List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2018#August
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This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2018. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2018 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2018, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2018. For launches in 2019, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2019.
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Orbital launches
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 9 July |time = 03:56
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2C / SMA
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan LC-43/94
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PAK}} PRSS-1
|user = SUPARCO
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PAK}} PakTES-1A
|user = SUPARCO
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 July |time = 20:58
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3A
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang LA-2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou IGSO-7
|user = CNSA
|orbit = IGSO
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 July |time = 21:51:34
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1a
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} Baikonur
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Fastest rendezvous with the ISS, with a new two-orbit procedure taking less than four hours.{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/09/progress-freighter-blasts-off-on-fastest-ever-trip-to-international-space-station/ |title=Progress freighter completes fastest-ever trip to International Space Station |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=10 July 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Progress MS-09 / 70P
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 January 2019
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 July |time = 05:50
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-058
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Telstar 19V
|user = Telesat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome =Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 July |time = 11:25:01
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Ariane 5 ES
|flight = VA244
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = Third Galileo launch with Ariane 5 (10th overall), carrying Tara, Samuel, Anna, and Ellen. Last flight of Ariane 5 ES variant; further Galileo launches will be carried by Ariane 6.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name= 23px Galileo FOC 19, 20, 21, 22
|user = ESA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function= Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 July |time = 11:39:26
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-059
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Iridium NEXT 56-65
|user = Iridium
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 29 July |time = 01:48
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B / YZ-1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M5
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M6
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 July |time= 03:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 4B
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Taiyuan LC-9
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Gaofen 11
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 August |time = 05:18
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-060
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IDN}} Telkom 4 / Merah Putih{{cite news |title=Satelit Telkom 4 Meluncur 2018 di Amerika Serikat |language=id |trans-title=Telkom 4 satellite to be launched in 2018 in the United States |url=http://inet.detik.com/telecommunication/d-3424021/satelit-telkom-4-meluncur-2018-di-amerika-serikat |website=DetikINET |publisher=DetikCom |first=Achmad Rouzni |last=Noor |date=16 February 2017 |access-date=26 April 2017}}
|user = Telkom Indonesia
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 August |time = 07:31
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Delta IV Heavy
|flight = D-380
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ULA
|remarks = Heliophysics observation mission planned to make in situ studies of the Sun's outer corona at a perihelion distance of 8.5 solar radii (5.9 million kilometers) – the closest any spacecraft will come to the Sun to date.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Parker Solar Probe
|user = NASA
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Heliophysics
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 August |time = 21:20:09
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ITA}} Vega
|flight = VV12
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELV
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = 23px ADM-Aeolus
|user = ESA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 27 July 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43600 |title=AEOLUS |date=27 July 2023 |access-date=19 August 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 24 August |time = 23:52
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B / YZ-1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M11
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M12
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 September |time = 03:15
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2C
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Taiyuan LC-9
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CAST
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} HaiYang 1C
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 September |time = 04:45
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-061
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Telstar 18V
|user = Telesat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 15 September |time = 13:02
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Delta II 7420
|flight = D-381
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ULA
|remarks = Last flight of the Delta II series; final flight of the Thor rocket family.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ICESat-2
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ELFIN × 2 (ELFIN, ELFIN-STAR)
|cubesat = yes
|user = UCLA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Magnetospheric research
|d-date = ELFIN A: 17 September 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43617 |title=ELFIN A |work=N2YO.com |date=17 September 2022 |access-date=25 September 2022}}
ELFIN B: 30 September 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43616 |title=ELFIN B |work=N2YO.com |date=30 September 2022 |access-date=8 October 2022}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} DAVE (CP-7)
|cubesat = yes
|user = Cal Poly
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 12 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43615 |title=CP-7 DAVE |work=N2YO.com |date=12 February 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SurfSat
|cubesat = yes
|user = UCF
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 27 January 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43614 |title=SURFSAT |work=N2YO.com |date=27 January 2023 |access-date=15 February 2023}}
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 16 September |time = 16:37
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} PSLV-CA
|flight = C42
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} ISRO
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|UK}} SSTL S1-4
|user = SSTL
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|UK}} NovaSAR-S
|user = SSTL / British Government
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 19 September |time = 14:07{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/chinese-launch-beidou-3m-pair-1314/ |title=Long March 3B lofts two more satellites as the Chinese continue to up the pace |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=19 September 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B / YZ-1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang LC-3
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M13
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M14
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4
|date = 22 September |time = 17:52:27
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} H-IIB
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} MHI
|remarks = SPATIUM-1, RSP-00, and STARS-Me were carried by HTV-7 to be deployed into orbit from the International Space Station. They were deployed on 6 October 2018.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} HTV-7
|user = JAXA
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 10 November 2018
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|SGP}} SPATIUM-I{{cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/spatium-1.htm |title=SPATIUM 1 |work=Gunter's Space Page |date=22 July 2019 |access-date=28 September 2021}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Kyushu Institute of Technology / Nanyang Technological University
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 23 September 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.satview.org/?sat_id=43638U |title=1998-067PN - Norad 43638U |work=SATVIEW |access-date=28 September 2021}}
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/spatium |title=SPATIUM (Space Precision Atomic-clock TIming Utility Mission) |work=eoPortal |publisher=ESA |date=2019 |access-date=28 September 2021}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} RSP-00
|cubesat = yes
|user = Ryman Sat Project
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 14 March 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43639 |title=RSP-00 |work=N2YO.com |date=March 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021}}
|outcome = Spacecraft failure{{cite web |url=https://rymansat.com/en/2018/10/15/operational-status-of-rsp-00/ |title=Operational Status of RSP-00 |date=2018-10-15 |publisher=Ryman Sat Project |access-date=18 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20210218-1738790/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:自撮り衛星「RSP-01」がいよいよ打ち上げ！ 趣味の宇宙開発が実現するか？ |publisher=Mynavi TECH+ |date=18 February 2021 |access-date=18 February 2021}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} STARS-Me (Tenryū)
