2022 in spaceflight

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| caption = Highlights from spaceflight in 2022{{Efn|Clockwise from top:{{Bulleted list|Assembly of the Tiangong space station was completed following the addition of the Wentian and Mengtian modules|The DART spacecraft successfully impacted Dimorphos, marking the first real-world test of a planetary defense technique|Artemis 1 completed a 25-day mission around the Moon, verifying the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft|Juno conducted a flyby of Jupiter's moon Europa}}}}

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The year 2022 witnessed the number of launches of SpaceX's Falcon rocket family (61 launches) surpassing the CNSA's Long March rocket family (53 launches), making the United States the country with the highest number of launches in 2022 instead of China. This year also featured the first successful launch of Long March 6A, Nuri, Angara 1.2, Vega C, Kinetica-1, and Jielong-3. National space agencies' activities in this year was also affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which led to tensions between Roscosmos and Western space agencies, leading to threats of ending collaboration on the International Space Station (ISS), and resulting in several delays on various space missions.

In terms of national-level scientific space missions, this year is a focal year on lunar exploration. 2022 saw the launch of NASA's CAPSTONE orbiter, KARI's Danuri orbiter and NASA's Artemis 1, the first mission of the Artemis program. In particular, Artemis 1 has two major goals: testing the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System, and deployment of CubeSats. This year also saw the impact of Double Asteroid Redirection Test on Dimorphos marking the first time a planetary defense technique is tested, NASA's Juno flyby of Europa, and the loss of communication from ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission and NASA's InSight Martian probe.

Two crewed space stations, the ISS and Tiangong, are in operation in 2022. This year also marks docking of Wentian and Mengtian modules to Tiangong. In terms of crewed missions, the ISS saw Expedition 66, 67, and 68, while Tiangong saw Shenzhou 13, 14, and 15. The ISS also briefly hosted private crews of Soyuz MS-20. The ISS also saw docking of Starliner's Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2.

This year also saw the first time citizens of Egypt and Portugal crossed the 50 mi (80 km) altitude mark, which is the United States's definition of outer space. They did so in a suborbital launch organized by Virgin Galactic, however, they did not managed to cross the Kármán line ({{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}). Slovenia performed its first ever suborbital launch in 2022. Moldova, Armenia, Uganda and Zimbabwe have their own satellite in orbit for the first time in 2022.

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Overview

= Exploration of the Solar System =

NASA continued the mission of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter by conducting a flyby of Europa on 29 September 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-shares-first-image-from-flyby-of-jupiter-s-moon-europa |title=NASA's Juno Shares First Image From Flyby of Jupiter's Moon Europa |work=NASA |date=29 September 2022 |access-date=1 October 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001003306/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-shares-first-image-from-flyby-of-jupiter-s-moon-europa/ |url-status=live }}

In Mars exploration, the European Space Agency (ESA) had partnered with Roscosmos to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover using the Kazachok lander as part of ExoMars 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51844030|title=ExoMars Rosalind Franklin: Rover mission delayed until 2022|publisher=BBC|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|date=12 March 2020|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=12 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312123703/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51844030|url-status=live}} In March 2022, the launch was cancelled in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent suspension of ESA–Roscosmos cooperation on ExoMars.{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/esa-suspends-work-with-russia-on-exomars-mission/ |title=ESA suspends work with Russia on ExoMars mission |work=SpaceNews |date=17 March 2022 |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324151035/https://spacenews.com/esa-suspends-work-with-russia-on-exomars-mission/ |url-status=live }}

On 3 October 2022, the Indian Space Research Organisation released a statement that all attempts to revive their Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, had failed and officially declared it dead citing the loss of fuel and battery power to the probe's instruments.{{cite web |title=Mangalyaan mission is dead! ISRO Mars Orbiter breaks Indian hearts; it was truly SPECIAL |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/techandscience/mangalyaan-mission-is-dead-isro-mars-orbiter-breaks-indian-hearts-it-was-truly-special/ar-AA12zusB |website=MSN |access-date=11 October 2022 |language=en-IN |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004181738/https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/techandscience/mangalyaan-mission-is-dead-isro-mars-orbiter-breaks-indian-hearts-it-was-truly-special/ar-AA12zusB |url-status=live }}

On 20 December 2022, NASA announced that the InSight lander had lost communications with Earth on 15 December 2022, with the end of the mission being declared on 21 December 2022.{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=NASA's InSight Mission Dies After 4 Years of Listening for Marsquakes - After four years of making important discoveries about the interior of the red planet, the stationary lander lost power because of Martian dust covering its solar panels. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/science/nasa-mars-insight-mission.html |date=22 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=21 December 2022 |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221172909/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/science/nasa-mars-insight-mission.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Massengill |first=Dacia |title=Saying 'Farewell' to InSight Mars Lander |url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/saying-farewell-to-insight-mars-lander |date=20 December 2022 |work=NASA |accessdate=21 December 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220221249/http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/saying-farewell-to-insight-mars-lander/ |url-status=live }}

= Lunar exploration =

NASA's CAPSTONE lunar orbiter launched on 28 June and arrived in lunar orbit on 14 November 2022.

Artemis 1, the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and the first lunar mission for Orion, was launched on 16 November 2022.{{cite web |last=Harwood |first=William |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/26/hurricane-ian-prompts-nasa-to-move-artemis-moon-rocket-back-to-its-hangar/ |title=Hurricane Ian prompts NASA to move Artemis moon rocket back to its hangar |work=Spaceflight Now |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=27 September 2022 |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926232404/https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/26/hurricane-ian-prompts-nasa-to-move-artemis-moon-rocket-back-to-its-hangar/ |url-status=live }} Artemis 1 transported as secondary payloads many small research spacecraft, with multiple of those spacecraft intended to study the Moon. Unfortunately most of the spacecraft (especially those studying the Moon) failed in their missions. Japan launched the OMOTENASHI lunar lander as a secondary payload of the Artemis 1 mission; contact with OMOTENASHI was lost and the mission failed before the landing sequence to the lunar surface had begun.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

The United States planned to also launch a number of commercial lunar landers and rovers. As part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, the launch of Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine lander and Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander was scheduled. However, all the launches of US commercial lunar landers and rovers planned for 2022 were delayed and did not launch in 2022.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

On 4 August 2022, South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri was launched into space by a Falcon 9 rocket. The orbiter took several months to enter lunar orbit; lunar orbit insertion happened on 16 December 2022 (UTC).{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://www.space.com/south-korea-danuri-moon-probe-begins-orbit-entry |title=South Korea's 1st moon probe Danuri begins to enter lunar orbit |work=Space.com |date=17 December 2022 |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219182528/https://www.space.com/south-korea-danuri-moon-probe-begins-orbit-entry |url-status=live }}

On 11 December 2022{{cite web |last=Rosenstein |first=Sawyer |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/hakuto-r-m1/ |title=SpaceX launches Falcon 9 carrying private Japanese moon lander |work=NASASpaceFlight |date=11 December 2022 |access-date=11 December 2022 |archive-date=16 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216031432/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/hakuto-r-m1/ |url-status=live }} a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Hakuto-R Mission 1, a private Moon mission by the Japanese company ispace. Onboard the Hakuto-R lunar lander were the Lunar Excursion Vehicle 1 (LEV-1, also called Transformable Lunar Robot){{cite press release |url=https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2021/05/20210527-1_e.html |title=Data Acquisition on the Lunar Surface with a Transformable Lunar Robot, Assisting Development of the Crewed Pressurized Rover |work=JAXA |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015000805/https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2021/05/20210527-1_e.html |url-status=live }} lunar rover from Japan and the Rashid lunar rover flying the Emirates Lunar Mission. Landing to Moon was planned to occur in April 2023. The NASA lunar orbiter, Lunar Flashlight,{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-lunar-flashlight-ready-to-search-for-the-moon-s-water-ice/ |title=NASA's Lunar Flashlight Ready to Search for the Moon's Water Ice |work=NASA |date=28 October 2022 |access-date=29 October 2022 |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028190822/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-lunar-flashlight-ready-to-search-for-the-moon-s-water-ice/ |url-status=live }} was launched as piggyback payload; a failure of the craft's propulsion system resulted in Lunar Flashlight being unable to enter orbit around the Moon and NASA terminated the mission on 12 May 2023.{{Cite web |last=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |title=NASA Calls End to Lunar Flashlight After Some Tech Successes |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-calls-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |language=en-US}} The Hakuto-R Mission 1 was lost during the final moments of descent to the lunar surface at 16:40 UTC on 25 April 2023. The ispace team confirmed that the spacecraft had crashed into the Moon.{{Cite web |title=Status Update on ispace Hakuto-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander |url=https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4655 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=ispace |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-04-25 |title=Japan Spacecraft Believed to Have Crashed on Moon During Landing |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-25/japan-s-ispace-says-it-lost-contact-with-moon-lander |access-date=2023-04-27}}

