2006 in spaceflight

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FieldValue
year2006
imageAtlas V 551 roars into blue sky.jpg
captionLaunch of New Horizons, the first probe to Pluto, on the first Atlas V 551
first19 January
last27 December
total67
success62
failed5
partial0
catalogued63
maidensAtlas V 411
Atlas V 551
Long March 4B-II (4C)
Falcon 1
H-IIA 204
Soyuz-2.1b
retiredTsyklon-2
M-V
orbital5
totalcrew26
firstsat
firsttrav

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|year = 2006 |image = Atlas V 551 roars into blue sky.jpg |caption = Launch of New Horizons, the first probe to Pluto, on the first Atlas V 551 |first = 19 January |last = 27 December |total = 67 |success = 62 |failed = 5 |partial = 0 |catalogued = 63 |maidens = Atlas V 411 Atlas V 551 Long March 4B-II (4C) Falcon 1 H-IIA 204 Soyuz-2.1b |retired = Tsyklon-2 M-V |orbital = 5 |totalcrew = 26 |firstsat = |firsttrav =

| programme = Timeline of spaceflight | previous_mission = 2005 | next_mission = 2007

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2006 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2006 saw Brazil, Iran, and Sweden all get a national into space for the first time.

Launches

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January

|- |date=19 January |time=19:00:00 |rocket=USAAtlas V 551 |site=USACape Canaveral SLC-41 |LSP=RUSUSAInternational Launch Services |remarks=Maiden flight of Atlas V 551, first spacecraft to visit Pluto and explored the Kuiper belt. First spacecraft launched directly to Sun-escape velocity |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USA*New Horizons* |user=NASA |orbit=Galactocentric |function=Pluto flyby |outcome=Operational |date=24 January |time=01:33 |rocket=JPNH-IIA 2022 |site=JPNTanegashima LA-Y1 |LSP=JPN JAXA |remarks=Poor quality images returned due to attitude control and noise problems was resolved by software adjustment. |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPNDaichi (ALOS) |user=JAXA |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=Remote Sensing |outcome=Partial spacecraft failure Operational |colspan=8|

February

|- |date=15 February |time=23:34:55 |rocket=UKR Zenit-3SL |site=NOR Ocean Odyssey |LSP=UN Sea Launch |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USA EchoStar X |user=EchoStar |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=18 February |time=06:27 |rocket=JPN H-IIA 2024 |site=JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 |LSP=JPN RSC |remarks=Last launch conducted by RSC |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPN MTSAT-2 |user=MILT/JMA |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=ATC/Weather |outcome=Operational |date=21 February |time=21:28:00 |rocket=JPN M-V |site=JPN Uchinoura |LSP=JPN JAXA |remarks=Cute-1.7+APD is a 2U CubeSat |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPN Akari (ASTRO-F) |user=JAXA |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=IR astronomy |outcome=Successful |d-date=11 April 2023 |d-time = 04:44 |name=JPN Cute-1.7+APD |cubesat=yes |user=TiTech |orbit=Low Earth |function=Amateur radio |outcome=Successful |d-date=24 October 2009 |date=28 February |time=20:10:00 |rocket=RUS Proton-M/Briz-M |site=KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 |LSP=RUS USAInternational Launch Services |remarks=Upper stage malfunction left payload in useless orbit, deorbited after attempts to raise orbit failed |payload={{TLS-PL |name=SAU Arabsat 4A |user=Arabsat |orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Medium Earth |function=Communications |outcome=Launch failure |d-date=24 March |colspan=8|

March

|- |date=11 March |time=22:33 |rocket=FRAAriane 5ECA |site=FRAKourou ELA-3 |LSP=FRAArianespace |payload={{TLS-PL |name=ESPSpainsat |user=Hisdesat |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |name=FRAHot Bird 7A |user=Eutelsat |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=22 March |time=14:03 |rocket=USAPegasus-XL |site=USA*Stargazer*, Vandenberg |LSP=USAOrbital Sciences |remarks = All three satellites deactivated on 30 June |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAST-5A |user=NASA |orbit=Low Earth |function=Technology |outcome=Successful |name=USAST-5B |user=NASA |orbit=Low Earth |function=Technology |outcome=Successful |name=USAST-5C |user=NASA |orbit=Low Earth |function=Technology |outcome=Successful |date=24 March |time=22:30 |rocket=USAFalcon 1 |site=MHLOmelek |LSP=USASpaceX |remarks=Maiden flight of Falcon 1, rocket lost power shortly after launch due to engine fire caused by corrosion of a nut on a fuel line. |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFalconSat 2 |user=USAF Academy |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Plasma research |outcome=Launch failure |d-time=T+60 seconds |date=30 March |time=02:30:20 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-FG |site=KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 |LSP=RUSRoskosmos |remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts, first Brazilian in space |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSSoyuz TMA-8 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=ISS Expedition 13 |outcome=Successful |d-date=29 September |d-time=01:13 |colspan=8|

April

|- |date=12 April |time=23:29:59 |rocket=UKRZenit-3SL |site=NOROcean Odyssey |LSP=UNSea Launch |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPNJCSAT-5A (JCSAT-9, N-STAR d) |user=JCSAT |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date = 15 April |time = 01:40:00 |rocket = USA Minotaur I |site = USA Vandenberg SLC-8 |LSP = USA Orbital Sciences |remarks = Power system and solar panel malfunctions on FM2 and FM3, control issues with FM6 during 2007. Constellation deactivated on 1 May 2020 after 14 years in operation. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA ROC COSMIC-FM1 (FORMOSAT-3A) |user = NASA / NSPO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Meteorology |outcome = Successful |name = USA ROC COSMIC-FM2 (FORMOSAT-3B) |user = NASA / NSPO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Meteorology |outcome = Partial spacecraft failure Successful |name = USA ROC COSMIC-FM3 (FORMOSAT-3C) |user = NASA / NSPO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Meteorology |outcome = Partial spacecraft failure Successful |name = USA ROC COSMIC-FM4 (FORMOSAT-3D) |user = NASA / NSPO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Meteorology |outcome = Successful |name = USA ROC COSMIC-FM5 (FORMOSAT-3E) |user = NASA / NSPO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Meteorology |outcome = Successful |name = USA ROC COSMIC-FM6 (FORMOSAT-3F) |user = NASA / NSPO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Meteorology |outcome = Successful

|date=20 April |time=20:27:00 |rocket=USAAtlas V 411 |site=USACape Canaveral SLC-41 |LSP=RUSUSAInternational Launch Services |remarks=Maiden flight of Atlas V 411, final ILS Atlas launch |payload={{TLS-PL |name=LUXAstra 1KR |user=SES Astra |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=24 April |time=16:03:25 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-U |site=KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 |LSP=RUSRoskosmos |remarks=ISS flight 21P |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSProgress M-56 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=Logistics |outcome=Successful |d-date=18 September |date=25 April |time=16:47:16 |rocket=RUSStart-1 |site=RUSSvobodny Site 5 |LSP=RUSUnited Start |remarks=Final launch from Svobodny Cosmodrome |payload={{TLS-PL |name=ISREROS B |user=ImageSat |orbit=Low Earth (polar) |function=Imaging |outcome=Operational |date=26 April |time=22:48 |rocket=PRCLong March 4B-II (4C) |site=PRCTaiyuan LC-1 |LSP=PRCCNSA |remarks=Maiden flight of Long March 4B-II, redesignated Long March 4C by November 2007 |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PRCYaogan 1 |user=CAST |orbit=Low Earth |function=Imaging |outcome=Operational |date=28 April |time=10:02:16 |rocket=USADelta II 7420-10C |site=USAVandenberg SLC-2W |LSP=USABoeing IDS |remarks=Both satellites part of the A-train constellation, spacecraft study aerosols and clouds respectively |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFRACALIPSO |user=NASA/CNES |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=Climatology |outcome=Operational |name=USACloudSat |user=NASA |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=Climatology |outcome=Successful |colspan=8|

