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Orbital Launches in 2008

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 69 every orbital launch in 2008, 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

69 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2008-12-25Uragan-M No. 7272008-067Proton-M/DM-2KhrunichevBaikonur Cosmodrome8 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
2008-12-23fengyun erhao 06 xing2008-066Chang Zheng 3ACASCXichang3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-12-20Hot Bird 92008-065Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre4 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-12-15yaogan weixing wuhao2008-064Chang Zheng 4BCASCTaiyuan—LEOsuccess
2008-12-10Ciel 22008-063Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-12-02Oko TP 60702008-062Molniya 8K78M 2BLRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—HEOsuccess
2008-12-01yaogan weixing sihao2008-061Chang Zheng 2DCASCJiuquan3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-11-26Progress 7K-TGM No.4012008-060Soyuz-U-PVBRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2008-11-15OV-105 ISS2008-059Space ShuttleNASAKennedy Space Center—LEOsuccess
2008-11-14Kobal't-M2008-058Soyuz-U-PVBRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2008-11-05shiyan weixing sanhao2008-056Chang Zheng 2DCASCJiuquan8 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-11-05Astra 1M2008-057Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-10-29Venesat2008-055Chang Zheng 3B G2CASCXichang1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2008-10-25shijian liuhao san zu B2008-053Chang Zheng 4BCASCTaiyuan8 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-10-25COSMO-Skymed 32008-054Delta 7420-10CULAVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2008-10-22Chandrayaan-12008-052PSLV-XLISROSatish Dhawan (Sriharikota)1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2008-10-19IBEX2008-051Pegasus XLOrbital SciencesKwajalein—HEOsuccess
2008-10-12Soyuz 11F732A17 No. 2232008-050Soyuz-FGRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2008-10-01THEOS2008-049DneprKTRAS/RVSNRYasniy3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-09-28Mass simulator2008-048Falcon 1SpaceXKwajalein1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2008-09-25shenzhou qihao fanhui ca2008-047Chang Zheng 2FCASCJiuquan—LEOsuccess
2008-09-25Uragan-M No. 7242008-046Proton-M/DM-2KhrunichevBaikonur Cosmodrome8 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
2008-09-24Galaxy 192008-045Zenit-3SLSeaLaunchKirimati2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-09-19Nimiq 42008-044Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-09-10Progress 7K-TGM No.3652008-043Soyuz-U-PVBRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2008-09-06huanjing jian zai A xing2008-041Chang Zheng 2C SMACASCTaiyuan2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-09-06GeoEye-12008-042Delta 7420-10CULAVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2008-08-29RapidEye 22008-040DneprKTRAS/RVSNRBaikonur Cosmodrome7 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-08-18INMARSAT 4 F32008-039Proton-M/Briz-MILSBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-08-16Omid?2008-F02SafirIRSASemnan—LEOfailure
2008-08-14Superbird 72008-038Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre4 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-08-03ORS Trailblazer2008-F01Falcon 1SpaceXKwajalein—LEOfailure
2008-07-26Persona No. 12008-037Soyuz-2-1BRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2008-07-22SAR-Lupe 52008-036Kosmos 11K65MRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2008-07-16Echostar 112008-035Zenit-3SLSeaLaunchKirimati2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-07-07Protostar 12008-034Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre3 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-06-26Oko-1 No. 71272008-033Proton-K/DM-2KhrunichevBaikonur Cosmodrome2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-06-20Jason-22008-032Delta 7320-10CULAVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
2008-06-19Orbcomm FM382008-031Kosmos 11K65MRussian Space ForcesKapustin Yar7 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-06-12Skynet 5C2008-030Ariane 5ECAArianespaceGuiana Space Centre5 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2008-06-11GLAST2008-029Delta 7920HULACape Canaveral1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2008-06-09zhongxing jiuhao2008-028Chang Zheng 3BCASCXichang1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
2008-05-31OV-103 ISS2008-027Space ShuttleNASAKennedy Space Center—LEOsuccess
2008-05-27fengyun sanhao 01 xing2008-026Chang Zheng 4CCASCTaiyuan7 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-05-23Yubileyniy2008-025RokotRussian Space ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-05-21Galaxy 182008-024Zenit-3SLSeaLaunchKirimati2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
2008-05-14Progress 7K-TGM No.3642008-023Soyuz-U-PVBRoscosmosBaikonur Cosmodrome—LEOsuccess
2008-04-28Amos 32008-022Zenit-3SLBSISBaikonur Cosmodrome2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
2008-04-28PSLV Rideshare 012008-021PSLV CAISROSatish Dhawan (Sriharikota)7 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
2008-04-26Giove B2008-020Soyuz-FG FregatStarsemBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗MEOsuccess

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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 (69 launches)
Uragan-M No. 727 (2008-12-25)fengyun erhao 06 xing (2008-12-23)Hot Bird 9 (2008-12-20)yaogan weixing wuhao (2008-12-15)Ciel 2 (2008-12-10)Oko TP 6070 (2008-12-02)yaogan weixing sihao (2008-12-01)Progress 7K-TGM No.401 (2008-11-26)OV-105 ISS (2008-11-15)Kobal't-M (2008-11-14)shiyan weixing sanhao (2008-11-05)Astra 1M (2008-11-05)Venesat (2008-10-29)shijian liuhao san zu B (2008-10-25)COSMO-Skymed 3 (2008-10-25)Chandrayaan-1 (2008-10-22)IBEX (2008-10-19)Soyuz 11F732A17 No. 223 (2008-10-12)THEOS (2008-10-01)Mass simulator (2008-09-28)shenzhou qihao fanhui ca (2008-09-25)Uragan-M No. 724 (2008-09-25)Galaxy 19 (2008-09-24)Nimiq 4 (2008-09-19)Progress 7K-TGM No.365 (2008-09-10)huanjing jian zai A xing (2008-09-06)GeoEye-1 (2008-09-06)RapidEye 2 (2008-08-29)INMARSAT 4 F3 (2008-08-18)Omid? (2008-08-16)Superbird 7 (2008-08-14)ORS Trailblazer (2008-08-03)Persona No. 1 (2008-07-26)SAR-Lupe 5 (2008-07-22)Echostar 11 (2008-07-16)Protostar 1 (2008-07-07)Oko-1 No. 7127 (2008-06-26)Jason-2 (2008-06-20)Orbcomm FM38 (2008-06-19)Skynet 5C (2008-06-12)GLAST (2008-06-11)zhongxing jiuhao (2008-06-09)OV-103 ISS (2008-05-31)fengyun sanhao 01 xing (2008-05-27)Yubileyniy (2008-05-23)Galaxy 18 (2008-05-21)Progress 7K-TGM No.364 (2008-05-14)PSLV Rideshare 01 (2008-04-28)Amos 3 (2008-04-28)Giove B (2008-04-26)tianlian yihao 01 xing (2008-04-25)Vinasat (2008-04-18)C/NOFS (2008-04-16)ICO G1 (2008-04-14)Soyuz 11F732 No. 222 (2008-04-08)SAR-Lupe 4 (2008-03-27)DirecTV-11 (2008-03-19)Navstar GPS SVN 48 (2008-03-15)Americom 14 (2008-03-14)Adv TRUMPET 2 (2008-03-13)OV-105 ISS (2008-03-11)ATV 1 (2008-03-09)WINDS (2008-02-23)Thor 5 (2008-02-11)OV-104 ISS (2008-02-07)Progress 7K-TGM No.363 (2008-02-05)Ekspress AM-33 (2008-01-28)TecSAR-1 (2008-01-21)Thuraya 3 (2008-01-15)

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