2015 in spaceflight

👁 A Falcon 9 first stage landing at Cape Canaveral LZ-1 👁 Full disc, true colour view of Pluto 👁 Close-up view of high-albedo regions on Ceres 👁 Scott Kelly being carried from the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft Highlights from spaceflight in 2015[a]
Orbital launches
First	10 January
Last	28 December
Total	87
Successes	82
Failures	4
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	83[b]
National firsts
Satellite	👁 Image  Turkmenistan 👁 Image  Laos
Space traveller	👁 Image  Denmark 👁 Image  Kazakhstan
Rockets
Maiden flights	Long March 3C/E / YZ-1 Long March 3B / YZ-1 Long March 6 Long March 11 Super Strypi Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Retirements	Dnepr-1
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	12
EVAs	7
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2015 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2014 2016 →

In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.

A total of 87 orbital launches were attempted in 2015, of which 82 were successful, one was partially successful and four were failures. The year also saw seven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 27, 20 and 19 launches respectively.

In February 2015, the European Space Agency's experimental lifting body spacecraft, the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, successfully conducted its first test flight.

In March 2015, Ceres became the first dwarf planet to be visited by a spacecraft when Dawn entered orbit. In July 2015, New Horizons visited the Pluto-Charon system after a 9-year voyage, returning a trove of pictures and information about the former "ninth planet" (now classified as a dwarf planet). Meanwhile, the MESSENGER probe was deliberately crashed into Mercury after 4 years of in-orbit observations.

On 23 November 2015, the Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital rocket achieved its first powered soft landing near the launch site, paving the way for full reuse of its propulsion stage. On 21 December, the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust took place, ending with a successful landing of its first stage.

Two old weather satellites, NOAA-16 and DMSP 5D-2/F13, broke up in 2015, creating several hundred pieces of space debris. In both cases, a battery explosion is suspected as the root cause.

