Space exploration in 2024

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Soyuz-5 in 2024

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Remote sensing in 2024

1st Angara-5 from Vostochny

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Angara payload processing

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Launch vehicles in the 2020s

Soyuz rockets in 2024

Russian space program in 2024

At the end of January 2024, Deputy Defense Minister Aleksei Krivoruchko promised 18 orbital launches of military spacecraft before the end of the year. Seven launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles were also planned for 2024. In total, more than 40 orbital launches were scheduled by Roskosmos, according to an interview of its head Yuri Borisov published on February 19. However, Borisov cautioned that it was only a plan which would be difficult to fulfill given the experience in the previous year. In July 2024, Borisov also said that the Russian orbital grouping had increased to 244 spacecraft from 192 satellites in 2022, but most of the additions were likely cubesat-type payloads.

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angara

Angara-5 lifts off (INSIDER CONTENT) from its new launch pad in Vostochny on April 11, 2024.

The world's orbital launch attempts in 2024 (as of November 20, 2024 ):

	Country	Launch date	Time of launch	Payload	Payload type	Launch vehicle	Launch site	Launch complex	Launch pad	Status
1	India	Jan. 1	09:10 India Standard Time	X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)	Science / astronomy	PSLV-C58	Sriharikota	FLP	1	Success
2	USA	Jan. 2	7:44 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-9 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
3	USA	Jan. 3	6:04 p.m. EST	Ovzon-3	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
4	China	Jan. 5	19:20 Beijing Time	Tianmu-1-15, Tianmu-1-16, Tianmu-1-17, Tianmu-1-18,	Application / weather forecasting	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan	43/95A	-	Success
5	USA	Jan. 7	5:35 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-35 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
6	USA	Jan. 8	2:18:38.231 a.m. EST	Peregrine	Planetary / lunar lander	Vulcan-Centaur	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41	-	Success
7	China	Jan. 9	15:03 Beijing Time	Einstein	Science / X-ray astronomy	Chang Zheng-2C	Xichang	3	-	Success
8	China	Jan. 11	11:52 Beijing Time	Tyansin-1-02	Communications	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan	43/95A	-	Success
9	China	Jan. 11	13:30 Beijing Time	Yunyao-1-18, Yunyao-1-19, Yunyao-1-20	Application / weather forecasting	Yinli-1	Yellow Sea	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge	-	Success
10	Japan	Jan. 12	13:44:26 Japan Standard Time	IGS Optical-8	Military / optical reconnaissance	H-2A/202 (F48)	Tanegashima	-	-	Success
11	USA	Jan. 14	12:59:30 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-10 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
12	USA	Jan. 14	8:52 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-73 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
13	China	Jan. 17	22:27:30.728 Beijing Time	Tianzhou-7	Cargo supply	Chang Zheng-7 Y8	Wenchang	201	-	Success
14	USA	Jan. 18	4:49 p.m. EST	Crew Dragon Ax-3	Piloted	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
15	Iran	Jan. 20	06:28:34 UTC	Suraya	Military	Qaem-100	Shahroud	-	-	Success
16	China	Jan. 23	12:03 Beijing Time	Taijing-1-03, -2-02, 2-03, -2-04, -4-03	Application / remote-sensing	Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) (Y3)	Jiuquan	130	-	Success
17	USA	Jan. 23	4:35:00 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-11 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
18	Iran	Jan. 28		Mahda, Kayhan-2, Hatef-1		Simorgh	Semnan	-	-	Success
19	USA	Jan. 28	8:10:00 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-38 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39	-	Success
20	USA	Jan. 28	9:57 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-12 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
21	USA	Jan. 30	12:07 p.m. EST	Cygnus NG-20	Cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
22	USA	Jan. 31	19:34 New Zealand Time	Lemur (4 satellites)	Application	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
23	China	Feb. 3	07:37 Beijing Time	Geely-02 (11 satellites)	Navigation	Chang Zheng-2C	Xichang	-	-	Success
24	China	Feb. 3	11:06 Beijing Time	DRO-L, Zhixing-2A (SmartSat-2A), DongFangHuiYan-GF01, WeiHai-1/01, -02, XingShiDai-18, -19, -20, NexSat-1	Experimental	Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon) (Y3)	Yangjian, Guangdong, South-China Sea	Bo Run Jiu Zhou barge	-	Success
25	USA	Feb. 8	1:33 a.m. EST	PACE	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
26	Russia (IC)	Feb. 9	10:03 Moscow Time	Kosmos-2575	Military	Soyuz-2-1v	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
