List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2019

This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2019.

For all other spaceflight activities, see 2019 in spaceflight. For launches in the second half of 2019 see List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2019.

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
10 January 17:05[1]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y56[2]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		Chinasat 2D	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 January 15:31[3]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-067	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Iridium NEXT 66–75	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 January[4][5]	Simorgh			Semnan LP-2		ISA
		Payam-e Amirkabir / AUTSAT 1[6]	Amirkabir University of Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	15 January	Launch failure
		Third stage malfunctioned, satellite failed to reach orbit.[4]
18 January 00:50:20[7]	Epsilon		Epsilon-4[8]	Uchinoura		JAXA
		RAPIS-1	JAXA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		ALE-1 / ALE-DOM	Astro Live Experiences	Low Earth (SSO)	Artificial meteor shower	ALE-1: In orbit[9] ALE-DOM: 3 August 2022[10]	Payload failure[11]
		Hodoyoshi-2 (RISESAT)	Tohoku University	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	14 March 2023[12]	Successful
		MicroDragon[13]	VNSC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	1 October 2024[14]	Operational
		⚀ / AOBA-VELOX 4	Nanyang Technological University, Kyutech	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	24 March 2023[15]	Successful
		⚀ NEXUS	Nihon University	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	9 November 2023[16]	Successful
		⚀ OrigamiSat-1	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	30 April 2022[17]	Successful
		Launch of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-1 mission.
19 January 19:05[18]	Delta IV Heavy		D-382	Vandenberg SLC-6		ULA
		KH-11 17 (USA-290)	NRO	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		NROL-71 mission.
21 January 05:42[19]	Long March 11		Y6[20]	Jiuquan LS-95A		CASC
		Jilin-1 Hyperspectral-01 (Jilin Lincao 1)[21]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1 Hyperspectral-02 (Wenchang Chaosun 1)	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Xiaoxiang 1-03[22]	Tianyi Research Institute	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 June 2022[23]	Successful
		⚀ Lingque 1A[24]	Beijing ZeroG Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	14 June 2022[25]	Successful
24 January 18:07[26]	PSLV-DL		C44[27]	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		Microsat-R	DRDO	Low Earth	Earth observation ASAT target	27 March	Destroyed[28]
		⚀ Kalamsat[27]	Space Kidz India[29]	Low Earth	HAM Radio[29]	22 December 2023[30]	Successful
		Maiden flight of PSLV-DL. Microsat-R served as target for Indian ASAT experiment on 27 March 2019.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February
5 February[31][32]	Safir-1B[33]			Semnan LP-1		ISA
		Dousti	Sharif University of Technology	Low Earth	Communications, Remote sensing	5 February	Launch failure[34][35]
5 February 21:01[36]	Ariane 5 ECA		VA247	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat-1	Hellas-Sat / ArabSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		GSAT-31[37]	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
21 February 16:47[38]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		EgyptSat A	NARSS	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Third stage anomaly but achieved orbit in contingency mode
22 February 01:45[39]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-068	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Nusantara Satu	PSN	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Beresheet[40][41]	SpaceIL	Moon transfer	Lunar lander	11 April	Landing failure
		S5[42]	AFRL	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Beresheet raised its orbit towards the Moon from a supersynchronous transfer orbit with 60,000 km apogee.[43]
27 February 21:37[44]	Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-M		VS21	Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		OneWeb × 6	OneWeb	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational[45]
		First flight for OneWeb satellite constellation. Kourou flight 1.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March
2 March 07:49:03[46]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-069	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpX-DM1	SpaceX / NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Flight test / ISS logistics	8 March	Successful
		Crew Dragon Demo 1: Test of the SpaceX Dragon 2 as part of Commercial Crew Development program.
9 March 17:28[47]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y54[2]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		Chinasat 6C (Zhongxing 6C)[48]	China Satcom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		300th launch of the Long March rocket family.[49]
14 March 19:14:09[50]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-12 / 58S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 59/60	3 October 10:59	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.
