======================================================== ======================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT UPDATE July 19, 2024 by Ed Kyle ======================================================== ======================================================== INDEX 2024 Worldwide Orbital Launch Box Score 2024 Launch Vehicle Standings 2024 Launch Site/Country Standings Launch Vehicle by Success Rate 2024 Orbital Launch Log 2024 Suborbital Launch Log ======================================================== ======================================================== WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH BOX SCORE as of 07/19/24 All Orbital Launch Crewed Launch Attempts(Failures) Attempts(Failures) ------------------------------------------------------- 2024: 133(5) 5(0) 2023: 221(10) 6(0) 2022: 186(8) 7(0) 2021: 144(11) 8(0) 2020: 114(10) 4(0) 2019: 102(5) 3(0) ======================================================== ======================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT YEAR TO DATE LAUNCH VEHICLE STANDINGS ======================================================== by Ed Kyle as of July 19, 2024 ======================================================== YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLE SUMMARY Calendar year launch vehicle results, ranked by number of successes, with launch total as the first tiebreaker and vehicle payload mass as the second tiebreaker. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions have orbital periods less than 2 hours. Deep Space missions include heliocentric, planetocentric, and solar system escape trajectories. ========================================================= Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type Launches Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape (Failures) LEO >LEO Deep Space ========================================================= Falcon 9 69(1) 62(1) 7(0) - CZ (DF-5 based) 15(1) 11(0) 4(1) - Electron 8(0) 8(0) - - R-7 Soyuz 6(0) 6(0) - - Ceres 1(S) 3(0) 3(0) - - CZ-5 2(0) - 2(0) - CZ-7(A) 2(0) 1(0) 1(0) - H-3 2(0) 2(0) - - CZ-6A 2(0) 2(0) - - KZ-1A 2(0) 2(0) - - Delta 4 Heavy 1(0) - 1(0) - Angara A5/Orion 1(0) - 1(0) - Falcon Heavy 1(0) - 1(0) - Vulcan Centaur 1(0) - 1(0) - Atlas 5 1(0) 1(0) - - Ariane 6 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-8 1(0) - 1(0) - H-2A 1(0) 1(0) - - GSLV Mk2 1(0) - 1(0) - PSLV 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-6C 1(0) 1(0) - - Gravity-1 1(0) 1(0) - - Soyuz 2.1v 1(0) 1(0) - - Jielong-3 1(0) 1(0) - - KZ-11 1(0) 1(0) - - Lijian-1 1(0) 1(0) - - Alpha 1(0) 1(0) - - Qaem-100 1(0) 1(0) - - Simorgh 1(0) 1(0) - - Hyperbola 1 1(1) 1(1) - - Kairos 1(1) 1(1) - - Cholima 1 (Kero) 1(1) 1(1) - - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 133(5) 113(4) 20(1) - Antares Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Antares 230+ - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Ariane 6 Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Ariane 62 1(0) 1(0) - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Atlas 5 Details ----------------------------------------------------------- Atlas 5-401 - - - - Atlas 5-411 - - - - Atlas 5-421 - - - - Atlas 5-431 - - - - Atlas 5-501 - - - - Atlas 5-511 - - - - Atlas 5-531 - - - - Atlas 5-541 - - - - Atlas 5-551 - - - - Atlas 5-N22 1(0) 1(0) - - ----------------------------------------------------------- Chang Zheng (Long March) Details ------------------------------------------------------------ CZ-2C(/SMA/YZ-1S) 4(1) 3(0) 1(1) - CZ-2D 4(0) 4(0) - - CZ-2D/YZ-3 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-2FG (M) 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-2F/T - - - - CZ-3A - - - - CZ-3B(/E) 3(0) - 3(0) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - - - - CZ-3C(/E) - - - - CZ-3C/YZ-1 - - - - CZ-4B 