Space exploration in 2020

2020
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Russian space program in 2020

During a traditional meeting with the Russian president on the eve of Cosmonautics Day (which was conducted in the teleconference mode on April 10, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic), Head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin promised a total of 33 launches during the year, including 12 missions within the federal program and nine commercial launches, including three from French Guiana.

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Liftoff

The second Angara-5 rocket lifts off on December 14, 2020.

At the same event on the Cosmonautics Day, Director General at ISS Reshetnev Nikolai Testoedov said that his company had planned to deliver a total of 10 spacecraft for launches in 2020. Two of them had already been launched (Meridian-M No. 19L and GLONASS-M No. 60), another two were at the launch site (Testoedov probably referred to Ekspress-80 and -103), while (6) others were either in storage or in manufacturing, Testoedov said. From his side, head of RKTs Progress Dmitry Baranov said that a fresh Soyuz launch vehicle would be shipped to Plesetsk in "coming days," likely for a military mission.

Ultimately, Russian space launchers flew 17 missions in 2020, taking a distant third place after the US and Chinese rockets, but notably, without accidents for the second year in a row. The main contributor to the reduced rate of launches was the OneWeb company, whose bankruptcy and subsequent restructuring cut the number of completed launches for the Internet constellation from 12 to just three.

The world's orbital launch attempts in 2020 (as of February 8, 2024 ):