May

|- |date=3 May |time=17:38 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-U |site=RUSPlesetsk Site 16/2 |LSP=RUSRVSN |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSKosmos 2420 (Kobal't-M) |user=VKS |orbit=Low Earth |function=Optical imaging |outcome=Operational |date = 24 May |time = 22:11:00 |rocket = USA Delta IV-M+ (4,2) |site = USA Cape Canaveral SLC-37B |LSP = USA Boeing IDS |remarks = Decommissioned in 2018; reactivated in September 2020 to serve as the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System – Geostationary (EWS-G1) satellite for the U.S. Space Force. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA GOES 13 (GOES-N) |user = NASA / NOAA / U.S. Space Force |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Meteorology |outcome = Operational

|date=26 May |time=18:50 |rocket=RUSShtil' |site=RUSK-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea |LSP=RUSVMF |remarks=Control and power problems made satellite unusable. Written off on 29 May 2006. Problems cleared by November, and satellite re-activated. |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSKompass 2 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth |function=Earthquake detection |outcome=Partial spacecraft failure |d-date = 28 December 2011

|date = 27 May |time = 21:09 |rocket = rocket=FRA Ariane 5 ECA |site = FRA Kourou ELA-3 |LSP = FRA Arianespace |remarks = Record for heaviest dual-payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit, stood until May 2007. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = MEX Satmex 6 |user = Satmex |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Communications |outcome = Successful |name = THA Thaicom 5 |user = Shin Satellite |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Communications |outcome = Successful |d-date = 26 February 2020 |d-time = 09:52 |colspan=8|

June

|- |date=15 June |time=08:00:00 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-U |site=KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 |LSP=RUSRoskosmos |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSResurs-DK-1 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth |function=Remote sensing |outcome=Operational |date=17 June |time=22:44:05 |rocket=RUSProton-K/DM-3 |site=KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 |LSP=RUSKhrunichev |remarks=First Kazakh satellite, satellite suffered control problems and was unusable by October 2008 |payload={{TLS-PL |name=KAZKazSat-1 |user=JSC KazSat |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Spacecraft failure |date=18 June |time=07:50 |rocket=UKRZenit-3SL |site=NOROcean Odyssey |LSP=UNSea Launch |remarks=Launched for PanAmSat, transferred to Intelsat before entry into service due to merger |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGalaxy 16 |user=Intelsat |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=21 June |time=22:15 |rocket=USADelta II 7925 |site=USACape Canaveral SLC-17A |LSP=USABoeing IDS |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAUSA-187 (MiTEx-A) |user=US Air Force/DARPA |orbit=Geostationary |function=Technology |outcome=Operational |name=USAUSA-188 (MiTEx-B) |user=US Air Force/DARPA |orbit=Geostationary |function=Technology |outcome=Operational |name=USAUSA-189 (MiTEx Carrier) |user=NRL/DARPA |orbit=Geostationary |function=Technology |outcome=Operational |date=24 June |time=15:08:18 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-U |site=KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 |LSP=RUSRoskosmos |remarks=ISS flight 22P |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSProgress M-57 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=Logistics |outcome=Successful |d-date=17 January 2007 |date=25 June |time=04:00 |rocket=UKRTsyklon-2 |site=KAZBaikonur Site 90/20 |LSP=RUSVKS |remarks=Final flight of Tsyklon-2 rocket. One of satellite's solar panels failed to deploy, ceased operations in February or March 2008 and destroyed in orbit on 20 March. Spacecraft carried KONUS-A gamma-ray astronomy experiment for Roskosmos |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSKosmos 2421 (US-PU) |user=VMF |orbit=Low Earth |function=ELINT |outcome=Partial spacecraft failure |d-date=20 March 2008 |date=28 June |time=03:30:00 |rocket=USADelta IV-M+ (4,2) |site=USAVandenberg SLC-6 |LSP=USABoeing IDS |remarks=First EELV launch from Vandenberg, carried SBIRS-HEO-1 and TWINS-A instruments for the US Air Force and NASA respectively, NRO Launch 22 |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAUSA-184 (Improved Trumpet) |user=NRO |orbit=Molniya |function=ELINT |outcome=Operational |colspan=8|

July

|- |date=4 July |time=18:37:55 |rocket=USA |site=USAKennedy LC-39B |LSP=USAUnited Space Alliance |remarks=Crewed flight with 7 astronauts, second Return to Flight mission after Columbia accident |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USASTS-121 |user=NASA |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=ISS assembly |outcome=Successful |d-date=17 July |d-time=13:14 |d-span=2 |name=ITAUSALeonardo MPLM |user=ASI/NASA |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=Logistics |outcome=Successful |d-span=inherit |date=4 July |time=20:01 |rocket=PRK Taepodong-2 (Unha-1) |site=PRK Musudan-ri |LSP=PRKKPA |remarks = Maiden flight of Taepodong-2, rocket failed shortly after launch, reaching an apogee of 40 km, intended as an orbital launch attempt, but later North Korea claimed for a suborbital missile self-destruct test and destruction success (not launch failure), third of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PRKKwangmyŏngsŏng-2 (unconfirmed) |user=KPA |orbit=Intended: Low Earth (unconfirmed) |function=Weather/Communication |outcome=Launch failure |d-date=+42 seconds |date=10 July |time=12:08 |rocket=INDGSLV |site=INDSatish Dhawan SLP |LSP=INDISRO |remarks=Loss of control due to LRB engine failure, self-destructed 60 seconds into flight |payload={{TLS-PL |name=INDINSAT 4C |user=ISRO |orbit=Intended: Geostationary |function=Communications |outcome=Launch failure |d-time=T+60 seconds |date=12 July |time=14:53:36 |rocket=UKRDnepr |site=RUSDombarovskiy |LSP=RUSISC Kosmotras |remarks=First uncrewed prototype of a commercial space station module |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGenesis I |user=Bigelow |orbit=Low Earth |function=Technology |outcome=Operational |date = 21 July |time = 04:20:03 |rocket = RUS Molniya-M |site = RUS Plesetsk Site 16/2 |LSP = RUS VKS |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = RUS Kosmos 2422 (Oko) |user = VKS |orbit = Molniya |function = Missile defense |outcome = Successful |d-date = 22 November 2019 |d-time = 20:15

