2017 in spaceflight

Notable spaceflight activities in 2017 included the maiden orbital flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (also called LVM3) on 5 June and the first suborbital test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, inaugurating the Mahia spaceport in New Zealand. The rocket is named for its innovative Rutherford engine which feeds propellants via battery-powered electric motors instead of the usual gas generator and turbopumps.

2017 in spaceflight

Highlights from spaceflight in 2017[a]
Orbital launches
First	5 January
Last	26 December
Total	91
Successes	83
Failures	6
Partial failures	2
Catalogued	86
National firsts
Satellite	Bangladesh  Finland  Ghana  Latvia  Mongolia  Slovakia  Angola
Rockets
Maiden flights	SS-520 Kaituozhe-2 Kuaizhou 1A Electron LVM3 Simorgh Vector-R Falcon 9 Block 4
Retirements	Soyuz-U Delta II 7920 Zenit-3F
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	11
EVAs	10
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2017 in spaceflight

Timeline of spaceflight ← 2016 2018 →

Overview

China launched its new missile-derived Kaituozhe-2 variant on 2 March. The Japanese SS-520, a suborbital sounding rocket modified for orbital flight, failed to reach orbit in January.^[1] If successful, it would have become the smallest and lightest vehicle to ever put an object in orbit.^[2]

The venerable Russian Soyuz-U workhorse was retired after its 786th mission on 22 February. On 30 March, the SES-10 mission was launched with a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage, achieving a key milestone in the SpaceX reusable launch system development program; several other Falcon 9 first-stage boosters were re-used since then.

After a record-breaking 13-year mission observing Saturn, its rings and moons, the Cassini space probe was deliberately destroyed by plunging into Saturn's atmosphere, on 15 September 2017.^[3]

A record number of 466 satellites were attempted to be launched thanks to an increase in the number of small satellites. 289 of all satellites weighted less than 10 kg.^[4] The number of small satellites launched exceeded even the most optimistic forecasts.^[5]

