2014 in spaceflight

In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.

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	Angara A5 Antares 120 Antares 130 Long March 3C/E
Retirements	Antares 120 Antares 130
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	12
EVAs	7
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2014 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2013 2015 →

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

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

← 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
5 January 10:48:00	GSLV Mk II			Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		GSAT-14	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 January 22:06:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Thaicom 6	Thaicom (Shin Corporation)	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 January 18:07:05	Antares 120			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences
		Cygnus CRS Orb-1 S.S. C. Gordon Fullerton	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	19 February 2014 18:20	Successful
		⚀ ArduSat-2	NanoSatisfi	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	1 July 2014
		⚀ Lituanica SAT-1	VU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	28 July 2014
		⚀ LitSat-1	LSA, KTU, VGTU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	22 May 2014
		⚀ SkyCube	SkyCube	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	8 November 2014
		⚀ UAPSat-1	UAP	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	22 May 2014
		⚀ Flock-1 × 28	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 3 May 2014 Last: 29 October 2014
		First Orbital Sciences CRS operational flight, maiden flight of Antares 120. All payloads other than Cygnus are CubeSats carried aboard the Cygnus for deployment from the ISS. CubeSats include first Lithuanian satellites. Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (33).
24 January 02:33:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		TDRS-L (TDRS-12)	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications / Data Relay	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February
5 February 16:23:32	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-22M / 54P	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	18 April 2014 15:46	Successful
		⚀ Chasqui-1[1]	Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15 January 2015[2]	Spacecraft failure
		Chasqui-1 released from the ISS by cosmonauts during EVA on 18 August.
6 February 21:30:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		ABS-2	ABS	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Athena-Fidus	CNES / ASI	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
14 February 21:09:03	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services
		Türksat 4A	Türksat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 February 01:59:00	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
		USA-248 (GPS IIF-5)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Named after Star Canopus.
27 February 18:37:00	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
		GPM-Core	JAXA / NASA	Low Earth	Environmental	In orbit	Operational
		Ginrei (ShindaiSat)	Shinshu University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	24 November 2014	Successful
		STARS-II	Kagawa University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	26 April 2014
		TeikyoSat-3	Teikyo University		Technology demonstration / Microbiology	25 October 2014	Successful
		⚀ KSAT-2	Kagoshima University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	18 May 2014	Successful
		⚀ OPUSAT	OPU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	24 July 2014
		⚀ INVADER	Tamabi	Low Earth	Amateur radio	2 September 2014	Successful
		⚀ ITF-1	Tsukuba University	Low Earth	Amateur radio	29 June 2014	Spacecraft failure
		ITF-1 failed to communicate.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March
15 March 23:08:00	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
		Ekspress-AT1	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Ekspress-AT2	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
22 March 22:04:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Astra 5B	SES S.A.	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Amazonas 4A	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
23 March 22:54:03	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2494 (GLONASS-M 754)	VKO	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
25 March 21:17:23	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-12M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 39 / 40	11 September 2014 02:23	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts
31 March 02:46:03	Long March 2C			Jiuquan SLS-2		CALT
		Shiajian 11-06	CASC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → April
3 April 14:46:30	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
		USA-249 (DMSP-5D3 F19)	US Air Force / NOAA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[3]
		The spacecraft stopped responding to commands on 11 February 2016 due to a power failure affecting an encrypted command-and-control system.
3 April 21:02:26	Soyuz-STA / Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		Sentinel-1A	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
4 April 11:44:00	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		IRNSS-1B	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
9 April 15:26:27	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-23M / 55P	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	31 July 2014	Successful
9 April 19:06:02[4]	Shavit			Palmachim Airbase		Israel Aerospace Industries
		Ofeq 10	Israel Defense Forces	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
10 April 17:45:00	Atlas V 541			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		USA-250 (NRO L-67)	NRO	Geosynchronous	ELINT (?)	In orbit	Operational
		NROL-67 mission.
16 April 16:20:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos
		EgyptSat 2	NARSSS	Low Earth	Remote sensing	14 April 2015	Spacecraft failure
18 April 19:25:22	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-3	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	18 May 2014 19:05	Successful
		⚀ ALL-STAR/THEIA	Colorado / ALL-STAR	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	26 May 2014	Spacecraft failure
		⚀ KickSat	KickSat / Cornell	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 May 2014 01:30	Spacecraft failure
		⚀ PhoneSat 2.5	NASA Ames	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15 May 2014
		⚀ SporeSat 1	NASA Ames / Purdue	Low Earth	Life sciences	4 June 2014
		⚀ TestSat-Lite	Taylor University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	28 May 2014
		The ELaNa 5 mission, consisting of 5 cubesats, was launched on this flight. KickSat carried and failed to deploy 104 femtosatellites in low Earth orbit.[5][6]
