List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2018

This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2018. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2018 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2018, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2018. For launches in 2019, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 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
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → July
9 July 03:56	Long March 2C / SMA		2CSMA-Y3[1]	Jiuquan LC-43/94		CASC
		PRSS-1	SUPARCO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		PakTES-1A	SUPARCO	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
9 July 20:58	Long March 3A		3A-Y27[2]	Xichang LA-2		CASC
		BeiDou IGSO-7	CNSA	IGSO	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Last flight of Long March 3A launch vehicle.
9 July 21:51:34	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-09 / 70P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	25 January 2019	Successful
		Fastest rendezvous with the ISS, with a new two-orbit procedure taking less than four hours.[3]
22 July 05:50	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-058	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Telstar 19V	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
25 July 11:25:01	Ariane 5 ES		VA244	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		[[File::European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]] Galileo FOC 19, 20, 21, 22	ESA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Third Galileo launch with Ariane 5 (10th overall), carrying Tara, Samuel, Anna, and Ellen. Last flight of Ariane 5 ES variant; further Galileo launches will be carried by Ariane 6.
25 July 11:39:26	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-059	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		Iridium NEXT 56-65	Iridium	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
29 July 01:48	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y49[2]	Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M5	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M6	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
31 July 03:00	Long March 4B		4B-Y37[4]	Taiyuan LC-9		CASC
		Gaofen 11	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → August
7 August 05:18	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-060	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Telkom 4 / Merah Putih[5]	Telkom Indonesia	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
12 August 07:31	Delta IV Heavy		D-380	Cape Canaveral SLC-37B		ULA
		Parker Solar Probe	NASA	Heliocentric	Heliophysics	In orbit	Operational
		Heliophysics observation mission planned to make in situ studies of the Sun's outer corona at a perihelion distance of 8.5 solar radii (5.9 million kilometers) – the closest any spacecraft will come to the Sun to date.
22 August 21:20:09	Vega		VV12	Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		ADM-Aeolus	ESA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	27 July 2023[6]	Successful
24 August 23:52	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y50[2]	Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M11	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M12	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → September
7 September 03:15	Long March 2C		2C-Y48[1]	Taiyuan LC-9		CAST
		HaiYang 1C	CAST	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
10 September 04:45	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-061	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Telstar 18V	Telesat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
15 September 13:02	Delta II 7420		D-381	Vandenberg SLC-2W		ULA
		ICESat-2	NASA	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ELFIN × 2 (ELFIN, ELFIN-STAR)	UCLA	Low Earth	Magnetospheric research	ELFIN A: 17 September 2022[7] ELFIN B: 30 September 2022[8]	Successful
		⚀ DAVE (CP-7)	Cal Poly	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	12 February 2023[9]	Successful
		⚀ SurfSat	UCF	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	27 January 2023[10]	Successful
		Last flight of the Delta II series; final flight of the Thor rocket family.
16 September 16:37	PSLV-CA		C42[11]	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		SSTL S1-4	SSTL	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		NovaSAR-S	SSTL / British Government	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
19 September 14:07[12]	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y51[2]	Xichang LC-3		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M13	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M14	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
22 September 17:52:27	H-IIB		F7[13]	Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		HTV-7	JAXA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	10 November 2018	Successful
		⚀ SPATIUM-I[14]	Kyushu Institute of Technology / Nanyang Technological University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 September 2021[15]	Successful[16]
		⚀ RSP-00	Ryman Sat Project	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 March 2021[17]	Spacecraft failure[18][19]
		⚀ STARS-Me (Tenryū)	Shizuoka University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	26 June 2021	Successful[20]
		SPATIUM-1, RSP-00, and STARS-Me were carried by HTV-7 to be deployed into orbit from the International Space Station. They were deployed on 6 October 2018.