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 15:18	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y39[6]	Xichang LC-2[6]		CASC
		TJS-2	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 January 04:11:12	Kuaizhou 1A			Jiuquan LS-95A		CASIC
		Jilin-1 Video-03 (Lingqiao 1-03)[8]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Caton-1	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Xingyun Shiyan 1	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
14 January 17:54:39	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-029	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Iridium NEXT 1–10	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Return to flight mission for Falcon 9 after an accident in September 2016. First stage landed on a drone ship.
14 January 23:33	SS-520[9]			Uchinoura		JAXA
		TRICOM-1	University of Tokyo	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 January	Launch failure
		Contact lost at +20 sec after launch. Aborted ignition of 2nd stage.[1]
21 January 00:42	Atlas V 401		AV-066	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		USA-273 / SBIRS GEO-3	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Missile warning	In orbit	Operational
24 January 07:44	H-IIA 204		F32	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		DSN-2	DSN / JSDF	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
28 January 01:03:34	Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT			Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		Hispasat AG1	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		First GTO launch by Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February
14 February 21:39	Ariane 5 ECA		VA235	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1	Intelsat / SKY Brasil	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Telkom-3S	Telkom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 February 03:58	PSLV-XL		C37	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		Cartosat-2D	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		INS-1A, 1B	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Al-Farabi 1	KazGU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BGUSAT	Ben Gurion University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	24 February 2023[11]	Successful
		⚀ DIDO-2	SpacePharma	Low Earth (SSO)	Microgravity research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Flock-3p × 88	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 8	Spire Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Nayif 1	EIAST/AUS	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ /// PEASS	PEASS Consortium	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Second largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (104).
19 February 14:38:59	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-030	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-10	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	19 March 2017, 14:46	Successful
		First SpaceX launch from LC-39A. Carries the SAGE III and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Earth-observation instruments to the ISS. First stage returned to Landing Zone 1.
22 February 05:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-05 / 66P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	20 July	Successful
		786th and final flight of Soyuz-U.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March
1 March 17:50	Atlas V 401		AV-068	Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
		USA-274 / Intruder 8	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		NROL-79 mission.
2 March 23:53	Kaituozhe-2			Jiuquan		CASIC
		Tiankun-1	CASIC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	7 July 2023[13]	Successful
		Maiden flight.
7 March 01:49:24	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		Sentinel-2B	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
16 March 06:00	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-031	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Echostar 23	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Due to the satellite's heavy mass (~5,600 kg),[14] the rocket flew in its expendable configuration and the first-stage booster was not recovered.[15]
17 March 01:20:00	H-IIA 202		F33	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		IGS-Radar 5	CSICE	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
19 March 00:18	Delta IV M+(5,4)			Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		United Launch Alliance
		USA-275 / WGS-9	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
30 March 22:27	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-032	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SES-10	SES S.A.	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		First flight of a Falcon 9 re-used first stage.[16] SpaceX recovered the stage again.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → April
12 April 11:04:04	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y43[6]	Xichang LC-2[6]		CASC
		Shijian 13[17]	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
18 April 15:11	Atlas V 401		AV-070	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		Cygnus CRS OA-7 SS John Glenn[19]	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	12 June 2017	Successful
		⚀ Altair 1	Millennium Space Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ IceCube	GSFC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration Atmospheric research	3 October 2018[21]	Successful
		⚀ CSUNSat 1	CSUN	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	5 May 2019[23]	Successful
		⚀ CXBN 2	MSU	Low Earth	X-ray astronomy	1 March 2019[25]	Successful
		⚀ /// SHARC (Biarri-Point)	Project Biarri / AFRL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 May 2019[27]	Successful
		QB50 × 31	Various	Low Earth	Technology demonstration Atmospheric research	In orbit	Operational
		QB50 mission includes first Finnish satellite Aalto-2, Greek satellite UPSat
20 April 07:13:44	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-04 / 50S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 51/52	3 September 2017 01:22	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts.[28]
20 April 11:41:35	Long March 7		Y2[29]	Wenchang LC-2		CASC
		Tianzhou 1	CMSA	Low Earth (Tiangong 2)	Tiangong 2 resupply	22 September 2017 10:00	Successful
		SilkRoad-1 / Silu 1[30]	Xi'an Institute of Surveying and Mapping	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		SilkRoad-1 was released on 1 August from Tianzhou 1.[30]
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → May
1 May 11:15	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-033	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		NROL-76 / USA-276	NRO	Low Earth[31]	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		First stage returned to Landing Zone 1.
4 May 21:50	Ariane 5 ECA		VA236	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Koreasat-7	KT Corporation	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		SGDC-1	Telebras	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
5 May 11:27	GSLV Mk II		F09	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		GSAT-9	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 May 23:21	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-034	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Inmarsat-5 F4	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Due to the satellite's heavy mass (6,070 kg),[32] the rocket flew in its expendable configuration and the first-stage booster was not recovered.[15]
18 May 11:54:53	Soyuz ST-A / Fregat-MT[33]			Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		SES-15	SES S.A.	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 May 04:20:00	Electron		It's a Test	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		It's a Test	Rocket Lab	Low Earth	Rocket stage / Flight test	25 May	Launch failure
		First Electron launch. Flight terminated by range safety at an altitude of 224 kilometres (139 mi) due to an error in ground tracking equipment. Carried instruments on the upper stage rather than a payload.[34]
25 May 06:33	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		EKS-2	VKS	Molniya	Missile early warning	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June
1 June 00:17:46	H-IIA 202		F34	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		QZS-2 (Michibiki 2)	CAO	Tundra/Quasi-Zenith Orbit[35]	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
1 June 23:45	Ariane 5 ECA		VA237	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		ViaSat-2	ViaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Eutelsat 172B	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		This mission carried the heaviest and most expensive commercial payload ever launched, valued at $800 million[36] with a combined payload mass of 9,969 kg for both satellites (10,865 kg total launch mass with dual-deployment hardware).[37]
3 June 21:07	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-035	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-11	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	3 July 2017	Successful
		NICER[38]	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	X-ray astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BRAC ONNESHA	BRACU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	6 May 2019[40]	Successful
