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Orbital Launches in 2020
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.
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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since
Orbital Radar lists 114 every orbital launch in 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-29 | CSO 22020-104 | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-27 | Yaogan 332020-103 | Chang Zheng 4C | CASC | Jiuquan | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-22 | XJY 72020-102 | Chang Zheng 8 | CASC | Wenchang | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-19 | NROL-1082020-101 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-18 | OneWeb L42020-100 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Starsem | Vostochniy | 36 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-17 | GSAT-12R2020-099 | PSLV-XL | ISRO | Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) | 2 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2020-12-15 | Rocket 3.22020-F09 | Astra Rocket 3.2 | Astra | Kodiak | — | LEO | failure |
| 2020-12-15 | Strix-Alpha2020-098 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-14 | 5A4PP?2020-097 | Angara A5 | Khrunichev | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2020-12-13 | SXM-72020-096 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 2 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2020-12-11 | ORION 10?2020-095 | Delta 4H A | ULA | Cape Canaveral | 1 payload ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2020-12-09 | GECAM A/B2020-094 | Chang Zheng 11 | CASC | Xichang | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-06 | Dragon C2082020-093 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-06 | Gao Fen 142020-092 | Chang Zheng 3B G5 | CASC | Xichang | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-03 | Gonets-M No. 30/31/322020-091 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Russian Aerospace Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 5 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-12-02 | FalconEye 22020-090 | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-29 | Deta Chukei Eisei 12020-089 | H-IIA 202 1 | Mitsubishi / JAXA | Tanegashima | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2020-11-25 | Starlink V1.0-L152020-088 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 10 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-23 | Chang'e-52020-087 | Chang Zheng 5 | CASC | Wenchang | — | HEO | success |
| 2020-11-21 | Sentinel-62020-086 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Vandenberg SFB | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-20 | Electron 16 Rideshare2020-085 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-17 | SEOSAT-Ingenio2020-U01 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | LEO | failure |
| 2020-11-16 | Dragon C2072020-084 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-13 | TOPAZ?2020-083 | Atlas V 531 G | ULA | Cape Canaveral | 1 payload ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2020-11-12 | Tiantong-1 022020-082 | Chang Zheng 3B G2 | CASC | Xichang | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2020-11-07 | PSLV Rideshare 172020-081 | PSLV-DL | ISRO | Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) | 7 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-07 | Tianqi-112020-080 | Gushenxing 1 | Xinghe Dongli | Jiuquan | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-06 | Nusat 9-182020-079 | Chang Zheng 6 | CASC | Taiyuan | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-11-05 | GPS III SV-042020-078 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 1 payload ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2020-10-28 | Electron 15 Rideshare2020-077 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-10-26 | YG-30-072020-076 | Chang Zheng 2C | CASC | Xichang | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-10-25 | Glonass-K No. 15L2020-075 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Russian Aerospace Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2020-10-24 | Starlink V1.0-L142020-074 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 10 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-10-18 | Starlink V1.0-L132020-073 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | 15 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-10-14 | Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 7472020-072 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-10-11 | Gao Fen 132020-071 | Chang Zheng 3B G2 | CASC | Xichang | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2020-10-06 | Starlink V1.0-L122020-070 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | 13 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-10-03 | Cygnus NG-142020-069 | Antares 230+ | NGIS | Wallops (MARS) | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-28 | Gonets-M No. 27/28/292020-068 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Russian Aerospace Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 12 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-27 | HJ-2A/B2020-067 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Taiyuan | 5 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-21 | HY-2C2020-066 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Jiuquan | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-15 | Jilin-12020-065 | Chang Zheng 11 H | CASC | Huang Hai | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-12 | Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C2020-F08 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2020-09-12 | Rocket 3.12020-F07 | Astra Rocket 3.1 | Astra | Kodiak | — | LEO | failure |
| 2020-09-07 | Gao Fen 11-022020-064 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Taiyuan | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-04 | CSSHQ2020-063 | Chang Zheng 2F T | CASC | Jiuquan | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-03 | Starlink V1.0-L112020-062 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | 16 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-09-03 | SSMS2020-061 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 6 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2020-08-31 | Sequoia2020-060 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | — | LEO | success |
| 2020-08-30 | SAOCOM-1B2020-059 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
Launch cadence · 1957 → 2026
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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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CSO 2 (2020-12-29)Yaogan 33 (2020-12-27)XJY 7 (2020-12-22)NROL-108 (2020-12-19)OneWeb L4 (2020-12-18)GSAT-12R (2020-12-17)Rocket 3.2 (2020-12-15)Strix-Alpha (2020-12-15)5A4PP? (2020-12-14)SXM-7 (2020-12-13)ORION 10? (2020-12-11)GECAM A/B (2020-12-09)Dragon C208 (2020-12-06)Gao Fen 14 (2020-12-06)Gonets-M No. 30/31/32 (2020-12-03)FalconEye 2 (2020-12-02)Deta Chukei Eisei 1 (2020-11-29)Starlink V1.0-L15 (2020-11-25)Chang'e-5 (2020-11-23)Sentinel-6 (2020-11-21)Electron 16 Rideshare (2020-11-20)SEOSAT-Ingenio (2020-11-17)Dragon C207 (2020-11-16)TOPAZ? (2020-11-13)Tiantong-1 02 (2020-11-12)PSLV Rideshare 17 (2020-11-07)Tianqi-11 (2020-11-07)Nusat 9-18 (2020-11-06)GPS III SV-04 (2020-11-05)Electron 15 Rideshare (2020-10-28)YG-30-07 (2020-10-26)Glonass-K No. 15L (2020-10-25)Starlink V1.0-L14 (2020-10-24)Starlink V1.0-L13 (2020-10-18)Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 747 (2020-10-14)Gao Fen 13 (2020-10-11)Starlink V1.0-L12 (2020-10-06)Cygnus NG-14 (2020-10-03)Gonets-M No. 27/28/29 (2020-09-28)HJ-2A/B (2020-09-27)HY-2C (2020-09-21)Jilin-1 (2020-09-15)Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C (2020-09-12)Rocket 3.1 (2020-09-12)Gao Fen 11-02 (2020-09-07)CSSHQ (2020-09-04)Starlink V1.0-L11 (2020-09-03)SSMS (2020-09-03)Sequoia (2020-08-31)SAOCOM-1B (2020-08-30)Gao Fen 9-05 (2020-08-23)Starlink V1.0-L10/SkySat (2020-08-18)Galaxy 30/MEV2/BSAT-4b (2020-08-15)Starlink V1.0-L9/BSky (2020-08-07)Gao Fen 9-04 (2020-08-06)Ekspress-80/103 (2020-07-30)Perseverance (2020-07-30)ZY3-3 (2020-07-25)Tianwen-1 (2020-07-23)Progress 7K-TGM No. 444 (2020-07-23)ANASIS-2 (2020-07-20)Hope Probe (2020-07-19)NROL-129 (2020-07-15)Jilin-1 GF02 (2020-07-10)Apstar 6D (2020-07-09)'Ofeq-16 (2020-07-06)Electron 13 Rideshare (2020-07-04)SW6-02 (2020-07-04)Gao Fen Duomo (2020-07-03)GPS III SV-03 (2020-06-30)Beidou-3 G3 (2020-06-23)Gao Fen 9-03 (2020-06-17)Starlink V1.0-L8/SkySat (2020-06-13)NRO/ANDESITE/M2PF (2020-06-13)HY-1D (2020-06-10)Starlink V1.0-L7 (2020-06-04)Gao Fen 9-02 (2020-05-31)Dragon C206 (2020-05-30)XJS G, H (2020-05-29)Starshine 4? (2020-05-25)Kupol No. 4 (2020-05-22)HTV 9 (2020-05-20)X-37B No. 1? (2020-05-17)Xingyun 2-01,02 (2020-05-12)XZF-FC/RCS-FC-SC (2020-05-05)Progress 7K-TGM No. 448 (2020-04-25)Starlink V1.0-L6 (2020-04-22)Noor 1 (2020-04-22)Nusantara Dua (2020-04-09)Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 745 (2020-04-09)AEHF 6 (2020-03-26)YG-30-06 (2020-03-24)OneWeb L3 (2020-03-21)Starlink V1.0-L5 (2020-03-18)XYZ-6 (2020-03-16)Uragan-M No. 760 (2020-03-16)Beidou-3 G2 (2020-03-09)Dragon C112.3 (2020-03-07)Meridian No. 19L (2020-02-20)XJS C-F (2020-02-19)JCSAT-17/GEO-Kompsat 2B (2020-02-18)Starlink V1.0-L4 (2020-02-17)Cygnus NG-13 (2020-02-15)Solar Orbiter (2020-02-10)Zafar (2020-02-09)IGS O-7 (2020-02-09)OneWeb L2 (2020-02-06)NROL-151 (2020-01-31)Starlink V1.0-L3 (2020-01-29)Eutelsat Konnect/GSAT-30 (2020-01-16)Yinhe 1 (2020-01-16)Jilin-1/Nusat/TQ-5 (2020-01-15)Starlink V1.0-L2 (2020-01-07)TJS 5 (2020-01-07)
Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.