List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2019

This is a list of orbital and suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2019. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2019 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2019, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2019. For launches in 2020, see 2020 in spaceflight.

Orbital launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July
5 July 05:41[1]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Meteor-M №2-2	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational[2]
		CarboNIX	Exolaunch	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		DoT-1	SSTL	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		ICEYE X4	ICEYE	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		ICEYE X5	ICEYE	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ AmurSat	Amur State University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BeeSat × 4 (10-13)	Technische Universität Berlin	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BeeSat 9	Technische Universität Berlin	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ D-Star One EXOCONNECT	German Orbital Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational[2]
		⚀ D-Star One LightSat	German Orbital Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ El Camino Real[3]	Momentus Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[4]
		⚀ JAISAT 1	RAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 8	Spire Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lucky-7	SkyFox Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ MOVE-2b[5]	TUM	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational[2]
		⚀ MTCube (ROBUSTA 1C)	University of Montpellier	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ NSLSat 1	NSLComm	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SEAM 2.0	KTH / AAC Clyde Space / GomSpace / Kayser Italia	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SONATE	University of Würzburg	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Sokrat	Moscow State University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ TTÜ101	Tallinn University of Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ UTE-Ecuador	Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ VDNH-80	Moscow State University / VDNKh	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
10 July 17:14[6][7][8]	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2535	VKS	Low Earth	Satellite inspection	In orbit	Operational[9]
		Kosmos 2536	VKS	Low Earth	Satellite inspection	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2537	VKS	Low Earth	Radar calibration	7 October 2023[10]	Successful
		Kosmos 2538	VKS	Low Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Operational
11 July 01:53:03[11]	Vega		VV15	Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		Falcon Eye 1 (fr)[12]	UAE Armed Forces	Low Earth	IMINT (Reconnaissance)	11 July	Launch failure
		Possibly an ignition failure of the second stage.[11] Later investigation findings showed the failure mostly traced into a structural failure on the second stage's forward dome resulting from higher temperatures.[13]
13 July 12:30:57[14]	Proton-M / DM-03			Baikonur Site 81/24		Roscosmos
		Spektr-RG[15]	IKI RAN Max Planck Institute	Sun–Earth L2, halo orbit	X-ray astronomy	In orbit	Operational[16]
		Russian–German high-energy astrophysics space observatory. Launching to L2.
20 July 16:28:20[17]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-13 / 59S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 60/61	6 February 2020	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.[18]
22 July 09:13[19]	GSLV Mk III		M1	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Chandrayaan-2	ISRO	Selenocentric	Lunar orbiter	In orbit	Operational
		Vikram	ISRO	Selenocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Landing Failure
		Pragyan	ISRO	Selenocentric	Lunar rover	In orbit	Landing Failure
		Chandrayaan-2 Mission.The lander crashed on the lunar surface and broke into pieces during powered descent. The Orbiter remains operational.[20]
25 July 05:00[21]	Hyperbola-1			Jiuquan LS-95A		i-Space
		⚀ CAS-7B[22]	CAMSAT	Low Earth	Amateur radio	6 August[23]	Successful
		⚀ Demonstration payload[24]	CAMSAT	Low Earth	Technology demonstration, boilerplate	26 July[25]	Successful
		Maiden flight of Hyperbola-1.[26][27]
25 July 22:01:56[28]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-073	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-18	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	27 August	Successful
		⚀ RFTSat	Northwest Nazarene University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ NARSSCube-2	NARSS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ORCA-1	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		RFTSat, NARSSCube-2, and ORCA are carried in CRS-18 to ISS.[29][30] They were placed in SlingShot Deployer on Cygnus NG-11 hatch bulkhead.[31] They were deployed into orbit by SlingShot Deployer on 7 August 2019 after the departure of Cygnus NG-11 from the ISS. The upper stage has introduced a Grey Band on this mission.
