2004 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2004 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

2004 in spaceflight

SpaceShipOne landing after Flight 15P, the first privately funded crewed spaceflight
Orbital launches
First	11 January
Last	26 December
Total	54
Successes	50
Failures	1
Partial failures	3
Catalogued	53
Rockets
Maiden flights	Ariane 5G+ Delta IV Heavy Soyuz-2.1a (suborbital)
Retirements	Ariane 5G+ Atlas IIAS Atlas IIIA Atlas V 521
Crewed flights
Orbital	2
Suborbital	3
Total travellers	8
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2004 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2003 2005 →

First privately funded human spaceflight

This paragraph is an excerpt from SpaceShipOne flight 15P.[edit]

Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0) was the first privately funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21, 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight of the Tier One program, with the previous three test flights reaching much lower altitudes. The flight carried only its pilot, Mike Melvill, who thus became the first non-governmental astronaut.

First Delta IV Heavy

This paragraph is an excerpt from Delta IV Heavy § History.[edit]

The first launch of the Delta IV Heavy on 21 December 2004 carried a boilerplate payload and was a partial failure. Cavitation in the liquid-oxygen propellant lines caused shutdown of both boosters eight seconds early, and the core engine nine seconds early; this resulted in a lower staging velocity for which the second stage was unable to compensate. The payload was left in a lower than intended orbit.^[1]

Launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
11 January 04:13	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		Estrela do Sul 1 (Telstar 14)		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational Partial spacecraft failure
		One of the payload's solar panels did not deploy, and several transponders were disabled. Its replacement, Telstar 14R, launched in 2011, suffered a similar issue.
29 January 11:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M1-11	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	3 June	Successful
		ISS flight 13P
February
5 February 23:46	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A		International Launch Services
		AMC-10	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
14 February 18:50	Titan IVB (402)/IUS			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		Lockheed Martin
		DSP-22	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Missile warning	In orbit	Operational
18 February 07:05	Molniya-M			Plesetsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2405		Molniya	Missile warning	In orbit	Operational
March
2 March 07:17	Ariane 5G+			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Rosetta	ESA	Heliocentric	Comet probe	30 September 2016	Successful
		Philae	ESA	Heliocentric	Comet lander	9 July 2015	Successful
		Maiden flight of Ariane 5G+ Studied the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and asteroids 2867 Šteins and 21 Lutetia
13 March 05:40	Atlas IIIA			Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
		MBSat	MBSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Atlas IIIA
15 March 23:06	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services
		Eutelsat W3A	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 March 17:53	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
		GPS IIR-11	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
27 March 03:30	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 81/23		VKS
		Kosmos 2406 (Raduga-1)	Russian military	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
April
16 April 00:45	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A		International Launch Services
		Superbird 6	SCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 April 15:59	Long March 2C			Jiuquan
		Tansuo 1 (Shiyan 1)	University of Harbin	Low Earth	Land resource mapping	In orbit	Operational
		Naxing 1	Tsinghua University	Low Earth	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
19 April 03:19	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-4	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 9	24 October	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts
20 April 16:57	Delta II 7920			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
		Gravity Probe B	NASA	Low Earth	Test Einstein's Theory of relativity	In orbit	Successful
26 April 20:37	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 200/39
		Ekspress AM11	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Decommissioned[2]
May
4 May 12:42	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		DirecTV-7S	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 May 11:12	GoFast			Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA		CSXT
			CSXT	Suborbital	Test spacecraft	17 May	Successful
		First amateur space launch (apogee: 116 km)[3]
19 May 22:22	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36B		International Launch Services
		AMC-11	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 May 17:47	Taurus 3120			Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital Sciences
		FORMOSAT-2 (ROCSAT-2)	NSPO	Low Earth	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
25 May 12:34	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-49	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	30 July	Successful
		ISS flight 14P
28 May 06:00	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90/20		VKS
		Kosmos 2405	VMF	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
June
10 June 01:28	Zenit-2			Baikonur Site 45/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2406	VKS	Low Earth	Signals intelligence	In orbit	Operational
16 June 22:27	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		Intelsat 10-02	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 June 14:47	SpaceShipOne			White Knight, Mojave Spaceport		Scaled Composites
		Flight 15P	Scaled Composites	Suborbital	Test spacecraft	21 June	Successful
		Crewed sub-orbital flight with 1 astronaut (Mike Melvill) First privately funded crewed spaceflight Maiden flight of SpaceShipOne as a spacecraft
23 June 22:54	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
		GPS IIR-12	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
29 June 03:59	Zenit-3SL			Ocean Odyssey		Sea Launch
		Telstar 18	Loral/Apstar	Intended: Geosynchronous Achieved: Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Partial launch failure
		Premature cutout left payload in useless orbit
29 June 06:30	Dnepr			Baikonur Site 109/95		ISC Kosmotras
		LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2)	Aprize	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Demeter	CNES	Low Earth	Seismology	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiComsat 1	RSRI	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiComsat 2	RSRI	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiSat 2	RSRI	Low Earth	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
		LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1)	Aprize	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Unisat 3	Sapienza University of Rome	Low Earth	Technology development	In orbit	Operational
		Amsat Echo	AMSAT	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
July
15 July 10:02	Delta II 7920-10L			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Boeing IDS
		Aura	NASA	Sun-synchronous (A-train)	Atmospheric research	In orbit	Operational
18 July 00:44	Ariane 5G+			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Anik F2	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 July 17:46	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2409 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
25 July 07:05	Long March 2C			Taiyuan
		Tan Ce 2	CASC/ESA	High Earth (High-eccentricity)	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Operational
August
3 August 07:18	Delta II 7925H			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
		MESSENGER	NASA	Mercurian	Mercury probe	30 April 2015	Successful
		Became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury on 4 April 2011
4 August 22:32	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		Amazonas	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 August 05:03	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-50	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	22 December	Successful
		ISS flight 15P
29 August 07:50	Long March 2C			Jiuquan
		FSW-19 (FSW-2)		Geosynchronous	Earth imaging	7 November 23:55	Successful
31 August 23:17	Atlas IIAS			Cape Canaveral SLC-36A		International Launch Services
		SDS-3-4 (USA-179)	NRO	Geosynchronous	Classified	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Atlas IIAS
September
6 September 10:35	Shavit-1			Palmachim
		Ofeq-6		Intended: Low Earth (retrograde)	Reconnaissance	T+270	Launch failure
		Loss of control during third stage burn
8 September 23:14	Long March 4B			Taiyuan
		Shijian 6-01A	CASC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Shijian 6-01B	CASC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
