2006 in spaceflight
{{Short description|none}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|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{{efn|ArabSat-4A was catalogued but re-entered after a few weeks in wrong orbit}}
|maidens = Atlas V 411
Atlas V 551
Long March 4B-II (4C)
Falcon 1
H-IIA 204
Soyuz-2.1b
|orbital = 5
|totalcrew = 26
|firstsat = {{KAZ}}
|firsttrav = {{BRA}}
{{IRN}}
{{SWE}}
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme = Timeline of spaceflight
| previous_mission = 2005
| next_mission = 2007
}}
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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=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 January |time=19:00:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas V 551
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International 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={{flagicon|USA}}New Horizons
|user=NASA
|orbit=Galactocentric
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 January |time=01:33
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-IIA 2022
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1
|remarks=Poor quality images returned due to attitude control and noise problems{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080110TDY02309.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20101202035426/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080110TDY02309.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2010|title=55 bil. yen JAXA map-making satellite sends useless data|publisher=Yomiuri Online| access-date=10 January 2008 }} was resolved by software adjustment.{{cite press release |title=Utilization of Data Acquired by "DAICHI" (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) for Maps |publisher=JAXA |date=16 January 2008 |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/01/20080116_sac_daichi_e.html |access-date=23 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080321181944/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/01/20080116_sac_daichi_e.html| archive-date= 21 March 2008 | url-status= live}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Daichi (ALOS)
|user=JAXA
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Remote Sensing
|outcome={{nowrap|Partial spacecraft failure}}
Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=February=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 February |time=23:34:55
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}} Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}} Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}} Sea Launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}} EchoStar X
|user=EchoStar
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 February |time=06:27
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIA 2024
|site={{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}} RSC{{cite web |url=http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/RSC/mtsat2/press/rsc.pdf |title=Rocket System Corporation |access-date=23 April 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080528074536/http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/RSC/mtsat2/press/rsc.pdf |archive-date = 28 May 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2005/12/20051207_sac_h2a-f9.pdf |script-title=ja:平成１７年度 ロケット受託打上げ及び追跡管制支援計画書 運輸多目的衛星新２号（ＭＴＳＡＴ－２） Ｈ－IIＡロケット９号機（Ｈ－IIＡ・Ｆ９） |publisher=JAXA |language=ja |access-date=22 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090227111027/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2005/12/20051207_sac_h2a-f9.pdf| archive-date= 27 February 2009 | url-status= live}}
|remarks=Last launch conducted by RSC
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}} MTSAT-2
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=21 February |time=21:28:00
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}} M-V
|site={{flagicon|JPN}} Uchinoura
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}} JAXA
|remarks=Cute-1.7+APD is a 2U CubeSat
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}} Akari (ASTRO-F)
|user=JAXA
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=IR astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 April 2023
|d-time = 04:44{{cite tweet |author=Joseph Remis |user=jremis |number=1645712670614511618 |title=Actual decay 04h44mn 26°N 49°W. |date=11 April 2023}}
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}} Cute-1.7+APD
|cubesat=yes
|user=TiTech
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Amateur radio
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 February |time=20:10:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M/Briz-M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Upper stage malfunction left payload in useless orbit, deorbited after attempts to raise orbit failed
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|SAU}} Arabsat 4A
|user=Arabsat
|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous
Achieved: Medium Earth
|function=Communications
|outcome={{nowrap|Launch failure}}
}}
}}
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=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=11 March |time=22:33
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5ECA
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|ESP}}Spainsat
|user=Hisdesat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Hot Bird 7A
|user=Eutelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=22 March |time=14:03
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Stargazer, Vandenberg
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|remarks = All three satellites deactivated on 30 June
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ST-5A
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Technology
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ST-5B
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Technology
|outcome=Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ST-5C
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Technology
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 March |time=22:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Falcon 1
|site={{flagicon|MHL}}Omelek
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}SpaceX
|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={{flagicon|USA}}FalconSat 2
|user=USAF Academy
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Plasma research
|outcome={{nowrap|Launch failure}}
|d-time=T+60 seconds
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 March |time=02:30:20
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts, first Brazilian in space
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz TMA-8
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=ISS Expedition 13
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=29 September
|d-time=01:13
}}
}}
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=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 April |time=23:29:59
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}Sea Launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}JCSAT-5A (JCSAT-9, N-STAR d)
|user=JCSAT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 15 April |time = 01:40:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Minotaur I
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-8
|LSP = {{flagicon|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 = {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ROC}} COSMIC-FM1 (FORMOSAT-3A)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ROC}} COSMIC-FM2 (FORMOSAT-3B)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure
Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ROC}} COSMIC-FM3 (FORMOSAT-3C)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure
Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ROC}} COSMIC-FM4 (FORMOSAT-3D)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ROC}} COSMIC-FM5 (FORMOSAT-3E)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|ROC}} COSMIC-FM6 (FORMOSAT-3F)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=20 April |time=20:27:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas V 411
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Maiden flight of Atlas V 411, final ILS Atlas launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|LUX}}Astra 1KR
|user=SES Astra
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 April |time=16:03:25
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=ISS flight 21P
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-56
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=18 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 April |time=16:47:16
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Start-1
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Svobodny Site 5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}United Start
|remarks=Final launch from Svobodny Cosmodrome
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|ISR}}EROS B
|user=ImageSat
|orbit=Low Earth (polar)
|function=Imaging
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 April |time=22:48
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 4B-II (4C)
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CNSA
|remarks=Maiden flight of Long March 4B-II, redesignated Long March 4C by November 2007