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January [edit]
10 January 09:47:10	👁 United States Falcon 9 v1.1		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 United States SpaceX CRS-5	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	11 February 2015 00:44	Successful
	⚀ 👁 Brazil AESP-14	ITA	Low Earth	Ionospheric research	11 May 2015	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States Flock-1d' 1	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	13 October 2015	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States Flock-1d' 2	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	27 December 2015	Successful
	SpaceX attempted to land the first stage on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean, but the first stage crash-landed on its landing platform.[1] The AESP-14 CubeSat was deployed from the space station on 5 February 2015,[2] while the Flock-1 CubeSats were deployed on 3 March 2015.[3]
	21 January 01:04:00	👁 United States Atlas V 551		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States MUOS-3		US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 January 14:22:00		👁 United States Delta II 7320		👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-2W		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States SMAP	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	⚀ 👁 United States ExoCube	Cal Poly	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	⚀ 👁 United States FIREBIRD II A	Montana State	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	2 August 2023[4]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States FIREBIRD II B	Montana State	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	2 August 2023[5]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States GRIFEX	NASA / JPL	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February [edit]
1 February 01:21:00	👁 Japan H-IIA 202		👁 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y1		👁 Japan MHI
	👁 Japan IGS-Radar Spare	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Successful[6]
	1 February 12:31:00	👁 Russia Proton-M/Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
👁 United Kingdom Inmarsat 5-F2		Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
2 February 08:50		👁 Iran Safir-1B		LBS.2001	👁 Iran Semnan		👁 Iran ISA
	👁 Iran Fajr	ISA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	26 February 2015	Successful
	11 February 13:40:00	👁 Italy Vega		👁 France Kourou ELV		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Image IXV		ESA	Transatmospheric	Technology demonstration	11 February 2015 15:19	Successful
Vega's 4th stage briefly entered low Earth orbit before de-orbiting; thus it did not get a COSPAR ID. This marked the first flight of the IXV
11 February 23:03:32	👁 United States Falcon 9 v1.1		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 United States DSCOVR	NOAA	Sun–Earth L1	Earth observation / Heliophysics	In orbit	Operational
	First SpaceX launch aimed beyond GTO. First stage soft landed on water.
	17 February 11:00:17	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
👁 Russia Progress M-26M / 58P		Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	14 August 2015 14:17	Successful
27 February 11:01:35		👁 Russia Soyuz-2.1a		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 43/4		👁 Russia RVSN RF
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2503 (Bars-M 1L)	VKO	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March [edit]
2 March 03:50:00	👁 United States Falcon 9 v1.1		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 France Eutelsat 115 West B	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Bermuda ABS-3A	ABS	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	First communication satellites to use all-electric propulsion to reach intended orbits from GTO.
	13 March 02:44:00	👁 United States Atlas V 421		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States MMS-1		NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States MMS-2		NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States MMS-3		NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States MMS-4		NASA	Elliptical High Earth	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Operational
18 March 22:05:00		👁 Russia Proton-M / Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia Khrunichev
	👁 Russia Ekspress AM7	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	25 March 18:36:00	👁 United States Delta IV M+(4,2)		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-260 (GPS IIF-9)		US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
Named after Star Deneb.
25 March 22:08:53	👁 Ukraine Dnepr		👁 Russia Dombarovsky Site 13		👁 Russia 👁 Ukraine ISC Kosmotras
	👁 South Korea KOMPSat-3A	KARI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	Final flight of Dnepr-1 rocket, due to the Russo-Ukrainian war.
	26 March 01:21:00	👁 Japan H-IIA 202		👁 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y1		👁 Japan MHI
👁 Japan IGS-Optical 5		CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
27 March 19:42:57		👁 Russia Soyuz-FG		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Soyuz TMA-16M	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 43/44/45/46	12 September 2015 00:51	Successful
	Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, including two on a year-long mission.
	27 March 21:46:18	👁 Russia Soyuz-STB / Fregat		👁 France Kourou ELS		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Image Galileo FOC 3		ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
👁 Image Galileo FOC 4		ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
28 March 11:49:00		👁 India PSLV-XL		👁 India Satish Dhawan SLP		👁 India ISRO
	👁 India IRNSS-1D	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	30 March 13:52:30	👁 China Long March 3C/E/YZ-1		👁 China Xichang LC-2		👁 China CASC
👁 China BeiDou I1-S		CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
31 March 13:47:56		👁 Russia Rokot / Briz-KM		👁 Russia Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133/3		👁 Russia VKO
	👁 Russia Gonets-M 11	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Russia Gonets-M 12	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Russia Gonets-M 13	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2504	VKO	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Satellite inspection (?)	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → April [edit]
14 April 20:10:41	👁 United States Falcon 9 v1.1		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 United States SpaceX CRS-6	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	21 May 2015 16:42	Successful
	👁 United States Arkyd 3 Reflight	Planetary Resources	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 December 2015	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States Flock-1e × 14	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 8 February 2016 Last: 24 August 2016	Successful
	First stage recovery failed; the rocket stage landed on the target drone ship too fast, tipped over, and exploded.[7] All secondary payloads were deployed from an ISS airlock later. Arkyd 3 Reflight is a replacement for Arkyd 3, which was lost in the Cygnus CRS Orb-3 flight accident in 2014.
	26 April 20:00:07	👁 France Ariane 5 ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Norway Thor 7		Telenor	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Italy 👁 France SICRAL-2		MDD/DGA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 April 23:03:00		👁 United States Falcon 9 v1.1		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 Turkmenistan TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT	Turkmen Telecom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	First Turkmen satellite (not counting Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule).
	28 April 07:09:50	👁 Russia Soyuz-2.1a		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6		👁 Russia Roscosmos
👁 Russia Progress M-27M / 59P		Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	8 May 2015	Failure
Spacecraft lost communications and attitude control soon after separation failure during launch.[8] International Space Station docking attempt cancelled.[9] Mission declared a total loss.[10]
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → May [edit]
16 May 05:47:39	👁 Russia Proton-M / Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
	👁 Mexico Mexsat-1	SCT	Geosynchronous	Communications	16 May 2015	Launch failure
	Proton third stage vernier engine failed at T+497 seconds due to turbopump shaft coating degradation causing excess vibration.[11]
	20 May 15:05:00	👁 United States Atlas V 501		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States AFSPC-5 (X-37B OTV-4)		U.S. Air Force	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	7 May 2017	Operational
👁 United States ULTRASat		NASA	Low Earth	CubeSat Deployment	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States LightSail 1		The Planetary Society	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 June 2015 17:23	Successful
⚀ 👁 United States USS Langley		U.S. Naval Academy	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States BRICSat-P		U.S. Naval Academy / George Washington	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States ParkinsonSat		U.S. Naval Academy	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States GEARRS-2		Taylor	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States AeroCube-8A		The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	11 October 2021[13]	Successful
⚀ 👁 United States AeroCube-8B		The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	2 October 2021[14]	Successful
⚀ 👁 United States OptiCube 1		CalPoly	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States OptiCube 2		CalPoly	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States OptiCube 3		CalPoly	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
The X-37B spaceplane landed autonomously at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility after spending a record-breaking 718 days in orbit.[12]
27 May 21:16:07	👁 France Ariane 5 ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
	👁 United States DirecTV-15	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Mexico Sky Mexico 1	SKY Mexico	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June [edit]
5 June 15:23:54	👁 Russia Soyuz-2.1a		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 43/4		👁 Russia RVSN RF
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2505 (Kobalt-M №10)	VKO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	18 September 2015	Successful
	23 June 01:51:58	👁 Italy Vega		👁 France Kourou ELV		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Image Sentinel-2A		ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
23 June 16:44:00		👁 Russia Soyuz-2.1b		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 43/4		👁 Russia RVSN RF
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2506 (Persona №3)	VKO	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	26 June 06:22:04	👁 China Long March 4B		👁 China Taiyuan LC-9		👁 China CASC
👁 China Gaofen 8		CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation / Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
28 June 14:21:11		👁 United States Falcon 9 v1.1		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
	👁 United States SpaceX CRS-7	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	28 June 2015	Launch Failure
	⚀ 👁 United States Flock-1f × 8[16]	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	28 June 2015	Launch Failure
	Vehicle disintegrated at T+139 seconds after second stage helium tank support strut failure caused helium tank to break through second stage tanks.[15] Attempted to deliver the IDA-1 segment of the NASA Docking System. CubeSats were to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date. Planned first stage landing test not achieved.
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July [edit]
3 July 04:55:48	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Progress M-28M / 60P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	19 December 2015	Successful
	10 July 16:28:00	👁 India PSLV-XL		👁 India Satish Dhawan FLP		👁 India ISRO
👁 United Kingdom UK-DMC-3A		DMCii	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
👁 United Kingdom UK-DMC-3B		DMCii	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
👁 United Kingdom UK-DMC-3C		DMCii	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
👁 United Kingdom CBNT-1		SSTL	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United Kingdom DeOrbitSail		Surrey Space Centre	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
15 July 15:36:00		👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States USA-262 (GPS IIF-10)	U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	Named after Star Antares.
	15 July 21:42:07	👁 France Ariane 5 ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Brazil Star One C4		Star One	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Image MSG-4		EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
22 July 21:02:44		👁 Russia Soyuz-FG		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Soyuz TMA-17M	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 44/45	11 December 2015 13:10	Successful
	Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
	24 July 00:07:00	👁 United States Delta IV M+(5,4)		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-263 (WGS-7)		U.S. Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 July 12:29:04		👁 China Long March 3B/YZ-1		👁 China Xichang LA-2		👁 China CASC
	👁 China BeiDou M1-S	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China BeiDou M2-S	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August [edit]
19 August 11:50:49	👁 Japan H-IIB		👁 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2		👁 Japan MHI
	👁 Japan HTV-5	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	29 September 2015	Successful
	⚀ 👁 Denmark AAUSAT5	Aalborg	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15 March 2016	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States Flock-2b × 14[18]	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 22 May 2016 Last: 17 October 2016	Successful (12 deployed)
	⚀ 👁 Denmark GOMX-3	GomSpace	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	19 October 2016[19]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 Japan S-CUBE	Chiba Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Meteor observation	23 November 2016[20]
	⚀ 👁 Brazil SERPENS	University of Brasília / Brazilian Space Agency	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	27 March 2016	Successful
	CubeSats to be deployed from the International Space Station at a later date. SERPENS and S-CUBE were deployed on 17 September. AAUSAT5, GOMX-3, and Dove Flocks were deployed on 5–7 October, but two out of the fourteen Dove Flocks failed to be deployed due to a malfunction of the deployer.[17]
	20 August 20:34:08	👁 France Ariane 5 ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 France Eutelsat 8 West B		Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Intelsat 34		Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 August 02:31:35		👁 China Long March 4C		👁 China Taiyuan LC-9		👁 China CASC
	👁 China Yaogan 27	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	27 August 11:22:00	👁 India GSLV Mk II		👁 India Satish Dhawan SLP		👁 India ISRO
👁 India GSAT-6		Indian Armed Forces/ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 August 11:44:00		👁 Russia Proton-M / Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
	👁 United Kingdom Inmarsat 5-F3	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September [edit]
2 September 04:37:43	👁 Russia Soyuz-FG		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Soyuz TMA-18M	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 45/46/iriss[23]	2 March 2016 04:26	Successful
	Crewed flight with three cosmonauts: including ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, the first Dane in space, and Aidyn Aimbetov, the first cosmonaut from an independent Kazakhstan. Sarah Brightman was intended to fly this mission as a spaceflight participant, but withdrew from training on 13 May 2015 for personal reasons.[21] Japanese space tourist Satoshi Takamatsu was believed to be taking Brightman's place, but he declined and Roscosmos chose Aimbetov as an alternative instead.[22] Landed with the Year in Space crew of Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko
	2 September 10:18:00	👁 United States Atlas V 551		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States MUOS-4		U.S. Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 September 02:08:10		👁 Russia Soyuz-STB / Fregat		👁 France Kourou ELS		👁 France Arianespace
	👁 Image Galileo FOC 5	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 Image Galileo FOC 6	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	12 September 15:42:04	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LC-2		👁 China CASC
👁 China TJS-1		CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
14 September 04:42		👁 China Long March 2D		👁 China Jiuquan SLS-2		👁 China CASC
	👁 China Gaofen 9	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation / Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	14 September 19:00:00	👁 Russia Proton-M / Blok DM-03		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 81/24		👁 Russia Khrunichev
