Skip to content
Home › Library › Launch Database › NASDA
🚀 Complete Launch Archive Live · auto-updating

NASDA 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.

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

Orbital Radar lists 37 orbital launches by NASDA, 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

37 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2003-11-29IGS Optical-22003-F02H-IIA 2024NASDATanegashima—LEOfailure
2003-03-28IGS Optical-12003-009H-IIA 2024NASDATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2002-12-14ADEOS-22002-056H-IIA 202NASDATanegashima7 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2002-09-10USERS SEM2002-042H-IIA 2024NASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2002-02-04MDS-12002-003H-IIA 2024NASDATanegashima5 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2001-08-29LRE2001-038H-IIA 202NASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1999-11-15MTSAT1999-F04H-IINASDATanegashima—LEOfailure
1998-02-21COMETS1998-011H-IINASDATanegashima1 payload ↗MEOfailure
1997-11-27TRMM1997-074H-IINASDATanegashima—LEOsuccess
1996-08-17ADEOS1996-046H-IINASDATanegashima3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1995-03-18SFU1995-011H-II (2S)NASDATanegashima3 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1994-08-28ETS-61994-056H-IINASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1994-02-03OREX1994-007H-IINASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1992-02-11ERS-11992-007H-1 (2)NASDATanegashima—LEOsuccess
1991-08-25BS 3B1991-060H-1NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1990-08-28BS 3A1990-077H-1NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1990-02-07Mos-1b1990-013H-1 (2)NASDATanegashima4 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1989-09-05GMS 41989-070H-1 6RNASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1988-09-16CS-3B1988-086H-1NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1988-02-19CS-3A1988-012H-1NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1987-08-27ETS-51987-070H-1NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
1987-02-19MOS-11987-018N-2 (2)NASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1986-08-12EGP1986-061H-1 (2)NASDATanegashima3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1986-02-12BS 2b1986-016N-2NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
1984-08-02GMS 31984-080N-2NASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1984-01-23BS 2A1984-005N-2NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
1983-08-05CS-2B1983-081N-2NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
1983-02-04CS 2A1983-006N-2NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1982-09-03ETS 31982-087N-1NASDATanegashima4 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1981-08-10GMS 21981-076N-2NASDATanegashima1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1981-02-11ETS-41981-012N-2NASDATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1980-02-22ECS-b1980-018N-1NASDATanegashima4 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1979-02-06ECS1979-009N-1NASDATanegashima3 payloads ↗HEOfailure
1978-02-16ISS-b1978-018N-1NASDATanegashima3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1977-02-23ETS-21977-014N-1NASDATanegashima—GEOsuccess
1976-02-29ISS1976-019N-1NASDATanegashima—LEOsuccess
1975-09-09ETS 11975-082N-1NASDATanegashima—LEOsuccess

Launch cadence · 1957 → 2026

Annual orbital launch attempts worldwide. The modern surge is reshaping the record.

19572026

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.

Browse the database

crawlable facet hubs · each its own indexable page

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 (37 launches)
IGS Optical-2 (2003-11-29)IGS Optical-1 (2003-03-28)ADEOS-2 (2002-12-14)USERS SEM (2002-09-10)MDS-1 (2002-02-04)LRE (2001-08-29)MTSAT (1999-11-15)COMETS (1998-02-21)TRMM (1997-11-27)ADEOS (1996-08-17)SFU (1995-03-18)ETS-6 (1994-08-28)OREX (1994-02-03)ERS-1 (1992-02-11)BS 3B (1991-08-25)BS 3A (1990-08-28)Mos-1b (1990-02-07)GMS 4 (1989-09-05)CS-3B (1988-09-16)CS-3A (1988-02-19)ETS-5 (1987-08-27)MOS-1 (1987-02-19)EGP (1986-08-12)BS 2b (1986-02-12)GMS 3 (1984-08-02)BS 2A (1984-01-23)CS-2B (1983-08-05)CS 2A (1983-02-04)ETS 3 (1982-09-03)GMS 2 (1981-08-10)ETS-4 (1981-02-11)ECS-b (1980-02-22)ECS (1979-02-06)ISS-b (1978-02-16)ETS-2 (1977-02-23)ISS (1976-02-29)ETS 1 (1975-09-09)

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