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-4C 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-5 2(0) - 2(0) - CZ-5B - - - - CZ-6 - - - - CZ-6A 2(0) 2(0) - - CZ-6C 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-7 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-7A - 1(0) - - CZ-8 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-11(H) - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Ceres 1(S) ------------------------------------------------------------ Ceres 1 2(0) 2(0) - - Ceres 1S (Yellow Sea) 1(0) 1(0) - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Delta 4 Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Delta 4H 1(0) - 1(0) - ------------------------------------------------------------ Electron Details ------------------------------------------------------------- Electron - - - - Electron/Curie 8(0) 8(0) - - Electron/Photon - - - - Electron/HASTE - suborbital ------------------------------------------------------------- Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Falcon 9 v1.2 StrLnk 49(1) 49(1) - - Falcon 9 v1.2 16(0) 9(0) 7(0) - Falcon 9 v1.2 Crew 2(0) 2(0) - - Falcon 9 v1.2 Cargo 1(0) 1(0) - - Falcon 9 v1.2 Cygnus 1(0) 1(0) - - Falcon Heavy 1(0) 1(0) - - ------------------------------------------------------------ H-2A/B and H-3 Details ------------------------------------------------------------- H-2A/202 1(0) 1(0) - - H-2A/204 - - - - H-3-22S 2(0) 2(0) - - ------------------------------------------------------------- Proton Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Proton-M - - - - Proton-M/Briz-M - - - - Proton-K/DM-2 - - - - Proton-M/DM-03 - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------- PSLV Details ------------------------------------------------------------ PSLV-G - - - - PSLV-CA (Core Alone) - - - - PSLV-DL 1(0) 1(0) - - PSLV-QL - - - - PSLV-XL - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz/Molniya (R-7) Details ------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz-2-1a - - - - Soyuz-2-1a(Progress) 2(0) 2(0) - - Soyuz-2-1a(Soyuz)(UM) - - - - Soyuz-2-1a(Soyuz)(M) 1(0) 1(0) - - Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat - - - - Soyuz-2-1a/Volga - - - - Soyuz-2-1b 1(0) 1(0) - - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat 2(0) 2(0) - - NK-33A Powered Soyuz 2-1v/Volga - - - - Soyuz 2-1v 1(0) 1(0) - - ------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================== YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL LAUNCH SITE SUMMARY Launch sites, ranked by number of year-to-date orbital launch attempts. ======================================================== Site Overall Launches (Failures) ======================================================== Cape Canaveral, Florida 37(0) Vandenberg, California 24(1) Kennedy Space Center, FL 13(0) Jiuquan, China 11(1) XiChang, China 9(1) Mahia, New Zealand 7(0) Wenchang, China 5(0) Taiyuan, China 5(0) Baikonur, Kazakhstan 4(0) Tanegashima,Japan 3(0) Vostochny, Russia 2(0) Plesetsk, Russia 2(0) Sriharikota, India 2(0) Yellow Sea Platform, China 2(0) Kourou, French Guyana 1(0) Wallops Island, Virgina 1(0) Shahrud, Iran 1(0) Semnan, Iran 1(0) S. China Sea Platform, China 1(0) Tahara, Japan 1(1) Sohae, North Korea 1(1) Palmachim, IS Naro Space Center, South Korea Jeju Island Platform, S. Korea Kodiak LC, Alaska Kagoshima, Japan ========================================================= Launch Total by Country of First or Core Stage Manufacture ranked by number of year-to-date orbital successes. ========================================================= Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type Launches Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape (Failures) LEO >LEO Deep Space ========================================================= United States 74(1) 64(1) 10(0) - China 33(2) 25(1) 8(1) - Russia 8(0) 7(0) 1(0) - New