-	Country	Launch date	Time of launch	Payload	Payload type	Launch vehicle	Launch site	Launch complex	Launch pad	Status
1	USA	Jan. 6	9:19:21 p.m. EST	Starlink (121-180)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 (F79)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
2	China	Jan. 7	23:20:14.977 Bejing Time	TJSW-5	Application / communications	Chang Zheng-3B Y62	Xichang	2	-	Success
3	China	Jan. 15	10:53:04.636 Beijing Time	Jilin-1 (Red Flag-1 H9), NewSat-7, NewSat-8	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D	Taiyuan	9	-	Success
4	China	Jan. 16	11:02 Beijing Time	Yinhe-1	Application / communications	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan	-	-	Success
5	Europe	Jan. 16	18:05:07 French Guiana Time	Eutelsat Konnect, GSAT-30	Application / communications	Ariane-5 ECA (VA-251)	Kourou	ELA-3	-	Success
6	USA	Jan. 29	9:06:49.493 a.m. EST	Starlink (181-240)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 (F80)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
7	USA	Jan. 31	02:56 UTC	NROL-151	Military	Electron (F11)	Mahia	LC-1	-	Success
8	Russia	Feb. 7	00:42:41 Moscow Time	OneWeb (7-40)	Application / communications	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M	Baikonur	31	6	Success
9	Japan	Feb. 9	01:43 UTC	IGS Optical-7	Military / reconnaissance	H-2A (202 F401)	Tanegashima	-	-	Success
10	Iran	Feb. 9	14:45 UTC	Zafar-1	-	Simorgh	Semnan	2	-	Failure
11	USA	Feb. 9	11:30 p.m. EST	Solar Orbiter	Planetary / Sun	Atlas-5-411 (AV-087)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41	-	Success
12	USA	Feb. 15	3:21:04.9 p.m. EST	Cygnus NG-13 (CRS-13)	Piloted / cargo supply	Antares-230+	Wallops Isl.	LP-0A	-	Success
13	USA	Feb. 17	10:05:55 a.m EST	Starlink (241-300)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 (081-B1056.4)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
14	Europe	Feb. 18	19:18:07 French Guina time	JCSat-17, Geo-Kompsat-2B (Chollian-2B)	Application / communications	Ariane-5 ECA (VA-252)	Kourou	ELA-3	-	Success
15	China	Feb. 20	05:07 Beijing Time	Xin Jishu Shiyan-A, Xin Jishu Shiyan-B, Xin Jishu Shiyan-C, Xin Jishu Shiyan-D	Experimental	Chang Zheng-2D	Xichang	LC3	-	Success
16	Russia	Feb. 20	11:24:54.291 Moscow Time	Meridian-M No. 19L	Military / communications	Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat	Plesetsk	43	3	Success*
17	USA	March 6	11:50 p.m. EST	Dragon SpX-20 (CRS-20)	Piloted / cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
18	China	March 9	19:55:06.080 Beijing Time	BeiDou-3 G2 (54)	Application / navigation	Chang Zheng-3B/G3 (Y69)	Xichang	2	07-115	Success
19	China	March 16	21:34 Beijing Time	XJS-6 (Xin Jishu Yanzheng-6)	Experimental	Chang Zheng-7A (Y1)	Wenchang	LC-201	-	Failure
20	Russia	March 16	21:28 Moscow Time	GLONASS-M No. 60 (Kosmos-2545)	Military / navigation	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	43	4	Success
21	USA	March 18	8:16:39 a.m. EDT	Starlink (301-360)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 (083-B1048.5)	Cape Canaveral, KSC	LC-39A	A	Success**
22	Russia	March 21	20:06:58.196 Moscow Time	OneWeb (41-74)	Application / communications	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Baikonur	31	6	Success
23	China	March 24	11:43 Beijing Time	Yaogan-30-6 (1), Yaogan-30-6 (2), Yaogan-30-6 (3)	Military / signal intelligence	Chang Zheng-2C (Y42)	Xichang	3	-	Success
24	USA	March 26	4:18 p.m. EDT	AEHF-6	Military / communications	Atlas-5 (551)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41	-	Success
25	Russia	April 9	11:05:06 Moscow Time	Soyuz MS-16	Piloted	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	31	6	Success
26	China	April 9	11:46 UTC	Palapa-N1 (Nusantara-2)	Application / communications	Chang Zheng-3B/G2 (Y71)*	Xichang	2	-	Failure
27	Iran	April 22	04:00 UTC	Noor-1	-	Qassed	Shahroud	-	-	Success
28	USA	April 22	19:30:30 UTC	Starlink (361-420)	Application / communications	Falcon-9-084 (B1051.4 S)	Cape Canaveral (KSC)	LC-39A	A	Success