26 July 03:57[32]	Long March 2C		2C-Y37[33]	Xichang LC-3[33]		CASC
		Yaogan 30-05 01	CAS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 30-05 02	CAS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 30-05 03	CAS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Grid fins located on the interstage of the rocket are being used to test first stage landing zone control and recovery technologies.[34][35]
30 July 05:56[36]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Meridian 8 (18L)	VKS	Molniya	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
31 July 12:10:46[37]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-12 / 73P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	29 November	Successful
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August
5 August 21:56[38]	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur Site 81/24		RVSN RF
		Blagovest-14L	VKS	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
		Fourth Blagovest satellite launch, completing the initial Blagovest satellite constellation.[38]
6 August 19:30[39]	Ariane 5 ECA		VA249	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		EDRS-C[40] / HYLAS-3	ESA / Avanti	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Intelsat 39	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
6 August 23:23[41]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-074	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		AMOS 17[42][43]	Spacecom	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		The launch was free of charge for Spacecom as compensation for AMOS-6's destruction on 1 September 2016. The booster, B1047, was expended.
8 August 10:13[44]	Atlas V 551		AV-084	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		USA-292 (AEHF-5) [45]	U.S. Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ TDO-1[44]	U.S. Air Force	Highly elliptical	Space debris tracking	30 December 2022[46]	Successful
17 August 04:11[47]	Jielong 1			Jiuquan LS-95A		CALT
		Tianqi-2[48]	Guodian Gaoke	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Qian Sheng-1 01 (QS1-01)[48][49][50]	Qian Sheng Exploration	Low Earth	Earth observation, communications	In orbit	Operational
		Xingshidai-5[51]	ADASpace[52]	Low Earth	Remote sensing	In orbit	Operational
		Maiden flight of Jielong 1 (also known as Smart Dragon 1). First launch for the Qian Sheng satellite constellation.
19 August 12:03[53]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y58[54]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		Chinasat 18[55]	China Satcom	Intended: Geosynchronous Actual: GTO	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Spacecraft apparently failed to deploy solar panels after stage separation. It remains inoperable in geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).[56][57] The satellite has been declared as total loss by the Chinese government.
19 August 12:12[58]	Electron		"Look Ma, No Hands"[59]	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		BlackSky Global 4	BlackSky Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ BRO 1[60]	UnseenLabs	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Pearl White × 2[61]	Air Force Space Command	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
22 August 03:38:31[62]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-14 / 60S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Test flight / ISS logistics	6 September 21:32[63]	Successful
		Uncrewed flight to certify Soyuz-2.1a for crew transport missions[64][65][66] with FEDOR (Skybot F-850) robot on board. First docking attempt on 24 August was aborted due to an issue on ISS, second attempt on 27 August was successful. Delivered Mini-EUSO telescope to ISS.
22 August 13:06[67]	Delta IV M+ (4,2)U		D-384	Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		ULA
		GPS IIIA-02 Magellan	U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Last flight of the Delta IV "single stick" M+ series (Delta IV Heavy will continue flying). Named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.[68]
29 August (ground test)[69]	Safir-1B[70]			Semnan LP-1		ISA
		Nahid 1[71]	Iranian Space Research Center	Low Earth	Communications	N/A	Rocket destroyed prior to launch[72]
		Rocket apparently exploded on the launch pad.[73] According to the Iranian Ministry of ICT, the Nahid 1 satellite had yet to be delivered to the launch site.[72]
30 August 14:00[74]	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		RVSN RF
		Geo-IK-2 No.3 (Musson-2)	VKS	Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Operational
30 August 23:41[75]	Kuaizhou 1A		Y10[76]	Jiuquan LS-95A		ExPace
		Taiji-1 (KX-09)[77][78]	CAS	Low Earth (SSO)	Microgravity science Gravitational-wave astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Xiaoxiang 1-07[75]	Tianyi Research Institute	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September
12 September 03:26[79]	Long March 4B		4B-Y39[80]	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Ziyuan I-02D	PLA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Ice Pathfinder (BNU-1)[81]	Beijing Normal University	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Taurus 1 (Jinniuzuo-1)	Shanghai Aerospace Science and Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
19 September 06:42[82]	Long March 11		Y8[83]	Jiuquan LS-95A		CASC
		Zhuhai-1 OHS 3A–3D[84]	Zhuhai Orbita Control Engineering	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Zhuhai-1 OVS 3A[85]	Zhuhai Orbita Control Engineering	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
22 September 21:10[86]	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y65[87]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M23 (Beidou-47)[88]	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M24 (Beidou-48)[88]	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
24 September 16:05[89]	H-IIB			Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		HTV-8	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	3 November 02:09[90]	Successful
		⚀ NARSSCube-1	NARSS	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	20 December 2021[91]	Successful
		⚀ AQT-D	University of Tokyo	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	20 April 2022[92]	Successful
		⚀ RWASAT-1	Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	27 April 2022[93]	Successful
		The first launch attempt on 10 September, 21:33 UTC, was postponed due to a fire on the launch pad. NARSSCube-1, AQT-D, and RWASAT-1 were carried to ISS inside HTV-8 for later deployment into orbit from the ISS. RWASAT-1 was Rwanda's first satellite.[94] The satellites were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 20 November 2019.