= Human spaceflight =

China finished the construction of the Tiangong space station with the addition of the Wentian and Mengtian lab modules.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Andrew |url=https://www.space.com/tiangong-space-station|title=China's Tiangong space station|publisher=Space.com|date=24 August 2021|access-date=10 February 2022|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209030509/https://www.space.com/tiangong-space-station|url-status=live}} Wentian was successfully launched and docked to the space station on 24 July 2022,{{cite news |url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-07/25/content_78339013.htm |title=China's Wentian lab module docks with Tianhe core module combination |agency=Xinhua |date=25 July 2022 |website=china.org.cn |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727095518/http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-07/25/content_78339013.htm |url-status=live }} while Mengtian was launched on 31 October 2022 and was docked to the space station later that day.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/rocket-to-launch-chinas-next-space-station-module-arrives-at-launch-center/ |title=Rocket to launch China's next space station module arrives at launch center |work=SpaceNews |date=31 May 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116231705/https://spacenews.com/rocket-to-launch-chinas-next-space-station-module-arrives-at-launch-center/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=SCIO briefing about China's progress on space station construction {{!}} english.scio.gov.cn |url=http://english.scio.gov.cn/pressroom/node_8030952.htm |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=english.scio.gov.cn |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930073956/http://english.scio.gov.cn/pressroom/node_8030952.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/final-module-docks-at-chinas-tiangong-space-station/ |title=Final module docks at China's Tiangong space station |work=SpaceNews |date=31 October 2022 |access-date=2 November 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232141/https://spacenews.com/final-module-docks-at-chinas-tiangong-space-station/ |url-status=live }} On 29 November 2022 with Shenzhou 15 docking to the Tiangong space station, China started its first crew handover.

On 19 May 2022, Boeing launched the almost six-day (landing 25 May 2022) second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner space capsule. The test flight was successful and led the way for Starliner's first crewed test flight in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |title=Live coverage: SpaceX rocket, Starlink satellites launch from pad 39A – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/05/18/falcon-9-starlink-4-18-live-coverage/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |language=en-US |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520152457/https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/05/18/falcon-9-starlink-4-18-live-coverage/ |url-status=live }}{{cite press release |url=https://starlinerupdates.com/starliner-oft-2-targeted-for-may-19/ |title=Starliner OFT-2 Targeted for May 19 |work=Boeing |date=14 April 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416082044/https://starlinerupdates.com/starliner-oft-2-targeted-for-may-19/ |url-status=live }}

==Space tourism==

Blue Origin's New Shepard launched six passengers each on a suborbital trajectory in three flights, NS-20 on 31 March, NS-21 on 4 June and NS-22 on 4 August. The failure of the uncrewed flight NS-23 in September paused launches of the system.{{cite news |title=New Shepard suffers in-flight abort on uncrewed suborbital flight |first=Jeff |last=Foust |date=12 September 2022 |url=https://spacenews.com/new-shepard-suffers-in-flight-abort-on-uncrewed-suborbital-flight/ |work=SpaceNews |access-date=12 September 2022 |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914113348/https://spacenews.com/new-shepard-suffers-in-flight-abort-on-uncrewed-suborbital-flight/ |url-status=live }}

On 8 April 2022, SpaceX's Crew Dragon space capsule was launched by a Falcon 9 rocket for the first American space tourist mission to the International Space Station. The crew on board the Axiom Space-operated mission included one professional astronaut (space vehicle commander) and three tourists. The mission, known as Axiom Mission 1, lasted a little over 17 days and was the first wholly commercially operated crewed mission to the ISS.

= Rocket innovation =

Arianespace's Ariane 6 was expected to make its long-delayed maiden flight,{{cite web|last=Foust|first=Jeff|url=https://spacenews.com/new-launch-vehicles-face-schedule-pressure/|title=New launch vehicles face schedule pressure|publisher=SpaceNews|date=13 December 2021|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130032942/https://spacenews.com/new-launch-vehicles-face-schedule-pressure/|url-status=live}} targeting a per-satellite launch cost similar to a Falcon 9,{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Stephen|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/08/13/ariane-6-rocket-holding-to-schedule-for-2020-maiden-flight/|title=Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight |publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=13 August 2016|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813220357/https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/08/13/ariane-6-rocket-holding-to-schedule-for-2020-maiden-flight/|url-status=live}} but was delayed to 2023.{{cite web |last=Rainbow |first=Jason |url=https://spacenews.com/ariane-6-launch-debut-pushed-into-2023/ |title=Ariane 6 launch debut pushed into 2023 |work=SpaceNews |date=13 June 2022 |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232216/https://spacenews.com/ariane-6-launch-debut-pushed-into-2023/ |url-status=live }}

After suborbital tests in 2020 and 2021, SpaceX planned to conduct the first orbital test flight of the fully reusable Starship launch vehicle.{{cite web|last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/musk-predicts-first-starship-orbital-launch-in-early-2022/|title=Musk predicts first Starship orbital launch in early 2022|publisher=SpaceNews|date=17 November 2021 |access-date=18 November 2021|archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130032942/https://spacenews.com/musk-predicts-first-starship-orbital-launch-in-early-2022/|url-status=live }} This was further delayed to 2023, where it launched.

The maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur was planned for 2022. The launch vehicle is designed by United Launch Alliance to gradually replace Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy at lower costs.{{cite news|url=https://spaceexplored.com/2021/06/18/ulas-maiden-vulcan-flight-delayed-to-2022-due-to-payload-readiness/|title=ULA's maiden Vulcan flight delayed to 2022 due to payload readiness|date=18 June 2021|access-date=23 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202645/https://spaceexplored.com/2021/06/18/ulas-maiden-vulcan-flight-delayed-to-2022-due-to-payload-readiness/|url-status=live}} However, the maiden flight was delayed to 2023.{{cite news|last=Roulette|first=Joey|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/united-launch-alliances-debut-vulcan-mission-slips-2023-ceo-2022-10-10/|title=United Launch Alliance's debut Vulcan mission slips to 2023 -CEO|publisher=Reuters|date=10 October 2022|access-date=11 October 2022|archive-date=10 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010221557/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/united-launch-alliances-debut-vulcan-mission-slips-2023-ceo-2022-10-10/|url-status=live}}

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's H3 launch vehicle, which was scheduled to enter service in 2022, targeted a cost less than half that of its predecessor H-IIA. The maiden flight of H3 did not take place in 2022.{{cite news|last=Tomii|first=Tetsuo|title=JAXA、新型ロケット「H3」の基本設計−打ち上げコスト半減の50億円|url=https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00390483|newspaper=Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun|date=28 June 2016|access-date=18 March 2018|language=ja|archive-date=17 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317181034/https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00390483|url-status=live}}

On 21 January 2022, the Atlas V 511 launched for the first time. This was the only planned flight of the Atlas V in the 511 configuration. The launch was successful.

On 29 March 2022, the Long March 6A rocket performed its maiden launch, successfully reaching orbit.

On 29 April 2022, the Angara 1.2 rocket had its maiden launch, successfully reaching orbit.

