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 Aug 1996 ADEOS H-II National Space Development Adminstration Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon Success
14 Aug 1996 Molniya-1T Molniya 8K78M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
8 Aug 1996 Italsat F2 Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
31 Jul 1996 Progress 7K-TGM No. 232 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
25 Jul 1996 UFO F7-EHF Atlas II Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
16 Jul 1996 Navstar GPS SVN 40 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
9 Jul 1996 Arabsat 2A Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
3 Jul 1996 Apstar 1A Chang Zheng 3 Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Success
3 Jul 1996 QUASAR 11? Titan 405A USAF 3SLS Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
2 Jul 1996 TOMS-EP Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Vandenberg AFB, California Success
20 Jun 1996 Kobal't Soyuz-U-PVB Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Failure
20 Jun 1996 OV-102 Spacelab Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
15 Jun 1996 INTELSAT 709 Ariane 44P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
4 Jun 1996 Cluster F1-F4 Ariane 5G European Space Agency Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Failure
25 May 1996 Gorizont No. 44L Proton-K/DM-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
24 May 1996 Galaxy 9 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
19 May 1996 OV-105 Research/FF Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
17 May 1996 MSTI 3 Pegasus H Orbital Sciences Corporation Vandenberg AFB, California Success
16 May 1996 Palapa C2 Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
14 May 1996 Kometa No. 18 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Failure
12 May 1996 SLDCOM 4/INTRUDER 4 Titan 403A USAF 4SLS South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
5 May 1996 Progress 7K-TGM No. 231 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
30 Apr 1996 SAX Atlas I Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
24 Apr 1996 MERCURY 2 Titan 401A/Centaur USAF 3SLS Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
24 Apr 1996 Taifun-1B Kosmos 11K65M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
24 Apr 1996 MSX Delta 7920-10 McDonnell Douglas/HB Vandenberg AFB, California Success
23 Apr 1996 TsM-I 77KSI No. 17401 Proton-K Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
20 Apr 1996 MSAT-1 Ariane 42P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
8 Apr 1996 Astra 1F Proton-K/DM-2M International Launch Services, Khrunichev GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
3 Apr 1996 INMARSAT III F-1 Atlas IIA Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
28 Mar 1996 Navstar GPS SVN 33 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
22 Mar 1996 OV-104 Shuttle/Mir Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
21 Mar 1996 IRS-P3 PSLV Indian Space Research Organization Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India Success
14 Mar 1996 Kobal't Soyuz-U-PVB Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
14 Mar 1996 INTELSAT 707 Ariane 44LP Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
9 Mar 1996 REX II Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation Vandenberg AFB, California Success
24 Feb 1996 Polar Delta 7925-10 McDonnell Douglas/HB Vandenberg AFB, California Success
22 Feb 1996 OV-102 Research/FF Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
21 Feb 1996 Soyuz 7K-STM No. 72 Soyuz-U Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
19 Feb 1996 Gran' No. 44L Proton-K/DM-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
19 Feb 1996 Gonets-D1 No. 13/14/15 Tsiklon-3 Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
14 Feb 1996 INTELSAT 708 Chang Zheng 3B Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China Failure
5 Feb 1996 N-Star b Ariane 44P Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
1 Feb 1996 Palapa C1 Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin Astronautics Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
25 Jan 1996 Gorizont No. 43L Proton-K/DM-2 Russian Military Space Forces GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
16 Jan 1996 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Russian Military Space Forces 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF Success
14 Jan 1996 Koreasat 2 Delta 7925 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
12 Jan 1996 Panamsat K4 Ariane 44L Arianespace Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
11 Jan 1996 OV-105 Research/FF Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
30 Dec 1995 XTE Delta 7920-10 McDonnell Douglas/HB Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida 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.