27	USA	Feb. 9	4:34 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-13 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
28	USA	Feb. 14	5:30 p.m. EST	USSF-124 (6 satellites)	Military / easrly warning	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
29	Russia (IC)	Feb. 15	06:25:05.527 Moscow Time	Progress MS-26	Cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
30	USA	Feb. 15	1:05 a.m. EST	Intuitive Machines' (IM1) Odysseus Nova-C	Moon / lander	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
31	USA	Feb. 15	1:34 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-14 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
32	Japan	Feb. 17	09:39 Japan Standard Time	CE-Sat-1E, TirSat-3U	Experimental	H-3 (TF2)	Tanegashima	-	-	Success
33	India	Feb. 17	17:35 India Standard Time	Insat-3DS	Application	GSLV-Mk2 (F14)	Sriharikota	SLP	2	Success
34	USA	Feb. 19	06:52 New Zealand Time	ADRAS-J	Experimental / inspector	Electron-KS (F44)	Mahia	LC-1A	A	Success
35	USA	Feb. 20	3:11 p.m. EST	Telkomsat Merah Putih-2	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40	-	Success
36	USA	Feb. 22	8:11:50 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-15 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
37	China	Feb. 23	~19:30 Beijing Time	Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJSW-11)	Military	Chang Zheng-5 (Y7)	Wenchang	101	-	Success
38	USA	Feb. 25	5:06 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-39 (24 satellites)	Appllication / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	-	-	Success
39	Russia (IC)	Feb. 29	08:43:26 Moscow Time	Meteor-M2-4, Marafon-IoT mass mockup (IC), Zorky-2M No. 2, Pars-1, SITRO-AIS (16 satellites)	Application / weather forecasting	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Vostochny	1S		Success
40	China	Feb. 29	21:03 Bejing Time	Hulianwang gaogui weixing 01 xing	Application / communications	Cang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
41	USA	Feb. 29	10:30 a.m. EST	Starlink-6-40 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
42	USA	March 3	10:53:38 p.m. EST	Crew Dragon (Endeavour)	Piloted	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
43	USA	March 4	2:05 p.m. Pacific Time	Transporter-10 (53 satellites)		Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
44	USA	March 4	6:56 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-41 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
45	USA	March 10	7:05 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-43 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
46	USA	March 10	9:09 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-17 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
47	USA	March 13	04:03 a.m. New Zealand Time	StriX-3	Radar imaging	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
48	Japan	March 13	07:01 Japan Standard Time	CSICE Quick Response Satellite	Military	Kairos	Kii			Failure
49	China	March 13	20:51 Beijing Time	DRO-A, DRO-B	Lunar	Chang Zheng-2C/YZ-1S	Xichang			Failure
50	USA	March 14	8:25 a.m. Central Time	Starship IFT-3	Experimental	Starship- Superheavy	Boca Chica			Success
51	USA	March 15	8:21 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-44 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
52	USA	March 18	7:28 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-16 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
53	China	March 20	~08:31 Beijing Time	Queqiao-2, Tiandu-1, -2	Lunar / data relay	Chang Zheng-8 (Y3)	Wenchang	201		Success
54	China	March 21	13:27 Beijing Time	Yunhai-2-02		Chang Zheng-2D	Jiuquan			Success
55	USA	March 21	3:25 a.m. EDT	NROL-123 "Live and Let Fly" (USA-352), MOLA, Aerocube-16A, -16B	Military	Electron	Wallops	LC-2		Success
56	USA	March 21	4:55 p.m. EDT	Cargo Dragon CRS-30	Cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
57	Russia (IC)	March 23	15:36:10.573 Moscow Time	Soyuz MS-25	Piloted	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
58	USA	March 23	11:09 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-42 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
59	USA	March 25	5:52:00 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-46 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
60	China	March 26	06:51 Beijing Time	Yunhai-3-02		Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
61	USA	March 30	5:52 p.m. EDT	Eutelsat-36D	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
62	USA	March 30	9:30 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-45 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
63	Russia (IC)	March 31	12:36:45.626 Moscow Time	Resurs-P No. 4	Application / remote sensing	Soyuz-2-1b	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
64	USA	April 1	7:30 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-7-18 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
65	China	April 3	06:56 Beijing Time	Yaogan-42-01		Chang Zheng-2D	Xichang