25 September 22:38	Ariane 5 ECA		VA243	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38[21]	Azercosmos / Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		/ Horizons-3e	Intelsat / JSAT	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Hundredth Ariane 5 mission.[22] Flight VA243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11.[23]
29 September 04:13	Kuaizhou 1A		F2	Jiuquan LS-95A		CASIC
		Centispace-1-S1[24]	Beijing Future Navigation Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → October
8 October 02:21	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-062	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		SAOCOM 1A[25][26]	CONAE	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		First RTLS at Vandenberg
9 October 02:43	Long March 2C / YZ-1S		2C-Y38[1]	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Yaogan 32 A	CAS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		Yaogan 32 B	CAS	Low Earth	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
		First flight of the Yuanzheng-1S upper stage variant
11 October 08:40	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-10 / 56S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 57/58	11 October 2018	Launch failure
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts. Launch failure, astronauts landed safely in Soyuz capsule.
15 October 04:23	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Y52[2]	Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M15	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M16	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
17 October 04:15	Atlas V 551		AV-073	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		AEHF-4[27] (USA-288)[28]	U.S. Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
20 October 01:45	Ariane 5 ECA		VA245	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		[[File::European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]] BepiColombo	ESA / JAXA	Mercurian orbit	Mercury probes	In orbit	En route
		Third and final cornerstone mission of the Horizon 2000+ programme. Joint ESA / JAXA Mercury mission consisting of two orbiters, the ESA Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the JAXA Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter)
24 October 22:57[29]	Long March 4B		4B-Y34[30]	Taiyuan LC-9		CAST
		HaiYang 2B	CAST	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
25 October 00:15[31]	Soyuz-2.1b			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		Lotos-S1 №3 / Kosmos 2528	VKS	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Operational
27 October 08:00[32]	Zhuque-1			Jiuquan (mobile launcher)		LandSpace
		⚀ Weilai 1 / Future 1 (CCTV)	China Central Television[33]	Low Earth (SSO)	Space science / remote sensing	27 October 2018	Launch failure[32]
		Maiden flight of the Zhuque-1 solid-propellant rocket[34]
29 October 00:43[35]	Long March 2C		2C-Y22[1]	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		/ CFOSAT	CNSA / CNES	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Xiaoxiang-1 (2)[36]	LaserFleet	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration (laser communications)	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Zhaojin-1 (Tongchuan-1)[36]	Tsinghua University	Low Earth (SSO)	Gamma ray detector (gravitational wave research)	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Tianfuguoxing-1 (Xinghe)[36]	Guoxing Yuhang (ADA Space)	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration (remote sensing)	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Changshagaoxin[36]	Changsha City	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CubeBel-1 (BSUSat-1)[36]	Belarusian State University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
29 October 04:08[37]	H-IIA 202		F40[13]	Tanegashima LA-Y1		MHI
		GOSAT-2 (Ibuki 2)	JAXA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		KhalifaSat	EIAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ AUTcube2	Aichi University of Technology	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		/ Diwata-2b	DOST / TU	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Stars-AO	Shizuoka University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Ten-Koh[38]	Kyushu Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Magnetosphere observation / Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → November
1 November 15:57[39]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y41[2]	Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-3 G1Q	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
3 November 20:17[40]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Plesetsk Site 43/4		RVSN RF
		GLONASS-M 757 / Kosmos 2529	VKS	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
7 November 00:47:27[41]	Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-M		VS19	Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		MetOp-C	Eumetsat	Low Earth (SSO)	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
