Space Stats

Seventh launch of 49 Starlink Block v1.5 satellites. The majority of satellites were lost due to a geomagnetic storm.

Cargo resupply docked with the ISS for 127 days. Three CubeSats onboard were deployed at a later date.

First time three Russian cosmonauts flew together to the ISS.

First stage, descending on a parachute, was briefly captured in mid-air by a helicopter but then released and splashed down to be recovered from the ocean.

It failed to reach orbit; reports indicate the second stage failed to ignite.

Uncrewed orbital flight test of Starliner spacecraft. Successfully docked with the ISS on May 21 and landed on May 25, 2022.

The second stage shut down early, 7m 21s after launch, and the vehicle failed to reach orbit, reentering a few hundred km west of the Senegalese coast.

NASA CubeSat launched to lunar orbit, with Lunar Photon acting as an upper stage for deploying the CAPSTONE payload.

Cargo resupply docked with ISS for nearly 33 days. Landed August 20, 2022. The eight CubeSats on board were deployed from the ISS in August and September of 2022.

Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) or Danuri is South Korea’s first lunar orbiter.

The Soyuz capsule suffered a leak due to a micrometeoroid strike while docked to the ISS and returned to Earth uncrewed. Soyuz MS-23 was launched uncrewedto replace it.

Partially successful due to lower-than-planned orbit. Satellites were deployed but reentered before reaching their intended design life.

Final flight of the Atlas V 531 configuration.

First flight on a Crew Dragon spacecraft made by a Russian cosmonaut. First spaceflight for three of the four crewmembers. Crew: Nicole Aunapu Mann, Josh A. Cassada, Koichi Wakata, Anna Kikina.

The rocket failed due to an attitude control problem during second stage coast and a destruct signal was sent prior to stage 2/3 separation.

Cargo resupply docked with ISS for 163 days. Payload included four CubeSats: PearlAfricaSat-1, SpaceTuna1, TAKA, ZIMSAT-1.

Final Atlas V launch from Vandenberg and final flight of the 401 configuration.

Maiden flight of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft. 10 CubeSats were deployed, of which CuSP, Lunar IceCube, NEA-Scout and OMOTENASHI experienced spacecraft failures.

Cargo resupply docked with ISS for 43 days. Payload included 11 CubeSats: PetitSat, SPORT, MARIO, TJREVERB, LORIS, ORCASat, DanteSat, NUTSat, HSKSAT, OPTIMAL-1, SS-1.

Fourth crewed flight to the Tiangong space station. Crew: Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, Zhang Lu.

Hakuto-R Mission 1 was a private Japanese lunar lander carrying the United Arab Emirates’ Rashid and Tomy and JAXA’s SORA-Q payloads. Crashed on lunar surface on April 25, 2023. NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat failed to enter lunar orbit.

First launch for Shell 5 of the Starlink constellation, and the 38th launch of 54 Starlink Block v1.5 satellite.