Royal Navy: Government / agency (United Kingdom), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Royal Navy

0Orbital launches

57All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Royal Navy is a government organisation based in the United Kingdom, founded in 1660. Our records show 57 launches.

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

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Royal Navy Submarine Service, HMS Neptune, Faslane Naval Base 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
30 Jan 2024	D5?	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Failure
10 Oct 2005	- (111ss)	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
21 Sep 2000	- (90ss)	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
10 Oct 1997	1997-S67	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
10 Oct 1997	1997-S68	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
22 Aug 1995	1995-S56	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
24 Jul 1995	1995-S50	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
20 Jun 1994	1994-S39	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
26 May 1994	1994-S35	Trident D-5	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
10 May 1987	CHEVALINE CAF	Polaris A3	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success
10 May 1987	CHEVALINE CAF	Polaris A3	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Failure
18 Apr 1987	CHEVALINE CAF	Polaris A3	Eastern Test Range, Atlantic Ocean	Success

Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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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.