2013_in_spaceflight

2013 in spaceflight
	The first launch of the Antares rocket occurred on 21 April 2013.
Orbital launches
First	15 January
Last	28 December
Total	81
Successes	77
Failures	3
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	78
National firsts
Satellite	Azerbaijan; Austria; Ecuador; Estonia; Jersey; Qatar; Peru; Bolivia;
Orbital launch	South Korea (with assistance from Russia)
Rockets
Maiden flights	Antares 110 (April); Minotaur V (September); Epsilon (September); Kuaizhou (September); Falcon 9 v1.1 (September); Soyuz-2-1v (December);
Retirements	Naro-1 (January); Falcon 9 v1.0 (March); Antares 110 (April);
Crewed flights
Orbital	5
Total travellers	15
EVAs	11
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2013 in spaceflight

Spaceflight-related events during the year 2013

In 2013, the maiden spaceflight of the Orbital Sciences' Antares launch vehicle, designated A-ONE, took place on 13 April.^[1] Orbital Science also launched its first spacecraft, Cygnus, that docked with the International Space Station in late September 2013.

Quick Facts Orbital launches, First ...

A total of 81 orbital launches were attempted in 2013, of which 77 were successful, one was partially successful and three were failures. The year also saw eleven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 31, 19 and 15 launches respectively.

Suborbital flights

More information Date and time (UTC), Rocket ...


Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
26 January 22:00	Ground Based Interceptor			Vandenberg LF-23		Missile Defense Agency

		EKV	MDA	Suborbital	Anti-ballistic missile test	26 January	Successful
		Non-intercept flight test.
27 January ~12:10	B-611			Shuangchengzi		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	ABM target	11 January	Successful
		Target
27 January ~12:10	SC-19			Korla		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	ABM test	11 January	Successful
		Interceptor, successful intercept
28 January	Kavoshgar			Semnan		ISA

		Pishgam	ISA	Suborbital	Biological	28 January	Successful^[101]
		Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 miles), carried a rhesus monkey
29 January 22:50	Terrier Improved Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

		Lithium Release Experiments	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Atmospheric experiments	29 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)
7 February 08:21	Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka			Poker Flat		NASA

		VISIONS	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Auroral research	7 February	Successful
13 February 09:10	MRBTM		FTM-20	Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	13 February	Successful
		SM-3 Block 1A target
13 February 09:15	RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1A		FTM-20	USS Lake Erie, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	13 February	Successful
		MRBTM interceptor, successful intercept
15 February 16:34	Terrier Improved Orion			White Sands		NASA

		Technology Experiments	NASA GSFC/WFF	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	15 February	Successful
		Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi) ?
25 February 05:52:31	Arrow III			Negev		IAI

			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM Test	25 February	Successful
		Test flight of the Arrow-III
11 March 06:10	Terrier-Lynx			Wallops Island		DoD

		Shark	DoD	Suborbital	Radar target	11 March	Successful
		Apogee: ~300 kilometres (190 mi)
4 April 21:55	Tianying 3E			Hainan		CNSA

		Kunpeng-1	CSSAR	Suborbital	Environment monitoring	4 April	Successful
		Apogee: 191 kilometres (119 mi)
7 April 04:55	Agni-II			ITR IC-4		Indian Army

			Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	7 April	Successful
		Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi)
10 April	Shaheen-IA			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Test flight	10 April	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
12 April 04:25	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		TEXUS-50	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	12 April	Successful
		Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi)
21 April 08:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		SLICE	CU Boulder	Suborbital	Astronomy	21 April	Successful
		Apogee: 318 kilometres (198 mi)?
23 April 17:30	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		EUNIS	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Solar research	23 April	Successful
		Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi)?
1 May 07:38	Terrier Improved Orion			Roi-Namur		NASA

		MOSC	NASA/Air Force Research Lab	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	1 May	Successful
		Apogee: ~189 kilometres (117 mi)
5 May 08:30	M51			Le Vigilant, Audierne Bay		DGA/Marine nationale

			DGA/Marine nationale	Suborbital	Test flight	5 May	Launch failure
7 May 07:39:00	Terrier-Oriole			Roi-Namur		NASA

		EVEX	University of Illinois	Suborbital	Atmospheric	7 May	Successful
		Apogee: ~350 kilometres (220 mi) ?
7 May 07:40:30	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Roi-Namur		NASA

		EVEX	University of Illinois	Suborbital	Atmospheric	7 May	Successful
		Apogee: ~350 kilometres (220 mi) ?
9 May 07:23	Terrier Improved Orion			Roi-Namur		NASA

