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Last update:  2024-10-31
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Orbital launches in 2023

Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites

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

Countries:


United States
 
116
China
 
67
Russia
 
20
India
 
7
Japan
 
3
Europe
 
3
North Korea
 
3
Iran
 
2
South Korea
 
2
Israel
 
1
Total224
Rockets:


Falcon 991
Soyuz 218
CZ-2D13
CZ-2C9
Electron9
Ceres-17
CZ-3B6
CZ-4C6
Kuaizhou 1A6
Falcon Heavy5
GSLV3
PSLV3
CZ-2F3
Chollima-13
Others42
Launch sites:


Cape Canaveral72
Jiuquan36
Vandenberg30
Xichang15
Taiyuan9
Baikonur9
Plesetsk8
Sriharikota7
Ahuriri Point7
Wenchang4
Wallops Island3
Tanegashima3
Kourou3
Vostochny3
Sohae3
Others12
Launches:

DateSiteRocketPayloadOutcome
2023-01-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 6success
2023-01-08WenchangCZ-7A Shijian 23success
2023-01-09JiuquanCeres-1 multiplesuccess
2023-01-09CornwallLauncherOne multiplefailure
2023-01-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5OneWeb L16success
2023-01-10KodiakRS1 VariSat 1A / 1Bfailure
2023-01-12XichangCZ-2C APStar 6Esuccess
2023-01-13JiuquanCZ-2D Yaogan 37 / Shiyan 22A / 22Bsuccess
2023-01-15TaiyuanCZ-2D multiplesuccess
2023-01-15Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy CBAS 2 (USA 342, USSF 67) / LPDE-3Asuccess
2023-01-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5GPS-3 6 (GPS SVN 79, Navstar 82, USA 343)success
2023-01-19VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-4success
2023-01-24Wallops IslandElectron Hawk 6A / 6B / 6Csuccess
2023-01-26TanegashimaH-2A 202IGS Radar 7success
2023-01-26Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-2success
2023-01-31VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-6 / ION-SCV 009success
2023-02-02Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-3success
2023-02-05BaikonurProton M/Blok DM-03Elektro-L 4success
2023-02-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Amazonas Nexussuccess
2023-02-09BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-22success
2023-02-10SriharikotaSSLV EOS-07 / AzaadiSat-2 / JANUS-1success
2023-02-12Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-4success
2023-02-17VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-5success
2023-02-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 Block 5Inmarsat 6 F2success
2023-02-23XichangCZ-3B G2Zhongxing-26 (Chinasat 26)success
2023-02-24BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aSoyuz MS-23success
2023-02-24JiuquanCZ-2C Horus-1success
2023-02-27Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-1success
2023-03-02Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Crew Dragon 6 (Dragon C206-F4)success
2023-03-03VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-7success
2023-03-04ShahrudQaem-100 Nahid 1failure
2023-03-06TanegashimaH-3 22SALOS 3 (Daichi 3)failure
2023-03-09Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5OneWeb L17success
2023-03-09TaiyuanCZ-4C Tianhui-6 01 / 02success
2023-03-12BaikonurProton M/Briz MOlimp-K 2 (Luch-5Kh)success
2023-03-13JiuquanCZ-2C Horus-2success
2023-03-14Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-27success
2023-03-15JiuquanCZ-11 Shiyan 19success
2023-03-16Wallops IslandElectron Capella 9 / 10success
2023-03-17XichangCZ-3B G3Gaofen 13-02success
2023-03-17VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-8success
2023-03-17Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5SES 18 / 19success
2023-03-22JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 03 - 06success
2023-03-23Cape CanaveralTerran 1 vehicle evaluation payloadfailure
2023-03-23PlesetskSoyuz 2 1aKosmos 2567 (Bars-M #4)success
2023-03-23PlesetskSoyuz 2 1aKosmos 2567 (Bars-M #4)success
2023-03-24Ahuriri PointElectron BlackSky 18 / 19success
2023-03-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-5success
2023-03-26SriharikotaGSLV Mk3OneWeb L18success
2023-03-28PalmachimShavit 2 Ofeq 13success
2023-03-29PlesetskSoyuz 2 1vKosmos 2568 (EO-MKA #4 ?)success
2023-03-29Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-10success
2023-03-30TaiyuanCZ-2D Hongtu 1-01 01 - 04success
2023-03-31JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 34-04success
2023-04-02JiuquanTianlong-2 Jintasuccess
2023-04-02VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transport Layer Tr.-0 (SDA-0A)success
2023-04-07JiuquanHyperbola-1 Test payloadsuccess
2023-04-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2Intelsat 40esuccess
2023-04-14KourouAriane 5 ECA+JUICEsuccess
2023-04-15VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 7success
2023-04-16JiuquanCZ-4B Fengyun 3Gsuccess
2023-04-19Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-2success
2023-04-20StarbaseStarship Starship S24failure
2023-04-22SriharikotaPSLV CATeLEOS-2 + secondariessuccess
2023-04-27VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 3-5success
2023-04-28Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5O3b mPOWER 3 / 4success
2023-05-01Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy ViaSat-3 / Arcturus / G-Space 1success
2023-05-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-6success
