Orbital launches in 2023

2023-01-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 6success

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission. Three CubeSats and two PocketQubes (MDQSAT-1Aand 1B and Unicorn-2G and 2H) failed to deploy from the Falcon 9 second stage.

2023-01-08WenchangCZ-7A Shijian 23success2023-01-09JiuquanCeres-1 multiplesuccess2023-01-09CornwallLauncherOne multiplefailure

Problem occurred during second stage burn at an

2023-01-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5OneWeb L16success2023-01-10KodiakRS1 VariSat 1A / 1Bfailure

The rocket's engines almost immediately shut down and the vehicle crashed back onto the launch pad.

2023-01-12XichangCZ-2C APStar 6Esuccess2023-01-13JiuquanCZ-2D Yaogan 37 / Shiyan 22A / 22Bsuccess2023-01-15TaiyuanCZ-2D multiplesuccess2023-01-15Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy CBAS 2 (USA 342, USSF 67) / LPDE-3Asuccess2023-01-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5GPS-3 6 (GPS SVN 79, Navstar 82, USA 343)success2023-01-19VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-4success2023-01-24Wallops IslandElectron Hawk 6A / 6B / 6Csuccess2023-01-26TanegashimaH-2A 202IGS Radar 7success2023-01-26Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-2success2023-01-31VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-6 / ION-SCV 009success2023-02-02Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-3success2023-02-05BaikonurProton M/DM-03Elektro-L 4success2023-02-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Amazonas Nexussuccess2023-02-09BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-22success2023-02-10SriharikotaSSLV EOS-07 / AzaadiSat-2 / JANUS-1success2023-02-12Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-4success2023-02-17VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-5success2023-02-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 Block 5Inmarsat 6 F2success2023-02-23XichangCZ-3B G2Zhongxing-26 (Chinasat 26)success2023-02-24BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aSoyuz MS-23success

Launched without a crew to replace the damaged Soyuz MS-22 following the latter's coolant leak.

2023-02-24JiuquanCZ-2C Horus-1success2023-02-27Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-1success2023-03-02Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Crew Dragon 6 (Dragon C206-F4)Msuccess

Sixth crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Crew: Stephen G. Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Sultan Al Neyadi, Andrey Fedyaev.

2023-03-03VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-7success2023-03-04ShahrudQaem-100 Nahid 1failure2023-03-06TanegashimaH-3 22SALOS 3 (Daichi 3)failure

The second stage did not ignite; a destruct command was sent and the debris from the vehicle impacted the Pacific.

2023-03-09Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5OneWeb L17success2023-03-09TaiyuanCZ-4C Tianhui-6 01 / 02success2023-03-12BaikonurProton M/Briz MOlimp-K 2 (Luch-5Kh)success2023-03-13JiuquanCZ-2C Horus-2success2023-03-14Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-27success

Cargo resupply docked with ISS for 30 days. Payload included the STP-H9 technology demonstration mission and six CubeSats: ARKSAT 1, LightCube, Ex-Alta 2, AuroraSat, YukonSat, NEUDOSE.

2023-03-15JiuquanCZ-11 Shiyan 19success2023-03-16Wallops IslandElectron Capella 9 / 10success2023-03-17XichangCZ-3B G3Gaofen 13-02success2023-03-17VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-8success2023-03-17Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5SES 18 / 19success2023-03-22JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 03 - 06success2023-03-23Cape CanaveralTerran 1 vehicle evaluation payloadfailure2023-03-23PlesetskSoyuz 2 1aKosmos 2567 (Bars-M #4)success2023-03-23PlesetskSoyuz 2 1aKosmos 2567 (Bars-M #4)success2023-03-24Ahuriri PointElectron BlackSky 18 / 19success2023-03-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-5success2023-03-26SriharikotaGSLV Mk3OneWeb L18success2023-03-28PalmachimShavit 2 Ofeq 13success2023-03-29PlesetskSoyuz 2 1vKosmos 2568 (EO-MKA #4 ?)success2023-03-29Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-10success2023-03-30TaiyuanCZ-2D Hongtu 1-01 01 - 04success2023-03-31JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 34-04success2023-04-02JiuquanTianlong-2 Jintasuccess2023-04-02VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transport Layer Tr.-0 (SDA-0A)success

First launch for DOD’s Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking Layer.