👁 Russia Ekspress AM8		RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 September 23:01:14		👁 China Long March 6		👁 China Taiyuan LC-16		👁 China CASC
	👁 China LilacSat-2	HIT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China NS-2	Tsinghua University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China NUDT-PhoneSat	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	29 March 2023[24]	Successful
	👁 China Tiantuo-3	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xingchen 1	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xingchen 2	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xingchen 3	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xingchen 4	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xiwang-2A	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	25 April 2023[25]	Successful
	👁 China Xiwang-2B	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xiwang-2C	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xiwang-2D	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xiwang-2E	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Xiwang-2F	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China XY-2	CASC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China ZDPS-2A	ZJU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China ZDPS-2B	ZJU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China ZJ-1	Tsinghua University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China ZJ-2	Tsinghua / Xidian	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	⚀ 👁 China DCBB	CAMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Education	In orbit	Operational
	Maiden flight of the Long March 6 vehicle.
	23 September 21:59:38	👁 Russia Rokot / Briz-KM		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 133/3		👁 Russia VKO
👁 Russia Kosmos 2507 (Strela-3M)		VKO	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Russia Kosmos 2508 (Strela-3M)		VKO	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Russia Kosmos 2509 (Strela-3M)		VKO	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 September 01:41:40		👁 China Long March 11		👁 China Jiuquan LS-95A		👁 China CASC
	👁 China Pujiang-1	SAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	⚀ 👁 China Tianwang 1A (Shankeda 2)	ShanghaiTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	30 December 2022[26]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 China Tianwang 1B (NJUST 2)	NJUST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	31 March 2021[27]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 China Tianwang 1C (NJFA 1)	ShanghaiTech	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	27 February 2021[28]	Successful
	Maiden flight of the Long March 11 vehicle.
	28 September 04:30:00	👁 India PSLV-XL		👁 India Satish Dhawan FLP		👁 India ISRO
👁 India Astrosat		ISRO	Low Earth	X-ray astronomy	In orbit	Operational
👁 Indonesia LAPAN-A2		LAPAN	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
👁 Canada ExactView 9		exactEarth	Low Earth	Maritime observation	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States Lemur-2 1		NanoSatisfi	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States Lemur-2 2		NanoSatisfi	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States Lemur-2 3		NanoSatisfi	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States Lemur-2 4		NanoSatisfi	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
29 September 23:13:04		👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LA-3		👁 China CASC
	👁 China BeiDou I2-S	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
	30 September 20:30:07	👁 France Ariane 5 ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Australia NBN-Co 1A (Sky Muster)		NBN Co	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 Argentina ARSAT-2		ARSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October [edit]
1 October 16:49:40	👁 Russia Soyuz-U		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Progress M-29M / 61P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	8 April 2016	Successful
	2 October 10:28:00	👁 United States Atlas V 421		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 Mexico Mexsat-2		SCT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 October 04:13:04		👁 China Long March 2D		👁 China Jiuquan SLS-2		👁 China CASC
	👁 China Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite[29]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Jilin-1 Optical-A[30]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Jilin-1 Video-01 (Lingqiao 1-01)[31]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	👁 China Jilin-1 Video-02 (Lingqiao 1-02)[31]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
	8 October 12:49:30	👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Vandenberg SLC-3E		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-264 (NOSS)		NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States USA-264 (NOSS)		NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States Aerocube-5c		The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States Aerocube-7		The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States AMSAT Fox-1		AMSAT	Low Earth	Amateur radio / Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States ARC-1		UAF	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States BisonSat		SKC	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States LMRST-Sat		NASA / JPL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States PropCube x 2		Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States SINOD-D x 2		SRI International	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 United States SNaP-3 x 3		U.S. Army SMDC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
NRO Launch 55
16 October 16:16:04	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LC-2		👁 China CASC
	👁 Hong Kong APStar-9	APT Satellite Holdings	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	16 October 20:40:11	👁 Russia Proton-M / Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia 👁 United States International Launch Services
👁 Turkey Türksat 4B		Türksat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
26 October 07:10:04		👁 China Long March 2D		👁 China Jiuquan SLS-2		👁 China CASC
	👁 China Tianhui 1C	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation (Cartography)	In orbit	Operational
	31 October 16:13:00	👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
👁 United States USA-265 (GPS IIF-11)		U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
Named after Star Altair.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November [edit]
3 November 16:25:04	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LC-3		👁 China CASC
	👁 China ChinaSat 2C	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	4 November 03:45:00	👁 United States SPARK		👁 United States Pacific Missile Range Facility LP-41		👁 United States ORS
👁 United States HiakaSat		ORS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 November 2015	Launch failure
⚀ 👁 United States EDSN x 8		NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 November 2015	Launch failure
⚀ 👁 United States PrintSat		Montana State University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 November 2015	Launch failure
⚀ 👁 United States Argus		St. Louis University and Vanderbilt University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 November 2015	Launch failure
⚀ 👁 United States STACEM		Utah State University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 November 2015	Launch failure
⚀ 👁 United States Supernova-Beta		Pumpkin, Inc.	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 November 2015	Launch failure
Maiden flight of the SPARK/Super Strypi launch vehicle. Vehicle lost attitude control at T+1 minute.
8 November 07:06:04	👁 China Long March 4B		👁 China Taiyuan LC-9		👁 China CASC
	👁 China Yaogan 28	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
	10 November 21:34:07	👁 France Ariane 5 ECA		👁 France Kourou ELA-3		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Saudi Arabia Arabsat 6B		Arabsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 India GSAT-15		ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 November 06:33:41		👁 Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 43/4		👁 Russia RVSN RF
	👁 Russia Kosmos 2510 (EKS (Tundra))	VKO	Molniya[33]	Early warning	In orbit	Operational[34]
	First space component for Russia's new unified missile early warning network.[32]
	20 November 16:07:04	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LC-2		👁 China CASC
👁 Laos LaoSat-1		Laos National Authority for Science and Technology	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
First Laotian satellite[35]
24 November 06:50:00	👁 Japan H-IIA 204		👁 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y1		👁 Japan MHI
	👁 Canada Telstar 12V	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	26 November 21:24:04	👁 China Long March 4C		👁 China Taiyuan LC-9		👁 China CASC
👁 China Yaogan 29		CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December [edit]
3 December 04:04:00	👁 Italy Vega		👁 France Kourou ELV		👁 France Arianespace
	👁 Image LISA Pathfinder	ESA / NASA	Sun–Earth L1	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
	5 December 14:08:33	👁 Russia Soyuz-2-1v / Volga		👁 Russia Plesetsk Site 43/4		👁 Russia RVSN RF
👁 Russia Kosmos 2511 (Kanopus-ST)		VKO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	8 December 2015 05:43	Launch failure
👁 Russia Kosmos 2512 (KYuA-1)		Almaz-Antey	Low Earth (SSO)	Radar calibration	In orbit	Operational
Kanopus-ST failed to separate from the Volga upper stage.[36][37]
6 December 21:44:57	👁 United States Atlas V 401		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41		👁 United States United Launch Alliance
	👁 United States Cygnus CRS OA-4 S.S. Deke Slayton II	Orbital ATK / NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	20 February 2016	Successful
	👁 United States SIMPL	NovaWurks	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	26 July 2022[40]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States Flock-2e x 12	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 25 July 2017[41] Last: 14 August 2018[42]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States CADRE	University of Michigan	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	3 January 2017[43]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States MinXSS 1	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth	Solar physics, Space weather	5 May 2017[44]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States Nodes x 2	NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 September 2017[45]	Successful
	⚀ 👁 United States STMSat 1	St. Thomas More Cathedral School	Low Earth	Education	21 April 2017[46]	Successful
	Flight moved from Antares 130 rocket following launch failure of Cygnus CRS Orb-3. Originally scheduled for 1 April 2015.[38] MinXSS was deployed into orbit from ISS on 16 May 2016.[39]
	9 December 16:46:04	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LC-3		👁 China CASC
👁 China ChinaSat 1C		CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 December 13:45:33		👁 Ukraine Zenit-3F		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 45/1		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Elektro-L No.2	Roscosmos	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
	13 December 00:19:00	👁 Russia Proton-M / Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 81/24		👁 Russia Khrunichev
👁 Russia Kosmos 2513 (Garpun No. 12L)		VKO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 December 11:03:09		👁 Russia Soyuz-FG		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 1/5		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Soyuz TMA-19M	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 46/47	18 June 2016 09:15	Successful
	Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
	16 December 12:30:00	👁 India PSLV-CA		👁 India Satish Dhawan FLP		👁 India ISRO
👁 Singapore TeLEOS-1		AgilSpace	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
👁 Singapore VELOX C1		NTU	Low Earth	Atmospheric science	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 Singapore VELOX 2		NTU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
👁 Singapore Kent Ridge 1		NUS	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 Singapore Galassia		NUS	Low Earth	Atmospheric science	In orbit	Operational
⚀ 👁 Singapore Athenoxat-1		NTU	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
17 December 00:12:04		👁 China Long March 2D		👁 China Jiuquan SLS-2		👁 China CASC
	👁 China DAMPE	CAS	Low Earth (SSO)	High-energy astronomy	In orbit	Operational
	17 December 11:51:56	👁 Russia Soyuz ST-B / Fregat		👁 France Kourou ELS		👁 France Arianespace
👁 Image Galileo FOC 8		ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
👁 Image Galileo FOC 9		ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
21 December 08:44:39		👁 Russia Soyuz-2.1a		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6		👁 Russia Roscosmos
	👁 Russia Progress MS-01 / 62P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS resupply	3 July 2016 07:50	Operational
	First launch of the new Progress-MS variant.
	22 December 01:29:00	👁 United States Falcon 9 Full Thrust		👁 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40		👁 United States SpaceX
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F2		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F5		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F8		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F10		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F12		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F13		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F14		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F15		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F16		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F17		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
👁 United States Orbcomm-2 F18		Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
First flight of the upgraded "full thrust" version of Falcon 9, first Falcon 9 flight after launch failure in June. First successful return to launch site and vertical landing of a first stage, demonstrated as part of a controlled descent test.
24 December 21:31:19	👁 Russia Proton-M / Briz-M		👁 Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 200/39		👁 Russia Khrunichev
	👁 Russia Ekspress AMU1	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
	28 December 16:04:04	👁 China Long March 3B/E		👁 China Xichang LC-2		👁 China CASC
👁 China Gaofen 4		CNSA	Geosynchronous	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
26 January 09:13	👁 United States Terrier-Improved Malemute		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States M-TEX	Alaska	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
	Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?
	26 January 09:14	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States MIST		Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
26 January 09:46	👁 United States Terrier-Improved Malemute		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States M-TEX	Alaska	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
	Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?
	26 January 09:47	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States MIST		Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
28 January 10:41	👁 United States Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka		👁 United States Poker Flat		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States ASSP	USU	Suborbital	Auroral	28 January	Successful
	Apogee: ~590 kilometres (370 mi)?
	31 January 02:36:00[47]	👁 India Agni V		👁 India Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV		👁 India DRDO
DRDO		Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
Apogee: ~800 kilometres (500 mi)
19 February	👁 India Prithvi II		👁 India Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3		👁 India DRDO
	DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
	Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
	19 February 22:06	👁 Brazil 👁 United States VS-30/Improved Orion		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 Norway Andøya
👁 Sweden 👁 Norway ICI-4 (CanoRock 4)		Oslo/Andøya	Suborbital	Technology	19 February	Successful
Apogee: 365 kilometres (227 mi)
22 February 07:52	👁 Brazil VSB-30		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 France CNES
	👁 France Cryofenix	CNES	Suborbital	Microgravity	22 February	Successful
	Apogee: 265 kilometres (165 mi)
	22 February	👁 United States UGM-133 Trident II D5		👁 United States Submarine, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
22 February		👁 United States UGM-133 Trident II D5		👁 United States Submarine, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States US Navy
	US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
	24 February 07:30	👁 United States Terrier-Oriole		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States TBD
DOD		Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
24 February 07:30	👁 United States Terrier-Oriole		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States TBD
	DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
	FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