|cubesat = yes
|user = Shizuoka University
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 26 June 2021
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |url=http://stars.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/starsme.html |title=STARSプロジェクト – STARS-Me |work=Shizuoka University |date=July 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |language=ja}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 25 September |time = 22:38
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|flight = VA243
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = Hundredth Ariane 5 mission.{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/03/arianespace-aims-for-busy-second-half-of-2018/ |title=Arianespace aims for busy second half of 2018 |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=3 July 2018 |access-date=4 July 2018}} Flight VA243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11.{{cite press release |url=http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/launch-delay-for-va243/ |title=Launch delay for VA243 |publisher=Arianespace |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=26 May 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{nobr|{{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|AZE}} Azerspace-2 /}} {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Intelsat 38{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/azerspace-2-intelsat-38.htm |title=Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=29 August 2017}}
|user = Azercosmos / Intelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} / {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} Horizons-3e
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 September |time = 04:13
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Kuaizhou 1A
|flight = F2
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan LS-95A
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASIC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Beijing Future Navigation Technology
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
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= October =
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{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 October |time = 02:21
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-062
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks = First RTLS at Vandenberg
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ARG}} SAOCOM 1A{{cite press release |title=SpaceX signs Argentina's space agency for two Falcon 9 launches |publisher=SpaceX |date=16 April 2009 |url=http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20090416 |access-date=26 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103022304/https://spacex.com/press.php?page=20090416 |archive-date=3 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=El Satelite Argentino alertara desde Augusto sobre Inundaciones |language=es |trans-title=Argentine Satellite will warn of Floods from August |url=http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201801/237000-el-satelite-argentino-saocom-alertara-desde-agosto-sobre-inundaciones.html |archivedate=2023-11-15|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20231115145116/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201801/237000-el-satelite-argentino-saocom-alertara-desde-agosto-sobre-inundaciones.html |work=Telam |date=3 January 2018 |access-date=21 January 2018}}
|user = CONAE
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 9 October |time = 02:43
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2C / YZ-1S
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks = First flight of the Yuanzheng-1S upper stage variant
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Yaogan 32 A
|user = CAS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Yaogan 32 B
|user = CAS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October |time = 08:40
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Crewed flight with two cosmonauts. Launch failure, astronauts landed safely in Soyuz capsule.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz MS-10 / 56S
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = Expedition 57/58
|d-date = 11 October 2018
|outcome = Launch failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 15 October |time = 04:23
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B / YZ-1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M15
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M16
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 October |time = 04:15
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Atlas V 551
|flight = AV-073
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ULA
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} AEHF-4{{cite news |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/nextstage-c4isr-bandwidth-the-us-militarys-aehf-program-updated-02165/ |title=Next-Stage C4ISR Bandwidth: The AEHF Satellite Program |work=Defense Industry Daily |date=22 May 2015 |access-date=24 May 2017 |url-access=subscription}} (USA-288){{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/aehf-1.htm |title=AEHF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=28 October 2018}}
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications (military)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 October |time = 01:45
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|flight = VA245
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks = Third and final cornerstone mission of the Horizon 2000+ programme. Joint ESA / JAXA Mercury mission consisting of two orbiters, the ESA Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the JAXA Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = 23px {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} BepiColombo
|orbit = Mercurian orbit
|function = Mercury probes
|outcome = En route
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 October |time= 22:57{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/chinese-long-march-4b-lofts-haiyang-2b/ |title=Chinese Long March 4B lofts Haiyang-2B |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=24 October 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 4B
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Taiyuan LC-9
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CAST
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} HaiYang 2B
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 October |time = 00:15{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/russia-soyuz-flight-lotos-s1-mission/ |title=Russia returns Soyuz rocket to flight with Lotos-S1 mission |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=25 October 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Lotos-S1 №3 / Kosmos 2528
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 October |time = 08:00{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/chinese-landspace-launches-weilai-1-zhuque-1-rocket/ |title=Chinese commercial provider LandSpace launches Weilai-1 on a Zhuque-1 rockets – fails to make orbit |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=27 October 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Zhuque-1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan (mobile launcher)
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} LandSpace
|remarks = Maiden flight of the Zhuque-1 solid-propellant rocket{{cite news |url=https://gbtimes.com/landspace-to-attempt-first-private-chinese-orbital-launch-on-october-27?cat=chinas-space-program |title=Landspace to attempt first private Chinese orbital launch on October 27 |work=GBTimes |first=Andrew |last=Jones |date=19 October 2018 |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011746/https://gbtimes.com/landspace-to-attempt-first-private-chinese-orbital-launch-on-october-27?cat=chinas-space-program |url-status=dead }}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Weilai 1 / Future 1 (CCTV)
|cubesat = yes
|user = China Central Television{{cite news |url=https://spacenews.com/landspace-of-china-to-launch-first-rocket-in-q4-2018/ |title=Landspace of China to Launch First Rocket in Late 2018 |work=SpaceNews |first=Andrew |last=Jones |date=2 August 2018 |access-date=16 August 2018}}
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Space science / remote sensing
|d-date = 27 October 2018
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 29 October |time = 00:43{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/long-march-2c-lofts-cfosat-cnes/ |title=Long March 2C lofts CFOSAT for CNES |work=NASASpaceflight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=28 October 2018 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2C
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} / {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} CFOSAT
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xiaoxiang-1 (2){{cite news |url=http://satnews.com/story.php?number=2063954306 |title=Spacety a Chinese Startup Plans Launch of Four Satellites on October 29 |work=SatNews |first=Andrew |last=Jones |date=25 October 2018 |access-date=28 October 2018}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = LaserFleet
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration (laser communications)
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Zhaojin-1 (Tongchuan-1)
|cubesat = yes
|user = Tsinghua University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Gamma ray detector (gravitational wave research)
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Tianfuguoxing-1 (Xinghe)
|cubesat = yes
|user = Guoxing Yuhang (ADA Space)
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration (remote sensing)
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Changshagaoxin
|cubesat = yes
|user = Changsha City
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Amateur radio
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|BLR}} CubeBel-1 (BSUSat-1)
|cubesat = yes
