Orbital launches in 2006
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites
* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered
Launch sites:
| Baikonur | 17 |
| Cape Canaveral | 10 |
| Vandenberg | 6 |
| Odyssey | 5 |
| Kourou | 5 |
| Plesetsk | 5 |
| Tanegashima | 4 |
| Xichang | 3 |
| Others | 12 |
Launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-19 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 551 | New Horizons | success |
| 2006-01-24 | Tanegashima | H-2A 2022 | ALOS | success |
| 2006-02-15 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | EchoStar 10 | success |
| 2006-02-18 | Tanegashima | H-2A 2024 | MTSAT-2 | success |
| 2006-02-21 | Kagoshima | M-5 | Astro F (Akari) | success |
| 2006-02-28 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Arabsat 4A | pfailure |
| 2006-03-11 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Hotbird 7A/SpainSat/V170 | success |
| 2006-03-22 | Vandenberg | Pegasus XL | SpaceTech 5 | success |
| 2006-03-24 | Kwajalein | Falcon 1 Merlin A | Falconsat 2 | failure |
| 2006-03-30 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA-8 | success |
| 2006-04-12 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | JCSAT 9 | success |
| 2006-04-15 | Vandenberg | Minotaur 1 | Formosat 3A-F | success |
| 2006-04-20 | Cape Canaveral | Atlas V 411 | Astra 1KR | success |
| 2006-04-24 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-56 | success |
| 2006-04-25 | Svobodny | Start 1 | EROS-B | success |
| 2006-04-26 | Taiyuan | CZ-4B | Yaogan 1 | success |
| 2006-04-28 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7420 | CALIPSO/Cloudsat | success |
| 2006-05-03 | Plesetsk | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2420 | success |
| 2006-05-24 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 4M 4,2 | GOES-N | success |
| 2006-05-26 | Barents | Shtil' | Kompas-2 | success |
| 2006-05-27 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Satmex 6/Thaicom 5 | success |
| 2006-06-15 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Resurs DK-1 | success |
| 2006-06-17 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2M | KazSat | success |
| 2006-06-18 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | Galaxy 16 | success |
| 2006-06-21 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | MITEX A/B | success |
| 2006-06-24 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-57 | success |
| 2006-06-25 | Baikonur | Tsyklon 2 11K69 | Kosmos 2421 | success |
| 2006-06-28 | Vandenberg | Delta 4M 4,2 | Trumpet 4 (USA 184, NROL 22, SBIRS HEO-1, TWINS A) | success |
| 2006-07-04 | Tonghae | Unha 1 | Test | failure |
| 2006-07-04 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Discovery F32 / MPLM 1-04 (Leonardo F4) | success |
| 2006-07-10 | Sriharikota | GSLV | Insat 4C | failure |
| 2006-07-12 | Dombarovsky | Dnepr | Genesis 1 | success |
| 2006-07-21 | Plesetsk | Molniya-M | Kosmos 2422 (Oko) | success |
| 2006-07-26 | Baikonur | Dnepr | BelKA + microsats | failure |
| 2006-07-28 | Plesetsk | Rokot Briz KM | Kompsat 2 | success |
| 2006-08-04 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | HotBird 8 | success |
| 2006-08-11 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Syracuse3B/JCSAT10/V172 | success |
| 2006-08-22 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | Koreasat 5 | success |
| 2006-09-09 | Jiuquan | CZ-2C | Shijian 8 | success |
| 2006-09-09 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Atlantis F27 / ITS-P3/4 | success |
| 2006-09-11 | Tanegashima | H-2A 202 | IGS-3A | success |
| 2006-09-12 | Xichang | CZ-3A | Feng Huo 1B (Zhongxing 22A, ChinaSat 22A) | success |
| 2006-09-14 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Kosmos 2423 | success |
| 2006-09-18 | Baikonur | Soyuz-FG 11A511U-FG | Soyuz TMA-9 | success |
| 2006-09-22 | Kagoshima | M-5 | SOLAR-B (Hinode) | success |
| 2006-09-25 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | GPS-2RM 2 (Navstar 52, USA 190) | success |
| 2006-10-13 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTB9S/OptusD1/V173 | success |
| 2006-10-19 | Baikonur | Soyuz 2 1a/Fregat | METOP A (ST16) | success |
| 2006-10-23 | Baikonur | Soyuz-U 11A511U | Progress M-58 | success |
| 2006-10-23 | Taiyuan | CZ-4B | Shijian 6-02 | success |
| 2006-10-26 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | STEREO A, B | success |
| 2006-10-28 | Xichang | CZ-3B | Xinnuo-2 (Sinosat-2) | success |
| 2006-10-30 | Odyssey | Zenit 3SL DMSL | XM-4 | success |
| 2006-11-04 | Vandenberg | Delta 4M base | DMSP-17 | success |
| 2006-11-08 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Arabsat 4B (Badr 4) | success |
| 2006-11-17 | Cape Canaveral | Delta 2 7925 | GPS-2RM 3 (Navstar 58, USA 192) | success |
| 2006-12-08 | Xichang | CZ-3A | Fengyun 2D | success |
| 2006-12-08 | Kourou | Ariane 5 ECA | Wildblue 1 / AMC 18 | success |
| 2006-12-10 | Cape Canaveral | Space Shuttle | Discovery F33 / ITS-P5 / MAA / FCal / MEPSI 2A / M | success |
| 2006-12-11 | Baikonur | Proton M/Briz M | Measat 3 | success |
| 2006-12-14 | Vandenberg | Delta 2 7920 | NROL 21 (USA 193) | success |
| 2006-12-16 | Wallops Island | Minotaur 1 | Tacsat 2 | success |
| 2006-12-18 | Tanegashima | H-2A 204 | ETS-8 | success |
| 2006-12-19 | Plesetsk | Kosmos-3M 11K65M | SAR-Lupe 1 | success |
| 2006-12-24 | Plesetsk | Soyuz 2 1a/Fregat | Meridian 1 (11L) | success |
| 2006-12-25 | Baikonur | Proton K/DM-2 | Kosmos 2424 / 2425 / 2426 (Uragan-M #6 / #7 / #8, GLONASS-M #715 / #716 / #717) | success |
| 2006-12-27 | Baikonur | Soyuz 2 1b/Fregat | COROT (ST17) | success |