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7,332 orbital launches since 1957
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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since
Orbital Radar lists 320 orbital launches by Europe, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.
Featured & milestone launches
| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Launch site | Payloads | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | Amazon LE-032026-140 | Ariane 64 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2026-05-19 | SMILE2026-109 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2026-04-30 | Amazon LE-022026-098 | Ariane 64 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 32 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2026-02-12 | Amazon LE-012026-030 | Ariane 64 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 32 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-12-17 | Galileosat 33-342025-302 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-12-01 | Kompsat-72025-279 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-11-04 | Sentinel-1D2025-251 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-08-13 | METOP-SG A12025-172 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-07-26 | CO3D/Microcarb2025-156 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 5 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-04-29 | Biomass2025-090 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2025-03-06 | CSO 32025-044 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2024-12-05 | Sentinel-1C2024-235 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2024-09-05 | Sentinel-2C2024-157 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2024-07-09 | Cubesats2024-128 | Ariane 62 | ESA | Guiana Space Centre | 9 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2023-10-09 | THEOS-2/TRITON2023-155 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 10 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2023-07-05 | Heinrich Hertz/Syracuse2023-093 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2023-04-14 | JUICE2023-053 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2022-12-21 | Pleiades NEO 5/62022-F06 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-12-13 | Galaxy 35/36/MTG-I12022-170 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 5 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2022-09-07 | Eutelsat Konnect VHTS2022-110 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 2 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2022-07-13 | LARES 22022-080 | Vega C | ESA | Guiana Space Centre | 2 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2022-06-22 | Measat 3D/GSAT-242022-067 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 4 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2022-02-10 | OneWeb L132022-012 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 34 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-25 | JWST2021-130 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-05 | GalileoSat-27/282021-116 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2021-11-16 | CERES 1-32021-105 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-24 | SES-17/Syracuse 4A2021-095 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-08-17 | Pleiades-Neo 42021-073 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-07-30 | Star One D2/Eutelsat Q2021-069 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 4 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2021-04-29 | Pleiades-Neo 32021-034 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 6 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-29 | CSO 22020-104 | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-02 | FalconEye 22020-090 | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-17 | SEOSAT-Ingenio2020-U01 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | failure |
| 2020-09-03 | SSMS2020-061 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 6 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-08-15 | Galaxy 30/MEV2/BSAT-4b2020-056 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 5 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2020-02-18 | JCSAT-17/GEO-Kompsat 2B2020-013 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 4 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2020-01-16 | Eutelsat Konnect/GSAT-302020-005 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 4 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2019-12-18 | CSG-1/CHEOPS2019-092 | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2019-11-26 | TIBA-1/Inmarsat GX52019-080 | Ariane 5ECA | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 4 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2019-08-06 | EDRS-C/IS-392019-049 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2019-07-11 | FalconEye 12019-F05 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | failure |
| 2019-06-20 | T-16/Eutelsat 7C2019-034 | Ariane 5ECA | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2019-04-04 | O3b FM17/18/19/202019-020 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 5 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2019-03-22 | PRISMA2019-015 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2019-02-27 | OneWeb F62019-010 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 6 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2019-02-05 | SGS-1/GSAT-312019-007 | Ariane 5ECA | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2018-12-19 | CSO 12018-106 | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2018-12-04 | GSAT-11/GEO-Kompsat 2A2018-100 | Ariane 5ECA | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2018-11-21 | Mohammed VI-B2018-095 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2018-11-07 | MetOp-C2018-087 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
Launch cadence · 1957 → 2026
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About this database
Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.