16 March 00:26[51]	Delta IV M+(5,4)		D-383	Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		ULA
		WGS-10 (USA-291)	U.S. Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Last flight of Delta IV M+ (5,4) variant[52]
22 March 01:50:35[53]	Vega		VV14	Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		PRISMA	Italian Space Agency	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		600th satellite orbited by Arianespace[53]
27 March 09:39[54]	OS-M1			Jiuquan LS-95B		OneSpace
		Lingque 1B	Beijing ZeroG Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	27 March	Launch failure
		Maiden flight of OS-M1 rocket.
28 March 23:27[55]	Electron		"Two Thumbs Up"	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		R3D2[56]	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 May 2021 10:00[57]	Successful
31 March 15:50[58]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y44[59]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		Tianlian 2-01	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications (tracking and relay)	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → April
1 April 03:57[60]	PSLV-QL		C45[27]	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		EMISAT	ISRO	Low Earth	ELINT[61]	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Aistechsat-3	GomSpace	Low Earth	Communications, Traffic monitoring	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Astrocast 0.2	Astrocast SA	Low Earth	Communications	19 November 2023[62]	Successful
		⚀ BlueWalker 1[63]	AST & Science	Low Earth	Test flight	29 November 2023[64]	Successful
		⚀ Flock-4a × 20[65]	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 14 March 2023[66] Last: 8 August 2023[67]	Successful
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 4	Spire Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 7 March 2023[68] Last: 30 June 2023[69]	Successful
		⚀ M6P	SpaceWorks Orbital / Lacuna Space	Low Earth	Communications	20 July 2023[70]	Successful
		Maiden flight of PSLV-QL
4 April 11:01:35[71]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-11 / 72P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	29 July	Successful
4 April 17:03[72]	Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT		VS22	Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		O3b × 4 (FM17–FM20)	SES S.A.	Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
11 April 22:35[73]	Falcon Heavy		FH-002	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Arabsat-6A[74]	ArabSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
17 April 20:46[75]	Antares 230			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-11 S.S. Roger Chaffee	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	6 December	Successful
		⚀ AeroCube-10 × 2	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	10A: 4 May 2023[76] 10B: 15 May 2023[77]	Successful
		⚀ EntrySat	ISAE-SUPAERO / ONERA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	10 August 2021[78]	Successful
		⚀ IOD-1 GEMS[79]	Orbital Micro Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Meteorology	3 April 2021 14:11[80]	Successful
		⚀ KRAKsat	AGH University of Science and Technology / Jagiellonian University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	17 January 2022[81]	Spacecraft failure[82]
		⚀ NepaliSat-1	KyuTech / NAST	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 October 2021[83]	Successful
		⚀ Quantum-Radar 3[84]	SEOPS	Low Earth	Satellite laser ranging	7 March 2023[85]	Successful
		⚀ Raavana 1	ACCIMT	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	3 October 2021[86]	Successful
		⚀ SASSI2	University of Illinois / Purdue University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Education	28 April[87]	Spacecraft failure[88]
		⚀ Seeker	NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful
		⚀ SpooQy-1	NUS / SSTA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	16 October 2021[89]	Successful[90]
		⚀ Swiatowid	SatRevolution	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Earth observation	14 March 2021[91]	Successful
		⚀ ThinSat × 60	Virginia Space	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Education	28 April[87]	Successful (49/60 ThinSats)[92]
		⚀ Uguisu	KyuTech	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	7 October 2021[93]	Successful
		⚀ VCC A (Aeternitas)	Virginia Space Grant Consortium	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	18 October 2021[94]	Spacecraft failure
		⚀ VCC B (Libertas)	Virginia Space Grant Consortium	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	13 October 2021[95]	Spacecraft failure
