======================================================== ======================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT UPDATE June 12, 2026 by Ed Kyle ======================================================== ======================================================== INDEX 2025 Worldwide Orbital Launch Box Score 2025 Launch Vehicle Standings3 2025 Launch Site/Country Standings 2025 Orbital Launch Log 2025 Suborbital Launch Log ======================================================== ======================================================== WORLDWIDE ORBITAL LAUNCH BOX SCORE All Orbital Launch Crewed Launch Attempts(Failures) Attempts(Failures) ------------------------------------------------------- 2026: 137(6) 3(0) 2025: 324(9) 8(0) 2024: 259(7) 9(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 June 12, 2026 ======================================================== 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 68(0) 62(0) 3(0) - CZ (DF-5) 11(1) 10(0) 1(1) - Electron/Curie 7(0) 7(0) - - R-7 6(0) 5(0) 1(0) - CZ-6A 5(0) 5(0) - - Atlas 5 3(0) 3(0) - - Jielong 3 (SD-3) 3(0) 3(0) - - Ariane 6 2(0) 2(0) - - CZ-7(A) 2(0) 1(0) 1(0) - CZ-8 3(0) 3(0) - - CZ-8A 2(0) 2(0) - - ZQ-2E+ 2(0) 2(0) - - Lijian 1 2(0) 2(0) - - SLS 1(0) - 1(0) - Falcon Heavy 1(0) - 1(0) - Vulcan 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-5 1(0) - 1(0) - Proton M/DM-03 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-12 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-12B 1(0) 1(0) - - H-3-30 1(0) 1(0) - - Lijian 2 1(0) 1(0) - - Angara 1.2 1(0) 1(0) - - Vega-C 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-6 1(0) 1(0) - - Minotaur 4 1(0) 1(0) - - Ceres 1(S) 1(0) 1(0) - - Alpha 1(0) 1(0) - - KZ-11 1(0) 1(0) - - New Glenn 1(1) 1(1) - - PSLV-DL 1(1) 1(1) - - Ceres 2 1(1) 1(1) - - Kairos 1(1) 1(1) - - Tianlong 3 1(1) 1(1) - - KZ-1A (Pro) - - - CZ-5(B) - - - GSLV Mk2 - - - - Angara A5/Briz M - - - - --------------------------------------------------------- Total 137(6) 119(5) 11(1) 0(0) Antares Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Antares 230+ - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Ariane 6 Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Ariane 62 - - - - Ariane 64 2(0) 2(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 3(0) 3(0) - - Atlas 5-N22 - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------- Chang Zheng (Long March) Details ------------------------------------------------------------ CZ-2-4 (DF-5 Based) CZ-2C(/SMA/YZ-1S) 3(0) 3(0) - - CZ-2D 4(0) 4(0) - - CZ-2D/YZ-3 - - - - CZ-2FG (M) 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-2F/G (UM) - - - - CZ-2F/T 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-3A - - - - CZ-3B(/E) 1(1) - 1(1) - CZ-3B/YZ-1 - - - - CZ-3C(/E) - - - - CZ-3C/YZ-1 - - - - CZ-4B - - - - CZ-4C 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-5-8 Based CZ-5 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-5B/YZ-2 - - - - CZ-6 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-6A 4(0) 4(0) - - CZ-6C - - - - CZ-7 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-7A 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-8 3(0) 3(0) - - CZ-8A 2(0) 2(0) - - CZ-11(H) - - - - CZ-12 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-12B 1(0) 1(0) - - Ceres 1(S)/2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Ceres 1 - - - - Ceres 1S (Yellow Sea) 1(0) 1(0) - - Ceres 2 1(1) 1(1) - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Electron Details ------------------------------------------------------------- Electron - - - - Electron/Curie 7(0) 7(0) - - Electron/Photon - - - - Electron/HASTE 3(0) suborbital ------------------------------------------------------------- Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Falcon 9 v1.2 StrLk 56(0) 