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
15 May 1997 Don Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
15 May 1997 OV-104 Shuttle/Mir Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
14 May 1997 Oko Molniya 8K78M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
11 May 1997 DFH-3 Chang Zheng 3A Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Success
5 May 1997 Iridium MS-1A Delta 7920-10C McDonnell Douglas/HB Vandenberg AFB, California Success
25 Apr 1997 GOES K Atlas I Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
21 Apr 1997 Minisat-01 Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria Success
17 Apr 1997 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
16 Apr 1997 Thaicom 3 Ariane 44LP Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
9 Apr 1997 Oko Molniya 8K78M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
6 Apr 1997 Progress 7K-TGM No. 234 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
4 Apr 1997 OV-102 Spacelab Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
4 Apr 1997 DMSP Block 5D-2 S-14 Titan II SLV USAF 4SLS South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
8 Mar 1997 Tempo 2 Atlas IIA Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
4 Mar 1997 Mozhaets 2 Start-1.2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-2, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya Success
1 Mar 1997 INTELSAT 801 Ariane 44P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
23 Feb 1997 DSP 20 Titan 402B/IUS USAF 3SLS Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
17 Feb 1997 JCSAT 4 Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
14 Feb 1997 Gonets-D1 No. 16/17/18 Tsiklon-3 Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
12 Feb 1997 MUSES-B M-V Institute of Space and Aeronautical Sci Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon Success
11 Feb 1997 OV-103 HST mission Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
10 Feb 1997 Soyuz 7K-STM No. 74 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
30 Jan 1997 GE 2 Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
17 Jan 1997 Navstar GPS SVN 42 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Failure
12 Jan 1997 OV-104 Shuttle/Mir Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
24 Dec 1996 Bion No. 11 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
20 Dec 1996 Improved CRYSTAL 2106 Titan 404A USAF 4SLS South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
20 Dec 1996 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
18 Dec 1996 INMARSAT III F3 Atlas IIA Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
11 Dec 1996 US-PU Tsiklon-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
21 Nov 1996 Eutelsat HB2 Atlas IIA Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
19 Nov 1996 Progress 7K-TGM No. 233 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
19 Nov 1996 OV-102 Research/FF Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
16 Nov 1996 M1 No. 520 (Mars-96) Proton-K/D-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
13 Nov 1996 Arabsat 2B Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
4 Nov 1996 HETE Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia Failure
24 Oct 1996 Molniya-3 No. 62 Molniya 8K78M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
20 Oct 1996 FSW-2 No. 3 Chang Zheng 2D Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad) Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China Success
26 Sep 1996 Ekspress No. 12L Proton-K/DM-2M Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
16 Sep 1996 OV-104 Shuttle/Mir Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
12 Sep 1996 Navstar GPS SVN 30 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
11 Sep 1996 Echostar II Ariane 42P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
8 Sep 1996 GE 1 Atlas IIA Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
6 Sep 1996 INMARSAT III F-2 Proton-K/DM-2 Khrunichev State Research and Production Center GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
5 Sep 1996 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
4 Sep 1996 Tselina-2 Zenit-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
29 Aug 1996 Microsatelite Molniya 8K78M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
21 Aug 1996 FAST Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Vandenberg AFB, California Success
18 Aug 1996 Zhongxing 7 Chang Zheng 3 Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Failure
17 Aug 1996 Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan 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.