		⚀ GhanaSat-1	All Nations University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	22 May 2019[42]	Successful
		⚀ Mazaalai	National University of Mongolia	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	11 May 2019[44]	Successful
		⚀ Nigeria EduSat-1	FUTA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	13 May 2019[46]	Successful
		⚀ TOKI	KIT	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	3 May 2019[48]	Successful
		First stage returned to Landing Zone 1. TOKI, GhanaSat-1, Mazaalai, BRAC ONNESHA, and Nigeria EduSat-1 were carried to ISS as the cargo of SpaceX CRS-11 and deployed into orbit on 7 July 2017.[49] 100th rocket launch from LC-39A.
5 June 11:58	GSLV Mk III		D1	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		GSAT-19	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden orbital flight.
8 June 03:45	Proton-M / Briz-M		935-61[50]	Baikonur Site 81/24		International Launch Services
		Echostar 21	EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
14 June 09:20	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-06 / 67P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	28 December	Successful
		Sfera-53 2		Low Earth	Radar calibration target	29 November 2018[52]	Successful
		Tanyusha-YuZGU 1	South-West State University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	30 July 2019[54]	Successful
		Tanyusha-YuZGU 2	South-West State University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	8 September 2019[56]	Successful
		TNS-0 2	RISDE	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15 October 2019[58]	Successful
		Tanyusha-YuZGU, Sfera-53 2, TNS-O No. 2 were small satellites deployed into orbit from the ISS by cosmonauts during an EVA on 17 August 2017.[59][60]
15 June 03:15	Long March 4B		4B-Y31[61]	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		HXMT	CAS / IHEP	Low Earth (SSO)	X-ray astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		Zhuhai-1 01	Zhuhai Orbital Control Engineering	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Zhuhai-1 02	Zhuhai Orbital Control Engineering	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		ÑuSat 3	Satellogic	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		CAS-4A	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		CAS-4B	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 June 16:12	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y28[6]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		ChinaSat 9A (Zhongxing-9A)[62]	China Satcom	Geosynchronous (intended)	Communications	In orbit	Partial launch failure Operational
		Payload was inserted into a wrong orbit.[63][64] After 16 days of orbit raising maneuvers, the satellite raised its orbit from 16,420 km to 36,000 km, and corrected its longitude to 101.4°E.[citation needed]
23 June 03:59[65]	PSLV-XL		C38	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		Cartosat-2E	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		CE-SAT 1	Canon	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Max Valier Sat	Max Valier school, Bozen	Low Earth (SSO)	X-ray astronomy Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		NIUSAT	Noorul Islam University	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Venta-1	Ventspils University College	Low Earth (SSO)	AIS ship tracking	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Aalto-1	Aalto University	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Blue Diamond	Sky and Space Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Green Diamond	Sky and Space Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Red Diamond	Sky and Space Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CICERO-6	GeoOptics Inc	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ COMPASS-2	FH Aachen	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ D-SAT	D-Orbit	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ InflateSail	University of Surrey	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	3 September 2017 01:27	Successful
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 8	Spire Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ LituanicaSAT-2	Vilnius University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ NUDTSat	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Ionosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Pegasus	FH Wiener Neustadt	Low Earth (SSO)	Thermosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ROBUSTA-1B	University of Montpellier	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ skCUBE	University of Zilina	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SUCHAI-1	University of Chile	Low Earth (SSO)	Ionosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tyvak-53b	Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	14 March 2023[67]	Successful
		⚀ UCLSat	University College London	Low Earth (SSO)	Ionosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ URSA MAIOR	Sapienza University	Low Earth (SSO)	Thermosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ VZLUSat-1	VZLU	Low Earth (SSO)	Thermosphere research	In orbit	Operational
		Venta-1 was the first Latvian satellite. COMPASS-2, InflateSail, LithuanicaSAT-2, NUDTSat, Pegasus, UCLSat, URSA MAIOR and VZLUSat-2 are part of the QB-50 project led by Von Karman Institute to create a network of cubesats conducting measurements of Earth's lower termosphere and ionosphere.[68]
23 June 18:04	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2519	VKS	Low Earth	Geodesy	23 December 2021[70]	Successful
		Kosmos 2521	VKS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	12 September 2019[72]	Successful
		Napryazhenie / 14F150 / Nivelir.[73] Kosmos 2521, also known as Sputnik Inspektor, was later deployed by Kosmos 2519.
23 June 19:10	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-036	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		BulgariaSat-1	Bulsatcom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Second flight of a Falcon 9 re-used first stage.[74]
25 June 20:25:14	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-037	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Iridium NEXT 11–20	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
28 June 20:59	Ariane 5 ECA		VA238	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		GSAT-17	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July
2 July 11:23:23	Long March 5		Y2[75]	Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Shijian 18[17]	CAST	Geosynchronous	Communications Technology demonstration	2 July 2017	Launch failure
		The cause of the failure was confirmed by CASC later, related to the anomaly happened on one of the YF-77 engine in the first stage.[76]
5 July 23:38	Falcon 9 Full Thrust[77]		F9-038	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Intelsat 35e	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Due to the satellite's heavy mass (6,761 kg),[78] the rocket flew in its expendable configuration and the first-stage booster was not recovered.[15]
14 July 06:36:49	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Kanopus-V-IK[80]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		CICERO × 3	GeoOptics	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Flying Laptop	Institute of Space Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		NORSAT-1	Norsk Romsenter	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		NORSAT-2	Norsk Romsenter	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		TechnoSat	TU Berlin	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		WNISAT-1R	Weathernews	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Corvus-BC 1, 2 (Lanmapper-BC 1, 2)	Astro Digital	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Failure[81]
		⚀ / Ecuador-UTE-YuZGU	UTE / YuZGU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Flock-2k × 48	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Iskra-MAI-85	MAI	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 8	Spire Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Mayak	MPU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Partial failure
		⚀ MKA-N × 2	Roscosmos / Dauria Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Failure[82][83]
		⚀ NanoACE	Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Delivery of 73 satellites in three orbital altitudes with a single launch.[84] Some cubesats were deployed into unintended orbit or having communication problem.[82] Mayak fails to deploy solar reflector.[85] Glavcosmos has later confirmed upper stage anomaly during the launch.[86][87]
27 July	Simorgh			Semnan		ISA
			ISA	Low Earth		27 July 2017	Launch failure
		The first orbital attempt for Simorgh.[88] Iranian official sources state that the rocket has reached orbit.[89][90] U.S. Strategic Command confirmed that no satellite deployed from the rocket as the rocket suffered a "catastrophic failure" shortly after liftoff.[91][92] The U.S. Air Force's Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base reported that it had not detected any satellite released into low-Earth orbit by the Simorgh SLV.[93] Finally, the United States, France, Germany and Britain have condemned Iran's test of a satellite-launching rocket.[94]
