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2015 in spaceflight
	Highlights from spaceflight in 2015
Orbital launches
First	10 January
Last	28 December
Total	87
Successes	82
Failures	4
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	83
National firsts
Satellite	Turkmenistan; Laos
Space traveller	Denmark; Kazakhstan
Rockets
Maiden flights	Long March 3C/E / YZ-1; Long March 3B / YZ-1; Long March 6; Long March 11; Super Strypi; Falcon 9 Full Thrust;
Retirements	Dnepr-1
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	12
EVAs	7
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2015 in spaceflight

Spaceflight-related events during the year 2015

In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.

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A total of 87 orbital launches were attempted in 2015, of which 82 were successful, one was partially successful and four were failures. The year also saw seven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 27, 20 and 19 launches respectively.

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The first ever vertical landing of an orbital-class launch vehicle, during the Falcon 9's twentieth flight in December. The vehicle landed at Cape Canaveral LZ-1.
A close-up view of one of many high albedo regions on the dwarf planet Ceres spotted by the Dawn spacecraft upon its arrival in March. Ceres was the second world to be visited by Dawn after the main belt asteroid 4 Vesta.
Commander Scott Kelly is pulled from the Soyuz TMA-M Eridan following its landing in Kazakhstan in March. The landing signalled the conclusion of Kelly's and Mikhail Kornienko's year in space.
A true colour view of Pluto, photographed by the New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby in July. Launched in 2006, the spacecraft traversed a distance of nearly 5 billion kilometres (3.1 billion miles) before performing the first ever reconnaissance of a Kuiper belt object (KBO).

[2] The first ever vertical landing of an orbital-class launch vehicle, during the Falcon 9's twentieth flight in December. The vehicle landed at Cape Canaveral LZ-1.

[3] A close-up view of one of many high albedo regions on the dwarf planet Ceres spotted by the Dawn spacecraft upon its arrival in March. Ceres was the second world to be visited by Dawn after the main belt asteroid 4 Vesta.

[4] Commander Scott Kelly is pulled from the Soyuz TMA-M Eridan following its landing in Kazakhstan in March. The landing signalled the conclusion of Kelly's and Mikhail Kornienko's year in space.

[5] A true colour view of Pluto, photographed by the New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby in July. Launched in 2006, the spacecraft traversed a distance of nearly 5 billion kilometres (3.1 billion miles) before performing the first ever reconnaissance of a Kuiper belt object (KBO).

[IXV-2] The European experimental spaceplane IXV was briefly in orbit but did not receive a COSPAR catalog number.

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Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
10 January	Chang'e 5-T1	Injection into Selenocentric orbit	Departed from Earth–Moon L2 on 4 January.
11 January^[76]	Cassini	109th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 kilometres (603 mi).
12 February	Cassini	110th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (746 mi).
6 March^[77]	Dawn	Enters orbit of Ceres	1st visit to a dwarf planet.
16 March	Cassini	111th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,275 kilometres (1,413 mi).
30 April	MESSENGER	Impact to Mercury^[78]	The crash occurred on the side of the planet not visible from Earth.
7 May	Cassini	112th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 2,722 kilometres (1,691 mi).
16 June	Cassini	4th flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 516 kilometres (321 mi).
7 July	Cassini	113th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 10,953 kilometres (6,806 mi).
14 July	New Horizons	First flyby of Pluto and Charon	2nd visit to a dwarf planet. Closest approach: 12,500 km (7,800 mi).
17 August	Cassini	5th flyby of Dione	Closest approach: 474 kilometres (295 mi).
28 September	Cassini	114th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,036 kilometres (643 mi).
14 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 1,839 kilometres (1,142 mi).
28 October	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 49 kilometres (30 mi).
12 November	Cassini	115th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 11,920 kilometres (7,407 mi).
3 December^[79]	Hayabusa2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
3 December^[80]	PROCYON	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist en route to cancelled asteroid flyby.
4 December^[81]	Shin'en 2	Flyby of Earth	Gravity assist
7 December^[82]	Akatsuki	Venus orbit insertion	Akatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus and 2nd (successful) attempt at orbit insertion.
19 December	Cassini	Flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 4,999 kilometres (3,106 mi).