66	USA	April 5	5:12 a.m. EDT	Starlink-6-47 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
67	USA	April 6	7:25 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-8-1 (21 satellite)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
68	USA	April 7	7:16 p.m. EDT	Bandwagon-1: 425Sat, Cluster-8, -9, Centauri-6, QPS-SAR-7 Tsukuyomi-2, Capella-14, TSat-1A (11 satellites)	Military	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
69	USA	April 9	12:53 p.m. EDT	NROL-70/USA-353	Military / SIGINT	Delta-4 Heavy	Cape Canaveral	SLC-37		Success
70	USA	April 10	1:40 a.m. EDT	Starlink-6-48	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
71	Russia (IC)	April 11	12:00:00.164 Moscow Time	Size and Mass Dummy (IC), Gagarinets, a satellite mockup	Experimental	Angara-A5/Orion prototype (IC)	Vostochny	1A		Success
72	USA	April 11	7:25 a.m. Pacific Time	USSF-62 (WSF-M SV1)	Military / weather	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
73	USA	April 12	9:40 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-49 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
74	China	April 15	12:12 Beijing Time	Siwei Gaojing san hao-3-01 (Superview)	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D	Jiuquan			Success
75	USA	April 17	5:26 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-51 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
76	USA	April 18	6:40 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-52 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
77	China	April 21	07:45 Beijing Time	Yaogan-42-02		Chang Zheng-2D	Xichang			Success
78	USA	April 23	22:17 UTC	Starlink-6-53 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
79	USA	April 23	22:32 UTC	NeonSat-1, ACS-3	Experimental	Electron (F43)	Mahia	1B	B	Success
80	China	April 25	20:59 Beijing Time	Shenzhou-18	Piloted / space station transport	Chang Zheng-2F	Jiuquan			Success
81	USA	April 27	8:34 p.m. EDT	Galileo FOC FM-25 (Patrick), -27 (Julina)	Application / navigation	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
82	USA	April 28	6:08 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-54 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
83	USA	May 2	2:36:33 p.m.	WorldView Legion-1, -2 (2 satellites)	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
84	USA	May 2	10:37 p.m. EDT	Starlink (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
85	China	May 3	17:27 Beijing Time	Chang'e-6, Icube-Q	Lunar	Chang Zheng-5 (Y8)	Wenchang	101		Success
86	USA	May 6	5:14 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-57 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
87	China	May 7	11:21 Beijing Time	Haiwangxing-01, Zhixing-1C, Kuanfu Guanfkhue, Gaofen Shipin (four satellites)	Radar imagers	Chang Zheng-6C	Taiyuan			Success
88	USA	May 8	2:42 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-56 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	LC-39A	A	Success
89	China	May 9	09:43 Beijing Time	Zhihui Tianwang 1-01 (SkyNet-1-01)	Application / communications	Canh Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
90	USA	May 9	9:30 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-8-2 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
91	China	May 12	07:43 Beijing Time	Shiyan-23		Chagn Zheng-4C	Jiuquan	43/94		Success
92	USA	May 12	8:53 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-58 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
93	USA	May 14	11:39 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-8-7 (20 satellites)	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
94	Russia (IC)	May 17	00:21:29 Moscow Time	Kosmos-2576, Zorky-2M No. 4, No. 6, SITRO-AIS No. 53, 54, 55, 56, Rassvet-2 (3)	Military	Soyuz-2-1b	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
95	USA	May 17	8:32 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-59 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
96	China	May 20	11:06 Beijing Time	Beijing-3C (4 satellites)	Application / remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2D (Y98)	Taiyuan			Success
97	China	May 21	12:15 Beijing Time	Wuhan-1, Chaodigui Jishu Shiyan (Ultra-low-orbit Test Satellite), Tianyan-22, Lingque-3-01	Experimental	Kuaizhou-11 (Y4)	Jiuquan			Success
98	USA	May 22	1:00:20 a.m. Pacific Time	NROL-146 (Up to 21 Starshield satellites)	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
99	USA	May 22	10:35 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-62	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
100	USA	May 23	10:45 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-63	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
101	USA	May 25	7:15 p.m. New Zealand Time	PREFIRE-1	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
102	North Korea	May 27	22:44 Korean Time	Manligyeong-1-1	Military / reconnaissance	Cheonlima-1 (F2)	Sohae			Failure
103	USA	May 28	10:24 a.m. EDT	Starlink-6-60 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