Zealand 8(0) 8(0) - - Japan 4(1) 4(1) - - India 2(0) 1(0) 1(0) - Iran 2(0) 2(0) - - Europe 1(0) 1(0) - - North Korea 1(1) 1(1) - - South Korea - - - - Israel - - - - ========================================================= ========================================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL LAUNCH LOG ========================================================================== by Ed Kyle as of July 19, 2024 ========================================================================== YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL SPACE LAUNCH LOG DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/01/24 PSLV-DL C58 XPoSat, POEM-3 0.47 SR 1 LEO 01/03/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-284 Starlink 7-9 ~15.75 VA 4E LEO 01/03/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-288 Ovzon 3 1.5 CC 40 GTO 01/05/24 KZ-1A Y28 Tianmu-1 25-18 JQ 43/95A SSO 01/07/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-289 Starlink 6-35 ~17.25 CC 40 LEO 01/08/24 Vulcan VC2S V-001 Peregrine 1.283 CC 41 TLI 01/09/24 CZ-2C Y30 Einstein Probe 1.45 XC 3 LEO 01/11/24 KZ-1A Y24 Tianxing 1-02 JQ 43/95A SSO 01/11/24 Gravity-1 Y1 Yunyao 10-20 YL LEO 01/12/24 H-2A-202 F48 IGS Optical 8 TA Y1 SSO 01/14/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-190 Starlink 7-10 ~16.5? VA 4E LEO 01/15/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-191 Starlink 6-37 ~17.25 CC 40 LEO 01/17/24 CZ-7 Y8 Tianzhou 7 ~13.0 WC 201 CSS 01/18/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-292 AX-3 C212.3 ~12.055 KC 39A ISS 01/20/24 Qaem-100 F3 Suraya 0.05 SH LEO 01/23/24 Lijian 1 Y3 5xTaijing JQ 43/130 SSO 01/24/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-293 Starlink 7-11 ~16.5 VA 4E LEO 01/28/24 Simorgh DRSC001 Mahda+2 Cubesats 0.034 SE 2 LEO 01/29/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-294 Starlink 6-38 17.25 KC 39A LEO 01/29/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-295 Starlink 7-12 ~16.5 VA 4E LEO 01/30/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-296 Cygnus NG20 8.12 CC 40 ISS 01/31/24 Electron/Curie F43 4xNorthstar 0.064 MA 1B SSO 02/02/24 CZ-2C Y85 11xGeely-02 1.3 XC 3 SSO 02/03/24 Jielong-3 Y3 9 sats ~1.0 SC SSO 02/08/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-297 PACE 1.7 CC 40 SSO 02/09/24 Soyuz 2.1v F12 Kosmos (2575) PL 43/4 SSO 02/10/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-298 Starlink 7-13 16.5 VA 4E LEO 02/14/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-300 USF-124 CC 40 LEO 02/15/24 Soyuz 2.1a 1978 Progress MS-26 7.336 TB 31/6 ISS 02/15/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-299 IM-1 (Nova-C) 1.908 KC 39A TLI 02/15/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-301 Starlink 7-14 16.5 VA 4E LEO 02/17/24 H-3-22S TF2 VEP-4 2.975 TA Y2 SSO 02/17/24 GSLV Mk2+ F14 INSAT 3DS 2.274 SR 2 GTO 02/18/24 Electron/Curie F44 ADRAS-J 0.15 MA 1B SSO 02/20/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-302 Merah Putih 2 4.00 CC 40 GTO 02/23/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-303 Starlink 7-15 16.5 VA 4E LEO 02/23/24 CZ-5 Y7 TJSW 11 WC 101 GTO 02/25/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-304 Starlink 6-39 17.5 CC 40 LEO 02/29/24 Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat 1979 Meteor M 2-4+sats 3.25 VO 1S SSO 02/29/24 CZ-3B/E WHG-01 XC 2 GTO 02/29/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-305 Starlink 6-40 16.79 CC 40 LEO 03/04/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-306 Crew 8 C206.5 12.5 KC 39A ISS 03/04/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-307 Transporter 10 ~3.0 VA 4E SSO 03/04/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-308 Starlink 6-41 16.79 CC 40 LEO 03/10/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-309 Starlink 6-43 16.79 CC 40 LEO 