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Yaogan 1
|user=CAST
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Imaging
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=28 April |time=10:02:16
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7420-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|remarks=Both satellites part of the A-train constellation, spacecraft study aerosols and clouds respectively
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|FRA}}CALIPSO
|user=NASA/CNES
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Climatology
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}CloudSat
|user=NASA
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Climatology
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
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=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=3 May |time=17:38
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 16/2
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2420 (Kobal't-M)
|user=VKS
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Optical imaging
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 May |time = 22:11:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta IV-M+ (4,2)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
|LSP = {{flagicon|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.{{cite web |last=Erwin |first=Sandra |url=https://spacenews.com/noaas-former-satellite-now-providing-weather-data-to-the-u-s-military/ |title=NOAA's former satellite now providing weather data to the U.S. military |work=SpaceNews |date=8 September 2020 |access-date=9 September 2020 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203141913/https://spacenews.com/noaas-former-satellite-now-providing-weather-data-to-the-u-s-military/ |url-status=live }}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GOES 13 (GOES-N)
|user = NASA / NOAA / U.S. Space Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 May |time=18:50
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Shtil'
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks=Control and power problems made satellite unusable. Written off on 29 May 2006. Problems cleared by November, and satellite re-activated.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/compass.html|publisher=Russian Space Web|title=COMPASS|date=28 December 2006|access-date=18 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080618064414/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/compass.html| archive-date= 18 June 2008 | url-status= live}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kompass 2
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Earthquake detection
|outcome={{nowrap|Partial spacecraft failure}}
|d-date = 28 December 2011
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 27 May |time = 21:09
|rocket = rocket={{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = Record for heaviest dual-payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit, stood until May 2007.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|MEX}} Satmex 6
|user = Satmex
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|THA}} Thaicom 5
|user = Shin Satellite
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 26 February 2020
|d-time = 09:52{{cite web |url=https://www.thaicom.net/thaicom-5-satellite-ends-service/ |title=Thaicom 5 Satellite Ends Service |work=Thaicom |date=27 February 2020 |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203142426/https://www.thaicom.net/thaicom-5-satellite-ends-service/ |url-status=live }}
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 June |time=08:00:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Resurs-DK-1
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Remote sensing
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 June |time=22:44:05
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-3
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Khrunichev
|remarks=First Kazakh satellite, satellite suffered control problems and was unusable by October 2008
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|KAZ}}KazSat-1
|user=JSC KazSat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 June |time=07:50
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}Sea Launch
|remarks=Launched for PanAmSat, transferred to Intelsat before entry into service due to merger
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Galaxy 16
|user=Intelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=21 June |time=22:15
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-187 (MiTEx-A)
|user=US Air Force/DARPA
|orbit=Geostationary
|function=Technology
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-188 (MiTEx-B)
|user=US Air Force/DARPA
|orbit=Geostationary
|function=Technology
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-189 (MiTEx Carrier)
|user=NRL/DARPA
|orbit=Geostationary
|function=Technology
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 June |time=15:08:18
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=ISS flight 22P
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-57
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=17 January 2007
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 June |time=04:00
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Tsyklon-2
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 90/20
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|remarks=Final flight of Tsyklon-2 rocket. One of satellite's solar panels failed to deploy,{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/us-pm.htm|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|title=US-PM|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|access-date=7 October 2010|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314022226/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/us-pm.htm|url-status=live}} 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={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2421 (US-PU)
|user=VMF
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=ELINT
|outcome={{nowrap|Partial spacecraft failure}}
|d-date=20 March 2008
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 June |time=03:30:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta IV-M+ (4,2)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-6
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing 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={{flagicon|USA}}USA-184 (Improved Trumpet)
|user=NRO
|orbit=Molniya
|function=ELINT
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=4 July |time=18:37:55
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}{{OV|103}}
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed flight with 7 astronauts, second Return to Flight mission after Columbia accident
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-121
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=ISS assembly
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=17 July
|d-time=13:14
|d-span=2
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|ITA}}{{flagicon|USA}}Leonardo MPLM
|user=ASI/NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 July |time=20:01
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Taepodong-2 (Unha-1)
|site={{flagicon|PRK}} Musudan-ri
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}}KPA
|remarks = Maiden flight of Taepodong-2, rocket failed shortly after launch, reaching an apogee of {{convert|40|km}}, intended as an orbital launch attempt,{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/news/060619_nkorea_missile.html|title=North Korea's Missile Launch Site Under Watchful Eyes|first=Leonard|last=David|publisher=Space.com|date=18 June 2006|access-date=6 December 2009|archive-date=25 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525162437/http://www.space.com/news/060619_nkorea_missile.html|url-status=live}} but later North Korea claimed for a suborbital missile self-destruct test and destruction success (not launch failure),{{cite web|url=http://smatsu.air-nifty.com/lbyd/2009/04/post-4c99.html | title= 杞憂のような事態に備える：松浦晋也のL/D | author=Shinya Matsuura|language=ja|date=4 April 2009|access-date=6 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091126162920/http://smatsu.air-nifty.com/lbyd/2009/04/post-4c99.html| archive-date= 26 November 2009 | url-status= live}} third of seven North Korean launches in fourteen hours
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRK}}Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 (unconfirmed)
|user=KPA
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
(unconfirmed)
|function=Weather/Communication
|outcome=Launch failure
|d-date=+42 seconds
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 July |time=12:08
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}GSLV
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Satish Dhawan SLP
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO
|remarks=Loss of control due to LRB engine failure, self-destructed 60 seconds into flight
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|IND}}INSAT 4C
|user=ISRO
|orbit=Intended: Geostationary
|function=Communications
|outcome={{nowrap|Launch failure}}
|d-time=T+60 seconds