|user = Belarusian State University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 29 October |time = 04:08{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/japanese-h-iia-gosat-2-earth-observation-satellite/ |title=Japanese H-IIA launches GOSAT-2 Earth Observation Satellite |work=NASASpaceflight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=28 October 2018 |access-date=29 October 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} H-IIA 202
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} MHI
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} GOSAT-2 (Ibuki 2)
|user = JAXA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|UAE}} KhalifaSat
|user = EIAST
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} AUTcube2
|user = Aichi University of Technology
|cubesat = yes
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PHL}} / {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} Diwata-2b
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} Stars-AO
|user = Shizuoka University
|cubesat = yes
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} Ten-Koh{{cite web |url=http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/ten-koh/ |title=The LEO Environments Observation Satellite【てんこう: Ten-Koh】 |publisher=Kyushu Institute of Technology |access-date=28 August 2018}}
|user = Kyushu Institute of Technology
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Magnetosphere observation / Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2018}}
= November =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 November |time = 15:57{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/11/01/china-maintains-launch-pace-with-another-beidou-mission/ |title=China maintains launch pace with another Beidou mission |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=1 November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 G1Q
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 November |time = 20:17{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/soyuz-2-1b-launch-uragan-m-glonass-satellite/ |title=Soyuz 2-1b launches Uragan-M GLONASS satellite |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=3 November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 43/4
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} GLONASS-M 757 / Kosmos 2529
|user = VKS
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 November |time = 00:47:27{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/arianespace-soyuz-st-b-metop-c-launch/ |title=Arianespace Soyuz ST-B launches Metop-C |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=6 November 2018 |access-date=7 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-M
|flight = VS19
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELS
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = Eumetsat
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=7
|date = 11 November |time = 03:50{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/rocketlab-operational-electron-launch-five-payload/ |title=Rocket Lab launches first operational Electron mission |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Chris |last=Gebhardt |date=10 November 2018 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Electron
|flight = "It's Business Time"{{cite web |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/news/updates/its-business-time-at-rocket-lab/ |title=It's Business Time at Rocket Lab |work=Rocket Lab |date=13 March 2018 |access-date=18 June 2020}}
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NZL}} Mahia LC-1A
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Rocket Lab
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cicero 10
|cubesat = yes
|user = GeoOptics
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} IRVINE01
|cubesat = yes
|user = Irvine CubeSat STEM Program
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Education
|d-date = 3 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43693 |title=IRVINE01 |work=N2YO.com |date=3 February 2023 |access-date=15 February 2023}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Lemur-2-82
|cubesat = yes
|user = Spire Global
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 October 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43695 |title=LEMUR 2 ZUPANSKI |date=5 October 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Lemur-2-83
|cubesat = yes
|user = Spire Global
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 6 September 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43697 |title=LEMUR 2 CHANUSIAK |date=6 September 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|Germany}} NABEO
|cubesat = yes
|user = HPS GmbH
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 10 November 2023{{cite web |url=https://n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43692 |title=NABEO/ELECTRON |date=10 November 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|Australia}} Proxima 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Fleet Space Technologies
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|Australia}} Proxima 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Fleet Space Technologies
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 November |time = 11:38{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/indian-gslv-rocket-gsat-29-launch/ |title=Indian GSLV rocket launches GSAT-29 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} GSLV Mk III
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} Satish Dhawan SLP
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} ISRO
|remarks = Second orbital flight of GSLV Mk III
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} GSAT-29
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 November |time = 20:46{{cite news |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-eshail-2-satellite-ties-launch-record/ |title=SpaceX launches Es'hail-2 satellite, ties launch record |work=SpaceNews |first=Caleb |last=Henry |date=15 November 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-063
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|QAT}} Es'hail 2{{cite news |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/29/spacex-selected-for-launch-of-qatari-satellite/ |title=SpaceX selected for launch of Qatari satellite |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=29 December 2014 |work=Spaceflight Now |access-date=29 December 2014}}
|user = Es'hailSat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 November |time = 18:14:08{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/russia-soyuz-fg-iss-progress-ms-10-vehicle/ |title=Russia resumes Soyuz-FG rocket, Station flights with Progress MS-10 cargo vehicle |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Chris |last=Gebhardt |date=16 November 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} Baikonur
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Return to flight of the Soyuz-FG variant involved in the Soyuz MS-10 launch failure.{{cite news |url=https://ria.ru/space/20181026/1531554205.html |script-title=ru:Источник назвал точную дату первого после аварии пуска "Союза" к МКС |language=ru |trans-title=A spokesman gave the exact date of the first Soyuz launch following the ISS incident |agency=RIA Novosti |date=26 October 2018 |access-date=26 October 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Progress MS-10 / 71P
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = ISS logistics
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 4 June 2019
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 17 November |time = 09:01:22{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/antares-station-ng-10-cargo-pegasus/ |title=Antares conducts Station cargo launch, no connection to continued Pegasus issues |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Chris |last=Gebhardt |date=16 November 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Antares 230
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MARS LP-0A
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Northrop Grumman
|remarks = Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (108). Cygnus NG-10, CHEFSat 2, Kicksat 2, 104 Sprite Chipsats (deployed from Kicksat 2), MYSAT 1. CubeSats were carried aboard Cygnus and deployed into orbit after the departure of Cygnus from ISS.{{cite web |url= https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/features/us-cargo-ship-completes-mission-and-deployment-of-several-satellites |title=U.S. Cargo Ship Completes Mission and Deployment of Several Satellites after Departure from International Space Station |publisher=NASA |date=26 February 2019 |access-date=26 February 2019}} KickSat-2 carried 105 Sprite "ChipSats" which were successfully deployed into a rapidly decaying orbit on 17 March 2019.{{cite web |last=Coldewey |first=Devin |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/04/kicksat-2-project-launches-105-cracker-sized-satellites/ |title=KickSat-2 project launches 105 cracker-sized satellites |work=TechCrunch |date=4 June 2019 |access-date=23 September 2020}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cygnus NG-10
SS John Young
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 25 February 2019
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CHEFSat-2
|cubesat = yes
|user = NRL
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 14 July 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44044 |title=CHEFSAT-2 |work=N2YO.com |date=14 July 2022 |access-date=27 July 2022}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} KickSat-2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Cornell University
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 2 April 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44046 |title=KICKSAT 2 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=23 September 2020}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|UAE}} MySat-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 16 December 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44045 |title=MYSAT-1 |work=N2YO.com |date=16 December 2022 |access-date=9 January 2023}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SEOPS-Quantum Radar-1 (CONFIRM?)
|cubesat = yes
|user = SEOPS, LLC
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Education
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = September 2023
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SEOPS-Quantum Radar-2 (CONFIRM?)
