2014 in spaceflight
 Orion EFT-1, the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft, occurred on 5 December 2014. | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 5 January |
| Last | 31 December |
| Total | 92 |
| Successes | 88 |
| Failures | 2 |
| Partial failures | 2 |
| Catalogued | 90 |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite |  Lithuania  Bermuda  Belgium  Iraq  Uruguay |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | |
| Retirements | Antares 120 Antares 130 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 4 |
| Total travellers | 12 |
| EVAs | 7 |
In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.
A total of 92 orbital launches were attempted in 2014, of which 88 were successful, two were partially successful and two were failures. The year also saw seven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 34, 23 and 16 launches respectively.
Overview
[edit]An Ariane 5 ES launched the Georges Lemaître Automated Transfer Vehicle, the last one of the series, which also marked 60 successfully completed Ariane 5 launches in a row.
On 22 August 2014, Arianespace launched the first two Full Operational Capability Galileo satellites for the European satellite navigation system.
A number of significant events in planetary exploration occurred in 2014, including the entry of the Rosetta spacecraft into orbit around the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in August 2014 and the deployment of the Philae lander to its surface in November, which marked the first orbit of and landing on a comet, respectively, and featured prominently in social media. Another notable occurrence was the entry of India's Mars Orbiter Mission into Martian orbit in September, making India the first Asian nation to reach Mars.
On 5 December 2014, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launched the first Orion spacecraft test mission for NASA, Exploration Flight Test 1.
Orbital launches
[edit]
Suborbital flights
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
| 3 January |  Arrow III
|
Negev
|
IAI
| ||||
| IAI / IDF | Suborbital | ABM Test | 3 January | Successful | |||
| Second flight test of the Arrow-III | |||||||
| 7 January |  Prithvi II
|
Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3
|
DRDO
| ||||
| DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 7 January | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
| 15 January 09:09 |
 Terrier-Orion
|
Wallops Island
|
TBD
| ||||
| DOD | Suborbital | Classified | 15 January | Successful | |||
| FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)? | |||||||
| 15 January 09:09 |
Terrier-Orion
|
Wallops Island
|
TBD
| ||||
| DOD | Suborbital | Classified | 15 January | Successful | |||
| FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)? | |||||||
| 15 January 09:09 |
Terrier-Orion
|
Wallops Island
|
TBD
| ||||
| DOD | Suborbital | Classified | 15 January | Successful | |||
| FTX-18 target, apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)? | |||||||
| 20 January 05:22 |
Agni-IV
|
Integrated Test Range
|
DRDO
| ||||
| DRDO | Suborbital | Missile Test | 20 January | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi) | |||||||
| 3 March 11:09 |
 Black Brant IX
|
Poker Flat
|
NASA
| ||||
| GREECE
|
SwRI | Suborbital | Auroral research | 3 March | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 335 kilometres (208 mi) | |||||||
| 4 March 18:10 |
 RS-12M Topol
|
Kapustin Yar
|
RVSN
| ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 4 March | Successful | |||
| 24 March | K-4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
Indian Navy
| ||||
| Indian Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 24 March | Successful | |||
| First launch of the new Indian K-4 SLBM[18] | |||||||
| 26 March 13:34 |
 Taiwan Sounding Rocket
|
Sounding Rocket IX | Jiu Peng Air Base
|
NSPO
| |||
| NSPO/NCU | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 26 March | Successful | |||
| Apogee: 286 km (178 mi) | |||||||
| 26 March 22:25 |
MN-300
|
Kapustin Yar
|
Roshydromet
| ||||
| MR-30
|
Roshydromet | Suborbital | Meteorology Test flight |
26 March | Launch failure | ||
| Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), rocket failed and landed near a village in an unplanned area of western Kazakhstan. | |||||||
| 11 April 23:10 |
Agni-I
|
Integrated Test Range
|
IDRDL
| ||||
| IDRDL | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 April | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~500 kilometres (310 mi)? | |||||||
| 14 April 06:40 |
RS-24 Yars
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
| ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 April | Successful | |||
| 22 April |  Ghaznavi
|
Sonmiani
|
ASFC
| ||||
| ASFC | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 April | Successful | |||
| 27 April 03:37 |
Prithvi-3?