25 September 00:54[95]	Long March 2D		2D-Y43[33]	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Yunhai-1 02	SAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Spacecraft damaged; operational status uncertain
		Struck by a piece of space debris on 18 March 2021, eighteen months after launch. 37 associated pieces of debris have being tracked from the collision. The source of the debris was a piece of the Zenit-2 rocket that launched Tselina-2 in 1996. The satellite appears to have survived the encounter, though its operational status remains uncertain.[96]
25 September 13:57:43[97]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-15 / 61S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 61/62	17 April 2020 05:16	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts. Last flight of Soyuz-FG and last launch from Baikonur Site 1 ("Gagarin's Start"); replaced by Soyuz-2.1a launching from Site 31 for crewed missions starting with Soyuz MS-16 in April 2020.
26 September 07:46[98]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		EKS-3 (Tundra 13L)[99]	VKS	Molniya	Early warning	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October
4 October 18:51[100]	Long March 4C		4C-Y33	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Gaofen 10R	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Replacement for the Gaofen 10 satellite lost on 31 August 2016.
9 October 10:17[101]	Proton-M / Briz-M P4			Baikonur Site 200/39		ILS
		Eutelsat 5 West B	Eutelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		MEV-1	Northrop Grumman	Geosynchronous	Satellite servicing	In orbit	Operational
		MEV-1 successfully rendezvoused with Intelsat 901 on 25 February 2020.[102] MEV-1 will extend Intelsat 901's operational life by five years through in-orbit station-keeping.[103]
11 October 02:00[104]	Pegasus-XL		F44	Stargazer, CCAFS Skid Strip		Northrop Grumman
		ICON	NASA	Low Earth	Ionospheric research	In orbit	Operational
17 October 01:22[105]	Electron		"As The Crow Flies"[106]	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		⚀ Palisade[107]	Astro Digital	Low Earth (Polar)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
17 October 15:21[108]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y57	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		TJS-4	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications SIGINT	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November
2 November 13:59:47[109]	Antares 230+			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-12 S.S. Alan Bean	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	17 March 2020 23:00	Successful
		STPSat 4[110]	USAF STP	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	4 October 2022[111]	Successful
		⚀ AeroCube 14 (IMPACT) × 2[112]	NRO	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14A: 4 February 2023[113] 14B: 8 February 2023[114]	Successful
		⚀ AeroCube 15 (Rogue) × 2[112]	U.S. Air Force	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	15A: 7 February 2023[115] 15B: 10 February 2023[116]	Successful
		⚀ Argus-02	Saint Louis University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	6 May 2022[117]	Successful
		⚀ HARP[118]	UM	Low Earth	Technology demonstration Atmospheric research	4 April 2022[119]	Successful
		⚀ HuskySat-1	University of Washington	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	12 Apr 2023[120]	Successful
		⚀ Orbital Factory 2[121]	University of Texas	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	20 March 2023[122]	Successful
		⚀ Phoenix	Arizona State University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	12 June 2022	Successful
		⚀ RadSat-u	Montana State University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	30 April 2022[123]	Successful
		⚀ SOCRATES	University of Minnesota	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	2022	Successful
		⚀ SwampSat II	University of Florida	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	19 October 2021[124]	Successful
		First CRS-2 mission for Cygnus. The ELaNa 25A mission launched on this resupply flight.[125] STPSat-4 was deployed into orbit from ISS on 29 January 2020.[126] AeroCube 14 × 2, AeroCube 15 × 2, HuskySat-1, SwampSat-II, and Orbital Factory 2 were deployed into orbit from Cygnus NG-12 after it departed from the ISS.[127][128] RadSat-U, Phoenix, SOCRATES, HARP, and Argus-02 were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 19 February 2020.[129]
3 November 03:22:39[130][131]	Long March 4B		4B-Y38	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Gaofen 7[132]	Ministry of Natural Resources	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Huangpu-1 (Jingzhi-1)[133]	SAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (SRSS-1)	Sudan	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Xiaoxiang 1-08 / Tianyi 15 / Dianfeng	Tianyi Research Institute	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	25 April 2023[134]	Successful
		Xiaoxiang 1-08 carries the first propulsion system in space using solid iodine as propellant (cold gas thruster) developed by a French start-up.[135] Test of grid fins towards development of reusable boosters for Long March 8. SRSS-1, Sudan's first satellite developed and built by Chinese satellite manufacturer, Shenzhen Aerospace Oriental Red Sea Satellite Co., was launched as a rideshare on this mission.[136][137]
4 November 17:43[138]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y61[87]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		BeiDou-3 I3Q	CNSA	IGSO	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
11 November 14:56[139]	Falcon 9 Block 5		Starlink V1.0-L1	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Starlink × 60	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		First operational Starlink mission, launching the first 60 Starlink v1.0 satellites. The booster was flown for the 4th time. First launch of Starlink Group 1 Satellites.
