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Orbital Launches in 2021
7,412 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 Orbital Radar's launch & satellite archives. For what's flying next, see the live launch schedule.
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7,412
Total launches
228
This year
92.9%
Success rate
161
Crewed
1957
Since
Orbital Radar lists 146 orbital launches in 2021, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.
Featured & milestone launches
Every rocket launch, 1957 – 2026
228 launches so far this year · search, sort & filter the full record| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Launch site | Payloads | Orbit | Outcome |
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| 2021-12-30 | Test satellites2021-F11 | Simorgh | IRSA | Imam Khomeini Space Center (Semnan) | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-29 | TJS 92021-135 | Chang Zheng 3B G3 | CASC | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-29 | Tianhui-42021-134 | Chang Zheng 2D | CASC | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-27 | IPN2021-133 | Angara A5/Persei | Khrunichev | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | 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 Satellite Launch Center | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-25 | JWST2021-130 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 1 payload ↗ | Deep | success |
| 2021-12-23 | Shiyan 12 01/022021-129 | Chang Zheng 7A | CASC | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-22 | Inmarsat 6F12021-128 | H-IIA 204 2 | Mitsubishi / JAXA | Tanegashima Space Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-21 | Dragon C209.22021-127 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | 8 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-19 | Turksat 5B2021-126 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 1 payload ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-12-18 | Starlink Group 4-42021-125 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Vandenberg Space Force Base | 52 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-15 | GeeSat-1A/1B2021-F10 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-12-13 | TL2-022021-124 | Chang Zheng 3B G3 | CASC | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-13 | Ekpress-AMU3/AMU72021-123 | Proton-M/Briz-M I | Khrunichev | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-10 | SJ6-052021-122 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 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 | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-08 | Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 7522021-119 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-07 | STPSAT-6/LDPE-12021-118 | Atlas V 551 G | ULA | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-07 | TD-1/LZ-1/JZJ1-03/JZJ52021-117 | Gushenxing 1 1 | Xinghe Dongli | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 5 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-12-05 | GalileoSat-27/282021-116 | Soyuz-ST-B Fregat | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 2 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 2021-12-02 | Starlink Group 4-32021-115 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 50 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-26 | Fenghuo-2 04?2021-114 | Chang Zheng 3B G3 | CASC | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-25 | Kupol No. 52021-113 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Russian Aerospace Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-24 | Shiyan 112021-112 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-24 | Progress M-UM No. 3032021-111 | Soyuz-2-1B | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-24 | DART2021-110 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Vandenberg Space Force Base | 1 payload ↗ | HEO | success |
| 2021-11-22 | Gao Fen 3-022021-109 | Chang Zheng 4C | CASC | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-20 | STP-27AD22021-108 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | Astra | Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-20 | Gao Fen 11-032021-107 | Chang Zheng 4B | CASC | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-18 | Global-14/Global-152021-106 | Electron | Rocket Lab | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-16 | CERES 1-32021-105 | Vega 1 | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-13 | Starlink Group 4-12021-104 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 53 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-11 | Dragon C2102021-103 | Falcon 9 FT5 | SpaceX | Kennedy Space Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-09 | RAISE-22021-102 | Epsilon 2PBS | JAXA | Uchinoura Space Center | 11 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-06 | YG-352021-101 | Chang Zheng 2D | CASC | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-05 | SDGSAT-12021-100 | Chang Zheng 6 | CASC | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-11-03 | YG-32-022021-099 | Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S | CASC | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-28 | Progress 7K-TGM No. 4472021-098 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-27 | Jilin-1 GF022021-097 | Kuaizhou-1A | CASIC ExPace | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-26 | QZSS 1R2021-096 | H-IIA 202 1 | Mitsubishi / JAXA | Tanegashima Space Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-24 | SES-17/Syracuse 4A2021-095 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Arianespace | Guiana Space Centre | 2 payloads ↗ | GEO | success |
| 2021-10-24 | Shi Jian 212021-094 | Chang Zheng 3B G2 | CASC | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-21 | Dummy satellite2021-F09 | Nuri | KARI | Naro Space Center | — | LEO | failure |
| 2021-10-16 | Lucy2021-093 | Atlas V 401 C | ULA | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-15 | Shenzhou 132021-092 | Chang Zheng 2F G | CASC | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-14 | CHASE2021-091 | Chang Zheng 2D | CASC | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | 11 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-14 | OneWeb L112021-090 | Soyuz-2-1B Fregat | Starsem | Vostochny Cosmodrome | 36 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 2021-10-05 | Soyuz 11F732A48 No. 7492021-089 | Soyuz-2-1A | Roscosmos | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
Launch cadence · 1957 → 2026
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About this database
Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,412 in total, 161 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is maintained in Orbital Radar's launch archive and matched continuously 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)Shiyan 10 (2021-09-27)Jilin-1 GF02 (2021-09-27)Tianzhou 3 (2021-09-20)Dragon C207.2 (2021-09-16)OneWeb L10 (2021-09-14)Starlink Group 2-1 (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 2026-09-20 · Data: Orbital Radar launch & satellite archives — sources & methodology.