		MOSC	NASA/Air Force Research Lab	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	9 May	Successful
		Apogee: ~189 kilometres (117 mi)
11 May 05:00	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		FORTIS	JHU	Suborbital	Astronomy	11 May	Successful
		Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)?
13 May 12:58				Xichang

		Kunpeng-7 / Dong Neng-2	CNSA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric / ASAT	13 May	Successful
		Apogee: 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi)
16 May 03:25	ARAV-C		FTM-19	Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	16 May	Successful
		SM-3 Block 1B target
16 May 03:30	RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1B		FTM-19	USS Lake Erie, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	16 May	Successful
		ARAV-C interceptor, successful intercept
22 May 13:27	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		U.S. Air Force

			U.S. Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	22 May	Successful
		GT207GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
5 June	Sounding Rocket VIII			Jiu Peng Air Base		NSPO

			NSPO	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	5 June	Successful
		Apogee: ~280 kilometres (170 mi)
6 June 03:05	Black Brant XII			Wallops Island		NASA

		CIBER	Caltech	Suborbital	Astronomy	6 June	Successful
		Apogee: 577 kilometres (359 mi)
6 June 17:45	RS-26 Rubezh			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	6 June	Successful
20 June 09:30	Terrier-Improved Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

		RockOn	CU Boulder	Suborbital	Student experiments	20 June	Successful
		Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
21 June 13:57	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace

		FOP-1	NASA	Suborbital	Student experiments	21 June	Successful
		Mission SL-7, Apogee: 119 kilometres (74 mi), successfully recovered
27 June 23:52	VS-30			Andøya		DLR

		WADIS-1	DLR	Suborbital	Atmospheric	27 June	Successful
		Apogee: 115 kilometres (71 mi), 12 Super Loki meteorological rockets were also launched
4 July 14:31:00	Black Brant VB			Wallops LA-2		NASA

		Daytime Dynamo	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Geospace	4 July	Successful
		Apogee: 135 kilometres (84 mi)
4 July 14:31:15	Terrier Improved Orion			Wallops LA-2		NASA

		Daytime Dynamo	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Geospace	4 July	Successful
		Apogee: 160 kilometres (99 mi)
5 July 18:29	UGM-96 Trident I C4 (LV-2)		FTG-07	Meck		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	5 July	Successful
5 July 18:35	Ground Based Interceptor		FTG-07	Vandenberg LF-23		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	5 July	Spacecraft failure
		UMG-96 Trident I interceptor, intercept failed, EKV likely failed to separate from booster
12 July	Jericho III			Palmachim		Israeli Air Force

			Israeli Air Force	Suborbital	Missile test	12 July	Successful
15 July 05:53	VS-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MAPHEUS-4	DLR	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	15 July	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)
20 July 14:00:00	S-310			Uchinoura		JAXA

			JAXA/KU/HU/KUT/TU/TPU/ TU/UT/NU/CU/GSFC	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	20 July	Successful
		Apogee: 139 kilometres (86 mi)
20 July 14:57:00	S-520			Uchinoura		JAXA

			JAXA/KU/HU/KUT/TU/TPU/ TU/UT/NU/CU/GSFC	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	20 July	Successful
		Apogee: 316 kilometres (196 mi)
8 August 18:10	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		VERIS	NRL	Suborbital	Solar research	8 August	Successful
		Apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)?
12 August 03:45	Prithvi II			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
13 August 10:00	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Island		NASA

		RockSat-X	NASA	Suborbital	Student experiments	13 August	Successful
		Apogee: 151 kilometres (94 mi)?
3 September 06:16	Silver Sparrow			F-15 Eagle, Israel		IAF

			Israeli Air Force	Suborbital	ABM target	3 September	Successful
		Arrow-3 tracking target, Apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)
6 September 05:20	RSM-56 Bulava			K-550 Aleksandr Nevskiy, White Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	6 September	Launch failure
		Second stage failure
10 September	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Tennessee, ETR		U.S. Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 September	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ?
10 September	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Tennessee, ETR		U.S. Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	10 September	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ?
10 September	eMRBM			C-17 Globemaster III, Pacific Ocean		MDA

			MDA/IMDO	Suborbital	ABM target	10 September	Successful
		Target for THAAD, successful intercept
10 September	MRBM			Wake Island		MDA

			MDA/IMDO	Suborbital	ABM target	10 September	Successful
		Target for SM-3, successful intercept
10 September	SM-3 Block 1A		FTO-01	USS Decatur (DDG-73), Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	10 September	Successful
		Intercepted target missile
10 September	THAAD		FTO-01	Meck Island		US Army