13 November 03:40[140]	Kuaizhou 1A		Y11	Jiuquan LS-95A		ExPace
		Jilin-1 Gaofen-02A[76]	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
13 November 06:35[141][142]	Long March 6		Y4	Taiyuan LC-16		CASC
		Ningxia-1 (Zhongzi) × 5[143]	Ningxia Jingui Information Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
17 November 10:00[144]	Kuaizhou 1A		Y7[76]	Jiuquan LS-95A		ExPace
		KL-Alpha A[145]	KLEO Connect	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		KL-Alpha B[145]	KLEO Connect	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		The two satellites are part of an international cooperative commercial project between the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and KLEO Connect.[146][147] KL-Alpha A and B are the first commercial satellites built by a Chinese satellite construction organization for a foreign company.[148]
23 November 00:55[149]	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y66[150]	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M21	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M22	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
25 November 17:52[8]	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Kosmos 2542	Ministry of Defence	Low Earth (SSO)	Satellite inspection[151]	24 October 2023 10:07[152]	Successful
		Kosmos 2543	Ministry of Defence	Low Earth (SSO)	Satellite inspection[153] ASAT test	In orbit	Operational
		Kosmos 2542, the main satellite, deployed a small inspector sub-satellite, Kosmos 2543, on 6 December.[153][154] Kosmos 2543 deployed an even smaller sub-satellite at a high velocity on 15 July 2020, an event that U.S. military officials characterized as a test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon.[155]
26 November 21:23[156]	Ariane 5 ECA		VA250	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Inmarsat-5 F5 (GX5)[157][158]	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		TIBA 1[159]	Egypt	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
27 November 03:58[160][161]	PSLV-XL		C47[162]	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		Cartosat-3	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Flock-4p × 12[163]	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Meshbed[164]	Analytical Space Inc.	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	2 May 2023[165]	Successful
27 November 23:52[166][167]	Long March 4C		4C-Y24	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Gaofen 12	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December
5 December 17:29[168]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-076	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-19	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	7 January 2020	Successful
		⚀ AzTechSat-1[169]	UPAEP / NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	10 December 2021	Successful
		⚀ CIRiS[170]	USU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 March 2023[171]	Successful
		⚀ CryoCube 1[172]	NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 November 2021	Successful
		⚀ EdgeCube[173]	SSU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	25 October 2022[174]	Successful
		⚀ MakerSat-1[175][176]	NNU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	29 October 2022[177]	Successful
		⚀ MiniCarb (CNGB)[178]	LLNL / GSFC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ORCA-2[179]	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ORCA-8[179]	DARPA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	8 August 2022	Successful
		⚀ QARMAN[180][181]	Von Karman Institute	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	6 February 2022	Successful
		⚀ SORTIE[182]	ASTRA LLC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	18 September 2022[183]	Successful
		⚀ VPM[184]	AFRL	Low Earth	Magnetospheric research	29 September 2022[185][186]	Successful
		The ELaNa 25B and 28 missions were launched on this resupply flight.[125] EdgeCube, CIRiS, MakerSat-1, VPM, ORCA-2, ORCA-8 and MiniCarb were deployed from Cygnus NG-12 after its departure from the ISS.[127][187] AzTechSat-1, CryoCube 1, SORTIE, and QARMAN were deployed from the ISS on 19 February 2020.[129]
6 December 08:18[188]	Electron		"Running Out Of Fingers"	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		ALE-2	Astro Live Experiences	Low Earth (SSO)	Artificial meteor shower	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[189]
		▫  ATL 1	BME	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	11 October 2020[190]	Successful
		▫  FossaSat 1	Fossa Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	28 October 2020	Successful
		▫  NOOR 1A (Unicorn 2B)[191]	Stara Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	29 December 2020[192]	Successful
		▫  NOOR 1B (Unicorn 2C)[191]	Stara Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	7 April 2020[193]	Successful[194]
		▫  SMOG-P	BME University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	28 September 2020[195]	Successful
		▫  TRSI Sat	ACME AtronOmatic	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	9 October 2020[196]	Successful
		Launched ALE-2 and six PocketQubes forming Alba Cluster 2 for Alba Orbital.[197] Tested reusability technologies on the first stage following stage separation and reentry.[198]
6 December 09:34:11[199]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-13 / 74P[200]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	8 July 2020	Successful
7 December 02:55[201]	Kuaizhou 1A		Y2	Taiyuan Mobile Launch Platform		ExPace