56(0) - - Falcon 9 v1.2 9(0) 6(0) 3(0) - Falcon 9 v1.2 Xpend - - - - Falcon 9 v1.2 Crew 1(0) 1(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 - - - - H-2A/204 - - - - H-3-22S - - - - H-3-24L - - - - H-3-30S 1(0) 1(0) - - ------------------------------------------------------------- Proton Details ------------------------------------------------------------ Proton-M - - - - Proton-M/Briz-M - - - - Proton-K/DM-2 - - - - Proton-M/DM-03 1(0) - 1(0) - ------------------------------------------------------------- PSLV/SSLV Details ------------------------------------------------------------ PSLV-G - - - - PSLV-CA (Core Alone) - - - - PSLV-DL 1(1) 1(1) - - PSLV-QL - - - - PSLV-XL - - - - SSLV - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------- 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) - - - - Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat 1(0) - 1(0) - Soyuz-2-1a/Volga - - - - Soyuz-2-1b 1(0) 1(0) - - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat 1(0) 1(0) - - Soyuz-2-1b/Volga 1(0) 1(0) - - NK-33A Powered Soyuz 2-1v/Volga - - - - Soyuz 2-1v - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------ Vulcan Details ----------------------------------------------------------- Vulcan VC2S - - - - Vulcan VC4S 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 38(1) Vandenberg, California 37(0) Jiuquan, China 15(2) Mahia, New Zealand 7(0) Taiyuan, China 7(0) Hainan Commercial, China 6(0) Plesetsk, Russia 5(0) XiChang, China 4(1) Kourou, French Guyana 3(0) Baikonur, Kazakhstan 3(0) Wenchang, China 3(0) Yellow Sea Platform, China 2(0) S. China Sea Platform, China 2(0) Kennedy Space Center, FL 2(0) Tanegashima, Japan 1(0) Sriharikota, India 1(1) Tahara, Japan 1(1) Vostochny, Russia Naro Space Center, South Korea Wallops Island, Virginia Palmachim, Israel Andoya, Norway Bowen Spaceport, Australia Alcantara, Brazil Semnan, Iran Shahrud, Iran Sohae, North Korea ========================================================= 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 77(1) 70(1) 7(0) - China 39(3) 36(2) 3(1) - Russia 8(0) 6(0) 2(0) - New Zealand 7(0) 7(0) - - Europe 3(0) 3(0) - - Japan 2(1) 2(1) - - India 1(1) 1(1) - - South Korea Israel Germany Australia Iran - - - - North Korea - - - - ========================================================= ================================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL LAUNCH LOG ================================================================== by Ed Kyle as of June 12, 2026 ================================================================== YEAR TO DATE ORBITAL SPACE LAUNCH LOG DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE ORBIT ------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/03/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-584 CSG 3 2.2 VA 4E SSO 01/05/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-585 Starlink 6-88 16.0 CC 40 LEO 01/09/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-586 Starlink 6-96 16.0 CC 40 LEO 01/11/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-587 Twilight VA 4E SSO 01/12/26 PSLV-DL C62 EOS-N1/SR-1 SR 1 [FTO] 01/12/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-588 Starlink 6-97 16.0 CC 40 LEO 01/13/26 CZ-6A Y27 Yaogan 50-01 TY 9A REO 01/13/26 CZ-8A SatNEt LEO 18 WC HC1 LEO 01/14/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-589 Starlink 6-98 16.0 CC 40 LEO 01/15/26 CZ-2C AlSat 3A JQ 43/94 SSO 01/15/26 Ceres 1S Y7 Tianqi 1-37-40 YS LEO 01/16/26 CZ-3B/E Shijian 32 XC 2 [FTO] 01/17/26 Ceres 2 Y1 6 sats JQ 43/95A[FTO] 01/17/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-590 NROL 105 VA 4E LEO 01/18/25 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-591 Starlink 6-100 16.0 CC 40 LEO 01/19/26 CZ-12 Y15 XD 19A-I WC HC2 LEO 01/22/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-592 