On June 28, 2015 at 14:21 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was to be 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. US private company SpaceX was to launch its "Dragon” (CRS-7 flight) unmanned spacecraft on a seventh cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. In about 3 minutes after lift off the rocket exploded. It was the ninth flight for SpaceX's unmanned “Dragon” cargo spacecraft and the seventh SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract.

On June 23, 2015 at 16:44 UTC the “Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The launch was performed by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. The rocket orbited the “Kosmos-2506” military satellite.

On June 23, 2015 at 01:58 UTC the “Vega” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the European “Sentinel 2A” satellite tasked to track Earth’s ever-changing environment. The satellite was made by Airbus.