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 July |time=14:53:36
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Dnepr
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Dombarovskiy
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}ISC Kosmotras
|remarks=First uncrewed prototype of a commercial space station module
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Genesis I
|user=Bigelow
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Technology
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 July |time = 04:20:03
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 16/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKS
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2422 (Oko)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Missile defense
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 November 2019
|d-time = 20:15{{cite web |title=Reentry History Spreadsheet |url=https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Reentry_History_Spreadsheet_05-05-21.xlsx |publisher=The Aerospace Corporation |access-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203142422/https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Reentry_History_Spreadsheet_05-05-21.xlsx |archive-date=3 February 2023 |format=XLSX |date=5 May 2021 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=18
|date=26 July |time=19:43:05
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Dnepr
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 109/95
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}ISC Kosmotras
|remarks=First-stage engine hydraulic pump failure, thrust termination system activated
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|BLR}}BelKA
|user=NAS
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Observation
|outcome={{nowrap|Launch failure}}
|o-span=18
|d-time=T+74 seconds
|d-span=18
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|ITA}}Unisat-4
|user=Sapienza
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Baumanets
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|ITA}}PicPot
|user=PoliTo
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|FRA}}SACRED
|user=Arizona
Montpelier
Alcatel
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Radiation
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ION
|user=Illinois
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
Ionospheric
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Rincon 1
|user=Arizona
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ICECube-1
|user=Cornell
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}KUTESat Pathfinder
|user=Kansas
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}SEEDS
|user=Nichidai
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Amateur radio
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|NOR}}nCube-1
|user=NSSP
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|KOR}}HAUSAT-1
|user=HAU
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}MEROPE
|user=Montana
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}CP2
|user=CalPoly
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}AeroCube-1
|user=Aerospace
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}CP1
|user=CalPoly
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}Mea Huaka'i (Voyager)
|user=Hawaii
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ICECube-2
|user=Cornell
|orbit=Intended: Low Earth
|function=Technology
|o-span=inherit
|d-span=inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 July |time=07:05:43
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Rokot/Briz-KM
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 133/3
|LSP={{flagicon|EU}}{{flagicon|RUS}}Eurockot
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|KOR}}Arirang-2 (KOMPSAT-2)
|user=KARI
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Earth Observation
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 August |time=21:48:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-M/Briz-M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|EU}}Hot Bird 8
|user=Eutelsat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=11 August |time=22:15
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5ECA
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}JCSat 10
|user=JSAT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|FRA}}Syracuse 3B
|user=DGA
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 August |time=03:27:01
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}Sea Launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|KOR}}Koreasat 5
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 September |time=07:00
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 2C
|site={{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan LA-4/SLS-2
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|remarks = Investigated exposure of seeds to microgravity and radiation, spacecraft recovered after reentry
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 8
|user=CASC
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Biological
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=24 September
|d-time=02:43
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=9 September |time=15:14:55
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Space Shuttle {{OV|104|full=no}}
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}United Space Alliance
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 6 astronauts, first ISS assembly mission since 2002
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STS-115
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=ISS assembly
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 September
|d-time=10:21
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|UN}}ITS P3/4 Truss
|user=NASA
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=ISS component
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 September |time=04:35
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-IIA 202
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}JAXA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}IGS-3A
|user=CSICE
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Optical imaging
|outcome=
|d-date=29 October 2016
|d-time=
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date= 12 September |time=16:02
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3A
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CNSC
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}ChinaSat 22A
|user=ChinaSat
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 September |time=13:41:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|remarks=Ceased operations on 14 November, self-destructed 3 days later
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos 2423 (Don)
|user=VKS
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Optical imaging
|outcome=Successful
|d-date = 17 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 September |time=04:08:42
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts including the first female space tourist and Iranian-born space traveller
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz TMA-9
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=ISS Expedition 14
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 April 2007
|d-time=12:31
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=22 September |time=21:36:00
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}M-V
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}JAXA
|remarks=Final flight of M-V rocket and Mu family, SSSat failed to establish communications with ground{{cite web |url=http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/snews/2006/1031_sssat.shtml |publisher=JAXA |work=ISAS |title=M-V-7号機により打ち上げた副衛星（SSSAT）の実験結果について |access-date=22 February 2009 |language=ja |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928181001/http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/snews/2006/1031_sssat.shtml |url-status=live }}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Hinode (SOLAR-B)
|user=JAXA
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Solar
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}HIT-SAT
|user=HIT
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Technology
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=18 June 2008
|d-time=08:48
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}SSSAT
|user=JAXA
|orbit=
|function=Solar sail
|outcome=Spacecraft failure
|d-date=26 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 September |time=18:50
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-190 (GPS IIR-15/M2)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Medium Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=13 October |time=20:56
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5ECA
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}DirecTV-9S
|user=DirecTV
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|AUS}}Optus D1
|user=Optus
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}LDREX-2
|user=JAXA
|orbit=Geosynchronous transfer
|function=Technology
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 September 2010
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 October |time=16:28:13