	24 February 07:30	👁 United States Terrier-Oriole		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States TBD
DOD		Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
25 February 12:26	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States MOSC 2	AFRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	25 February	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)?
	26 February	👁 Russia UR-100NU		👁 Russia Yasniy		👁 Russia RVSN
RVSN		Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Launch failure[48]
Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test
1 March[49]	👁 North Korea Hwasong-6		👁 North Korea Nampo		👁 North Korea Korean People's Army Strategic Force
	👁 North Korea	Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
	Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi). 1 of 2.
	1 March[49]	👁 North Korea Hwasong-6		👁 North Korea Nampo		👁 North Korea Korean People's Army Strategic Force
👁 North Korea		Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	1 March	Successful
Apogee: 134 kilometres (83 mi). 2 of 2.
5 March 01:44	👁 Brazil VS-30		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 Germany DLR
	👁 Germany WADIS-2	DLR	Suborbital	Atmospheric	5 March	Successful
	Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi), 13 Super Loki meteorological rockets were also launched
	9 March	👁 Pakistan Shaheen-III		👁 Pakistan Sonmiani		👁 Pakistan ASFC
ASFC		Suborbital	Missile test	9 March	Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?
18 March	👁 Russia RS-26 Rubezh		👁 Russia Kapustin Yar		👁 Russia RVSN
	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
	23 March 10:36	👁 United States LGM-30G Minuteman III		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-10		👁 United States US Air Force
US Air Force		Suborbital	Test flight	23 March	Successful
GT214GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
27 March 10:54	👁 United States LGM-30G Minuteman III		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-04		👁 United States US Air Force
	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	27 March	Successful
	GT215GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
	30 March	👁 Brazil VSB-30		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 Australia DSTO
👁 Australia HiFire-7		DSTO	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	30 March	Successful
9 April		👁 India Dhanush		👁 India Ship, Indian Ocean		👁 India DRDO
	DRDO	Suborbital	Target	9 April	Successful
	Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
	15 April	👁 Pakistan Ghauri		👁 Pakistan Tilla		👁 Pakistan Army of Pakistan
👁 Pakistan Haft-5		Army of Pakistan	Suborbital	Missile test	15 April	Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 April 04:22	👁 India Agni-III		👁 India ITR IC-4		👁 India Indian Army
	Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
	Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
	18 April 11:01	👁 United States Terrier-Improved Malemute		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States Rocksat-X		University of Colorado Boulder	Suborbital	Student Research	18 April	Successful
Apogee: ~174 kilometres (108 mi)
23 April 07:35	👁 Brazil VSB-30		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 Europe EuroLaunch
	👁 Germany /👁 Image TEXUS-51	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	23 April	Successful
	Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi)
	27 April 04:55	👁 Brazil VSB-30		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 Europe EuroLaunch
👁 Germany /👁 Image TEXUS-52		DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	27 April	Successful
Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi)
2 May 08:30:01	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States OGRESS	University of Iowa	Suborbital	X-Ray Astronomy	2 May	Successful
	Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
	20 May 10:37	👁 United States LGM-30G Minuteman III		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-09		👁 United States US Air Force
US Air Force		Suborbital	Test flight	20 May	Successful
GT212GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
21 May 19:15	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States EVE	CU Boulder	Suborbital	SDO calibration	21 May	Launch failure
	Second stage failure, flight was terminated safety officials about four seconds into the second stage burn after data showed the vehicle was flying off-course. The payload carrying the experiment separated from the rocket and descended via parachute.
	6 June	👁 United States SM-3-IIA		👁 United States San Nicolas Island		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	ABM test	6 June	Successful
Maiden flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01 (SCD CTV-01)
25 June 10:00	👁 United States Terrier-Improved Orion		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States RockOn	CU Boulder	Suborbital	Student experiments	25 June	Successful
	Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
	26 June	👁 United States ARAV ?		👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States MDA
MDA		Suborbital	ABM target	26 June	Launch failure
Aegis radar target
30 June 04:55	👁 Brazil VSB-30		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 Europe EuroLaunch
	👁 Germany MAPHEUS-5	DLR	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	30 June	Successful
	Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
	7 July 10:15	👁 United States Black Brant IX		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States SOAREX-8		NASA	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	7 July	Successful
Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
29 July 08:30	👁 United States ARAV ?		MMW E1	👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States MDA
	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	29 July	Successful
	Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E1 target, successful intercept by SM-6 Dual I missile
	30 July 06:15	👁 United States ARAV ?		MMW E2	👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States MDA
MDA		Suborbital	ABM target	30 July	Successful
Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E2 target, successful intercept by SM-2 Block IV missile
12 August 10:14	👁 United States Terrier-Improved Malemute		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States Rocksat-X	Various universities	Suborbital	Student Research	12 August	Successful
	Apogee: ~156km (97 miles).[50]
	19 August 10:03	👁 United States LGM-30G Minuteman III		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-10		👁 United States US Air Force
US Air Force		Suborbital	Test flight	19 August	Successful
GT213GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
22 August 15:13	👁 Russia RS-12M Topol		👁 Russia Kapustin Yar		👁 Russia RVSN
	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 August	Successful
	27 August 17:45	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States MOSES-2		MSU	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	27 August	Successful
Apogee: 185 miles (298 km)[51]
3 September 17:01	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States 👁 Japan 👁 Spain 👁 Norway 👁 France CLASP	NASA / JAXA / IAC / IAS	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	3 September	Successful
	Apogee: 167 miles (269 km)[52]
	11 September 11:00:00	👁 Japan S-520		👁 Japan Uchinoura		👁 Japan JAXA
👁 Japan		HU/UT/TU/JAXA	Suborbital	Microgravity	11 September	Successful
Apogee: 312 km[53]
16 September 19:06	👁 Canada Black Brant XI		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States CARE II	NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 September	Successful
	Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi)
	30 September 08:28	👁 France M51		👁 France Landes		👁 France DGA/Marine nationale
DGA/Marine nationale		Suborbital	Test flight	30 September	Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), apparently launched from the land test pad, rather than from a submarine.
2 October 05:39:00	👁 Brazil /👁 United States VSB-30/Improved Orion		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 Sweden Swedish Space Corporation
	👁 Sweden O-STATES 1	SNSB	Suborbital	Atmospheric Research	2 October	Successful
	Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
	7 October 23:07:00	👁 United States Black Brant IX		👁 United States Wallops Island		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States Technology Test Flight		NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Rocket motor test	7 October	Successful
👁 United States LEO-1		Orbital ATK	Suborbital	Materials Testing	7 October	Successful
👁 United States NNS		NASA	Suborbital	Materials Testing	7 October	Successful
Apogee: 257.5 kilometers (160mi).[54] Test flight of the new Black Brant Mk4 sustainer motor. Other payloads included a cloud of barium and strontium, which was deployed to test the rocket's payload ejection system and was visible for miles along the East Coast of the United States.
19 October 14:09:00	👁 Brazil /👁 United States VSB-30/Improved Orion		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 Sweden Swedish Space Corporation
	👁 Sweden O-STATES 2	SNSB	Suborbital	Atmospheric Research	19 October	Successful
	Apogee: 244 kilometres (152 mi)
	20 October	👁 United States Terrier-Orion		ADS-15 E2	👁 United Kingdom South Uist, Hebrides		👁 United States MDA
DOD		Suborbital	Target	20 October	Successful
SM-3 Target, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
20 October	👁 United States SM-3		ADS-15 E2	👁 United States USS Ross (DDG-71), Hebrides Range		👁 United States US Navy
	US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	20 October	Successful
	First Aegis-Test in the North Atlantic, successful intercept, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
	21 October 12:45:00	👁 United States LGM-30G Minuteman III		👁 United States Vandenberg LF-04		👁 United States US Air Force
US Air Force		Suborbital	Test flight	21 October	Successful
GT216GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
28 October 11:30	👁 Russia RS-24 Yars		👁 Russia Plesetsk		👁 Russia RVSN
	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 October	Successful
	30 October	👁 Russia RS-12M Topol		👁 Russia Plesetsk		👁 Russia RVSN
RVSN		Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
30 October		👁 Russia R-29RMU Sineva		👁 Russia K-117 Bryansk, Barents Sea		👁 Russia VMF
	VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
	30 October	👁 Russia R-29R Volna		👁 Russia K-223 Podolsk, Sea of Okhotsk		👁 Russia VMF
VMF		Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
31 October 23:00 ?		👁 China B-611		👁 China Shuangchengzi		👁 China PLA
	PLA	Suborbital	ABM target	31 October	Successful
	Target
	31 October 23:00 ?	👁 China SC-19		👁 China Korla		👁 China PLA
PLA		Suborbital	ABM test	31 October	Successful
Interceptor, successful intercept
1 November 03:05	👁 United States SRALT		FTO-02 E2a	👁 United States C-17, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States MDA
	MDA	Suborbital	THAAD target	1 November	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
	1 November 03:07	👁 United States THAAD		FTO-02 E2a	👁 United States Wake Island		👁 United States US Army
👁 United States		US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	1 November	Successful
Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November 03:10	👁 United States eMRBM		FTO-02 E2a	👁 United States C-17, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States MDA
	👁 United States	MDA	Suborbital	THAAD target	1 November	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
	1 November 03:12	👁 United States THAAD		FTO-02 E2a	👁 United States Wake Island		👁 United States US Army
👁 United States		US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	1 November	Successful
Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 November 15:01	👁 United States SpaceLoft XL		👁 United States Spaceport America		👁 United States UP Aerospace
	👁 United States FOP-4	NASA	Suborbital	Four technology demonstration experiments	6 November	Successful
	Mission SL-10, Apogee: 120.7 kilometers (74.98 miles). First private suborbital rocket to demonstrate ejection of recoverable payloads.[55]
	8 November 02:00	👁 United States UGM-133 Trident II D5		👁 United States USS Kentucky, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	Missile test	8 November	Successful
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)
9 November 04:15	👁 India Agni-IV		👁 India Integrated Test Range		👁 India DRDO
	DRDO	Suborbital	Missile Test	9 November	Successful
	Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)?
	9 November 20:00	👁 United States UGM-133 Trident II D5		👁 United States USS Kentucky, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	Missile test	9 November	Successful
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)
14 November	👁 Russia RSM-56 Bulava		👁 Russia K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea		👁 Russia VMF
	VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	14 November	Successful
	14 November	👁 Russia RSM-56 Bulava		👁 Russia K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea		👁 Russia VMF
VMF		Suborbital	Missile test	14 November	Successful
Missile did not hit its targets at the Kura test site. The warheads did reach the Kamchatka region, but the miss was fairly large, but that was still not significant enough to abort the flight
17 November 12:12	👁 Russia RS-12M Topol		👁 Russia Kapustin Yar		👁 Russia RVSN
	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	17 November	Successful
	21 November	👁 Iran Ghadr-1		👁 Iran Semnan ?		👁 Iran IRGC
👁 Iran		IGRC	Suborbital	Missile test	21 November	Successful
apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 November 17:21	👁 United States New Shepard		👁 United States Corn Ranch		👁 United States Blue Origin
	👁 United States New Shepard	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	23 November	Successful
	Apogee: 100.5 kilometres (62.4 mi). Second test flight of the New Shepard launch system, first to cross the Kármán line, and first to achieve a powered landing of its propulsion stage.
	25 November 04:17	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States PICTURE-B		UMass	Suborbital	Astronomy	25 November	Successful
apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)
30 November 07:25	👁 United States Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States CAPER	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral research	30 November	Launch failure
	Third stage failure, payload recovered
	1 December 05:00	👁 Brazil VSB-30		👁 Sweden Esrange		👁 Europe EuroLaunch
👁 Sweden MASER-13		SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	1 December	Successful
apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
5 December 04:45	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
	👁 United States DXL-2	U of M	Suborbital	Astronomy	5 December	Successful
	apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
	8 December	👁 United States SM-3-IIA		👁 United States San Nicolas Island		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	ABM test	8 December	Successful
Second flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-02 (SCD CTV-02)
10 December 06:12	👁 Israel Silver Sparrow		👁 Israel F-15 Eagle, Israel		👁 Israel IAF
	IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM target	10 December	Successful
	Arrow-3 target, successfully intercepted, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)
	10 December 06:15	👁 Israel Arrow III		👁 Israel Negev		👁 Israel IAF
IAI/IDF		Suborbital	ABM Test	10 December	Successful
First test of the Arrow-III against a target, successful intercept over the Mediterranean
10 December	👁 United States SRALT		FTO-02 E1a	👁 United States C-17, Pacific Ocean		👁 United States MDA
	MDA	Suborbital	SM-3-IB target	10 December	Successful
	Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
	10 December	👁 United States SM-3-IB		FTO-02 E1a	👁 United States Kauai		👁 United States US Navy
US Navy		Suborbital	ABM test	10 December	Successful
First intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system
10 December 13:55	👁 United States Juno		👁 United States Fort Wingate LC-96		👁 United States US Army
	US Army	Suborbital	Target	10 December	Successful
	Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted
	11 December	👁 Pakistan Shaheen-III		👁 Pakistan Sonmiani		👁 Pakistan ASFC
ASFC		Suborbital	Missile test	11 December	Successful
Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?
12 December	👁 Russia R-29RMU Sineva		👁 Russia K-51 Verkhoturye, Barents Sea		👁 Russia VMF
	VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	12 December	Successful
	13 December 04:32	👁 Canada Black Brant XIIA		👁 Norway Andøya		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States RENU 2		New Hampshire	Suborbital	Geospace	13 December	Successful
Apogee: 447 kilometres (278 mi)
15 December	👁 Pakistan Shaheen-IA		👁 Pakistan Sonmiani		👁 Pakistan ASFC
	ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	15 December	Successful
	18 December 06:52	👁 Canada Black Brant IX		👁 United States White Sands		👁 United States NASA
👁 United States FORTIS		JHU	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	18 December	Successful
apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)
24 December 17:55	👁 Russia RS-12M Topol		👁 Russia Kapustin Yar		👁 Russia RVSN
	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 December	Successful