28 July[95] 15:41[96]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-05 / 51S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 52/53	14 December 2017 08:48	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August
2 August 01:58	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		OPTSAT-3000	Italian Defense Ministry	Low Earth (SSO)	IMINT (Reconnaissance)	In orbit	Operational
		/ VENμS	ISA / CNES	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
14 August 16:31	Falcon 9 Block 4		F9-039	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-12	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	17 September 2017	Successful
		⚀ OSIRIS-3U	Penn State	Low Earth	Space weather	7 March 2019[98]	Successful
		Kestrel Eye 2M	U.S. Army	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	28 August 2021[100]	Successful
		⚀ Dellingr/RBLE	GSFC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Heliophysics	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ASTERIA	MIT/JPL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful[101]
		First flight of Falcon 9 "block 4" upgrade.[102] Last flight of a newly-built Dragon capsule; further missions will use refurbished spacecraft.[103] Carried cosmic-ray detector ISS-CREAM to be installed on the station, and several cubesats to be later deployed from the ISS. Kestrel Eye was deployed into orbit from ISS on 24 October 2017.[104] ASTERIA and Dellingr/RBLE were deployed on 20 November 2017,[105] and OSIRIS-3U was deployed on 21 November 2017.[106]
16 August 22:07	Proton-M / Briz-M		?[50]	Baikonur Site 81/24		RVSN RF
		Blagovest-11L[108]	VKS	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
18 August 12:29	Atlas V 401		AV-074	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		TDRS-M	NASA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
19 August 05:29	H-IIA 204		F35	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		QZS-3	CAO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
24 August 18:50	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-040	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		FormoSat-5	NSPO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
26 August 06:04	Minotaur IV / Orion 38			Cape Canaveral SLC-46		Orbital ATK
		ORS-5	ORS	Low Earth	Space surveillance	In orbit	Operational
31 August 13:30	PSLV-XL		C39	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		IRNSS-1H	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Navigation	2 March 2019	Launch failure
		Payload fairing failed to separate, leaving the satellite adrift within the fairing after internally separating from the fourth stage of the rocket.[109] The stage, along with IRNSS-1H, re-entered the atmosphere together on 2 March 2019.[110]
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September
7 September 14:00	Falcon 9 Block 4		F9-041	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		X-37B / OTV-5 / USA-277	U.S. Air Force	Low Earth	Technology demonstration (classified)	27 October 2019 07:51	Successful[111]
11 September 19:23:41	Proton-M / Briz-M		935-65[50]	Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		Amazonas 5	Hispasat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 September 21:17:02	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-06 / 52S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 53/54	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.[28][112]
22 September 00:02:32	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2522 / GLONASS-M 752	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
24 September 05:49:47	Atlas V 541		AV-072	Vandenberg SLC-3E		United Launch Alliance
		NROL-42 / Trumpet / USA-278	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
28 September 18:52:16	Proton-M / Briz-M		937-03[50]	Baikonur Site 200/39		International Launch Services
		AsiaSat 9	AsiaSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 September 04:21	Long March 2C		2C-Y29[113]	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		Yaogan-30 A	CAS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan-30 B	CAS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan-30 C	CAS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
29 September 21:47	Ariane 5 ECA		VA239	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Intelsat 37e	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		BSAT-4a	BSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October
9 October 04:13	Long March 2D		2D-Y30[113]	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		VRSS-2	ABAE / MPPCTII	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
9 October 12:37	Falcon 9 Block 4		F9-042	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Iridium NEXT 21–30	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
9 October 22:01:37	H-IIA 202		F36	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		QZS-4	CAO	Tundra	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
11 October 22:53	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-043	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SES-11 / EchoStar 105	SES S.A. / EchoStar	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Third time a Falcon 9 first stage is re-used.[114]
13 October 09:27:44	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		/ Eurockot
		Sentinel-5 Precursor	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
14 October 08:46:53	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-07 / 68P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	26 April 2018	Successful
		/ Iskra 5	Moscow Aviation Institute / Space Kidz India	Low Earth	Communications
		Originally intended to debut a new two-orbit rendezvous profile, profile reverted to standard 34-orbit profile after the first launch attempt was scrubbed.[115]
15 October 07:28	Atlas V 421		AV-075	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		United Launch Alliance
		NROL-52 / Quasar 21 / USA-279	NRO	Geosynchronous (TBC)[116]	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
30 October 19:34	Falcon 9 Block 4		F9-044	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Koreasat 5A	KT Corporation	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
31 October 21:37	Minotaur-C			Vandenberg LC-576E		Orbital ATK
		SkySat × 6	Terra Bella	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Flock-3m × 4	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Return to flight mission for Minotaur-C after a failed launch in March 2011.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November
5 November 11:45:00	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y46[6]	Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M1	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M2	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
8 November 01:42:30	Vega			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		Mohammed VI-A (MN35-13)	Morocco	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
12 November 12:19:51[117]	Antares 230			MARS LP-0A		Orbital ATK
		Cygnus CRS OA-8E SS Gene Cernan[119]	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	18 December 2017	Successful
		⚀ AeroCube (OSCD) × 2	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	5 August 2022 (OSCD B) 12 August 2022 (OSCD C)	Successful
		⚀ Asgardia-1	Asgardia	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	12 September 2022[121]	Successful
		⚀ CHEFsat	NRL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	2 January 2022[123]	Successful
		⚀ EcAMSat	NASA	Low Earth	Microbiology	8 December 2021[125]	Successful
		⚀ ISARA	JPL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 8	Spire Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ PropCube 2 (Fauna)[128]	NPS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	30 July 2022[129]	Successful
		⚀ TechEdSat-6	SJSU/UI/NASA Ames	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15 May 2018[131]	Successful
		EcAMSat was deployed into orbit from ISS on 20 November 2017,[105] and TechEdSat-6 was deployed on 21 November 2017.[106] Other small satellites were deployed from Cygnus after it departed from ISS.[132]
14 November 18:35	Long March 4C		4C-Y21[61]	Taiyuan LA-9[61]		CAST
		Fengyun 3D[133]	CMA	Low Earth (polar)	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
		HEAD-1[133]	HEAD Aerospace	Low Earth (polar)	AIS ship tracking	In orbit	Operational
18 November 09:47:36	Delta II 7920			Vandenberg SLC-2W		United Launch Alliance
		NOAA-20	NOAA	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
		Buccaneer RMM	UNSW, DSTO	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		EagleSat	ERAU	Low Earth (SSO)	Education	In orbit	Operational
		MakerSat 0	NNU	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		MiRaTA	MIT	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		RadFxSat (Fox 1B)	AMSAT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Last flight of the Delta II 7920 configuration, penultimate flight of Delta II
21 November 04:50	Long March 6		Y2[134]	Taiyuan LA-16		CASC
		Jilin-1 Video-04 (Lingqiao 1-04)[135]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1 Video-05 (Lingqiao 1-05)[135]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1 Video-06 (Lingqiao 1-06)[135]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