104	USA	May 28	3:20 p.m. Pacific Time	EarthCARE	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
105	China	May 29	16:12 Beijing Time	Tianqi-25, -26, -27, -28		Gushenxing-1S (Y2)	Yellow Sea	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
106	Russia (IC)	May 30	12:42:59.080 Moscow Time	Progress MS-27	Cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
107	China	May 30	20:12 Beijing Time	Paksat-1 MM1	Communications	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
108	China	May 31	07:39 Beijing Time	Jiguang Xingzuo-A, -B, Yunyao-1 (A, B, C)	Remote sensing	Gushenxing-1 (Y12)	Jiuquan			Success
109	USA	May 31	10:37 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-64 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
110	USA	June 4	10:16 p.m. EDT	Starllink-8-5 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
111	USA	June 5	15:15 New Zealand Time	PREFIRE-2	Application / remote-sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
112	USA	June 5	10:52 a.m. EDT	CST-100 Starliner	Piloted	Atlas-5	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success
113	China	June 6	06:00 UTC	Eros, TEE-01B, Naxing-3A, Naxing-3B	Earth observation	Gushenxing-1 (Ceres-1)	Jiuquan	95A	A	Success
114	USA	June 6	7:50 a.m. Central Time	Starship IFT-4	Experimental	Superheavy	Boca Chica			Success
115	USA	June 7	9:56 p.m. EDT	Starlink-10-1 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
116	USA	June 8	6 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-8-8 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
117	USA	June 18	6:40 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-1 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
118	USA	June 21	6:13 a.m. New Zealand Time	Kineis IoT (5 satellites)	Application / Internet	Electron (F50)	Mahia	LC-1B	B	Success
119	USA	June 20	5:35 p.m. EDT	Astra-1P	Applicaiton / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
120	China	June 22	15:00 Beijing Time	Space Variable Objects Monitor, SVOM	Science / astrophysics	Chang Zheng-2C	Xichang			Success
121	USA	June 23	1:15 p.m. EDT	Starlink-10-2 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
122	USA	June 23	9:47 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-2 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
123	USA	June 25	5:26 p.m. EDT	GOES-U	Application / weather forecasting	Falcon Heavy	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
124	USA	June 27	7:14 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-3 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
125	USA	June 28	8:14 p.m. Pacific Time	NROL-186 (~20 Starshield satellites)	Military / communications	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
126	China	June 29	19:57 Beijing Time	Zhongxing-3A (ChinaSat-3A)	Applications / communications	Chang Zheng-7A	Wenchang			Success
127	Japan	July 1	12:06:42 Japan Standard Time	Advanced Land-Observing Satellite, ALOS-4 (Daichi-4)	Application / remote-sensing	H-3 (No. 3)	Tanegashima	LP-2		Success
128	USA	July 3	4:55 a.m. EDT	Starlink-8-9	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
129	USA	July 3	9:03 p.m. Pacific Time	Noise of Summer (8 CubeSats)	Science	Fireflly Alpha (FLTA005)	Vandenberg	SLC-2W	W	Success
130	China	July 5	06:49 Beijing Time	Tianhui-5 (02)	Remote sensing	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
131	USA	July 8	7:30 p.m. EDT	Turksat-6A	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
132	Europe	July 9	16:00 French Guiana Time	Nyx Bikini, SpaceCase SC-X01, 8 cubesats	Experimental	Ariane-6	Kourou	ELA-4		Partial success**
133	China	July 11	07:41 Beijing Time	Yunyao-1 (A, B, C)	Application / weather forecasting	Shuang Quxian-1 (Y8)	Jiuquan			Failure
134	USA	July 11	7:35 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-3 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Failure***
135	China	July 19	11:03 Beijing Time	Gaofen-11-05	Military / reconnaissance	Chang Zheng-4B (Y58)	Taiyuan			Success
136	USA	July 27	1:45 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-9 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	LC-39A	A	Success
137	USA	July 28	01:09 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-4 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
138	USA	July 28	2:22 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-4 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
139	USA	July 30	6:45 a.m. EDT	USSF-51 (USA-396, -397, -398)	Military	Atlas-5 (551)	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success
140	China	Aug. 1	21:14 Beijing Time	WHGW-02	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang	2		Success
141	USA	Aug. 2	01:01 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-6 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
142	USA	Aug. 3	04:39 New Zealand Time	Synspective StriX	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
143	USA	Aug. 4	00:24 Pacific Time	Starlink-11-1 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