		Jilin-1 Gaofen-02B	Chang Guang Satellite Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
7 December 08:52[201]	Kuaizhou 1A		Y12	Taiyuan LC-16		ExPace
		HEAD-2A[202]	HEAD Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	AIS ship tracking	In orbit	Operational
		HEAD-2B[202]	HEAD Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	AIS ship tracking	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianqi-4A[203]	Guodian Gaoke	Low Earth (SSO)	IoT	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianqi-4B[203]	Guodian Gaoke	Low Earth (SSO)	IoT	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianyi 16	Spacety Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianyi 17	Spacety Aerospace	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
11 December 08:54:48[204]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/3		RVSN RF
		GLONASS-M 759	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
11 December 09:55[205][206]	PSLV-QL		C48	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		RISAT-2BR1[207]	ISRO	Low Earth	Earth observation Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Izanagi (QPS-SAR 1)[208]	iQPS	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ 1HOPSAT TD[209]	Hera Systems	Low Earth	Earth observation Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Duchifat-3[210]	Herzliya Science Center	Low Earth	Earth observation Education	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 4	Spire Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ NANOVA / COMMTRAIL (Tyvak 92)[211][212]	Elbit Systems	Low Earth	Search and rescue	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Pathfinder Risk Reduction (Tyvak 129)[213]	Tyvak	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		50th PSLV launch.
16 December 07:22[214]	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y67	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M19	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M20	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
17 December 00:10[215]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-077	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		JCSAT-18 / Kacific 1[216]	JSAT / Kacific	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
18 December 08:54:20[217]	Soyuz ST-A / Fregat-M		VS23	Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		CHEOPS[218]	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Space telescope Exoplanetary science	In orbit	Operational
		COSMO-SkyMed (CSG) 1	ASI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation (radar)	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ANGELS[219]	CNES	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ EyeSat[220]	CNES	Low Earth (SSO)	Astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ OPS-SAT	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
20 December 03:22:29[221][222]	Long March 4B		4B-Y44	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		CBERS 4A / Ziyuan I-04A[223]	CASC / INPE	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		ETRSS-1[224]	ESSTI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Gemini-1 01 (Yuheng)	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Gemini-1 02 (Shuntian)	NUDT	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Tianqin 1[225]	Sun Yat-sen University	Low Earth (SSO)	Gravitational-wave astronomy	In orbit	Operational
		Tianyan 01 / Yizheng-1	Jiangsu Satellite Technology Services	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Weilai 1R / Future 1R[226]	China Central Television	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ FloripaSat-1[227]	UFSC	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianyan 02 / Xingshidai-8	ADASpace	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		ETRSS-1 is the first Ethiopian satellite, which was developed in collaboration between Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute and China Academy of Space Technology, with $6 million pledged by China to provide grant and training covering the satellite's $8 million development cost.[228]
20 December 11:36:43[229]	Atlas V N22		AV-080	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		Starliner Boe-OFT	Boeing / NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Flight test / ISS logistics	22 December 2019 12:58	Spacecraft anomaly, recovered successfully
		Boeing Orbital Flight Test of CST-100 Starliner as part of Commercial Crew Development program.[230] Approach to ISS aborted after achieving orbit due to error in Mission-Elapsed Timer on the spacecraft, resulting in an anomalous orbital injection.[231] Spacecraft landed at White Sands Missile Range on 22 December 2019 after two days in space.[232]
24 December 12:03[233]	Proton-M / DM-03			Baikonur Site 81/24		Roscosmos
		Elektro-L No.3	Roscosmos	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
26 December 23:11:57[234][235]	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		RVSN RF
		Gonets-M 14	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Gonets-M 15	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Gonets-M 16	Gonets Satellite System	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		BLITS-M	Roscosmos	Low Earth	Laser ranging	10 April 2020[236]	Payload separation failure
		Final flight of Rokot. BLITS-M failed to separate from the upper stage.[237]
27 December 12:45[238][239]	Long March 5		Y3[240]	Wenchang LC-1		CASC
		Shijian 20	CAST	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Long March 5 return-to-flight mission following the July 2017 launch failure.