|date=26 July |time=19:43:05 |rocket=UKRDnepr |site=KAZBaikonur Site 109/95 |LSP=RUSISC Kosmotras |remarks=First-stage engine hydraulic pump failure, thrust termination system activated |payload={{TLS-PL |name=BLRBelKA |user=NAS |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Observation |outcome=Launch failure |o-span=18 |d-time=T+74 seconds |d-span=18 |name=ITAUnisat-4 |user=Sapienza |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=RUSBaumanets |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=ITAPicPot |user=PoliTo |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAFRASACRED |user=Arizona Montpelier Alcatel |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Radiation |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAION |user=Illinois |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology Ionospheric |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USARincon 1 |user=Arizona |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAICECube-1 |user=Cornell |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAKUTESat Pathfinder |user=Kansas |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=JPNSEEDS |user=Nichidai |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Amateur radio |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=NORnCube-1 |user=NSSP |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=KORHAUSAT-1 |user=HAU |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAMEROPE |user=Montana |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USACP2 |user=CalPoly |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAAeroCube-1 |user=Aerospace |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USACP1 |user=CalPoly |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAMea Huaka'i (Voyager) |user=Hawaii |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |name=USAICECube-2 |user=Cornell |orbit=Intended: Low Earth |function=Technology |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |date=28 July |time=07:05:43 |rocket=RUSRokot/Briz-KM |site=RUSPlesetsk Site 133/3 |LSP=EURUSEurockot |payload={{TLS-PL |name=KORArirang-2 (KOMPSAT-2) |user=KARI |orbit=Low Earth |function=Earth Observation |outcome=Operational |colspan=8|

August

|- |date=4 August |time=21:48:00 |rocket=RUSProton-M/Briz-M |site=KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 |LSP=RUSUSAInternational Launch Services |payload={{TLS-PL |name=EUHot Bird 8 |user=Eutelsat |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=11 August |time=22:15 |rocket=FRAAriane 5ECA |site=FRAKourou ELA-3 |LSP=FRAArianespace |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPNJCSat 10 |user=JSAT |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |name=FRASyracuse 3B |user=DGA |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=22 August |time=03:27:01 |rocket=UKRZenit-3SL |site=NOROcean Odyssey |LSP=UNSea Launch |payload={{TLS-PL |name=KORKoreasat 5 |user=KT/ADD |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |colspan=8|

September

|- |date=9 September |time=07:00 |rocket=PRC Long March 2C |site=PRC Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2 |LSP=PRC CNSA |remarks = Investigated exposure of seeds to microgravity and radiation, spacecraft recovered after reentry |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PRC Shijian 8 |user=CASC |orbit=Low Earth |function=Biological |outcome=Successful |d-date=24 September |d-time=02:43 |date=9 September |time=15:14:55 |rocket=USASpace Shuttle |site=USAKennedy LC-39B |LSP=USAUnited Space Alliance |remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 6 astronauts, first ISS assembly mission since 2002 |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USASTS-115 |user=NASA |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=ISS assembly |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 September |d-time=10:21 |name=UNITS P3/4 Truss |user=NASA |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=ISS component |outcome=Operational |date=11 September |time=04:35 |rocket=JPNH-IIA 202 |site=JPNTanegashima LA-Y1 |LSP=JPNJAXA |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPNIGS-3A |user=CSICE |orbit=Low Earth |function=Optical imaging |outcome= |d-date=29 October 2016 |d-time= |date= 12 September |time=16:02 |rocket=PRCLong March 3A |site=PRCTaiyuan LC-1 |LSP=PRCCNSC |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PRCChinaSat 22A |user=ChinaSat |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=14 September |time=13:41:00 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-U |site=KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 |LSP=RUSVKS |remarks=Ceased operations on 14 November, self-destructed 3 days later |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSKosmos 2423 (Don) |user=VKS |orbit=Low Earth |function=Optical imaging |outcome=Successful |d-date = 17 November |date=18 September |time=04:08:42 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-FG |site=KAZBaikonur Site 1/5 |LSP=RUSRoskosmos |remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts including the first female space tourist and Iranian-born space traveller |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSSoyuz TMA-9 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=ISS Expedition 14 |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 April 2007 |d-time=12:31 |date=22 September |time=21:36:00 |rocket=JPNM-V |site=JPNUchinoura |LSP=JPNJAXA |remarks=Final flight of M-V rocket and Mu family, SSSat failed to establish communications with ground |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPNHinode (SOLAR-B) |user=JAXA |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=Solar |outcome=Operational |name=JPNHIT-SAT |user=HIT |orbit=Low Earth |function=Technology |outcome=Successful |d-date=18 June 2008 |d-time=08:48 |name=JPNSSSAT |user=JAXA |orbit= |function=Solar sail |outcome=Spacecraft failure |d-date=26 September |date=25 September |time=18:50 |rocket=USADelta II 7925 |site=USACape Canaveral SLC-17A |LSP=USABoeing IDS |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAUSA-190 (GPS IIR-15/M2) |user=US Air Force |orbit=Medium Earth |function=Navigation |outcome=Operational |colspan=8|

October

|- |date=13 October |time=20:56 |rocket=FRAAriane 5ECA |site=FRAKourou ELA-3 |LSP=FRAArianespace |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USADirecTV-9S |user=DirecTV |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |name=AUSOptus D1 |user=Optus |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |name=JPNLDREX-2 |user=JAXA |orbit=Geosynchronous transfer |function=Technology |outcome=Successful |d-date=30 September 2010 |d-time=02:23 |date=19 October |time=16:28:13 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-2.1a/Fregat |site=KAZBaikonur Site 31/6 |LSP=EURUSStarsem |remarks=Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat |payload={{TLS-PL |name=EUMetOp-A |user=EUMETSAT |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=Weather |outcome=Operational |date=23 October |time=13:40:36 |rocket=RUSSoyuz-U |site=RUSBaikonur Site 1/5 |LSP=RUSRoskosmos |remarks=ISS flight 23P, antenna stowage issues on 26 October initially prevented full mechanical docking, second attempt was successful. |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSProgress M-58 |user=Roskosmos |orbit=Low Earth (ISS) |function=Logistics |outcome=Successful |d-date=27 March 2007 |d-time=22:44 |date=23 October |time=23:34 |rocket=PRC Long March 4B |site=PRC Taiyuan LC-1 |LSP=PRC CNSA |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PRC Shijian 6-02A |user=CASC |orbit=Low Earth |function=Environmental |outcome=Operational |name=PRC Shijian 6-02B |user=CASC |orbit=Low Earth |function=Environmental |outcome=Operational |date=26 October |time=00:52:00 |rocket=USADelta II 7925 |site=USACape Canaveral SLC-17B |LSP=USABoeing IDS |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USASTEREO-A |user=NASA |orbit=Heliocentric |function=Solar |outcome=Operational |name=USASTEREO-B |user=NASA |orbit=Heliocentric |function=Solar |outcome=Operational |date=28 October |time=16:20 |rocket=PRCLong March 3B |site=PRCXichang LA-2 |LSP=PRCCASC |remarks=Solar panels and communications antenna failed to deploy |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PRCSinosat-2 |user=Sinosat |orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Subsynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Spacecraft failure |date=30 October |time=23:48:59 |rocket=UKRZenit-3SL |site=NOROcean Odyssey |LSP=UNSea Launch |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAXM-4 "Blues" |user=XM Satellite Radio |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |colspan=8|

