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
17 Mar 1958 Vanguard Test Satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Success
5 Mar 1958 Explorer 2 Jupiter C U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Failure
5 Feb 1958 Vanguard Test Satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
1 Feb 1958 Explorer 1 Jupiter C U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency CC Success
6 Dec 1957 Vanguard Test Satellite Vanguard Naval Research Lab CC Failure
3 Nov 1957 PS-2 Sputnik 8K71PS Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 Success
4 Oct 1957 PS-1 Sputnik 8K71PS Miinistry of the Armed Forces NIIP-5 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.