|
INS, Bay of Bengal
|
DRDO
| ||||
| SLTGT-02
|
DRDO | Suborbital | Target | 27 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)Target for ABM test, successfully intercepted | |||||||
| 27 April 03:40 |
Prithvi-2?
|
ITR IC-4
|
DRDO
| ||||
| PDV
|
DRDO | Suborbital | Interceptor | 27 April | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi), successful intercept | |||||||
| 3 May 08:00 |
Black Brant IX
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| HYPE
|
University of Arizona | Suborbital | Astronomy | 3 May | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi) | |||||||
| 8 May | RT-2PM Topol
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
| ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
| 8 May | R-29RMU Sineva
|
K-114 Tula, Barents Sea
|
VMF
| ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
| 8 May | R-29R Volna
|
K-223 Podolsk, Sea of Okhotsk
|
VMF
| ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
| 8 May | Ghaznavi
|
Sonmiani
|
ASFC
| ||||
| ASFC | Suborbital | Missile test | 8 May | Successful | |||
| 20 May 17:08 |
RS-12M Topol
|
Kapustin Yar
|
RVSN
| ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 20 May | Successful | |||
| 21 May 05:35 |
SM-3-IB
|
Kauai
|
US Navy
| ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | ABM test | 21 May | Successful | |||
| Maiden flight of Aegis Ashore Controlled Test Vehicle (AA CTV-01) | |||||||
| 24 May | Black Brant IX
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| CHESS
|
CU Boulder | Suborbital | Astronomy | 24 May | Successful | ||
| 2 June | UGM-133 Trident II D5
|
USS West Virginia, ETR
|
US Navy
| ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 June | Successful | |||
| Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ? | |||||||
| 2 June | UGM-133 Trident II D5
|
USS West Virginia, ETR
|
US Navy
| ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 June | Successful | |||
| Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ? | |||||||
| 22 June 18:49 |
UGM-96 Trident I C4 (LV-2)
|
FTG-06b |  Meck
|
MDA
| |||
| MDA | Suborbital | ABM target | 22 June | Successful | |||
| 22 June 18:55 |
Ground Based Interceptor
|
FTG-06b | Vandenberg LF-23
|
MDA
| |||
| MDA | Suborbital | ABM test | 22 June | Successful | |||
| FTG-06b interceptor, successful intercept | |||||||
| 26 June 11:21 |
Terrier Improved Orion
|
Wallops Island
|
NASA
| ||||
| RockOn
|
CU Boulder | Suborbital | Student experiments | 26 June | Successful | ||
| Apogee: ~118 kilometres (73 mi) | |||||||
| 2 July 08:36 |
Terrier-Improved Malemute
|
Wallops Island
|
NASA
| ||||
| SubTec-6
|
NASA WFF | Suborbital | Student experiments | 2 July | Launch failure | ||
| Second stage failure after 19 seconds of flight | |||||||
| 9 July 12:00:00 |
Angara-1.2pp
|
Plesetsk Site 35/1
|
VKO
| ||||
| VKO | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 July | Successful | |||
| Maiden flight of Angara rocket family | |||||||
| 14 July | GoFast
|
Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
|
CSXT
| ||||
|
|
CSXT | Suborbital | Test spacecraft | 14 July | Successful | ||
| Second GoFast amateur space launch (apogee: 117 km)[19] | |||||||
| 22 July 19:10 |
Black Brant IX
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| DFS
|
USC | Suborbital | Solar | 22 July | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) | |||||||
| 23 July |  B-611
|
Shuangchengzi
|
PLA
| ||||
| PLA | Suborbital | ABM target | 23 July | Successful | |||
| Target | |||||||
| 23 July | SC-19
|
Korla
|
PLA
| ||||
| PLA | Suborbital | ABM test | 23 July | Successful | |||
| Interceptor, successful intercept | |||||||
| 4 August 14:00:00[20][21] |
 S-310
|
Uchinoura
|
JAXA
| ||||
|
|
University of Tokyo / JAXA / Waseda | Suborbital | Microgravity | 4 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi) | |||||||
| 17 August 10:10:00[22] |
S-520
|
Uchinoura
|
JAXA
| ||||
|
|
University of Tokyo / Hokkaido University / Tohoku University / TPU / Tokai / JAXA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 17 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 243 kilometres (151 mi) | |||||||