24 November 18:10	Long March 2C		2C-Y30[113]	Xichang		CASC
		Yaogan 30-02A	CNSA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 30-02B	CNSA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 30-02C	CNSA	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
28 November 05:41:46[96]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S[136]		Roscosmos
		Meteor-M No. 2-1	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		AISSat-3	NSC	Low Earth (SSO)	Traffic monitoring	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		Baumanets 2	Bauman University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		IDEA-OSG 1	Astroscale	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		LEO Vantage 2	TeleSat Canada	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications (experimental)	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		⚀ Corvus-BC 3	Astro Digital	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		⚀ D-Star One	German Orbital Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications (experimental)	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 10	Spire Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		⚀ SEAM	Multiple users	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	28 November 2017	Launch failure
		The Fregat upper stage suffered an apparent programming failure resulting in the loss of all 19 satellites.[137]
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December
2 December 10:43:26	Soyuz-2.1b			Plesetsk		RVSN RF
		Kosmos-2524 (Lotos No. 2 803)		Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
3 December 04:11	Long March 2D		2D-Y47[113]	Jiuquan LC-43		CASC
		LKW-1[139]	CAS	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
10 December 16:41 [140]	Long March 3B		3B-Y40[6]	Xichang LC-2		CAST
		Alcomsat-1	Algerian Space Agency	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		First Algerian geostationary communications satellite
12 December 18:36:07	Ariane 5 ES		VA240	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Galileo FOC 15-18	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Second Galileo launch with Ariane 5 (9th overall), carrying Nicole, Zofia, Alexandre, and Irina.
15 December 15:36	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-045	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-13	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	13 January 2018	Successful
		Re-used the first-stage booster from CRS-11 (2017) and the Dragon capsule from CRS-6 (2015)[141]
17 December 07:21	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-07 / 53S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 54/55	In orbit	Operational
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
23 December 01:26:22[142]	H-IIA 202		F37	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		GCOM-C	JAXA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		SLATS	JAXA	Low Earth	Atmospheric sciences Technology demonstration	1 October 2019	Successful
23 December 01:27:23[96]	Falcon 9 Full Thrust		F9-046	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Iridium NEXT 31–40	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Re-using a first-stage booster.[143] This rocket flew in its expendable configuration so the first-stage booster was not recovered[144]
23 December 04:14[145]	Long March 2D		2D-Y48[113]	Jiuquan LC-43		CASC
		LKW-2	CAS	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
25 December 19:44	Long March 2C		2C-Y34[113]	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		Yaogan-30 G	CAS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan-30 H	CAS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan-30 J	CAS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
26 December 19:00:03	Zenit-3F / Fregat-SB			Baikonur Site 45/1		S7 Space[146]
		AngoSat 1	Republic of Angola	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[147]
		First satellite of Angola. Launch was successful but contact was lost quickly afterwards.[148] On 28 December 2017, communication was temporarily restored and telemetry was received.[149]
← 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
15 January	DF-5C			Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center		PLARF
			PLARF	Suborbital	Missile test	15 January	Successful
16 January	RS-12M Topol			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	16 January	Successful
23 January 02:30	VSB-30			Esrange		DLR / SSC
		/ MAIUS-1 [151]	DLR / SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	23 January	Successful
		Apogee: 238 kilometres (148 mi)
24 January	Ababeel			?		ASFC
			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	24 January	Successful
25 January	Black Sparrow			F-15 Eagle, Israel		IAF
			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	Missile test target	25 January	Successful
		DST-5 target, successfully intercepted
25 January	Stunner			Palmachim Airbase		IAF
			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	Missile test	25 January	Successful
		DST-5 interceptor
27 January 13:45:00	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		PolarNOx	Virginia Tech	Suborbital	Thermosphere research	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: 283 kilometres (176 mi).[152]
29 January	Khorramshahr			Semnan		AFIRI
			AFIRI	Suborbital	Missile test	29 January	Launch failure
		The missile flew about 600 miles before exploding. Test of a reentry vehicle failed.[153]
4 February 8:30:00	MRBM		SFTM-01	Pacific Missile Range Facility		MDA
		SFTM-01 Target	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	4 February	Successful
		Ballistic missile target for interception[154]
4 February ~8:30:00	SM-3		SFTM-01	USS John Paul Jones, Kauai		MDA
		SFTM-01 Interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	4 February	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor[154]
9 February 7:38:59	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-10		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	9 February	Successful
11 February[155] 22:55	Pukguksong-2			Kusong		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	11 February	Successful
		Apogee: 550 kilometres (340 mi).
16 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Ohio (SSGN-726), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 53
16 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Ohio (SSGN-726), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 53
16 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Ohio (SSGN-726), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 53
16 February	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Ohio (SSGN-726), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	16 February	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test 53
22 February 10:14:00	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		ISINGLASS	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	22 February	Successful
		[156]
1 March	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		JETS	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Magnetosphere research	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 330 kilometres (210 mi).[157]
1 March	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		JETS	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital	Magnetosphere research	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi).[157]
1 March	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		ISINGLASS	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	1 March	Successful
		Apogee: 365 kilometres (227 mi).[157]
5 March[155] 22:34	Hwasong-9 (Scud-ER)			Sohae		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi). 1 of 4.
5 March[155] 22:34	Hwasong-9 (Scud-ER)			Sohae		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi). 2 of 4.
5 March[155] 22:34	Hwasong-9 (Scud-ER)			Sohae		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi). 3 of 4.
5 March[155] 22:34	Hwasong-9 (Scud-ER)			Sohae		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi). 4 of 4.
17 March	Hyunmoo-2B			Anheung Test Site		ADD
			ADD	Suborbital	Missile test	17 March	Successful
4 April[155] 21:42	Hwasong-12			Sinpo Shipyard		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	4 April	Failure
		Apogee: 189 kilometres (117 mi).
7 April 09:30	Maxus			Esrange		EuroLaunch
		/ MAXUS-9	ESA / SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	7 April	Successful
		Apogee: 678 kilometres (421 mi)[158]
26 April	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-09		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	26 April	Successful
27 April	Agni-III			ITR IC-4		Indian Army
			Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	27 April	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
3 May	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-04		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	3 May	Successful
4 May	Agni II			Integrated Test Range		Indian Army / DRDO
			Indian Army/DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	4 May	Successful
5 May	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		RAISE 3	Southwest Research Institute	Suborbital	Solar research	5 May	Successful
		Apogee: 296 kilometres (184 mi).[159]
13 May	VSB-30			Esrange		DLR / SSC
		MAPHEUS-6	DLR	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	13 May	Successful