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP={{flagicon|EU}}{{flagicon|RUS}}Starsem
|remarks=Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|EU}}MetOp-A
|user=EUMETSAT
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Weather
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 October |time=13:40:36
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=ISS flight 23P, antenna stowage issues on 26 October initially prevented full mechanical docking, second attempt was successful.
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}Progress M-58
|user=Roskosmos
|orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
|function=Logistics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=27 March 2007
|d-time=22:44
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=23 October |time=23:34
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 4B
|site={{flagicon|PRC}} Taiyuan LC-1
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}} CNSA
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 6-02A
|user=CASC
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Environmental
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}} Shijian 6-02B
|user=CASC
|orbit=Low Earth
|function=Environmental
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=26 October |time=00:52:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STEREO-A
|user=NASA
|orbit=Heliocentric
|function=Solar
|outcome=Operational
}}{{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}STEREO-B
|user=NASA
|orbit=Heliocentric
|function=Solar
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 October |time=16:20
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3B
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang LA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}CASC
|remarks=Solar panels and communications antenna failed to deploy
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PRC}}Sinosat-2
|user=Sinosat
|orbit=Intended: Geosynchronous
{{nowrap|Achieved: Subsynchronous}}
|function=Communications
|outcome=Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 October |time=23:48:59
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}Sea Launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}XM-4 "Blues"
|user=XM Satellite Radio
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 November |time=13:53
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta IV-M
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-6
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-191 (DMSP F17)
|user=US Air Force/NOAA
|orbit=Sun-synchronous
|function=Weather
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 November |time=20:01:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-M/Briz-M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|SAU}}Badr-4 (ARABSAT 4B)
|user=ARABSAT
|orbit=Geosynchronous
|function=Communications
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 November |time=19:12:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USA-192 (GPS IIR-16/M3)
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Medium Earth
|function=Navigation
|outcome=Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 December |time = 00:53
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Long March 3A
|flight = 3A-Y11
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} Fengyun 2D
|user = CMA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 8 December |time = 22:08
|rocket = rocket={{flagicon|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{flagicon|FRA}} Arianespace
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} WildBlue 1
|user = WildBlue
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} AMC-18
|user = SES Americom
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date = 10 December |time = 01:47:35
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|103}}
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP = {{flagicon|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 = {{flagicon|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
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Spacehab LSM
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth (STS)
|function = Logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-span=inherit
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UN}} ITS P5 Truss
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = ISS component
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ANDE-MAA
|user = US Naval Academy
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = {{nowrap|Partial spacecraft failure}}
|d-date = 9 February 2007
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ANDE-FACL
|user = US Naval Academy
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 February 2007
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} RAFT1
|user = US Naval Academy
|orbit =Low Earth
|function = Calibration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} MARScom (NMARS)
|user = US Naval Academy
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Calibration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} MEPSI-2
|user = DARPA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 March 2007
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 December |time = 23:28:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USA}} International Launch Services
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|MAS}} MEASAT-3
|user = MEASAT
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 December |time = 21:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta II 7920-10
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{flagicon|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 = {{flagicon|USA}} USA-193
|user = NRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
Technology demonstration
|outcome = {{nowrap|Spacecraft failure}}
|d-date = 21 February 2008
|d-time = 03:29
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 16 December |time = 12:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Minotaur I
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} MARS LP-0B
|LSP = {{flagicon|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 = {{flagicon|USA}} TacSat-2
|user = NRL
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Optical imaging
Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 February 2011
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} GeneSat-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Biological science
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 4 August 2010
|d-time = 20:43{{cite web |url=http://reentrynews.aero.org/2006058c.html |title=GeneSat |work=The Aerospace Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513035530/http://reentrynews.aero.org/2006058c.html |archive-date=13 May 2012 |access-date=8 July 2021 |url-status=dead}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 December |time = 06:32
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} H-IIA 204
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} JAXA
|remarks = Maiden flight of H-IIA 204, full spacecraft antenna deployment one day late.{{cite web|url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/12/20061226_kiku8-2_e.html |title=Deployment Result of the Large Deployable Antenna Reflectors of the Engineering Test Satellite VIII "KIKU No. 8" |publisher=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |date=26 December 2006 |access-date=20 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102175104/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/12/20061226_kiku8-2_e.html |archive-date=2 January 2007 |url-status=live}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kiku-8 (ETS-VIII)
|user = JAXA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 December |time = 14:00:19
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|GER}} {{flagicon|RUS}} COSMOS International
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GER}} SAR-Lupe 1
|user = Bundeswehr
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 December |time = 08:34:44
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKS
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Meridian 1 (11L)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 6 July 2021
|d-time = 12:20{{cite tweet |author-link=Jonathan McDowell |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |user=planet4589 |number=1412959917095505926 |title=Russia's Meridian 11L military communications satellite, launched in 2006, reentered around 1220 UTC Jul 6, probably near the Falkland Is. Final orbit perigee height was around 80 km. |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=8 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=29668 |title=MERIDIAN 1 |work=N2YO.com |date=6 July 2021 |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203142425/https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=29668 |url-status=live }}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 25 December |time = 20:18:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Proton-K / DM-2
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VKS
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2424 (GLONASS-M)
|user = KNITs
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2425 (GLONASS-M)
|user = KNITs