| 23 August 13:13 |
Terrier-Lynx
|
Wallops Island
|
DoD
| ||||
| Shark
|
DoD | Suborbital | Radar target | 23 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)? | |||||||
| 25 August 08:25 |
UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)
|
Kodiak LP-2
|
US Air Force
| ||||
| AHW FT2
|
US Army | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 25 August | Launch failure | ||
| Launch vehicle went off course and was destroyed four seconds after launch | |||||||
| 28 August 09:00 |
Black Brant IX
|
Wallops Island
|
NASA
| ||||
|
|
NASA WFF | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 28 August | Successful | ||
| Apogee: ~350 kilometres (220 mi) | |||||||
| 2 September 02:02 |
 VS-30/EPL
|
Alcântara
|
AEB
| ||||
| EPL-ME
|
INPE | Suborbital | Test | 2 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 130 kilometres (81 mi)? | |||||||
| 9 September | Blue Sparrow
|
F-15 Eagle, Israel
|
IAF
| ||||
| Israeli Air Force | Suborbital | ABM target | 9 September | Successful | |||
| Arrow-2 target, intercept failed, Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)? | |||||||
| 10 September | RSM-56 Bulava
|
K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea
|
VMF
| ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 10 September | Successful | |||
| 11 September 05:41 |
Agni-I
|
Integrated Test Range
|
IDRDL
| ||||
| IDRDL | Suborbital | Missile test | 11 September | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~500 kilometres (310 mi)? | |||||||
| 22 September 13:00 |
UGM-133 Trident II D5
|
Submarine, Pacific Ocean
|
US Navy
| ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 September | Successful | |||
| 22 September 13:00 |
UGM-133 Trident II D5
|
Submarine, Pacific Ocean
|
US Navy
| ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 September | Successful | |||
| 22 September 13:00 |
UGM-133 Trident II D5
|
Submarine, Pacific Ocean
|
US Navy
| ||||
| US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 22 September | Successful | |||
| 23 September 14:45 |
LGM-30G Minuteman III
|
Vandenberg LF-09
|
US Air Force
| ||||
| US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 23 September | Successful | |||
| GT211GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ? | |||||||
| 30 September | Black Brant IX
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| VAULT 2.0
|
NRL | Suborbital | Solar | 30 September | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 290 kilometres (180 mi) | |||||||
| 7 October 13:10 |
Taiwan Sounding Rocket
|
Sounding Rocket X | Jiu Peng Air Base
|
NSPO
| |||
| NSPO | Suborbital | Ionospheric research | 7 October | Successful | |||
| Apogee: 286 km (178 mi) | |||||||
| 12 October 04:27 |
Terrier-Lynx
|
Wallops Island
|
DoD
| ||||
| Shark
|
DoD | Suborbital | Radar target | 12 October | Successful | ||
| Apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)? | |||||||
| 17 October 07:08 |
MRBM-T3 ?
|
Kauai
|
MDA
| ||||
| MDA | Suborbital | Radar target | 17 October | Successful | |||
| Medium Range Ballistic Missile Target, Aegis radar target FTX-20 | |||||||
| 23 October 13:33 |
SpaceLoft XL
|
Spaceport America
|
UP Aerospace
| ||||
| FOP-3
|
NASA | Suborbital | Four technology experiments | 23 October | Successful | ||
| Mission SL-9, Apogee: 124 kilometres (77 mi), successfully recovered | |||||||
| 29 October 17:27:00 |
RSM-56 Bulava
|
K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy, White Sea
|
VMF
| ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 29 October | Successful | |||
| 1 November 06:20 |
RS-12M Topol
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
| ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 1 November | Successful | |||
| 5 November | R-29RMU Sineva
|
K-114 Tula, Barents Sea
|
VMF
| ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 5 November | Successful | |||
| 6 November 19:07 |
Black Brant IX
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| RAISE 2
|
SwRI | Suborbital | Solar | 6 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi) | |||||||
| 6 November 22:03 |
Terrier-Oriole ?
