 GMT). Read more.
• August 8: NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launches toward the International Space Station on the STS-118 orbital construction mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 6:36:42 p.m. EDT (2236:42 GMT). Read more.
• August 14: An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket to launch the Spaceway 3 and BSAT 3A satellites into orbit from the Guiana Space
Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 7:44 p.m. EDT (2344 GMT).
• September 2: An Indian-built Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle to loft the INSAT 4CR communications satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• September 2: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched a rocket that tested 'space fireworks' from Uchinoura Space Center in southern Kyushu.Read more from Technovelgy.com.
• September 5: A Russian Proton-M rocket fails to successfully launch Japan's JCSAT-11 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 6:43 p.m. EDT (2243 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• September 11: A Kosmos-3M rocket launches a Russian military satellite from the nation's northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 10:08 a.m. EDT (1408 GMT). Read more.
• September 13: A Japanese H-2A rocket launches the Kaguya/SELENE moon orbiter for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in a space shot to be staged from Tanegashima Space Center. 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 Sept. 14 GMT). Read more.
• September 14: A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Foton-M3 microgravity and tether science mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT). Read more.
• September 18: A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 booster orbits the WorldView 1 Earth-watching satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 2:35-2:49 p.m. EDT (1835-1849 GMT). Read more. Launch countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• September 18: A Chinese Long March 4B rocket to launch the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS-2B) from Taiyun Satellite Launch Center in the northeastern Shanxi province. 11:26 p.m. EDT (0326 Sept. 19 GMT) Read more.
• September 27: NASA's asteroid-bound Dawn spacecraft rides a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 7:34 a.m. EDT (1134 GMT). Read more. Launch countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• October 5: An Arianspace Ariane 5 booster orbits the Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 communications satellites from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 5:28 p.m. EDT (2128 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• October 10: A Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft to launch towards the International Space Station with part of the outpost's Expedition 16 crew and Malaysia's first spaceflyer in a liftoff to be staged from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 9:22 a.m. (1322 GMT). Read more.
• October 10: The Wideband Gapfiller Satellite, a military communications spacecraft, now dubbed the Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft, to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 Oct. 11 GMT). Launch countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• October 17: A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 orbits the Global Positioning Satellite 2R-17 (GPS 2R-17) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Cape Canavera, Florida. 8:23 a.m. EDT (1223 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• October 21: A Russian Soyuz rocket launches a quartet of Globalstar mobile communications satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome for a commercial customer. 4:12 p.m. EDT (2012 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• October 23: The space shuttle Discovery launches NASA's STS-120 construction mission to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 11:38 a.m. EDT (1538 GMT). Read more. Click here for full shuttle mission coverage.
• October 24: A Chinese Long March 3A rocket launches the Chang'e 1 moon orbiter from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. 6:05 p.m. Local Time. Read more.
• October 25: A Russian Proton rocket returns to flight with the launch of three Glonass navigation satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome for a commercial customer. 3:35 a.m. EDT (0735 GMT) Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• November 1: A Kosmos 3M booster launches the SAR-Lupe 3 German spy satellite into orbit from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 10:00 p.m. Local Time. Read more.
• November 10: A Delta 4-Heavy rocket orbits the Defense Support Program-23 (DSP-23) in a spaceflight staged from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 8:40 EST (0140 Nov. 11 GMT). Read more. Launch countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• November 12: A Chinese Long March 4C rocket launched the Yaogan 3 Earth-observing satellite from Taiyun Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province. 6:48 a.m. Local Beijing Time. Read more.
• November 17: An International Launch Services Proton rocket equipped with a Breeze M upper stage launches the SIRIUS 4 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT). Read more.
• December 8: A Russian Proton rocket launched the classified payload Kosmos-2434 into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 7:16 p.m. EST (0016 Dec. 9 GMT).
• December 8: A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lofts the COSMO-SkyMed 2 Earth-watching radar satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 9:31 p.m. EST (0231 Dec. 6 GMT). Read more from Spaceflight Now.
• December 10: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 orbits the classified NROL-24 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT). Read more and follow the countdown coverage from Spaceflight Now.
• December 14: A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Radarsat 2 spaceward for Canada from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 8:17 a.m. EST (1317 GMT). Read more.
• December 16: A Brazilian VS-30 rocket launched payloads for Brazil and Argentina from Brazil's Barreira do Inferno launch center in the northern state of Rio Grande do Norte. Read more.
• December 20: A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 booster launches the GPS 2R-18 global positioning system satellite for the U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 3:04 p.m. EST (2004 GMT) Read more.
• December 21: An Ariane 5 rocket orbits the Rascom 1 and Horizons 2 communications satellites into space from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 3:04 p.m. EST (2004 GMT) Read more.
• December 23: The unmanned Russian cargo ship launches toward the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 2:12 a.m. EST (0712 GMT). Read more.
• December 25: A Russian Proton rocket to launch three navigation satellites to support Russia's GLONASS satellite system. Read more.