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Orbital Launches in 1971

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 134 every orbital launch in 1971, 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

134 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1971-12-29Meteor-MV No. 181971-120Vostok 8A92MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-27Zenit-4MT1971-118Soyuz 11A511MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-27DS-U2-GKA No. 11971-119Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—MEOsuccess
1971-12-25US-A reactor1971-117Tsiklon-2Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-20INTELSAT IV F31971-116Atlas SLV-3C CentaurNASACape Canaveral—GEOsuccess
1971-12-19Molniya-1 11F67 No. 251971-115Molniya 8K78MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1971-12-17DS-P1-Yu No. 451971-113Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-17Strela-2M1971-114Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1971-12-16Zenit-4M1971-112Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-15Tsiklon1971-111Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-14POPPY 7 SV11971-110Thorad SLV-2G Agena DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1971-12-11UK 41971-109Scout B-1 FUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1971-12-10Zenit-4M1971-108Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-06Zenit-4M1971-107Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-05D-2A Polaire1971-F14Diamant BCNESGuiana Space Centre—LEOfailure
1971-12-04CANYON 41971-F13Atlas SLV-3A Agena DUS Air ForceCape Canaveral—LEOfailure
1971-12-03Zenit-2M1971-F12Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
1971-12-03I2P1971-106Tsiklon-2Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-02DS-U2-MT No. 11971-105Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-12-02DS-U2-IK No. 21971-104Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin Yar—LEOsuccess
1971-11-30Tselina-OM1971-103Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-11-29DS-P1-Yu No. 531971-101Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-11-29DS-P1-M No. 51971-102Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-11-24Molniya-21971-100Molniya 8K78MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1971-11-20Sfera1971-099Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-11-19Zenit-4M1971-098Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-11-17DS-P1-Yu No. 541971-097Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-11-15SSS A1971-096Scout BCRASan Marco—MEOsuccess
1971-11-05STV 81971-F10Europa IICECLES/ELDOGuiana Space Centre—LEOfailure
1971-11-03DSCS II A-11971-095Titan IIICUS Air ForceCape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
1971-11-02Zenit-4M1971-094Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-10-28X-31971-093Black ArrowRAEWoomera—LEOsuccess
1971-10-23GAMBIT-3 Mission 43331971-092Titan 24BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1971-10-21ITOS B1971-091Thor Delta N6NASAVandenberg SFB—LEOfailure
1971-10-19DS-P1-Yu No. 441971-090Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-10-17ASTEX P71-21971-089Thorad SLV-2G Agena DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1971-10-14DMSP Block 5B F-1 (SV-2)1971-087Thor Burner 2AADCOM 10ADSVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1971-10-14Zenit-4M1971-088Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-10-13Strela-1M1971-086Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-10-07Zenit-2M1971-085Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-09-29OSO H1971-083Thor Delta NNASACape Canaveral—LEOsuccess
1971-09-29Zenit-4M1971-084Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-09-28MS-F21971-080Mu-4SISASJiuquan—LEOsuccess
1971-09-28Zenit-4M1971-081Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-09-28E-8LS No. 2021971-082Proton-K/DSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
