Orbital Launch Log

Every orbital launch attempt since 1957

Industry / Launches

7,207 launches. Dates are UTC; older records may know only the month or year.

DateMissionVehicleProviderSiteResult
18 May 1973 Zenit-4MK Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
17 May 1973 DS-P1-Yu No. 65 Kosmos 11K63 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
16 May 1973 GAMBIT-3 Mission 4338 Titan 24B USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
14 May 1973 Skylab I OWS Saturn V NASA Marshall Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
11 May 1973 DOS 3 Proton-K Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
5 May 1973 Zenit-4MK Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
25 Apr 1973 Zenit-2M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
25 Apr 1973 US-A Tsiklon-2 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Failure
20 Apr 1973 Anik A2 Delta 1914 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
19 Apr 1973 DS-U2-IK Kopernik-500 Kosmos 11K63 Strategic Rocket Forces GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya Success
19 Apr 1973 Zenit-4MK Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
12 Apr 1973 DS-P1-Yu No. 55 Kosmos 11K63 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
5 Apr 1973 Molniya-2 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
3 Apr 1973 Almaz OPS 1 Proton-K Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
22 Mar 1973 Zenit-2M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
20 Mar 1973 Meteor-M No. 29 Vostok 8A92M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
9 Mar 1973 HEXAGON SV-5 Titan IIID USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
6 Mar 1973 RHYOLITE 2 Atlas SLV-3A Agena D USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
6 Mar 1973 Zenit-4M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
1 Mar 1973 Zenit-4MK Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
28 Feb 1973 Tselina-OM Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
15 Feb 1973 SO-M No. 502 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
8 Feb 1973 Zenit-4M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
3 Feb 1973 Molniya-1 11F67 No. 31 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
1 Feb 1973 Zenit-2M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
26 Jan 1973 Tsiklon GVM Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya Success
24 Jan 1973 DS-P1-Yu No. 62 Kosmos 11K63 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
20 Jan 1973 Tselina-OM Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
11 Jan 1973 Zenit-4M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
28 Dec 1972 Tselina-D Vostok 8A92M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
27 Dec 1972 Zenit-4MT Soyuz 11A511M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
25 Dec 1972 Strela-2M Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
21 Dec 1972 GAMBIT-3 Mission 4337 Titan 24B USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
21 Dec 1972 Sfera Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
20 Dec 1972 CANYON 5 Atlas SLV-3A Agena D USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
16 Dec 1972 GRS-B Scout D-1 US Air Force Systems Command, Los Angeles AFS South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
14 Dec 1972 Zenit-4M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
12 Dec 1972 Molniya-2 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
11 Dec 1972 Nimbus E Delta 0900 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Vandenberg AFB, California Success
2 Dec 1972 Molniya-1 11F67 No. 28 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
30 Nov 1972 DS-U1-IK No. 2 Kosmos 11K63 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
25 Nov 1972 Zenit-2M Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
23 Nov 1972 Mockup LK N-1 11A52 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Failure
22 Nov 1972 ESRO 4 Scout D-1 US Air Force Systems Command, Los Angeles AFS South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
15 Nov 1972 SAS B Scout D-1 Aerospace Research Center San Marco Launch Complex, Formosa Bay, Kenya Success
10 Nov 1972 Anik A1 Delta 1914 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
9 Nov 1972 DMSP Block 5B F-3 Thor Burner 2A USAF Aerospace Defence Command, 10th Aerospace Defence Sqn. Vandenberg AFB, California Success
3 Nov 1972 Tselina-OM Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
1 Nov 1972 Strela-1M Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
31 Oct 1972 Zenit-4MK Voskhod 11A57 Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success

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.