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
21 February 12:45	6 hours 41 minutes	19:26	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	Barry E. Wilmore Terry W. Virts	Rigged and routed power and data cables at the forward end of the Harmony module as part of preparations for the installation of the International Docking Adapter at PMA-2.^[83]
25 February 11:51	6 hours 43 minutes	18:34	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	Barry E. Wilmore Terry W. Virts	Completed power and data cable routing at the forward end of the Harmony module. Removed launch locks from forward and aft berthing ports of Tranquility to prepare for relocation of the Permanent Multipurpose Module and the installation of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. Lubricated end effector of Canadarm2.^[84]^[85]
1 March 11:52	5 hours 38 minutes	17:30	Expedition 42/43 ISS Quest	Terry W. Virts Barry E. Wilmore	Finished cable routing, antenna and retro-reflector installation on both sides of the ISS truss and on other modules in preparation for the installation of the International Docking Adapter at PMA-2 and 3.^[86]^[87]
10 August 14:20	5 hours 31 minutes	19:51	Expedition 44/45 ISS Pirs	Gennady Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko	Installed gap spanners on the hull of the station for facilitating movement of crew members on future spacewalks, cleaned windows of the Zvezda Service Module, install fasteners on communications antennas, replaced an aging docking antenna, photographed various locations and hardware on Zvezda and nearby modules, and retrieved a space environment experiment.^[88]^[89]
28 October 12:03	7 hours 16 minutes	19:19	Expedition 45 ISS Quest	Scott Kelly Kjell N. Lindgren	Prepared a Main Bus Switching Unit for repair, installed a thermal cover on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, lubricated elements of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System, and routed data and power cables to prepare for the installation of the International Docking Adaptor at PMA-2 and 3.^[90]
6 November 11:22	7 hours 48 minutes	19:10	Expedition 45 ISS Quest	Scott Kelly Kjell N. Lindgren	Worked to restore a portion of the ISS's cooling system to its primary configuration, returning ammonia coolant levels to normal in the primary and backup radiator arrays.^[91]
21 December 13:45	3 hours 16 minutes	16:01	Expedition 46 ISS Quest	Scott Kelly Timothy Kopra	Released a brake on the Mobile Servicing System to allow it to be properly stowed prior to the arrival of a visiting Progress vehicle. Routed cables in preparation for the installation of the Nauka module and the International Docking Adapter, and retrieved tools from a toolbox.^[92]

Date/Time (UTC)	Source object	Event type	Pieces tracked	Remarks
3 February 17:40^[93]	DMSP 5D-2/F13 (USA-109)	Satellite breakup	159^[94]	The breakup was most likely caused by a battery explosion.^[93]^[95] This satellite had been launched in 1995. Another satellite from the same series, DMSP 5D-2/F11, had broken up in 2004.^[93] Debris are expected to remain in orbit for decades.^[96]
25 November 7:20^[97]	NOAA-16	Satellite breakup	275^[98]	As this weather satellite, launched in 2000, had a similar construction to the DMSP satellite which broke up in February 2015, the same cause is suspected (battery overheating and explosion).^[99]
22 December 16:00^[100]	Briz-M upper stage	Booster explosion	9^[100]	A Briz-M upper-stage booster, having subsisted in geosynchronous transfer orbit since launching the Canadian Nimiq 6 commsat in 2012, was seen to have broken up into 9 pieces as of 26 January 2016. Orbital analysis of the debris allowed to time the explosion within one minute of 16:00 UTC on 22 December 2015.^[100] Three other Briz-M upper stages had exploded earlier in 2007, 2010 and 2012.^[101]

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	1	1	0	0
Low Earth	45	42	2	1	14 to ISS (1 launch failure, 1 failure post-separation)
Geosynchronous/transfer	32	31	1	0
Medium Earth	7	7	0	0
High Earth	2	2	0	0
Total	87	83	3	1

2015_in_spaceflight

2015 in spaceflight

Overview

Orbital launches

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Suborbital flights

Deep space rendezvous

Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs)

Space debris events

Orbital launch statistics

By country

By rocket

By family

By type

By configuration

By spaceport

By orbit

Gallery

Notes

References

External links

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Orbital launches
Highlights from spaceflight in 2015^{[lower-alpha 1]}
First	10 January
Last	28 December
Total	87
Successes	82
Failures	4
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	83^{[lower-alpha 2]}
National firsts
Satellite	Turkmenistan Laos
Space traveller	Denmark Kazakhstan
Rockets
Maiden flights	Long March 3C/E / YZ-1 Long March 3B / YZ-1 Long March 6 Long March 11 Super Strypi Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Retirements	Dnepr-1
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	12
EVAs	7
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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
26 January 09:13	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Poker Flat		NASA

		M-TEX	Alaska	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?
26 January 09:14	Terrier-Orion			Poker Flat		NASA

		MIST	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
26 January 09:46	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Poker Flat		NASA

		M-TEX	Alaska	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~160 kilometres (99 mi)?
26 January 09:47	Terrier-Orion			Poker Flat		NASA

		MIST	Clemson	Suborbital	Auroral	26 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~130 kilometres (81 mi)?
28 January 10:41	Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka			Poker Flat		NASA

		ASSP	USU	Suborbital	Auroral	28 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~590 kilometres (370 mi)?
31 January 02:36:00^[68]	Agni V			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex IV		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	31 January	Successful
		Apogee: ~800 kilometres (500 mi)
19 February	Prithvi II			Integrated Test Range Launch Complex 3		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile test	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
19 February 22:06	VS-30/Improved Orion			Andøya		Andøya

		ICI-4 (CanoRock 4)	Oslo/Andøya	Suborbital	Technology	19 February	Successful
		Apogee: 365 kilometres (227 mi)
22 February 07:52	VSB-30			Esrange		CNES

		Cryofenix	CNES	Suborbital	Microgravity	22 February	Successful
		Apogee: 265 kilometres (165 mi)
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II D5			Submarine, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
22 February	UGM-133 Trident II D5			Submarine, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	22 February	Successful
24 February 07:30	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
		FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
24 February 07:30	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
		FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
24 February 07:30	Terrier-Oriole			Wallops Island		TBD

