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}}
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|+ Orbital launches by month !width=25%|Month !Num. of successes !Num. of failures !Num. of partial failures | |||
align=left|January | 8 | 0 | 0 |
align=left|February | 12 | 1 | 0 |
align=left|March | 12 | 0 | 0 |
align=left|April | 14 | 0 | 0 |
align=left|May | 11 | 1 | 0 |
align=left|June | 15 | 1 | 0 |
align=left|July | 16 | 0 | 0 |
align=left|August | 17 | 1 | 0 |
align=left|September | 16 | 0 | 0 |
align=left|October | 21 | 1 | 1 |
align=left|November | 20 | 0 | 0 |
align=left|December | 16 | 2 | 0 |
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!Total | 178 | 7 | 1 |
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Deep-space rendezvous
Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
{{See also|List of spacewalks 2015–2024}}
Space debris events
{{See also|List of space debris producing events}}
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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| value1 = 87 | color1 = #484785 | label1 = United States:
| value2 = 64 | color2 = #ff0000 | label2 = China:
| value3 = 22 | color3 = #a52a2a | label3 = Russia:
| 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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colspan=2 | Country
! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}
| 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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= By rocket =
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| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0
| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:11:0:0:0
| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0
| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0
| group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0
| 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
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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| Angara | align=left| {{RUS}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Antares | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Ariane | align=left| {{FRA}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Astra | align=left| {{USA}} | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
align=left| Atlas | align=left| {{USA}} | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Ceres | align=left| {{CHN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Delta | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Electron | align=left| {{USA}} | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Epsilon | align=left| {{JPN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Falcon | align=left| {{USA}} | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Firefly | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
align=left| Hyperbola | align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Jielong | align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Kinetica | align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Kuaizhou | align=left| {{CHN}} | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| LauncherOne | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March | align=left| {{CHN}} | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| LVM 3 | align=left| {{IND}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Nuri | align=left| {{KOR}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| PSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| R-7 | align=left| {{RUS}} | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Safir | align=left| {{IRN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| SSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| SLS | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| UR | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Vega | align=left| {{ITA}} | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Zhuque | align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
== By type ==
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Rocket
! Country ! Family ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=left| Angara 1.2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Angara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Antares 200 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Antares | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Ariane 5 | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Atlas V | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Ceres-1 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Ceres | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Delta IV | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Electron | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Electron | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Epsilon | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| Epsilon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Falcon 9 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Firefly Alpha | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Firefly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
align=left| Hyperbola-1 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Hyperbola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Jielong-3 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Jielong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Kinetica-1 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Kinetica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Kuaizhou | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Kuaizhou | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| LauncherOne | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| LauncherOne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| LVM 3 | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| LVM 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 2 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 3 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 4 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 5 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 6 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 7 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 8 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 11 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Nuri | align=left| {{KOR}} | align=left| Nuri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| PSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Proton | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| UR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Qased | align=left| {{IRN}} | align=left| Safir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Rocket 3 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Astra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
align=left| SSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| SSLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Soyuz-2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| R-7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| SLS | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| SLS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Vega | align=left| {{ITA}} | align=left| Vega | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Zhuque-2 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Zhuque | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
== By configuration ==
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Rocket
! Country ! Type ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=left| Angara 1.2 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Angara 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Antares 230+ | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Antares 200 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Ariane 5 ECA | align=left| {{FRA}} | align=left| Ariane 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Atlas V 401 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
align=left| Atlas V 421 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
align=left| Atlas V 511 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Only flight |
align=left| Atlas V 531 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
align=left| Atlas V 541 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
align=left| Atlas V N22 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Atlas V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Ceres-1 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Ceres-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Delta IV Heavy | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Delta IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Electron | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Electron | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Epsilon | align=left| {{JPN}} | align=left| Epsilon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Falcon 9 Block 5 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon 9 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Falcon Heavy | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Falcon 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Firefly Alpha | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Firefly Alpha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
align=left| Hyperbola-1 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left|Hyperbola-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Kuaizhou 1A | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Kuaizhou | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Jielong-3 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Jielong-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Kuaizhou 11 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Kuaizhou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| LauncherOne | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| LauncherOne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| LVM 3 | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| LVM 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 2C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 2D | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 2F/G | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 2F/T | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 3B/E | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 3B/E / YZ-1 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 4C | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 5B | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 6 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 6A | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Long March 7 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 7A | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 8 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Long March 11 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Long March 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Nuri | align=left| {{KOR}} | align=left| Nuri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| PSLV-XL | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| PSLV-CA | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Proton-M / DM-03 | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Proton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Qased | align=left| {{IRN}} | align=left| Qased | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Rocket 3 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| Rocket 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | align=left| Final flight |
align=left| SSLV | align=left| {{IND}} | align=left| SSLV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Soyuz-2.1a | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M or ST-A | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Soyuz-2.1b | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M or ST-B | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Soyuz-2-1v / Volga | align=left| {{RUS}} | align=left| Soyuz-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| SLS Block 1 | align=left| {{USA}} | align=left| SLS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Vega C | align=left| {{ITA}} | align=left| Vega | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Zhuque-2 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Zhuque-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
align=left| Kinetica-1 | align=left| {{CHN}} | align=left| Kinetica-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=left| Maiden flight |
= By spaceport =
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| 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 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| Baikonur | align=left| {{KAZ}} | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Cape Canaveral | align=left| {{USA}} | 38 | 36 | 2 | 0 | |
align=left| East China Sea | align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Jiuquan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | |
align=left| Kennedy | align=left| {{USA}} | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Kourou | align=left| {{FRA}} | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
|align=left| Māhia | align=left| {{NZL}} | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| MARS | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Mojave | align=left| {{USA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Naro | align=left| {{KOR}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| PSCA | align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Plesetsk | align=left| {{RUS}} | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Satish Dhawan | align=left| {{IND}} | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Shahroud | align=left| {{IRN}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Taiyuan | align=left| {{CHN}} | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Uchinoura | align=left| {{JPN}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
align=left| Vandenberg | align=left| {{USA}} | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | |
align=left| Vostochny | align=left| {{RUS}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Wenchang | align=left| {{CHN}} | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Xichang | align=left| {{CHN}} | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Yellow Sea | align=left| {{CHN}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
colspan=2| Total || 186 || 178 || 7 || 1 || |
= By orbit =
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| float = center
| width = 990
| height = 440
| stack = 1
| group 1 = 1:0:0:0:0:0
| group 2 = 0:71:0:0:0:0
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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 ! Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=left| Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | align=left| SSLV-D1 was intended to reach low Earth orbit, but achieved a transatmospheric orbit instead |
align=left| Low Earth / Sun-synchronous | 154 | 147 | 7 | 0 | align=left| Including flights to ISS and Tiangong |
align=left| Geosynchronous / Tundra / GTO | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
align=left| Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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!Total | 186 | 179 | 7 | 1 |
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.
{{Pie chart
| 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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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See also
Notes
{{NoteFoot}}
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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