2023-05-08Ahuriri PointElectron TROPICS 05 / 06success
2023-05-10WenchangCZ-7 Tianzhou 6success
2023-05-10VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-9success
2023-05-14Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-9success
2023-05-19Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-3success
2023-05-20VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Iridium NEXT 9 / OneWeb L19success
2023-05-21JiuquanCZ-2C Aomen Kexue 1A / 1B / Luojia-2 01success
2023-05-21Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Axiom 2success
2023-05-23XichangCZ-3B G3Beidou-3 G4success
2023-05-24BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-23success
2023-05-25NaroKSLV-2 NEXTSAT-2 / secondariessuccess
2023-05-26Ahuriri PointElectron TROPICS 03 / 07success
2023-05-26VostochnySoyuz 2 1a/FregatKosmos 2569 (Kondor-FKA 1)success
2023-05-27Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Arabsat 7B (Badr 8)success
2023-05-29SriharikotaGSLV Mk2IRNSS 1J (NVS-01)success
2023-05-30JiuquanCZ-2F GShenzhou 16success
2023-05-30SohaeChollima-1 Manligyeong-1failure
2023-05-31VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-10success
2023-06-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-4success
2023-06-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-28success
2023-06-07JiuquanLijian-1 multiplesuccess
2023-06-09JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Longjiang 3success
2023-06-12Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-11success
2023-06-12VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 8success
2023-06-15TaiyuanCZ-2D Jilin-1 Gaofen sats / Huoerguosi-1success
2023-06-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5SATRIAsuccess
2023-06-20TaiyuanCZ-6 Shiyan 25success
2023-06-22VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-7success
2023-06-22Cape CanaveralDelta 4H upgradedOrion 11 (USA 345, NROL 68)success
2023-06-23Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-12success
2023-06-27VostochnySoyuz 2 1b/FregatMeteor M2-3 / secondariessuccess
2023-07-01Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Euclidsuccess
2023-07-05KourouAriane 5 ECA+Heinrich-Hertz / Syracuse 4Bsuccess
2023-07-07VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-13success
2023-07-09JiuquanCZ-2C YZ-1SHulianwang Jishu Shiyansuccess
2023-07-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-5success
2023-07-12JiuquanZhuque-2 dummy payloadsuccess
2023-07-14SriharikotaGSLV Mk3Chandrayaan 3success
2023-07-16Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-15success
2023-07-18Ahuriri PointElectron Telesat LEO 3 / Starling / Lemur-2success
2023-07-20JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 07 - 10success
2023-07-20VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-15success
2023-07-22JiuquanCeres-1 Qiankun-1 / Xingshidai-16success
2023-07-23TaiyuanCZ-2D Sixiang 01 - 03 / Lingxi 03success
2023-07-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-6success
2023-07-26XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 36-05 A / B / Csuccess
2023-07-28Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-7success
2023-07-29Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy Jupiter 3 (Echostar 24)success
2023-07-30SriharikotaPSLV CADS-SAR / secondariessuccess
2023-08-02Wallops IslandAntares 230+Cygnus NG-19success
2023-08-03JiuquanCZ-4C Fengyun 3Fsuccess
2023-08-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Galaxy 37success
2023-08-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-8success
2023-08-07PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/Fregat Kosmos 2569 (Uragan-K2 #1, GLONASS-K2 13L)success
2023-08-08VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-20 success
2023-08-08TaiyuanCZ-2C Huanjing Jianzai 2-06success
2023-08-10JiuquanCeres-1 multiplesuccess
2023-08-10VostochnySoyuz 2 1b/Fregat Luna 25 (Luna-Glob)success
2023-08-11Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-9success
2023-08-12XichangCZ-3B G3Ludi Tance 4-01 (L-SAR 04A)success
2023-08-14XichangKuaizhou 1A HEDE-3A - 3E (Jiaotong 6 - 10)success
2023-08-17Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-10success
2023-08-20JiuquanCZ-4C Gaofen 12-04success
2023-08-22VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-1success
2023-08-23BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-24success
2023-08-23SohaeChollima-1 Manligyeong-1 F2failure
2023-08-23Ahuriri PointElectron Capella 11success
2023-08-25JiuquanCeres-1 Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02Asuccess
2023-08-26Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Crew Dragon 7 (Dragon C210-F3)success
2023-08-27Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-11success
2023-08-31XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-01 A / B / Csuccess
2023-09-01Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-13success
2023-09-02SriharikotaPSLV XLAditya-L1success
2023-09-02VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Tranche 0 2success
2023-09-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-12success
2023-09-05Yellow SeaCeres-1 STianqi 21 / 22 / 23 / 24success
2023-09-06JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 33-03success