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}} Kosmos 2426 (GLONASS-M)
|user = KNITs
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 December |time = 14:23:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
|site = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = rocket={{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Starsem
|remarks = Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} CoRoT
|user = CNES
|function = Exoplanetology
Asteroseismology
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2006}}
Suborbital launches
{{TLS-M|2006}}
{{TLS-H2}}
|colspan=8|
=January=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket={{flagicon|TWN}}Taiwan Sounding Rocket
|flight=Sounding Rocket V
|site = {{flagicon|TWN}}Jiu Peng Air Base
|LSP={{flagicon|TWN}}NSPO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|282|km}}{{Cite journal |last=Chern |first=Jeng-Shing |last2=Wu |first2=Bill |last3=Chen |first3=Yen-Sen |last4=Wu |first4=An-Ming |date=2012 |title=Suborbital and low-thermospheric experiments using sounding rockets in Taiwan |journal=Acta Astronautica |volume=70 |pages=159–164 |doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.07.030 |issn=0094-5765}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|TWN}}Ion probe, 3-axis flux-gate magnetometer
|user=NSPO/NCU
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionospheric research, technology test
|outcome=Successful
|d-time = 11:57
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 January |time=04:00
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}S-310
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Uchinoura
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}JAXA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|JPN}}Furoshiki
|user=JAXA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Technology
|outcome=Successful
|d-time = 22 January
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=February=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 February
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}} Dong Feng 21
|site={{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}} PLA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|800|km}}, missed satellite
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=PLA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ASAT
|outcome=Spacecraft failure
|d-time = 6 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 February |time=18:47
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}} White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|282|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}} MOSES
|user=
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar
|outcome=Successful
|d-time = 8 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=16 February |time=08:01
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}} LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg LF-10
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}} US Air Force
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}} SERV-3
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=16 February
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 February |time=16:09
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}} UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)
|site={{flagicon|USA}} Kodiak
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}} Sandia
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}} FT-03-1
|user=
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 February
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 March |time=08:45
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
|site={{flagicon|USA}}{{USS|Lake Erie|CG-70|6}}, PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|JPN}}JCTV-1
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=8 March
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 March |time=03:15
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|AUS}}Woomera LA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|AUS}}Queensland
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|325|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|AUS}}Hyshot-3
|user=Queensland
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Hypersonic research
|outcome=Successful
|d-time=03:25
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 March |time=02:40
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|AUS}}Woomera LA-2
|LSP={{flagicon|AUS}}Queensland
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|290|km}}, nosecone failed to separate
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|AUS}}{{flagicon|JPN}}Hyshot-4
|user=Queensland/JAXA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Hypersonic research
|outcome=Launch failure
|d-date=30 March
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=7 April |time=13:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-26
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|remarks = Long-range test, aimed at Guam, apogee: {{convert|1300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GT-190GM
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=7 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 April |time=18:10
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|318|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}EUNIS
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 April
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}SR19-SR19
|site={{flagicon|USA}}PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|200|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FTC-02B
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 April |time=16:40
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3MR
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Kapustin Yar Site 107/1
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|675|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|RUS}}PBS-2
|user=RVSN
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=REV test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=22 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 April
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}SR19-SR19
|site={{flagicon|USA}}PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|200|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FTC-02
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=28 April
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 April
|rocket={{flagicon|PAK}}Shaheen-II
|site={{flagicon|PAK}}Sonmiani
|LSP={{flagicon|PAK}}Army of Pakistan
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=Army of Pakistan
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=29 April
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 May |time=06:16
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Maxus (Castor 4B)
|site={{flagicon|SWE}}Esrange
|LSP={{flagicon|EU}}EuroLaunch
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|702|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name=23px{{flagicon|SWE}}MAXUS 9
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Microgravity
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 May |time=08:12
|rocket={{flagicon|BRA}}VSB-30
|site={{flagicon|SWE}}Esrange
|LSP={{flagicon|EU}}EuroLaunch
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|237|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|SWE}}TEXUS-43
|user=DLR/SSC
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Microgravity
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 May
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}THAAD
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Army
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}, simulated intercept
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FTT-02
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=11 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 May |time=09:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ACS
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=22 May
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 May
|rocket={{flagicon|IRN}}Shahab-3
|site={{flagicon|IRN}}Shahrood
|LSP={{flagicon|IRN}}IRG
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=IRG
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=22 May
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 June |time=16:05
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NAWC
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=5 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=7 June |time=22:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NAWC
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=7 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 June |time=16:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}DUNDEE
|user=NAWC
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=8 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 June |time=08:22
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-04
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|remarks=Carried three Mk. 21 re-entry vehicles, Apogee: {{convert|1300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GT-191GM
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=14 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 June |time=22:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}MRT (Castor 4B)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}PMRT