11 November 03:50[42]	Electron		"It's Business Time"[43]	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		⚀ Cicero 10	GeoOptics	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ IRVINE01	Irvine CubeSat STEM Program	Low Earth	Education	3 February 2023[44]	Successful
		⚀ Lemur-2-82	Spire Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	5 October 2023[45]	Successful
		⚀ Lemur-2-83	Spire Global	Low Earth	Earth observation	6 September 2023[46]	Successful
		⚀ NABEO	HPS GmbH	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	10 November 2023[47]	Successful
		⚀ Proxima 1	Fleet Space Technologies	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Proxima 2	Fleet Space Technologies	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
14 November 11:38[48]	GSLV Mk III		D2[49]	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		GSAT-29	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Second orbital flight of GSLV Mk III
15 November 20:46[50]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-063	Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		Es'hail 2[51]	Es'hailSat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
16 November 18:14:08[52]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-10 / 71P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	4 June 2019	Successful
		Return to flight of the Soyuz-FG variant involved in the Soyuz MS-10 launch failure.[53]
17 November 09:01:22[54]	Antares 230			MARS LP-0A		Northrop Grumman
		Cygnus NG-10 SS John Young	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	25 February 2019	Successful
		⚀ CHEFSat-2	NRL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 July 2022[55]	Successful
		⚀ KickSat-2	Cornell University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	2 April 2019[56]	Successful
		⚀ MySat-1	Masdar Institute of Science and Technology	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	16 December 2022[57]	Successful
		⚀ SEOPS-Quantum Radar-1 (CONFIRM?)	SEOPS, LLC	Low Earth	Education	September 2023	Successful
		⚀ SEOPS-Quantum Radar-2 (CONFIRM?)	SEOPS, LLC	Low Earth	Education	September 2023	Successful
		Largest number of satellites launched on a single rocket (108). Cygnus NG-10, CHEFSat 2, Kicksat 2, 104 Sprite Chipsats (deployed from Kicksat 2), MYSAT 1. CubeSats were carried aboard Cygnus and deployed into orbit after the departure of Cygnus from ISS.[58] KickSat-2 carried 105 Sprite "ChipSats" which were successfully deployed into a rapidly decaying orbit on 17 March 2019.[59]
18 November 18:00[60]	Long March 3B / YZ-1		3B-Yxx[2]	Xichang		CASC
		BeiDou-3 M17	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		BeiDou-3 M18	CNSA	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
19 November 23:40[61]	Long March 2D		2D-Y28[1]	Jiuquan SLS-2 (LC34)		CASC
		Jiading-1 (OKW-1)[62]	Shanghai OK Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Shiyan 6-01[63]	CAST	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Tianping-1A[64]	CAST	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Tianping-1B[64]	CAST	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		Tianzhi-1[65]	Chinese Academy of Sciences	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
21 November 01:42:31[66]	Vega		VV13	Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		Mohammed VI-B	Morocco	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
29 November 04:27:30[67]	PSLV-CA		C43[11]	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		HySIS	ISRO	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		BlackSky Global 1	Spaceflight Industries	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ 3Cat-1	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CASE (Kepler-1)	Kepler Communications	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	23 February 2023[68]	Successful
		⚀ Centauri 1[69]	Fleet Space Technologies	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CICERO-8	GeoOptics Inc.	Low Earth	Meteorology	23 May 2023[70]	Successful
		⚀ FACSAT-1	Colombian Air Force	Low Earth	Earth observation	3 June 2023[71]	Successful
		⚀ (Flock 3r) × 16	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Hiber-1	Hiber Global	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	24 February 2023[72]	Spacecraft failure[73]
		⚀ HSAT 1	Harris Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	1 November 2022[74]	Successful
		⚀ InnoSat 2	Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	9 December 2022[75]	Successful
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 4	Spire Global Satellite	Low Earth	Earth observation	First: 13 January 2023 Last: 20 February 2023[76]	Successful
		⚀ Reaktor Hello World	Reaktor Radio Actives Ry	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	22 October 2023[77]	Successful
30 November 02:27[78]	Rokot / Briz-KM			Plesetsk Site 133/3		RVSN RF
		Strela-3M 16–18 / Kosmos 2530–2532[79]	VKS	Low Earth	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → December
3 December 11:31[80]	Soyuz-FG			Baikonur Site 1/5		Roscosmos
		Soyuz MS-11 / 57S	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 58/59	25 June 2019 02:47	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts
3 December 18:34[81]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-064	Vandenberg SLC-4E		SpaceX
		SSO-A / SHERPA 65 small satellites[82]	Spaceflight Industries	Low Earth (SSO)	Satellite dispenser	In orbit	Successful
		BlackSky Global 2[83]	Spaceflight Industries	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Capella 1 (Denali)[83]	Capella Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation (radar)	25 January 2023[84]	Successful
		ESEO[83]	ALMASpace	Low Earth (SSO)	Education	In orbit	Successful[85]
		Eu:CROPIS[83]	DLR	Low Earth (SSO)	Life sciences	In orbit	Partial failure[86]
		eXCITe[87] + SeeMe constellation	DARPA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration (satlets)
		FalconSat 6[87]	U.S. Air Force Academy	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		ICEYE X2	ICEYE	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation (radar)
		SkySat 14, 15	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		STPSat 5[83]	USAF STP	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Aistechsat 2[83]	Aistech	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ Astrocast 0.1[83]	Astrocast	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Audacy Zero[83]	Audacy	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ BlackHawk[83]	ViaSat	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ BRIO[83]	SpaceQuest, Ltd., Myriota	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Centauri 2[69]	Fleet Space Technologies	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	20 March 2023[88]	Successful
		⚀ CSIM-FD[83]	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth (SSO)	Heliophysics
		⚀ Eaglet 1[83]	OHB Italia	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ Enoch[83]	LACMA	Low Earth (SSO)	Space art	21 December 2021[89]	Successful
		⚀ Elysium Star 2[83]	Elysium Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space burial
		⚀ ExseedSat 1[83]	Exseed	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio
		⚀ Flock-3s 1–3[83]	Planet Labs	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ Fox 1C[83]	AMSAT, VPI, Vanderbilt University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Hawk 1–3[83]	HawkEye 360	Low Earth (SSO)	SIGINT, traffic monitoring[90]
		⚀ Hiber-2[83]	Hiber Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Spacecraft failure[73]
		⚀ ICE-Cap[83]	US Navy PEO Space Systems	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ ITASAT-1[91]	ITA	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ IRVINE02[92]	Irvine CubeSat STEM Program	Low Earth (SSO)	Education
		⚀ JY1-Sat[83]	Jordanian universities	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio
		⚀ K2SAT[83]	KAIST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ KazSTSAT[93]	Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary, Astrium	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ KazSciSat[94]	Institute of space technique and technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ Al-Farabi 2	KazGU	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ KNACKSAT[83]	KMUTNB	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Landmapper-BC 4	Astro Digital	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ MinXSS 2[83]	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth (SSO)	Heliophysics
		⚀ MOVE II[83]	TUM	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ NEXTSat 1[83]	KAIST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Orbital Reflector[83]	Nevada Museum of Art	Low Earth (SSO)	Art
		⚀ OrbWeaver 1, 2[83]	Tethers Unlimited, Inc., DARPA	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ ORS 7A, 7B (Polar Scout 1, 2)[95]	USCG, DHS	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications
		⚀ PW-Sat 2[83]	Warsaw University of Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ RAAF M1[83]	Australian Defence Force Academy	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ RANGE A, B[83]	Georgia Institute of Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ ROSE 1[83]	Phase Four	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ SeaHawk 1[83]	University of North Carolina	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ Sirion Pathfinder 2[83]	Sirion Global	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ SNUGLITE[83]	Seoul National University	Low Earth (SSO)	Amateur radio, Technology demonstration
		⚀ SNUSAT 2[83]	Seoul National University	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ SpaceBEE 5–7[83]	Swarm Technologies	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications
		⚀ SPAWAR-CAL O, R, OR[83]	United States Navy	Low Earth (SSO)	Calibration
		⚀ Suomi-100[83]	Aalto University	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ THEA[83]	SpaceQuest, Ltd., Aurora Insight	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ VESTA[83]	exactEarth	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ VisionCube[83]	Korea Aerospace University	Low Earth (SSO)	Thermospheric research