November

|- |date=4 November |time=13:53 |rocket=USADelta IV-M |site=USAVandenberg SLC-6 |LSP=USABoeing IDS |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAUSA-191 (DMSP F17) |user=US Air Force/NOAA |orbit=Sun-synchronous |function=Weather |outcome=Operational |date=8 November |time=20:01:00 |rocket=RUSProton-M/Briz-M |site=KAZBaikonur Site 200/39 |LSP=RUSUSAInternational Launch Services |payload={{TLS-PL |name=SAUBadr-4 (ARABSAT 4B) |user=ARABSAT |orbit=Geosynchronous |function=Communications |outcome=Operational |date=17 November |time=19:12:00 |rocket=USADelta II 7925 |site=USACape Canaveral SLC-17A |LSP=USABoeing IDS |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAUSA-192 (GPS IIR-16/M3) |user=US Air Force |orbit=Medium Earth |function=Navigation |outcome=Operational |colspan=8|

December

|- |date = 8 December |time = 00:53 |rocket = PRC Long March 3A |flight = 3A-Y11 |site = PRC Xichang LC-2 |LSP = PRC CASC |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = PRC Fengyun 2D |user = CMA |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Meteorology |outcome = Operational

|date = 8 December |time = 22:08 |rocket = rocket=FRA Ariane 5 ECA |site = FRA Kourou ELA-3 |LSP = FRA Arianespace |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA WildBlue 1 |user = WildBlue |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Communications |outcome = Operational |name = USA AMC-18 |user = SES Americom |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Communications |outcome = Operational

|date = 10 December |time = 01:47:35 |rocket = USA |site = USA Kennedy LC-39B |LSP = USA United Space Alliance |remarks = Crewed orbital flight with 7 astronauts, including the first Swedish space traveller; ISS crew exchange. ANDE-MAA failed to deploy after becoming stuck in launch canister, but still transmitted data; RAFT1, MARScom, and MEPSI-2 were cubesats. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA STS-116 |user = NASA |orbit = Low Earth (ISS) |function = ISS assembly |outcome = Successful |d-date = 22 December |d-time = 22:32 |d-span=2 |name = USA Spacehab LSM |user = NASA |orbit = Low Earth (STS) |function = Logistics |outcome = Successful |d-span=inherit |name = UN ITS P5 Truss |user = NASA |orbit = Low Earth (ISS) |function = ISS component |outcome = Operational |name = USA ANDE-MAA |user = US Naval Academy |orbit = Low Earth |function = Technology demonstration |outcome = Partial spacecraft failure |d-date = 9 February 2007 |name = USA ANDE-FACL |user = US Naval Academy |orbit = Low Earth |function = Technology demonstration |outcome = Successful |d-date = 9 February 2007 |name = USA RAFT1 |user = US Naval Academy |orbit =Low Earth |function = Calibration |outcome = Operational |name = USA MARScom (NMARS) |user = US Naval Academy |orbit = Low Earth |function = Calibration |outcome = Operational |name = USA MEPSI-2 |user = DARPA |orbit = Low Earth |function = Technology demonstration |outcome = Successful |d-date = 8 March 2007

|date = 11 December |time = 23:28:43 |rocket = RUS Proton-M / Briz-M |site = KAZ Baikonur Site 200/39 |LSP = RUS USA International Launch Services |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = MAS MEASAT-3 |user = MEASAT |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Communications |outcome = Operational

|date = 14 December |time = 21:00:00 |rocket = USA Delta II 7920-10 |site = USA Vandenberg SLC-2W |LSP = USA United Launch Alliance |remarks = NRO Launch 21, first launch to be conducted by United Launch Alliance. Satellite failed to contact ground, destroyed by SM-3 ASAT on 21 February 2008. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA USA-193 |user = NRO |orbit = Low Earth |function = Reconnaissance Technology demonstration |outcome = Spacecraft failure |d-date = 21 February 2008 |d-time = 03:29

|date = 16 December |time = 12:00:00 |rocket = USA Minotaur I |site = USA MARS LP-0B |LSP = USA Orbital Sciences |remarks = First launch from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Little or no imagery returned by TacSat due to political dispute. TacSat lost contact with ground in January 2008. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA TacSat-2 |user = NRL |orbit = Low Earth |function = Optical imaging Technology demonstration |outcome = Successful |d-date = 5 February 2011 |name = USA GeneSat-1 |cubesat = yes |user = NASA |orbit = Low Earth |function = Biological science |outcome = Successful |d-date = 4 August 2010 |d-time = 20:43

|date = 18 December |time = 06:32 |rocket = JPN H-IIA 204 |site = JPN Tanegashima LA-Y1 |LSP = JPN JAXA |remarks = Maiden flight of H-IIA 204, full spacecraft antenna deployment one day late. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = JPN Kiku-8 (ETS-VIII) |user = JAXA |orbit = Geosynchronous |function = Technology demonstration |outcome = Successful

|date = 19 December |time = 14:00:19 |rocket = RUS Kosmos-3M |site = RUS Plesetsk Site 132/1 |LSP = GER RUS COSMOS International |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = GER SAR-Lupe 1 |user = Bundeswehr |orbit = Low Earth (SSO) |function = Earth observation |outcome = Operational

|date = 24 December |time = 08:34:44 |rocket = RUS Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat |site = RUS Plesetsk Site 43/4 |LSP = RUS VKS |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = RUS Meridian 1 (11L) |user = VKS |orbit = Molniya |function = Communications |outcome = Successful |d-date = 6 July 2021 |d-time = 12:20

|date = 25 December |time = 20:18:12 |rocket = RUS Proton-K / DM-2 |site = RUS Baikonur Site 81/24 |LSP = RUS VKS |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = RUS Kosmos 2424 (GLONASS-M) |user = KNITs |orbit = Medium Earth |function = Navigation |outcome = Operational |name = RUS Kosmos 2425 (GLONASS-M) |user = KNITs |orbit = Medium Earth |function = Navigation |outcome = Operational |name = RUS Kosmos 2426 (GLONASS-M) |user = KNITs |orbit = Medium Earth |function = Navigation |outcome = Operational

|date = 27 December |time = 14:23:38 |rocket = RUS Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat |site = KAZ Baikonur Site 31/6 |LSP = rocket=FRA RUS Starsem |remarks = Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = FRA CoRoT |user = CNES |orbit = Low Earth (Polar) |function = Exoplanetology Asteroseismology |outcome = Successful |}

Suborbital launches

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January

|- |date=18 January |time=11:48 |rocket=TWNTaiwan Sounding Rocket |flight=Sounding Rocket V |site = TWNJiu Peng Air Base |LSP=TWNNSPO |remarks = Apogee: 282 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=TWNIon probe, 3-axis flux-gate magnetometer |user=NSPO/NCU |orbit=Suborbital |function=Ionospheric research, technology test |outcome=Successful |d-time = 11:57 |date=22 January |time=04:00 |rocket=JPNS-310 |site=JPNUchinoura |LSP=JPNJAXA |remarks = Apogee: 130 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=JPNFuroshiki |user=JAXA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Technology |outcome=Successful |d-time = 22 January |colspan=8|

February

|- |date=6 February |rocket=PRC Dong Feng 21 |site=PRC Xichang |LSP=PRC PLA |remarks = Apogee: 800 km, missed satellite |payload={{TLS-PL |user=PLA |orbit=Suborbital |function=ASAT |outcome=Spacecraft failure |d-time = 6 February |date=8 February |time=18:47 |rocket=CAN Black Brant IX |site=USA White Sands LC-36 |LSP=USA NASA |remarks = Apogee: 282 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USA MOSES |user= |orbit=Suborbital |function=Solar |outcome=Successful |d-time = 8 February |date=16 February |time=08:01 |rocket=USA LGM-30G Minuteman III |site=USA Vandenberg LF-10 |LSP=USA US Air Force |remarks = Apogee: 1300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USA SERV-3 |user=US Air Force |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=16 February |date=23 February |time=16:09 |rocket=USA UGM-27 Polaris (STARS) |site=USA Kodiak |LSP=USA Sandia |remarks=Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USA FT-03-1 |user= |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=23 February |colspan=8|