|cubesat = yes
|user = SEOPS, LLC
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Education
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = September 2023
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 18 November |time = 18:00{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/chinese-long-march-3b-launches-beidou4243-satellites/ |title=Chinese Long March 3B launches another two Beidou satellites |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=18 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B / YZ-1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M17
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} BeiDou-3 M18
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date = 19 November |time = 23:40{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/long-march-2d-jiading-1-mission/ |title=Long March 2D lofts Jiading-1 mission and co-passengers |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=19 November 2018 |access-date=19 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2D
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan SLS-2 (LC34)
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiading-1 (OKW-1){{cite news |url=http://english.jiading.gov.cn/2018-09/04/content_36864373.htm |title=Jiading-1 LEO satellite to launch in November |work=China Daily |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=12 November 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112141446/http://english.jiading.gov.cn/2018-09/04/content_36864373.htm |url-status=dead }}
|user = Shanghai OK Space
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Shiyan 6-01{{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sy-6.htm |title=SY 6-01, 02, 03 |work=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=29 October 2022}}
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Tianping-1A{{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tianping-1.htm |title=Tianping 1A, 1B |work=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=29 October 2022}}
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Tianping-1B
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Tianzhi-1{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/29802.html |script-title=zh:中国首颗软件定义卫星"天智一号"将于下半年发射 |language=zh |trans-title=China's first software-defined satellite "Tianzhi No. 1" will be launched in the second half of the year |work=spaceflightfans.cn |date=7 April 2018 |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-date=19 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119132640/http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/29802.html |url-status=dead }}
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|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 November |time = 01:42:31{{cite press release |url=http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/vega-vv13-success/ |title=Arianespace orbits the MOHAMMED VI – B satellite on 13th successful Vega launch in a row |publisher=Arianespace |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018}}
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|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELV
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|MAR}} Mohammed VI-B
|user = Morocco
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=13
|date = 29 November |time = 04:27:30{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/11/29/indian-rocket-launches-31-satellites/ |title=Indian rocket launches 31 satellites |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} PSLV-CA
|flight = C43
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} ISRO
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} HySIS
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} BlackSky Global 1
|user = Spaceflight Industries
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ESP}} 3Cat-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} CASE (Kepler-1)
|cubesat = yes
|user = Kepler Communications
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43729 |title=KEPLER-1 (CASE) |work=N2YO.com |date=23 February 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|AUS}} Centauri 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Fleet Space Technologies
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CICERO-8
|cubesat = yes
|user = GeoOptics Inc.
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 May 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43737 |title=CICERO 8 |date=23 May 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|Colombia}} FACSAT-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Colombian Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 3 June 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43721 |title=FACSAT 1 |date=3 June 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} (Flock 3r) × 16
|cubesat = yes
|user = Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NLD}} Hiber-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Hiber Global
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Spacecraft failure{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/hiber-abandons-plans-for-iot-satellite-constellation/ |title=Hiber abandons plans for IoT satellite constellation |work=SpaceNews |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=7 October 2021}}
|d-date = 24 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43744 |title=HIBER-1 |work=N2YO.com |date=24 February 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} HSAT 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Harris Corporation
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 November 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43720 |title=HSAT |work=N2YO.com |date=1 November 2022 |access-date=13 November 2022}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|Malaysia}} InnoSat 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 December 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43738 |title=INNOSAT 2 |work=N2YO.com |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Lemur-2 × 4
|cubesat = yes
|user = Spire Global Satellite
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = First: 13 January 2023
Last: 20 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/browse/?y=2018&m=11 |title=Launches of November 2018 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=5 March 2023}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|Finland}} Reaktor Hello World
|cubesat = yes
|user = Reaktor Radio Actives Ry
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 22 October 2023{{cite web |last=Eskola |first=Malathy |url=https://kuvaspace.com/reaktor-hello-world-bids-adieu/ |title=Reaktor Hello World bids adieu |date=25 October 2023 |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=Kuva Space}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 November |time = 02:27{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/11/30/rocket-launches-three-russian-military-satellites/ |title=Rocket launches three Russian military satellites |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=30 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Rokot / Briz-KM
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Plesetsk Site 133/3
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RVSN RF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Strela-3M 16–18 / Kosmos 2530–2532{{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/strela-3m.htm |title=Strela-3M (Rodnik-S, 14F132) |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=9 September 2018}}
|user = VKS
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications (military)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|2018}}
= December =
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 December |time = 11:31{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/100th-orbital-launch-2018-international-trio-space-station/ |title=100th orbital launch of 2018: International trio launch to Space Station |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Chris |last=Gebhardt |date=3 December 2018 |access-date=3 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-FG
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Crewed flight with three cosmonauts
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz MS-11 / 57S
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = Expedition 58/59
|d-date = 25 June 2019
|d-time = 02:47
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=56
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-064
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks = The SSO-A "dedicated rideshare" mission delivered 64 small payloads with custom-made dispensers.{{cite news |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/08/23/spaceflight-preps-for-first-launch-of-unique-orbiting-satellite-deployers/ |title=Spaceflight preps for first launch of unique orbiting satellite deployers |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://spacenews.com/dedicated-rideshare-falcon-9-launch-raises-satellite-tracking-concerns/ |title=Dedicated rideshare Falcon 9 launch raises satellite tracking concerns |work=SpaceNews |first=Jeff |last=Foust |date=30 November 2018 |access-date=3 December 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SSO-A / SHERPA
65 small satellites
|user = Spaceflight Industries
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Satellite dispenser
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} BlackSky Global 2
|user = Spaceflight Industries
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Capella 1 (Denali)
|user = Capella Space
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation (radar)
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 25 January 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43791 |title=CAPELLA 1 |date=25 January 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |work=N2YO.com}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|EUR}} ESEO
|user = ALMASpace
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Education
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |title=The sun sets on ESEO as ESA's pioneering student satellite mission concludes |url=https://www.esa.int/Education/ESEO/The_sun_sets_on_ESEO_as_ESA_s_pioneering_student_satellite_mission_concludes |work=ESA |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|GER}} Eu:CROPIS{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/falcon-9_v1-2.htm |title=Falcon-9 v1.2 (Falcon-9FT) |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=1 February 2018}}
|user = DLR
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Life sciences
|outcome = Partial failure{{cite web |url=https://www.dlr.de/content/en/articles/news/2020/01/20200113_farewell-to-the-eucropis-mission.html |title=Farewell to the Eu:CROPIS mission |work=DLR |date=13 January 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} eXCITe + SeeMe constellation
|user = DARPA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration (satlets)
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FalconSat 6
|user = U.S. Air Force Academy
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FIN}} ICEYE X2
|user = ICEYE
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation (radar)
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SkySat 14, 15
|user = Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} STPSat 5
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ESP}} Aistechsat 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Aistech