28 April 04:25:00	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Roscosmos
		Luch 5V	Gonets Satellite System	Geosynchronous	Communications / Data Relay	In orbit	Operational
		KazSat-3	JSC KazSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[7]
30 April 01:35:15	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		KazEOSat 1	KGS	Low Earth (SSO)	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → May
6 May 13:49:35	Soyuz-2.1a			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2495 (Kobalt-M)	VKO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	3 September 2014	Successful
15 May 21:42:00	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		Khrunichev
		Ekspress-AM4R	RSCC	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	15 May 2014	Launch failure
		A third stage vernier thruster failed at T+542 seconds after the failure of the turbopump structural support caused damage to the oxidiser inlet line.[8]
17 May 00:03:00	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
		USA-251 (GPS IIF-6)	U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Named after Star Rigel.
22 May 13:09:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		USA-252 (Quasar)	NRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 33
23 May 05:27:54	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKO
		Kosmos 2496 (Strela-3M)	VKO	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2497 (Strela-3M)	VKO	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2498 (Strela-3M)	VKO	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2499	VKO	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Satellite inspection (?)	In orbit	Destroyed
		Kosmos 2499 broke up in orbit on 4 January 2023.[9]
24 May 03:05:14	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
		ALOS-2	JAXA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		RISING-2	Tohoku	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		UNIFORM-1	Wakayama University	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		SOCRATES	AES	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		SPROUT	Nihon	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration / Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
26 May 21:09:59	Zenit-3SL			Odyssey		Sea Launch
		Eutelsat 3B	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 May 19:57:41	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-13M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 40 / 41	10 November 2014 03:58	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June
14 June 17:16:48	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2500 (GLONASS-M 755)	VKO	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
19 June 19:11:17	Dnepr			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras
		AprizeSat 9	SpaceQuest, Ltd.	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		AprizeSat 10	SpaceQuest, Ltd.	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		BRITE-CA 1	UTIAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Photometry / Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		BRITE-CA 2	UTIAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Photometry / Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		BugSat 1	Satellogic S.A.	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration / Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Deimos-2	Deimos Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Hodoyoshi 3	University of Tokyo	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Hodoyoshi 4	University of Tokyo	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		KazEOSat 2	KGS	Low Earth (SSO)	Optical imaging	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Perseus-M 1	Canopus Systems US / Dauria Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Perseus-M 2	Canopus Systems US / Dauria Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ QB50P1	Von Karman Institute	Low Earth (SSO)	Thermosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ QB50P2	Von Karman Institute	Low Earth (SSO)	Thermosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiSat-4	KACST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		TabletSat-Aurora	SPUTNIX	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration / Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		UniSat 6	La Sapienza	Low Earth (SSO)	Optical imaging, cubesat deployment	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ AeroCube 6	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ANTELSAT	UdelaR	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ DTUSat 2	DTU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Duchifat-1	HSC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Flock-1c × 11	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-1	NanoSatisfi	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ NanoSatC-Br 1	INPE	Low Earth (SSO)	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ PACE	NCKU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ PolyITAN 1	KPI	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ POPSAT-HIP 1	Microspace Rapid, Singapore	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tigrisat	MOST / La Sapienza	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (37). Include first Belgian (pair), Uruguay's and Iraqi satellites.
30 June 04:22:00	PSLV-CA			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		SPOT 7	Spot Image	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		CanX-4	UTIAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		CanX-5	UTIAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		AISat	DLR	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ VELOX-I	NTU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July
2 July 09:56:23	Delta II 7320-10C			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance
		OCO-2	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	Climatology	In orbit	Operational
3 July 12:43:52	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		VKO
		Gonets-M 8	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Gonets-M 9	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Gonets-M 10	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 July 15:58:28	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos
		Meteor-M No.2	Roskosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
		AISSat-2	NDRE	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		DX-1	Dauria Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		MKA-PN2 (Relek)	Roskosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Magnetosphere research	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		SkySat-2	Skybox Imaging	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		TechDemoSat-1	UKSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ UKube-1	UKSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