			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	10 September	Successful
		Intercepted target missile
10 September	THAAD		FTO-01	Meck Island		US Army

			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	10 September	Successful
		Back-up interceptor for SM-3
12 September	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Tennessee, ETR		U.S. Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	12 September	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ?
12 September	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Tennessee, ETR		U.S. Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	12 September	Successful
		Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test ?
15 September 09:20	Agni-V			Integrated Test Range		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Test flight	15 September	Successful
		Apogee: 800 kilometres (500 mi), second flight of Agni-V
18 September 11:15	VS-30/Improved Orion			Andøya		DLR

		Scramspace	University of Queensland	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	18 September	Launch failure
		Hypersonic research experiment, first stage failure of launch vehicle
19 September 00:30	ARAV-C++		FTM-21	Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	19 September	Successful
		SM-3 Block 1B target
19 September 00:32 ?	RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1B		FTM-21	USS Lake Erie, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	19 September	Successful
		ARAV-C++ interceptor, successful intercept
19 September 00:32 ?	RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1B		FTM-21	USS Lake Erie, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	19 September	Successful
		ARAV-C++ back-up interceptor
22 September 10:01	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	22 September	Successful
		GT209GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
26 September 10:33	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force

			U.S. Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	26 September	Successful
		GT208GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
4 October 05:33	ARAV-ER		FTM-22	Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	4 October	Successful
		SM-3 Block 1B target
4 October 05:37 ?	RIM-161C SM-3 Block 1B		FTM-22	USS Lake Erie, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	4 October	Successful
		ARAV-ER interceptor, successful intercept
7 October 03:45	Prithvi II			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	7 October	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
8 October 06:50	Prithvi II			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	8 October	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
10 October 13:39	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	10 October	Successful
		Test of a new experimental reentry vehicle
21 October 10:00^[102]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		EVE	CU Boulder	Suborbital	SDO calibration	21 October	Successful
		Apogee: 273 kilometres (170 mi)
30 October	RT-2PM Topol			Plesetsk		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
30 October	R-36M2 Voyevoda			Dombarovsky		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
30 October	R-29RMU Sineva			K-117 Bryansk, Barents Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
30 October	R-29R Volna			K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
3 November 09:25	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		X-ray Quantum Calorimeter	UW-Madison	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	3 November	Successful
		Apogee: 278 kilometres (173 mi)
8 November	Agni-I			Integrated Test Range		IDRDL

			IDRDL	Suborbital	Missile test	8 November	Successful
		Apogee: ~500 kilometres (310 mi)?
12 November 16:15	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace

		FOP-2	NASA	Suborbital	Six technology experiments	12 November	Successful
		Mission SL-8, Apogee: 116 kilometres (72 mi), successfully recovered
20 November 11:40	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		FORTIS	JHU	Suborbital	UV astronomy	20 November	Successful
		Studied spectra of comet ISON, apogee: 277 kilometres (172 mi)
27 November 03:50^[103]	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		VeSpR	Boston University	Suborbital	UV astronomy	27 November	Successful
		Venus Spectral Rocket Experiment, apogee: 280 kilometres (170 mi)
3 December	Prithvi II			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	3 December	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
14 December	Shahab-1			Semnan		ISA

		Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh	ISA	Suborbital	Biological	14 December	Successful
		Apogee: 120 kilometres (72 miles), carried a rhesus monkey
17 December 12:36	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	17 December	Successful
		GT210GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
23 December 11:28	Agni-III			ITR IC-4		Indian Army

			Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	23 December	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
24 December 07:00	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 December	Successful
27 December 17:30	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	27 December	Successful

Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVAs)

More information Start Date/Time, Duration ...

