On May 26, 2014 at 21:10 UTC Sea Launch AG successfully launched the Eutelsat-3B European telecommunication satellite from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. The satellite was orbited by the Zenit-3SL rocket-carrier.
 

On May 24, 2014 at 03:05 UTC the H-2A (202) F-24 rocket-carrier was launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The rocket orbited the Daichi-2 satellite also dubbed ALOS-2 (Advanced Land Observation Satellite-2). The satellite will map the globe every two weeks, helping authorities respond to natural disasters, track agricultural yields and monitor shipping lanes.

The rocket also orbited 4 other satellites. The UNIFORM-1 (University International Formation Mission) satellite; SOCRATES (Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite); SpriteSat (Raijin, Rising); SPROUT (Space Research On Unique Technology).

On May 23, 2014 at 05:27 UTC the “Rockot” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The rocket orbited a trio of military communications satellites of the “Rodnik-C” type. The satellites received the names Kosmos-2496, Kosmos-2497 and Kosmos-2498.