On April 04, 2014 at 11:44 UTC the PSLV-C24 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Cosmodrome), Sriharikota island, Andhra Pradesh state on India's east coast of the Bay of Bengal. The India’s rocket orbited the IRNSS-1B (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1B) satellite.
 

On April 03, 2014 at 21:02 UTC the Russian "Soyuz-STA” rocket- carrier was launched from Kourou space center in French Guiana. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat-M” booster orbited the “Sentinel-1A” European satellite. The satellite will take the pulse of Earth's land surfaces, oceans and atmosphere with unmatched regularity.
 

On April 03, 2014 at 14:46 UTC the “Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base located approximately 9.2 miles (14.8 km) northwest of Lompoc, California, USA. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 30th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited the DMSP F19 (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F19) satellite.
 

On March 31, 2014 at 02:58 UTC the “Long March – 2C” (“Changzheng-2C”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The rocket orbited the “Shijian-11-06” satellite.
 

On March 27, 2014 at 23:53 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-12M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Poisk” (MIM-2) module of the International Space Station in automatic regime. The docking, originally scheduled for March 26, was postponed due to an orientation problem. The Soyuz TMA-12M delivered three new members of Expedition 39 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev as well as American astronaut Steven Swanson.

The hatches between the "Soyuz TMA-12M” and the space station were opened at 02:34 UTC on March 28, 2014. ... Read more »

On March 27, 2014 Secretary of the FIP Section for Astrophilately Jaromir Matejka and Chairman of the Section Igor Rodin had a meeting in Wien. They discussed a number of questions for organization the Section’s meeting in the frames of Philakorea 2014 exhibition. Some other questions for the development of Astrophilately were also discussed.
 

On March 25, 2014 at 21:17 UTC (on March 26 at 01:17 Moscow time) the Russian “Soyuz TMA-12M” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov (center); flight-engineer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (right); American astronaut Steven Swanson (left).

Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center. The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on March 28. Skvortsov, Art ... Read more »

On March 23, 2014 at 22:54 UTC (March 24, at 02:54 Moscow time) the “Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The rocket equipped with the “Fregat” booster orbited “Glonass-M” navigation satellite.

 

On March 22, 2014 at 22:04 UTC the “Arian-5ECA” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket orbited 2 telecommunications satellites: the Astra-5B and Amazonas-4A.
 

On March 15, 2014 at 23:08 UTC the “Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the “Briz-M” booster orbited the “Express-AT1” and “Express-AT2” telecommunications satellite.