29	Russia	April 25	04:51:41.291 Moscow Time	Progress MS-14	Unpiloted / cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
30	China	May 5	10:00:27.092 UTC	XZF-SC (921)	Unpiloted / test	Chang Zheng-5B	Wenchang	LC-101	-	Success
31	China	May 12	09:16 Beijing Time	Xingyun-2 (1), Xingyun-2 (2)	Application / communications	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan	-	-	Success
32	USA	May 17	13:14 UTC	OTV-6	Military / experimental	Atlas-5	Cape Canaveral	-	-	Success
33	Japan	May 21	02:31:00 Japan Standard Time	HTV-9 (Kounotori-9)	Unpiloted / cargo supply	H-2B No. 9	Tanegashima	-	-	Success
34	Russia	May 22	10:31:17 Moscow Time	Kupol (EKS) (4) Kosmos-2546)	Military / early warning	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	43	4	Success
35	USA	May 25	19:50 UTC	Dummy payload	Experimental	LauncherOne/Boeing-747 Cosmic Girl	Mojave	Runway 12/30	-	Failure
36	China	May 29	20:13 UTC	XJY-G, XJY-H	-	Chang Zheng-11	Xichang	-	-	Success
37	USA	May 30	3:22:45 p.m. EDT	Dragon-V2	Piloted	Falcon-9 (085, B1058.1S)	Cape Canaveral	39	A	Success
38	China	May 31	08:53 UTC	Gao Fen-9-02, HEAD-4	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D	Jiuquan	-	-	Success
39	USA	June 3	9:25 p.m. EDT	Starlink (421-480)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 (B1049.5 S)	Cape Canaveral (KSC)	LC-40	-	Success
40	China	June 10	18:31:24 UTC	Haiyang-1D	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2C	Taiyuan	9	-	Success
41	USA	June 13	05:12:00 UTC	Andesite (1-9), NRO Sat (1-3), RAAF M2 Pathfinder	Experimental	Electron (F12)	Mahia	LC-1A	-	Success
42	USA	June 13	09:21:18 UTC	Starlink (481-538), SkySat-16, SkySat-17, SkySat-18	Application / Communications	Falcon-9-087 (B1059.3S)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
43	China	June 17	07:19:04.327 UTC	Gaofen-9 (03) HEDE (5), Pixing-3 (A)	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D (Y52)	Jiuquan	01-116	-	Success
44	China	June 23	09:43:04.200 Beijing Time	BeiDou-3 G3 (55)	Military / navigation	Chang Zheng-3B-G2 (Y68)	Xichang	-	-	Success
45	USA	June 30	20:10:46.615 UTC	GPS-3-SV03 Columbus	Military / navigation	Falcon-9-088 (B1060.1S)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
46	China	July 3	03:10 UTC	Gaofen Multi-Mode (?), Xibaipo 'Babi-2' (BY70-2)	Experimental	Chang Zheng-4B	Taiyuan	-	-	Success
47	USA	July 5	09:19:36 New Zealand time	CE-SAT-1B, SuperDove Flock-4e (1-5), Faraday-1	Experimental	Electron (F13)	Mahia	LC-1A	-	Failure
48	China	July 5	07:44:04.111 Beijing Time	Shiyan-6-02	Experimental	Chang Zheng-2D (Y29)	Jiuquan	LC-4	-	Success
49	Israel	July 6	04:00 Tel-Aviv time	Ofeq-16	Military / reconnaissance	Shavit-2	Palmachim	-	-	Success
50	China	July 9	12:11:04.988 UTC	APStar-6D	Application / communications	Chang Zheng-3B/G2	Xichang	LC3	-	Success
51	China	July 10	04:17 UTC	Jilin Gaofen-02E (BiliBili VideoSat), CentiSpace-1-S2	Experimental	Kuaizhou-11	Jiuquan	-	-	Failure
52	USA	July 15	9:46:00 a.m. EDT	NROL-129: USA-305, USA-306, USA-307, USA-308	Military	Minotaur-4	Wallops Isl.	0B	B	Success
53	Japan	July 20	06:58:14 JST	Al'amal (Hope, Emirates Mars Mission, EMM)	Planetary / Mars	H-2A F42	Tanegashima	-	-	Success
54	USA	July 20	5:30 p.m. EDT	Anasis-2 (K-MilSat-1)	Military / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
55	China	July 23	12:41:15.468 Bejing Time	Tianwen-1	Planetary / Mars	Chang Zheng-5 (Y4)	Wenchang	-	-	Success
56	Russia	July 23	17:26:21.374 Moscow Time	Progress MS-15	Piloted / cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
57	China	July 25	11:13 Beijing Time	Ziyuan-3-03, Longxia Yan-01 (ASES-11), Tianqi-10 (ASES-12)	Military / reconnaissance	Chang Zheng-4B Y45	Taiyuan	9	-	Success
58	USA	July 30	7:50:00.233 a.m. EDT	Mars-2020 Perseverance rover	Planetary / Mars	Atlas-5	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41	-	Success
59	Russia	July 31	00:25:19 Moscow Time	Ekspress-80, Ekspress-103	Application / communications	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur	200	39	Success
