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
24 Aug 1981 US-A reactor Tsiklon-2 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
21 Aug 1981 Yantar'-4K2 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
18 Aug 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
13 Aug 1981 Feniks No. 943 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
12 Aug 1981 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
10 Aug 1981 GMS 2 N-2 National Space Development Adminstration Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon Success
7 Aug 1981 IK Bulgaria-1300 Vostok 8A92M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
6 Aug 1981 Strela-1M Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
6 Aug 1981 FLTSATCOM F5 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur NASA Lewis Research Center Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Failure
4 Aug 1981 US-PM1 Tsiklon-2 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
4 Aug 1981 Oko Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
3 Aug 1981 DE A Delta 3913 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Vandenberg AFB, California Success
30 Jul 1981 Gran' No. 19L Proton-K/DM Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
29 Jul 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
17 Jul 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
15 Jul 1981 Feniks No. 951 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
10 Jul 1981 Meteor-Priroda No. 2-4 Vostok 8A92M Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
7 Jul 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
2 Jul 1981 Resurs-F1 17F41 No. 15 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
1 Jul 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
25 Jun 1981 Ekran No. 21L Proton-K/DM Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
24 Jun 1981 Molniya-1 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
23 Jun 1981 NOAA C Atlas F US Air Force Space Division South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
19 Jun 1981 Oko Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
19 Jun 1981 Meteosat F2 Ariane 1 European Space Agency Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise Success
17 Jun 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
16 Jun 1981 Fram Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
9 Jun 1981 Molniya-3 No. 30 Molniya 8K78M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
4 Jun 1981 Parus Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
3 Jun 1981 Feniks No. 942 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
31 May 1981 Rohini RS-D-1 SLV-3 Indian Space Research Organization Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India Success
23 May 1981 INTELSAT V F1 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur NASA Lewis Research Center Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
22 May 1981 GOES E Delta 3914 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida Success
22 May 1981 Fram Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
21 May 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
19 May 1981 Tselina-D Vostok 8A92M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
18 May 1981 Feniks No. 980 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
15 May 1981 Nova 1 Scout G-1 NASA Langley Research Center South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
14 May 1981 Meteor-2 No. 8 Vostok 8A92M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
14 May 1981 Soyuz 7K-T No. 56 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
7 May 1981 Strela-2M Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
28 Apr 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
25 Apr 1981 TKS No. 16301 Proton-K Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
24 Apr 1981 Jumpseat 6 Titan 34B US Air Force Space Division South Vandenberg AFB, California Success
21 Apr 1981 US-A reactor Tsiklon-2 Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
16 Apr 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
15 Apr 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U Strategic Rocket Forces NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan Success
12 Apr 1981 OV-102 OFT-1 Space Shuttle NASA Johnson Space Flight Center NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Success
9 Apr 1981 Vektor Kosmos 11K65M Strategic Rocket Forces 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, Success
7 Apr 1981 Zenit-6 Soyuz-U 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.