2023-09-06TanegashimaH-2A 202XRISM / SLIMsuccess
2023-09-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-14success
2023-09-10TaiyuanCZ-6A Yaogan 40-01 A / B / Csuccess
2023-09-10Cape CanaveralAtlas V 551Silentbarker 1 / 2 / 3 (USA 346 / 347 / 348, NROL 107)success
2023-09-12VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-2success
2023-09-15VandenbergAlpha Victus Nox (TacRS 3)success
2023-09-15BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aSoyuz MS-24success
2023-09-16Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-16success
2023-09-17XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-02 A / B / Csuccess
2023-09-19Ahuriri PointElectron Capella 12failure
2023-09-20Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-17success
2023-09-21JiuquanCeres-1 Jilin-1 Gaofen-04B failure
2023-09-23ShahrudQased Noor 3success
2023-09-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-18success
2023-09-25VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-3success
2023-09-26JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 33-03success
2023-09-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-19success
2023-10-05XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-03 A / B / Csuccess
2023-10-05Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-21success
2023-10-06Cape CanaveralAtlas V 501KuiperSat-1 / 2success
2023-10-09KourouVega THEOS-2 / FORMOSAT-7R / secondariessuccess
2023-10-09VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-4success
2023-10-13Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy Psyche (Discovery 14)success
2023-10-13Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-22success
2023-10-15JiuquanCZ-2D Yunhai-1 04success
2023-10-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-23success
2023-10-21VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-5success
2023-10-22Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-24success
2023-10-23XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-04 A / B / Csuccess
2023-10-26JiuquanCZ-2F GShenzhou 17success
2023-10-27PlesetskSoyuz 2 1bKosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 #808) / Kosmos 2571success
2023-10-29VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-6success
2023-10-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-25success
2023-10-31TaiyuanCZ-6A Tianhui-5 01 / 02success
2023-11-03WenchangCZ-7A TJSW 10success
2023-11-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-26success
2023-11-08Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-27success
2023-11-09XichangCZ-3B G3Zhongxing-6E (ChinaSat 6E)success
2023-11-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-29success
2023-11-11VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 9success
2023-11-12Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5O3b mPOWER 5 / 6success
2023-11-16JiuquanCZ-2C YZ-1SHaiyang 3Asuccess
2023-11-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-28success
2023-11-18StarbaseStarship Starship S25failure
2023-11-20VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-7success
2023-11-21SohaeChollima-1 Manligyeong-1 F3success
2023-11-22Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-29success
2023-11-23XichangCZ-2D YZ-3XQG-02A / 02B / 02Csuccess
2023-11-25PlesetskSoyuz 2 1bKosmos 2572 (Razdan #1)success
2023-11-28Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-30success
2023-12-01BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-25success
2023-12-01VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5425 Project EO/IR Sat 1 + secondariessuccess
2023-12-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-31success
2023-12-04JiuquanCZ-2C MisrSat-2 / Xingchi-1 02A / Bsuccess
2023-12-04JejuGYUB-TV2 S-STEPsuccess
2023-12-04JiuquanCeres-1 3Xingchi-1A / Jiheng-1success
2023-12-05Yellow SeaJielong-3 Chuangxin-19success
2023-12-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-33success
2023-12-08VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-8success
2023-12-08JiuquanZhuque-2 Honghu-1 / 2 / Tianyi-33success
2023-12-10XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-05 A / B / Csuccess
2023-12-14JiuquanCZ-2F TCSSHQ 3success
2023-12-15Ahuriri PointElectron QPS-SAR-5success
2023-12-15WenchangCZ-5 Yaogan 41success
2023-12-16BaikonurSoyuz 2 1b/FregatArktika-M 2success
2023-12-17JiuquanHyperbola-1 Dier-1-Liangxisuccess
2023-12-19Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-34success
2023-12-21PlesetskSoyuz 2 1bKosmos 2573 (Bars-M #5)success
2023-12-22VandenbergAlpha Tantrumpfailure
2023-12-23Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-32success
2023-12-24VandenbergFalcon 9 SARah-2 / 3success
2023-12-25JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 11 - 14success
2023-12-25South China SeaCZ-11 HShiyan 24C-1 / 2 / 3success
2023-12-26XichangCZ-3B G3Beidou-3 M25 / M26success
2023-12-27JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 19 - 22success
2023-12-27PlesetskSoyuz 2 1vKosmos 2574success
2023-12-29Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy X-37B OTV-7success
2023-12-29Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-36success
2023-12-30JiuquanCZ-2C YZ-1SWHJSW 04A / 04B / 04Csuccess