March

|- |date=8 March |time=08:45 |rocket=USARIM-161 Standard Missile 3 |site=USA, PMRF |LSP=USAUS Navy |remarks=Apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAJPNJCTV-1 |user=US Navy/MDA/JMSDF |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=8 March |date=25 March |time=03:15 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=AUSWoomera LA-2 |LSP=AUSQueensland |remarks=Apogee: 325 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=AUSHyshot-3 |user=Queensland |orbit=Suborbital |function=Hypersonic research |outcome=Successful |d-time=03:25 |date=30 March |time=02:40 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=AUSWoomera LA-2 |LSP=AUSQueensland |remarks=Apogee: 290 km, nosecone failed to separate |payload={{TLS-PL |name=AUSJPNHyshot-4 |user=Queensland/JAXA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Hypersonic research |outcome=Launch failure |d-date=30 March |colspan=8|

April

|- |date=7 April |time=13:00 |rocket=USALGM-30G Minuteman III |site=USAVandenberg LF-26 |LSP=USAUS Air Force |remarks = Long-range test, aimed at Guam, apogee: 1300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGT-190GM |user=US Air Force |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=7 April |date=12 April |time=18:10 |rocket=CANBlack Brant IX |site=USAWhite Sands LC-36 |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 318 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAEUNIS |user=NASA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Solar |outcome=Successful |d-date=12 April |date=13 April |rocket=USASR19-SR19 |site=USAPMRF |LSP=USASandia |remarks = Apogee: 200 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFTC-02B |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=13 April |date=22 April |time=16:40 |rocket=RUSKosmos-3MR |site=RUSKapustin Yar Site 107/1 |LSP=RUSRVSN |remarks = Apogee: 675 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=RUSPBS-2 |user=RVSN |orbit=Suborbital |function=REV test |outcome=Successful |d-date=22 April |date=28 April |rocket=USASR19-SR19 |site=USAPMRF |LSP=USASandia |remarks = Apogee: 200 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFTC-02 |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=28 April |date=29 April |rocket=PAKShaheen-II |site=PAKSonmiani |LSP=PAKArmy of Pakistan |remarks = Apogee: 300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=Army of Pakistan |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=29 April |colspan=8|

May

|- |date=2 May |time=06:16 |rocket=USAMaxus (Castor 4B) |site=SWEEsrange |LSP=EUEuroLaunch |remarks = Apogee: 702 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=[[File:European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]]SWEMAXUS 9 |user=ESA/SSC |orbit=Suborbital |function=Microgravity |outcome=Successful |d-date=2 May |date=10 May |time=08:12 |rocket=BRAVSB-30 |site=SWEEsrange |LSP=EUEuroLaunch |remarks = Apogee: 237 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=GERSWETEXUS-43 |user=DLR/SSC |orbit=Suborbital |function=Microgravity |outcome=Successful |d-date=10 May |date=11 May |rocket=USATHAAD |site=USAWhite Sands |LSP=USAUS Army |remarks = Apogee: 100 km, simulated intercept |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFTT-02 |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=ABM test |outcome=Successful |d-date=11 May |date=22 May |time=09:30 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=USAWhite Sands |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAACS |user=NASA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Test |outcome=Successful |d-date=22 May |date=22 May |rocket=IRNShahab-3 |site=IRNShahrood |LSP=IRNIRG |remarks = Apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=IRG |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=22 May |colspan=8|

June

|- |date=5 June |time=16:05 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=USAWhite Sands |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 130 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=NAWC |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=5 June |date=7 June |time=22:00 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=USAPMRF |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 130 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=NAWC |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=7 June |date=8 June |time=16:00 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=USAWhite Sands |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 130 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USADUNDEE |user=NAWC |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=8 June |date=14 June |time=08:22 |rocket=USALGM-30G Minuteman III |site=USAVandenberg LF-04 |LSP=USAUS Air Force |remarks=Carried three Mk. 21 re-entry vehicles, Apogee: 1300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGT-191GM |user=US Air Force |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=14 June |date=22 June |time=22:00 |rocket=USAMRT (Castor 4B) |site=USAPMRT |LSP=USAUS Navy |remarks = Intercepted by SM-3, apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFTM-10 Target |user=US Navy/MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=22 June |date=22 June |time=22:04 |rocket=USARIM-161 Standard Missile 3 |site=USA, PMRF |LSP=USAUS Navy |remarks = Intercepted MRT, apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFTM-10 |user=US Navy/MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=ABM test |outcome=Successful |d-date=22 June |date=23 June |time=23:02 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=USAPMRF |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 130 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USATRACKEX |user=NAWC/MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=23 June |date=30 June |time=06:25 |rocket=RUSR-29RMU Sineva |site=RUSK-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea |LSP=RUSVMF |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=VMF |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=30 June |colspan=8|

July

|- |date=1 July |time=06:39 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=NORAndøya |LSP=USAAndøya/NASA |remarks = Apogee: 200 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USA/NORSPIRIT-III |user=ESPRIT |orbit=Suborbital |function=Ionospheric Plasma research |outcome=Successful |d-date=1 July |date=1 July |time=06:39 |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=NORAndøya |LSP=NORAndøya |remarks = Apogee: 40 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=NORHotPay-1 |user=Andøya |orbit=Suborbital |function=Aeronomy |outcome=Launch failure |d-date=1 July |date=4 July |time=18:32 |rocket=PRK Hwasong-6 |site=PRK Kittaeryong |LSP=PRKKPA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km, first of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |user=KPA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=4 July |date=4 July |time=19:04 |rocket=PRK Hwasong-7 |site=PRKKittaeryong |LSP=PRK KPA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km, second of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |user=KPA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=4 July |date=4 July |time=22:31 |rocket=PRK Hwasong-7 |site=PRK Kittaeryong |LSP=PRK KPA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km, fourth of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |user=KPA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=4 July |date=4 July |time=22:12 |rocket=PRK Hwasong-6 |site=PRKKittaeryong |LSP=PRKKPA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km, fifth of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |user=KPA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=4 July |date=4 July |time=23:20 |rocket=PRK Hwasong-7 |site=PRK Kittaeryong |LSP=PRK KPA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km, sixth of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |user=KPA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=4 July |date=5 July |time=08:20 |rocket=PRK Hwasong-7 |site=PRK Kittaeryong |LSP=PRK KPA |remarks = Apogee: 150 km, last of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours |payload={{TLS-PL |user=KPA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=5 July |date=9 July |time=05:33 |rocket=INDAgni III |site=INDIntegrated Test Range LC-4 |LSP=INDDRDO |remarks = Apogee: 100 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=DRDO |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=9 July |date=12 July |time=11:17 |rocket=USAHera |site=USAWhite Sands |LSP=USAUS Army |remarks=Apogee: 300 km, Intercepted after reentry by endoatmospheric THAAD launched at 11:20 |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFFT-4 Target |user=US Army/MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=12 July |date=21 July |time=10:14 |rocket=USALGM-30G Minuteman III |site=USAVandenberg LF-09 |LSP=USAUS Air Force |remarks=Carried three Mk.21 reentry vehicles, apogee: 1300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGT-192GM |user=US Air Force |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 July |colspan=8|