2023-04-07JiuquanHyperbola-1 Test payloadsuccess2023-04-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B3Intelsat 40esuccess

The satellite hosts NASA's TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) earth observation payload, the first payload under NASA’s Earth Venture Instrument program.

2023-04-14KourouAriane 5 ECA+JUICEBsuccess2023-04-15VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 7success2023-04-16JiuquanCZ-4B Fengyun 3Gsuccess2023-04-19Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-2success2023-04-20StarbaseStarship Starship S24Sfailure

The first full Starship flight test using Booster 7. Of the 33 Raptor 2 engines on the Booster, 3 failed early and at least 3 more shut down at some point during the ascent. At T+3:59, an automated flight-termination-system destruct ended the flight in a fireball.

2023-04-22SriharikotaPSLV CATeLEOS-2 + secondariessuccess2023-04-27VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 3-5success2023-04-28Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5O3b mPOWER 3 / 4success2023-05-01Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy ViaSat 3 / Arcturus / G-Space 1success

Falcon Heavy vehicle.was fully expended.

2023-05-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-6success2023-05-08Ahuriri PointElectron TROPICS 05 / 06success2023-05-10WenchangCZ-7 Tianzhou 6success2023-05-10VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-9success2023-05-14Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-9success2023-05-19Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-3success2023-05-20VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Iridium NEXT 9 / OneWeb L19success2023-05-21JiuquanCZ-2C Aomen Kexue 1A / 1B / Luojia-2 01success2023-05-21Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Axiom 2Msuccess

Private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station. It included the first female Saudi astronaut to go to space. Crew: Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali AlQarni, Rayyanah Barnawi.

2023-05-23XichangCZ-3B G3Beidou-3 G4success2023-05-24BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-23success2023-05-25NaroKSLV-2 NEXTSAT-2 / secondariessuccess2023-05-26Ahuriri PointElectron TROPICS 03 / 07success2023-05-26VostochnySoyuz 2 1a/FregatKosmos 2569 (Kondor-FKA 1)success2023-05-27Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Arabsat 7B (Badr 8)success2023-05-29SriharikotaGSLV Mk2IRNSS 1J (NVS-01)success2023-05-30JiuquanCZ-2F GShenzhou 16Msuccess

Fifth crewed flight to the Tiangong space station. Crew: Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, Gui Haichao.

2023-05-30SohaeChollima-1 Manligyeong-1failure2023-05-31VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 2-10success2023-06-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-4success2023-06-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-28success

Cargo resupply docked with ISS for 23 days. Payload included eight CubeSats that were deployed from the ISS in July 2023: ESSENCE, Iris, Maya-5 and -6, Moonlighter, RADSAT-SK, SC-ODIN, UKpik-1.

2023-06-07JiuquanLijian-1 multiplesuccess2023-06-09JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Longjiang 3success2023-06-12Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-11success2023-06-12VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 8success2023-06-15TaiyuanCZ-2D Jilin-1 Gaofen sats / Huoerguosi-1success2023-06-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5SATRIAsuccess2023-06-20TaiyuanCZ-6 Shiyan 25success2023-06-22VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-7success2023-06-22Cape CanaveralDelta 4H upgradedOrion 11 (USA 345, NROL 68)success2023-06-23Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-12success2023-06-27VostochnySoyuz 2 1b/FregatMeteor M2-3 / secondariessuccess2023-07-01Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5EuclidBsuccess2023-07-05KourouAriane 5 ECA+Heinrich-Hertz / Syracuse 4Bsuccess2023-07-07VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-13success2023-07-09JiuquanCZ-2C YZ-1SHulianwang Jishu Shiyansuccess2023-07-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-5success2023-07-12JiuquanZhuque-2 dummy payloadsuccess2023-07-14SriharikotaGSLV Mk3Chandrayaan 3Bsuccess2023-07-16Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 5-15success2023-07-18Ahuriri PointElectron Telesat LEO 3 / Starling / Lemur-2success2023-07-20JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 07 - 10success2023-07-20VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-15success2023-07-22JiuquanCeres-1 Qiankun-1 / Xingshidai-16success2023-07-23TaiyuanCZ-2D Sixiang 01 - 03 / Lingxi 03success2023-07-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-6success2023-07-26XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 36-05 A / B / Csuccess2023-07-28Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-7success2023-07-29Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy Jupiter 3 (Echostar 24)success