		⚀ VCC C (Ceres)	Virginia Space Grant Consortium	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15 May 2021[96]	Spacecraft failure
		SASSI2 and the 60 ThinSats were secondary payloads carried aboard the Antares upper stage booster.[97] EntrySat, IOD-1, KRAKsat, Swiatowid, Virginia CubeSat Constellation (VCC), Uguisu, Raavana 1, NepaliSat-1, and SpooQy-1 were carried in Cygnus and later deployed from the ISS. The AeroCubes and Seeker were carried in the unpressurized compartment of Cygnus, and deployed from Cygnus after its departure from the ISS. Uguisu, Raavana 1, NepaliSat-1, and SpooQy-1 were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 17 June 2019. IOD-1 GEMS, KRAKsat, Swiatowid, EntrySat, and three VCC satellites were deployed into orbit on 3 July 2019. NepaliSat-1 is the first Nepalese satellite and Raavana 1 is the first Sri Lankan satellite. On the departure of Cygnus NG-11 from the ISS, SlingShot Deployer—carrying Quantum Radar, NARSSCube-2, RFTSat, and ORCA—was placed on its hatch bulkhead.[98] Those CubeSats and also AeroCube-10 were deployed into orbit from Cygnus on 7 August 2019.[99] The VCC satellites were unresponsive to attempts to contact them following their deployment.[100][101]
20 April 14:41[102]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y59[2]	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		BeiDou-3 I1Q (Beidou-44)	CNSA	IGSO	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
29 April 22:52[103]	Long March 4B		4B-Y36[104]	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Tianhui 2-01A	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Tianhui 2-01B	CNSA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → May
4 May 06:48[105]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-070	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-17	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	3 June	Successful
		Red-Eye 1 (Pinot)[106]	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	24 July 2022[107]	Successful
		Red-Eye 1 was carried in CRS-17, and deployed into orbit from the ISS on 27 June 2019.[108]
5 May 06:00[109]	Electron		"That's a Funny Looking Cactus"	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		Harbinger (ICEYE X3)	U.S. Air Force	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Falcon ODE	U.S. Air Force	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SPARC-1	U.S. Air Force	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	26 June 2023[110]	Successful
17 May 15:48[111]	Long March 3C/E		3C-Y16[2]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		BeiDou-2 G8 (Beidou-45)	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
22 May 00:00[112]	PSLV-CA		C46[27]	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		RISAT-2B	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation (radar)	In orbit	Operational
22 May 22:49[113]	Long March 4C		4C-Y23[114]	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Yaogan 33	CAS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	22 May	Launch failure
24 May 02:30[115]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-071	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Starlink × 60	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	First: 20 February 2020 Last: 24 October 2022[116]	Successful
		Starlink test mission, launching 60 Starlink v0.9 experimental satellites.
27 May 06:23[117]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		GLONASS-M 758	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
30 May 17:42[118]	Proton-M / Briz-M P4			Baikonur Site 200/39		Roscosmos
		Yamal-601	Gazprom Space Systems	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → June
5 June 04:06[119]	Long March 11H			Yellow Sea Launch Platform[120]		CASC
		Bufeng-1A	CAST	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Bufeng-1B	CAST	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Jilin-1 Gaofen-03A	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Tianxiang-1A	CETC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Tianxiang-1B	CETC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration Communications	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianqi-3 (Tao Xingzhi)[121]	Guodian Gaoke	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Xiaoxiang 1-04	Tianyi Research Institute	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		China's first sea launch in the Yellow Sea off Shandong.