On 2 May 2022, Rocket Lab attempted first mid-air helicopter capture of the first stage of their Electron rocket. Attempt was successful at initially grabbing the rocket, but the vehicle was dropped in order to ensure the safety of the helicopter and its pilot.{{cite web |last=Iemole |first=Anthony |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/05/rocket-lab-booster-catch-attempt/ |title=Rocket Lab makes first booster catch attempt during successful There And Back Again mission |publisher=NASA Spaceflight |date=2 May 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504061157/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/05/rocket-lab-booster-catch-attempt/ |url-status=live }}

On 13 July 2022, Vega C had its debut flight during which it delivered the LARES 2 and six other satellites from French Guiana to orbit.{{cite web |url=https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Vega/Vega-C_successfully_completes_inaugural_flight |title=Vega-C successfully completes inaugural flight |editor=European Space Agency |website=www.esa.int |date=2022-07-13 |access-date=2022-07-14 |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714090903/https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Vega/Vega-C_successfully_completes_inaugural_flight |url-status=live }}

On 27 July 2022, CAS Space's Kinetica-1 rocket performed its maiden launch, successfully sending six satellites into orbit.

On 7 August 2022, SSLV had its debut flight. However, due to the final VTM stage failure, the stage as well as the two satellite payloads were injected into an unstable elliptical orbit measuring 356 km x 76 km and subsequently destroyed upon reentry.{{Cite tweet|number=1556208112138215424|user=isro|title=SSLV-D1/EOS-02 Mission update: SSLV-D1 placed the satellites into 356 km x 76 km elliptical orbit instead of 356 km circular orbit. Satellites are no longer usable. Issue is reasonably identified. Failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and go for a salvage action caused the deviation. A committee would analyse and recommend. With the implementation of the recommendations, ISRO will come back soon with SSLV-D2. A detailed statement by Chairman, ISRO will be uploaded soon.|author=Indian Space Research Organization|date=2022-08-07}} According to the ISRO, the mission software failed to identify and correct a sensor fault in the VTM stage.{{Cite web |title=ISRO's Maiden Small Satellite Rocket Flight Ends in Doubt After Engine Fails to Fire |url=https://thewire.in/space/sslv-suffers-data-loss-at-terminal-stage-isro |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=The Wire |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808083932/https://thewire.in/space/sslv-suffers-data-loss-at-terminal-stage-isro |url-status=live }}

On 16 November 2022, Artemis 1 saw the debut flight of NASA's Space Launch System, which is designed to return humans to the Moon in the Artemis program.{{cite web |last=Dunbar |first=Brian |date=2018-01-29 |title=Artemis-I |url=http://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1 |access-date=10 February 2022 |publisher=NASA |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206145411/https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1/ |url-status=live }} {{PD-notice}}{{Cite news |last1=Roulette |first1=Joey |last2=Gorman |first2=Steve |date=2022-11-16 |title=NASA's next-generation Artemis mission heads to moon on debut test flight |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasas-artemis-moon-rocket-begins-fueling-debut-launch-2022-11-15/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116115602/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasas-artemis-moon-rocket-begins-fueling-debut-launch-2022-11-15/ |url-status=live }}

On 9 December 2022, Jielong-3 performed its maiden launch from the Yellow Sea, successfully sending fourteen satellites into orbit.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/china-launches-14-satellites-with-new-solid-rocket-from-mobile-sea-platform/ |title=China launches 14 satellites with new solid rocket from mobile sea platform |work=SpaceNews |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232141/https://spacenews.com/china-launches-14-satellites-with-new-solid-rocket-from-mobile-sea-platform/ |url-status=live }}

On 14 December 2022, Zhuque-2 had its debut flight, but failed to reach orbit due to the failure of vernier thrusters on its second stage, which are expected to ignite and carry the second stage and payloads into orbit after the burn by the second stage main engine that did happen{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/historic-first-launch-of-chinese-private-methane-fueled-rocket-ends-in-failure/ |title=Historic first launch of Chinese private methane-fueled rocket ends in failure |publisher=SpaceNews |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=23 May 2023}}{{cite tweet |author=Andrew Jones |user=AJ_FI |number=1602975302501662720 |title=Looks like Zhuque-2 second stage failed to reach orbital velocity. Satellites lost. Similar to Zhuque-1 launch four years ago. |date=14 December 2022}}{{cite tweet |author=China 'N Asia Spaceflight |user=CNSpaceflight |number=1602972898607579137 |title=🚀BREAKING: LANDSPACE's ZHUQUE-2 failed to deliver payloads to orbit in its maiden launch. What we know at this point:
✅liftoff happened at ~08:30UTC.
✅1st/2nd stage separation
✅2nd stage engine ignition
Waiting for more info coming in... |date=14 December 2022}}
It was the world's first orbital launch attempt of a methane-fueled launch vehicle.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/chinese-commercial-methane-fueled-rocket-set-for-first-launch/ |title=Chinese commercial methane-fueled rocket set for first launch |publisher=SpaceNews |date=6 December 2022 |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232217/https://spacenews.com/chinese-commercial-methane-fueled-rocket-set-for-first-launch/ |url-status=live }}

= Space debris and satellites management =

According to a space monitoring company, in January a Chinese satellite, SJ-21, grabbed an unused satellite and "threw" it into an orbit with a lower risk for the space debris to collide.{{cite news |title=Chinese 'space cleaner' spotted grabbing and throwing away old satellite {{!}} DW {{!}} 09.02.2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-space-cleaner-spotted-grabbing-and-throwing-away-old-satellite/a-60658574 |work=Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) |access-date=21 February 2022 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221152615/https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-space-cleaner-spotted-grabbing-and-throwing-away-old-satellite/a-60658574 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Gough |first1=Evan |title=A Chinese space tug just grappled a dead satellite |url=https://phys.org/news/2022-02-chinese-space-grappled-dead-satellite.html |access-date=12 February 2022 |work=Universe Today / phys.org |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212182513/https://phys.org/news/2022-02-chinese-space-grappled-dead-satellite.html |url-status=live }} In March, the IAU announced the Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference to coordinate or aggregate measures to mitigate the detrimental effects of satellite constellations on astronomy.{{cite news |title=Astronomers stand up to satellite mega-constellations |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60262100 |access-date=10 March 2022 |work=BBC News |date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310041256/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60262100 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference |url=https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcements/2022/1 |publisher=Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315090741/https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcements/2022/1 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=International Astronomical Union {{!}} IAU |url=https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/centres/CPS/ |website=www.iau.org |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313084016/https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/centres/CPS/ |url-status=dead }} On 4 March, for the first time, human space debris – most likely a spent rocket body, Long March 3C third stage from the 2014 Chang'e 5 T1 mission – unintentionally hit the lunar surface, creating an unexpected double crater.{{cite news |last1=Strickland |first1=Ashley |last2=Hunt |first2=Katie |title=New double crater seen on the moon after mystery rocket impact |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/27/world/rocket-moon-impact-crater-scn/index.html |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=CNN |archive-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713012211/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/27/world/rocket-moon-impact-crater-scn/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Garner |first1=Rob |title=Rocket Impact Site on Moon Seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasas-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-spots-rocket-impact-site-on-moon |website=NASA |access-date=13 July 2022 |date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713170126/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasas-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-spots-rocket-impact-site-on-moon/ |url-status=live }}

= Consequences of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine =

{{see also|International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, a large number of countries imposed further international sanctions against individuals, businesses and officials from Russia, Crimea and Belarus.{{cite journal |last1=Overland |first1=Indra |last2=Fjaertoft |first2=Daniel |date=August 2015 |title=Financial Sanctions Impact Russian Oil, Equipment Export Ban's Effects Limited |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281776234 |url-status=live |journal=Oil & Gas Journal |volume=113 |issue=8 |pages=66–72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044555/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281776234_Financial_Sanctions_Impact_Russian_Oil_Equipment_Export_Ban%27s_Effects_Limited |archive-date=22 February 2018 |access-date=3 March 2022 |via=ResearchGate}}{{cite web |date=1 March 2022 |title=UK announces first wave of sanctions against Belarus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/uk-announces-first-wave-of-sanctions-against-belarus |access-date=3 March 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303031738/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/uk-announces-first-wave-of-sanctions-against-belarus |url-status=live }} Russia responded with sanctions against a number of countries.

