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Timeline of spaceflight

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This is a timeline of known spaceflights, both crewed and uncrewed, sorted chronologically by launch date. Due to its large size, the timeline has been split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951. There is a separate list for all flights that occurred before 1951.

The list for the year and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches.

For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line, the FAI-recognized edge of space, which is 100 km above mean sea level (AMSL). The timeline contains all the flights which have either crossed the edge of space, were intended to do so but failed, or are planned in the near future. Notable test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft).

Space Launch Statistics (1957-2026)

19: 20: 15: 17: 15: 15: 13: 12: 10: 15:
10: 14: 7: 8: 7: 7: 3: 6: 4: 5:
4: 3: 8: 2: 0: 5: 7: 4: 5: 1:
5: 3: 2: 4: 4: 5: 4: 3: 5: 6:
4: 1: 5: 3: 1: 3: 5: 3: 2: 4:
4: 6: 3: 3: 2: 4: 2: 6: 2: 5:
10: 10: 7: 11: 6: 13: 3

0: 2: 1: 3: 3: 1: 7: 7: 3: 4:
2: 1: 1: 0: 1: 1: 3: 3: 2: 1:
3: 6: 2: 0: 3: 2: 1: 2: 2: 0:
2: 2: 2: 2: 1: 3: 4: 3: 2: 0:
0: 0: 0: 0: 3: 0: 0: 2: 1: 1:
0: 0: 2: 1: 2: 1: 1: 2: 1: 0:
0: 1: 1: 1: 2: 0: 0

19: 28: 65: 50: 82:108:111:120:116:106:
112:119:105:109:105:124:125:121:122:105:
102:117:119:127:126:118:102:108:114:101:
114: 86: 94: 77: 88: 72: 69: 83: 75: 73:
81: 58: 60: 60: 50: 52: 62: 63: 66: 73:
70: 78: 72: 77: 88: 82: 82: 83:111: 97:
104:135:178:211:253:317:18

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 0:0:0:0:0:0:339

Orbital and Suborbital launches by year

Before 19511950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020sAfter 2029
Spaceflight before 1951
[1951](1951-in-spaceflight)[1952](1952-in-spaceflight)[1953](1953-in-spaceflight)[1954](1954-in-spaceflight)[1955](1955-in-spaceflight)[1956](1956-in-spaceflight)[1957](1957-in-spaceflight)[1958](1958-in-spaceflight) ([H1](1958-in-spaceflight-january-june), [H2](1958-in-spaceflight-july-december))[1959](1959-in-spaceflight) ([H1](1959-in-spaceflight-january-june), [H2](1959-in-spaceflight-july-december))
[1960](1960-in-spaceflight) ([T1](1960-in-spaceflight-january-april), [T2](1960-in-spaceflight-may-august), [T3](1960-in-spaceflight-september-december))[1961](1961-in-spaceflight) ([H1](1961-in-spaceflight-january-june), [H2](1961-in-spaceflight-july-december))[1962](1962-in-spaceflight) ([Q1](1962-in-spaceflight-january-march), [Q2](1962-in-spaceflight-april-june), [Q3](1962-in-spaceflight-july-september), [Q4](1962-in-spaceflight-october-december))[1963](1963-in-spaceflight) ([Q1](1963-in-spaceflight-january-march), [Q2](1963-in-spaceflight-april-june), [Q3](1963-in-spaceflight-july-september), [Q4](1963-in-spaceflight-october-december))[1964](1964-in-spaceflight) ([Q1](1964-in-spaceflight-january-march), [Q2](1964-in-spaceflight-april-june), [Q3](1964-in-spaceflight-july-september), [Q4](1964-in-spaceflight-october-december))[1965](1965-in-spaceflight) ([Q1](1965-in-spaceflight-january-march), [Q2](1965-in-spaceflight-april-june), [Q3](1965-in-spaceflight-july-september), [Q4](1965-in-spaceflight-october-december))[1966](1966-in-spaceflight)[1967](1967-in-spaceflight)[1968](1968-in-spaceflight)[1969](1969-in-spaceflight)
[1970](1970-in-spaceflight)[1971](1971-in-spaceflight)[1972](1972-in-spaceflight)[1973](1973-in-spaceflight)[1974](1974-in-spaceflight)[1975](1975-in-spaceflight)[1976](1976-in-spaceflight)[1977](1977-in-spaceflight)[1978](1978-in-spaceflight)[1979](1979-in-spaceflight)
[1980](1980-in-spaceflight)[1981](1981-in-spaceflight)[1982](1982-in-spaceflight)[1983](1983-in-spaceflight)[1984](1984-in-spaceflight)[1985](1985-in-spaceflight)[1986](1986-in-spaceflight)[1987](1987-in-spaceflight)[1988](1988-in-spaceflight)[1989](1989-in-spaceflight)
[1990](1990-in-spaceflight)[1991](1991-in-spaceflight)[1992](1992-in-spaceflight)[1993](1993-in-spaceflight)[1994](1994-in-spaceflight)[1995](1995-in-spaceflight)[1996](1996-in-spaceflight)[1997](1997-in-spaceflight)[1998](1998-in-spaceflight)[1999](1999-in-spaceflight)
[2000](2000-in-spaceflight)[2001](2001-in-spaceflight)[2002](2002-in-spaceflight)[2003](2003-in-spaceflight)[2004](2004-in-spaceflight)[2005](2005-in-spaceflight)[2006](2006-in-spaceflight)[2007](2007-in-spaceflight)[2008](2008-in-spaceflight)[2009](2009-in-spaceflight)
[2010](2010-in-spaceflight)[2011](2011-in-spaceflight)[2012](2012-in-spaceflight)[2013](2013-in-spaceflight)[2014](2014-in-spaceflight)[2015](2015-in-spaceflight)[2016](2016-in-spaceflight)[2017](2017-in-spaceflight)[2018](2018-in-spaceflight) (H1, H2)[2019](2019-in-spaceflight) (H1, (H2)
[2020](2020-in-spaceflight)[2021](2021-in-spaceflight) (H1, H2)[2022](2022-in-spaceflight) (H1, H2)[2023](2023-in-spaceflight) (H1, H2)[2024](2024-in-spaceflight) (H1, H2)[2025](2025-in-spaceflight) (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)[2026](2026-in-spaceflight) (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)[2027](2027-in-spaceflight)[2028](2028-in-spaceflight)[2029](2029-in-spaceflight)
List of planned future spaceflight launches

Deep-space rendezvous after 2029

Future

Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks
26 December 2030*Lucy*Third gravity assist at EarthTarget altitude 660 km
July 2031*Hayabusa2*date=September 13, 2020title=はやぶさ2、次のミッションは小惑星「1998KY26」…JAXAurl=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/20200913-OYT1T50040/language=janewspaper=The Yomiuri Shimbunaccess-date=2020-09-14archive-date=5 December 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205174454/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/20200913-OYT1T50040/url-status=dead }}
July 2031JUICEFlyby of Ganymede
July 2031JUICEJupiter orbit insertion
July 2032JUICEFlyby of Europa
2 March 2033*Lucy*Flyby of binary asteroid [617 Patroclus-Menoetius](617-patroclus)Target altitude 1000 km
December 2034JUICEGanymede orbit insertionPlanned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's

References

References

  1. (2018-11-30). "Statement about the Karman Line {{!}} World Air Sports Federation".
  2. (September 13, 2020). "はやぶさ2、次のミッションは小惑星「1998KY26」…JAXA". [[Yomiuri Shimbun.
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