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
10 January	Chang'e 5-T1	Injection into Selenocentric orbit	Departed from Earth–Moon L2 on 4 January.
11 January[56]	Cassini	109th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 kilometres (603 mi).
12 February	Cassini	110th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (746 mi).
6 March[57]	Dawn	Enters orbit of Ceres	1st visit to a dwarf planet.
16 March	Cassini	111th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,275 kilometres (1,413 mi).
30 April	MESSENGER	Impact to Mercury[58]	The crash occurred on the side of the planet not visible from Earth.
7 May	Cassini	112th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,722 kilometres (1,691 mi).
16 June	Cassini	4th flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 516 kilometres (321 mi).
7 July	Cassini	113th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 10,953 kilometres (6,806 mi).
14 July	New Horizons	First flyby of Pluto and Charon	2nd visit to a dwarf planet. Closest approach: 12,500 km (7,800 mi).
17 August	Cassini	5th flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 474 kilometres (295 mi).
28 September	Cassini	114th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,036 kilometres (643 mi).
14 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1,839 kilometres (1,142 mi).
28 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 49 kilometres (30 mi).
12 November	Cassini	115th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 11,920 kilometres (7,407 mi).
3 December[59]	Hayabusa2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
3 December[60]	PROCYON	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist en route to cancelled asteroid flyby.
4 December[61]	Shin'en 2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
7 December[62]	Akatsuki	Venus orbit insertion	Akatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus and 2nd (successful) attempt at orbit insertion.
19 December	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 4,999 kilometres (3,106 mi).

