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Orbital Launches in 2021
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 146 every orbital launch in 2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-30 | Test satellites2021-F11 | Simorgh | IRSA | Semnan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-29 | TJS 92021-135 | Chang Zheng 3B G3 | CASC | Xichang | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2021-12-29 | Tianhui-42021-134 | Chang Zheng 2D | CASC | Jiuquan | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-27 | IPN2021-133 | Angara A5/Persei | Khrunichev | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-27 | OneWeb L122021-132 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Starsem | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 36 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-26 | ZY1-02E2021-131 | Chang Zheng 4C | CASC | Taiyuan | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-25 | JWST2021-130 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | — | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-23 | Shiyan 12 01/022021-129 | Chang Zheng 7A | CASC | Wenchang | 2 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2021-12-22 | Inmarsat 6F12021-128 | H-IIA 204 2 | Mitsubishi / JAXA | Tanegashima | 1 payload ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-21 | Dragon C209.22021-127 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-19 | Turksat 5B2021-126 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 1 payload ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-18 | Starlink Group 4-42021-125 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Vandenberg SFB | 37 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-15 | GeeSat-1A/1B2021-F10 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-13 | TL2-022021-124 | Chang Zheng 3B G3 | CASC | Xichang | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2021-12-13 | Ekpress-AMU3/AMU72021-123 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Khrunichev | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 4 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-10 | SJ6-052021-122 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Jiuquan | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-09 | IXPE2021-121 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-09 | Global-16/Global-172021-120 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-08 | Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 7522021-119 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-07 | STPSAT-6/LDPE-12021-118 | Atlas V 551 G | ULA | Cape Canaveral | 5 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-07 | TD-1/LZ-1/JZJ1-03/JZJ52021-117 | Gushenxing 1 1 | Xinghe Dongli | Jiuquan | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-05 | GalileoSat-27/282021-116 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2021-12-02 | Starlink Group 4-32021-115 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 47 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-26 | Fenghuo-2 04?2021-114 | Chang Zheng 3B G3 | CASC | Xichang | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2021-11-25 | Kupol No. 52021-113 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Russian Aerospace Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-11-24 | Shiyan 112021-112 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-24 | Progress M-UM No. 3032021-111 | Soyuz-2-1B | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-24 | DART2021-110 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Vandenberg SFB | — | HEO | success |
| 2021-11-22 | Gao Fen 3-022021-109 | Chang Zheng 4C | CASC | Jiuquan | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-20 | Gao Fen 11-032021-107 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Taiyuan | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-20 | STP-27AD22021-108 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | Astra | Kodiak | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-18 | Global-14/Global-152021-106 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Mahia | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-16 | CERES 1-32021-105 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-13 | Starlink Group 4-12021-104 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral | 48 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-11 | Dragon C2102021-103 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-09 | RAISE-22021-102 | Epsilon 2PBS | JAXA | Uchinoura | 9 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-06 | YG-352021-101 | Chang Zheng 2D | CASC | Xichang | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-05 | SDGSAT-12021-100 | Chang Zheng 6 | CASC | Taiyuan | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-03 | YG-32-022021-099 | Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S | CASC | Jiuquan | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-28 | Progress 7K-TGM No. 4472021-098 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-27 | Jilin-1 GF022021-097 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-26 | QZSS 1R2021-096 | H-IIA 202 1 | Mitsubishi / JAXA | Tanegashima | 2 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-10-24 | SES-17/Syracuse 4A2021-095 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-10-24 | Shi Jian 212021-094 | Chang Zheng 3B G2 | CASC | Xichang | 3 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-10-21 | Dummy satellite2021-F09 | Nuri | KARI | Naro | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-10-16 | Lucy2021-093 | Atlas V 401 C | ULA | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 2021-10-15 | Shenzhou 132021-092 | Chang Zheng 2F G | CASC | Jiuquan | — | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-14 | CHASE2021-091 | Chang Zheng 2D | CASC | Taiyuan | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-14 | OneWeb L112021-090 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Starsem | Vostochniy | 36 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-05 | Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 7492021-089 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
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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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Test satellites (2021-12-30)Tianhui-4 (2021-12-29)TJS 9 (2021-12-29)OneWeb L12 (2021-12-27)IPN (2021-12-27)ZY1-02E (2021-12-26)JWST (2021-12-25)Shiyan 12 01/02 (2021-12-23)Inmarsat 6F1 (2021-12-22)Dragon C209.2 (2021-12-21)Turksat 5B (2021-12-19)Starlink Group 4-4 (2021-12-18)GeeSat-1A/1B (2021-12-15)Ekpress-AMU3/AMU7 (2021-12-13)TL2-02 (2021-12-13)SJ6-05 (2021-12-10)Global-16/Global-17 (2021-12-09)IXPE (2021-12-09)Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 752 (2021-12-08)STPSAT-6/LDPE-1 (2021-12-07)TD-1/LZ-1/JZJ1-03/JZJ5 (2021-12-07)GalileoSat-27/28 (2021-12-05)Starlink Group 4-3 (2021-12-02)Fenghuo-2 04? (2021-11-26)Kupol No. 5 (2021-11-25)DART (2021-11-24)Shiyan 11 (2021-11-24)Progress M-UM No. 303 (2021-11-24)Gao Fen 3-02 (2021-11-22)Gao Fen 11-03 (2021-11-20)STP-27AD2 (2021-11-20)Global-14/Global-15 (2021-11-18)CERES 1-3 (2021-11-16)Starlink Group 4-1 (2021-11-13)Dragon C210 (2021-11-11)RAISE-2 (2021-11-09)YG-35 (2021-11-06)SDGSAT-1 (2021-11-05)YG-32-02 (2021-11-03)Progress 7K-TGM No. 447 (2021-10-28)Jilin-1 GF02 (2021-10-27)QZSS 1R (2021-10-26)SES-17/Syracuse 4A (2021-10-24)Shi Jian 21 (2021-10-24)Dummy satellite (2021-10-21)Lucy (2021-10-16)Shenzhou 13 (2021-10-15)OneWeb L11 (2021-10-14)CHASE (2021-10-14)Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 749 (2021-10-05)Landsat 9 (2021-09-27)Jilin-1 GF02 (2021-09-27)Shiyan 10 (2021-09-27)Tianzhou 3 (2021-09-20)Dragon C207.2 (2021-09-16)Starlink Group 2-1 (2021-09-14)OneWeb L10 (2021-09-14)Zhongxing 9B (2021-09-09)EO-MKA No. 1? (2021-09-09)GF5-02 (2021-09-07)Dream (2021-09-03)Dragon C208.2 (2021-08-29)STP-27AD1 (2021-08-28)TJS 7 (2021-08-24)RSW (2021-08-24)OneWeb L9 (2021-08-21)Tianhui 2-02 (2021-08-18)Pleiades-Neo 4 (2021-08-17)GISAT-1 (2021-08-12)Cygnus NG-16 (2021-08-10)Shentong 2-05 (2021-08-05)KL-Beta (2021-08-04)Jilin-1 MF01 (2021-08-03)Star One D2/Eutelsat Q (2021-07-30)Monolith (2021-07-29)Tianhui 1-04 (2021-07-29)DF-ZF (2021-07-27)MLM-U No. 17901 (2021-07-21)YG-30-10 (2021-07-19)Zhongzi 02 (2021-07-09)TL1-05 (2021-07-06)FY-3E (2021-07-04)Jilin-1 (2021-07-03)OneWeb L8 (2021-07-01)Transporter-2 (2021-06-30)Tubular Bells I (2021-06-30)Progress 7K-TGM No. 446 (2021-06-29)Pion-NKS No. 901 (2021-06-25)YG-30-09 (2021-06-18)Shenzhou 12 (2021-06-17)GPS III SV05 (2021-06-17)NROL-111 (2021-06-15)TacRL-2 (2021-06-13)Tolou-2? (2021-06-12)Beijing-3 (2021-06-11)SXM-8 (2021-06-06)Dragon C209 (2021-06-03)FY-4B (2021-06-02)Tianzhou 2 (2021-05-29)OneWeb L7 (2021-05-28)Starlink V1.0-L28 (2021-05-26)HY-2D (2021-05-19)SBIRS GEO-5 (2021-05-18)Starlink V1.0-L26 (2021-05-15)Global-8/Global-9 (2021-05-15)Starlink V1.0-L27 (2021-05-09)YG-30-08 (2021-05-06)Starlink V1.0-L25 (2021-05-04)Yaogan 34 (2021-04-30)Starlink V1.0-L24 (2021-04-29)Pleiades-Neo 3 (2021-04-29)Tianhe (2021-04-29)Qilu-1/4 (2021-04-27)Improved CRYSTAL? (2021-04-26)OneWeb L6 (2021-04-25)Dragon C206.2 (2021-04-23)Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 748 (2021-04-09)SW6-03 (2021-04-08)Starlink V1.0-L23 (2021-04-07)Gao Fen 12-02 (2021-03-30)OneWeb L5 (2021-03-25)Starlink V1.0-L22 (2021-03-24)Soyuz Rideshare 9 (2021-03-22)Global-5/Pathstone (2021-03-22)Starlink V1.0-L21 (2021-03-14)Yaogan 31-04 (2021-03-13)Starlink V1.0-L20 (2021-03-11)Shiyan 9 (2021-03-11)Starlink V1.0-L17 (2021-03-04)PSLV Rideshare 18 (2021-02-28)Arktika-M No. 1 (2021-02-28)Yaogan 31-03 (2021-02-24)Cygnus NG-15 (2021-02-20)Starlink V1.0-L19 (2021-02-16)Progress 7K-TGM No. 445 (2021-02-15)Starlink V1.0-L18 (2021-02-04)Huoyan 3? (2021-02-04)Lotos-S No. 5 (2021-02-02)Tianshu (2021-02-01)Yaogan 31-02 (2021-01-29)Transporter-1 (2021-01-24)Starlink V1.0-L16 (2021-01-20)BIU GMS-T (2021-01-20)Tiantong-1 03 (2021-01-19)Elana XX (2021-01-17)Turksat 5A (2021-01-08)
Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.