This led to tensions between the Russian space agency and its partners.

  • The Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre program has been suspended.{{cite news|url=https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/suspension-of-soyuz-launches-operated-by-arianespace-starsem/|title=Suspension of Soyuz launches operated by Arianespace & Starsem|date=4 March 2022|access-date=15 March 2022|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315112247/https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/suspension-of-soyuz-launches-operated-by-arianespace-starsem/|url-status=live}}
  • Several Soyuz launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome have been cancelled. Combined, six launches planned for OneWeb have been cancelled.{{cite news|url=https://spacenews.com/with-soyuz-off-the-table-oneweb-back-in-the-mix/|title=With Soyuz off the table, OneWeb back in the mix|date=3 March 2022|access-date=15 March 2022|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232142/https://spacenews.com/with-soyuz-off-the-table-oneweb-back-in-the-mix/|url-status=live}} The Russian space agency removed the flags of the United States and Japan from a Soyuz rocket.{{Cite web|url = https://www.firstpost.com/world/russia-removes-flags-of-us-uk-and-japan-from-its-space-rocket-leaves-indias-flag-untouched-10428461.html|title = Russia removes flags of US, UK and Japan from its space rocket; leaves India's flag untouched|date = 4 March 2022|access-date = 14 March 2022|archive-date = 14 March 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220314103544/https://www.firstpost.com/world/russia-removes-flags-of-us-uk-and-japan-from-its-space-rocket-leaves-indias-flag-untouched-10428461.html|url-status = live}}
  • On 8 March, former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly declared he would give back his Russian spaceflight medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-returning-russian-medal|title=Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly giving back Russian spaceflight medal|website=Space.com|date=9 March 2022|access-date=14 March 2022|archive-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314103734/https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-returning-russian-medal|url-status=live}}
  • The ESA/Roscosmos joint ExoMars 2022 mission to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover using the Kazachok lander to Mars was suspended and the launch cancelled in March 2022.
  • The German component (eROSITA) of the joint German/Russian space telescope mission Spektr-RG was suspended on 26 February 2022.
  • Russia announced it would stop delivering rocket engines to US and stop support (maintenance etc.) of engines already in the US.

Orbital and Suborbital launches

{{main|List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022|List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2022}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

|+ Orbital launches by month

!width=25%|Month

!Num. of successes

!Num. of failures

!Num. of partial failures

align=left|January800
align=left|February1210
align=left|March1200
align=left|April1400
align=left|May1110
align=left|June1510
align=left|July1600
align=left|August1710
align=left|September1600
align=left|October2111
align=left|November2000
align=left|December1620
class="sortbottom"

!Total

17871

{{TOC level|3}}

Deep-space rendezvous

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
Date (UTC)

! Spacecraft

! Event

! Remarks

25 February

| Parker Solar Probe

| 11th perihelion

| Success

1 June

| Parker Solar Probe

| 12th perihelion

| Success

23 June

| BepiColombo

| Second gravity assist at Mercury

| Success

3 September

| Solar Orbiter

| Third gravity assist at Venus

| This is the first fly-by of Venus that increased Solar Orbiter's orbital inclination relative to the Sun.{{cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/01/Solar_Orbiter_journey_around_the_Sun|title=Solar Orbiter: journey around the Sun|website=esa.int|date=27 January 2020|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129124049/https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/01/Solar_Orbiter_journey_around_the_Sun|url-status=live}}

6 September

| Parker Solar Probe

| 13th perihelion

| Success

26 September

| Double Asteroid Redirection Test

| Impact at a minor planet moon Dimorphos

| DART kinetically impacted Dimorphos, the minor-planet moon of the 65803 Didymos binary asteroid system. It also performed a flyby of Didymos.{{cite press release |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-dart-mission-hits-asteroid-in-first-ever-planetary-defense-test |title=NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test |work=NASA |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=27 September 2022 |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927010942/http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-dart-mission-hits-asteroid-in-first-ever-planetary-defense-test/ |url-status=live }} {{PD-notice}}

26 September

| LICIACube

| Flyby of asteroids

| LICIACube flew by the 65803 Didymos binary asteroid system at a targeted altitude of {{cvt|55|km|mi}}.

29 September

| Juno

| 45th perijove

| On this perijove, Juno flew by Europa at a distance of {{cvt|352|km|mi}}. Orbital period around Jupiter reduced to 38 days.

16 October

| Lucy

| First gravity assist at Earth

| Target altitude: {{cvt|300|km|mi}}.

14 November

| CAPSTONE

| Lunar orbital insertion

| First mission to use a Near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon

21 November

| Artemis 1

| Powered flyby of the Moon

| Target altitude: {{cvt|60|nmi|km}}

25 November

| Artemis 1

| Distant Retrograde Orbit insertion at the Moon

| Second mission ever to use a Distant Retrograde Orbit around the Moon

1 December

| Artemis 1

| Distant Retrograde Orbit departure burn

| Spacecraft exited lunar orbit en route to an Earth return trajectory

5 December

| Artemis 1

| Powered flyby of the Moon

| Target altitude {{cvt|80.6|nmi|km}}

11 December {{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/08/nasa-prepares-rocket-spacecraft-ahead-of-tropical-storm-nicole-re-targets-launch/ |title=NASA Prepares Rocket, Spacecraft Ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole, Re-targets Launch |work=NASA |date=8 November 2022 |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108231240/https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/08/nasa-prepares-rocket-spacecraft-ahead-of-tropical-storm-nicole-re-targets-launch/ |url-status=live }}

| Artemis 1

| Splashdown at Earth

| Success

11 December

| Parker Solar Probe

| 14th perihelion

| Success

16 December

| Danuri

| Lunar orbital insertion

| Success

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

{{See also|List of spacewalks 2015–2024}}

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
Start date/time

! Duration

! End time

! Spacecraft

! Crew

! Remarks

19 January 2022
12:17

| 7 hours, 11 minutes

| 19:28

| {{nowrap| Expedition 66}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|RUS}} Anton Shkaplerov}}

{{flagicon|RUS}} Pyotr Dubrov

|

Spacewalk to connect the Prichal Node Module to the ISS. Tasks included: relocating the Strela crane over to Nauka so it can be used as a translation path for this spacewalk and the next one, connecting telemetry and power cables installing handrails, relocating television cameras and docking antennas, installing docking targets, and jettisoning unneeded hardware and trash.{{cite web|last=Lavelle|first=Heidi|title=Crew Gets Ready for Spacewalk and Dragon Departure This Week|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/01/18/crew-gets-ready-for-spacewalk-and-dragon-departure-this-week/|publisher=NASA|date=18 January 2022|access-date=10 February 2022|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118192215/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/01/18/crew-gets-ready-for-spacewalk-and-dragon-departure-this-week/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web |last=Garcia|first=Mark|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/01/19/russian-spacewalkers-exit-station-to-service-russian-modules/|title=Russian Spacewalkers Exit Station to Service Russian Modules |publisher=NASA|date=19 January 2022|access-date=10 February 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119203425/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/01/19/russian-spacewalkers-exit-station-to-service-russian-modules/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|last=Garcia|first=Mark|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/01/19/cosmonauts-wrap-up-spacewalk-after-russian-module-work/|title=Cosmonauts Wrap Up Spacewalk after Russian Module Work|publisher=NASA|date=19 January 2022|access-date=10 February 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119210810/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/01/19/cosmonauts-wrap-up-spacewalk-after-russian-module-work/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}