August

|- |date=3 August |time=10:38 |rocket=RUSRT-2PM Topol (RS-12M) |site=RUSPlesetsk |LSP=RUSUSARVSN |remarks=Apogee: 1000 km, impacted Kura Test Range |payload={{TLS-PL |user=RVSN |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |d-time=11:04 |outcome=Successful |date=21 August |time=14:30 |rocket=CANBlack Brant IX |site=USAWhite Sands LC-36 |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 380 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 August |date=25 August |time=14:30 |rocket=CANBlack Brant IX |site=USAWhite Sands LC-36 |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 382 km, THAAD target |payload={{TLS-PL |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 August |colspan=8|

September

|- |date=1 September |time=17:22 |rocket=USAUGM-27 Polaris (STARS) |site=USAKodiak |LSP=USASandia |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km, intercepted by GBI |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGMD FTG-02 target |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=1 September |date=1 September |time=17:39 |rocket=USAOrbital Boost Vehicle |site=USAVandenberg LF-23 |LSP=USAOrbital Sciences/MDA |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km, intercepted STARS |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAGMD FTG-02 |user=MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=ABM test |outcome=Successful |d-date=1 September |date=4 September |rocket=PRCDong Feng 31 |site=PRCTaiyuan |LSP=PRCPLA |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=PLA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=4 September |date=7 September |time=15:50 |rocket=RUSRSM-56 Bulava (R-30) |site=RUSRFS Dmitriy Donskoy, White Sea |LSP=RUSVMF |remarks = Apogee: 1 km, first stage malfunction |payload={{TLS-PL |user=VMF |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Launch failure |d-date=7 September |date=9 September |time=11:20 |rocket=RUSR-29RMU Sineva |site=RUSK-84 Ekaterinburg, North Pole |LSP=RUSVMF |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=VMF |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=9 September |date=9 September |time=22:17:00 |rocket=USANike-Orion |site=NORAndøya |LSP=NORAndøya |remarks = Apogee: 130 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=NORGERECOMA-1 |user=Andøya/DLR |orbit=Suborbital |function=Atmospheric |outcome=Successful |d-date=9 September |date=10 September |time=14:50 |rocket=RUSR-29R Volna |site=RUSK-433 Svyaity Georgiy, Simushir |LSP=RUSVMF |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=VMF |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=10 September |date=13 September |time=10:30 |rocket=USAHera |site=USAWhite Sands |LSP=USAUS Army |remarks=Apogee: 300 km, THAAD target |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAFFT-5 Target |user=US Army/MDA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=13 September |date=17 September |time=21:06:46 |rocket=USANike-Orion |site=NORAndøya |LSP=NORAndøya |remarks = Apogee: 129 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=NORGERECOMA-2 |user=Andøya/DLR |orbit=Suborbital |function=Atmospheric |outcome=Successful |d-date=17 September |date=23 September |time=15:17:54 |rocket=CANBlack Brant XI |site=USAWallops Island |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=NASA |orbit=Suborbital |function=Test |outcome=Successful |d-date=23 September |date=25 September |time=20:14 |rocket=USASpaceLoft XL |site=USASpaceport America |LSP=USAUP Aerospace |remarks=Maiden flight of SpaceLoft XL sounding rocket, first flight from Spaceport America, rocket went out of control and failed to reach space, apogee: 12 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name= |user=Various |orbit=Suborbital |function=Various |outcome=Launch failure |d-time=T+60 seconds |colspan=8|

October

|- |date=25 October |time=13:05 |rocket=RUSRSM-56 Bulava (R-30) |site=RUSRFS Dmitriy Donskoy, Beloye More |LSP=RUSVMF |remarks = Apogee: 100 km, first stage malfunction |payload={{TLS-PL |user=VMF |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Launch failure |d-date=25 October |date=28 October |time=17:58:00 |rocket=CANBlack Brant IX |site=USAWhite Sands LC-36 |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USALASP |user= |orbit=Suborbital |function=Solar |outcome=Successful |d-date=28 October |colspan=8|

November

|- |date=2 November |rocket=IRNShahab-3 |site=IRNShahrood |LSP=IRNIRG |remarks = Apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=IRG |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=2 November |date=7 November |time=19:30 |rocket=CANBlack Brant IX |site=USAWhite Sands LC-36 |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAUSC-7 |user= |orbit=Suborbital |function=Solar |outcome=Successful |d-date=7 November |date=9 November |time=08:51 |rocket=FRAM51 |site=FRABiscarosse |LSP=FRAFrench Navy |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=French Navy |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=9 November |date=9 November |time=11:35 |rocket=RUSUR-100NU |site=KAZBaikonur Site 175/2 |LSP=RUSRVSN |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=RVSN |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=9 November |date=16 November |rocket=USATerrier-Orion |site=USAPMRF |LSP=USAUS Navy |remarks = Apogee: 150 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USAARAV-B |user=US Navy |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=16 November |date=16 November |rocket=PAKGhauri |site=PAKTilla |LSP=PAKArmy of Pakistan |remarks = Apogee: 100 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PAKHaft-5 |user=Army of Pakistan |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=16 November |date=21 November |time=02:00 |rocket=CANBlack Brant IX |site=USAWhite Sands LC-36 |LSP=USANASA |remarks = Apogee: 300 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=USACyXESS |user= |orbit=Suborbital |function=XR Astronomy |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 November |date=21 November |rocket=USAUGM-133 Trident II (D5) |site=USA, ETR |LSP=USAUS Navy |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=US Navy |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 November |date=21 November |rocket=USAUGM-133 Trident II (D5) |site=USAUSS Maryland, ETR |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |LSP=USAUS Navy |payload={{TLS-PL |user=US Navy |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=21 November |date=26 November |rocket=INDPrithvi |site=INDIntegrated Test Range LC-3 |LSP=INDDRDO |remarks = Apogee: 100 km |payload={{TLS-PL |user=DRDO |orbit=Suborbital |function=Missile test |outcome=Successful |d-date=26 November |date=27 November |time=04:45 |rocket=INDPrithvi |site=INDIntegrated Test Range LC-3 |LSP=INDDRDO |remarks = Apogee: 100 km, intercepted by another Prithvi |payload={{TLS-PL |user=DRDO |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=27 November |date=27 November |time=04:46 |rocket=INDPrithvi |site=INDIntegrated Test Range LC-4 |LSP=INDDRDO |remarks = Apogee: 100 km, intercepted another Prithvi |payload={{TLS-PL |user=DRDO |orbit=Suborbital |function=ABM test |outcome=Successful |d-date=27 November |date=29 November |rocket=PAKShaheen-I |site=PAKSonmiani |LSP=PAKArmy of Pakistan |remarks = Apogee: 100 km |payload={{TLS-PL |name=PAKHaft-4 |user=Army of Pakistan |orbit=Suborbital |function=Target |outcome=Successful |d-date=29 November |colspan=8|