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
21 February 12:45	6 hours 41 minutes	19:26	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	👁 United States Barry E. Wilmore 👁 United States Terry W. Virts	Rigged and routed power and data cables at the forward end of the Harmony module as part of preparations for the installation of the International Docking Adapter at PMA-2.[63]
25 February 11:51	6 hours 43 minutes	18:34	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	👁 United States Barry E. Wilmore 👁 United States Terry W. Virts	Completed power and data cable routing at the forward end of the Harmony module. Removed launch locks from forward and aft berthing ports of Tranquility to prepare for relocation of the Permanent Multipurpose Module and the installation of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Lubricated end effector of Canadarm2.[64][65]
1 March 11:52	5 hours 38 minutes	17:30	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	👁 United States Terry W. Virts 👁 United States Barry E. Wilmore	Finished cable routing, antenna and retro-reflector installation on both sides of the ISS truss and on other modules in preparation for the installation of the International Docking Adapter at PMA-2 and 3.[66][67]
10 August 14:20	5 hours 31 minutes	19:51	Expedition 44/45 ISS Pirs	👁 Russia Gennady Padalka 👁 Russia Mikhail Korniyenko	Installed gap spanners on the hull of the station for facilitating movement of crew members on future spacewalks, cleaned windows of the Zvezda Service Module, install fasteners on communications antennas, replaced an aging docking antenna, photographed various locations and hardware on Zvezda and nearby modules, and retrieved a space environment experiment.[68][69]
28 October 12:03	7 hours 16 minutes	19:19	Expedition 45 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott Kelly 👁 United States Kjell N. Lindgren	Prepared a Main Bus Switching Unit for repair, installed a thermal cover on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, lubricated elements of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System, and routed data and power cables to prepare for the installation of the International Docking Adaptor at PMA-2 and 3.[70]
6 November 11:22	7 hours 48 minutes	19:10	Expedition 45 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott Kelly 👁 United States Kjell N. Lindgren	Worked to restore a portion of the ISS's cooling system to its primary configuration, returning ammonia coolant levels to normal in the primary and backup radiator arrays.[71]
21 December 13:45	3 hours 16 minutes	16:01	Expedition 46 ISS Quest	👁 United States Scott Kelly 👁 United States Timothy Kopra	Released a brake on the Mobile Servicing System to allow it to be properly stowed prior to the arrival of a visiting Progress vehicle. Routed cables in preparation for the installation of the Nauka module and the International Docking Adapter, and retrieved tools from a toolbox.[72]