Starlink 17-30 16.0 VA 4E SSO 01/22/26 Electron/KS F80 OpenCosmos 1 MA 1A PEO 01/25/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-593 Starlink 17-20 16.0 VA 4E SSO 01/28/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-594 GPS 3-9 4.35 CC 40 MTO 01/29/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-595 Starlink 17-19 16.0 VA 4E SSO 01/30/26 Electron/KS F81 NeonSat 1A 0.1 MA 1A SSO 01/30/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-596 Starlink 6-101 ~16.0 CC 40 LEO 01/31/26 CZ-2C Y67? AlSat 3B ~1.4 JQ 43/94 SSO 02/02/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-597 Starlink 17-32 16.0 VA 4E SSO 02/05/26 Soyuz 2.1b/Fg 2004 Kosmos 2600-08 PL 43/4 SSO 02/07/26 CZ-2F/ T6 Spaceplane 4 JQ 43/91 LEO 02/07/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-598 Starlink 17-33 16.0 VA 4E SSO 02/11/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-599 Starlink 17-34 16.0 VA 4E SSO 02/12/26 Jielong 3 Y9 PRSC E02 SC SSO 02/12/26 Proton M/DM-03 93568 Electro-L No. 5 2.12 TB 81/24 GEO 02/12/26 Vulcan VC4S V005 GSSAP 7/8 CC 41 GEO 02/12/26 Ariane 64 VA267 Amazon LE-01 18.27 KO 4 LEO 02/13/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-600 Crew 12/C212.5 12.2 CC 40 ISS 02/15/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-601 Starlink 17-13 16.0 VA 4E SSO 02/16/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-602 Starlink 6-103 16.0 CC 40 LEO 02/20/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-603 Starlink 10-36 16.0 CC 40 LEO 02/21/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-604 Starlink 17-25 16.0 VA 4E SSO 02/22/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-605 Starlink 6-104 16.0 CC 40 LEO 02/24/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-606 Starlink 6-110 16.0 CC 40 LEO 02/25/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-607 Starlink 17-26 16.0 VA 4E SSO 02/27/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-608 Starlink 6-108 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/01/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-609 Starlink 17-23 16.0 VA 4E SSO 03/02/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-610 Starlink 10-41 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/04/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-611 Starlink 10-40 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/05/26 Kairos F3 Test TH [FTO] 03/05/25 Electron/KS F83 BlackSky 3-4 0.14 MA 1A LEO 03/08/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-612 Starlink 17-18 16.0 VA 4E SSO 03/10/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-613 EchoStar 25 6.8 CC 40 GTO- 03/12/26 Alpha FLT007 ICOR VA 2W REO 03/13/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-614 Starlink 17-31 16.0 VA 4E SSO 03/13/26 CZ-8A Y8 SatNet LEO 20 HC 1 LEO 03/13/26 CZ-2D Y95 Shiyan 30 3-4 XC 3 LEO 03/14/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-615 Starlink 10-48 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/15/26 CZ-6A Y28 Yaogan 50-01 TY 9A REO 03/16/26 KZ-11 Y7 8 sats JQ 43/95B SSO 03/17/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-616 Starlink 17-24 16.0 VA 4E SSO 03/17/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-617 Starlink 10-46 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/19/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-618 Starlink 10-33 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/20/26 Electron/KS F84 StriX 6 0.1 MA 1B LEO 03/20/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-619 Starlink 17-15 16.0 VA 4E SSO 03/22/26 Soyuz 2.1a 2005 Progress MS33 7.34 TB 31/6 ISS 03/22/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-620 Starlink 10-62 16.0 CC 40 LEO 03/22/26 Jielong 3 Y10 WK 02A-J YL LEO 03/23/26 Soyuz 2.1b 2006 Bureau 1440-1 PL 43/4 LEO 