03/11/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-310 Starlink 7-17 16.79 VA 4E LEO 03/12/24 Electron/Curie F45 StriX 3 0.1 MA 1B SSO 03/13/24 Kairos F1 Test TH [FTO] 03/13/24 CZ-2C/YZ-1S DRO A/B XC 3 [EEO] 03/16/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-311 Starlink 6-44 16.79 KC 39A LEO 03/19/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-312 Starlink 7-16 14.6 VA 4E LEO 03/20/24 CZ-822 Y3 Queqiao 2 1.276 WC 201 TLI 03/21/24 CZ-2D/YZ-3 Y87/Y3 Yunhai 2-02(A-B) JQ 43/94 LEO 03/21/24 Electron/Curie F46 NROL 123 WI 0C LEO 03/21/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-313 CRS-30 C209.4 ~13.5 CC 40 ISS 03/23/24 Soyuz 2.1a 1980 Soyuz MS-25 ~7.2 TB 31/6 ISS 03/24/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-314 Starlink 6-42 16.79 KC 39A LEO 03/25/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-315 Starlink 6-46 16.79 CC 40 LEO 03/26/24 CZ-6A Y3 Yunhai 3-02 ~1.0 TY 9A SSO 03/30/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-316 Eutelsat 36D 5.0 KC 39A GTO 03/31/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-317 Starlink 6-45 16.79 CC 40 LEO 03/31/24 Soyuz 2.1b 1981 Resurs P-4 6.57 TB 31/6 SSO 04/02/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-318 Starlink 7-18 16.06 VA 4E LEO 04/02/24 CZ-2D Y50 Yaogan 42-01 XC 3 LEO 04/05/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-319 Starlink 6-47 16.79 CC 40 LEO 04/07/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-320 Starlink 8-1 15.5 VA 4E LEO 04/07/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-321 Bandwagon 1 ~2.0 KC 39A LEO 04/09/24 Delta 4H D389 NROL 70 CC 37B GEO 04/10/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-322 Starlink 6-48 16.79 CC 40 LEO 04/11/24 Angara A5/Orion A5-4 GMM-KA sim VO 1A GEO 04/11/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-323 WSF-M-1 (USSF-62) 1.2 VA 4E SSO 04/13/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-324 Starlink 6-49 16.79 CC 40 LEO 04/15/24 CZ-2D Y97 SuperView Neo 3-01 JQ 43/94 SSO 04/17/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-325 Starlink 6-51 16.79 KC 39A LEO 04/18/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-326 Starlink 6-52 16.79 CC 40 LEO 04/20/24 CZ-2D Y103 Yaogan 42-02 XC 3 LEO 04/23/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-327 Starlink 6-53 16.79 CC 40 LEO 04/23/24 Electron/Curie F47 NeonSat 1/ACS 3 ~0.1 MA 1B SSO 04/25/24 CZ-2F/G Y18 Shenzhou 18 7.84 JQ 43/90 CSS 04/28/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-328 Galileo L12 1.466 KC 39A MEO 04/28/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-329 Starlink 6-54 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/02/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-330 Legion F1 1.5 VA 4E SSO 05/03/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-331 Starlink 6-55 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/03/24 CZ-5 Y8 Chang'e 6 8.2 WC 101 TLI 05/06/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-332 Starlink 6-57 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/07/24 CZ-6C Y1 Haiwangxing 01 TY 9A SSO 05/08/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-333 Starlink 6-56 16.79 KC 39A LEO 05/09/24 CZ-3B/E Y97 Smart Skynet 1A/B XC 2 MTO 05/10/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-334 Starlink 8-2 14.6 VA 4E LEO 05/11/24 CZ-4C Y50 Shiyan 23 JQ 43/94 SSO 05/13/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-335 Starlink 6-58 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/14/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-336 Starlink 8-7 14.6 VA 4E LEO 05/16/24 Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat 1982 3xRazbeg? PL 43/4 SSO 05/18/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-337 Starlink 6-59 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/20/24 CZ-2D Y98 Beijing 3(A-C) TY 9 SSO 05/21/24 KZ-11 Y3 