20 September 10:31	GSLV			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		EDUSAT (GSAT-3)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 September 15:07	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1		VKS
		Kosmos 2408	Russian military	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2409	Russian military	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
24 September 16:50	Soyuz-U			Plestsk Site 16/2		VKS
		Kosmos 2410	Russian military	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	9 January 2005	Failure
		Re-entry capsule could not be located
27 September 08:00	Long March 2D			Jiuquan
		FSW-20 (FSW-3)		Low Earth	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
29 September 15:12	SpaceShipOne			White Knight, Mojave Spaceport		Scaled Composites
		Flight 16P	Scaled Composites	Suborbital	Ansari X Prize qualification	29 September	Successful
		Crewed sub-orbital flight with 1 astronaut (Mike Melvill)
October
4 October 14:49	SpaceShipOne			White Knight, Mojave Spaceport		Scaled Composites
		Flight 17P	Scaled Composites	Suborbital	Ansari X Prize qualification	4 October	Successful
		Crewed sub-orbital flight with 1 astronaut (Brian Binnie) Final flight of SpaceShipOne
14 October 03:06	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-5	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS Expedition 10	24 April 2005	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts
14 October 21:23	Proton-M/Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		AMC-15	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 October 01:20	Long March 3A			Xichang
		Feng Yun 2C		Geosynchronous	Weather satellite	In orbit	Operational
29 October 22:11	Proton-K/DM-2M			Baikonur Site 200/39
		Ekspress AM-1	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
November
6 November 03:10	Long March 4B			Taiyuan
		Zi Yuan 2C		Geosynchronous	Earth imaging	In orbit	Operational
6 November 05:39	Delta II 7925			Cape Canaveral SLC-17B		Boeing IDS
		GPS IIR-13	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
8 November 18:30	Soyuz-2.1a			Plesetsk Site 43/4
		Zenit-8 (Obilik)		Suborbital	Test carrier rocket	8 November	Successful
		Maiden flight of Soyuz-2.1a
18 November 10:45	Long March 2C			Xichang
		Shiyan 2		Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
20 November 17:16	Delta II 7320			Cape Canaveral SLC-17A		Boeing IDS
		Swift	NASA	Low Earth	Gamma-ray research	In orbit	Operational
December
14 December	Taiwan Sounding Rocket		Sounding Rocket IV	Jiu Peng Air Base		NSPO
		Airglow photometer, GPS receiver[4]	NSPO	Suborbital	Airglow research, technology test	14 December	Successful
		Apogee: ~280 km (174 mi)
17 December 12:07	Atlas V 521			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		International Launch Services
		AMC-16	SES Americom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 December 16:26	Ariane 5G+			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Helios 2A	DGA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Nanosat 01	INTA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Essaim 1	DGA	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Essaim 2	DGA	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Essaim 3	DGA	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Essaim 4	DGA	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Parasol	CNES	Sun-synchronous (A-train)	Aeronomy	In orbit	Operational
		Final flight of Ariane 5G+
21 December 21:50	Delta IV Heavy 9250H			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		Boeing IDS
		DemoSat (USA-181)	US Air Force	Intended: Subsynchronous Actual: Medium Earth	Test launch vehicle	In orbit	Partial launch failure
		Sparkie (3CSat1)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Cloud imaging	22 December	Satellite failure
		Ralphie (3CSat2)	US Air Force	Low Earth	Cloud imaging	22 December	Satellite failure
		Maiden flight of Delta IV Heavy Premature cut-off of second stage (burn one) left all payloads in wrong orbits. Both nanosats failed to contact ground after separation
22 December	R-36			Dombarovskiy		RVSN
		Dummy warhead	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 December	Successful
23 December 22:19	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskomsos
		Progress M-51	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Logistics	9 March 2005	Successful
		ISS flight 16P
24 December 11:20	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2		VKS
		Sich-1M	NKAU	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Partial launch failure
		MK-1TS	NKAU	Low Earth	Earth observation
		Both satellites placed into incorrect orbits due to premature third stage cutoff
26 December 13:53	Proton-K/DM-2			Baikonur Site 200/39		VKS
		Kosmos 2411 (GLONASS)	KNITs	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2412 (GLONASS)	KNITs	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2413 (GLONASS)	KNITs	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
2 January	Stardust	Flyby of 81P/Wild (Wild 2)	Dust collection (samples returned to Earth in 2006)
3 January	Spirit	Landing on Mars	Gusev Crater
24 January	Opportunity	Landing on Mars	Meridiani Planum
4 February	Ulysses	2nd flyby of Jupiter
19 May	Hayabusa	Flyby of the Earth
11 June	Cassini	Flyby of Phoebe	Closest approach: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
1 July	Cassini	First orbiter of Saturn	Saturnian orbit injection
8 September	Genesis	Capsule crash-landing on Earth	0.4 milligrams (0.0062 gr) of solar sample aboard
26 October	Cassini	Flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
15 November	SMART-1	Selenocentric orbit injection	First European Lunar mission
13 December	Cassini	Flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,336 kilometres (1,452 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Function	Remarks
26 February 21:17	3 hours 55 minutes	27 February 01:12	Expedition 8 ISS Pirs	/Michael Foale Alexander Kaleri	Replaced microgravity experiment cassette containers, attached the Russian experiment Matryoshka to Zvezda, and removed a JAXA micro-meteor impact experiment.[5]	Reduced duration due a cooling system malfunction in Kaleri's spacesuit.
24 June 21:56	14 minutes	22:10	Expedition 9 ISS Pirs	Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke	Spacewalk cut short due to a pressure problem in Fincke's prime oxygen tank in his spacesuit.[6][7]	Rescheduled for 30 June.
30 June 21:19	5 hours 40 minutes	1 July 02:59	Expedition 9 ISS Pirs	Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke	Replaced a Remote Power Controller (RPC) that failed in late April, causing a loss of power in Control Moment Gyroscope No. 2 (CMG 2).[6][8]
3 August 06:58	4 hours 30 minutes	11:28	Expedition 9 ISS Pirs	Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke	Removed laser retro reflectors from the Zvezda assembly compartment, and installed three updated laser retro reflectors and one internal videometer target in preparation for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). Installed two antennas, and removed and replaced Kromka experiment packages.[6][9]
3 September 16:43	5 hours 20 minutes	22:04	Expedition 9 ISS Pirs	Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke	Replaced the Zarya Control Module flow control panel, installed four safety tether fairleads on Zarya's handrails, installed three communications antennas, and removed covers from the antennas.[6][10]

Orbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
	China	8	8	0	0
	France	3	3	0	0
	India	1	1	0	0
	Israel	1	0	1	0
	Russia	18	18	0	0
	Ukraine	7	5	0	2
	United States	16	15	0	1
World		54	51	1	3

By rocket

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Ariane

Atlas

Delta

Long March

R-7

R-14

R-36

Universal Rocket

Zenit

Others

•   Ariane 5
•   Atlas II
•   Atlas III
•   Atlas V
•   Delta II
•   Delta IV Heavy
•   Long March 2
•   Long March 3
•   Long March 4
•   Molniya-M
•   Soyuz-U
•   Soyuz-FG
•   Kosmos-3M
•   Dnepr
•   Tsyklon-2
•   Tsyklon-3
•   Proton-K
•   Proton-M
•   Zenit-2
•   Zenit-3SL
•   Others
•  

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane	France	3	3	0	0
Atlas	United States	6	6	0	0
Delta	United States	8	7	0	1
GSLV	India	1	1	0	0
Long March	China	8	8	0	0
Minotaur	United States	1	1	0	0
R-7	Russia	8	8	0	0
R-14	Russia	2	2	0	0
R-36	Ukraine	3	2	0	1
Shavit	Israel	1	0	1	0
Titan	United States	1	1	0	0
Universal Rocket	Russia	8	8	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	4	3	0	1

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5	France	Ariane	3	3	0	0
Atlas II	United States	Atlas	4	4	0	0	Final flight
Atlas III	United States	Atlas	1	1	0	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	1	1	0	0
Delta II	United States	Delta	7	7	0	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	1	0	0	1
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0
GSLV	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
Kosmos	Russia	R-14	2	2	0	0
Long March 2	China	Long March	5	5	0	0
Long March 3	China	Long March	1	1	0	0
Long March 4	China	Long March	2	2	0	0
Molniya-M	Russia	R-7	1	1	0	0
Proton-K	Russia	Universal Rocket	4	4	0	0
Proton-M	Russia	Universal Rocket	4	4	0	0
Shavit	Israel	Shavit	1	0	1	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	R-7	5	5	0	0
Soyuz-FG	Russia	R-7	2	2	0	0
Taurus	United States	Minotaur	1	1	0	0
Titan IV	United States	Titan	1	1	0	0
Tsyklon	Ukraine	R-36	2	1	0	1
Zenit	Ukraine	Zenit	4	3	0	1

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5G+	France	Ariane 5	3	3	0	0	Maiden and final flights
Atlas IIAS	United States	Atlas II	4	4	0	0	Final flight
Atlas IIIA	United States	Atlas III	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Atlas V 521	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Delta II 7320	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7920	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7920-10L	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7925	United States	Delta II	3	3	0	0
Delta II 7925H	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Heavy	United States	Delta IV	1	0	0	1	Maiden flight
Dnepr	Ukraine	Dnepr	1	1	0	0
GSLV Mk I	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
Kosmos-3M	Russia	Kosmos	2	2	0	0
Long March 2C	China	Long March 2	4	4	0	0
Long March 2D	China	Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 3A	China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Long March 4B	China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Molniya-M	Russia	Molniya-M	1	1	0	0
Proton-K / DM-2	Russia	Proton-K	4	4	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M	Russia	Proton-M	4	4	0	0
Shavit-1	Israel	Shavit	1	0	1	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz-U	5	5	0	0
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz-FG	2	2	0	0
Taurus 3120	United States	Taurus	1	1	0	0
Titan IV-B (402B) / IUS	United States	Titan IV	1	1	0	0
Tsyklon-2	Ukraine	Tsyklon	1	1	0	0
Tsyklon-3	Ukraine	Tsyklon	1	0	0	1
Zenit-2	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0
Zenit-3SL	Ukraine	Zenit	3	2	0	1

By spaceport

5

10

15

20

China

France

India

International waters

Israel

Kazakhstan

Russia

United States

•   Jiuquan
•   Taiyuna
•   Xichang
•   Kourou
•   Satish Dhawan
•   Ocean Odyssey
•   Palmachim
•   Baikonur
•   Plesetsk
•   Cape Canaveral
•   Kennedy
•   Vandenberg

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	17	17	0	0
Cape Canaveral	United States	13	12	0	1
Jiuquan	China	3	3	0	0
Kourou	France	3	3	0	0
Ocean Odyssey	International	3	2	0	1
Palmachim	Israel	1	0	1	0
Plesetsk	Russia	5	4	0	1
Satish Dhawan	India	1	1	0	0
Taiyuan	China	3	3	0	0
Vandenberg	United States	3	3	0	0
Xichang	China	2	2	0	0
Total		54	50	1	3

By orbit

5

10

15

20

25

30

Transatmospheric

Low Earth

Medium Earth

Geosynchronous / transfer

High Earth

Heliocentric

•   Transatmospheric
•   Low Earth
•   Low Earth (ISS)
•   Low Earth (SSO)
•   Low Earth (retrograde)
•   Medium Earth
•   Geosychronous
  (transfer)
•   Inclined GSO
•   High Earth
•   Heliocentric

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	23	22	1	0	6 to ISS
Medium Earth / Molniya	5	5	0	2
Geosynchronous / GTO	23	21	2	0
High Earth / Lunar transfer	1	1	0	0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer	2	2	0	0
Total	54	51	3	2