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHE}} Astrocast 0.1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Astrocast
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Audacy Zero
|cubesat = yes
|user = Audacy
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} BlackHawk
|cubesat = yes
|user = ViaSat
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} BRIO
|cubesat = yes
|user = SpaceQuest, Ltd., Myriota
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|AUS}} Centauri 2{{cite web |last=Bergin |first=Chris |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/11/spaceflight-ships-12-satellites-india-pslv-launch/ |title=Spaceflight ships 12 satellites to India for PSLV launch |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=8 November 2018 |access-date=12 July 2019}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Fleet Space Technologies
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 March 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43722 |title=CENTAURI 2 |work=N2YO.com |date=20 March 2023 |access-date=31 March 2023}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CSIM-FD
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Colorado Boulder
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Heliophysics
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ITA}} Eaglet 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = OHB Italia
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Enoch
|cubesat = yes
|user = LACMA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Space art
|d-date = 21 December 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43777 |title=LACMA ENOCH |work=N2YO.com |date=21 December 2021 |access-date=28 December 2021}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Elysium Star 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Elysium Space
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Space burial
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} ExseedSat 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Exseed
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Amateur radio
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Flock-3s 1–3
|cubesat = yes
|user = Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Fox 1C
|cubesat = yes
|user = AMSAT, VPI, Vanderbilt University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Hawk 1–3
|cubesat = yes
|user = HawkEye 360
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = SIGINT, traffic monitoring{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/new-satellites-will-use-radio-waves-to-spy-on-ships-and-planes/ |magazine=Wired |title=New Satellites Will Use Radio Waves to Spy on Ships and Planes |first=Sarah |last=Scoles}}
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NLD}} Hiber-2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Hiber Global
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ICE-Cap
|cubesat = yes
|user = US Navy PEO Space Systems
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|BRA}} ITASAT-1{{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/itasat-1.htm |title=ITASAT 1 |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=3 August 2018}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = ITA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} IRVINE02{{cite web |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/irvine-02.htm |title=Irvine 02 |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=3 December 2018}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Irvine CubeSat STEM Program
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Education
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JOR}} JY1-Sat
|cubesat = yes
|user = Jordanian universities
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Amateur radio
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} K2SAT
|cubesat = yes
|user = KAIST
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} 23px KazSTSAT{{cite web |url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/k/kazstsat |title=KazSTSAT (Kazak Science and Technology Satellite) |publisher=ESA |access-date=6 November 2018}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary, Astrium
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} KazSciSat{{cite news |url=https://total.kz/ru/news/nauka/nazvana_data_zapuska_dvuh_kazahstanskih_sputnikov_date_2018_11_06_17_12_24 |script-title=ru:Названа дата запуска двух казахстанских спутников |language=ru |trans-title=The launch date of two Kazakhstan satellites has been announced |agency=Total Media Qazaqstan |date=6 November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = Institute of space technique and technology
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} Al-Farabi 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = KazGU
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|THA}} KNACKSAT
|cubesat = yes
|user = KMUTNB
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Landmapper-BC 4
|cubesat = yes
|user = Astro Digital
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MinXSS 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Colorado Boulder
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Heliophysics
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|GER}} MOVE II
|cubesat = yes
|user = TUM
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} NEXTSat 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = KAIST
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Orbital Reflector
|cubesat = yes
|user = Nevada Museum of Art
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Art
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} OrbWeaver 1, 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Tethers Unlimited, Inc., DARPA
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ORS 7A, 7B (Polar Scout 1, 2){{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ors-7.htm|title=ORS 7 (Polar Scout 1, 2 / Yukon, Kodiak)|website=space.skyrocket.de}}
|cubesat = yes
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|POL}} PW-Sat 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Warsaw University of Technology
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|AUS}} RAAF M1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Australian Defence Force Academy
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} RANGE A, B
|cubesat = yes
|user = Georgia Institute of Technology
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ROSE 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = Phase Four
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SeaHawk 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of North Carolina
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Sirion Pathfinder 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Sirion Global
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} SNUGLITE
|cubesat = yes
|user = Seoul National University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Amateur radio, Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} SNUSAT 2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Seoul National University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceBEE 5–7
|cubesat = yes
|user = Swarm Technologies
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SPAWAR-CAL O, R, OR
|cubesat = yes
|user = United States Navy
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Calibration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FIN}} Suomi-100
|cubesat = yes
|user = Aalto University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} THEA
|cubesat = yes
|user = SpaceQuest, Ltd., Aurora Insight
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} VESTA
|cubesat = yes
|user = exactEarth
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} VisionCube
|cubesat = yes
|user = Korea Aerospace University
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Thermospheric research
|outcome =
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|USA}} WeissSat 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = The Weiss School
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome =
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Ariane 5 ECA
|flight = VA246
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELA-3
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} GSAT-11
|user = ISRO
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
|user = KARI
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5
|date = 5 December |time = 18:16{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/falcon-9-crs-16-dragon-iss/ |title=Falcon 9 successfully lofts CRS-16 Dragon enroute to ISS – Booster spins out but soft lands in water |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=19 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-065
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks = First stage tumbled during descent, and did not make it to Landing Zone 1. It achieved a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean.{{cite tweet |user=elonmusk |number=1070386062164283392 |title=Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data. Recovery ship dispatched. |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=5 December 2018}} CubeSat payloads were carried in the CRS-16, and deployed into orbit from the ISS on 31 January 2019.{{cite web |url=http://nanoracks.com/nanoracks-completes-15th-cubesat-mission-on-international-space-station/ |title=NanoRacks Completes 15th CubeSat Mission on International Space Station |publisher=NanoRacks |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=2 February 2019}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX CRS-16
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth (ISS)
|function = ISS logistics
|d-date = 14 January 2019
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|DEN}} Delphini 1
|user = AU
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 14 March 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44030 |title=DELPHINI |work=N2YO.com |access-date=27 October 2021}}
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |url=https://gomspace.com/news/delphini-1-cubesat-has-celebrated-its-2-year-anniv.aspx |title=Delphini-1 CubeSat has celebrated its 2-year anniversary in Space |work=GomSpace |date=9 February 2021 |access-date=27 October 2021}}
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} TechEdSat 8
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 20 April 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44032 |title=TECHEDSAT 8 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=27 October 2021}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CAT 1, 2{{cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/cat.htm |title=CAT 1, 2 (CATsat 1, 2) |work=Gunter's Space Page |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=27 October 2021}}
|user = APL
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 13 April 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44033 |title=CATSAT-1 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=27 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44029 |title=CATSAT-2 |work=N2YO.com |access-date=27 October 2021}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} UNITE
|user = USI
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Ionospheric science
|d-date = 21 October 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=44031 |title=UNITE |work=N2YO.com |access-date=27 October 2021}}