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Amazon LE-03 (2026-06-17)SMILE (2026-05-19)Amazon LE-02 (2026-04-30)Amazon LE-01 (2026-02-12)Galileosat 33-34 (2025-12-17)Kompsat-7 (2025-12-01)Sentinel-1D (2025-11-04)METOP-SG A1 (2025-08-13)CO3D/Microcarb (2025-07-26)Biomass (2025-04-29)CSO 3 (2025-03-06)Sentinel-1C (2024-12-05)Sentinel-2C (2024-09-05)Cubesats (2024-07-09)THEOS-2/TRITON (2023-10-09)Heinrich Hertz/Syracuse (2023-07-05)JUICE (2023-04-14)Pleiades NEO 5/6 (2022-12-21)Galaxy 35/36/MTG-I1 (2022-12-13)Eutelsat Konnect VHTS (2022-09-07)LARES 2 (2022-07-13)Measat 3D/GSAT-24 (2022-06-22)OneWeb L13 (2022-02-10)JWST (2021-12-25)GalileoSat-27/28 (2021-12-05)CERES 1-3 (2021-11-16)SES-17/Syracuse 4A (2021-10-24)Pleiades-Neo 4 (2021-08-17)Star One D2/Eutelsat Q (2021-07-30)Pleiades-Neo 3 (2021-04-29)CSO 2 (2020-12-29)FalconEye 2 (2020-12-02)SEOSAT-Ingenio (2020-11-17)SSMS (2020-09-03)Galaxy 30/MEV2/BSAT-4b (2020-08-15)JCSAT-17/GEO-Kompsat 2B (2020-02-18)Eutelsat Konnect/GSAT-30 (2020-01-16)CSG-1/CHEOPS (2019-12-18)TIBA-1/Inmarsat GX5 (2019-11-26)EDRS-C/IS-39 (2019-08-06)FalconEye 1 (2019-07-11)T-16/Eutelsat 7C (2019-06-20)O3b FM17/18/19/20 (2019-04-04)PRISMA (2019-03-22)OneWeb F6 (2019-02-27)SGS-1/GSAT-31 (2019-02-05)CSO 1 (2018-12-19)GSAT-11/GEO-Kompsat 2A (2018-12-04)Mohammed VI-B (2018-11-21)MetOp-C (2018-11-07)BepiColombo (2018-10-20)Horizons-3e/Azerspace-2 (2018-09-25)ADM-Aeolus (2018-08-22)Galileosat 23-26 (2018-07-25)Superbird 8/Hylas 4 (2018-04-05)O3b FM13/14/15/16 (2018-03-09)SES-14/Al Yah 3 (2018-01-25)Galileosat 19-22 (2017-12-12)Mohammed VI-A (2017-11-08)IS-37e/BSAT-4a (2017-09-29)Optsat-3000/Venmus (2017-08-02)HellasSat 3/GSAT 17 (2017-06-28)Viasat 2/Eutelsat 172B (2017-06-01)SES-15 (2017-05-18)SDGC/Koreasat 7 (2017-05-04)Sentinel-2B (2017-03-07)SkyBrasil-1/Telkom-3S (2017-02-14)Hispasat 36W-1 (2017-01-28)JCSAT-15/Star One D1 (2016-12-21)Gokturk-1 (2016-12-05)GalileoSat 15-18 (2016-11-17)Sky Muster/GSAT (2016-10-05)PeruSAT-1/Skysat 4-7 (2016-09-16)IS-33e/IS-36 (2016-08-24)Echostar 18/BRISAT (2016-06-18)GalileoSat 13-14 (2016-05-24)Sentinel 1B/Microscope (2016-04-25)Eutelsat 65 West A (2016-03-09)Intelsat 29e (2016-01-27)GalileoSat 11-12 (2015-12-17)Badr 7/GSAT 15 (2015-11-10)NBN Co.1/ARSAT 2 (2015-09-30)GalileoSat 9-10 (2015-09-11)Eutelsat 8WB/IS-34 (2015-08-20)Star One C4/MSG 4 (2015-07-15)DirecTV-15/SKYM-1 (2015-05-27)Sicral 2/Thor 7 (2015-04-26)GalileoSat 7-8 (2015-03-27)O3b SV9/SV10/SV11/SV12 (2014-12-18)DirectTV-14/GSAT-16 (2014-12-06)IS-30/Arsat 1 (2014-10-16)Measat 3B/Optus 10 (2014-09-11)GalileoSat 