144	USA	Aug. 4	11:02:53 a.m. EDT	Cygnus NG-21	Station / cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral			Success
145	China	Aug. 6	14:42 Beijing Time	Qianfan Xingzuo G60 (18 satellites)	Communications	Chang Zheng-6A	Taiyuan			Success
146	USA	Aug. 10	8:45 a.m. EDT	Starlink-8-3 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
147	USA	Aug. 12	01:18 New Zealand Time	Capella-13 (Acadia-3)	Application / remote sensing	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
148	USA	Aug. 11	7:02 p.m. Pacific Time	Space Norway ASBM (2 satellites)	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
149	USA	Aug. 12	6:39 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-7 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	LC-39A	A	Success
150	Russia (IC)	Aug. 15	06:20:18.472 Moscow Time	Progress MS-28	Cargo supply	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
151	USA	Aug. 15	9:00 a.m. EDT	WorldView Legion-3, -4	Application / remote sensing	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
152	India	Aug. 16	09:17 India Standard Time	EOS-8, SR-0 Demosat	Application / remote sensing	SSLV-D3	Sriharikota			Success
153	China	Aug. 16	15:35 Beijing Time	Yaogan-43 (Group 01) (9 satellites)	Military	Chang Zheng-4B	Xichang			Success
154	USA	Aug. 16	11:56 p.m. Pacific Time	Transporter-11 (116 payloads)	Application	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
155	USA	Aug. 20	8:20 a.m. EDT	Starlink (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
156	China	Aug. 22	20:25 Beijing Time	Zhongxing-4A	Military	Chang Zheng-7A (Y9)	Wenchang	201		Success
157	USA	Aug. 28	3:48 a.m. EDT	Starlink-8-6 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success*
158	China	Aug. 29	13:22 Beijing Time	Yunyao-1 (15-17), Jitianxing-A-03, Suxing-1-01, Tianfu Gaofen (6 satellites)		Gushenxing-1S Y3 (Ceres-1S)	Yellow Sea	Dongfeng Hangtiangang barge		Success
159	USA	Aug. 31	03:43 a.m. EDT	Starlink-8-10 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
160	USA	Aug. 31	01:48 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-5 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
161	China	Sept. 3	09:22 Beijing Time	Yaogan-43 (Group 02) (6 satellites)	Military	Chang Zheng-4B	Xichang	-	-	Success
162	Europe	Sept. 4	22:50:15 French Guiana time	Sentinel-2C	Application / remote sensing	Vega	Kourou	ELA-1		Success
163	USA	Sept. 5	11:33 a.m. EDT	Starlink-8-11 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
164	China	Sept. 6	02:30 a.m. Beijing Time	Geely (10 satellites)	Application / navigation	Chang Zheng-6	Taiyuan			Success
165	USA	Sept. 5	8:20 p.m. Pacific Time	NROL-113 (Starshield)	Military / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
166	USA	Sept. 10	5:23:49 a.m. EDT	Crew Dragon Resilience (Polaris Dawn)	Piloted	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral/KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
167	Russia (IC)	Sept. 11	19:23:12.436 Moscow Time	Soyuz MS-26	Piloted	Soyuz-2-1a	Baikonur	Site 31	6	Success
168	USA	Sept. 12	4:52 a.m. EDT	BlueBird-1-5 (5 satellites)	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
169	USA	Sept. 12	6:45 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-6 (21 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
170	Iran	Sept. 14		Chamran-1	Experimental	Qaem-100 (F2)	Shahroud			Success
171	Russia (IC)	Sept. 17	10:01:00 Moscow Time	Kosmos-2577, Kosmos-2578 (OO MKA)	Military	Angara-1.2	Plesetsk	Site 35		Success
172	USA	Sept. 17	6:50:49 p.m. EDT	Galileo FOC FM-26 (31), FOC FM32 (32)	Application / navigation	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
173	China	Sept. 19	09:14 Beijing Time	Beidou-3 (59) M25, Beidou-3 (60) M27	Application / navigation	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
174	China	Sept. 20	12:11 Beijing Time	Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B-01, -02, -03, -04, -06		Chang Zheng-2D	Taiyuan			Success
175	China	Sept. 20	17:43 Beijing Time	Tianqi-29, -30, -31, -32	Application / Internet	Kuaizhou-1A	Xichang			Success
176	USA	Sept. 20	6:50 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-17	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
177	USA	Sept. 21	11:01 New Zealand Time	Kineis IoT (5 satellites)	Application / Internet	Electron	Mahia	LC-1		Success
178	China	Sept. 24	10:31 Beijing Time	Tianyi-41, Xingshidai-15, -21, 22, Fudan-1, Tianyan-15, Yuxing-2 (05), Jitian Star A-01 (8 satellites)	Application / remote-sensing	Jielong-3	Yellow Sea			Success
179	China	Sept. 25	07:33:01.509 Beijing Time	AirSat-01, -02, Jilin-1 SAR-01A, Yunyao-1-21, GNSS-RO (22 satellites)	Application / weather	Lijian-1	Jiuquan			Success
180	USA	Sept. 24	9:01 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-8 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
181	Japan	Sept. 26	14:24 Japan Standard Time	IGS Radar-8	Military / reconnaissance	H-2A	-	LA-Y1		Success
182	China	Sept. 27	18:30 Beijing Time	Shijian-19	Science / microgravity	Chang Zheng-2D	Jiuquan			Success