60	China	Aug. 6	12:01 Beijing Time	Gaofen-9 04	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D	Jiuquan	-	-	Success
61	USA	Aug. 7	1:12:05 a.m. EDT	Starlink (539-595), BlackSky Global-7, BlackSky Global-8	Application / communications	Falcon-9-090 (B1051.5 S)	Cape Canaveral, KSC	39A	A	Success
62	Europe	Aug. 15	-	Galaxy 30 (G-30), Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2), BSAT-4b	Application / communications	Ariane-5 ECA+	Kourou	ELA-3	-	Success
63	USA	Aug. 18	14:31:16.555 UTC	Starlink (596-653), BlackSky SkySat-19, SkySat-20, SkySat-21	Application / communications	Falcon-9-091 (B1049.6 S)	Cape Canaveral, KSC	SLC-40	A	Success
64	China	Aug. 23	10:27:04.117 Beijing Time	Gaofen-9 05, Tiantuo-5, Duo Gongneng Shiyan Weixing	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D (Y57)	Jiuquan	43/94	-	Success
65	USA	Aug. 30	6:18.56.462 p.m. EDT	Saocom-1B	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9-092 (B1059.4 L)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
66	USA	Aug. 31	15:05:47 New Zealand Time	Capella Sequoia, Photon Fist Light	Application / remote sensing	Electron (F14)	Mahia	LC-1A	-	Success
67	Europe	Sept. 2	10:51 p.m. French Guiana time	53 payloads: SuperDoves Flock 4v (26), Lemur-2 (8), ESAIL, GHGSat-C1, Athena, ION CubeSat Carrier, NEMO-HD, UPMSat-2, NuSat-6, SpaceBEE (12), FSSCat-A, FSSCat-B, DIDO-3, PICASSO, SIMBA, TRISAT, AMICalSat, NAPA-1, TARS, OSM-1 CICERO, Tyvak-0171	Application	Vega	Kourou	ELA-1	-	Success
68	USA	Sept. 3	8:46 a.m. EDT	Starlink F12 (654-714)	Application / communications	Falcon-9-093 (B1060.2)	Cape Canaveral	39A	A	Success
69	China	Sept. 4	13:28 Beijing Time	Experimental reusable spaceplane	Military	Chang Zheng-2F	Jiuquan	921	-	Success
70	China	Sept. 7	05:57 UTC	Gaofen-11 (02)	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-4B	Taiyuan	9	-	Success
71	USA	Sept. 11	8:19 p.m. Pacific Time	?	?	Astra Rocket 3.1	Kodiak	LP-3B	-	Failure
72	China	Sept. 12	13:12 Beijing Time	Jilin-1, Gaofen-02C	Application / remote sensing	Kuaizhou-1A (Y3)	Jiuquan	-	-	Failure
73	China	Sept. 15	9:23 a.m. Beijing Time	Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 (9)	Application / remote-sensing	Chang Zheng-11	Yellow Sea	Floating platform	-	Success
74	China	Sept. 22	13:40 Beijing Time	Haiyang-2C (HY-2C)	Application / remote-sensing	Chang Zheng-4B	Jiuquan	43/94	-	Success
75	China	Sept. 27	11:23 Beijing Time	HJ-2A, HJ-2B	Application / remote-sensing	Chang Zheng-4B (Y42)	Taiyuan	-	-	Success
76	Russia	Sept. 28	14:20:32.331 Moscow Time	Gonets-M No. 27, 28, 29, Dekart, Iceye X-6 (2), Kepler-2 (2), LacunaSat-3, Lemur-2y (4), MeznSat, NetSat (4), Norbi, SalSat, Yarilo (2)	Application / communications	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	43	-	Success
77	USA	Oct. 2	9:16:14 p.m. EDT	Cygnus NG-14	Piloted / cargo supply	Antares-230+	Wallops Isl.	01	-	Success
78	USA	Oct. 6	7:29 a.m. EDT	Starlink F13 (715-774)	Application / communications	Falcon-9-094 (B1058.3)	Cape Canaveral	39A	A	Success
79	China	Oct. 11	16:57:04.250 UTC	Gaofen-13	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang	2	-	Success
80	Russia	Oct. 14	08:45:04 Moscow Time	Soyuz MS-17	Piloted	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	31	6	Success
81	USA	Oct. 18	08:25:57 EDT	Starlink Launch 14 (v1.0 L13) (775-834)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 096 (B1051.6)	Cape Canaveral	39A	A	Success
82	USA	Oct. 24	12:36:34 EDT	Starlink Launch 15 (v1.0 L14) (835-894)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 (B1060)	Cape Canaveral	40	-	Success
83	Russia	Oct. 25	22:08:42.441 Moscow Time	GLONASS-K No. 15L (Kosmos-2547)	Military / navigation	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	43	4	Success
84	China	Oct. 26	23:19 Beijing Time	Yaogan-30-07 (A, B, C), Tianqi-6	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2C (Y43)	Xichang	-	-	Success
85	USA	Oct. 29	10:21:27 New Zealand Time	CE-SAT-2B, SuperDove Flock-4e (9)	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC1	-	Success