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Intercepted by SM-3, apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FTM-10 Target
|user=US Navy/MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=22 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=22 June |time=22:04
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
|site={{flagicon|USA}}{{USS|Shiloh|CG-67|6}}, PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Intercepted MRT, apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FTM-10
|user=US Navy/MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=22 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 June |time=23:02
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}TRACKEX
|user=NAWC/MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 June
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 June |time=06:25
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29RMU Sineva
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-84 Ekaterinburg, Barents Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=30 June
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 July |time=06:39
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Andøya/NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|200|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}/{{flagicon|NOR}}SPIRIT-III
|user=ESPRIT
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Ionospheric
Plasma research
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=1 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 July |time=06:39
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|40|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|NOR}}HotPay-1
|user=Andøya
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Aeronomy
|outcome=Launch failure
|d-date=1 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 July |time=18:32
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Hwasong-6
|site={{flagicon|PRK}} Kittaeryong
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}}KPA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|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
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 July |time=19:04
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Hwasong-7
|site={{flagicon|PRK}}Kittaeryong
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}} KPA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|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
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 July |time=22:31
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Hwasong-7
|site={{flagicon|PRK}} Kittaeryong
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}} KPA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|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
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 July |time=22:12
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Hwasong-6
|site={{flagicon|PRK}}Kittaeryong
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}}KPA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|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
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 July |time=23:20
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Hwasong-7
|site={{flagicon|PRK}} Kittaeryong
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}} KPA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|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
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 July |time=08:20
|rocket={{flagicon|PRK}} Hwasong-7
|site={{flagicon|PRK}} Kittaeryong
|LSP={{flagicon|PRK}} KPA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|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
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 July |time=05:33
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Agni III
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range LC-4
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=DRDO
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 July |time=11:17
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Hera
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Army
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}, Intercepted after reentry by endoatmospheric THAAD launched at 11:20
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FFT-4 Target
|user=US Army/MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=12 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 July |time=10:14
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}LGM-30G Minuteman III
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-09
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Air Force
|remarks=Carried three Mk.21 reentry vehicles, apogee: {{convert|1300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GT-192GM
|user=US Air Force
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 July
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=3 August |time=10:38
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RT-2PM Topol (RS-12M)
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}RVSN
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}, impacted Kura Test Range
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=RVSN
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|d-time=11:04
|outcome=Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 August |time=14:30
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|380|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 August
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 August |time=14:30
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|382|km}}, THAAD target
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 August
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 September |time=17:22
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Kodiak
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Sandia
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}, intercepted by GBI
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GMD FTG-02 target
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=1 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 September |time=17:39
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Boost Vehicle
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg LF-23
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences/MDA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}, intercepted STARS
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}GMD FTG-02
|user=MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=1 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 September
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Dong Feng 31
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}PLA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=PLA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=4 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=7 September |time=15:50
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava (R-30)
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}RFS Dmitriy Donskoy, White Sea
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1|km}}, first stage malfunction
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Launch failure
|d-date=7 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 September |time=11:20
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29RMU Sineva
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-84 Ekaterinburg, North Pole
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 September |time=22:17:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Nike-Orion
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|130|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|NOR}}{{flagicon|GER}}ECOMA-1
|user=Andøya/DLR
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Atmospheric
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 September |time=14:50
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}R-29R Volna
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}K-433 Svyaity Georgiy, Simushir
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=10 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 September |time=10:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Hera
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Army
|remarks=Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}, THAAD target
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}FFT-5 Target
|user=US Army/MDA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=13 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 September |time=21:06:46
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Nike-Orion
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|LSP={{flagicon|NOR}}Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|129|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|NOR}}{{flagicon|GER}}ECOMA-2
|user=Andøya/DLR
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Atmospheric
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=17 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=23 September |time=15:17:54
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant XI