183	USA	Sept. 28	1:17:21 p.m. EDT	Crew Dragon (Freedom)	Piloted / Crew transport	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
184	USA	Oct. 4	7:25 a.m. EDT	Mass simulator	Test	Vulcan-Centaur VC2S	Cape Canaveral	SLC-41		Success**
185	USA	Oct. 7	10:52:11 a.m. EDT	Hera, Milani, Juventas	Planetary / asteroid	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
186	China	Oct. 10	21:50 Beijing Time	WHGW-03	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-3B	Xichang			Success
187	USA	Oct. 13	7:25 a.m. Central Time	Starship S30 (IFT-5)	Experimental	Superheavy B12	Boca Chica			Success
188	USA	Oct. 14	12:06 p.m. EDT	Europa Clipper	Planetary / Jupiter system	Falcon Heavy	Cape Canaveral, KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
189	USA	Oct. 15	2:10 a.m. EDT	Starlink-10-10 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
190	USA	Oct. 15	01:21 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-7 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
191	China	Oct. 15	19:06 Beijing Time	Qianfan Xingzuo Group 2 (18 satellites)	Application / Internet	Chang Zheng-6A (Y20)	Taiyuan	9A	A	Success
192	China	Oct. 16	07:45 Beijing Time	Gao Fen-12-05	Radar	Chang Zheng-4C	Jiuquan			Success
193	USA	Oct. 18	7:31 p.m. EDT	Starlink-8-19 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
194	USA	Oct. 19	10:13 p.m. Pacific Time	OneWeb (F20) (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
195	China	Oct. 22	08:10 Beijing Time	Tianping-3-A01, -B01, -B02	Radar calibration	Chang Zheng-6	Taiyuan			Success
196	China	Oct. 23	09:09 Beijing Time	Yaogan-43 (Group 03) (3 satellites?)	Military	Chang Zheng-2C	Xichang			Success
197	USA	Oct. 23	5:47 p.m. EDT	Starlink-6-61 (23 satellites	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
198	USA	Oct. 24	10:14 a.m. Pacific Time	NROL-167	Military	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
199	USA	Oct. 26	5:47 p.m. EDT	Starlink-10-8 (22 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
200	China	Oct. 30	04:27 Beijing Time	Shenzhou-19	Piloted / space station transport	Chang Zheng-2F	Jiuquan			Success
201	USA	Oct. 30	5:07 a.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-9 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
202	USA	Oct. 30	5:10 p.m. EDT	Starlink-10-13 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
203	Russia (IC)	Oct. 31	10:51:31 Moscow Time	Kosmos-2579 (Bars-M No. 6)	Military	Soyuz-2-1a	Plesetsk	Site 43	4	Success
204	Japan	Nov. 4	15:48 Japan Standard Time	Kirameki-3	Military / communications	H-3 (No. 22 F4)	Tanegashima	LA-Y2		Success
205	Russia (IC)	Nov. 5	02:18:40.459 Moscow Time	Ionosfera-M No. 1, No. 2 and 53 secondary payloads	Science	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Vostochny	1S		Success
206	USA	Nov. 4	9:29:31 p.m. EST	Cargo Dragon CRS-31	Cargo supply	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral / KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
207	USA	Nov. 5	11:42 p.m. New Zealand Time	Ununnounced commercial payload	Application / communications (?)	Electron	Mahia	LC-1B		Success
208	USA	Nov. 7	3:19 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-77 (23 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
209	China	Nov. 9	11:39 Beijing Time	Hangtian Hongtu-2 (PieSat-2) (01, -02, -03, -04),	Remote sensing	Chang Zheng-2C	Jiuquan			Success
210	USA	Nov. 8	10:14 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-10	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
211	China	Nov. 11	12:03 Beijing Time	Shiyan-26 (A, B, C), Changguang Jilin-1 (A, B), Yunyao-1 (A, B, C, D, E, F), Xiguang (A, B), Tianyuan-24, Oman Zhineng Yaogan-1 (12 satellites)		Lijian-1 Y5 (Kinetica-1)	Jiuquan	130		Success
212	USA	Nov. 11	12:22 p.m. EST	KoreaSat-6A	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral / KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
213	USA	Nov. 11	4:28 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-69 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
214	China	Nov. 14	06:42 Beijing Time	Haiyang-4-01	Application / Oceanography	Cahng Zheng-4B	Taiyuan	9		Success
215	USA	Nov. 13	9:23 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-11 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
216	USA	Nov. 14	8:21 p.m. EST	Starlink-6-68 (24 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
217	China	Nov. 15	23:13 p.m. Beijing Time	Tianzhou-8	Cargo supply	Chang Zheng-7	Wenchang			Success
218	USA	Nov. 17	5:28 p.m.	TD-7 (Optus-X, ADS-01)	Military / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral / KSC	LC-39A	A	Success
219	USA	Nov. 17	9:53 p.m. Pacific Time	Starlink-9-12 (20 satellites)	Application / Internet	Falcon-9	Vandenberg	SLC-4E	E	Success
220	USA	Nov. 18	1:31 p.m. EST	GSAT-N2	Application / communications	Falcon-9	Cape Canaveral	SLC-40		Success
221	USA	Nov. 19		Starship IFT-6	Experimental	Starship- Superheavy	Boca Chica			Success