|
FTM-25 | Kauai
|
MDA
| |||
| MDA | Suborbital | ABM target | 6 November | Successful | |||
| SM-3 Block 1B target | |||||||
| 6 November 22:06 |
RIM-161C Standard Missile 3 Block 1B
|
FTM-25 | USS John Paul Jones, Pacific Ocean
|
US Navy
| |||
| US Navy | Suborbital | ABM test | 6 November | Successful | |||
| FTM-25 interceptor, successful intercept | |||||||
| 9 November 04:10 |
Agni II
|
Integrated Test Range
|
Indian Army / DRDO
| ||||
| Indian Army/DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 November | Successful | |||
| 13 November | Shaheen-II
|
Sonmiani
|
ASFC
| ||||
| ASFC | Suborbital | Missile test | 13 November | Successful | |||
| 14 November | Prithvi II
|
Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3
|
DRDO
| ||||
| DRDO | Suborbital | Missile test | 14 November | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
| 14 November | Dhanush
|
Ship, Indian Ocean
|
DRDO
| ||||
| DRDO | Suborbital | Target | 14 November | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi) | |||||||
| 17 November | Shaheen-IA
|
Sonmiani
|
ASFC
| ||||
| ASFC | Suborbital | Missile test | 17 November | Successful | |||
| 24 November 08:05 |
Black Brant XIIA
|
 Andøya
|
NASA
| ||||
| C-REX
|
UAF | Suborbital | Geospace | 24 November | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 486 kilometres (302 mi) | |||||||
| 28 November | RSM-56 Bulava
|
K-550 Aleksandr Nevskiy, White Sea
|
VMF
| ||||
| VMF | Suborbital | Missile test | 28 November | Successful | |||
| 2 December 04:49 |
Agni-IV
|
Integrated Test Range
|
DRDO
| ||||
| DRDO | Suborbital | Missile Test | 2 December | Successful | |||
| Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)? | |||||||
| 11 December 19:11 |
Black Brant IX
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| FOXSI
|
UC Berkeley | Suborbital | Solar research | 11 December | Successful | ||
| Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi) | |||||||
| 16 December | Blue Sparrow
|
F-15 Eagle, Israel
|
IAF
| ||||
| Israeli Air Force | Suborbital | ABM target | 16 December | Successful | |||
| Arrow-3 target, launch of Interceptor was scrubbed, Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)? | |||||||
| 17 December | Improved Orion
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| CTREX
|
DOD | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 December | Successful | ||
| 17 December | Taurion
|
White Sands
|
NASA
| ||||
| Sprint 1
|
DOD | Suborbital | Test flight | 17 December | Successful | ||
| First launch of a Taurion missile, a special low performing vehicle configuration for the development of the Sprint target vehicle | |||||||
| 18 December 04:00:00 |
LVM3
|
Satish Dhawan SLP
|
ISRO
| ||||
| CARE
|
ISRO | Suborbital | Test flight | 18 December | Successful | ||
| First flight of LVM3 (earlier called GSLV Mk III). Sub-orbital test flight with dummy upper stage and ISRO Orbital Vehicle boilerplate [23] Apogee: 125.5 km | |||||||
| 26 December 08:02 |
RS-24 Yars
|
Plesetsk
|
RVSN
| ||||
| RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 26 December | Successful | |||
Deep space rendezvous
[edit]| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Cassini | 98th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi). |
| 2 February | Cassini | 99th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,236 kilometres (768 mi). |
| 6 March | Cassini | 100th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi). |
| 7 April | Cassini | 101st flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 963 kilometres (598 mi). |
| 17 May | Cassini | 102nd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 2,994 kilometres (1,860 mi). |
| 18 June | Cassini | 103rd flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 3,659 kilometres (2,274 mi). |
| 20 July | Cassini | 104th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 5,103 kilometres (3,171 mi). |
| 6 August | Rosetta | Enters orbit of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko | First artificial satellite of a comet. Initial orbit was 100 kilometres (62 mi)high and was reduced to 30 kilometres (19 mi) until 10 September. |
| 10 August | ISEE-3/ICE | flyby of Earth and Moon | Closest approach Earth: 178,400 kilometres (110,900 mi), closest approach Moon: 15,938 kilometres (9,903 mi). |
| 21 August | Cassini | 105th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 964 kilometres (599 mi). |
| 21 September | Cassini | 106th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi). |
| 22 September | MAVEN | Areocentric orbit injection | Preliminary orbit was 380 kilometres (240 mi) x 44,600 kilometres (27,700 mi), inclined 75 deg to the equator. |
| 24 September | Mars Orbiter Mission | Areocentric orbit injection | India's first mission to Mars,[24] preliminary orbit was 422 kilometres (262 mi) x 76,994 kilometres (47,842 mi), inclined 150 deg to the equator. |
| 23 October | Cassini | 107th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 1,013 kilometres (629 mi). |
| 28 October[25] | Chang'e 5-T1 | lunar flyby on a free return trajectory | Closest approach: 13,000 kilometres (8,100 mi). |
| 12 November | Philae | Landing on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko | First soft landing on a comet nucleus. Mission cut short when landing conditions resulted in its solar panels being out of position, depleting the lander's batteries. Data was still collected. |
| 10 December | Cassini | 108th flyby of Titan | Closest approach: 980 kilometres (610 mi). |
Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs)
[edit]| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January 14:00 |
6 hours 8 minutes |
20:08 | Expedition 38 / 39 | Oleg Kotov
|