12 June 14:17[122]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-072	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		RADARSAT Constellation × 3[123][124]	Canadian Space Agency	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
20 June 21:43[125]	Ariane 5 ECA		VA248	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Eutelsat 7C[126]	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		AT&T T-16	DirecTV	Geosynchronous	Satellite television	In orbit	Operational
24 June 18:09[127]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y60[2]	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		BeiDou-3 I2Q (Beidou-46)[128]	CNSA	IGSO	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
25 June 06:30[129]	Falcon Heavy		FH-003	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		STP-2	U.S. Air Force	Low Earth, Medium Earth[130]	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		DSX	AFRL	Medium Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Successful[131]
		COSMIC-2 × 6	NOAA / NSPO	Low Earth	Atmospheric	In orbit	Operational
		GPIM	NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 October 2020[132]	Successful
		NPSAT1	NRL	Low Earth	Atmospheric	In orbit	Operational
		Oculus-ASR	Michigan Technological University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 February 2023[133]	Successful
		OTB	General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Prox-1	Georgia Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ARMADILLO	UT Austin	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 August 2022[134]	Successful
		⚀ BRICSat-2	United States Naval Academy	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Amateur radio	20 April 2022[135]	Successful[136][137]
		⚀ E-TBEx A	NASA	Low Earth	Atmospheric	9 March 2021[138]	Successful
		⚀ E-TBEx B	NASA	Low Earth	Atmospheric	22 February 2021[139]	Successful
		⚀ FalconSAT-7	USAFA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	2 July 2021[140]	Spacecraft failure[141]
		⚀ LEO	Cal Poly	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	28 October 2021[142]	Successful
		⚀ LightSail 2	The Planetary Society	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	17 November 2022[143]	Successful
		⚀ PSAT2	United States Naval Academy	Low Earth	Amateur radio	15 February 2023[144]	Successful
		⚀ StangSat	Merritt Island High School	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ TEPCE × 2	NRL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	1 February 2020[145]	Successful
		STP-2 carries multiple cubesats and other small payloads for NASA, NOAA, The Planetary Society and others in addition to the primary mission which consists of multiple U.S. Air Force payloads.
29 June 04:30[146]	Electron		"Make It Rain"	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		BlackSky Global 3[147]	BlackSky Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ACRUX-1	Melbourne Space Program	Low Earth	Education	17 June 2022[148]	Successful
		⚀ Painani 1[149]	SEDENA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 January 2023[150]	Successful
		⚀ Prometheus 2-7	USSOCOM	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	20 May 2022[151]	Successful
		⚀ Prometheus 2-9	USSOCOM	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	6 June 2022[152]	Successful
		⚀ SpaceBEE 8	Swarm Technologies	Low Earth	Communications	26 April 2021[153]	Successful
		⚀ SpaceBEE 9	Swarm Technologies	Low Earth	Communications	16 December 2021[154]	Successful
← 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
4 January 09:27	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA
		CAPER-2	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral research	4 January	Successful
		Apogee: 774 kilometres (481 mi)
13 January 09:13	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Andøya		NASA
		G-CHASER	University of Colorado	Suborbital	Student payloads	13 January	Successful
		Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi)
22 January	Silver Sparrow ?			F-15 Eagle, Israel		IAF
			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	Missile test target	22 January	Successful
		Arrow III target, successfully intercepted
22 January	Arrow III			Negev		IAF
			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	Flight test	22 January	Successful
		Successful intercept, Apogee: ~200 kilometres (120 mi)
23 January 15:05[155]	New Shepard		NS-10	Corn Ranch		Blue Origin
		Crew Capsule 2.0	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	23 January	Successful
		Tenth test flight of the New Shepard development program, fourth one with the current vehicle.[156]
6 February 07:01	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-04		US Air Force
		FTU-1	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	6 February	Successful
6 February 08:31	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	6 February	Successful
12 February	PDV-II			ITR IC-4		DRDO
		ASAT	DRDO	Suborbital	Satellite intercept	12 February	Launch failure
		First attempt of Mission Shakhti (ASAT Test with Microsat-R as target)[157]
22 February 16:54	SpaceShipTwo		VF-01	White Knight Two, from Mojave Spaceport		Virgin Galactic
		VSS Unity	Virgin Galactic	Suborbital	Test flight	22 February	Successful