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
19 April 14:03	6 hours 38 minutes	20:41	Expedition 35/36 ISS Pirs	Pavel Vinogradov Roman Romanenko	Installed the Obstanovka plasma waves and ionosphere experiment to the exterior of the Zvezda service module. Also replaced a faulty retro-reflector device used as navigational aids for the Automatic Transfer Vehicle and retrieved the Biorisk microbe exposure experiment. An attempt to retrieve the Vinoslivost materials sample experiment failed when it was accidentally dropped while being taken back to the Pirs module airlock.^[104]^[105]
11 May 12:44	5 hours 30 minutes	18:14	Expedition 35/36 ISS Quest	Christopher Cassidy Thomas Marshburn	Replaced the 2B Pump Flow Control Subassembly (PFCS) on the Port 6 truss in attempting to locate the source of an ammonia coolant leak on the Port 6 truss Photo Voltaic Thermal Control System (PVTCS).^[106]^[107]
24 June 13:32	6 hours 34 minutes	20:06	Expedition 36/37 ISS Pirs	Fyodor Yurchikhin Aleksandr Misurkin	Replaced a fluid flow regulator on the Zarya module, testing of the Kurs docking system on the station ahead of the arrival of a new Russian module, installing the "Indicator" experiment, installing gap spanners on to the outside of the station and photographing the multilayer insulation (MLI) protecting the Russian segment from micrometeoroids and taking samples from the exterior surface of the pressure hull underneath the MLI to identify signs of pressure hull material microscopic deterioration.^[108]^[109]
9 July 12:02	6 hours 7 minutes	18:09	Expedition 36/37 ISS Quest	Christopher Cassidy Luca Parmitano	Replaced a failed Space-to-Ground Transmitter Receiver Controller and the Mobile Base Camera Light Pan-Tilt Assembly, retrieved the MISSE-8 and ORMatE-III experiments, photographed the AMS-02, moved two Radiator Grapple Bars to either sides of the truss, routed power cables to support the addition of the new Russian MLM and installed a multi-layer insulation cover to protect the docking interface of PMA-2.^[110]^[111]
16 July 11:57	1 hours 32 minutes	13:29	Expedition 36/37 ISS Quest	Christopher Cassidy Luca Parmitano	Installed a Y-bypass jumper on power lines on the Z1 truss, routing 1553 data cables for a grapple fixture and Ethernet cables for a future Russian station module. The spacewalk was then cut short after Parmitano reported excess water leaking inside his helmet.^[112]^[113]^[114]
16 August 14:36	7 hours 29 minutes	22:05	Expedition 36/37 ISS Pirs	Fyodor Yurchikhin Aleksandr Misurkin	Routed power and Ethernet cables for later attachment to the future Nauka module. Also installed connectors between modules and a material science experiment.^[115]^[116]
22 August 11:34	5 hours 58 minutes	17:32	Expedition 36/37 ISS Pirs	Fyodor Yurchikhin Aleksandr Misurkin	Removed a laser communication and installed an EVA work station and camera pointing platform outside the Zvezda service module, inspection and tightening of various antenna covers on Zvezda, and installed new spacewalk aids.^[117]^[118]
9 November 14:34	5 hours 50 minutes	20:24	Expedition 37/38 ISS Pirs	Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky	Took the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games to the outside of ISS. They also continued work on an extravehicular activity workstation and biaxial pointing platform by removing launch brackets and bolts, as well as retrieving an experimental package. The planned installation of a foot restraint on the mounting seat of the workstation was deferred to a future spacewalk after the spacewalkers noticed some issues with its alignment.^[119]^[120]
21 December 12:01	5 hours 28 minutes	17:29	Expedition 38/39 ISS Quest	Richard Mastracchio Michael S. Hopkins	Removed ammonia fluid lines from Active Thermal Control System pump module; removed pump module from starboard truss and stowed it on Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation.^[121]
24 December 11:53	7 hours 30 minutes	19:23	Expedition 38/39 ISS Quest	Richard Mastracchio Michael S. Hopkins	Retrieved spare ammonia pump module, installed it on starboard truss, and connected it to Loop A of Active Thermal Control System.^[122]^[123]
27 December 13:00	8 hours 7 minutes	21:07	Expedition 38/39 ISS Pirs	Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky	Attempted installation of 2 HD cameras for commercial Earth observation on the outside of the Zvezda module, cancelled after one of the cameras failed to provide data to the ground during testing. Also installed and jettisoned experimental equipment outside the Russian segment. Longest Russian EVA in history.^[124]^[125]

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Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
16 February	Cassini	90th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,978 kilometres (1,229 mi).
9 March	Cassini	4th flyby of Rhea	Closest approach: 997 kilometres (620 mi). Last Cassini flyby of Rhea.
5 April	Cassini	91st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
12 April	Cassini	Flyby of Polydeuces	Closest approach: 115,000 kilometres (71,000 mi).
23 May	Cassini	92nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 kilometres (600 mi).
10 July	Cassini	93rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 964 kilometres (599 mi).
26 July	Cassini	94th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
12 September	Cassini	95th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi).
6 October	LADEE	Injection into Selenocentric orbit	Preliminary orbit was 269 kilometres (167 mi) x 15,772 kilometres (9,800 mi), inclined 157 deg to the equator.
9 October	Juno	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist, closest approach: 552 kilometres (343 mi).
13 October	Cassini	96th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 961 kilometres (597 mi).
30 November	Cassini	97th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 870 kilometres (540 mi).
6 December	Chang'e 3	Injection into Selenocentric orbit	Preliminary orbit was 100 kilometres (62 mi), reduced to 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) on 10 December.
14 December	Chang'e 3	Landing at Mare Imbrium	First Chinese lunar soft lander and rover, coordinates 44.1214°N 19.5116°W / 44.1214; -19.5116.
28 December	Mars Express	Flyby of Phobos	Closest approach: 45 kilometres (28 mi).