Date/Time (UTC)	Source object	Event type	Pieces tracked	Remarks
3 February 17:40[73]	DMSP 5D-2/F13 (USA-109)	Satellite breakup	159[74]	The breakup was most likely caused by a battery explosion.[73][75] This satellite had been launched in 1995. Another satellite from the same series, DMSP 5D-2/F11, had broken up in 2004.[73] Debris are expected to remain in orbit for decades.[76]
25 November 7:20[77]	NOAA-16	Satellite breakup	275[78]	As this weather satellite, launched in 2000, had a similar construction to the DMSP satellite which broke up in February 2015, the same cause is suspected (battery overheating and explosion).[79]
22 December 16:00[80]	Briz-M upper stage	Booster explosion	9[80]	A Briz-M upper-stage booster, having subsisted in geosynchronous transfer orbit since launching the Canadian Nimiq 6 commsat in 2012, was seen to have broken up into 9 pieces as of 26 January 2016. Orbital analysis of the debris allowed to time the explosion within one minute of 16:00 UTC on 22 December 2015.[80] Three other Briz-M upper stages had exploded earlier in 2007, 2010 and 2012.[81]

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
	👁 Image  China	19	19	0	0
	👁 Image  France	6	6	0	0
	👁 Image  India	5	5	0	0
	👁 Image  Iran	1	1	0	0
	👁 Image  Italy	3	3	0	0
	👁 Image  Japan	4	4	0	0
	👁 Image  Russia	27[c]	24	2	1
	👁 Image  Ukraine	2[d]	2	0	0
	👁 Image  United States	20	18	2	0
World		87	82	4	1