86	USA	Nov. 5	6:24 p.m. EST	GPS-3 SV04	Military / navigation	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	40	-	Success
87	China	Nov. 6	11:19:14.901 Beijing Time	ÑuSat-9 Alice, ÑuSat-10 Caroline, ÑuSat-11 Cora, ÑuSat-12 Dorothy, ÑuSat-13 Emmy, ÑuSat-14 Hedy, ÑuSat-15 Katherine, ÑuSat-16 Lise, ÑuSat-17 Mary, ÑuSat-18 Vera, Taiyuan (BY70 3), Tianyi 05 (TY20), Bei Hangkong Shi Weixing-1 (MN50 3)	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-6	Taiyuan	16	-	Success
88	India	Nov. 7	15:02 India Standard Time	EOS-1 (RISAT-2BR1), Lemur (4), Kleos (4),	Application / remote sensing	PSLV-C49	Sriharikota	-	-	Success
89	China	Nov. 7	15:12 Beijing Time	Tianqi-11	Application / data relay	Gushenxing-1	Jiuquan	-	-	Success
90	China	Nov. 12	23:59:04.053 Beijing Time	Tiantong-1 (02)	Application / communications	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang	07-120	2	Success
91	USA	Nov. 13	5:32 p.m. EST	NROL-101 (Quasar-4G)	Military	Atlas-5-531 (AV-090)	Cape Canaveral	41	-	Success
92	USA	Nov. 15	7:27:17 p.m. EDT	Crew Dragon C207 (Resilience)	Piloted	Falcon-9	Cape Cnaveral	39	A	Success
93	Europe	Nov. 16	10:52 p.m. French Guiana Time	SEOSAT-Ingenio, Taranis	Application / remote sensing	Vega	Kourou	ELA-1	-	Failure
94	USA	Nov. 20	15:20:01 New Zealand Daylight Time	Dragracer, BRO-2, BRO-3, APSS-1, SpaceBEE 1/4U (24)	Experimental	Electron-KS (F16)	Mahia	LC1	-	Success
95	USA	Nov. 21	9:17 a.m. Pacific Time	Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich	Application / remote sensting	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	East	Success
96	China	Nov. 24	04:25 Beijing Time	Chang'e-5	Planetary / lunar lander sample return	Chang Zheng-5	Wenchang	101	-	Success
97	USA	Nov. 24	9:13:12 p.m. EST	Starlink Flight 16 (895-954) (60)	Application / communications	Falcon-9 v1.2b5 (F9-100)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
98	Japan	Nov. 29	16:25 Japan Standard Time	JDRS-1	Application / data relay	H-2A F43	Tanegashima	-	-	Success
99	Russia	Dec. 1	10:33:28 p.m. French Guiana time	Falcon Eye-2	Military / reconnaissance	Soyuz ST-A	Kourou	ELS	-	Success
100	Russia	Dec. 3	04:14:36.491 Moscow Time	Gonets-M No. 30, 31, 32, Kosmos-2548 (ERA-1)	Application / communications	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk	43	3	Success
101	China	Dec. 6	11:58:14.250 Beijing Time	Gaofen-9	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-3B/YZ1 (G5)	Xichang	-	-	Success
102	USA	Dec. 6	11:17 a.m. EST	Dragon SpX CRS-21	Piloted / cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	LC-39	A	Success
103	China	Dec. 9	04:14:43.253 Beijing Time	GECAM-A, GECAM-B	Science / astronomy	Chang Zheng-11	Xichang	4	-	Success
104	USA	Dec. 10	8:09 p.m. EST	NROL-44 (8306 Orion-10, Mentor-8)	Military / reconnaissance	Delta-IV Heavy (D-385)	Cape Canaveral	37	B	Success
105	USA	Dec. 13	-	SXM-7	Application / broadcasting	Falcon-9 B1051.7	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
106	Russia	Dec. 14	08:50:00 Moscow Time	Mass simulator	Experimental	Angara-5/Briz-M	Plesetsk	35	1	Success
107	USA	Dec. 15	10:09:27 UTC	StriX-a	Application / remote-sensing	Electron-KS (F17)	Mahia	LC-1	-	Success
108	USA	Dec. 15	20:55 UTC	Astra	Experimental	Astra Rocket 3.2	Kodiak	LP-3B	-	Failure
109	India	Dec. 17	10:11 UTC	CMS-01 (GSAT-12R)	Application / communications	PSLV (C50)	Sriharikota	-	-	Success
110	Russia	Dec. 18	15:26:26.197 Moscow Time	OneWeb (75-110)	Application / communications	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Vostochny	1S	-	Success
111	USA	Dec. 19	14:00 UTC	NROL-108	Military	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	39	-	Success
112	China	Dec. 22	12:37 Beijing Time	XJY-7, Khaisy, Yuanguan, Tyantsy-8, Chzhinsin-1A	Experimental	Chang Zheng-8 (Y1)	Wenchang	201	-	Success
113	China	Dec. 27	15:44 UTC	Yaogan Weixing-33 (02), Weina Jishu Shìyan	Application / remote-sensing	Chang Zheng-4C (Y35)	Jiuquan	43/95	-	Success
114	Russia	Dec. 29	1:42 p.m. French Guiana time	CSO-2	Military / reconnaissance	Soyuz ST-A	Kourou	ELS	-	Success