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Antares 100	United States	Antares	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	4	4	0	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	8	8	0	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	3	3	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	2	2	0	0
Epsilon	Japan	Epsilon	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon	3	3	0	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	1	1	0	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-II	1	1	0	0
Kuaizhou 1	China	Kuaizhou	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 2	China	Long March	5	5	0	0
Long March 3	China	Long March	3	3	0	0
Long March 4	China	Long March	6	5	1	0
Minotaur I	United States	Minotaur	1	1	0	0
Minotaur V	United States	Minotaur	1	1	0	0
Naro	Russia / South Korea	Angara	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Pegasus	United States	Pegasus	1	1	0	0
PSLV	India	PSLV	3	3	0	0
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	10	9	1	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	8	8	0	0
Soyuz-2	Russia	R-7	8	8	0	0
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	5	4	0	1
Vega	Europe	Vega	1	1	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	Zenit	2	1	1	0

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Antares 110	United States	Antares	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
Ariane 5 ECA	Europe	Ariane 5	3	3	0	0
Ariane 5 ES	Europe	Ariane 5	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 401	United States	Atlas V	5	5	0	0
Atlas V 501	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 531	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 551	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)	United States	Delta IV	2	2	0	0
Delta IV Heavy	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	Dnepr	2	2	0	0
Epsilon	Japan	Epsilon	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Falcon 9 v1.0	United States	Falcon 9	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	Falcon 9	2	2	0	0	Maiden flight
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-IIB	1	1	0	0
Kuaizhou 1	China	Kuaizhou 1	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 2C	China	Long March 2	2	2	0	0
Long March 2D	China	Long March 2	2	2	0	0
Long March 2F	China	Long March 2	1	1	0	0
Long March 3B/E	China	Long March 3	3	3	0	0
Long March 4B	China	Long March 4	2	1	1	0
Long March 4C	China	Long March 4	4	4	0	0
Minotaur I	United States	Minotaur I	1	1	0	0
Minotaur V	United States	Minotaur V	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Naro-1	Russia / South Korea	Naro	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Pegasus-XL	United States	Pegasus	1	1	0	0
PSLV-CA	India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
PSLV-XL	India	PSLV	2	2	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M	Russia	Proton	9	9	0	0
Proton-M / Blok DM-03	Russia	Proton	1	0	1	0
Rokot / Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	4	3	0	1
Soyuz-2.1a	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1b	Russia	Soyuz-2	2	2	0	0
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT	Russia	Soyuz-2	2	2	0	0
Soyuz-2-1v / Volga	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Strela	Russia	UR-100	1	1	0	0
Vega	Europe	Vega	1	1	0	0
Zenit-3SL	Ukraine	Zenit	1	0	1	0
Zenit-3SLB	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

2013_in_spaceflight

2013 in spaceflight

Overview

Orbital launches

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Suborbital flights

Deep space rendezvous

Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVAs)

Orbital launch statistics

By country

By rocket

By family

By type

By configuration

By spaceport

By orbit

References

Citations

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Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	23	22	1	0
Cape Canaveral	United States	10	10	0	0
Dombarovsky	Russia	2	2	0	0
Kourou	France	7	7	0	0
Jiuquan	China	7	7	0	0
MARS	United States	4	4	0	0
Naro	South Korea	1	1	0	0
Ocean Odyssey	International waters	1	0	1	0
Plesetsk	Russia	7	6	0	1
Satish Dhawan	India	3	3	0	0
Tanegashima	Japan	2	2	0	0
Taiyuan	China	5	4	1	0
Uchinoura	Japan	1	1	0	0
Vandenberg	United States	5	5	0	0	Includes Pegasus-XL launch whose carrier aircraft took off from Vandenberg
Xichang	China	3	3	0	0
Total		81	77	3	1

Orbital regime	Launches	Successes	Failures	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0
Low Earth	48	47	1	12 to ISS, 1 to Tiangong-1
Medium Earth / Molniya	4	3	1
Geosynchronous / GTO	24	23	1
High Earth / Lunar transfer	3	3	0	MOM was initially placed in a highly elliptical Earth orbit and performed Trans-Mars injection under its own power
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer	2	2	0
Total	81	78	3