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane	👁 Image  France	6	6	0	0
Atlas	👁 Image  United States	9	9	0	0
Delta	👁 Image  United States	3	3	0	0
Falcon	👁 Image  United States	7	6	1	0
GSLV	👁 Image  India	1	1	0	0
H-II	👁 Image  Japan	4	4	0	0
Long March	👁 Image  China	19	19	0	0
PSLV	👁 Image  India	4	4	0	0
R-7	👁 Image  Russia	17	15	1	1
R-36	👁 Image  Ukraine	1	1	0	0
Safir	👁 Image  Iran	1	1	0	0
Strypi	👁 Image  United States	1	0	1	0
Universal Rocket	👁 Image  Russia	10	9	1	0
Vega	👁 Image  Italy	3	3	0	0
Zenit	👁 Image  Ukraine	1	1	0	0

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5	👁 Image  France	Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V	👁 Image  United States	Atlas	9	9	0	0
Delta II	👁 Image  United States	Delta	1	1	0	0
Delta IV	👁 Image  United States	Delta	2	2	0	0
Dnepr	👁 Image  Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Falcon 9	👁 Image  United States	Falcon	7	6	1	0
GSLV	👁 Image  India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
H-IIA	👁 Image  Japan	H-II	3	3	0	0
H-IIB	👁 Image  Japan	H-II	1	1	0	0
Long March 2	👁 Image  China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 3	👁 Image  China	Long March	9	9	0	0
Long March 4	👁 Image  China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 6	👁 Image  China	Long March	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 11	👁 Image  China	Long March	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton	👁 Image  Russia	Universal Rocket	8	7	1	0
PSLV	👁 Image  India	PSLV	4	4	0	0
Safir	👁 Image  Iran	Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz	👁 Image  Russia	R-7	7	7	0	0
Soyuz-2	👁 Image  Russia	R-7	10	8	1	1
Super Strypi	👁 Image  United States	Strypi	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
UR-100	👁 Image  Russia	Universal Rocket	2	2	0	0
Vega	👁 Image  Italy	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit	👁 Image  Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	👁 Image  France	Ariane 5	6	6	0	0
Atlas V 401	👁 Image  United States	Atlas V	4	4	0	0
Atlas V 421	👁 Image  United States	Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Atlas V 501	👁 Image  United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 551	👁 Image  United States	Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Delta II 7320	👁 Image  United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)	👁 Image  United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)	👁 Image  United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr	👁 Image  Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Falcon 9 v1.1	👁 Image  United States	Falcon 9	6	5	1	0
Falcon 9 Full Thrust	👁 Image  United States	Falcon 9	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
GSLV Mk II	👁 Image  India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
H-IIA 202	👁 Image  Japan	H-IIA	2	2	0	0
H-IIA 204	👁 Image  Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0
H-IIB	👁 Image  Japan	H-IIB	1	1	0	0
Long March 2D	👁 Image  China	Long March 2	4	4	0	0
Long March 3B/E	👁 Image  China	Long March 3	7	7	0	0
Long March 3B / YZ-1	👁 Image  China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 3C/E / YZ-1	👁 Image  China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 4B	👁 Image  China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Long March 4C	👁 Image  China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Long March 6	👁 Image  China	Long March 5	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 11	👁 Image  China	Long March 11	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton-M / Blok DM-03	👁 Image  Russia	Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M	👁 Image  Russia	Proton	7	6	1	0
PSLV-CA	👁 Image  India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
PSLV-XL	👁 Image  India	PSLV	3	3	0	0
Rokot / Briz-KM	👁 Image  Russia	UR-100	2	2	0	0
Safir-1B	👁 Image  Iran	Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz-2	4	3	1	0
Soyuz-2.1b	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz-2	3	3	0	0
Soyuz-2-1v / Volga	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz-2	1	0	0	1
Soyuz-FG	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U	👁 Image  Russia	Soyuz	3	3	0	0
Super Strypi	👁 Image  United States	Strypi	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Vega	👁 Image  Italy	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit-3F	👁 Image  Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur	👁 Image  Kazakhstan	18	16	2	0
Barking Sands	👁 Image  United States	1	0	1	0
Cape Canaveral	👁 Image  United States	17	16	1	0
Dombarovsky	👁 Image  Russia	1	1	0	0
Kourou	👁 Image  France	12	12	0	0
Jiuquan	👁 Image  China	5	5	0	0
Plesetsk	👁 Image  Russia	7	6	0	1
Satish Dhawan	👁 Image  India	5	5	0	0
Semnan	👁 Image  Iran	1	1	0	0
Taiyuan	👁 Image  China	5	5	0	0
Tanegashima	👁 Image  Japan	4	4	0	0
Vandenberg	👁 Image  United States	2	2	0	0
Xichang	👁 Image  China	9	9	0	0
Total		87	82	4	1

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	1	1	0	0
Low Earth	45	42	2	1	14 to ISS (1 launch failure, 1 failure post-separation)
Geosynchronous/transfer	32	31	1	0
Medium Earth	7	7	0	0
High Earth	2	2	0	0
Total	87	83	3	1

• 👁 Soyuz TMA-16M launches carrying ISS year long mission crew members Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko and Soyuz commander Gennady Padalka.
  
  Soyuz TMA-16M launches carrying ISS year long mission crew members Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko and Soyuz commander Gennady Padalka.
• 👁 Photo of Ceres taken by the Dawn spacecraft at a distance of 13,600 km (8,500 mi).
  
  Photo of Ceres taken by the Dawn spacecraft at a distance of 13,600 km (8,500 mi).
• 👁 First stage of the Falcon 9 Flight 20 rocket immediately before touching down at Landing Zone 1.
  
  First stage of the Falcon 9 Flight 20 rocket immediately before touching down at Landing Zone 1.
• 👁 Scott Kelly working outside of the International Space Station
  
  Scott Kelly working outside of the International Space Station