Installed High Resolution Camera (HRC) on SM Plane IV; installed Medium Resolution Camera (MRC) on SM Plane IV; photographed electrical connectors on ФП11 and ФП19 connector patch panels of SM; removed Worksite Interfaces (WIF) adaptor from SSRMS LEE B;
retrieved СКК #2-СО cassette container from DC-1.[26] |
| 23 April 13:56 |
1 hours 36 minutes |
15:32 | Expedition 39 / 40 | Richard Mastracchio
|
Replaced failed Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MDM) unit on S0 truss; also removed two lanyards from Secondary Power Distribution Assembly (SPDA) doors.[27][28] |
| 19 June 14:10 |
7 hours 23 minutes |
21:33 | Expedition 40 / 41 | Alexander Skvortsov
|
Installed an automated phased antenna array used for the Russian command and telemetry system, relocated a part of the Obstanovka experiment that monitors charged particles and plasma in Low Earth Orbit, verifying the correct installation of the universal work platform (URM-D), taking samples from one of Zvezda's windows, and jettisoning an experiment frame.[29][30] |
| 18 August 14:02 |
5 hours 11 minutes |
19:13 | Expedition 40 / 41 | Alexander Skvortsov
|
Released Chasqui-1 cubesat into space; installed experiment packages (EXPOSE-R2 biological experiment, Plume Impingement and Deposit Monitoring unit), retrieved experiments (Vinoslivost materials exposure panel, Biorisk biological experiment), replaced cassette on SKK experiment and attached a handrail on an antenna.[31][32] |
| 7 October 12:30 |
6 hours 13 minutes |
18:43 | Expedition 41 / 42 | Reid Wiseman
|
Re-located a failed pump module to a permanent stowage position, installed a back-up power supply for the Mobile Transporter and replaced a light on the robotic arm.[33][34] |
| 15 October 12:16 |
6 hours 34 minutes |
18:50 | Expedition 41 / 42 | Reid Wiseman
|
Replaced failed sequential shunt unit (SSU) for 3A power system, relocated articulating portable foot restraint/tool stanchion (APFR/TS), removed camera port (CP) 7, relocated wireless video system external transceiver assembly (WETA) from CP8 to CP11, installed external TV camera group at CP8.[35][36] |
| 22 October 13:28 |
3 hours 38 minutes |
17:06 | Expedition 41 / 42 | Maksim Surayev
|
Removed and jettisoned Radiometriya experiment from Zvezda Plane II, removed EXPOSE-R experiment protective cover, took surface samples from Pirs extravehicular hatch 2 window (TEST experiment), removed and jettisoned two KURS attennas 2ACф1-1 and 2ACф1-2 from Poisk, photographed exterior of ISS Russian segment.[37][38] |
Orbital launch statistics
[edit]By country
[edit]For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China |
16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Europe |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| India |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Israel |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Japan |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russia |
34 | 31 | 1 | 2 | Includes four European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace | |
 Ukraine |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Zenit and Dnepr rockets were launched from Russia | |
 United States |
23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| World | 92 | 88 | 2 | 2 | ||
By rocket
[edit]By family
[edit]| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angara | Russia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Antares | United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ariane | Europe |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas | United States |
9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta | United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falcon | United States |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| GSLV | India |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| H-II | Japan |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuaizhou | China |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March | China |
15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| PSLV | India |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| R-7 | Russia |
22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | |
| R-36 | Ukraine |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shavit | Israel |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Universal Rocket | Russia |
11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vega | Europe |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zenit | Ukraine |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
By type
[edit]| Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angara A5 | Russia |
Angara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Antares | United States |
Antares | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ariane 5 | Europe |
Ariane | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas V | United States |
Atlas | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II | United States |
Delta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta IV | United States |
Delta | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dnepr | Ukraine |
R-36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falcon 9 | United States |
Falcon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| GSLV | India |
GSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuaizhou 1 | China |
Kuaizhou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| H-IIA | Japan |
H-II | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2 | China |
Long March | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3 | China |
Long March | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 4 | China |
Long March | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton | Russia |
Universal Rocket | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| PSLV | India |
PSLV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shavit | Israel |