Launch of EchoStar’s Jupiter-3, the heaviest geostationary communications satellite at the time. It weighs approximately nine tons and is nearly as large as a school bus, when its 14 solar panels are fully deployed, they could span a 10-story building.

2023-07-30SriharikotaPSLV CADS-SAR / secondariessuccess2023-08-02Wallops IslandAntares 230+Cygnus NG-19success

Cargo resupply docked with ISS for 61 days.

2023-08-03JiuquanCZ-4C Fengyun 3Fsuccess2023-08-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Galaxy 37success2023-08-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-8success2023-08-07PlesetskSoyuz 2 1b/Fregat Kosmos 2569 (Uragan-K2 #1, GLONASS-K2 13L)success2023-08-08VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-20 success2023-08-08TaiyuanCZ-2C Huanjing Jianzai 2-06success2023-08-10JiuquanCeres-1 multiplesuccess2023-08-10VostochnySoyuz 2 1b/Fregat Luna 25 (Luna-Glob)Bsuccess2023-08-11Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-9success2023-08-12XichangCZ-3B G3Ludi Tance 4-01 (L-SAR 04A)success2023-08-14XichangKuaizhou 1A HEDE-3A - 3E (Jiaotong 6 - 10)success2023-08-17Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-10success2023-08-20JiuquanCZ-4C Gaofen 12-04success2023-08-22VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-1success2023-08-23BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-24success2023-08-23SohaeChollima-1 Manligyeong-1 F2failure2023-08-23Ahuriri PointElectron Capella 11success2023-08-25JiuquanCeres-1 Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02Asuccess2023-08-26Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Crew Dragon 7 (Dragon C210-F3)Msuccess

Seventh crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Crew: Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa, Konstantin Borisov.

2023-08-27Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-11success2023-08-31XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-01 A / B / Csuccess2023-09-01Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-13success2023-09-02SriharikotaPSLV XLAditya-L1Bsuccess2023-09-02VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Tranche 0 2success

Second of two launches for the DOD’s Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking Layer.

2023-09-04Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-12success2023-09-05Yellow SeaCeres-1 STianqi 21 / 22 / 23 / 24success2023-09-06JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 33-03success2023-09-06TanegashimaH-2A 202XRISM / SLIMBsuccess2023-09-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-14success2023-09-10TaiyuanCZ-6A Yaogan 40-01 A / B / Csuccess2023-09-10Cape CanaveralAtlas V 551Silentbarker 1 / 2 / 3 (USA 346 / 347 / 348, NROL 107)success2023-09-12VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-2success2023-09-15VandenbergAlpha Victus Nox (TacRS 3)success2023-09-15BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aSoyuz MS-24Msuccess

Crew: Oleg Kononenko, Loral O’Hara, Nikolai Chub.