03/25/26 CZ-2D Y105 NEO 2-05/06 TY 9 SSO 03/26/25 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-621 Starlink 17-17 16.0 VA 4E SSO 03/27/26 CZ-2C/YZ-1S Shiyan 33 JQ 43/94 SSO 03/28/26 Electron/KS F85 ESA IOD 1/2 0.06 MA 1A SSO 03/30/26 Lijian 2 Y1 XZC-02+2sats JQ 140 LEO 03/30/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-622 Transporter 16 VA 4E SSO 03/30/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-623 Starlink 10-44 16.0 CC 40 LEO 04/01/26 SLS Blk 1 SLS-2 Artemis 2 ~25.7 KC 39B EEO 04/02/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-624 Starlink 10-58 16.0 CC 40 LEO 04/03/26 Tianlong 3 Y1 Test Flight JQ 120B [FTO] 04/03/26 Soyuz 2.1a/Fg 2007 Meridian-M L21 ~2.0 PL 43/3 EEM 04/04/26 Atlas 5-551 AV109 LEO LA-05 16.56 CC 41 LEO 04/07/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-625 Starlink 17-35 16.0 VA 4E SSO 04/07/26 Minotaur 4 MT4-9 STP-S29A ~0.3 VA 8 LEO 04/07/26 CZ-8 Y7 QJ 04A-R HC 1 SSO 04/08/26 CZ-6A Y17 XD 21A-E TY 9A PEO 04/11/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-626 Starlink 17-21 16.0 VA 4E SSO 04/11/26 Jielong 3 XJS 08 SC PEO 04/11/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-627 NG-24/Cygnus XL ~9.5 CC 40 ISS 04/14/26 Lijian 1 Y12 Gaofen 08(x8) JQ 43/130 SSO 04/14/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-628 Starlink 10-24 16.0 CC 40 LEO 04/15/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-629 Starlink 17-27 16.0 VA 4E SSO 04/16/26 Soyuz 2/1b/Vo 2008 Kosmos multi PL 43/4 SSO 04/17/26 CZ-4C Y41 Daqi 2 JQ 43/94 SSO 04/19/26 New Glenn NG-3 BlueBird 7 6.1 CC 36 [EEO] 04/19/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-630 Starlink 17-22 16.0 VA 4E SSO 04/21/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-631 GPS 3 SV10 4.35 CC 40 MTO 04/23/26 Electron/KS F87 JAXA Rideshares MA 1A SSO 04/23/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-632 Starlink 17-14 16.0 VA 4E SSO 04/23/26 Angara 1.2 A1-7 Kosmos 2617-20 PL 35/1 SSO 04/24/26 CZ-2D Y109 XJ-9 1-4 XC 3 LEO 04/25/26 CZ-6 Y15 PRSC-E03 TY 16 LEO 04/25/26 Soyuz 2.1a 2009 Progress MS34 7.34 TB 31/6 ISS 04/26/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-633 Starlink 17-16 16.0 VA 4E SSO 04/28/26 Atlas 5-551 AV112 LEO LA06 16.6 CC 41 LEO 04/29/26 Falcon Heavy FH-12 ViaSat 3-3 6.4 KC 39A GEO- 04/30/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-634 Starlink 17-36 13.8 VA 4E SSO 04/30/26 Ariane 64 VA268 LEO LE02 18.27 KO 4 LEO 05/01/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-635 Starlink 10-38 16.0 CC 40 LEO 05/03/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-636 CAS-500 R-Share VA 4E SSO 05/05/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-637 Starlink 17-29 16.0 VA 4E SSO 05/11/26 CZ-7 Y11 Tianzhou 10 13.0 WC 201 CSS 05/12/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-638 NROL 172 VA 4E LEO 05/12/26 CZ-6A Y23 QJ 09A-R TY 9A PEO 05/14/26 ZQ-2E+ Y5 Dummysat 2.8 JQ 43/96 PEO 05/15/26 Lijian 1 Y13 Taijing 3 05A/B JQ 43/130 SSO 05/15/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-639 CRS-34/C209.6 ~14.0 CC 40 ISS 05/17/26 CZ-8 Y8 QJ-10 A-R HC 1 SSO 05/19/26 Vega C VV29 SMILE 2.25 KO ZLV LEO 05/20/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-640 Starlink 17-42 16.0 VA 4E SSO 05/21/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-641 Starlink 10-31 16.0 CC 40 LEO 05/22/26 Electron/KS F88 StriX 7 0.1 MA 1B LEO 05/24/26 CZ-2F/G Y23 Shenzhou 23 7.84 JQ 43/90 CSS 05/25/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-642 Starlink 10-47 16.0 CC 40 LEO 05/26/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-643 Starlink 17-37 13.9 VA 4E SSO 05/26/26 CZ-7A Y12 TJS-24 WC 201 GTO 05/29/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-644 Starlink 10-53 16.0 CC 40 LEO 05/29/26 Atlas 5-551 AV113 LEO LA07 16.6 CC 41 LEO 