December

|- |date = 7 December |rocket = USA Aries |site = USA PMRF |LSP = USA U.S. Navy |remarks = Apogee: 300 km, AEGIS target |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA FTM-11 Target |user = U.S. Navy / MDA |orbit = Suborbital |function = Target |outcome = Successful |d-date = 7 December |date = 24 December |rocket = RUS RSM-56 Bulava (R-30) |site = RUS RFS Dmitriy Donskoy, Beloye More |LSP = RUS VMF |remarks = Apogee: 1 km, first stage malfunction. |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = RUS |user = VMF |orbit = Suborbital |function = Missile test |outcome = Launch failure |d-date = 24 December |colspan=8|

Unknown date

|- |date = Unknown |rocket = USA UGM-133 Trident II (D5) |site = USA Submarine, WTR |LSP = USA U.S. Navy |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA |user = U.S. Navy |orbit = Suborbital |function = Missile test |outcome = Successful |d-date =
|date = Unknown |rocket = USA UGM-133 Trident II (D5) |site = USA Submarine, WTR |LSP = USA U.S. Navy |remarks = Apogee: 1000 km |payload = {{TLS-PL |name = USA |user = U.S. Navy |orbit = Suborbital |function = Missile test |outcome = Successful |d-date =
|}

Deep Space Rendezvous in 2006

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Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks
15 JanuaryStardustFirst sample return mission from cometspace capsule landing on Earth with cometary samples
15 JanuaryCassini10th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 2042 km
27 FebruaryCassini11th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1812 km
10 MarchMars Reconnaissance OrbiterAreocentric orbit injection
18 MarchCassini12th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1947 km
11 AprilVenus ExpressCytherean orbit injection
30 AprilCassini13th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1853 km
20 MayCassini14th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1879 km
2 JulyCassini15th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1911 km
22 JulyCassini16th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 950 km
4 SeptemberSMART-1Lunar impact
7 SeptemberCassini17th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 950 km
23 SeptemberCassini18th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 950 km
9 OctoberCassini19th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 950 km
23 OctoberMESSENGER1st flyby of VenusGravity assist
25 OctoberCassini20th flyby of TitanClosest approach: 950 km
12 DecemberCassini21st flyby of TitanClosest approach: 950 km
28 DecemberCassini22nd flyby of TitanClosest approach: 1500 km
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EVAs

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Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewFunctionRemarks
3 February
09:555 hours
43 minutes16:27Expedition 12
ISS PirsUSAWilliam S. McArthur
RUSValery TokarevReleased SuitSat-1, retrieved the Biorisk experiment, photographed a sensor for a micrometeoroid experiment, and tied off the surviving umbilical of the Mobile Transporter.
1 June
23:486 hours
31 minutes2 June
06:19Expedition 13
ISS PirsRUSPavel Vinogradov
USAJeffrey WilliamsRepaired a vent for the Elektron unit, retrieved a Biorisk experiment, retrieved a contamination-monitoring device from Zvezda, and replaced a malfunctioning camera on the Mobile Base System.
8 July
13:177 hours
31 minutes20:48STS-121
ISS QuestUK/USAPiers Sellers
USAMichael E. FossumInstalled a blade blocker in the zenith Interface Umbilical Assembly (IUA) to protect the undamaged power, data and video cable, rerouted the cable to prepare for the second EVA. Tested the combination of the Shuttle's Canadarm(SRMS) and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System as a platform for astronauts to make repairs to a damaged orbiter.
10 July
12:146 hours
47 minutes19:01STS-121
ISS QuestUK/USAPiers Sellers
USAMichael E. FossumRestored the Mobile Transporter to full operation, and delivered a spare pump module for the station's cooling system.
12 July
07:116 hours
20 minutes13:31STS-121
ISS QuestUK/USAPiers Sellers
USAMichael E. FossumUsed an infrared camera to shoot 20 seconds of video of selected reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panels on the shuttle wing's leading edge, and then moved to the payload bay to test a shuttle tile repair material known as NOAX on pre-damaged shuttle tiles that were flown in a test container.
3 August
14:045 hours
54 minutes19:58Expedition 13
ISS QuestUSAJeffrey Williams
GERThomas ReiterInstalled the Floating Potential Measurement Unit, two MISSE containers, a controller for a thermal radiator rotary joint on the S1 truss, a starboard jumper and spool positioning device on S1, a light on the truss railway handcart, and installed and replaced a malfunctioning GPS antenna. Tested an infrared camera designed to detect damage in a shuttle's thermal protection tiles. Inspection and photography of a scratch on the Quest airlock hatch.
12 September
10:175 hours
26 minutes15:43STS-115
ISS QuestUSAJoseph R. Tanner
USAHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-PiperInitial installation of the P3/P4 truss. Connected power cables on the truss, released the launch restraints on the solar array blanket box, the Beta Gimbal Assembly, and the solar array wings. Configured the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, and removed two circuit interrupt devices to prepare for STS-116.Piper became the 7th American and the 8th female spacewalker.
13 September
09:057 hours
11 minutes16:16STS-115
ISS QuestUSADaniel C. Burbank
CANSteven MacLeanContinued installation of the P3/4 truss onto the station, and activated the SARJ.
15 September
10:006 hours
42 minutes16:42STS-115
ISS QuestUSAJoseph R. Tanner
USAHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-PiperInstalled a radiator onto the P3/4 truss, powered up a cooling radiator for the new solar arrays, replaced an S-Band radio antenna, and installed insulation for another antenna. Tanner took photos of the shuttles wings using an infrared camera.
22 November
23:175 hours
38 minutes23 November
04:55Expedition 14
ISS PirsRUSMikhail Tyurin
USAMichael Lopez-Alegria"Orbiting golf shot" event sponsored by a Canadian golf company. Lopez-Alegria put the tee on the ladder outside Pirs, while Tyurin set up a camera, and then performed the golf shot. Inspected and photographed a Kurs antenna, relocated an ATV WAL antenna, installed a BTN neutron experiment, and jettisoned two thermal covers from the BTN.
12 December
20:316 hours
36 minutes13 December
03:07STS-116
ISS QuestUSARobert Curbeam
SWEChrister FuglesangInstalled the P5 Truss, and replaced a video camera on the S1 truss.
14 December
19:415 hours15 December
00:41STS-116
ISS QuestUSARobert Curbeam
SWEChrister FuglesangReconfigured channels 2–3 on the P3/P4 truss to take advantage of the new solar arrays, relocated two handcarts that run along the station's main truss, put a thermal cover on the station's robotic arm, and installed bags of tools for future spacewalkers.
16 December
19:257 hours
31 minutes17 December
02:57STS-116
ISS QuestUSARobert Curbeam
USASunita WilliamsReconfigured channels 1 and 4 on the P3/P4 truss to take advantage of the new solar arrays, installed a robotic arm grapple fixture, and positioned three bundles ofdebris shield panels outside Zvezda. Additional time was spent trying to help retract the P6 solar array panel by shaking the panel's blanket box from its base.Williams became the 8th American and the 9th female spacewalker.
18 December
19:006 hours
38 minutes19 December
01:38STS-116
ISS QuestUSARobert Curbeam
SWEChrister FuglesangAssisted ground controllers with retracting the P6 solar array panels.
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Orbital launch statistics

By country

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. | radius = 120 | legend = false | thumb = left | [ {"value":220, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 22 (32.84%)"}, {"value":180, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 18 (26.87%)"}, {"value":80, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 8 (11.94%)"}, {"value":60, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 6 (8.95%)"}, {"value":60, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 6 (8.95%)"}, {"value":50, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 5 (7.47%)"}, {"value":10, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 1 (1.49%)"}, {"value":10, "color":"#ffc0cb", "label": "North Korea: 1 (1.49%)"}, ]