15 March 2022
12:11

| 6 hours, 54 minutes

|19:06

|Expedition 66
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}} Raja Chari
{{flagicon|USA}} Kayla Barron

|First spacewalk to install the IROSA mounting brackets on the S4 Truss. Task included installing the struts, mounting brackets, and triangles at the 3A Array in preparation for the delivery of the IROSA solar arrays on SpaceX CRS-25 at the end of May. The astronauts also tied back insulation on S6 so Dextre can replace the Battery Charge Discharge Modules at this location which has shown signs of decay and will be replaced at a later date. As a get ahead the astronauts photographed a worn keel pin cover which has come loose on one of the pins that were used to secure the airlock in the shuttle bay when it was launched.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Spacewalks Preps Continue, NASA Astronaut Continues Record-Breaking Mission |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/03/03/spacewalks-preps-continue-nasa-astronaut-continues-record-breaking-mission/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |language=en-US |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317133958/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/03/03/spacewalks-preps-continue-nasa-astronaut-continues-record-breaking-mission/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Space Station – Off The Earth, For The Earth |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |language=en-US |archive-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303120134/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lavelle |first=Heidi |title=NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk for Solar Array Work |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/03/15/nasa-astronauts-complete-spacewalk-for-solar-array-work/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=15 March 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315193251/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/03/15/nasa-astronauts-complete-spacewalk-for-solar-array-work/ |url-status=live }}

23 March 2022
12:32

| 6 hours, 54 minutes

|19:26

|Expedition 66
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}} Raja Chari
{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Maurer

|The astronauts will install and vent ammonia jumpers on the P1 Truss and reposition a radiator beam valve module which has been giving them trouble. The astronauts will also route cables, install cable clamps on the Bartolomeo platform, tie back thermal insulation on the Kibo Exposed Facility Berthing Mechanism, break torque on the P4 electronics boxes, replace Camera 8 on the truss which has a bad filter and light, outfit the radiator grapple bars for a future spacewalk, and also do other maintenance tasks outside the station.{{Cite web |last=Dodson |first=Gerelle |date=2022-03-10 |title=NASA to Air Briefing, Spacewalks to Upgrade Space Station |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-air-briefing-spacewalks-to-upgrade-space-station |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=NASA |archive-date=7 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507185552/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-air-briefing-spacewalks-to-upgrade-space-station/ |url-status=live }}

18 April 2022
14:01

| 6 hours, 37 minutes

| 21:37

|{{nowrap| Expedition 67}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Artemyev
{{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Matveev

|Third spacewalk in a series to activate Nauka and Prichal and to commission ERA. During the spacewalk the cosmonauts will remove covers and install electrical cables so ERA can be activated at the end of the spacewalk. They will also install handrails, experiments, and work platforms outside, and break torque on bolts that secure ERA to the lab.{{Cite web |last=Margetta |first=Robert |date=2022-04-13 |title=NASA Sets Coverage for Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-russian-spacewalks-outside-space-station |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=NASA |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421121347/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-russian-spacewalks-outside-space-station/ |url-status=live }}

28 April 2022
10:58

| 7 hours, 42 minutes

| 18:40

|{{nowrap| Expedition 67}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Artemyev
{{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Matveev

| Fourth spacewalk in a series to activate Nauka and Prichal and to commission ERA. During the spacewalk the cosmonauts will jettison thermal cover, release launch locks, and lube the joints and the grapple fixtures before they walk off the arm to its stowage point on the side of the lab in preparation for its first grapple at the end of the spacewalk.

Artemyev and Matveev completed their major objectives during the spacewalk, which included monitoring the first commanded movements of the robotic arm from its grapple fixtures after removing thermal blankets and launch locks. The duo monitored the robotic arm as its end effectors translated one at a time to a new base points. The crew also installed more handrails on Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Shortly after the spacewalk ended, cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov completed the grapple of the second of the two end effectors on the new European Robotic Arm to a grapple mechanism on the Nauka module to successfully wrap up the major tasks of the excursion.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/04/28/cosmonauts-set-up-robotic-arms-first-motion-wrap-up-spacewalk/|title=Cosmonauts Set Up Robotic Arm's First Motion, Wrap Up Spacewalk|website=blogs.nasa.gov|date=28 April 2022 |access-date=23 May 2022|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524075250/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/04/28/cosmonauts-set-up-robotic-arms-first-motion-wrap-up-spacewalk/|url-status=live}}{{PD-notice}}

21 July 2022

14:50

| 7 hours, 5 minutes

| 21:55

|{{nowrap| Expedition 67}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Artemyev
{{flagicon|ITA}} Samantha Cristoforetti

|Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti worked on the ERA robotic arm as part of the work scheduled to commission the Nauka module and robotic arm. They launched two Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan (No. 1-2) and eight YUZGU-55 (No. 5-12) satellites, installed an ERA grapple point on Poisk to facilitate future relocation of the experiment airlock on the next spacewalk, translated a work platform over to Nauka, reconfigured ERA and set the control panel from grapple mode to stowed, replaced a camera port window on ERA that prevented grappling on the previous spacewalk, replaced MLI blankets on Nauka that were knocked loose by the thruster firings when the module arrived, and installed retainers on Strela 1 on Poisk. The final task to relocate Strela 2 on Zarya over to Poisk and install its retainer was deferred to the next spacewalk because they ran out of time and they had a late start. Cristoforetti become the first female European astronaut to perform a spacewalk, and only the third woman to perform a spacewalk using the Russian Orlan spacesuit (after Svetlana Savitskaya and Peggy Whitson).{{Cite web |title=Space Station – Off The Earth, For The Earth |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |language=en-US |archive-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303120134/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Экипаж МКС выйдет в открытый космос 21 июля |trans-title=The ISS crew will go into outer space on 21 July |website=www.roscosmos.ru |language=ru |url=https://www.roscosmos.ru/37861/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822041208/https://www.roscosmos.ru/37861/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Spacewalkers Exit Station to Configure New Robotic Arm |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/07/21/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-configure-new-robotic-arm/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=21 July 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722010429/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/07/21/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-configure-new-robotic-arm/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Russian, European Spacewalkers Wrap Up Robotic Arm Excursion |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/07/21/russian-european-spacewalkers-wrap-up-robotic-arm-excursion/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=21 July 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722022508/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/07/21/russian-european-spacewalkers-wrap-up-robotic-arm-excursion/ |url-status=live }}

17 August 2022
13:53

| 4 hours, 1 minute

| 17:54

|{{nowrap| Expedition 67}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Artemyev
{{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Matveev

|Sixth spacewalk in a series to outfit Nauka and to prepare the Russian Segment for module transfers which will take place in the fall. The primary task to install cameras on the elbow joint was completed on time and both cameras passed their telemetry checkouts. The final tasks to relocate the ERA control panel, set the arm back to "grapple mode", and remove the launch rings from the wrist of ERA will be moved to the next spacewalk. Artemyev was in the process of removing the launch ring at worksite 2 from ERA when he suffered a voltage drop in his spacesuit batteries. Mission Control Moscow ordered him back inside the airlock where he connected to internal power to recharge his suit. Because they were ahead and then behind the timeline, in light of the battery issue Mission Control Moscow gave the order to terminate the EVA at 16:34 GMT and the spacewalk concluded at 17:54 GMT, 4 hours and 1 minute into the spacewalk.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Russian Spacewalk Ends Early After Battery Power Issue |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/08/17/russian-spacewalk-ends-early-after-battery-power-issue/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=17 August 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829115815/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/08/17/russian-spacewalk-ends-early-after-battery-power-issue/ |url-status=live }} Artemyev was never in any danger and they will be replacing the battery before the next spacewalk. Because of the early EVA termination, the getahead task to relocate Strela 2 over to Poisk was also moved to the next spacewalk along with the other tasks.{{Cite web |title=Russian cosmonauts to perform spacewalk in middle of Aug - Roscosmos |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/81784/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=interfax.com |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807000340/https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/81784/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=Russian Cosmonauts to Embark on Spacewalk in Mid-August |url=https://see.news/russian-cosmonauts-to-embark-on-spacewalk-in-mid-august/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807000342/https://see.news/russian-cosmonauts-to-embark-on-spacewalk-in-mid-august/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lavelle |first=Heidi |title=Spacewalkers Exit Station to Continue Outfitting European Robotic Arm |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/08/17/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-continue-outfitting-european-robotic-arm/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=17 August 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831043956/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/08/17/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-continue-outfitting-european-robotic-arm/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Spacewalk Concludes After Abnormal Battery Readings |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/08/17/spacewalk-concludes-after-abnormal-battery-readings/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=17 August 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831200937/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/08/17/spacewalk-concludes-after-abnormal-battery-readings/ |url-status=live }}

1 September 2022
10:26

| 6 hours, 7 minutes

| 16:33

| Shenzhou 14

TSS Wentian airlock

|{{flagicon|China}} Chen Dong
{{flagicon|China}} Liu Yang

|The spacewalkers completed a series of tasks including installing an additional pump on the exterior, raising panoramic camera B, installing a workbench, demonstrating emergency return, etc. This is the first time the Wentian airlock was used, and it will be used for all future spacewalks.