		Apogee: 254 kilometres (158 mi)
14 May	Hwasong-12[160]			Kusong		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile Test	14 May	Successful
		Apogee: 2,111 kilometres (1,312 mi)[161][162]
16 May	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		SubTec-7	NASA	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	16 May	Successful
		Apogee: 248 kilometres (154 mi).[163]
21 May[155] 07:59	Pukguksong-2			Yonpung Lake		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	21 May	Failure
		Apogee: 560 kilometres (350 mi).
28 May[155] 20:40	Hwasong-6 MaRV version			Wonsan Airport		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
		Maneuverable reentry vehicle	Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 May	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi).
30 May	ICBM-T2		FTG-15	Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site		MDA
		FTG-15 target	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	30 May	Successful
		Ballistic missile target for interception
30 May	GBI-OBV		FTG-15	Vandenberg Air Force Base		MDA
		FTG-15 interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	30 May	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor
14 June	Sabre Zombi (ATACMS)			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	14 June	Successful
		Apogee: 80 kilometres (50 mi)?
22 June 9:20	MRBM		SFTM-02	Pacific Missile Range Facility		MDA
		SFTM-02 target	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	22 June	Successful
		Ballistic missile target for interception
22 June ~9:20	SM-3		SFTM-02	USS John Paul Jones, Kauai		MDA
		SFTM-02 interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	22 June	Failure
		Ballistic missile interceptor, failed to intercept the target[164]
22 June	Terrier-Improved Orion			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		RockOn	University of Colorado	Suborbital	Student payloads	22 June	Successful
		Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi).[165]
23 June	Hyunmoo-2C			Anheung Test Site		ADD
			ADD	Suborbital	Missile test	17 March	Successful
26 June	RSM-56 Bulava			K-535 Yury Dolgorukiy, White Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	26 June	Successful
27 June	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		CHESS-3	University of Colorado	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	27 June	Successful
29 June	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Ampoule Test Launch	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	29 June	Successful
		Apogee: 190 kilometres (120 mi).[166]
30 June	VSB-30			Woomera Test Range		DSTO
		/ HiFire-4	DSTO / Boeing	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	30 June	Successful
		Successful experimental hypersonic vehicle flight test, exceeded expectations in flight control performance.[167]
3 July	Hwasong-14[168]			Panghyon[155]		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile Test	3 July	Successful
		Apogee: 2,803 kilometres (1,742 mi). First confirmed North Korean ICBM test.
11 July	IRBM-T1 ?		FFT-18	C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA
			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	11 July	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), successfully intercepted
11 July	THAAD		FFT-18	Kodiak		US Army
			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	11 July	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
23 July	B-611			Shuangchengzi		PLA
			PLA	Suborbital	ABM target	23 July	Successful
		Target
23 July	DN-3			Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center		PLARF
			PLARF	Suborbital	ABM test	23 July	Launch failure[citation needed]
28 July	Hwasong-14[169]			Mupyong-ni Arms Factory[155]		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile Test	28 July	Successful
		Apogee: 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi).
29 July	Momo			Taiki Aerospace Research Field		Interstellar Technologies
			Interstellar Technologies	Suborbital	Test flight	29 July	Launch failure
		Communications were lost just over one minute into the flight, resulting in an early shutdown of the engine.[170]
30 July	eMRBM ?		FET-01	C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA
			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successfully intercepted
30 July	THAAD		FET-01	Kodiak		US Army
			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	30 July	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
2 August 09:10	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-10		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	2 August	Successful
13 August 09:30	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		RockSat-X	NASA	Suborbital	Student experiments	13 August	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi).[171]
23 August	DF-4			Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center		PLARF
			PLARF	Suborbital	Missile test	23 August	Successful
29 August	Hwasong-12[172]			Pyongyang International Airport		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	29 August	Successful
		Apogee: 550 kilometres (340 mi).[172]
29 August	MRBM-T3 ?		FTM-27 E2	Pacific Missile Range Facility		MDA
			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	29 August	Successful
		FTM-27 E2 target, successfully intercepted by SM-6 missile in low altitude
9 September 11:34	Black Brant IX			Kwajalein Atoll		NASA
		WINDY	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	9 September	Successful
		Apogee: 409 kilometres (254 mi).[173]
9 September 11:39	Terrier Malemute			Kwajalein Atoll		NASA
		WINDY	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	9 September	Partial failure[173]
		Useful data was not obtained.[173]
12 September	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	12 September	Successful
14 September	Hwasong-12			Pyongyang International Airport		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	14 September	Successful
		Apogee: 770 kilometres (480 mi).[174]
17 September	PTV			Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site		Orbital ATK
		Patriot target vehicle	SMC	Suborbital	ABM target	17 September	Successful
		Ballistic missile target for interception
17 September	MIM-104 Patriot			Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site		SMC
			SMC	Suborbital	ABM test	17 September	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor
20 September	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	20 September	Successful
22 September	Khorramshahr			Semnan		AFIRI
			AFIRI	Suborbital	Missile test	22 September	Successful
25 September	Terrier-Oriole			South Uist, Hebrides		MDA
			DOD	Suborbital	Radar-Target	25 September	Successful
		Radar-Target, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
26 September	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 September	Successful
4 October 11:45	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		ASPIRE	NASA	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	4 October	Successful
		Tested Mars 2020's parachute
15 October	Terrier-Oriole		FS-17 E4	South Uist, Hebrides		MDA
			DOD	Suborbital	ABM target	15 October	Successful
		SM-3 Target, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
15 October	SM-3		FS-17 E4	USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), Hebrides Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	15 October	Successful
		Second Aegis-Test in the North Atlantic, successful intercept, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
26 October	RS-12M Topol[175][176]			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 October	Successful
26 October	R-29R Volna			Russian submarine, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	26 October	Successful
26 October	R-29R Volna			Russian submarine, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	26 October	Successful
26 October	R-29RMU Sineva			Russian submarine, Barents Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	26 October	Successful
30 October	UGM-27 Polaris (STARS)			Barking Sands LC-42		US Navy
		CPS FE-1	US Navy	Suborbital	Technology	30 October	Successful
		Conventional Prompt Strike Flight Experiment-1, successful hypersonic glide vehicle test
30 October 10:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		DEUCE	NASA	Suborbital	Astronomy	30 October	Partial failure
		Black Brant rocket performed flawlessly but science data was not obtained.[177]
16 November	Sabre Zombi (ATACMS)[178]			Fort Bliss McGregor Range		NASA
			US Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 November	Successful
		Apogee: 80 kilometres (50 mi)?
28 November[155] 18:18	Hwasong-15			Pyongsong		Korean People's Army Strategic Force
			Korean People's Army Strategic Force	Suborbital	Missile test	28 November	Successful
		Apogee: 4,475 kilometres (2,781 mi).
4 December	Black Sparrow			F-15 Eagle, Israel		IAF
			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	Missile test target	4 December	Launch failure
		Arrow-III interceptor launch was called off after launch failure of the target missile[179]
12 December	New Shepard			Corn Ranch		Blue Origin
		New Shepard crew capsule	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	12 December	Successful
		Flight test with new capsule[180]
26 December 03:30	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 December	Successful