Wuhan 1 + 3 sats JQ 43/95B SSO 05/22/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-338 NROL 146 VA 4E LEO 05/23/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-339 Starlink 6-62 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/24/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-340 Starlink 6-63 16.79 KC 39A LEO 05/25/24 Electron/Curie F48 PREFIRE 1 0.003 MA 1B SSO 05/27/24 Cholima 1 (Kero) F1 Mallingyong 1-1 SO [FTO] 05/28/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-341 Starlink 6-60 16.79 CC 40 LEO 05/28/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-342 EarthCARE 2.35 VA 4E SSO 05/29/24 Ceres 1S Y2 Tianqi 25-28 YL LEO 05/30/24 Soyuz 2.1a 1983 Progress MS-27 7.336 TB 31/6 ISS 05/30/24 CZ-3B/E Paksat MM1R 5.4 XC 2 GTO 05/30/24 Ceres 1 Y12 Jiquang 01/02 JQ 43/95B LEO 06/01/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-343 Starlink 6-64 16.79 CC 40 LEO 06/05/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-344 Starlink 8-5 ~15.5 CC 40 LEO 06/05/24 Electron/Curie F49 PREFIRE 2 0.002 MA 1B SSO 06/05/24 Atlas 5 N22/SL AV085 CFT SC-3 F2 ~13.0 CC 41 ISS 06/06/24 Ceres 1 Y13 Tee 01B/nanos JQ 43/95B SSO 06/08/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-345 Starlink 10-1 ~16.06 CC 40 LEO 06/08/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-346 Starlink 8-8 ~15.6 VA 4E LEO 06/19/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-349 Starlink 9-1 ~15.6 VA 4E LEO 06/20/24 Electron/Curie F50 Kineis F1 0.15 MA 1B SSO 06/20/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-348 Astra 1P 5.0 CC 40 GTO 06/22/24 CZ-2C Y50 SVOM 0.93 XC 3 LEO 06/23/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-347 Starlink 10-2 16.06 CC 40 LEO 06/24/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-350 Starlink 9-2 ~15.25 VA 4E LEO 06/25/24 Falcon Heavy FH-10 GOES 19 (U) 5.0 KC 39A GTO+ 06/27/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-351 Starlink 10-3 16.79 CC 40 LEO 06/29/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-352 NROL-186 VA 4E LEO 06/29/30 CZ-7A Y8 Zhongxing 3A WC 201 GTO 07/01/24 H-3-22S F3 ALOS 4 2.99 TA Y2 SSO 07/03/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-353 Starlink 8-9 ~15.5 VA 4E LEO 07/04/24 Alpha FLTA005 ELaNa 43 ~0.02 VA 2W SSO 07/04/24 CZ-6A Y7 Tianhui 5-02A/B TY 9A SSO 07/08/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-354 Turksat 6A 4.25 CC 40 GTO 07/09/24 Ariane 62 VA262 Rideshare ~0.1 KO 4 LEO 07/10/24 Hyperbola-1 Y8 Yunyao-1 15-17 JQ 43/95B[FTO] 07/12/24 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-355 Starlink 9-3 15.25 VA 4E [EEO] 07/19/24 CZ-4B Y58 Gaofen 11-05 TY 9 SSO -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [V-001] 0718 UTC. 2 x Centaur 5 burns to 493 x 402775 km x 30.07 deg for planned lunar orbit/landing. Third Centaur 5 burn to HCO. Inaugural launch. [CZ-2C, 01/09/24] 0703 UTC. 581x596 km x 29 deg. Einstein X-ray satellite. [KZ-1A Y24] 0352 UTC. 283x350 km x 95.12 deg. "Test Satellite". [Gravity-1 Y1] 0530 UTC. 479x498 km x 49.98 deg. Inaugural launch of four-stage solid rocket vehicle capable of 6.5 tonnes LEO. Stg 1 = four solids. [F9-290] 0859 UTC. 22 v2 minis. 2-burn ascent. B1061.18 landed OCISLY. [F9-292] Axiom 3. 4 crew to ISS. B1080.5 landed LZ-1. [Qaem-100 F3] 1st Qaem-100 success. 3-stg solid. 744x760 km x 64.52 deg. F1 Suborb test on 11-5-22. F2 FTO on 3-4-23. [Lijian-1 Y3] 0403 UTC. 524x542 km x 97.52 deg. Taijing 1-03, 2-02, 2-04, 3-02, 4-03. [DRSC001] First Simorgh orbital success. 32 kg Mahda and 2x 3U Cubesats (Kayhan 2 and Hatef 1) to 465 x 1117 km x 58.7 deg. [F9-296] First Cygnus flight on Falcon 9. B1077.10 landed LZ-1. Stubby Mvac. 251 km at insertion. [Electron F43] 0634 UTC. To 531x530 x 97.49 deg SSO. 1st stg recovered. [02/09/24, Soyuz 2.1v F12] 0704 UTC. 348 x 361 km x 96.76 deg. Kosmos 2575. Same orbit as Kosmos 2574 from 12/27/23. [F9-300] USSF-124 6xLEO early warning sats to 992x1000x40. S2 had gray band. B1078.7 landed LZ-2. [F9-299] 0605 UTC. IM-1 lunar lander for NASA CLPS program. Lox/Methane lander. 