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Wallops Island
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=NASA
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=23 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 September |time=20:14
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}SpaceLoft XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Spaceport America
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}UP 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: {{convert|12|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name=
|user=Various
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Various
|outcome={{nowrap|Launch failure}}
|d-time=T+60 seconds
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 October |time=13:05
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}RSM-56 Bulava (R-30)
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}RFS Dmitriy Donskoy, Beloye More
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VMF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}, first stage malfunction
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=VMF
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Launch failure
|d-date=25 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 October |time=17:58:00
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}LASP
|user=
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=28 October
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 November
|rocket={{flagicon|IRN}}Shahab-3
|site={{flagicon|IRN}}Shahrood
|LSP={{flagicon|IRN}}IRG
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=IRG
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=2 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=7 November |time=19:30
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}USC-7
|user=
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Solar
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=7 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 November |time=08:51
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}M51
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Biscarosse
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}French Navy
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=French Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 November |time=11:35
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}UR-100NU
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 175/2
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}RVSN
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=RVSN
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=9 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=16 November
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Terrier-Orion
|site={{flagicon|USA}}PMRF
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|150|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}ARAV-B
|user=US Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=16 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=16 November
|rocket={{flagicon|PAK}}Ghauri
|site={{flagicon|PAK}}Tilla
|LSP={{flagicon|PAK}}Army of Pakistan
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PAK}}Haft-5
|user=Army of Pakistan
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=16 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 November |time=02:00
|rocket={{flagicon|CAN}}Black Brant IX
|site={{flagicon|USA}}White Sands LC-36
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|USA}}CyXESS
|user=
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=XR Astronomy
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 November
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II (D5)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}{{USS|Maryland|SSBN-738|6}}, ETR
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=US Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 November
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}UGM-133 Trident II (D5)
|site={{flagicon|USA}}USS Maryland, ETR
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}US Navy
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=US Navy
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=21 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 November
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Prithvi
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range LC-3
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=DRDO
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Missile test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=26 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=27 November |time=04:45
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Prithvi
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range LC-3
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}, intercepted by another Prithvi
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=DRDO
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=27 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=27 November |time=04:46
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Prithvi
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Integrated Test Range LC-4
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}, intercepted another Prithvi
|payload={{TLS-PL
|user=DRDO
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=ABM test
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=27 November
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 November
|rocket={{flagicon|PAK}}Shaheen-I
|site={{flagicon|PAK}}Sonmiani
|LSP={{flagicon|PAK}}Army of Pakistan
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|100|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name={{flagicon|PAK}}Haft-4
|user=Army of Pakistan
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Target
|outcome=Successful
|d-date=29 November
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 December
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Aries
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} PMRF
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}, AEGIS target
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} FTM-11 Target
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 December
|rocket = {{flagicon|RUS}} RSM-56 Bulava (R-30)
|site = {{flagicon|RUS}} RFS Dmitriy Donskoy, Beloye More
|LSP = {{flagicon|RUS}} VMF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1|km}}, first stage malfunction.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|RUS}}
|user = VMF
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Launch failure
|d-date = 24 December
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=Unknown date=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = Unknown
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-133 Trident II (D5)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Submarine, WTR
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date =
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = Unknown
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} UGM-133 Trident II (D5)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Submarine, WTR
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Navy
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1000|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}
|user = U.S. Navy
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date =
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2006}}
Deep Space Rendezvous in 2006
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" | |||
| Date (GMT)
!Spacecraft !Event !Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January | Stardust | First sample return mission from comet | space capsule landing on Earth with cometary samples |
| 15 January | Cassini | 10th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|2042|km}} |
| 27 February | Cassini | 11th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1812|km}} |
| 10 March | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | Areocentric orbit injection | |
| 18 March | Cassini | 12th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1947|km}} |
| 11 April | Venus Express | Cytherean orbit injection | |
| 30 April | Cassini | 13th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1853|km}} |
| 20 May | Cassini | 14th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1879|km}} |
| 2 July | Cassini | 15th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1911|km}} |
| 22 July | Cassini | 16th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|950|km}} |
| 4 September | SMART-1 | Lunar impact | |
| 7 September | Cassini | 17th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|950|km}} |
| 23 September | Cassini | 18th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|950|km}} |
| 9 October | Cassini | 19th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|950|km}} |
| 23 October | MESSENGER | 1st flyby of Venus | Gravity assist |
| 25 October | Cassini | 20th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|950|km}} |
| 12 December | Cassini | 21st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|950|km}} |
| 28 December | Cassini | 22nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: {{convert|1500|km}} |
EVAs
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.