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Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
2 July 11:00[241]	Orion Abort Test Booster			Cape Canaveral SLC-46		NASA
		Orion Ascent Abort-2	NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	2 July	Successful
		In-flight abort test under the highest aerodynamic loads. A specific booster repurposed from a LGM-118 Peacekeeper missile was used in this mission.[242][243]
24 July	Shahab-3			Iran		IRGC
			IRGC	Suborbital	Missile test	24 July	Successful
		Apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)
26 July	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 July	Successful
26 July ?	eMRBM ?			C-17, Pacific Ocean ?		MDA
		FTA-01	MDA	Suborbital	Arrow III target	26 July ?	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), the FTA-01 exercise saw three US Missile Defense Agency medium range targets of undisclosed type launched from an undisclosed location on undisclosed dates in July, all intercepted by Israeli Arrow 3 interceptors launched from Kodiak, Alaska.[244]
26 July ?	Arrow III			Kodiak		IAF / MDA
		FTA-01	MDA/IDF	Suborbital	ABM test	26 July ?	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 July ?	eMRBM ?			C-17, Pacific Ocean ?		MDA
		FTA-01	MDA	Suborbital	Arrow III target	26 July ?	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
26 July ?	Arrow III			Kodiak		IAF / MDA
		FTA-01	MDA/IDF	Suborbital	ABM test	26 July ?	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
26 July ?	eMRBM ?			C-17, Pacific Ocean ?		MDA
		FTA-01	MDA	Suborbital	Arrow III target	26 July ?	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
26 July ?	Arrow III			Kodiak		IAF / MDA
		FTA-01	MDA/IDF	Suborbital	ABM test	26 July ?	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
27 July 07:20	Momo 4			Taiki Aerospace Research Field		Interstellar Technologies
			Kochi University of Technology	Suborbital	Infrasound propagation measurement	27 July	Launch failure
		The rocket suffered an early engine shutdown and only reached 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) altitude.
11 August 06:07	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		SISTINE	University of Colorado	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	11 August	Successful
		Apogee: 259 km (161 mi).
12 August 09:44	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		RockSat-X	NASA	Suborbital	Student experiments	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: 154 kilometres (96 mi)
24 August	R-29RMU Sineva			K-114 Tula, near North Pole		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	24 August	Successful
24 August	RSM-56 Bulava			K-535 Yury Dolgorukiy, Barents Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	24 August	Successful
30 August	eMRBM ?		FTT-23	C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA
			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	30 August	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successfully intercepted
30 August	THAAD		FTT-23	Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site		US Army
			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	30 August	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
4 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 September	Successful
		Commander Evaluation Test (CET)
4 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	4 September	Successful
		Commander Evaluation Test (CET)
6 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 September	Successful
		Commander Evaluation Test (CET)
6 September	UGM-133 Trident II			USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	6 September	Successful
		Commander Evaluation Test (CET)
18 September 09:30 ?	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
			DoD	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	18 September	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
30 September 18:04	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		ESIS	Montana State University	Suborbital	Solar research	30 September	Successful
		Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
30 September	RS-12M Topol			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 September	Successful
1 October[245] 10:00	Pukguksong-3			Yonghung Bay, Kangwon Province		Korean People's Army
			Korean People's Army	Suborbital	Missile test	1 October	Successful
		Apogee: 910 kilometres (570 mi).