		⚀ WeissSat 1[83]	The Weiss School	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		The SSO-A "dedicated rideshare" mission delivered 64 small payloads with custom-made dispensers.[87][82]
4 December 20:37[96]	Ariane 5 ECA		VA246	Kourou ELA-3		Arianespace
		GSAT-11	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		GEO-KOMPSAT-2A	KARI	Geosynchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
5 December 18:16[97]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-065	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		SpaceX CRS-16	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics	14 January 2019	Successful
		Delphini 1	AU	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	14 March 2021[98]	Successful[99]
		TechEdSat 8	SJSU, UIdaho, NASA	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	20 April 2020[100]	Successful
		CAT 1, 2[101]	APL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	13 April 2021[102][103]	Successful
		UNITE	USI	Low Earth	Ionospheric science	21 October 2021[104]	Successful[105]
		First stage tumbled during descent, and did not make it to Landing Zone 1. It achieved a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean.[97][106] CubeSat payloads were carried in the CRS-16, and deployed into orbit from the ISS on 31 January 2019.[107]
7 December 04:12[108]	Long March 2D		2D-Y38[1]	Jiuquan SLS-2 (LC-34/pad 94)		CASC
		SaudiSat 5A[1]	KACST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		SaudiSat 5B	KACST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		TY/DF-1	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		TFSTAR (Douyu-666)	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Xinjiang Jiaotong 01 (TY3-01)	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Piao Chong (Ladybeetle) 1-7	CAST	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications, IoT	In orbit	Operational
7 December 18:24[109]	Long March 3B/E		3B-Y30[30]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		Chang'e 4	CNSA	Selenocentric	Lunar lander	In orbit	Operational
		China's second lunar lander (back-up to Chang'e 3), and the first spacecraft to attempt a soft landing on the far side of the Moon.[110]
16 December 06:33[111]	Electron		"This One's For Pickering"	Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		⚀ ALBus	NASA Glenn Research Center	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CeREs[112]	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Low Earth	Earth observation	14 December 2022[113]	Successful
		⚀ CHOMPTT	NASA, UFL, Stanford University, KACST	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ CubeSail 1	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ DaVinci	North Idaho STEM Charter Academy	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	9 February 2023[114]	Successful
		⚀ ISX	Cal Poly[115]	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ NMTSat	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ RSat-P	U.S. Naval Academy	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ SHFT-2 (Goergen)	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	29 November 2022[116]	Successful
		⚀ Shields-1	NASA Langley Research Center	Highly elliptical	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ STF-1	NASA's Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, WVU, WVSGC	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ TOMSat Eagle Scout	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ TOMSat R³ (AeroCube 11)	The Aerospace Corporation	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Launch for NASA's Venture Class Launch Services program (VCLS-1), including ELaNa payloads.
19 December 10:40[117]	GSLV Mk II		F11[118]	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		GSAT-7A	Indian Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
19 December 16:37:14[119]	Soyuz ST-A / Fregat-M		VS20	Kourou ELS		Arianespace
		CSO 1	French Armed Forces	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance	In orbit	Operational
21 December 00:20[120]	Proton-M / Briz-M			Baikonur		RVSN RF
		Blagovest-13L (Kosmos 2533)	VKS	Geosynchronous	Communications (military)	In orbit	Operational
21 December 23:51[121]	Long March 11		Y5[122]	Jiuquan LS-95A		CASC
		Hongyun 1	CASIC	Low Earth (SSO)	Communications (test)	In orbit	Operational
		First test flight for the planned Hongyun constellation of 156 broadband communications satellites.[123]
23 December 13:51[124]	Falcon 9 Block 5		F9-066	Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		GPS IIIA-01 (USA-289) Vespucci	U.S. Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Operational
		Named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.[125]
24 December 16:53[126]	Long March 3C/E		3C-Y17[2]	Xichang LC-2		CASC
		TJSW-3	CNSA	Geosynchronous	Communications test (probably ELINT)	In orbit	Operational
27 December 02:07[127]	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S[128]		Roscosmos
