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 Private U.S. cargo spacecraft launched to Space Station.
On January 09 at 18:07 UTC the "Cygnus” privately owned U.S. unmanned supply spacecraft was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island off the U.S. east coast., Va., USA.
The "Cygnus” unmanned supply spacecraft, built by U.S. space firm Orbital Sciences Corp., was orbited by the company's "Аntares” rocket-carrier on its first cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft has been named for Gordon Fullerton, the late NASA astronaut and research pilot who helped to deploy air-launched Pegasus rockets built by Orbital Sciences Corporation while he was a pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
The spacecraft is carrying 1,260 kilograms of supplies to the Space Station, including food, spare part and science experiments, 23 of which are from U.S. and Canadian students.
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SpaceX launched aThai satellite.
On January 06, 2014 at 22:06 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from the Cape Canaveral US Air Force Station in Florida. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited the Thai "Thaicom-6” communications satellite. The satellite was built by Orbital Sciences Corp.
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Date: 15.01.2014
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The first space launch in 2014.
On January 05, 2014 at 10:48 UTC the GSLV-D5 (Geosynchronous 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 GSAT-14 communications satellite.
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Date: 15.01.2014
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Russia launched a new rocket.
On December 28, 2013 at 12:30 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1v” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The rocket equipped with the "Volga” booster orbited the "Aist” (Stork) small research satellite built by students and young scientists.
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Date: 31.12.2013
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Russian cosmonauts performed a spacewalk.
On December 27, 2013 Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy performed a spacewalk to replace equipment on the outside of the International Space Station.
The spacewalk began at 13:00 UTC when the cosmonauts opened the hatch of the Russian "Pirs” module of the International Space Station. The cosmonauts, Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazanskiy, installed equipment on the hull of the space station including high-resolution cameras to photograph the earth and a foothold for use in future spacewalks. They also detached an old experiment module and threw it overboard into open space. The spacewalk is Kotov’s fifth and Ryazansky’s second.
The spacewalk lasted 8 hours and 07 minutes. The 8-hour 07-minute duration set a new Russian spacewalk record, eclipsing the old mark of seven hours and 28 minutes set by two cosmonauts outside the ISS On August 16, 2013. Two NASA astronauts hold the record for longest spacewalk ever condu
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Russia launched communications satellite.
On December 26, 2013 at 10:49 UTC the "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-M” booster orbited the "Express-AM5” telecommunications satellite. The Express AM5 spacecraft is owned Russian Satellite Communications Co., the country's state civil satellite operator. The satellite will provide digital television and radio broadcasting, telephone, video conferencing, data transmission and Internet services.
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Date: 30.12.2013
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Russia launched 3 military satellites.
On December 25, 2013 at 00:31 UTC the "Rokot” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-KM” booster orbited 3 military satellites.
The satellites were given the names "Kosmos-2488”, "Kosmos-2489” and "Kosmos-2490”.
Russia did not identify the payloads on the launch, but the rocket's target orbit indicated the mission carried a trio of "Rodnik” satellites designed to relay messages between military users posted in remote areas.
The "Rockot” rocket-carrier is based on the SS-19 missile developed by the Soviet Union to launch nuclear weapons. Russia converted retired SS-19 missiles to rocket-carriers by adding a "Briz-KM” third stage to deliver payloads to orbit.
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Date: 27.12.2013
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US spacewalkers completed coolant system repairs.
On December 24, 2013 US astronauts Richard Mastraccio and Michael Hopkins performed a spacewalk.
The spacewalk began at 11:53 UTC. Two astronauts successfully installed a replacement coolant pump aboard the International Space Station, completing a high-stakes two-spacewalk repair job and clearing the way for flight controllers to re-activate a critical coolant system.
The spacewalk lasted 7 hours and 30 minutes.
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US astronauts performed a spacewalk.
On December 21, 2013 US astronauts Richard Mastraccio and Michael Hopkins performed a spacewalk.
The spacewalk began at 12:01 UTC. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 28 minutes. It was the first of at least two excursions needed to repair a critical coolant loop.
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China launched Bolivian satellite.
On December 20, 2013 at 16:42 UTC the "Long March – 3B/E” ("Changzheng-3B/E”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang space center in southern China's Sichuan province. The rocket orbited the Bolivian «Tupac Katari-1” (TKSat-1) telecommunications satellite.
Bolivian President Evo Morales witnessed the launch at Xichang. According to Xinhua news agency, Evo Morales was the first foreign head of state to view a satellite launch from China.
The satellite is named in honor of Tupac Katari, leader of the Indian uprising against colonial rule in Bolivia in the XVIII century.
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Date: 27.12.2013
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