Shavit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz | Russia |
R-7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-2 | Russia |
R-7 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | |
| UR-100 | Russia |
Universal Rocket | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vega | Europe |
Vega | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zenit | Ukraine |
Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
By configuration
[edit]| Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angara A5 / Briz-M | Russia |
Angara A5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Antares 120 | United States |
Antares | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antares 130 | United States |
Antares | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Ariane 5 ECA | Europe |
Ariane 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ariane 5 ES | Europe |
Ariane 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas V 401 | United States |
Atlas V | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlas V 541 | United States |
Atlas V | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta II 7320 | United States |
Delta II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) | United States |
Delta IV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta IV Heavy | United States |
Delta IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dnepr | Ukraine |
Dnepr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falcon 9 v1.1 | United States |
Falcon 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| GSLV Mk II | India |
GSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First successful launch |
| H-IIA 202 | Japan |
H-IIA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuahzhou 1 | China |
Kuaizhou 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2C | China |
Long March 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 2D | China |
Long March 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3A | China |
Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 3C/E | China |
Long March 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Long March 4B | China |
Long March 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long March 4C | China |
Long March 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proton-M / Briz-M | Russia |
Proton | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| PSLV-CA | India |
PSLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| PSLV-XL | India |
PSLV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rokot / Briz-KM | Russia |
UR-100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shavit-2 | Israel |
Shavit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-2.1a or ST-A | Russia |
Soyuz-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-2.1a or ST-A / Fregat-M | Russia |
Soyuz-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-2.1b or ST-B | Russia |
Soyuz-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Russia |
Soyuz-2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT | Russia |
Soyuz-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soyuz-FG | Russia |
Soyuz | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soyuz-U | Russia |
Soyuz | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strela | Russia |
UR-100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vega | Europe |
Vega | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zenit-3SL | Ukraine |
Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
By spaceport
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France
India
International waters
Israel
Japan
Kazakhstan
Russia
United States
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baikonur |  Kazakhstan |
21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cape Canaveral | United States |
16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dombarovsky | Russia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jiuquan | China |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kourou |  France |
11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| MARS | United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ocean Odyssey |  International waters |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Palmachim | Israel |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plesetsk | Russia |
9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Satish Dhawan | India |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taiyuan | China |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tanegashima | Japan |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vandenberg | United States |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Xichang | China |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 92 | 88 | 2 | 2 | ||
By orbit
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40
50
- Transatmospheric
- Low Earth
- Low Earth (ISS)
- Low Earth (SSO)
- Low Earth (retrograde)
- Medium Earth
- Geosychronous
(transfer) - Inclined GSO
- High Earth
- Heliocentric
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not achieved | Accidentally achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transatmospheric | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Deployed into a transatmospheric orbit via low and medium Earth orbits |
| Low Earth | 49 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 14 to ISS (1 failure) |
| Medium Earth / Molniya | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geosynchronous / GTO | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 92 | 90 | 2 | 0 |
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- ^ "KickSat Has Reentered". www.kickstarter.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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