Failed Orbital Launches
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.
Orbital Radar lists 525 orbital launches recorded as failure, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | New Glenn 7x2 1 2026-E012026-E01 | New Glenn 7x2 1 | Blue Origin | Cape Canaveral | — | LEO | failure |
| 2026-04-19 | SpaceMobile-0072026-085 | New Glenn 7x2 1 | Blue Origin | Cape Canaveral | — | LEO | failure |
| 2026-04-03 | Tianlong-3 2026-F052026-F05 | Tianlong-3 | Tianbing Keji | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2026-03-05 | Tatara-1R2026-F04 | Kairos | Space One | Kii | — | LEO | failure |
| 2026-01-17 | Unk Sat 1-62026-F03 | Gushenxing-2 | Xinghe Dongli | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2026-01-16 | SJ-322026-F02 | Chang Zheng 3B G2 | CASC | Xichang | — | LEO | failure |
| 2026-01-12 | PSLV Rideshare 202026-F01 | PSLV-DL | ISRO | Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-12-23 | Test2025-F09 | HANBIT-NANO L | Innospace | Alcantara | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-12-22 | QZS 52025-U06 | H3-22S | JAXA | Tanegashima | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-11-10 | Jixing Gaofen 04C2025-U05 | Gushenxing 1 1 | Xinghe Dongli | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-09-18 | Test?2025-F08 | Zoljanah | IRGC | Semnan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-08-15 | WHJSW 07?2025-F07 | Zhuque-2E | Lanjian Hangtian | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-07-29 | Test2025-F06 | Eris Block 1 | Gilmour Space | Bowen | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-05-18 | RISAT-1B2025-F05 | PSLV-XL | ISRO | Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-04-29 | LM-400 Tech Demo2025-U01 | Firefly Alpha I | Firefly | Vandenberg | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-03-30 | Going Full Spectrum2025-F04 | Spectrum | Isar Aerospace | Andoya | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-03-06 | Ship 342025-F03 | Starship V2 R2 | SpaceX | Starbase | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-03-01 | Unknown2025-E01 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2025-01-16 | Ship 332025-F01 | Starship V2 R2 | SpaceX | Starbase | — | LEO | failure |
| 2024-12-27 | DEAR-32024-F05 | Lijian-1 | Zhongke TJ YG | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2024-12-18 | Tatara-12024-F04 | Kairos | Space One | Kii | — | LEO | failure |
| 2024-07-12 | Starlink Group 9-32024-129 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | failure |
| 2024-07-10 | Yunyao-12024-F03 | Shuang Quxian 1 3? | Xingye Rongyao | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2024-05-27 | Manligyeong-1 F42024-F02 | NK Kerolox LV | KCST | Tonghae | — | LEO | failure |
| 2024-03-13 | Tanki Uchaigegata Kogata2024-F01 | Kairos | Space One | Kii | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-12-22 | Tantrum2023-202 | Firefly Alpha I | Firefly | Vandenberg | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-11-18 | Ship 252023-F11 | Starship V1.0 | SpaceX | Starbase | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-09-21 | Jilin-1 GF04B2023-F09 | Gushenxing 1 1 | Xinghe Dongli | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-09-19 | Capella 12 Acadia-22023-F08 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-08-23 | Manligyeong-1 F22023-F07 | Cheonlima-1 | KCST | Tonghae | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-05-30 | Manligyeong-1 F12023-F06 | Cheonlima-1 | KCST | Tonghae | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-04-20 | Ship 242023-F05 | Starship V1.0 | SpaceX | Starbase | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-03-23 | GLHF2023-F04 | Terran 1 | Relativity Space | Cape Canaveral | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-03-07 | ALOS 32023-F03 | H3-22S | JAXA | Tanegashima | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-03-04 | Nahid-12023-F10 | Qaem-100 | IRGC | Shahroud | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-01-10 | Varisat 1A/1B2023-F02 | RS1 | ABL Space Sys | Kodiak | — | LEO | failure |
| 2023-01-09 | Start Me Up2023-F01 | LauncherOne | VO | Newquay | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-12-21 | Pleiades NEO 5/62022-F06 | Vega C | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-12-14 | Zhixing-1B2022-F05 | Zhuque-2 | Lanjian Hangtian | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-10-12 | RAISE-32022-F04 | Epsilon 2PBS | JAXA | Uchinoura | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-08-07 | EOS-022022-U02 | SSLV | ISRO | Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-06-12 | TROPICS 12022-F03 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | Astra | Canaveral | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-05-13 | Jilin-1 MF012022-F02 | Shuang Quxian 1 3 | Xingye Rongyao | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2022-02-10 | VCLS Demo 22022-F01 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | Astra | Canaveral | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-30 | Test satellites2021-F11 | Simorgh | IRSA | Semnan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-27 | IPN2021-133 | Angara A5/Persei | Khrunichev | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-15 | GeeSat-1A/1B2021-F10 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-10-21 | Dummy satellite2021-F09 | Nuri | KARI | Naro | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-09-03 | Dream2021-F08 | Firefly Alpha I | Firefly | Vandenberg | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-08-28 | STP-27AD12021-F07 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | Astra | Kodiak | — | LEO | failure |
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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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Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.