2 September 2022
13:25

| 7 hours 47 minutes

| 21:12

|{{nowrap| Expedition 67}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Artemyev
{{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Matveev

|Seventh in a series of spacewalks to outfit Nauka and to prepare ERA for operations. The spacewalkers completed the tasks that were moved from the previous two spacewalks and installed two payload adapters on Nauka. Because of time and the lack of consumables the task to break torque on bolts that secure the airlock and the radiator to Rassvet was deferred to the next spacewalk. This was the longest EVA of Expedition 67 and the final one of this mission.{{Cite web |last=Bardan |first=Roxana |date=2022-09-01 |title=NASA Sets TV Coverage for Russian Spacewalk |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-tv-coverage-for-russian-spacewalk |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=NASA |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902152358/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-tv-coverage-for-russian-spacewalk/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lavelle |first=Heidi |title=Spacewalkers Exit Station to Continue Outfitting European Robotic Arm |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/02/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-continue-outfitting-european-robotic-arm-2/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=2 September 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902135940/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/02/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-continue-outfitting-european-robotic-arm-2/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Cosmonaut Spacewalkers Complete Robotics Spacewalk |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/02/cosmonaut-spacewalkers-complete-robotics-spacewalk/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=2 September 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903031856/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/09/02/cosmonaut-spacewalkers-complete-robotics-spacewalk/ |url-status=live }}

17 September 2022
05:35

| 4 hours 12 minutes

| 09:47

| Shenzhou 14

TSS Wentian airlock

|{{flagicon|China}} Chen Dong
{{flagicon|China}} Cai Xuzhe

|The spacewalkers completed a series of tasks, including the completion of the installation of foot limiters and extravehicular workbenches, and will follow up with the support of the small robotic arm, and cooperate with each other to carry out the installation of the outboard booster handle, the installation of the load circuit expansion pump set, and the verification of the outboard rescue.

15 November 2022
14:14

| 7 hours 11 minutes

| 21:25

|Expedition 68
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Cassada
{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Rubio

|Cassada and Rubio installed the final IROSA mounting bracket on the S6 Truss at Array 1B. As part of get-ahead tasks, they prepared the 3A mounting bracket at P4 for the delivery of two IROSAs on the 18th and routed cables along the truss to be mated at the end of EVA 3. Because of time they did not install the slip collars on S6 and the cable routing was partly completed. The S6 cables will be routed on a later spacewalk when IROSA arrives.{{Cite web |last=Dodson |first=Gerelle |date=2022-11-03 |title=NASA to Provide Coverage of Preview Briefing, US Spacewalks |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-provide-coverage-of-preview-briefing-us-spacewalks |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=NASA |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114160210/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-provide-coverage-of-preview-briefing-us-spacewalks/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk for Solar Array Work |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/15/nasa-astronauts-begin-spacewalk-for-solar-array-work/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=15 November 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115222022/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/15/nasa-astronauts-begin-spacewalk-for-solar-array-work/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lavelle |first=Heidi |title=NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Prep for Upcoming Solar Array Upgrades |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/15/nasa-astronauts-complete-spacewalk-to-prep-for-upcoming-solar-array-upgrades/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=15 November 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116023210/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/15/nasa-astronauts-complete-spacewalk-to-prep-for-upcoming-solar-array-upgrades/ |url-status=live }}

17 November 2022
03:16

| 5 hours 34 minutes

| 08:50

| Shenzhou 14

TSS Wentian airlock

|{{flagicon|China}} Chen Dong
{{flagicon|China}} Cai Xuzhe

|The spacewalkers completed a series of tasks, including the installation of a connection device between Tianhe core cabin and Wentian experimental cabin, inter-chamber connection device between Tianhe core cabin and Mengtian experimental cabin, lifting of panoramic camera A of Wentian experimental cabin and installation of small mechanical arm power-assisted handle.

17 November 2022
14:39

| 6 hours 25 minutes

|21:07

|{{nowrap| Expedition 68}}

Poisk Airlock

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Prokopyev
{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitry Petelin

|Eighth in a series of spacewalks to outfit Nauka and to prepare ERA for operations. The spacewalkers changed a grapple fixture so the airlock can be used as a base point for the arm, broke torque on bolts that secure the airlock and radiator to Rassvet, removed launch restraints from the radiator, vented nitrogen jumpers, replaced a retainer on Strela 2 with one that has a stop, and transferred a MLM outfitting work platform called the SKKO that is, the Nauka Means of attachment of large payloads over to Nauka and installed it at the ERA base point facing aft where ERA use to be when it was launched.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Cosmonauts Prep for Thursday Spacewalk, Dragon Targets Monday Launch |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/16/cosmonauts-prep-for-thursday-spacewalk-dragon-targets-monday-launch/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=16 November 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117163210/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/16/cosmonauts-prep-for-thursday-spacewalk-dragon-targets-monday-launch/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lavelle |first=Heidi |title=Cosmonauts Begin First in a Series of Spacewalks for Station Maintenance |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/17/cosmonauts-begin-first-in-a-series-of-spacewalks-for-station-maintenance/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=17 November 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117201427/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/17/cosmonauts-begin-first-in-a-series-of-spacewalks-for-station-maintenance/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk for Work on Science Module |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/17/cosmonauts-finish-spacewalk-for-work-on-science-module/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=17 November 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118131052/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/17/cosmonauts-finish-spacewalk-for-work-on-science-module/ |url-status=live }}

3 December 2022
12:16

| 7 hours 5 minutes

| 19:21

|Expedition 68
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Cassada
{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Rubio

|Assisted by Canadarm 2, Cassada and Rubio installed an IROSA at Array 3A and connected it to the US power system. The spacewalkers undid bolts and installed cables and at 17:37 GMT the array was deployed and is receiving power. As part of get-ahead tasks, they prepared the 4A array for the next spacewalk, demated the 1B array, broke torque on the P4 electronic boxes, and installed cables along the truss to be mated at the end of EVA 5. Spacewalk faced a delay when Cassada's suit did not power up. Troubleshooting steps were done and power was restored to Cassada's suit so they could continue the spacewalk. Nick Hague was ground IV.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Spacewalkers Exit Station to Install Roll-Out Solar Array |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/12/03/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-install-roll-out-solar-array/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=3 December 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203180856/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/12/03/spacewalkers-exit-station-to-install-roll-out-solar-array/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |title=Spacewalkers Complete New Solar Array Installation on Station |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/12/03/spacewalkers-complete-new-solar-array-installation-on-station/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=3 December 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204050404/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/12/03/spacewalkers-complete-new-solar-array-installation-on-station/ |url-status=live }}

22 December 2022
13:19

| 7 hours 8 minutes

|20:27

|Expedition 68
ISS Quest

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Cassada
{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Rubio

|Assisted by Canadarm 2, Rubio and Cassada will install the fourth IROSA at Array 4A. Task include releasing bolts, installing cables, and deploying the array and connecting it to the US power system. Once these task are complete Rubio and Cassada will stow the array stowage beams on the carrier and remove their foot restraints from the arm in perpetration for astronaut Nicole Mann to grapple the carrier and load it into the trunk of SpaceX CRS-26 for disposal. If they have time they will photograph Soyuz MS-22 which has suffered a cooling leak in its primary radiator.