*Reusable first stage lost during a botched landing on a drone ship.

**Apparent nozzle damage on a solid booster motor during the initial ascent might delay vehicle certification.

The 2024 space launch score card (as of November 20, 2024 ):

USA	China	Russia (IC)	Japan	India	Iran	Europe	North Korea	World
Launch vehicles
Falcon-9: 113 (1***)	Kuaizhou-1A/11: 4	Soyuz-2-1v: 1	H-2A: 2	PSLV: 1	Qaem-100: 2	Ariane-6: 1**	Cheonlima-1 1*
Vulcan-Centaur: 2	Chang Zheng-2C: 6 (1*)	Soyuz-2-1a: 6	H-3: 3	GSLV-Mk2: 1	Simorgh: 1	Vega: 1
Electron: 12	Yinli: 1	Soyuz-2-1b: 4	Kairos: 1*	SSLV: 1
Starship-Superheavy: 4	Chang Zheng-7/7A: 4	Angara-A5: 1
Delta-4 Heavy: 1	Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1): 3	Angara-1.2: 1
Atlas-5: 2	Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon): 2
Falcon Heavy: 2	Chang Zheng-5: 2
Firefly Alpha: 1	Chang Zheng-3B: 6
	Chang Zheng-8: 1
	Chang Zheng-2D: 7
	Chang Zheng-6A: 4
	Chang Zheng-2F: 2
	Chang Zheng-6/6C: 3
	Chang Zheng-4B/C: 6
	Gushenxing-1/1S: 4
	Shuang Quxian-1: 1*
USA: 137	China: 56	Russia: 13	Japan: 6	India: 3	Iran: 3	Europe: 2	North Korea: 1	World: 221
USA failed: 1	China failed: 2	Russia failed: 0	Japan failed: 1	India failed: 0	Iran failed: 0	Europe failed: 0	North Korea failed: 1	World failed: 5
Launch sites
Vandenberg: 40	Jiuquan: 17	Plesetsk: 4	Tanegashima: 5	Sriharikota: 3	Shahroud: 2	Kourou: 2	Sohae: 1	World sites: 21
Cape Canaveral: 81	Xichang: 16	Baikonur: 6	Kii: 1		Semnan: 1
Mahia: 11	Yellow Sea: 4	Vostochny: 3
Boca Chica: 4	Wenchang: 7
Wallops: 1	South-China Sea: 1
	Taiyuan: 11