2 October 08:13	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base LF-10		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	2 October	Successful
7 October 15:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		DUST	GSFC	Suborbital	Physics	7 October	Successful
		Apogee: 338 kilometres (210 mi)
17 October[246]	Black Dagger			Fort Wingate		SMDC
			SMDC	Suborbital	Missile test	17 October	Successful
17 October	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	17 October	Successful
17 October	R-29RMU Sineva			K-18 Karelia, Barents Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	17 October	Successful
17 October	R-29R Volna			K-44 Ryazan, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	17 October	Successful
25 October 00:00	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		SubTec-8	NASA	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	25 October	Successful
		Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
26 October 17:42	SARGE			Spaceport America, New Mexico		Exos Aerospace
		SARGE M1	Exos Aerospace	Suborbital	Microgravity Research	26 October	Launch failure
		Fourth launch of the SARGE suborbital launch vehicle, it carried several small research payloads. The rocket lost control of attitude seconds after launch. Several pieces of debris felt back to the ground, and the rocket body crashed near the launch pad nearly three and a half minutes after liftoff. The rocket reached a peak altitude of about 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi), far short of the planned altitude of at least 80 kilometres (50 mi).[247]
28 October 04:30	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		FORTIS-4	JHU	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	28 October	Successful
		Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi). Payload: Experimental FORTIS (Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy) telescope and Next-Generation Microshutter Array (NGMSA). Studied the way gas is being ejected by supernovae from galaxy M33. The goal is to understand matter recycling between stellar generations of the galaxy. Experiment was successful.[248]
30 October 14:57	RSM-56 Bulava			K-549 Knyaz Vladimir, White Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
4 November 14:15	Starliner launch abort engines			White Sands Missile Range		Boeing
		Starliner	Boeing	Suborbital	Emergency escape systems test; pad-abort test	4 November	Successful
		Apogee: 1,349 meters (4,426 ft)
15 November 09:35	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch
		TEXUS-56	DLR / ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	15 November	Successful
		Apogee: 256 kilometres (159 mi)
16 November 14:02	Agni II			Integrated Test Range		Indian Army / DRDO
			Indian Army/DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	16 November	Successful
22 November 15:19	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace
		FOP-7, ADS-B experiment	NASA	Suborbital	Technology experiments	22 November	Successful
		Mission SL-14, Apogee: 92 kilometres (57 mi)[249]
26 November 07:43	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Ny-Ålesund		NASA
		ICI-5	NASA/Oslo/Andøya	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	26 November	Partial failure
		Apogee: 253 kilometres (157 mi), the rocket experienced a roll rate anomaly, precluding the instruments from functioning as intended.[250]
28 November	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 November	Successful
30 November 13:50	Agni-III			ITR IC-4		Indian Army
			Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	30 November	Launch failure[251]
		The maiden night trial of the Agni-III was conducted. The missile reportedly started diverging from its planned flight trajectory after traveling a distance of 115 kilometers. This caused the mission control to subsequently abort the flight. A manufacturing defect is thought to be the potential cause of the failure.
10 December 09:30	Black Brant IX			Ny-Ålesund		NASA
		CHI	Clemson	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	10 December	Successful
		Apogee: 360 kilometres (220 mi)
11 December 17:53[252]	New Shepard		NS-12	Corn Ranch		Blue Origin
		Crew Capsule 2.0	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight/Payload delivery	11 December	Successful
		Postcards	Club For The Future	Suborbital	Education	11 December	Successful
		Peak altitude 104.5 kilometers. Took a number of research and educational payloads to space. Sixth flight for the propulsion module+capsule combination. Both the propulsion module and capsule landed successfully. A Croatian postcard was the first payload from Croatia to be sent into space.
12 December 16:30[253]	IRBM			Vandenberg Air Force Base TP-01		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	12 December	Successful
23 December 00:50[254]	Tianxing 1		Y2			Space Transportation
			Space Transportation	Suborbital	Flight test	23 December	Successful
		Test flight of the Tianxing 1 suborbital spaceplane.