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MVS Launches

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

Search, filter and explore every orbital launch ever attempted — cross-linked to the satellites they deployed, the rockets that flew them and the operators behind them. Built on GCAT & Launch Library 2.

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 11 orbital launches by MVS, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

Featured & milestone launches

11 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1959-10-04E-2A1959 THEVostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1959-09-12E-1 No. 71959 XIVostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1959-06-18E-1 No. 51959-F06Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1959-01-02E-1 No. 41959 MUVostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1958-12-04E-1 No. 31958-F20Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-10-11E-1 No. 21958-F17Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-09-23E-1 No. 11958-F15Vostok-L 8K72MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1958-05-15D-1 No. 21958 DELSputnik 8A91MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1958-04-27D-1 No. 11958-F03Sputnik 8A91MVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1957-11-03PS-21957 BETSputnik 8K71PSMVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1957-10-04PS-11957 ALPSputnik 8K71PSMVSBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess

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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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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (11 launches)
E-2A (1959-10-04)E-1 No. 7 (1959-09-12)E-1 No. 5 (1959-06-18)E-1 No. 4 (1959-01-02)E-1 No. 3 (1958-12-04)E-1 No. 2 (1958-10-11)E-1 No. 1 (1958-09-23)D-1 No. 2 (1958-05-15)D-1 No. 1 (1958-04-27)PS-2 (1957-11-03)PS-1 (1957-10-04)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.