|outcome = Successful{{cite web |url=https://www.usi.edu/news/releases/2021/10/usi-satellite-unite-cubesat-nears-reentry-mission-critical-phase-of-journey/ |title=USI satellite, UNITE CubeSat, nears reentry, mission-critical phase of journey |work=USI |date=19 October 2021 |access-date=27 October 2021}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6
|date = 7 December |time = 04:12{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/long-march-2d-saudisat-5a-b/ |title=Long March 2D launches SaudiSAT-5A/B |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=7 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2D
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan SLS-2 (LC-34/pad 94)
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|SAU}} SaudiSat 5A
|user = KACST
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|SAU}} SaudiSat 5B
|user = KACST
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} TY/DF-1
|user = CAST
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} TFSTAR (Douyu-666)
|user = CAST
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xinjiang Jiaotong 01 (TY3-01)
|user = CAST
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Piao Chong (Ladybeetle) 1-7
|user = CAST
|function = Communications, IoT
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 December |time = 18:24{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/china-returning-moon-change-4-mission/ |title=China returning to the Moon with Chang'e-4 mission |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=7 December 2018 |access-date=7 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3B/E
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks = China's second lunar lander (back-up to Chang'e 3), and the first spacecraft to attempt a soft landing on the far side of the Moon.{{cite news |url=https://gbtimes.com/change-4-far-side-of-the-moon-lander-and-rover-mission-to-launch-in-december |title=Chang'e-4: Far side of the Moon lander and rover mission to launch in December |work=GBTimes |first=Andrew |last=Jones |date=18 June 2018 |access-date=11 July 2018 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618123634/https://gbtimes.com/change-4-far-side-of-the-moon-lander-and-rover-mission-to-launch-in-december |url-status=dead }}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Chang'e 4
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar lander
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=13
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Electron
|flight = "This One's For Pickering"
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NZL}} Mahia LC-1A
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Rocket Lab
|remarks = Launch for NASA's Venture Class Launch Services program (VCLS-1), including ELaNa payloads.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ALBus
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA Glenn Research Center
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CeREs{{cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ceres.htm |title=CeREs |work=Gunter's Space Page |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022}}
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|d-date = 14 December 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43853 |title=OBJECT E |work=N2YO.com |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CHOMPTT
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA, UFL, Stanford University, KACST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} CubeSail 1
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} DaVinci
|cubesat = yes
|user = North Idaho STEM Charter Academy
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 9 February 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43857 |title=DAVINCI |work=N2YO.com |date=9 February 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ISX
|cubesat = yes
|user = Cal Poly{{cite web|url=http://www.polysat.org/in-development/|title=Missions In Development|website=PolySat}}
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NMTSat
|cubesat = yes
|user = New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} RSat-P
|cubesat = yes
|user = U.S. Naval Academy
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SHFT-2 (Goergen)
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date = 29 November 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43860 |title=GOERGEN |work=N2YO.com |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022}}
|outcome = Successful
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Shields-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA Langley Research Center
|orbit = Highly elliptical
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} STF-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = NASA's Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, WVU, WVSGC
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} TOMSat Eagle Scout
|cubesat = yes
|user = The Aerospace Corporation
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} TOMSat R³ (AeroCube 11)
|cubesat = yes
|user = The Aerospace Corporation
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|d-date =
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 December |time = 10:40{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/gslv-lofts-gsat-7a-india/ |title=GSLV lofts GSAT-7A for India |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=19 December 2018 |access-date=19 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} GSLV Mk II
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} Satish Dhawan SLP
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} ISRO
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} GSAT-7A
|user = Indian Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications (military)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 December |time = 16:37:14{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/arianespace-soyuz-st-cso-1-launch/ |title=Arianespace Soyuz ST-A launches with CSO-1 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=19 December 2018 |access-date=19 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz ST-A / Fregat-M
|flight = VS20
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Kourou ELS
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} Arianespace
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|FRA}} CSO 1
|user = French Armed Forces
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Reconnaissance
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 December |time = 00:20{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/proton-m-launches-with-blagovest-no-13l/ |title=Proton-M launches with Blagovest No.13L |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=20 December 2018 |access-date=21 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Proton-M / Briz-M
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KAZ}} Baikonur
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RVSN RF
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Blagovest-13L (Kosmos 2533)
|user = VKS
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications (military)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 December |time =23:51{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/chinese-long-march-11-launches-hongyun-satellite/ |title=Chinese Long March 11 launches with the first Hongyun satellite |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=24 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 11
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan LS-95A
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks = First test flight for the planned Hongyun constellation of 156 broadband communications satellites.{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/05/WS5a9c9a3ba3106e7dcc13f807.html |title=Satellite will test plan for communications network |work=China Daily |last=Zhao |first=Lei |date=5 March 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Hongyun 1
|user = CASIC
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Communications (test)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Falcon 9 Block 5
|flight = F9-066
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceX
|remarks = Named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/02/space-force-announces-new-nicknames-for-gps-satellites/ |title=Space Force announces new nicknames for GPS satellites |work=Spaceflight Now |date=2 October 2020 |access-date=2 October 2020}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} GPS IIIA-01 (USA-289) Vespucci
|user = U.S. Air Force
|orbit = Medium Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 December |time = 16:53{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/long-march-3c-secretive-tjsw-spacecraft/ |title=Long March 3C lofts secretive TJSW spacecraft |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |date=24 December 2018 |access-date=25 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 3C/E
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Xichang LC-2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} TJSW-3
|user = CNSA
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications test (probably ELINT)
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=10
|date = 27 December |time = 02:07{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/soyuz-2-1a-kanopus-v-pair-additional-payloads/ |title=Soyuz 2-1A launches Kanopus-V pair and additional payloads |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=William |last=Graham |date=26 December 2018 |access-date=27 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Vostochny Site 1S{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kanopus-v.htm |title=Kanopus-V 1, 2 |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=18 August 2017}}
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Roscosmos
|remarks = Three Israeli payloads, SAMSON-1,2,3, were planned but they missed the deadline and were replaced with mass simulator payloads.{{cite web |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/kanopus-v5-v6.html |title=Soyuz rocket launches a 28-satellite cluster |author=Anatoly Zak |publisher=RussianSpaceWeb.com |date=26 December 2018 |access-date=28 December 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Kanopus-V No.5
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Kanopus-V No.6
|user = Roscosmos
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} {{ill|GRUS|ja|GRUS}}-1
|user = {{ill|Axelspace|ja|アクセルスペース}}
|orbit = Low Earth (SSO)
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ZAF}} ZACube-2
|cubesat = yes
|user = Cape Peninsula University of Technology
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|ESP}} Lume-1
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Vigo
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|USA}} Lemur-2 × 8
|cubesat = yes
|user = Spire Global
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Maritime tracking / Atmospheric
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|DEU}} D-Star ONE iSat
|cubesat = yes
|user = iSky Technology
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Aircraft tracking
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|DEU}} D-Star ONE Sparrow
|cubesat = yes
|user = German Orbital Systems
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration / Amateur radio
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|DEU}} UWE-4
|cubesat = yes
|user = University of Würzburg
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|USA}} Flock-3k × 12
|cubesat = yes
|user = Planet Labs
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Earth observation