::data[format=table] | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | || style="text-align:left;" | | World || || || || | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | ::

By rocket

| float = center | width = 990 | height = 400 | stack = 1 | group 1 = 5:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 2 = 0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 3 = 0:0: 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 4 = 0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 5 = 0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 6 = 0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 7 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 8 = 0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 9 = 0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0 | group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6:0:0:0:0:0 | group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0 | group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0 | group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0 | group 17 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0 | group 18 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0 | group 19 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0 | group 20 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0 | group 21 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0 | group 22 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5:0 | group 23 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 7 | group 24 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 9 | colors = MediumBlue : Goldenrod : SteelBlue : LightSteelBlue : DarkBlue : Olive : FireBrick : IndianRed : Salmon : DarkGreen : MediumPurple : DarkSlateGrey : DarkGrey : Grey : Chocolate : Yellow : DarkTurquoise : SaddleBrown : Peru : Tan : Wheat : Orchid : LightGrey : White | group names = Ariane 5 : Atlas V : Delta II : Delta IV : Delta IV Heavy : H-IIA : Long March 2 : Long March 3 : Long March 4 : Minotaur I : M-V : Molniya-M : Soyuz-U : Soyuz-FG : Soyuz-2 : Dnepr : Tsyklon-2 : Space Shuttle : Proton-K : Proton-M : Rokot : Zenit-3SL : Others : | x legends = Ariane : Atlas : Delta : H-II : Long March : Minotaur : Mu : R-7 : R-36 : Space Shuttle : Universal Rocket : Zenit : Others | units suffix = _launches

By family

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RocketCountryLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Ariane5500
Atlas2200
Delta9900
Falcon1010Maiden flight
GSLV1010
H-II4400
Long March6600
Minotaur2200
Mu2200Final flight
Pegasus1100
R-7121200
R-141100
R-291100
R-363210
Space Shuttle3300
Topol1100
Unha1010Maiden flight, disputed
Universal Rocket7610
Zenit5500
::

By type

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RocketCountryFamilyLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Ariane 5Ariane5500
Atlas VAtlas2200
Delta IIDelta6600
Delta IVDelta3300
DneprR-362110
Falcon 1Falcon1010Maiden flight
GSLVGSLV1010
H-IIAH-II4400
KosmosR-12/R-141100
Long March 2Long March1100
Long March 3Long March3300
Long March 4Long March2200
M-VMu2200Final flight
Minotaur IMinotaur2200
MolniyaR-71100
PegasusPegasus1100
ProtonUniversal Rocket6510
Shtil'R-291100
SoyuzR-78800
Soyuz-2R-73300
Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle3300
Start-1Topol1100
TsyklonR-361100
UnhaUnha1010Maiden flight, disputed
UR-100Universal Rocket1100
ZenitZenit5500
::

By configuration

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RocketCountryTypeLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Ariane 5 ECAAriane 55500
Atlas V 411Atlas V1100Maiden flight
Atlas V 551Atlas V1100Maiden flight
Delta II 7420Delta II1100
Delta II 7920Delta II1100
Delta II 7925Delta II4400
Delta IV MDelta IV1100Final flight
Delta IV M+ (4,2)Delta IV2200
DneprDnepr2110
Falcon 1Falcon 11010Maiden flight
GSLV Mk IGSLV1010
H-IIA 202H-IIA1100
H-IIA 204H-IIA1100Maiden flight
H-IIA 2022H-IIA1100
H-IIA 2024H-IIA1100
Kosmos-3MKosmos1100
Long March 2CLong March 21100
Long March 3ALong March 32200
Long March 3BLong March 31100
Long March 4BLong March 41100
Long March 4B-IILong March 41100Maiden flight, later Long March 4C
M-VM-V2200Final flight
Minotaur IMinotaur I2200
Molniya-M / 2BLMolniya1100
Pegasus-XLPegasus1100
Proton-K / DM-2Proton1100
Proton-K / DM-3Proton1100
Proton-M / Briz-MProton4310
Rokot / Briz-KMUR-1001100
Shtil'Shtil'1100
Soyuz-2.1a / FregatSoyuz-22200Maiden flight, first orbital launch of Soyuz-2
Soyuz-2.1b / FregatSoyuz-21100Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1b
Soyuz-FGSoyuz2200
Soyuz-USoyuz6600
Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle3300
Start-1Start-11100
Tsyklon-2Tsyklon1100Final flight
UnhaUnha1010Maiden flight, disputed
Zenit-3SLZenit5500
::

By launch site

| float = center | height = 400 | width = 850 | stack = 1 | group 1 = 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 2 = 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 3 = 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 4 = 0: 5:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 5 = 0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 6 = 0:0:0: 5:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 7 = 0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0 | group 8 = 0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0 | group 9 = 0:0:0:0:0:17:0:0:0:0 | group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0 | group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0 | group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 | group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 | group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5:0 | group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 | group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 7 | group 17 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3 | group 18 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 | group 19 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6 | colors = FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : MediumPurple : Plum : LightSeaGreen : Indigo : Olive : LightBlue : DarkGreen : LightSteelBlue : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : DeepSkyBlue : SkyBlue | group names = Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Xichang : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Ocean Odyssey : Tanegashima : Uchinoura : Baikonur : Kwajalein : Tonghae : Barents Sea : Dombarovsky : Plesetsk : Svobodny : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : MARS : Vandenberg | x legends = China : France : India : International waters : Japan : Kazakhstan : Marshall Islands : North Korea : Russia : United States | units suffix = _launches

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SiteCountryLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarksTotal676250
Baikonur171520
Barents1100Launched from Ekaterinburg submarine
Cape Canaveral7700
Dombarovsky1100First launch
Jiuquan1100
Kennedy3300
Kwajalein1010
Kourou5500
MARS1100First launch
Ocean OdysseyUN International5500
Plesetsk5500
Satish Dhawan1010
Svobodny1100Final launch
Taiyuan2200
Tanegashima4400
Tonghae1010
Uchinoura2200
Vandenberg6600One launch used Stargazer aircraft
Xichang3300
::

By orbit

| float = center | width = 830 | height = 400 | stack = 1 | group 1 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 2 = 0:18:0:0:0:0:0 | group 3 = 0: 8:0:0:0:0:0 | group 4 = 0: 6:0:0:0:0:0 | group 5 = 0: 0:0:0:0:0:0 | group 6 = 0:0: 7:0:0:0:0 | group 7 = 0:0:0:22:0:0:0 | group 8 = 0:0:0: 0:0:0:0 | group 9 = 0:0:0:0: 0:0:0 | group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0: 1:0 | group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 | colors = DeepSkyBlue: Navy : MediumBlue : RoyalBlue : DodgerBlue : LightSeaGreen : SaddleBrown : Peru : Black: Gold : Silver | group names = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Medium Earth : Geosychronous (transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric : Solar escape | x legends = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Medium Earth : Geosynchronous / transfer : High Earth : Heliocentric : Solar escape | units suffix = _launches

::data[format=table] | Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally achieved | Remarks | Total | 67 | 62 | 5 | 1 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Low Earth | 35 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 8 to ISS | | | | | | | Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | Geosynchronous / GTO | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | High Earth / Lunar transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Solar escape | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | ::

Notes

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