*Failed launch

**Upper stage failed to perform deorbiting maneuver and release of two payloads due to the Auxiliary Power Unit failure.

***Second stage failure left satellites in unusable orbit.

Planned Russian space launches in 2024:

November 21, 15:22:24 Moscow Time: A Soyuz-2-1a rocket to launch Progress MS-29 (ISS mission 90P) from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. The docking with the station is scheduled for Nov. 23, 2024, at 17:40:12 Moscow Time. (As of 2014, the launch was projected for October 16.) The delivery of the spacecraft to Baikonur was reported on June 17, 2024.

The launch vehicle for the mission was reported arriving at the Tyuratam railroad junction near Baikonur spaceport on June 25, 2024, aboard a 28-car train, also carrying components of the rocket for the Soyuz MS-26 mission.

In one of the first major milestones of the launch campaign, Progress MS-29 was placed into a vacuum chamber at Site 254 in Baikonur On Oct. 11, 2024, for a series of air leak checks, which were completed by October 16. The routine testing of the ship's solar panels was completed on Nov. 1, 2024. By Nov. 11, 2024, the spacecraft went through balancing and weighting and was transported to a fueling facility for loading of pressurized gases and propellant components. The fueling operations were completed by Nov. 12, 2024.

The cargo ship was then returned to its processing building, where it was connected to its launch vehicle adapter on Nov. 14, 2024, and rolled inside its protective fairing on Nov. 15, 2024. The completed payload section was transferred to the vehicle assembly building at Site 31 on November 16, where it was integrated with the Soyuz-2-1a rocket on Nov. 17, 2024. The State Commission then cleared the vehicle for the rollout to the launch pad which took place on the morning of November 18.

November 27, 22:00 – 24:00 Moscow Time: A Soyuz-2-1b rocket to launch a military payload, likely the ninth satellite in the Lotos-S1 series of the Liana radio-electronic intelligence network, from Site 43 in Plesetsk.

November 30: A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat rocket to launch the Kondor-FKA No. 2 satellite from Site 1S in Vostochny. As of March 2023, the launch was expected on June 8, 2024, but by June 2024, it slipped to November 30. The satellite was delivered to Vostochny on Sept. 14, 2024. According to Roskosmos, the satellite was shipped by air and then by road to the launch site, where it was unloaded at the thermal chamber of the storage facility (INSIDER CONTENT), a part of the processing complex in Vostochny. In the next step, the spacecraft was to be transferred to the spacecraft processing facility, MIK KA, for pre-launch operations.

The fueling of the Fregat upper stage for the mission was completed on Oct. 25, 2024, and on October 28, the irreversible operations with Kondor-FKA-2 commenced with the transfer of the satellite to the fueling facility. The loading of propellant aboard the satellite was completed by Nov. 12, 2024, and specialists began preparing the spacecraft for integration with the Fregat upper stage.

2024: A Soyuz-2-1b rocket to launch the Resurs-P No. 5 satellite from Baikonur.

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This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak

Last update: November 20, 2024

Soyuz-2-1b rocket lifts off on March 31, 2024, with the Resurs-P4 remote-sensing satellite. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

The fourth Angara-5 rocket (INSIDER CONTENT), equipped with Block DM-03-based upper stage lifts off from Vostochny for the first time on April 11, 2024. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos

One of four Cluster spacecraft at Site 112 in Baikonur during processing for launch on a Soyuz rocket in 2000. After nearly quarter of a century in orbit, the quartet of satellites intended for studying Earth's magnetosphere, was projected to reenter the atmosphere in 2024. Click to enlarge. Credit: Roskosmos