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 29 December |time = 08:00{{cite news |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/long-march-2d-20-hongyan-1-launch/ |title=Long March 2D concludes 2018 campaign with Hongyan-1 launch |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |first=Rui |last=Barbosa |date=29 December 2018 |access-date=29 December 2018}}
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Long March 2D / YZ-3
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan SLS-2
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} CASC
|remarks = First test flight for the planned Hongyan constellation of 320 M2M communications satellites.{{cite news |url=https://gbtimes.com/china-to-launch-first-hongyan-leo-communications-constellation-satellite-soon |title=China to launch first Hongyan LEO communications constellation satellite soon |work=GBTimes |first=Andrew |last=Jones |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230438/https://gbtimes.com/china-to-launch-first-hongyan-leo-communications-constellation-satellite-soon |url-status=dead }}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Hongyan 1
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Operational
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Yunhai-2 01-06{{cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yunhai-2.htm |title=Yunhai-2 01, ..., 06 |website=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=18 April 2019}}
|user = CAST
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Meteorology
|outcome = Operational
}}
}}
|}
Suborbital flights
{{TLS-H2}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 July |time = 15:11
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} New Shepard
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Corn Ranch
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Blue Origin
|remarks = 9th flight, the Crew Capsule 2.0-1 RSS H.G.Wells carrying a mannequin and various experiments from NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Purdue University, Otto von Guericke University and Olympiaspace in Germany. Both booster and capsule are flight proven. Successful test of the in-flight abort system at high altitude, Apogee: ~{{convert|119|km|mi}}, duration 11 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/1304ed77d0bb4e5c995a8b75a8d52499|title=Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches spacecraft higher than ever|website=Associated Press|date=19 July 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Crew Capsule 2.0
|user = Blue Origin
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 18 July
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 July |time = 22:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Astra (Rocket 1)
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Astra Space
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = Astra Space
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 20 July
|function = Flight test
|outcome = Launch failure{{cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/alaska-launch-shrouded-in-secrecy/|title=Alaska launch shrouded in secrecy - SpaceNews.com|date=27 July 2018|access-date=12 September 2018}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 July |time = 06:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} White Sands
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = The detector worked as anticipated during the flight but the pointing system was unable to lock onto the target Cassiopeia A, apogee: {{convert|270|km|mi}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Micro-X
|user = NU
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = XR Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 23 July
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 July |time = 11:38
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Minuteman-III
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Vandenberg Air Force Base
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} US Air Force
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 31 July
|function = Test flight
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 August |time = 10:13
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Terrier–Improved Malemute
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Wallops Flight Facility
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|146|km}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2018/feature/student-experiments-soar-with-early-morning-launch-from-wallops|title=Student Experiments Soar with Early Morning Launch from Wallops|first=Patrick|last=Black|date=14 August 2018|access-date=12 September 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} RockSat-X
|user = NASA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 14 August
|function = Student experiments
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 25 August |time = 18:15?
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SARGE
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Spaceport America, New Mexico
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Exos Aerospace
|remarks = A GPS receiver on the rocket stopped providing data during the rocket's ascent. That triggered an automatic shutdown of the rocket's engine 38 seconds after liftoff, versus a planned duration of 62 to 65 seconds. The rocket reached a peak altitude of 28 kilometers, rather than the planned 80 kilometers{{cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/gps-glitch-kept-exos-aerospaces-first-launch-from-reaching-planned-altitude/|title=GPS glitch kept Exos Aerospace's first launch from reaching planned altitude - SpaceNews.com|date=7 September 2018|access-date=12 September 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = SARGE Pathfinder
|user = Exos Aerospace
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 25 August
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Partial launch failure
}} {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} SKISAT
|cubesat = yes
|user = SKI
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 25 August
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Partial launch failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 September |time = 05:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Hyperbola-1Z (Shian Quxian 1Z)
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} i-Space
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|108|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Three CubeSats{{cite web |url=http://www.spacetechasia.com/chinese-government-launch-site-conducts-first-2-commercial-launches/ |title=Chinese government launch site conducts first 2 commercial launches |website=Spacetech Asia |last=Goh |first=Deyana |date=7 September 2018 |access-date=7 September 2018}}
|cubesat = yes
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Flight test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 5 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 September |time = 13:30
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Wallops Flight Facility
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Tested Mars 2020's parachute
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} ASPIRE-3
|user = NASA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 7 September
|function = Technology demonstration
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 September |time = 17:21
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} White Sands
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|304|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FOXSI
|user = UMN
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Solar research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 September |time=08:37
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MRBM
|flight = JFTM-5 E2
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Pacific Missile Range Facility
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MDA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|abbr=on|150|km|0}}?, intercepted by SM-3-IB
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = JMSDF/MDA
|orbit= Suborbital
|d-date = 12 September
|function = ABM target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 September |time=08:40
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}}RIM-161 Standard Missile 3-IB
|flight = JFTM-5 E2
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}}JS Atago, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|JPN}} JMSDF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|abbr=on|150|km|0}}?, intercepted target
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = JMSDF
|orbit= Suborbital
|d-date = 12 September
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 September |time = 14:33
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceLoft XL
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Spaceport America
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} UP Aerospace
|remarks = Mission SL-12, Apogee: {{convert|114|km}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/nasa-tests-space-tech-on-up-aerospace-rocket.html|title=NASA Tests Space Tech on UP Aerospace Rocket|first=Monroe|last=Conner|date=12 September 2018}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FOP-5 (ADEPT, SFEM-3, AFTS)
|user = NASA
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Three technology experiments
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 12 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 September |time = 14:09
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceLoft XL
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Spaceport America
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} UP Aerospace
|remarks = Mission SL-11, Apogee: {{convert|114|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FOP-6, Celestis 15
|user = NASA
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Technology experiments
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 17 September
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 September |time = 12:15
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Nucleus
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Andøya
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|107|km}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/nammo/pressreleases/nucleus-completes-successful-first-launch-2721547|title=Nucleus completes successful first launch|publisher=Nammo|date=27 September 2018|access-date=18 April 2019}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Nammo Nucleus
|user = Nammo
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Technology experiments
|d-time = 27 September
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 September |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|US}} Traveler III
|site = {{#invoke:flag|icon|US}} Black Rock Desert
|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|US}} USC Rocket Propulsion Lab
|remarks = No data received after a miscomunication resulted in the avionics and recovery system being unarmed. Vehicle otherwise operated as intended and is approximated to have reached space.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = Flight test
|user =
|orbit= Suborbital
|d-date = 29 September
|function = Flight test
|outcome = Partial
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PAK}}Ghauri
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PAK}}Tilla
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PAK}} Army of Pakistan
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|400|km}} ?