10 July 18:55:56	Soyuz-STB / Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		O3b FM3	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		O3b FM6	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		O3b FM7	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		O3b FM8	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
13 July 16:52:14	Antares 120			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences
		Cygnus CRS Orb-2 S.S. Janice Voss	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	17 August 2014	Successful
		⚀ Flock-1b × 28	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Optical imaging	First: 13 December 2014 Last: 16 October 2015	Successful
		⚀ GEARRS	Taylor University / USAF	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	8 November 2015	Successful
		⚀ Lambdasat	Lambda Team	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	16 May 2015	Successful
		⚀ MicroMAS	MIT	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	1 August 2015	Successful
		⚀ TechEdSat-4	NASA Ames	Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 April 2015	Successful
		All payloads other than Cygnus are CubeSats carried aboard the Cygnus for deployment from the ISS. Flock-1b 3/4/13/14/19/20 were not deployed.
14 July 15:15:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Orbcomm-2 F3	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F4	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F6	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F7	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F9	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Orbcomm-2 F11	Orbcomm	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 July 20:50:00	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos
		Foton-M No.4	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Microgravity science	1 September 2014 09:18	Successful
23 July 21:44:44	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Progress M-24M / 56P	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	20 November 2014	Successful
28 July 23:28:00	Delta IV M+(4,2)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
		USA-253 (GSSAP #1 )	U.S. Air Force	Geosynchronous	Space surveillance	In orbit	Operational
		USA-254 (GSSAP #2 )	U.S. Air Force	Geosynchronous	Space surveillance	In orbit	Successful
		ANGELS (USA-255)	AFRL	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		Air Force Space Command Launch 4. First launch for the USAF Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program.
29 July 23:47:38	Ariane 5 ES			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Georges Lemaître ATV	ESA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	15 February 2015	Successful
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August
2 August 03:23:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		USA-256 (GPS IIF-7)	U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Named after Star Capella.
5 August 08:00:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		AsiaSat 8	AsiaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 August 05:45:03	Long March 4C			Jiuquan SLS-2		SAST
		Yaogan 20A	CAST	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 20B	CAST	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 20C	CAST	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
13 August 18:30:30	Atlas V 401			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
		WorldView-3	DigitalGlobe	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
19 August 03:15:05	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		SAST
		Gaofen 2	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Heweliusz (BRITE-PL2)	PAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Photometry	In orbit	Operational
22 August 12:27:11	Soyuz-STB / Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		Galileo FOC 1	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Partial launch failure Operational
		Galileo FOC 2	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Partial launch failure Operational
		Spacecraft in incorrect orbit due to an interruption of the Fregat's upper stage attitude control thrusters when its hydrazine propellant supply became frozen by a cold helium feed line incorrectly routed close to it.[10] Both satellites were later moved to a usable orbit on their own power.[11]
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September
4 September 00:15:04	Long March 2D			Jiuquan SLS-2		SAST
		Chuangxin 1-04	CAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Lingqiao	Tsinghua	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications / Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
7 September 05:00:00	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		AsiaSat 6	AsiaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
8 September 03:22:05	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		SAST
		Yaogan 21	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Tiantuo 2	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
11 September 22:05:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		MEASAT 3b	MEASAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Optus 10	Optus	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 September 00:10:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		USA-257 (CLIO / Nemesis 2)	NRO[12][13]	Geosynchronous	COMINT	In orbit	Operational
21 September 05:52:03	Falcon 9 v1.1			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-4	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	25 October 2014	Successful
		SpinSat	NRL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		SpinSat was deployed from the ISS on 28 November.
25 September 20:25:00	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-14M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 41 / 42	12 March 2015 02:07	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
27 September 20:23:00	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
		Olymp-K (Luch)	VKO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 September 05:13:03	Long March 2C			Jiuquan SLS-2		CALT
		Shijian 11-07	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October
7 October 05:16:00	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
		Himawari 8	JMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
15 October 20:02:00	PSLV-XL			Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		IRNSS-1C	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
16 October 21:43:52	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Intelsat 30	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		ARSAT-1	AR-SAT SA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
20 October 06:31:04	Long March 4C			Taiyuan LC-9		SAST
		Yaogan 22	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
21 October 15:09:32	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