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
2 February	Juno	4th perijove of Jupiter	A decision was made to cancel a period reduction maneuver and remain in a 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission over engine concerns.[181]
27 March	Juno	5th perijove
22 April[182]	Cassini	127th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 979 kilometres (608 mi).
19 May	Juno	6th perijove
11 July	Juno	7th perijove
1 September	Juno	8th perijove
15 September	Cassini	End of mission	Intentional destructive entry into Saturn's atmosphere
23 September	OSIRIS-REx	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist to accelerate the probe towards its destination
24 October	Juno	9th perijove
16 December	Juno	10th perijove

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Start date/time	Duration	End time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
6 January 12:23	6 hours 31 minutes	18:54	Expedition 50 ISS Quest	Robert S. Kimbrough Peggy Whitson	The crew completed the installation of new batteries on the station's power channel 3A, and then executed a series of tasks to get ahead for the next EVA. Kimbrough collected photos of the AMS-02, then they removed a broken light on the S3 truss and routed Ethernet cables on the Z1 truss.
13 January 11:22	5 hours 58 minutes	17:20	Expedition 50 ISS Quest	Robert S. Kimbrough Thomas Pesquet	The crew completed the installation of new batteries on the station's power channel 1A, and then executed a series of get ahead tasks. First they installed a new camera on the Mobile Transporter Relay Assembly, then Pesquet replaced a Worksite Interface Adapter on Canadarm-2 and collected photos of Z1 truss and S0 truss, meanwhile Kimbrough removed 2 handrails from the Destiny module. Then they picked up a bundle of covers and brought them to the Tranquillity module where will be installed when Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 will be moved from Node 3 to Node 2. When removed, the PMA's Common Berthing Mechanism will be covered up to protect it from the space environment.
24 March 11:24	6 hours 34 minutes	17:58	Expedition 50 ISS Quest	Robert S. Kimbrough Thomas Pesquet	Kimbrough replaced the External Control Zone 2 (EXT-2) multiplexer–demultiplexer (MDM) with an upgraded "EPIC MDM" and prepared PMA-3 for its robotic relocation on Sunday. Pesquet inspected the Radiator Beam Valve Module for ammonia leaks, then lubricated one of the Latching End Effectors of Dextre. Kimbrough then replaced a pair of cameras on the Kibo module, and a light on one of the CETA carts.
30 March 11:29	7 hours 4 minutes	18:33	Expedition 50 ISS Quest	Robert S. Kimbrough Peggy Whitson	Kimbrough replaced the External Control Zone 1 (EXT-1) multiplexer–demultiplexer (MDM) with an upgraded "EPIC MDM" while Whitson connected heater power and heater feedback telemetry to enable PMA-3 to be repressurized, then released a series of straps to free up a cover that protected the APAS. The astronauts then installed axial shields on PMA-3's former location on Tranquillity module and installed covers on PMA-3. One of the shields was lost but the others were installed successfully.[183]
12 May 13:01 [184]	4 hours 13 minutes	17:21	Expedition 51 ISS Quest	Peggy Whitson Jack Fischer	EXT-1 MDM remove and replace Lab EWC antenna install
23 May 11:20 [185]	2 hours 46 minutes	14:06	Expedition 51 ISS Quest	Peggy Whitson Jack Fischer	Throughout this hurriedly planned "contingency" spacewalk, both Fischer and Whitson successfully replaced a failed multiplexer–demultiplexer (MDM), and installed a pair of antennas on station to enhance wireless communication for future spacewalks.[186]
17 August 14:36 [187]	7 hours 34 minutes	22:10	Expedition 52 ISS Pirs	Fyodor Yurchikhin Sergey Ryazansky	Test of an upgraded version of the Orlan space suit, the Orlan MKS Restavratsiya retrieval Deployment of 5 small satellites Impakt installation Adapter installation on Poisk sensors BKDO (БКДО) reposition Test sample collection Hand rail and exposure init installation
5 October 12:05	6 hours 55 minutes	19:00	Expedition 53 ISS Quest	Randolph Bresnik Mark Vande Hei	Removal of LEE-A from SSRMS Removal of POA LEE via 6 EDF bolts Installation of POA LEE as new SSRMS LEE-A Installation of former LEE-A on POA SSRMS power-up and checkout
10 October 11:56	6 hours 26 minutes	18:22	Expedition 53 ISS Quest	Randolph Bresnik Mark Vande Hei	ESP-1 PFCS rotate by 90° CP9 camera group R/R LEE-A ballscrew lubrication POA LEE socket removal MT camera lens replacement Hand rail removal (x2)
20 October 11:47	6 hours 49 minutes	18:36	Expedition 53 ISS Quest	Randolph Bresnik Joseph Acaba	Dextre EOTP fuse replacement Canadarm2 LEE-A CLA remove and replace CP3 HD camera installation MLI removal from ORUs (x2)