Space debris events

{{See also|List of space debris producing events}}

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Date/Time (UTC)

! {{nowrap|Source object}}

! {{nowrap|Event type}}

! Pieces tracked

! Remarks

12 November

| nowrap | {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} Long March 6A upper stage

| nowrap | Breakup

| 781{{cite web |url=https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv27i3.pdf |title=Evolution of Major Debris Clouds in Low Earth Orbit |author= |date= |publisher=NASA |access-date=8 August 2024 }}

| Energetic fragmentation event; Cause Unknown; but may be related to upper stage passivization or insulation.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-07-12 |title=China's Long March 6A rocket appears to have an orbital debris problem |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-long-march-6a-rocket-appears-to-have-an-orbital-debris-problem/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}{{Cite tweet |number=1821320706044653969 |user=S4S_SDA |title=#S4S has confirmed the breakup of a Chinese Long March 6A rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, on Aug. 7, 2024. Analysis ongoing. #spacedebris #SDA @SpaceTrackOrg @US_SpaceCom |first=S4S_SDA |date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024}} It later expanded from its initial 50 pieces to 350 and subsequently 781 pieces.{{cite web |url=https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv27i3.pdf |title=Evolution of Major Debris Clouds in Low Earth Orbit |author= |date= |publisher=NASA |access-date=8 August 2024 }}

17 November

| nowrap | {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} H2-A 202 Payload fairing

| nowrap | Breakup

| 50+

| Energetic fragmentation event; Cause Unknown

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 launch vehicle, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian launch vehicle.

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| value4 = 5 | color4 = #ff9933 | label4 = India:

| value5 = 3 | color5 = #318ce7 | label5 = France:

| value6 = 2 | color6 = #808000 | label6 = Italy:

| value7 = 1 | color7 = #239f40 | label7 = Iran:

| value8 = 1 | color8 = #ffffff | label8 = Japan:

| value9 = 1 | color9 = #800080 | label9 = South Korea:

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! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial
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| 64 || 62 || 2 || 0

style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}

| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0

style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}

| 5 || 4 || 1 || 0

style="background:#239f40;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IRN}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

style="background:#808000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{ITA}}

| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0

style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}

| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0

style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}}

| 22{{efn|Includes Soyuz launches from Kourou and Baikonur}} || 22 || 0 || 0

style="background:#800080;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{KOR}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}

| 87{{efn|Includes Electron launches from Mahia}} || 84 || 2 || 1

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| group 4 = 0:0:0: 9:0:0:0:0:0:0

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| group 6 = 0:0:0:0:56:0:0:0:0:0

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| group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0

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| group 21 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0

| group 22 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2

| group 23 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2

| group 24 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2

| group 25 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2

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| group names = Ariane 5 : Rocket 3 : Atlas V : Electron : Falcon 9 new : Falcon 9 reused : Falcon Heavy : Kuaizhou 1A : Kuaizhou 11 : Long March 2 : Long March 3 : Long March 4 : Long March 5 : Long March 6 : Long March 7 : Long March 8 : Long March 11 : PSLV : Soyuz-2 : Soyuz-2-1v : Soyuz-ST : Angara 1.2 : Antares 230+ : Ceres-1 : LauncherOne : Vega C : Others

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== By family ==

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Family

! Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

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align=left| Antaresalign=left| {{USA}}2200
align=left| Arianealign=left| {{FRA}}3300
align=left| Astraalign=left| {{USA}}3120
align=left| Atlasalign=left| {{USA}}7700
align=left| Ceresalign=left| {{CHN}}2200
align=left| Deltaalign=left| {{USA}}1100
align=left| Electronalign=left| {{USA}}9900
align=left| Epsilonalign=left| {{JPN}}1010
align=left| Falconalign=left| {{USA}}616100
align=left| Fireflyalign=left| {{USA}}1001
align=left| Hyperbolaalign=left| {{CHN}}1010
align=left| Jielongalign=left| {{CHN}}1100
align=left| Kineticaalign=left| {{CHN}}1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kuaizhoualign=left| {{CHN}}5500
align=left| LauncherOnealign=left| {{USA}}2200
align=left| Long Marchalign=left| {{CHN}}535300
align=left| LVM 3align=left| {{IND}}1100
align=left| Nurialign=left| {{KOR}}1100
align=left| PSLValign=left| {{IND}}3300
align=left| R-7align=left| {{RUS}}191900
align=left| Safiralign=left| {{IRN}}1100
align=left| SSLValign=left| {{IND}}1010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| SLSalign=left| {{USA}}1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| URalign=left| {{RUS}}1100
align=left| Vegaalign=left| {{ITA}}2110
align=left| Zhuquealign=left| {{CHN}}1010align=left| Maiden flight

== By type ==

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center
Rocket

! Country

! Family

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Angara 1.2align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Angara2200align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Antares 200align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Antares2200
align=left| Ariane 5align=left| {{FRA}}align=left| Ariane3300
align=left| Atlas Valign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas7700
align=left| Ceres-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Ceres2200
align=left| Delta IValign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta1100
align=left| Electronalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Electron9900
align=left| Epsilonalign=left| {{JPN}}align=left| Epsilon1010
align=left| Falcon 9align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Falcon616100
align=left| Firefly Alphaalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Firefly1001
align=left| Hyperbola-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Hyperbola1010
align=left| Jielong-3align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Jielong1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kinetica-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kinetica1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kuaizhoualign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kuaizhou5500
align=left| LauncherOnealign=left| {{USA}}align=left| LauncherOne2200
align=left| LVM 3align=left| {{IND}}align=left| LVM 31100
align=left| Long March 2align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March242400
align=left| Long March 3align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March4400
align=left| Long March 4align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March111100
align=left| Long March 5align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March2200
align=left| Long March 6align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March4400
align=left| Long March 7align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March3300
align=left| Long March 8align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March1100
align=left| Long March 11align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March4400
align=left| Nurialign=left| {{KOR}}align=left| Nuri1100
align=left| PSLValign=left| {{IND}}align=left| PSLV3300
align=left| Protonalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| UR1100
align=left| Qasedalign=left| {{IRN}}align=left| Safir1100
align=left| Rocket 3align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Astra3120align=left| Final flight
align=left| SSLValign=left| {{IND}}align=left| SSLV1010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Soyuz-2align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| R-7191900
align=left| SLSalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| SLS1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Vegaalign=left| {{ITA}}align=left| Vega2110
align=left| Zhuque-2align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Zhuque1010align=left| Maiden flight

== By configuration ==

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center
Rocket

! Country

! Type

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Angara 1.2align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Angara 1.22200align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Antares 230+align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Antares 2002200
align=left| Ariane 5 ECAalign=left| {{FRA}}align=left| Ariane 53300
align=left| Atlas V 401align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V1100align=left| Final flight
align=left| Atlas V 421align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V1100align=left| Final flight
align=left| Atlas V 511align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V1100align=left| Only flight
align=left| Atlas V 531align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V1100align=left| Final flight
align=left| Atlas V 541align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V2200align=left| Final flight
align=left| Atlas V N22align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Atlas V1100
align=left| Ceres-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Ceres-12200
align=left| Delta IV Heavyalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Delta IV1100
align=left| Electronalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Electron9900
align=left| Epsilonalign=left| {{JPN}}align=left| Epsilon1010
align=left| Falcon 9 Block 5align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Falcon 9606000
align=left| Falcon Heavyalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Falcon 91100
align=left| Firefly Alphaalign=left| {{USA}}align=left| Firefly Alpha1001
align=left| Hyperbola-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left|Hyperbola-11010
align=left| Kuaizhou 1Aalign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kuaizhou4400
align=left| Jielong-3align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Jielong-31100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kuaizhou 11align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kuaizhou1100
align=left| LauncherOnealign=left| {{USA}}align=left| LauncherOne2200
align=left| LVM 3align=left| {{IND}}align=left| LVM 31100
align=left| Long March 2Calign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 26600
align=left| Long March 2Dalign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 2151500
align=left| Long March 2F/Galign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 22200
align=left| Long March 2F/Talign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 21100
align=left| Long March 3B/Ealign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 33300
align=left| Long March 3B/E / YZ-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 31100
align=left| Long March 4Balign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 42200
align=left| Long March 4Calign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 49900
align=left| Long March 5Balign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 52200
align=left| Long March 6align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 62200
align=left| Long March 6Aalign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 62200align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Long March 7align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 72200
align=left| Long March 7Aalign=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 71100
align=left| Long March 8align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 81100
align=left| Long March 11align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Long March 114400
align=left| Nurialign=left| {{KOR}}align=left| Nuri1100
align=left| PSLV-XLalign=left| {{IND}}align=left| PSLV2200
align=left| PSLV-CAalign=left| {{IND}}align=left| PSLV1100
align=left| Proton-M / DM-03align=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Proton1100
align=left| Qasedalign=left| {{IRN}}align=left| Qased1100
align=left| Rocket 3align=left| {{USA}}align=left| Rocket 33120align=left| Final flight
align=left| SSLValign=left| {{IND}}align=left| SSLV1010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Soyuz-2.1aalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz-26600
align=left| Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M or ST-Aalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz-22200
align=left| Soyuz-2.1balign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz-22200
align=left| Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M or ST-Balign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz-27700
align=left| Soyuz-2-1v / Volgaalign=left| {{RUS}}align=left| Soyuz-22200
align=left| SLS Block 1align=left| {{USA}}align=left| SLS1100align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Vega Calign=left| {{ITA}}align=left| Vega2110align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Zhuque-2align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Zhuque-21010align=left| Maiden flight
align=left| Kinetica-1align=left| {{CHN}}align=left| Kinetica-11100align=left| Maiden flight

