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Orbital Launches in 2006

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 66 every orbital launch in 2006, 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

66 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2006-12-27COROT2006-063Soyuz-2-1B FregatStarsemBaikonur Cosmodrome1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2006-12-25Uragan-M No. 7152006-062Proton-K/DM-2KhrunichevBaikonur Cosmodrome8 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
2006-12-24Meridian No. 11L2006-061Soyuz-2-1A FregatRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
2006-12-19SAR-Lupe 12006-060Kosmos 11K65MRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-12-18ETS-82006-059H-IIA 204Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-12-16Tacsat-22006-058Minotaur ISMC/RSLPWallops (MARS)—LEOsuccess
2006-12-14NROL-212006-057Delta 7920-10CULAVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
2006-12-11Measat2006-056Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-12-10OV-103 ISS2006-055Space ShuttleNASAKennedy Space Center—LEOsuccess
2006-12-08WildBlue 12006-054Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-12-08fengyun erhao D xing2006-053Chang Zheng 3ACASCXichang3 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2006-11-17Navstar GPS SVN 582006-052Delta 7925-9.5Blue OriginCape Canaveral1 payload ↗MEOsuccess
2006-11-08Arabsat 4B2006-051Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-11-04DMSP Block 5D-3 S-172006-050Delta 4MBlue OriginVandenberg SFB5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2006-10-30XM Radio-42006-049Zenit-3SLSeaLaunchKirimati2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-10-28xinnuo erhao2006-048Chang Zheng 3BCASCXichang2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2006-10-26STEREO Ahead2006-047Delta 7925-10LBlue OriginCape Canaveral—HEOsuccess
2006-10-23shijian liuhao er zu B x2006-046Chang Zheng 4BCASCTaiyuan7 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2006-10-23Progress 7K-TGM No. 3582006-045Soyuz-U-PVBRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-10-19METOP A2006-044Soyuz-2-1A FregatStarsemBaikonur Cosmodrome1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2006-10-13DirecTV 9S2006-043Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-09-25Navstar GPS SVN 522006-042Delta 7925-9.5Blue OriginCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
2006-09-22SOLAR-B2006-041M-V 1ISASJiuquan1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2006-09-18Soyuz 11F732 No. 2192006-040Soyuz-FGRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-09-14Don No. 8L2006-039Soyuz-U-PVBRussian Space ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-09-12Feng Huo 2?2006-038Chang Zheng 3ACASCXichang1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2006-09-11IGS Optical-22006-037H-IIA 202Mitsubishi / JAXATanegashima—LEOsuccess
2006-09-09OV-104 ISS2006-036Space ShuttleNASAKennedy Space Center—LEOsuccess
2006-09-09shijian bahao yuzhong we2006-035Chang Zheng 2C bCASCJiuquan—LEOsuccess
2006-08-22Koreasat 52006-034Zenit-3SLSeaLaunchKirimati2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-08-11JCSAT 102006-033Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre4 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2006-08-04Hot Bird 82006-032Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-07-28KOMPSAT-22006-031RokotEurockotPlesetsk Cosmodrome2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2006-07-26Dnepr Rideshare 42006-F03DneprKTRAS/RVSNRBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOfailure
2006-07-21Oko US-KS?2006-030Molniya 8K78M 2BLRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2006-07-12Bigelow Genesis-12006-029DneprRussian Rocket ForcesYasniy1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2006-07-10Insat 4C2006-F02GSLV Mk I bISROSatish Dhawan (Sriharikota)—LEOfailure
2006-07-04OV-103 ISS2006-028Space ShuttleNASAKennedy Space Center—LEOsuccess
2006-06-28Adv TRUMPET 12006-027Delta 4M+(4,2)Blue OriginVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2006-06-25US-PU/Konus-A2006-026Tsiklon-2Russian Space ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-06-24Progress 7K-TGM No. 3572006-025Soyuz-U-PVBRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-06-21MITEX OSC satellite2006-024Delta 7925-9.5Blue OriginCape Canaveral1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2006-06-18Galaxy 162006-023Zenit-3SLSeaLaunchKirimati2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-06-17Kazsat 78KS2006-022Proton-K/DM-2M DM3KhrunichevBaikonur Cosmodrome2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-06-15Resurs-DK No. 12006-021Soyuz-U-PVBRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2006-05-27Satmex 62006-020Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre4 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-05-26Vulkan-Kompas-22006-019Shtil'-1VMF RFBLA—LEOsuccess
2006-05-24GOES N2006-018Delta 4M+(4,2)Blue OriginCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2006-05-03Kobal't-M2006-017Soyuz-U-PVBRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2006-04-28Cloudsat2006-016Delta 7420-10CBlue OriginVandenberg SFB3 payloads ↗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 (66 launches)
COROT (2006-12-27)Uragan-M No. 715 (2006-12-25)Meridian No. 11L (2006-12-24)SAR-Lupe 1 (2006-12-19)ETS-8 (2006-12-18)Tacsat-2 (2006-12-16)NROL-21 (2006-12-14)Measat (2006-12-11)OV-103 ISS (2006-12-10)WildBlue 1 (2006-12-08)fengyun erhao D xing (2006-12-08)Navstar GPS SVN 58 (2006-11-17)Arabsat 4B (2006-11-08)DMSP Block 5D-3 S-17 (2006-11-04)XM Radio-4 (2006-10-30)xinnuo erhao (2006-10-28)STEREO Ahead (2006-10-26)shijian liuhao er zu B x (2006-10-23)Progress 7K-TGM No. 358 (2006-10-23)METOP A (2006-10-19)DirecTV 9S (2006-10-13)Navstar GPS SVN 52 (2006-09-25)SOLAR-B (2006-09-22)Soyuz 11F732 No. 219 (2006-09-18)Don No. 8L (2006-09-14)Feng Huo 2? (2006-09-12)IGS Optical-2 (2006-09-11)OV-104 ISS (2006-09-09)shijian bahao yuzhong we (2006-09-09)Koreasat 5 (2006-08-22)JCSAT 10 (2006-08-11)Hot Bird 8 (2006-08-04)KOMPSAT-2 (2006-07-28)Dnepr Rideshare 4 (2006-07-26)Oko US-KS? (2006-07-21)Bigelow Genesis-1 (2006-07-12)Insat 4C (2006-07-10)OV-103 ISS (2006-07-04)Adv TRUMPET 1 (2006-06-28)US-PU/Konus-A (2006-06-25)Progress 7K-TGM No. 357 (2006-06-24)MITEX OSC satellite (2006-06-21)Galaxy 16 (2006-06-18)Kazsat 78KS (2006-06-17)Resurs-DK No. 1 (2006-06-15)Satmex 6 (2006-05-27)Vulkan-Kompas-2 (2006-05-26)GOES N (2006-05-24)Kobal't-M (2006-05-03)Cloudsat (2006-04-28)yaogan weixing yihao (2006-04-26)EROS B (2006-04-25)Progress 7K-TGM No. 356 (2006-04-24)Astra 1KR (2006-04-20)COSMIC (2006-04-15)JCSAT-9 (2006-04-12)Soyuz 11F732 No. 218 (2006-03-30)Falconsat 2 (2006-03-24)Space Technology 5 (2006-03-22)Spainsat (2006-03-11)Arabsat 4A (2006-02-28)ASTRO-F (2006-02-21)MTSAT-2 (2006-02-18)Echostar 10 (2006-02-15)ALOS (2006-01-24)New Horizons (2006-01-19)

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