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|PAK}}Haft-5
|user = Army of Pakistan
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 8 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October |time = 11:00?
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} DF-11?
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} Jiuquan
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CHN}} PLARF
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|500|km}} ?
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = PLARF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} R-29RMU Sineva
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Russian submarine, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 11 October
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} R-29RMU Sineva
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Russian submarine, Barents Sea
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 11 October
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} R-29R Volna
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Russian submarine, Sea of Okhotsk
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} R-29R Volna
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Russian submarine, Sea of Okhotsk
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} VMF
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = VMF
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 11 October
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MRBM
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Pacific Missile Range Facility
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MDA
|remarks = Ballistic missile target for interception
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FTM-45 Target
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 26 October
|function = ABM target
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 October
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SM-3 Block IIA
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} USS John Finn, Kauai
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} US Navy
|remarks = Ballistic missile interceptor, successful intercept{{cite news |url=https://www.mda.mil/news/18news0006.html |title=U.S. Successfully Conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test |publisher=Missile Defense Agency |date=26 October 2018 |access-date=18 April 2019}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FTM-45 Interceptor
|user = MDA
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 26 October
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 November |time = 07:01
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Minuteman-III
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Vandenberg Air Force Base
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} US Air Force
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 7 November
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 November |time = 07:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} KSLV-2 Pilot Vehicle
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} Naro Space Center
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|KOR}} KARI
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|209|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = Boilerplate
|user = KARI
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 28 November
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 November |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Astra (Test Flight 2)
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Astra Space
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user = Astra Space
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 29 November
|function = Flight test
|outcome = Launch failure{{cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/astra-space-suborbital-launch-fails/ |title=Astra Space suborbital launch fails |work=SpaceNews |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=18 April 2019}}
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 November |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IRN}} Khorramshahr
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IRN}} Semnan
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IRN}} AFIRI
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name =
|user= AFIRI
|orbit= Suborbital
|d-date = 30 November
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 December | time = 11:06
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant X
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Ny-Ålesund
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|805|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} VISIONS-2 1
|user = GSFC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 December | time = 11:08
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant X
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Ny-Ålesund
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|600|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} VISIONS-2 2
|user = GSFC
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Ionosphere research
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 7 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date= 8 December |time=08:26
|rocket={{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant XIIA
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|1042|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} TRICE-2-High
|user=UoI
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Electrodynamics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date= 8 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date= 8 December |time=08:28
|rocket={{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant XIIA
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|NOR}} Andøya
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|756|km}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} TRICE-2-Low
|user=UoI
|orbit=Suborbital
|function=Electrodynamics
|outcome=Successful
|d-date= 8 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 December | time = 15:43
|rocket={{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|BRA}} VS-30
|site={{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|BRA}} Alcântara
|LSP={{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|BRA}} AEB
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|120|km}}?
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|BRA}} PSR-01
|user = INPE
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 9 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 December
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} IRBM-T1
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} C-17, Pacific Ocean
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} MDA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|300|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FTI-03 Target
|user = MDA
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = ABM target
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 10 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 December
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SM-3 Block IIA
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Pacific Missile Range Facility
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} US Navy
|remarks = Ballistic missile interceptor, successful intercept{{cite news |url=https://www.mda.mil/news/18news0007.html |title=SM-3 Block IIA Launched From Aegis Ashore Successfully Intercepts Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Target During Operational Test |publisher=Missile Defense Agency |date=11 December 2018 |access-date=18 April 2019}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} FTI-03 Interceptor
|user = MDA
|orbit= Suborbital
|d-date = 10 December
|function = ABM test
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 December |time = 08:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} Agni V
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|IND}} DRDO
|remarks = Apogee: ~{{convert|800|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = DRDO
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 10 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 December |time =
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RS-12M Topol
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Kapustin Yar
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RVSN
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = RVSN
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 10 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 December |time = 16:00
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} SpaceShipTwo
|flight = VP-03
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} White Knight Two, from Mojave Spaceport
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} Virgin Galactic
|remarks = First crewed sub-orbital high altitude flight of SpaceShipTwo with two astronauts (Mark P. Stucky and Frederick W. Sturckow), Apogee: {{convert|82.7|km}}. Not considered a spaceflight under FAI rules, but recognized as a spaceflight under U.S. law.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} VSS Unity
|user = Virgin Galactic
|orbit = Suborbital
|function = Test flight
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 13 December
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 December |time = 07:46
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|CAN}} Black Brant IX
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} White Sands Missile Range
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} NASA
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|282|km}}
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|US}} DEUCE 2
|user = University of Colorado
|orbit = Suborbital
|d-date = 18 December
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 December |time = 09:59
|rocket = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} UR-100NU
|site = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} Yasniy
|LSP = {{#invoke:flagg|main|cxxlo|RUS}} RVSN
|remarks = Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test, Apogee: {{convert|1000|km|mi}}?
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = Avangard
|user = RVSN
|orbit= Suborbital
|function = Missile test
|d-date = 26 December
}}
}}
|}
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