		Kanopus-V No.5	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Kanopus-V No.6	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		GRUS [ja]-1	Axelspace [ja]	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ ZACube-2	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lume-1	University of Vigo	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Lemur-2 × 8	Spire Global	Low Earth	Maritime tracking / Atmospheric	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ D-Star ONE iSat	iSky Technology	Low Earth	Aircraft tracking	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ D-Star ONE Sparrow	German Orbital Systems	Low Earth	Technology demonstration / Amateur radio	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ UWE-4	University of Würzburg	Low Earth	Technology demonstration	In orbit	Operational
		⚀ Flock-3k × 12	Planet Labs	Low Earth	Earth observation	In orbit	Operational
		Three Israeli payloads, SAMSON-1,2,3, were planned but they missed the deadline and were replaced with mass simulator payloads.[129]
29 December 08:00[130]	Long March 2D / YZ-3		2D-Y35[1]	Jiuquan SLS-2		CASC
		Hongyan 1	CAST	Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Yunhai-2 01-06[131]	CAST	Low Earth	Meteorology	In orbit	Operational
		First test flight for the planned Hongyan constellation of 320 M2M communications satellites.[132]

Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
18 July 15:11	New Shepard			Corn Ranch		Blue Origin
		Crew Capsule 2.0	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	18 July	Successful
		9th flight, the Crew Capsule 2.0-1 RSS H.G.Wells carrying a mannequin and various experiments from NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Purdue University, Otto von Guericke University and Olympiaspace in Germany. Both booster and capsule are flight proven. Successful test of the in-flight abort system at high altitude, Apogee: ~119 kilometres (74 mi), duration 11 minutes.[133]
20 July 22:00	Astra (Rocket 1)			Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska		Astra Space
			Astra Space	Suborbital	Flight test	20 July	Launch failure[134]
23 July 06:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA
		Micro-X	NU	Suborbital	XR Astronomy	23 July	Successful
		The detector worked as anticipated during the flight but the pointing system was unable to lock onto the target Cassiopeia A, apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
31 July 11:38	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	31 July	Launch failure[135]
14 August 10:13	Terrier–Improved Malemute			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		RockSat-X	NASA	Suborbital	Student experiments	14 August	Successful
		Apogee: 146 kilometres (91 mi)[136]
25 August 18:15?	SARGE			Spaceport America, New Mexico		Exos Aerospace
		SARGE Pathfinder	Exos Aerospace	Suborbital	Test flight	25 August	Partial launch failure
		⚀ SKISAT	SKI	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	25 August	Partial launch failure
		A GPS receiver on the rocket stopped providing data during the rocket's ascent. That triggered an automatic shutdown of the rocket's engine 38 seconds after liftoff, versus a planned duration of 62 to 65 seconds. The rocket reached a peak altitude of 28 kilometers, rather than the planned 80 kilometers[137]
5 September 05:00	Hyperbola-1Z (Shian Quxian 1Z)			Jiuquan		i-Space
		⚀ Three CubeSats[138]	Two companies[138]	Suborbital	Flight test	5 September	Successful
		Apogee: 108 kilometres (67 mi)
7 September 13:30	Black Brant IX			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		ASPIRE-3	NASA	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	7 September	Successful
		Tested Mars 2020's parachute
7 September 17:21	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA
		FOXSI	UMN	Suborbital	Solar research	7 September	Successful
		Apogee: 304 kilometres (189 mi)
12 September 08:37	MRBM		JFTM-5 E2	Pacific Missile Range Facility		MDA
			JMSDF/MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	12 September	Successful
		Apogee: 150 km (93 mi)?, intercepted by SM-3-IB
12 September 08:40	RIM-161 Standard Missile 3-IB		JFTM-5 E2	JS Atago, Pacific Ocean		JMSDF
			JMSDF	Suborbital	ABM test	12 September	Successful
		Apogee: 150 km (93 mi)?, intercepted target
12 September 14:33	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace
		FOP-5 (ADEPT, SFEM-3, AFTS)	NASA	Suborbital	Three technology experiments	12 September	Successful
		Mission SL-12, Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)[139]
17 September 14:09	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace
		FOP-6, Celestis 15	NASA	Suborbital	Technology experiments	17 September	Successful
		Mission SL-11, Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi)
27 September 12:15	Nucleus			Andøya		Andøya
		Nammo Nucleus	Nammo	Suborbital	Technology experiments	27 September	Successful
		Apogee: 107 kilometres (66 mi)[140]
29 September	Traveler III			Black Rock Desert		USC Rocket Propulsion Lab
		Flight test		Suborbital	Flight test	29 September	Partial
		No data received after a miscomunication resulted in the avionics and recovery system being unarmed. Vehicle otherwise operated as intended and is approximated to have reached space.