*Anomaly during the operation of the third stage;

**Anomaly during ascent.

The 2020 space launch score card (as of February 8, 2024 ):

USA	China	Russia	Europe	Japan	Iran	India	Israel	World
Launch vehicles
Falcon-9: 25	Chang Zheng-3B: 8 (1*)	Soyuz-2: 15	Ariane-5 ECA: 3	H-2A: 3	Simorgh: 1*	PSLV: 2	Shavit-2: 1
Electron: 6 (1*)	Chang Zheng-2D: 7	Proton: 1	Vega: 2 (1*)	H-2B: 1	Qased: 1
Atlas-5: 5	Kuaizhou-1A: 3 (1*)	Angara-5: 1
Antares-230+: 2	Chang Zheng-7A: 1*
LauncherOne: 1*	Chang Zheng-2C: 3
Minotaur-4: 1	Chang Zheng-5: 3
Astra Rocket: 2 (2*)	Chang Zheng-11: 3
Electron-KS: 1	Chang Zheng-4B: 5
Delta-4 Heavy: 1	Kuaizhou-11: 1 (1)*
	Chang Zheng-2F: 1
	Chang Zheng-6: 1
	Gushenxing-1: 1
	Chang Zheng-8: 1
	Chang Zheng-4C: 1
USA total: 44	China total: 39	Russia total: 17	Europe total: 5	Japan total: 4	Iran total: 2	India total: 2	Israel total: 1	World total: 114
USA failed: 4	China failed: 4	Russia failed: 0	Europe failed: 1	Japan failed: 0	Iran failed: 1	India failed: 0	Israel failed: 0	World failed: 10
Launch sites
Cape Canaveral: 30	Xichang: 13 (1*)	Baikonur: 7	Kourou: 7 (1*)	Tanegashima: 4	Semnan: 1*	Sriharikota: 2	Palmachim: 1	World launch sites: 20
Mahia: 7 (1*)	Taiyuan: 6	Plesetsk: 7			Shahroud: 1
Wallops Isl: 3	Jiuquan: 13	Vostochny: 1
Mojave: 1*	Wenchang: 5 (1*)
Kodiak: 2 (2*)	Yellow Sea platform: 1
Vandenberg: 1

*Failed launch

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This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak; Last update: February 8, 2024

Page editor: Alain Chabot; Last edit: April 30, 2011

Soyuz-2-1b lifts off from Baikonur with 34 OneWeb satellites on February 7, 2020. Click to enlarge. Credit: Arianespace

Soyuz lifts off with 34 OneWeb satellites on March 21, 2020. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

A Soyuz-2-1a rocket lifts off with Progress MS-14 spacecraft on April 25, 2020. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

Progress MS-15 lifts off on July 23, 2020. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

A Soyuz-2-1b rocket with GLONASS-K No. 15 satellite lifts off on October 25, 2020. Click to enlarge. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense

Soyuz-ST rocket lifts off from Kourou on December 29, 2020, with CSO-2 satellite. Click to enlarge. Credit: Arianespace

Soyuz lifts off from French Guiana on December 1, 2020, with Falcon Eye-2 satellite. Click to enlarge. Credit: CNES