{{Pie chart
| 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%)"},
]
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| colspan=2 | Country
! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}
| 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}
| 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}
| 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffc0cb;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{PRK}}
| 1{{efn|Disputed}} || 0 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}}
| 22 || 21 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#ffd700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{UKR}}
| 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}
| 18 || 17 || 1 || 0 | ||||
| class="sortbottom"
! colspan="2" | World | {{sum|6|5|1|6|1|22|8|18}} | {{sum|6|5|0|6|0|21|7|17}} | {{sum|0|0|1|0|1|1|1|1}} | {{sum|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}} |
{{clear}}
=By rocket=
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| 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==
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center | ||||||
| Rocket
! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Ariane | align=left| {{FRA}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta | align=left| {{USA}} | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Falcon | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|GSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-II | align=left| {{JPN}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March | align=left| {{CHN}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Minotaur | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Mu | align=left| {{JPN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Pegasus | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-7 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-14 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-29 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|R-36 | align=left| {{UKR}} | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Topol | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Unha | align=left| {{PRK}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight, disputed |
| align=left|Universal Rocket | align=left| {{RUS}} | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit | align=left| {{UKR}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
==By type==
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center | |||||||
| Rocket
! Country ! Family ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Ariane 5 | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta IV | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dnepr | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| R-36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Falcon 1 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|GSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| GSLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-II | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kosmos | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-12/R-14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|M-V | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| Mu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Minotaur I | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Molniya | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Pegasus | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Pegasus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Universal Rocket | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Shtil' | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Space Shuttle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Start-1 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Topol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Tsyklon | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| R-36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Unha | align=left| {{PRK}} | align=left| Unha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight, disputed |
| align=left|UR-100 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Universal Rocket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Zenit | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
==By configuration==
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| Rocket
! Country ! Type ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Ariane 5 ECA | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Atlas V 411 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Atlas V 551 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|Delta II 7420 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7920 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta II 7925 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta II | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Delta IV M | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Delta IV M+ (4,2) | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta IV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dnepr | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Dnepr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Falcon 1 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|GSLV Mk I | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| GSLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA 202 | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA 204 | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
| align=left|H-IIA 2022 | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|H-IIA 2024 | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| H-IIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kosmos-3M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Kosmos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 2C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3A | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 3B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Long March 4B-II | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight, later Long March 4C |
| align=left|M-V | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| M-V | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Minotaur I | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Minotaur I | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Molniya-M / 2BL | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Molniya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Pegasus-XL | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Pegasus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-K / DM-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-K / DM-3 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Proton-M / Briz-M | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Rokot / Briz-KM | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| UR-100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Shtil' | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Shtil' | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight, first orbital launch of Soyuz-2 |
| align=left|Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1b |
| align=left|Soyuz-FG | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Soyuz-U | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Space Shuttle | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Space Shuttle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Start-1 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Start-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Tsyklon-2 | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Tsyklon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
| align=left|Unha | align=left| {{PRK}} | align=left| Unha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight, disputed |
| align=left|Zenit-3SL | align=left| {{UKR}} | align=left| Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
=By launch site=
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| 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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| Site
! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Baikonur | align=left| {{KAZ}} | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| align=left|Barents | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Launched from Ekaterinburg submarine |
| align=left|Cape Canaveral | align=left| {{USA}} | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Dombarovsky | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| First launch |
| align=left|Jiuquan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kennedy | align=left| {{USA}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kwajalein | align=left| {{MHL}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Kourou | align=left| {{FRA}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|MARS | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| First launch |
| align=left|Ocean Odyssey | align=left| {{flagicon|UN}} International | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Plesetsk | align=left| {{RUS}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Satish Dhawan | align=left| {{IND}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Svobodny | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final launch |
| align=left|Taiyuan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Tanegashima | align=left| {{JPN}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Tonghae | align=left| {{PRK}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align=left|Uchinoura | align=left| {{JPN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Vandenberg | align=left| {{USA}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | align=left| One launch used Stargazer aircraft |
| align=left|Xichang | align=left| {{CHN}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2|Total !! 67 !! 62 !! 5 !! 0 !! |
=By orbit=
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| 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
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center | |||||
| Orbital regime
! Launches ! {{tooltip|Successes|At least one payload was placed in the target orbital regime}} ! Failures ! Accidentally ! Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left|Low Earth | 35 | 32 | 3 | 0 | align=left|8 to ISS |
| align=left| Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| align=left| Geosynchronous / GTO | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | |
| align=left| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left| Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| align=left| Solar escape | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| class="sortbottom"
!Total !! 67 !! 62 !! 5 !! 1 !! |
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
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=Footnotes=
{{notelist}}
{{Reflist|30em}}
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