2023-09-16Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-16success2023-09-17XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-02 A / B / Csuccess2023-09-19Ahuriri PointElectron Capella 12failure

Stage 2 failure

2023-09-20Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-17success2023-09-21JiuquanCeres-1 Jilin-1 Gaofen-04B failure2023-09-23ShahrudQased Noor 3success2023-09-24Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-18success2023-09-25VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-3success2023-09-26JiuquanCZ-4C Yaogan 33-03success2023-09-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-19success2023-10-05XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-03 A / B / Csuccess2023-10-05Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-21success2023-10-06Cape CanaveralAtlas V 501KuiperSat-1 / 2success2023-10-09KourouVega THEOS-2 / FORMOSAT-7R / secondariessuccess2023-10-09VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-4success2023-10-13Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy Psyche (Discovery 14)Bsuccess2023-10-13Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-22success2023-10-15JiuquanCZ-2D Yunhai-1 04success2023-10-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-23success2023-10-21VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-5success2023-10-22Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-24success2023-10-23XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-04 A / B / Csuccess2023-10-26JiuquanCZ-2F GShenzhou 17Msuccess2023-10-27PlesetskSoyuz 2 1bKosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 #808) / Kosmos 2571success2023-10-29VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-6success2023-10-30Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-25success2023-10-31TaiyuanCZ-6A Tianhui-5 01 / 02success2023-11-03WenchangCZ-7A TJSW 10success2023-11-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-26success2023-11-08Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-27success2023-11-09XichangCZ-3B G3Zhongxing-6E (ChinaSat 6E)success2023-11-10Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Dragon CRS-29success2023-11-11VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Transporter 9success2023-11-12Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5O3b mPOWER 5 / 6success2023-11-16JiuquanCZ-2C YZ-1SHaiyang 3Asuccess2023-11-18Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-28success2023-11-18StarbaseStarship Starship S25Sfailure

Booster exploded after stage separation, at T+3:20 at an altitude of 90 km. Ship 25 continued accelerating, but ship's flight termination system had been activated towards the end of the burn, which according to the flight plan was to have shut down at T+8:33 in an estimated 50 x 250 km marginal orbit.

2023-11-20VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-7success2023-11-21SohaeChollima-1 Manligyeong-1 F3success2023-11-22Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-29success2023-11-23XichangCZ-2D YZ-3XQG-02A / 02B / 02Csuccess2023-11-25PlesetskSoyuz 2 1bKosmos 2572 (Razdan #1)success2023-11-28Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-30success2023-12-01BaikonurSoyuz 2 1aProgress MS-25success2023-12-01VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5425 Project EO/IR Sat 1 + secondariessuccess2023-12-03Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-31success2023-12-04JiuquanCZ-2C MisrSat-2 / Xingchi-1 02A / Bsuccess2023-12-04JejuGYUB-TV2 S-STEPsuccess2023-12-04JiuquanCeres-1 3Xingchi-1A / Jiheng-1success2023-12-05Yellow SeaJielong-3 Chuangxin-19success2023-12-07Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-33success2023-12-08VandenbergFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 7-8success2023-12-08JiuquanZhuque-2 Honghu-1 / 2 / Tianyi-33success2023-12-10XichangCZ-2D Yaogan 39-05 A / B / Csuccess2023-12-14JiuquanCZ-2F TCSSHQ 3success2023-12-15Ahuriri PointElectron QPS-SAR-5success2023-12-15WenchangCZ-5 Yaogan 41success2023-12-16BaikonurSoyuz 2 1b/FregatArktika-M 2success2023-12-17JiuquanHyperbola-1 Dier-1-Liangxisuccess2023-12-19Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-34success2023-12-21PlesetskSoyuz 2 1bKosmos 2573 (Bars-M #5)success2023-12-22VandenbergAlpha Tantrumpfailure

second stage failed to restart

2023-12-23Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-32success2023-12-24VandenbergFalcon 9 SARah-2 / 3success2023-12-25JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 11 - 14success2023-12-25South China SeaCZ-11 HShiyan 24C-1 / 2 / 3success2023-12-26XichangCZ-3B G3Beidou-3 M25 / M26success2023-12-27JiuquanKuaizhou 1A Tianmu-1 19 - 22success2023-12-27PlesetskSoyuz 2 1vKosmos 2574success2023-12-29Cape CanaveralFalcon Heavy X-37B OTV-7success2023-12-29Cape CanaveralFalcon 9 v1.2 B5Starlink 6-36success2023-12-30JiuquanCZ-2C YZ-1SWHJSW 04A / 04B / 04Csuccess