German Research Inst. for Aviation and Spaceflight: Government / agency (Germany), launches, rockets and satellites

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0Orbital launches

551All launches (incl. suborbital)

3Satellites in orbit

4Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

German Research Inst. for Aviation and Spaceflight is a government organisation based in Germany, founded in 1989. Our records show 551 launches and 3 satellites in orbit.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

DLR Institute for Space Systems 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit DLR Institute fur Raumfahrtantriebe (Space propulsion) 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit DLR Raumfahrt-Agentur 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Institut fur Planetenforschung 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Satellites in orbit

By platform

Cubesat 3U	2
Luxor	1

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
1 Oct 2026	DLR MAPHEUS 17	Red Kite/IM	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
31 May 2026	SubOrbital Express 5	Red Kite/Red Kite	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
12 Nov 2025	DLR MAPHEUS 16	Red Kite/Red Kite	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
6 Oct 2025	DLR ATHEAt	Red Kite/BB5	Andoya Rocket Range, Andoy, Nordland, Norge	Success
5 Jul 2025	MXD2	Improved Malemute	Andoya Rocket Range, Andoy, Nordland, Norge	Success
11 Nov 2024	DLR MAPHEUS 15	Red Kite/IM	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
2 Sep 2024	BOLT-1B	Black Brant VC	Andoya Rocket Range, Andoy, Nordland, Norge	Success
24 Mar 2024	DLR TEXUS 60	VSB-30	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
27 Feb 2024	DLR MAPHEUS 14	Red Kite/IM	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
15 Feb 2024	DLR TEXUS 59	VSB-30	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
2 Dec 2023	DLR MAIUS-2	VSB-30	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
13 Nov 2023	SOAR	Red Kite	Andoya Rocket Range, Andoy, Nordland, Norge	Success

Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: single source, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.