2-burns to TLI. B1060.18 landed LZ-1. [F9-301] 2134 UTC. 22 minis. B1082.2 landed OCISLY. 2-burn ascent. [H-3 TF2] 0022 UTC. First H-3 success. 666x680 km x 98.1 deg SSO. VEP-4 a 2.9 tonne dummysat. CE-SAT and TIRSAT totaled 75 kg. Stg 2 deorbited self. [F44] 1452 UTC. To 577 x 622 km x 98.2 deg SSO. 2 Curie burns in quick succession at apogee. Inspector satellite to redezvous with H-2A upper stage. [F9-304] 2206 UTC. B1069.13 landed ASOG. Starlink 6-39, first with 24 v2 minis, to 275x283x43. [F9-306] 0353 UTC. B1083.1 landed LZ1. Crew 8 with four crew to LEOx51.6. [F9-307] 2205 UTC. B1081.5 landed LZ4. 53 sats to two different SSO altitudes. [F9-308] 2356 UTC. Third F9 launch on March 4. [F9-310] First with 23 v2 minis from VSFB. [Kairos F1] 0201 UTC. Exploded about 3 seconds after liftoff. Inaugural Kairos launch. [CZ-2C/YZ-1S, 03/13/24] 1256 UTC. "Upper stage" (probably YZ-1S) operation "abnormal". "Disposal work" was subsequently performed. Left three objects in to-low elliptical transfer orbits. 2024-048A at 524 x 132,577 km x 27.72 deg. 2024-048B at 139.5 x 1164.8 km x 28.5 deg. 2024-048C at 136.1 x 1076.8 km x 28.5 deg. Distant Retrograde Orbit comsat experiment. Space News reported that the objects in orbit included were the CZ-2C second stage and the YZ-1S upper stage with payloads still attached and that the plan had been for YZ-1S to raise the orbit toward a near-lunar apogee (~384,400 km). [Soyuz MS-25] 1236 UTC. Abort at T-20 sec on 3-21-24 due low battery voltage. 3 crew to ISS. [F9-320] 0225 UTC. B1081.6 landed OCISLY. SL 8-1 (~15.5 t) to 333x345x53. 21 v2 minis, including 6 direct to cell. [D389] 1653 UTC. Delta 4 Heavy and Delta 4 program finale. Likely Orion 12 SIGINT to GEO. [A5-4] 0900 UTC. First Angara launch from Vostochny. First flight of "Orion" third stage, a modified Blok DMSL. 3xOrion burns put GMM-KA mass simulator and attached Orion to GEO graveyard orbit. [CZ-2FG Y18] 3 crew to CSS. Docked 6.5 hrs after 1259 UTC launch. [F9-328] Two Galileo Navsats (1.466 tonnes total) direct to 23616 km x 56 deg. B1060.20 expended. [CZ-6C Y1] Inaugural CZ-6C, a two-stage kerosene/LOX rocket able to lift 2 tonnes to a 700 km SSO. [05/27/24] Failed North Korean SSO attempt. Possible new type Kerosene/LOX rocket. Exploded during first stage flight. [06/05/24, AV085] 1452 UTC. Crew Flight Test. First crewed Starliner launch. SC-3 F2. 186x323 km x 51.6 deg after Orbit Insertion Burn. [VA262] 7/9/24 1900 UTC. Inaugural Ariane 6. Successful ascent and payload deploy to 580 km x 56 deg LEO after two Stage 2 burns. 8 microsats. Planned "Demo Phase" involving third, deorbit burn failed after APU restart failed. [Hyperbola-1 Y8] 7/10/24 2340 UTC. Stage 4 anomaly. No orbit. [F9-355] 7/12/24 0235. Stage 2 failed to restart. Left 20 Starlink 9-3 sats (15.25 t) in 138 x 296 km x 53 deg transfer orbit. B1063.19 landed OCISLY. First F9 v1.2 orbital launch failure after 332 successes (333 successes including suborbital test. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ========================================================================== 2024 MAJOR SUBORBITAL LAUNCH LOG Suborbital Launches Using Booster Hardware Also Used for Orbital Launches -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** ========================================================================== 03/01/24 Yars ICBM Test, MIRV PL SUB 03/14/24 SH/SS B10S28 IFT-3 Suborbital Test BC 1 SUB 04/12/24 Topol-ME Yars-E RV KY SUB 06/04/24 Minuteman 3 GT249 ICBM Test, 1 x RV VA LF10 SUB 06/06/24 Minuteman 3 GT250 ICBM Test, 1 x RV VA LF09 SUB 06/06/24 SH/SS B11S29 IFT-4 Suborbital Test BC 1 SUB 06/18/24 Minotaur 1 SLV13 Mk 21A Test VA 8? SUB ========================================================================== [SH/SS IFT-3] Booster 10/Ship 28 IFT-3 suborbital test. Ship to trajectory with reentry over Indian Ocean. Booster turned and completed boost-back burn. Booster "landing" burn failed with only 3 of 13 planned Raptors starting, and only briefly. Ship attempted payload door opening test and was to do a propellant transfer test during coast. A planned 1-engine restart could not take place due to excess roll rates. Ship was tumbling before reentry, unable to align. It was then lost during reentry, with data loss at about T+49 min at 65 km at 25,707 km/hr. [04/12/24 Topol-ME] To Sary Shagan. [Minuteman 3 GT249 and GT250 both 1xRV to Kwajalein. GT249 pulled from FE Warran AFB (90th MW). GT250 pulled from Malstrom AFB (341st MW). Successess followed a 2023 failure. [SH/SS IFT-4] Booster 11/Ship 29 IFT suborbital test. Ship to -15x213 km x 26.8 deg trajectory with reentry over Indian Ocean. Booster suffered one engine out before T+4 sec, but continued to staging after cutoff at about T+2:49. After staging, booster completed 13 engine boost-back burn. One of 13 engines did not relight for the landing burn, which happened as a 12/3 3 engine sequence. B11 appeared to make good ocean landing. Ship flew controlled flight through ascent, coast, and entry. It completed reentry despite suffering flap damage and loss of tiles. Ship appeared to restart its engines for an ocean landing. Landing about 1 hr 6 min after liftoff. *Site Code: AO = Arctic Ocean (Sub Launch), Russia BA = Barents Sea (Sub Launch), Russia BS = Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii CC = Cape Canaveral, FL, USA DO = Dombarovsky, Russia EA = El Arensillo, Huelva, Spain FLP = First Launch Pad JE = Jeju Island, S. Korea (Offshore Platform) JQ = Ji Quan, China KA = Kagoshima, Japan KC = Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA KO = Kourou, French Guyana KW = Kwajalein, Marshall Is. KY = Kapustin Yar, Russia MA = Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand ME = Meck Island, Kwajalein Atoll, RMI MU = Musudan-ri North Korea NA = Naro Space Center, South Korea NP = North Pole Submarine Launch OK = Sea of Okhotsk OLP = Odyssey Launch Platform PA = Palamchima, Isreal PL = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia PO = Pacific Ocean (154W-0N for Sea Launch) SC = South China Sea Platform SE = Semnan, Iran in Dasht-e-Kavir Desert SH = Shahrud, Iran in Central Desert SO = Sohae Satellite Launching Center, Tongchang-ri, North Korea SR = Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India SLP = Second Launch Pad TA = Tanageshima, Japan TB = Tyuratam/Baikonur, Kazakstahn TY = Taiyuan, China WC = Wenchang, China WH = White Sea (Sub Launch), Russia WI = Wallops Island XC = Xi Chang, China VA = Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA VO = Vostochny, Russia YL = Yellow Sea floating platform YO = Yoshinobu Launch Pad **Orbit Code: CSS = China Space Station LEO EEO = Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/M (EEM) = Molynia (12-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/T = Tundra (24-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO+ = Supersynchronous or High Perigee Transfer Orbit GTO- = Subsynchronous Transfer Orbit GTOi = Inclined GTO GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit HCO = Heliocentric (solar) Orbit HTO = High Earth Transfer Orbit ISS = International Space Station LEO x 51.6 deg LEO = Low Earth Orbit LEO/E = Equatorial LEO LEO/S (SSO) = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit LEO/P (PEO) = Polar Low Earth Orbit LEO/R (REO) = Retrograde Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit SUB = Suborbital ========================================================================= =========================================================================