		Ekspress AM6	RSCC	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Partial launch failure Operational
		Upper stage underperformance resulted in lower than planned deployment orbit.[14]
23 October 18:00:04	Long March 3C/E			Xichang LC-2		CALT
		Chang'e 5-T1	CNSA	Lunar free-return trajectory	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Chang'e 5-T1 return capsule	CNSA	Lunar free-return trajectory	Technology demonstration	31 October 22:42	Successful
		Testing of Chang'e 5 lunar sample return module in lunar free-return trajectory; main spacecraft later flew to Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange point.
27 October 06:59:03	Long March 2C			Jiuquan SLS-2		CALT
		Shijian 11-08	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
28 October 22:22:38	Antares 130			MARS LP-0A		Orbital Sciences
		Cygnus CRS Orb-3 S.S. Deke Slayton	NASA	Intended: Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	T+15 seconds	Launch failure
		First stage failure; rocket crashed near launch pad; estimated US$20 million in repairs to rebuild Pad 0A.[15] Only flight of Antares 130.
29 October 07:09:43	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos
		Progress M-25M / 57P	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	26 April 2015	Successful
29 October 17:21:00	Atlas V 401			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		USA-258 (GPS IIF-8)	U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Named after Star Spica.
30 October 01:42:52	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Meridian 7	VKO	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November
6 November 07:35:49	Dnepr			Dombarovsky Site 13		ISC Kosmotras
		Asnaro-1 (Sasuke)	USEF	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		ChubuSat 1 (Kinshachi 1)	Nagoya University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Hodoyoshi 1	University of Tokyo	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		QSAT-EOS (Tsukushi)	Kyushu University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	3 December 2023	Successful
		TSUBAME	TIT / JAXA	Low Earth (SSO)	Gamma-ray astronomy	In orbit	Operational
14 November 18:53:05	Long March 2C			Taiyuan LC-9		CALT
		Yaogan 23	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
20 November 07:12:03	Long March 2D			Jiuquan SLS-2		SAST
		Yaogan 24	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
21 November 06:37:08	Kuaizhou-1			Jiuquan LS-95B		CASIC
		Kuaizhou-2	CAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Optical imaging	9 October 2016	Successful
23 November 21:01:14	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos
		Soyuz TMA-15M	Roskosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 42 / 43	11 June 2015 13:44	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
30 November 21:52:26	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2501 (GLONASS-K 702)	VKO	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December
3 December 04:22:04	H-IIA 202			Tanegashima Y1		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
		Hayabusa2	JAXA	Heliocentric	Asteroid sample return	In orbit	Operational
		DCAM3	JAXA	Heliocentric	Asteroid probe	In orbit	Successful
		MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1A	JAXA	Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu)	Asteroid lander	In orbit	Successful
		MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1B	JAXA	Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu)	Asteroid lander	In orbit	Successful
		MINERVA-II Rover 2	JAXA	Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu)	Asteroid lander	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		MASCOT	DLR / CNES	Heliocentric (162173 Ryugu)	Asteroid lander	In orbit	Successful
		Shin'en 2	Kyutech	Heliocentric	Technology demonstration
		Despatch (Artsat 2)	Tamabi / UT	Heliocentric	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		PROCYON	UT	Heliocentric	Technology demonstration / Asteroid flyby	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
		DCAM3, MINERVA-II (Rover 1A, 1B, 2), and MASCOT are carried aboard Hayabusa2 to be deployed in proximity or onto the surface of asteroid 162173 Ryugu. MINERVA-II Rover 1A and 1B were deployed on 21 September 2018. MASCOT was deployed on 3 October 2018.
5 December 12:05:00	Delta IV Heavy			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
		EFT-1	NASA	HEO	Technology demonstration	5 December 2014 16:29	Successful
		First test flight of Orion spacecraft
6 December 20:40:07	Ariane 5 ECA			Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		DirecTV-14	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		GSAT-16	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
7 December 03:26:04	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		SAST
		CBERS-4	CASC / INPE	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
10 December 19:33:03	Long March 4C			Jiuquan SLS-2		SAST
		Yaogan 25A	CAST	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 25B	CAST	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 25C	CAST	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
13 December 03:19:00	Atlas V 541			Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
		USA-259 (NRO L-35)	NRO	Molniya	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		NRO Launch 35
15 December 00:16:00	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		Khrunichev
		Yamal-401	Gazprom Space Systems	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 December 18:37:00	Soyuz-STB / Fregat			Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		O3b FM9	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		O3b FM10	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		O3b FM11	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		O3b FM12	O3b Networks	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 December 04:43:33	Strela			Baikonur Site 175/59		Roskosmos
		Kondor-E	Roskosmos / DoD	Low Earth	Synthetic-aperture radar imaging	22 October 2022[16]	Successful
23 December 05:57:00	Angara A5 / Briz-M			Plesetsk Site 35/1		Khrunichev
		IPM №1 (MGM №1)	Khrunichev	Geosynchronous[17]	Test flight	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Angara A5
25 December 03:01:13	Soyuz-2.1b			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2502 (Lotos-S)	VKO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
26 December 18:55:50	Soyuz-2.1b			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roskosmos
		Resurs-P No.2	Roskosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
27 December 03:22:04	Long March 4B			Taiyuan LC-9		SAST
		Yaogan 26	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
27 December 21:37:49	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		Astra 2G	SES S.A.	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 December 01:02:04	Long March 3A			Xichang LC-2		CALT
		Fengyun 2G	CMA	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational

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

Suborbital flights

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)
3 March[18]	Hwasong-6			Kalma Airport		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	3 March	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 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[19]
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.
26 March[18]	Hwasong-7			Sunchon Airport		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi). 1 of 2.
26 March[18]	Hwasong-7			Sunchon Airport		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	26 March	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi). 2 of 2.
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)
29 June[18]	Hwasong-6			Masikryong		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi). 1 of 2.
29 June[18]	Hwasong-6			Masikryong		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi). 2 of 2.
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
9 July[18]	Hwasong-6			Hwangju		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	9 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi). 1 of 2.
9 July[18]	Hwasong-6			Hwangju		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	9 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi). 2 of 2.
13 July[18]	Hwasong-6			Kaesong		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	13 July	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi).
14 July	GoFast			Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA		CSXT
			CSXT	Suborbital	Test spacecraft	14 July	Successful
		Second GoFast amateur space launch (apogee: 117 km)[20]
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[21][22]	S-310			Uchinoura		JAXA
			University of Tokyo / JAXA / Waseda	Suborbital	Microgravity	4 August	Successful
		Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)
17 August 10:10:00[23]	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 [24] Apogee: 125.5 km
26 December 08:02	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 December	Successful

Deep space rendezvous

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,[25] 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[26]	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)

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
27 January 14:00	6 hours 8 minutes	20:08	Expedition 38 / 39 ISS Pirs	Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky	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.[27]
23 April 13:56	1 hours 36 minutes	15:32	Expedition 39 / 40 ISS Quest	Richard Mastracchio Steven Swanson	Replaced failed Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MDM) unit on S0 truss; also removed two lanyards from Secondary Power Distribution Assembly (SPDA) doors.[28][29]
19 June 14:10	7 hours 23 minutes	21:33	Expedition 40 / 41 ISS Pirs	Alexander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev	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.[30][31]
18 August 14:02	5 hours 11 minutes	19:13	Expedition 40 / 41 ISS Pirs	Alexander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev	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.[32][33]
7 October 12:30	6 hours 13 minutes	18:43	Expedition 41 / 42 ISS Quest	Reid Wiseman Alexander Gerst	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.[34][35]
15 October 12:16	6 hours 34 minutes	18:50	Expedition 41 / 42 ISS Quest	Reid Wiseman Barry E. Wilmore	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.[36][37]
22 October 13:28	3 hours 38 minutes	17:06	Expedition 41 / 42 ISS Pirs	Maksim Surayev Aleksandr Samokutyayev	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 antennas 2ACф1-1 and 2ACф1-2 from Poisk, photographed exterior of ISS Russian segment.[38][39]

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. 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
	China	16	16	0	0
	France	6	6	0	0
	India	4	4	0	0
	Israel	1	1	0	0
	Italy	1	1	0	0
	Japan	4	4	0	0
	Russia	34[a]	31	1	2
	Ukraine	3[b]	3	0	0
	United States	23	22	1	0
World		92	88	2	2

By rocket

5

10

15

20

25

30

Antares

Ariane

Atlas

Delta

Falcon

H-II

Long March

PSLV

R-7

R-36

UR

Others

•   Antares 100
•   Ariane 5
•   Atlas V
•   Delta II
•   Delta IV
•   Delta IV Heavy
•   Falcon 9
•   H-IIA
•   H-IIB
•   Long March 2
•   Long March 3
•   Long March 4
•   PSLV
•   Soyuz-U
•   Soyuz-FG
•   Soyuz-2 (Russia)
•   Soyuz ST (Europe)
•   Dnepr
•   Proton-M
•   Rokot
•   Strela
•   Others

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Angara	Russia	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Antares	United States	3	2	1	0
Ariane	France	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	Italy	1	1	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	1	1	0	0

By type

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	France	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	Italy	Vega	1	1	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

By configuration

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	France	Ariane 5	5	5	0	0
Ariane 5 ES	France	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	Italy	Vega	1	1	0	0
Zenit-3SL	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

By spaceport

5

10

15

20

25

30

China

France

India

International waters

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Russia

United States

•   Jiuquan
•   Taiyuan
•   Xichang
•   Kourou
•   Satish Dhawan
•   Ocean Odyssey
•   Palmachim
•   Tanegashima
•   Uchinoura
•   Baikonur
•   Dombarovsky
•   Plesetsk
•   Cape Canaveral
•   Kennedy
•   MARS
•   Vandenberg

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

10

20

30

40

50

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	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

Notes

1. Includes four European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace
2. Zenit and Dnepr rockets were launched from Russia