8 October	Ghauri			Tilla		Army of Pakistan
		Haft-5	Army of Pakistan	Suborbital	Missile test	8 October	Successful
		Apogee: 400 kilometres (250 mi) ?
11 October 11:00?	DF-11?			Jiuquan		PLARF
			PLARF	Suborbital	Missile test	11 October	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi) ?
11 October	R-29RMU Sineva			Russian submarine, Barents Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	11 October	Successful
11 October	R-29RMU Sineva			Russian submarine, Barents Sea		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	11 October	Successful
11 October	R-29R Volna			Russian submarine, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	11 October	Successful
11 October	R-29R Volna			Russian submarine, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF
			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	11 October	Successful
26 October	MRBM			Pacific Missile Range Facility		MDA
		FTM-45 Target	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	26 October	Successful
		Ballistic missile target for interception
26 October	SM-3 Block IIA			USS John Finn, Kauai		US Navy
		FTM-45 Interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	26 October	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor, successful intercept[141]
7 November 07:01	Minuteman-III			Vandenberg Air Force Base		US Air Force
			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	7 November	Successful
28 November 07:00	KSLV-2 Pilot Vehicle			Naro Space Center		KARI
		Boilerplate	KARI	Suborbital	Test flight	28 November	Successful
		Apogee: 209 kilometres (130 mi)
29 November	Astra (Test Flight 2)			Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska		Astra Space
			Astra Space	Suborbital	Flight test	29 November	Launch failure[142]
30 November	Khorramshahr			Semnan		AFIRI
			AFIRI	Suborbital	Missile test	30 November	Successful
7 December 11:06	Black Brant X			Ny-Ålesund		NASA
		VISIONS-2 1	GSFC	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	7 December	Successful
		Apogee: 805 kilometres (500 mi)
7 December 11:08	Black Brant X			Ny-Ålesund		NASA
		VISIONS-2 2	GSFC	Suborbital	Ionosphere research	7 December	Successful
		Apogee: 600 kilometres (370 mi)
8 December 08:26	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA
		TRICE-2-High	UoI	Suborbital	Electrodynamics	8 December	Successful
		Apogee: 1,042 kilometres (647 mi)
8 December 08:28	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA
		TRICE-2-Low	UoI	Suborbital	Electrodynamics	8 December	Successful
		Apogee: 756 kilometres (470 mi)
9 December 15:43	VS-30			Alcântara		AEB
		PSR-01	INPE	Suborbital	Test	9 December	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (75 mi)?
10 December	IRBM-T1			C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA
		FTI-03 Target	MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	10 December	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)
10 December	SM-3 Block IIA			Pacific Missile Range Facility		US Navy
		FTI-03 Interceptor	MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	10 December	Successful
		Ballistic missile interceptor, successful intercept[143]
10 December 08:00	Agni V			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV		DRDO
			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	10 December	Successful
		Apogee: ~800 kilometres (500 mi)
10 December	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN
			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 December	Launch failure[144]
13 December 16:00	SpaceShipTwo		VP-03	White Knight Two, from Mojave Spaceport		Virgin Galactic
		VSS Unity	Virgin Galactic	Suborbital	Test flight	13 December	Successful
		First crewed sub-orbital high altitude flight of SpaceShipTwo with two astronauts (Mark P. Stucky and Frederick W. Sturckow), Apogee: 82.7 kilometres (51.4 mi). Not considered a spaceflight under FAI rules, but recognized as a spaceflight under U.S. law.
18 December 07:46	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		DEUCE 2	University of Colorado	Suborbital	Astronomy	18 December	Successful
		Apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)
26 December 09:59	UR-100NU			Yasniy		RVSN
		Avangard	RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 December	Successful[145]
		Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test, Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)?