= By spaceport =

{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart

| float = center

| width = 990

| height = 440

| stack = 1

| group 1 = 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

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| group 3 = 14:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 4 = 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 5 = 16:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 6 = 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 7 = 0: 6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 8 = 0:0: 5:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 9 = 0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0

| group 10 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0

| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0: 7:0:0:0:0

| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 9:0:0:0

| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:13:0:0

| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0

| group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0

| group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:38

| group 17 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:19

| group 18 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2

| group 19 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2

| group 20 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1

| group 21 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:16

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| group names = East China Sea : Jiuquan : Taiyuan : Wenchang : Xichang : Yellow Sea : Kourou : Satish Dhawan : Shahroud : Uchinoura : Baikonur : Māhia : Plesetsk : Vostochny : Naro : Cape Canaveral : Kennedy : MARS : Mojave : PSCA : Vandenberg

| x legends = China : France : India : Iran: Japan : Kazakhstan : New Zealand : Russia : South Korea : United States

| units suffix = _launches

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Site

! Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial failures

! Remarks

align=left| Baikonuralign=left| {{KAZ}}7700
align=left| Cape Canaveralalign=left| {{USA}}383620
align=left| East China Seaalign=left| {{CHN}}1100
align=left| Jiuquanalign=left| {{CHN}}252320
align=left| Kennedyalign=left| {{USA}}191900
align=left| Kouroualign=left| {{FRA}}6510

|align=left| Māhia

align=left| {{NZL}}9900
align=left| MARSalign=left| {{USA}}2200
align=left| Mojavealign=left| {{USA}}2200
align=left| Naroalign=left| {{KOR}}1100
align=left| PSCAalign=left| {{USA}}1100
align=left| Plesetskalign=left| {{RUS}}131300
align=left| Satish Dhawanalign=left| {{IND}}5410
align=left| Shahroudalign=left| {{IRN}}1100
align=left| Taiyuanalign=left| {{CHN}}141400
align=left| Uchinouraalign=left| {{JPN}}1010
align=left| Vandenbergalign=left| {{USA}}161501
align=left| Vostochnyalign=left| {{RUS}}1100
align=left| Wenchangalign=left| {{CHN}}6600
align=left| Xichangalign=left| {{CHN}}161600
align=left| Yellow Seaalign=left| {{CHN}}2200
colspan=2| Total || 186 || 178 || 7 || 1 ||

= By orbit =

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| float = center

| width = 990

| height = 440

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| group 4 = 0: 6:0:0:0:0

| group 5 = 0:56:0:0:0:0

| group 6 = 0: 1:0:0:0:0

| group 7 = 0:0: 5:0:0:0

| group 8 = 0:0: 1:0:0:0

| group 9 = 0:0:0:21:0:0

| group 10 = 0:0:0: 1:0:0

| group 11 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0

| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0: 2

| colors = DeepSkyBlue : Navy : MediumBlue : Red : RoyalBlue : LightBlue : LightSeaGreen : SkyBlue : SaddleBrown : Peru : LightGrey : Gold

| group names = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (CSS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Medium Earth : Molniya : Geosynchronous : Tundra : Lunar transfer : Heliocentric

| x legends = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Medium Earth / Molniya : Geosynchronous / Tundra / transfer : High Earth / Lunar transfer : Heliocentric

| units suffix = _launches

}}

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Orbital regime

! Launches

! Achieved

! Not achieved

! Accidentally
achieved

! Remarks

align=left| Transatmospheric0001align=left| SSLV-D1 was intended to reach low Earth orbit, but achieved a transatmospheric orbit instead
align=left| Low Earth / Sun-synchronous15414770align=left| Including flights to ISS and Tiangong
align=left| Geosynchronous / Tundra / GTO232300
align=left| Medium Earth / Molniya6600
align=left| High Earth / Lunar transfer1100
align=left| Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer2200
class="sortbottom"

!Total

18617971

Suborbital launch statistics

= By country =

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of suborbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. Flights intended to fly below {{cvt|80|km}} are omitted.

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| radius = 120

| legend = false

| thumb = left

| value1 = 35 | color1 = #484785 | label1 = United States:

| value2 = 22 | color2 = #ffc0cb | label2 = North Korea:

| value3 = 16 | color3 = #ff0000 | label3 = China:

| value4 = 11 | color4 = #fe6f5e| label4 = Canada:

| value5 = 8 | color5 = #ff9933 | label5 = India:

| value6 = 8 | color6 = #a52a2a | label6 = Russia:

| value7 = 6 | color7 = #800080 | label7 = South Korea:

| value8 = 5 | color8 = #239f40 | label8 = Iran:

| value9 = 5 | color9 = #3b3c36 | label9 = Yemen:

| value10 = 3 | color10 = #009c3b | label10 = Brazil:

| value11 = 3 | color11 = #008080 | label11 = Israel:

| value12 = 3 | color12 = #91a3b0 | label12 = Netherlands:

| value13 = 2 | color13 = #ffffff | label13 = Japan:

| value14 = 1 | color14 = #ace1af | label14 = Pakistan:

| value15 = 1 | color15 = #000066 | label15 = Slovenia:

| value16 = 1 | color16 = #7c3030 | label16 = Turkey:

| value17 = 1 | color17 = #beaf97 | label17 = United Kingdom:

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colspan=2 | Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial
failures

style="background:#009c3b;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{BRA}}

| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0

style="background:#fe6f5e;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CAN}}

| 11 || 11 || 0 || 0

style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}

| 16 || 16 || 0 || 0

style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}

| 8 || 8 || 0 || 0

style="background:#239f40;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IRN}}

| 5 || 5 || 0 || 0

style="background:#008080;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{ISR}}

| 5 || 3 || 0 || 0

style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}

| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0

style="background:#91a3b0;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{NED}}

| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0

style="background:#ffc0cb;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{PRK}}

| 21 || 21 || 0 || 0

style="background:#ace1af;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{PAK}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}}

| 8 || 8 || 0 || 0

style="background:#000066;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{SVN}}

| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1

style="background:#800080;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{KOR}}

| 6 || 5 || 1 || 0

style="background:#7c3030;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{TUR}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

style="background:#beaf97;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{UK}}

| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0

style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}

| 35{{efn|3 crewed flights}} || 31 || 4 || 0

style="background:#3b3c36;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{YEM}}

| 5 || 5 || 0 || 0

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! colspan="2" | World

{{sum|3|11|16|8|5|3|2|3|22|1|8|1|6|1|1|35|5}}{{sum|3|11|16|8|5|3|2|2|21|1|8|0|5|1|0|31|5}}{{sum|1|1|1|4}}1

{{clear}}

See also

Notes

{{NoteFoot}}

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}