05/30/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-645 Starlink 17-41 13.9 VA 4E SSO 05/30/26 CZ-2D Y119 XJS 10A-D XC 3 LEO 06/01/26 CZ-12B Y1 Jigui 08A/B JQ JC PEO 06/03/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-646 Starlink 17-47 13.9 VA 4E SSO 06/04/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-647 Starlink 10-43 16.0 CC 40 LEO 06/04/26 CZ-6A Y25 QJ 11A-R TY 9A SSO 06/05/26 CZ-8 Y9 QJ 12A-R HC 1 SSO 06/07/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-648 Starlink 17-43 13.9 VA 4E SSO 06/08/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-649 Starlink 10-35 16.0 CC 40 LEO 06/09/26 ZQ-2E+ Y6 DTC 1/Yidong 2 JQ 43/66 LEO 06/11/26 CZ-5 Y11 TJS 25 WC 101 GTO 06/11/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-650 Starlink 17-44 13.9 VA 4E SSO 06/12/26 H3-30S F6 VEP 5/Test TA Y1 SSO 06/12/26 Falcon 9 v1.2 F9-651 Starlink 10-54 16.0 CC 40 LEO ------------------------------------------------------------------ [PSLV-DL C62] Third stage roll rate disturbances caused loss of control at T+6m18s, 11 sec before planned end of burn. No orbit. Planned SSO. [CZ-3B/E 01/16/26] Third stage failure. [Ceres 2 Y1] First stage failure during inaugural launch of type. [Proton M/DM-03 93568] 02/12/26 0852, Final Block DM. 3 ascent burns to GEO. [Vulcan V005] 02/12/26 0922, First 4-SRM Vulcan launch. One SRM suffered nozzle burn-through. Stage 1 and 2 burned longer to compensate. USAF reported mission success. [VA267] 02/12/26 1645, First 4-booster Ariane 6. First 20m long PLF. 32x571 kg Amazon LEO sats to 465 km x 51.9 deg. [Kairos F3] 03/05/26 0210 UTC. Exploded about T+78.8 sec during first stage burn. Possible inadvertent automatic flight termination system activation. [Lijian 2 Y1] 03/30/26 1100, Inaugural Lijian 2 from JQ 140 with 4.2 t XZC-02 cargo ship and two smallsats that added another 0.2 t. To 217 x 604 km x 84.96 deg. [SLS-2] SLS-2 launched Artemis 2, the first crewed Artemis mission with four astronauts, on April 1, 2026 at 2235 UTC. Orion payload ESM-2 and CM-3 ("Integrity") weighed roughly 25.7 tonnes. ICPS initially fired to place Orion and itself into a 185 x 2222 km parking orbit, then fired a second time to insert Orion into a nearly-one-day-long 2 x 70,354 km x 28.3 deg orbit. ESM-2 separated and Orion used it as a rendezvous target, before ESM-2 performed a final maneuver to direct itself to entry over the Pacific Ocean. Orion ESM fired its R-4D thrusters at first apogee to raise perigee to about 200 km. Orion ESM then fired its AJ10-190 engine at perigee, about 1 day and 1 hour after liftoff, to reach a 201 x 447,232 km trans-lunar trajectory. Plans called for Orion to perform a free-return circumlunar flyby during a 10 day mission. [Tianlong-3 Y1] 04/03/26 0417, Inaugural Tianlong 3 launch. Possible engine failure about 33 seconds after liftoff. Rocket flew on until at least MECO before full failure. [NG-3] 04/19/26, 1125 UTC. BlueBird 7 payload, 6.1 tonnes, inserted into incorrect orbit from which it will reenter in weeks or months. Planned 2-burn GS2-3 ascent toward 460 km x 49.4 deg, using dogleg to avoid Bahamas. Initially tracked in 154 x 494 km x 36.1 deg orbit post-SECO-1 orbit. Later tracked in 265 x 485 km x 43 deg orbit, consistent with about 50% of second burn having occurred. GS1-2.2 landed Jacklyn successfully. First reuse of a New Glenn first stage. Had new engines after previous flight. [ZQ-2E+ Y5] 05/14/26 0301, 2.8 t mass sim to 900 km x 90 deg. First flight of stretched first stage powered by higher-thrust TQ-12A engines. [VV29] 05/19/26 0352, SMILE to 706 km x 70 deg. Sat to raise self to 5,000 x 121,182 km x 73 deg orbit. [CZ-12B Y1] 06/01/26 0840, Inaugural launch of CZ-12B from new Jiquan Commercial launch site at 40.8915N, 100.2174W. Jigui 08A/B to 1020 x 1047 km x 89 deg. No planned Stage 1 landing attempt on this flight. Stage 2 only partially lowered its orbit after insertion. [H-3-30S F6] 06/12/26 0053, First flight test of H3-30 variant with three LE-9 first stage engines and no SRMs. VEP-5 test payload and six microsats to 551 x 576 km x 97.7 deg SSO. Stg 2 deorbited. Tested fixes to payload attach fitting, etc., that caused loss of F8. [ZQ-2E+ Y6] 06/09/26 0823, Two sats to 400 km x 55 deg. Stg 2 disintegrated during disposal burn attempt. Stg 2 had performed two ascent burns. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ================================================================== 2026 MAJOR SUBORBITAL LAUNCH LOG Suborbital Launches Using Booster Hardware Also Used for Orbital Launches ------------------------------------------------------------------ DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD SITE ORBIT ================================================================== 02/11/26 CZ-10A Mengzhou Max Q Abort WC 301 SUB 02/28/26 Electron HASTE F82 DART-AE scramjet WI 0C SUB 03/04/26 Minuteman 3 GT255 Op. Test Launch, 2 RV VA LF10 SUB 03/26/26 Dark Eagle LRHW CC 46 SUB 04/22/26 Electron HASTE F86 BUBBLES WI 0C SUB 04/30/26 Soyuz-5 F1 GMM TB 45/1 SUB 05/12/26 Sarmat RS-28 ICBM Test PL SUB 05/20/26 Minuteman 3 GT256 Op. Test Launch, 1 RV VA LF09?SUB 05/21/26 Yars ICBM Test PL SUB 05/21/26 Sineva SLBM Test BA SUB 05/22/26 SH/SS IFT-12 B19/S39 Test BC 2 SUB 06/11/26 Electron HASTE F89 Curveball WI 0C SUB ------------------------------------------------------------------ [02/11/26] CZ-10A suborbital Max-Q abort test with capsule that parachuted to ocean landing. First stage returned for hover and "soft" landing on ocean surface after engine restart. [Electron F82] HASTE with inert Stage 2 and no Curie kick stage. Stage 1 MECO around 2:45 followed by PLF and PL sep. Scramjet payload flew downrange in upper atmosphere. [Electron F86] HASTE with active Stage 2 and modified kick stage. Suborbital, secret launch. [Soyuz-5 F1] Inaugural 2-Stage Soyuz-5 test flight with dummy payload on suborbital flight aimed toward Pacific Ocean impact. [Yars, 05/21/26] From Krona Shelter at Plesetsk. ICBM test. [Sineva, 05/21/26] From submarine in Barents Sea. SLBM test. [SH/SS IFT-12] 05/22/26 22:30 UTC. First Super Heavy/Starship V3. First use of Pad 2 at Boca Chica. Booster 19 and Ship 39. B19 lost engine during ascent at ~1:42. All engines shut down early during boost-back burn. Booster crashed at sea (soft sea landing had been planned). BECO at 2:23-2:24 (planned 2:22). One Vacuum Raptor shut down early on Ship at 3:03. SECO at 9:17 (planned 8:11). In-flight Ship engine restart canceled, but other flight events, including sim-sat deploy, reentry, and soft landing on Indian Ocean at target, were successful. [Electron HASTE F89] 06/11/26, 0800. Secret suborbital launch from Wallops 0C. ================================================================== *Site Code: AO = Arctic Ocean (Sub Launch), Russia AN = Andoya, Norway 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 HC = Hainan Commercial 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 EEM = Elliptical Molnyia (12-Hour) 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 GTI = Inclined GTO GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit GIO = Inclined GEO 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 LER = Low Earth Retrograde SSO (LEO/S) = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit SST = Sun Synchronous Transfer Orbit PEO (LEO/P) = Polar Low Earth Orbit REO (LEO/R) = Retrograde Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit PEO = Polar (also near-polar) Low Earth Orbit SUB = Suborbital ========================================================================= =========================================================================