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Last update:  2025-03-30
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Orbital launches in 2020

Launches:

Total: 114Success: 104Partial failure: 0Failure: 10
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites

* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered

Launches by countries

Countries:


United States
 
44
China
 
39
Russia
 
15
Europe
 
7
Japan
 
4
Iran
 
2
India
 
2
Israel
 
1
Total114
Rockets:


Falcon 925
Soyuz 215
CZ-3B8
CZ-2D7
Electron7
Atlas V5
CZ-4B5
Kuaizhou 1A3
Ariane 53
H-2A3
CZ-2C3
CZ-113
Others27
Launch sites:


Cape Canaveral30
Xichang13
Jiuquan13
Taiyuan7
Kourou7
Ahuriri Point7
Baikonur7
Plesetsk7
Wenchang5
Tanegashima4
Wallops Island3
Others11
Launches:

DateSiteRocketPayloadOutcome
2020-01-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L2success
2020-01-07XichangCZ-3B G2TJSW 5success
2020-01-15TaiyuanCZ-2D Jilin-1 Kuanfu-1 / ÑuSat 7 / 8 / Tianqi 5success
2020-01-16JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Yinhe-1 (GS-SparkSat-03)success
2020-01-16KourouAriane 5 ECAEutelsat KONNECT / GSAT-30success
2020-01-29Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L3success
2020-01-31Ahuriri PointElectron USA 294 (NROL 151)success
2020-02-06BaikonurSoyuz 2 1b/FregatOneWeb L2success
2020-02-09TanegashimaH-2A 202IGS Optical 7success
2020-02-09SemnanSimorgh Zafar 1failure
The early stages of the launch were nominal and the vehicle reached a 540 km apogee, close to its planned orbital altitude, but final velocity fell about 1,000 m/s short of orbital velocity.
2020-02-09Cape CanaveralAtlas V 411Solar Orbitersuccess
2020-02-15Wallops IslandAntares 230+Cygnus NG-13success
2020-02-17Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L4success
B1056 booster missed its landing spot on the drone ship during its return.
2020-02-18KourouAriane 5 ECAJCSat 17 / GEO-KOMPSAT 2Bsuccess
2020-02-20XichangCZ-2D XJS C / D / E / Fsuccess
2020-02-20PlesetskSoyuz 2 1a/Fregat-MMeridian 9 (19L)success
2020-03-06Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-20success
2020-03-09XichangCZ-3B G2Beidou-3 G2success
2020-03-16WenchangCZ-7A XJY-6failure
3rd stage failure.
2020-03-16PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/Fregat MKosmos 2545 (Uragan-M #51, GLONASS-M #760)success
2020-03-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L5success
B1048 booster couldn't be recovered due to an early shutdown of one engine.
2020-03-21BaikonurSoyuz 2 1b/FregatOneWeb L3success
2020-03-24XichangCZ-2C Yaogan 30 Group 6success
2020-03-26Cape CanaveralAtlas V 551AEHF 6success
2020-04-09BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aSoyuz MS-16success
2020-04-09XichangCZ-3B G2Palapa-N1failure
3rd stage failure.
2020-04-22ShahrudQased Noor 1success
2020-04-22Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L6success
B1051 landed on OSCILY
2020-04-25BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-14success
2020-05-05WenchangCZ-5B XZF / RCSsuccess
2020-05-11JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Xingyun 2-01 / 2-02success
2020-05-17Cape CanaveralAtlas V 501X-37B OTV-6 (USSF 7)success
2020-05-20TanegashimaH-2B 304HTV-9success
2020-05-22PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/FregatKosmos 2546 (EKS 4, Tundra 4)success
2020-05-25MojaveLauncherOne Starshine 4 / Intern-Satfailure
2020-05-29XichangCZ-11 XJS-G / XJS-Hsuccess
2020-05-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon DM-2success
2020-05-31JiuquanCZ-2D Gaofen 9-02/Hede 4success
2020-06-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L7success
First stage B1049.5 landed JRTI. First "fifth" landing.
2020-06-10TaiyuanCZ-2C Haiyang 1Dsuccess
2020-06-13Ahuriri PointElectron multiplesuccess
2020-06-13Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L8 / 3xSkysatsuccess
2020-06-17JiuquanCZ-2D Gaofen 9-03/Hede 5success
2020-06-23XichangCZ-3B G2Beidou-3 G3success
2020-06-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5GPS-3 3success
2020-07-03TaiyuanCZ-4B Gaofen DuoMo / Baiyu-02success
2020-07-04Ahuriri PointElectron CE-SAT-1B / Dovesats / Faraday 1failure
2020-07-04JiuquanCZ-2D Shiyan 6-02success
2020-07-06PalmachimShavit 2 Ofeq 16success
2020-07-09XichangCZ-3B G2APStar 6Dsuccess
2020-07-10JiuquanKuaizhou 11 Jilin-1 Gaofen-02E / CentiSpace-1 S2failure
2020-07-15Wallops IslandMinotaur 4NROL 129 (USA 305/306/307/308)success
2020-07-19TanegashimaH-2A 202Al Amalsuccess
2020-07-20Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5ANASIS 2success
2020-07-23WenchangCZ-5 Tianwen-1success
