List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2018
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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
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
| Remarks | ||||||||
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 | ||||
 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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | 15 July 2025[88] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Centauri 2[69] |
Fleet Space Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | 20 March 2023[89] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ CSIM-FD[83] |
University of Colorado Boulder | Low Earth (SSO) | Heliophysics | 9 August 2025[90] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Eaglet 1[83] |
OHB Italia | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ Enoch[83] |
LACMA | Low Earth (SSO) | Space art | 21 December 2021[91] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Elysium Star 2[83] |
Elysium Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Space burial | Lower: 6 December 2024[92] | Operational (1 of 2) | |||
| ⚀ ExseedSat 1[83] |
Exseed | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
| ⚀ Flock-3s 1–3[83] |
Planet Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | First: 19 June 2025[93] Last: 13 December 2025[94] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Fox 1C[83] |
AMSAT, VPI, Vanderbilt University | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ Hawk 1–3[83] |
HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT, traffic monitoring[95] | |||||
| ⚀ Hiber-2[83] |
Hiber Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | 29 January 2026[96] | Spacecraft failure[73] | |||
| ⚀ ICE-Cap[83] |
US Navy PEO Space Systems | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
⚀  ITASAT-1[97] |
ITA | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ IRVINE02[98] |
Irvine CubeSat STEM Program | Low Earth (SSO) | Education | 16 February 2026[99] | Successful | |||
⚀  JY1-Sat[83] |
Jordanian universities | Low Earth (SSO) | Amateur radio | |||||
⚀  K2SAT[83] |
KAIST | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | |||||
| ⚀ KazSTSAT[100] |
Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary, Astrium | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ KazSciSat[101] |
Institute of space technique and technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | |||||
| ⚀ Al-Farabi 2 |
KazGU | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | 7 May 2026[102] | Successful | |||
⚀  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 | 18 July 2025[103] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ 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 | OW 1: 9 September 2024[104] OW 2: 6 October 2024[105] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ ORS 7A, 7B (Polar Scout 1, 2)[106] |
USCG, DHS | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | |||||
⚀  PW-Sat 2[83] |
Warsaw University of Technology | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | 23 February 2021[107] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ 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 | First: 27 February 2024[108] Last: 8 March 2026[109] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ 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 | 8 January 2026[110] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ 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[111] |
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[112] |
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[113] | Successful[114] | |||
| TechEdSat 8 |
SJSU, UIdaho, NASA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 20 April 2020[115] | Successful | |||
| CAT 1, 2[116] |
APL | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 13 April 2021[117][118] | Successful | |||
| UNITE |
USI | Low Earth | Ionospheric science | 21 October 2021[119] | Successful[120] | |||
| First stage tumbled during descent, and did not make it to Landing Zone 1. It achieved a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean.[112][121] CubeSat payloads were carried in the CRS-16, and deployed into orbit from the ISS on 31 January 2019.[122] | ||||||||
| 7 December 04:12[123] |
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[124] |
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.[125] | ||||||||
| 16 December 06:33[126] |
Electron |
"This One's For Pickering" | Mahia LC-1A |
Rocket Lab | ||||
| ⚀ ALBus |
NASA Glenn Research Center | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | Unidentified | Successful | |||
| ⚀ CeREs[127] |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Low Earth | Earth observation | 14 December 2022[128] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ CHOMPTT |
NASA, UFL, Stanford University, KACST | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 13 May 2024[129] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ CubeSail 1 |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 2 July 2024[130] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ DaVinci |
North Idaho STEM Charter Academy | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 9 February 2023[131] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ ISX |
Cal Poly[132] | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 18 May 2024[133] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ NMTSat |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 1 November 2023[134] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ RSat-P |
U.S. Naval Academy | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | Unidentified | Successful | |||
| ⚀ SHFT-2 (Goergen) |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 29 November 2022[135] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Shields-1 |
NASA Langley Research Center | Highly elliptical | Technology demonstration | 12 February 2026[136] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ STF-1 |
NASA's Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, WVU, WVSGC | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 21 February 2024[137] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ TOMSat Eagle Scout |
The Aerospace Corporation | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 10 February 2024[138] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ TOMSat R³ (AeroCube 11) |
The Aerospace Corporation | Low Earth | Earth observation | 3 January 2024[139] | Successful | |||
| Launch for NASA's Venture Class Launch Services program (VCLS-1), including ELaNa payloads. | ||||||||
| 19 December 10:40[140] |
GSLV Mk II |
F11[141] | Satish Dhawan SLP |
ISRO | ||||
| GSAT-7A |
Indian Air Force | Geosynchronous | Communications (military) | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 19 December 16:37:14[142] |
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[143] |
Proton-M / Briz-M |
Baikonur |
RVSN RF | |||||
| Blagovest-13L (Kosmos 2533) |
VKS | Geosynchronous | Communications (military) | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 21 December 23:51[144] |
Long March 11 |
Y5[145] | 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.[146] | ||||||||
| 23 December 13:51[147] |
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.[148] | ||||||||
| 24 December 16:53[149] |
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[150] |
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M |
Vostochny Site 1S[151] |
Roscosmos | |||||
| Kanopus-V №5 |
Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Kanopus-V №6 |
Roscosmos | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| GRUS-1 |
Axelspace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  ZACube-2 |
Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 24 April 2024[152] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Lume-1 |
University of Vigo | Low Earth | Communications | 14 February 2024[153] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Lemur-2 × 8 |
Spire Global | Low Earth | Maritime tracking / Atmospheric | First: 11 January 2025[154] Last: 13 May 2025[155] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ 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 | First: 29 December 2022[156] Last: 28 February 2023[157] | Successful | |||
| Three Israeli payloads, SAMSON-1,2,3, were planned but they missed the deadline and were replaced with mass simulator payloads.[158] | ||||||||
| 29 December 08:00[159] |
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[160] |
CAST | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | |||
| First test flight for the planned Hongyan constellation of 320 M2M communications satellites.[161] | ||||||||
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.[162] | |||||||
| 20 July 22:00 |
Astra (Rocket 1) |
Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska |
Astra Space | ||||
| Astra Space | Suborbital | Flight test | 20 July | Launch failure[163] | |||
| 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[164] | |||
| 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)[165] | |||||||
| 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[166] | |||||||
| 5 September 05:00 |
Hyperbola-1Z (Shian Quxian 1Z) |
Jiuquan |
i-Space | ||||
| ⚀ Three CubeSats[167] |
Two companies[167] | 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)[168] | |||||||
| 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)[169] | |||||||
| 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[170] | |||||||
| 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[171] | |||
| 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[172] | |||||||
| 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[173] | |||
| 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[174] | ||
| Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test, Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)? | |||||||