		Second crewed sub-orbital high altitude flight of SpaceShipTwo with three crew members on board, pilot David Mackay, co-pilot Mike Masucci and chief trainer Beth Moses, Apogee: 89.9 kilometres (55.9 mi)
2 March 17:45	SARGE			Spaceport America, New Mexico		Exos Aerospace
		SARGE M1	Exos Aerospace	Suborbital	Microgravity Research	2 March	Partial failure
		Second launch of the SARGE suborbital launch vehicle, it carried several small research payloads and was intended to reach a peak altitude of 80 kilometers, but winds kept the rocket from achieving its planned altitude, it reached only an apogee of 20 kilometres (12 mi)[158]
25 March 17:20	ICBM-T2			Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site		MDA
		FTG-11 target	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	25 March	Successful
		Ballistic missile target for interception
25 March 17:30	GBI-OBV			Vandenberg Air Force Base		MDA
		FTG-11 Interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	25 March	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor
25 March 17:31	GBI-OBV			Vandenberg Air Force Base		MDA
		FTG-11 Interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	25 March	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor
27 March 05:40	PDV-II			ITR IC-4		DRDO
		ASAT	DRDO	Suborbital	Satellite intercept	27 March	Successful
		Mission Shakhti (ASAT Test with Microsat-R as target), Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi), satellite successfully destroyed
5 April 22:14	Black Brant XIA			Andøya		NASA
		AZURE 1	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	5 April	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
5 April 22:16	Black Brant XIA			Andøya		NASA
		AZURE 2	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	5 April	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)
11 April 16:51	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		CLASP-2	NASA / NAOJ / JAXA / IAC / IAS	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	11 April	Successful
		Apogee: 274 kilometres (170 mi)
21 April	Traveler IV			Spaceport America, New Mexico		USC Rocket Propulsion Lab
		Flight test	–	Suborbital	Flight test	21 April	Successful
		First suborbital flight by a student team.[159] Apogee: 104 kilometres (65 mi)
22 April 23:28[160]	Tianxing 1		Y1			Space Transportation
			Space Transportation	Suborbital	Flight test	22 April	Successful
		Test flight of the Tianxing 1 suborbital spaceplane.
23 April	Terrier Malemute			Pacific Missile Range Facility		NNSA
		HOT SHOT 2	NNSA	Suborbital	Technology experiments	23 April	Successful
		Apogee: ~320 kilometres (200 mi)?
24 April	Terrier Malemute			Pacific Missile Range Facility		NNSA
		HOT SHOT 3	NNSA	Suborbital	Technology experiments	24 April	Successful
		Apogee: ~320 kilometres (200 mi)?
1 May 09:42	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-10		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	1 May	Successful
2 May[161] 13:35	New Shepard		NS-11	Corn Ranch		Blue Origin
		Crew Capsule 2.0	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	2 May	Successful
		Took 38 research payloads into space
3 May 20:45	Momo 3			Taiki Aerospace Research Field		Interstellar Technologies
			Kochi University of Technology	Suborbital	Infrasound propagation measurement	3 May	Successful
		Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi)[162]
9 May 07:40	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-09		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	9 May	Successful
9 May	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740), ETR		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	9 May	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) 29
10 May	SM-3-IB			USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), Hebrides Range		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 May	Successful
		FS-19 E4, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
23 May	Shaheen-II			Sonmiani		ASFC
			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	23 May	Successful
13 June 02:21	VSB-30?			Esrange		DLR / SSC
		ATEK/MAPHEUS-8	DLR	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	13 June	Successful
		Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi)
19 June 11:28	Black Brant IX			Kwajalein Atoll		NASA
		TooWINDY 1	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	19 June	Successful
		Apogee: 373 kilometres (232 mi)[163]
19 June 11:33	Black Brant IX			Kwajalein Atoll		NASA
		TooWINDY 2	NASA	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	19 June	Successful
		Apogee: 412 kilometres (256 mi)
20 June 09:38	Terrier-Improved Orion			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		RockOn	University of Colorado	Suborbital	Student payloads	20 June	Successful
		Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi)[164]
24 June 06:52	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch
		MASER-14	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	24 June	Successful
		apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi)
29 June 18:00	SARGE			Spaceport America, New Mexico		Exos Aerospace
		SARGE M1	Exos Aerospace	Suborbital	Microgravity Research	29 June	Launch failure
		Third launch of the SARGE suborbital launch vehicle, it carried several small research payloads for nine clients. The flight failed seconds after launch. However, the rocket was recovered.[165]