1971-09-24DS-P1-I No. 101971-079Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-09-21Zenit-2M1971-078Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-09-14Zenit-4MK1971-077Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
1971-09-10CORONA CR-151971-076Thorad SLV-2H Agena DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1971-09-10Tselina-OM1971-075Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk 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 (134 launches)
Meteor-MV No. 18 (1971-12-29)Zenit-4MT (1971-12-27)DS-U2-GKA No. 1 (1971-12-27)US-A reactor (1971-12-25)INTELSAT IV F3 (1971-12-20)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 25 (1971-12-19)Strela-2M (1971-12-17)DS-P1-Yu No. 45 (1971-12-17)Zenit-4M (1971-12-16)Tsiklon (1971-12-15)POPPY 7 SV1 (1971-12-14)UK 4 (1971-12-11)Zenit-4M (1971-12-10)Zenit-4M (1971-12-06)D-2A Polaire (1971-12-05)CANYON 4 (1971-12-04)Zenit-2M (1971-12-03)DS-U2-MT No. 1 (1971-12-02)DS-U2-IK No. 2 (1971-12-02)Tselina-OM (1971-11-30)DS-P1-Yu No. 53 (1971-11-29)DS-P1-M No. 5 (1971-11-29)Molniya-2 (1971-11-24)Sfera (1971-11-20)Zenit-4M (1971-11-19)DS-P1-Yu No. 54 (1971-11-17)SSS A (1971-11-15)STV 8 (1971-11-05)DSCS II A-1 (1971-11-03)Zenit-4M (1971-11-02)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4333 (1971-10-23)ITOS B (1971-10-21)DS-P1-Yu No. 44 (1971-10-19)ASTEX P71-2 (1971-10-17)DMSP Block 5B F-1 (SV-2) (1971-10-14)Zenit-4M (1971-10-14)Strela-1M (1971-10-13)Zenit-2M (1971-10-07)OSO H (1971-09-29)Zenit-4M (1971-09-29)E-8LS No. 202 (1971-09-28)MS-F2 (1971-09-28)Zenit-4M (1971-09-28)DS-P1-I No. 10 (1971-09-24)Zenit-2M (1971-09-21)Zenit-4MK (1971-09-14)CORONA CR-15 (1971-09-10)Tselina-OM (1971-09-10)Tselina-OM (1971-09-07)E-8-5 No. 407 (1971-09-02)DS-P1-Yu No. 41 (1971-08-27)Zenit-2M (1971-08-19)Eole (1971-08-16)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4332 (1971-08-12)T2K No. 3 (1971-08-12)OGCh-K No. 51027-40-251 (1971-08-08)OAR-901 (1971-08-07)Zenit-4M (1971-08-05)DS-P1-Yu No. 33 (1971-08-03)Zenit-2M (1971-07-30)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 20 (1971-07-28)Apollo CM-112 (1971-07-26)Zenit-4M (1971-07-23)Tselina-OM (1971-07-22)Zenit-4M (1971-07-20)STRAWMAN 4 (1971-07-16)Meteor-M No. 20 (1971-07-16)Solar Explorer C (1971-07-08)LK (1971-06-26)Zenit-4M (1971-06-25)Zenit-2M (1971-06-24)HEXAGON SV-1 (1971-06-15)Zenit-4MK (1971-06-11)P70-1 (1971-06-08)Soyuz 7KT-OK No. 32 (1971-06-06)DS-U2-K No. 1 (1971-06-04)Mariner 71J (1971-05-30)Tselina-OM (1971-05-29)4M No. 172 (1971-05-28)Zenit-4M (1971-05-28)DS-P1-Yu No. 47 (1971-05-27)Tsiklon (1971-05-22)4M No. 171 (1971-05-19)DS-P1-Yu No. 48 (1971-05-19)Zenit-4M (1971-05-18)3MS No. 170 (1971-05-10)Mariner 71H (1971-05-09)Strela-1M (1971-05-07)Zenit-2M (1971-05-06)DSP 3 (1971-05-05)Sfera (1971-04-28)DS-P1-Yu No. 37 (1971-04-24)San Marco C (1971-04-24)Strela-2M (1971-04-23)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4331 (1971-04-22)Soyuz 7KT-OK No. 31 (1971-04-22)DOS-1 17K No. 121 (1971-04-19)Meteor-M No. 21 (71) (1971-04-17)D-2A (1971-04-15)Zenit-4M (1971-04-14)Tselina-D (1971-04-07)Zenit-2M (1971-04-02)Isis B (1971-04-01)US-A reactor (1971-04-01)Zenit-4M (1971-03-27)CORONA CR-14 (1971-03-24)Jumpseat 1 (1971-03-21)DS-P1-M No. 3 (1971-03-18)IMP I (1971-03-13)DS-P1-Yu No. 39 (1971-03-05)Zenit-2M (1971-03-05)shijian (1971-03-03)Zenit-4M (1971-03-03)T2K No. 2 (1971-02-26)I2P (1971-02-25)Zenit-4M (1971-02-18)CORONA CR-13 (1971-02-17)Tselina-OM (1971-02-17)DAPP Block 5A F-3 (1971-02-17)MS-T1 (1971-02-16)DS-P1-M No. 2 (1971-02-09)NATO IIB (1971-02-03)Apollo CM-110 (1971-01-31)DS-P1-Yu No. 34 (1971-01-26)INTELSAT IV F2 (1971-01-26)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4330 (1971-01-21)Zenit-2M (1971-01-21)Meteor-M No. 19 (1971-01-20)DS-P1-I No. 11 (1971-01-14)Zenit-4M (1971-01-12)

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