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	18	16	1	1
	France	6	6	0	0
	India	5	4	1	0
	Iran	1	0	1	0
	Italy	3	3	0	0
	Japan	7	6	1	0
	Russia	20[b]	18	1	1
	Ukraine	1[c]	1	0	0
	United States	30[d]	29	1	0
World		91	83	6	2

By rocket

5

10

15

20

Ariane

Atlas

Delta

Falcon

H-II

Long March

Minotaur

PSLV

R-7

UR

Vega

Others

•   Ariane 5
•   Atlas V
•   Delta II
•   Delta IV
•   Falcon 9 new
•   Falcon 9 reused
•   H-IIA
•   Long March 2
•   Long March 3
•   Long March 4
•   Long March 5
•   Long March 6
•   Long March 7
•   Minotaur IV
•   Minotaur-C
•   PSLV
•   Soyuz-U
•   Soyuz-FG
•   Soyuz-2 (Russia)
•   Soyuz-ST (Europe)
•   Proton-M
•   Rokot
•   Vega
•   Others

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Antares	United States	1	1	0	0
Ariane	France	6	6	0	0
Atlas	United States	6	6	0	0
Delta	United States	2	2	0	0
Electron	United States	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Falcon	United States	18	18	0	0
GSLV	India	1	1	0	0
GSLV Mk III	India	1	1	0	0	First orbital flight
H-II	Japan	6	6	0	0
Kaituozhe	China	1	1	0	0
Kuaizhou	China	1	1	0	0
Long March	China	16	14	1	1
Minotaur	United States	2	2	0	0
PSLV	India	3	2	1	0
R-7	Russia	15	13	1	1
S-Series	Japan	1	0	1	0
Simorgh	Iran	1	0	1	0	First orbital flight
Universal Rocket	Russia	5	5	0	0
Vega	Italy	3	3	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	1	1	0	0

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Antares 200	United States	Antares	1	1	0	0
Ariane 5	France	Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	6	6	0	0
Delta II	United States	Delta	1	1	0	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	1	1	0	0
Electron	United States	Electron	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon	18	18	0	0
GSLV	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
GSLV Mk III	India	GSLV Mk III	1	1	0	0	First orbital flight
Kaituozhe-2	China	Kaituozhe	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kuaizhou 1	China	Kuaizhou	1	1	0	0
Minotaur IV	United States	Minotaur	1	1	0	0
Minotaur-C	United States	Minotaur	1	1	0	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	6	6	0	0
Long March 2	China	Long March	6	6	0	0
Long March 3	China	Long March	5	4	0	1
Long March 4	China	Long March	2	2	0	0
Long March 5	China	Long March	1	0	1	0
Long March 6	China	Long March	1	1	0	0
Long March 7	China	Long March	1	1	0	0
PSLV	India	PSLV	3	2	1	0
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	4	4	0	0
SS-520	Japan	S-Series	1	0	1	0
Simorgh	Iran	Simorgh	1	0	1	0	First orbital flight
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	5	5	0	0
Soyuz-2	Russia	R-7	10	8	1	1
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	1	1	0	0
Vega	Italy	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit-3	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Antares 230	United States	Antares 200	1	1	0	0
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	4	4	0	0
Atlas V 421	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 541	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Delta II 7920	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Electron	United States	Electron	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Falcon 9 Full Thrust	United States	Falcon 9	14	14	0	0
Falcon 9 Block 4	United States	Falcon 9	4	4	0	0	Maiden flight
GSLV Mk II	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
GSLV Mk III	India	GSLV Mk III	1	1	0	0	First orbital flight
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-IIA	4	4	0	0
H-IIA 204	Japan	H-IIA	2	2	0	0
Kaituozhe-2	China	Kaituozhe-2	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Kuaizhou 1A	China	Kuaizhou	1	1	0	0
Long March 2C	China	Long March 2	3	3	0	0
Long March 2D	China	Long March 2	3	3	0	0
Long March 3B/E	China	Long March 3	5	4	0	1
Long March 4B	China	Long March 4	1	1	0	0
Long March 4C	China	Long March 4	1	1	0	0
Long March 5	China	Long March 5	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Long March 6	China	Long March 6	1	1	0	0
Long March 7	China	Long March 7	1	1	0	0
Minotaur IV / Orion 38	United States	Minotaur IV	1	1	0	0
Minotaur-C	United States	Minotaur-C	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M	Russia	Proton	4	4	0	0
PSLV-XL	India	PSLV	3	2	1	0
Rokot / Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	1	1	0	0
SS-520-4	Japan	S-Series	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Simorgh	Iran	Simorgh	1	0	1	0	First orbital flight
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Soyuz-2.1a or ST-A	Russia	Soyuz-2	2	2	0	0
Soyuz 2.1a or ST-A / Fregat-M	Russia	Soyuz-2	2	1	0	1
Soyuz-2.1b or ST-B / Fregat-M	Russia	Soyuz-2	4	3	1	0
Soyuz-2.1b or ST-B / Fregat-MT	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2-1v / Volga	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Vega	Italy	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit-3F	Ukraine	Zenit-3	1	1	0	0

By spaceport

5

10

15

20

25

30

China

France

India

Iran

Japan

Kazakhstan

New Zealand

Russia

United States

•   Jiuquan
•   Taiyuan
•   Wenchang
•   Xichang
•   Kourou
•   Satish Dhawan
•   Semnan
•   Tanegashima
•   Uchinoura
•   Baikonur
•   Mahia
•   Plesetsk
•   Vostochny
•   Cape Canaveral
•   Kennedy
•   MARS
•   Vandenberg

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	13	12	0	1
Cape Canaveral	United States	7	7	0	0
Jiuquan	China	6	6	0	0
Kennedy	United States	12	12	0	0
Kourou	France	11	11	0	0
Mahia	New Zealand	1	0	1	0	First launch
MARS	United States	1	1	0	0
Plesetsk	Russia	5	5	0	0
Satish Dhawan	India	5	4	1	0
Semnan	Iran	1	0	1	0
Taiyuan	China	2	2	0	0
Tanegashima	Japan	6	6	0	0
Uchinoura	Japan	1	0	1	0
Vandenberg	United States	9	9	0	0
Vostochny	Russia	1	0	1	0
Wenchang	China	2	1	1	0
Xichang	China	8	7	0	1
Total		91	83	6	2

By orbit

10

20

30

40

50

60

Transatmospheric

Low Earth

Medium Earth

Geosynchronous / transfer

High Earth

Heliocentric orbit

•   Transatmospheric
•   Low Earth
•   Low Earth (ISS)
•   Low Earth (SSO)
•   Low Earth (polar)
•   Medium Earth
•   Geosychronous
  (transfer)
•   High Earth
•   Heliocentric

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	52	48	4	0	including 13 to ISS, 1 to Tiangong-2
Geosynchronous / transfer	33	31	2	0
Medium Earth	3	3	0	1	IRNSS-1H did not separate from rocket's second stage, and was stuck in an elliptical orbit with 6000 km apogee
High Earth	3	3	0	0	including highly elliptical Tundra orbits
Total	91	85	6	1