5-6 (2014-08-22)ATV 5 (2014-07-29)O3b SV3/SV6/SV7/SV8 (2014-07-10)Sentinel 1A (2014-04-03)Astra 5B/Amazonas 4A (2014-03-22)ABS-2/Athena-Fidus (2014-02-06)Gaia (2013-12-19)Es'hail/GSAT-7 (2013-08-29)Alphasat/Insat-3D (2013-07-25)O3b SV1/SV2/SV4/SV5 (2013-06-25)ATV 4 (2013-06-05)Amazonas 3/Azerspace (2013-02-07)Skynet 5D (2012-12-19)Pleiades HR-2 (2012-12-02)Star One C3 (2012-11-10)Galileo FM3 (2012-10-12)Astra 2F (2012-09-28)Intelsat IS-20 (2012-08-02)Jupiter 1 (2012-07-05)JCSAT 13 (2012-05-15)ATV 3 (2012-03-23)LARES (2012-02-13)Elisa 1 (2011-12-17)Galileo PFM (2011-10-21)SES-2 (2011-09-21)Astra 1N (2011-08-06)INSAT-4G (2011-05-20)Intelsat New Dawn (2011-04-22)ATV 2 (2011-02-16)Hispasat 1E (2010-12-29)Hylas (2010-11-26)Eutelsat W3B (2010-10-28)Nilesat 201 (2010-08-04)COMS-1 (2010-06-26)Astra 3B (2010-05-21)Helios 2B (2009-12-18)NSS 12 (2009-10-29)Amazonas 2 (2009-10-01)JCSAT 12 (2009-08-21)Terrestar 1 (2009-07-01)Herschel (2009-05-14)NSS 9 (2009-02-12)Hot Bird 9 (2008-12-20)Superbird 7 (2008-08-14)Protostar 1 (2008-07-07)Skynet 5C (2008-06-12)Vinasat (2008-04-18)ATV 1 (2008-03-09)Rascom 1 (2007-12-21)Star One C1 (2007-11-14)Optus D2 (2007-10-05)Spaceway 3 (2007-08-14)Astra 1L (2007-05-04)Insat 4B (2007-03-11)WildBlue 1 (2006-12-08)DirecTV 9S (2006-10-13)JCSAT 10 (2006-08-11)Satmex 6 (2006-05-27)Spainsat (2006-03-11)Insat 4A (2005-12-21)Telkom 2 (2005-11-16)Galaxy 15 (2005-10-13)iPSTAR 1 (2005-08-11)XTAR-EUR (2005-02-12)Helios 2A (2004-12-18)Anik F2 (2004-07-18)Rosetta (2004-03-02)e-Bird (2003-09-27)BSAT-2c (2003-06-11)Insat 3A (2003-04-09)INTELSAT 907 (2003-02-15)NSS 6 (2002-12-17)Hot Bird 7 (2002-12-11)INTELSAT 906 (2002-09-06)Atlantic Bird 1 (2002-08-28)Stellat 5 (2002-07-05)INTELSAT 905 (2002-06-05)SPOT 5 (2002-05-04)NSS 7 (2002-04-16)JCSAT-8 (2002-03-29)Envisat PPF (2002-03-01)INTELSAT 904 (2002-02-23)Insat 3C (2002-01-23)DirecTV-4S (2001-11-27)Atlantic Bird 2 (2001-09-25)INTELSAT 902 (2001-08-30)Artemis (2001-07-12)IS-901 (2001-06-09)Eurobird (2001-03-08)SICRAL 1A (2001-02-07)Eurasiasat 1 (2001-01-10)Astra 2D (2000-12-20)Anik F1 (2000-11-21)PAS 1R (2000-11-16)EuropeStar FM1 (2000-10-29)Superbird 5 (2000-10-06)Astra 2B (2000-09-14)Eutelsat W1 (2000-09-06)Brasilsat B4 (2000-08-17)Galaxy IVR (2000-04-19)Asiastar (2000-03-21)Superbird 4 (2000-02-18)Galaxy XR (2000-01-25)Galaxy 11 (1999-12-22)XMM (1999-12-10)Helios 1B (1999-12-03)GE 4 (1999-11-13)Orion 2 (1999-10-19)Telstar 7 (1999-09-25)Koreasat 3 (1999-09-04)Telkom 1 (1999-08-12)Insat 2E (1999-04-02)Arabsat 3A (1999-02-26)PAS 6B (1998-12-22)Satmex 5 (1998-12-06)Afristar (1998-10-28)Maqsat-3 (1998-10-21)Eutelsat W2 (1998-10-05)PAS 7 (1998-09-16)Singapore-Taiwan 1 (1998-08-25)Nilesat 101 (1998-04-28)SPOT-4 (1998-03-24)Eutelsat HB4 (1998-02-27)Brasilsat B3 (1998-02-04)INTELSAT 804 (1997-12-22)JCSAT 5 (1997-12-02)Sirius 2 (1997-11-12)TEAMSAT (1997-10-30)INTELSAT 803 (1997-09-23)Eutelsat HB3 (1997-09-02)PAS 6 (1997-08-08)INTELSAT 802 (1997-06-25)INMARSAT III F4 (1997-06-03)Thaicom 3 (1997-04-16)INTELSAT 801 (1997-03-01)GE 2 (1997-01-30)Arabsat 2B (1996-11-13)Echostar II (1996-09-11)Italsat F2 (1996-08-08)Arabsat 2A (1996-07-09)INTELSAT 709 (1996-06-15)Cluster F1-F4 (1996-06-04)Palapa C2 (1996-05-16)MSAT-1 (1996-04-20)INTELSAT 707 (1996-03-14)N-Star b (1996-02-05)Panamsat K4 (1996-01-12)Telecom 2C (1995-12-06)ISO (1995-11-17)Astra 1E (1995-10-19)Telstar 402R (1995-09-24)N-STAR a (1995-08-29)Panamsat K3 (1995-08-03)Helios 1A (1995-07-07)DBS 3 (1995-06-10)INTELSAT 706 (1995-05-17)ERS-2 (1995-04-21)Brasilsat B2 (1995-03-28)Panamsat K2 (1994-12-01)Astra 1D (1994-11-01)Solidaridad 2 (1994-10-08)Telstar 402 (1994-09-09)Brasilsat B1 (1994-08-10)Panamsat K1 (1994-07-08)INTELSAT 702 (1994-06-17)Eutelsat 2 F5 (1994-01-24)DBS 1 (1993-12-18)Solidaridad 1 (1993-11-20)INTELSAT 701 (1993-10-22)SPOT 3 (1993-09-26)Hispasat 1B (1993-07-22)Galaxy IVH (1993-06-25)Astra 1C (1993-05-12)Superbird A1 (1992-12-01)Galaxy VII (1992-10-28)Hispasat 1A (1992-09-10)Topex-Poseidon (1992-08-10)Insat 2A (1992-07-09)Telecom 2B (1992-04-15)Superbird B1 (1992-02-26)Telecom 2A (1991-12-16)INTELSAT VI F-1 (1991-10-29)Anik E1 (1991-09-26)INTELSAT VI F-5 (1991-08-14)ERS-1 (1991-07-17)Anik E2 (1991-04-04)Astra 1B (1991-03-02)Italsat 1 (1991-01-15)Satcom C1 (1990-11-20)SBS 6 (1990-10-12)Skynet 4C (1990-08-30)TDF 2 (1990-07-24)Superbird B (1990-02-22)SPOT 2 (1990-01-22)INTELSAT VI F-2 (1989-10-27)TV-SAT 2 (1989-08-08)Olympus (1989-07-12)Superbird A (1989-06-05)Tele-X (1989-04-02)JCSAT 1 (1989-03-06)INTELSAT VA F15 (1989-01-27)Skynet 4B (1988-12-11)TDF 1 (1988-10-28)Gstar 3 (1988-09-08)Insat 1C (1988-07-21)Meteosat P2 (1988-06-15)INTELSAT VA F13 (1988-05-17)Spacenet 3R (1988-03-11)TV-SAT (1987-11-21)Aussat K3 (1987-09-16)INTELSAT VA F14 (1986-05-31)Gstar 2 (1986-03-28)SPOT (1986-02-22)ECS 3 (1985-09-12)Giotto (1985-07-02)Gstar 1A (1985-05-08)Arabsat 1A (1985-02-08)Spacenet F2 (1984-11-10)ECS 2 (1984-08-04)Spacenet F1 (1984-05-23)INTELSAT V F8 (1984-03-05)INTELSAT V F7 (1983-10-19)ECS 1 (1983-06-16)Marecs B (1982-09-10)Marecs A (1981-12-20)Meteosat F2 (1981-06-19)CAT (1979-12-24)
Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.