2020-07-23BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-15success
2020-07-25TaiyuanCZ-4B Ziyuan-3 03success
2020-07-30Cape CanaveralAtlas V 541Mars 2020success
2020-07-30BaikonurProton M/Briz MEkspress 80 / 103success
2020-08-06JiuquanCZ-2D Gaofen 9-04/Tsinghuasuccess
2020-08-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L9 / 3xSkysatsuccess
2020-08-15KourouAriane 5 ECAGalaxy 30 / MEV 2 / BSat 4bsuccess
2020-08-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L10 / 3xSkysatsuccess
2020-08-23JiuquanCZ-2D Gaofen 9-05/Tiantuo 5/DGSWsuccess
2020-08-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 SAOCOM 1B/GNOMES-1/Tyvak-0172success
2020-08-31Ahuriri PointElectron Capella 2success
2020-09-03KourouVega SSMS POCsuccess
2020-09-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L11success
2020-09-04JiuquanCZ-2F CSSHQsuccess
2020-09-07TaiyuanCZ-4B Gaofen 11-02success
2020-09-12KodiakAstra rocket test flightfailure
During first stage flight, guidance oscillations caused the rocket
2020-09-12JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Jilin-1 Gaofen-02Cfailure
2020-09-15Yellow SeaCZ-11 Jilin-1 Gaofen-03B-01 - 06 / Gaofen-03C-01 - 03success
2020-09-21JiuquanCZ-4B Haiyang 2Csuccess
2020-09-27TaiyuanCZ-4B HJ-2A / HJ-2Bsuccess
2020-09-28PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/FregatGonets-M 27 / 28 / 29 + secondarysuccess
2020-10-03Wallops IslandAntares 230+Cygnus NG-14success
Cargo resupply. Docked with ISS for 115 days. Carried seven CubeSats that were subsequently deployed on November 5, 2020: Bobcat 1, DESCENT, Lemur-2 (Baxter-Oliver), Lemur-2 (Djara), NEUTRON 1, SATLLA 1, SPOC.
2020-10-06Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L12success
2020-10-11XichangCZ-3B G2Gaofen 13success
2020-10-14BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aSoyuz MS-17success
Quickest crewed trip to the ISS, docking just over three hours—or two orbits—after launch.
2020-10-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L13success
2020-10-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L14success
2020-10-25PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/Fregat Kosmos 2547 (Uragan-K #3, GLONASS-K 15L)success
2020-10-26XichangCZ-2C Yaogan 30 Group 7success
2020-10-28Ahuriri PointElectron CE-SAT-2B / Dovesatssuccess
Group of ten CubeSats launched: CE-SAT 2B, Flock-4e’ 1 to 9 (Dovesats).
2020-11-05Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5GPS-3 4success
2020-11-06TaiyuanCZ-6 multiplesuccess
2020-11-07JiuquanCeres-1 Tianqi 11success
2020-11-07SriharikotaPSLV DLRISAT 2BR2 / 9 secondarysuccess
2020-11-12XichangCZ-3B G2Tiantong 1-02success
2020-11-13Cape CanaveralAtlas V 531USA 310 (NROL 101)success
2020-11-16Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Crew Dragon 1 (Dragon C207-F1)success
First operational commercial crew flight to ISS.
2020-11-17KourouVega SEOSat/TARANISfailure
2020-11-20Ahuriri PointElectron multiplesuccess
Group of 31 SmallSats launched: Dragracer A and B, BRO 2 and 3, Mandrake 1, SpaceBEE 22 to 39, SpaceBEE NZ 1 to 6, APSS 1, Gnome Chompski.
2020-11-21VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Sentinel 6success
2020-11-23WenchangCZ-5 Chang'e 5success
2020-11-25Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 1 L15success
2020-11-29TanegashimaH-2A 202JDRS 1success
2020-12-02KourouSoyuz 2 1a/FregatFalconEye 2success
2020-12-03PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/Fregat Gonets-M 20/21/22 / Kosmos 2548success
2020-12-06XichangCZ-3B G5Gaofen 14success
2020-12-06Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-21success
Cargo resupply. This first flight of the cargo version of Dragon 2 docked with ISS for 38 days and landed on January 14, 2021. Onboard was the Bishop commercial airlock module, installed on the ISS on December 20, 2020.
2020-12-09XichangCZ-11 GECAM A/Bsuccess
2020-12-11Cape CanaveralDelta 4H upgradedOrion 10 (USA 311, NROL 44)success
2020-12-13Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5SXM-7success
Spacecraft failure occurred during in-orbit testing.
2020-12-14PlesetskAngara A5 Briz MIPM 2success
2020-12-15Ahuriri PointElectron StriX-Asuccess
2020-12-15KodiakAstra rocket test flightfailure
Second stage cutoff 15-20 seconds short of orbit.
2020-12-17SriharikotaPSLV XLCMS 1success
2020-12-18VostochnySoyuz 2 1b/FregatOneWeb L4success
2020-12-20Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5USA 312 (NROL 108)success
2020-12-22WenchangCZ-8 XJY 7 / 4 secondarysuccess
2020-12-27JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 33Rsuccess
2020-12-29KourouSoyuz 2 1a/FregatCSO 2success