			DOD	Suborbital	Missile Defense Test	24 February	Successful
		FTX-19 target, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)?
25 February 12:26	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		MOSC 2	AFRL	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	25 February	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi)?
26 February	UR-100NU			Yasniy		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	26 February	Launch failure^[69]
		Yu-71 Hypersonic Vehicle Test
5 March 01:44	VS-30			Andøya		DLR

		WADIS-2	DLR	Suborbital	Atmospheric	5 March	Successful
		Apogee: 126 kilometres (78 mi), 13 Super Loki meteorological rockets were also launched
9 March	Shaheen-III			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	9 March	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?
18 March	RS-26 Rubezh			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	18 March	Successful
23 March 10:36	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	23 March	Successful
		GT214GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
27 March 10:54	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	27 March	Successful
		GT215GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
30 March	VSB-30			Andøya		DSTO

		HiFire-7	DSTO	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	30 March	Successful
9 April	Dhanush			Ship, Indian Ocean		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Target	9 April	Successful
		Apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)
15 April	Ghauri			Tilla		Army of Pakistan

		Haft-5	Army of Pakistan	Suborbital	Missile test	15 April	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
16 April 04:22	Agni-III			ITR IC-4		Indian Army

			Indian Army	Suborbital	Missile test	16 April	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
18 April 11:01	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Island		NASA

		Rocksat-X	University of Colorado Boulder	Suborbital	Student Research	18 April	Successful
		Apogee: ~174 kilometres (108 mi)
23 April 07:35	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		/ TEXUS-51	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	23 April	Successful
		Apogee: 261 kilometres (162 mi)
27 April 04:55	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		/ TEXUS-52	DLR/ESA	Suborbital	Microgravity	27 April	Successful
		Apogee: 255 kilometres (158 mi)
2 May 08:30:01	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		OGRESS	University of Iowa	Suborbital	X-Ray Astronomy	2 May	Successful
		Apogee: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
20 May 10:37	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-09		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	20 May	Successful
		GT212GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
21 May 19:15	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		EVE	CU Boulder	Suborbital	SDO calibration	21 May	Launch failure
		Second stage failure, flight was terminated safety officials about four seconds into the second stage burn after data showed the vehicle was flying off-course. The payload carrying the experiment separated from the rocket and descended via parachute.
6 June	SM-3-IIA			San Nicolas Island		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	6 June	Successful
		Maiden flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-01 (SCD CTV-01)
25 June 10:00	Terrier-Improved Orion			Wallops Island		NASA

		RockOn	CU Boulder	Suborbital	Student experiments	25 June	Successful
		Apogee: 118 kilometres (73 mi)
26 June	ARAV ?			Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	26 June	Launch failure
		Aegis radar target
30 June 04:55	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MAPHEUS-5	DLR	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	30 June	Successful
		Apogee: 252 kilometres (157 mi)
7 July 10:15	Black Brant IX			Wallops Island		NASA

		SOAREX-8	NASA	Suborbital	Technology demonstration	7 July	Successful
		Apogee: 350 kilometres (220 mi)
29 July 08:30	ARAV ?		MMW E1	Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	29 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E1 target, successful intercept by SM-6 Dual I missile
30 July 06:15	ARAV ?		MMW E2	Kauai		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	ABM target	30 July	Successful
		Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)?, Aegis MMW E2 target, successful intercept by SM-2 Block IV missile
12 August 10:14	Terrier-Improved Malemute			Wallops Island		NASA

		Rocksat-X	Various universities	Suborbital	Student Research	12 August	Successful
		Apogee: ~156km (97 miles).^[70]
19 August 10:03	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-10		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	19 August	Successful
		GT213GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
22 August 15:13	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	22 August	Successful
27 August 17:45	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		MOSES-2	MSU	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	27 August	Successful
		Apogee: 185 miles (298 km)^[71]
3 September 17:01	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		CLASP	NASA / JAXA / IAC / IAS	Suborbital	Solar astronomy	3 September	Successful
		Apogee: 167 miles (269 km)^[72]
11 September 11:00:00	S-520			Uchinoura		JAXA

			HU/UT/TU/JAXA	Suborbital	Microgravity	11 September	Successful
		Apogee: 312 km^[73]
16 September 19:06	Black Brant XI			Andøya		NASA

		CARE II	NRL	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 September	Successful
		Apogee: 299 kilometres (186 mi)
30 September 08:28	M51			Landes		DGA/Marine nationale

			DGA/Marine nationale	Suborbital	Test flight	30 September	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi), apparently launched from the land test pad, rather than from a submarine.
2 October 05:39:00	/ VSB-30/Improved Orion			Esrange		Swedish Space Corporation

		O-STATES 1	SNSB	Suborbital	Atmospheric Research	2 October	Successful
		Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi)
7 October 23:07:00	Black Brant IX			Wallops Island		NASA

		Technology Test Flight	NASA GSFC	Suborbital	Rocket motor test	7 October	Successful
		LEO-1	Orbital ATK	Suborbital	Materials Testing	7 October	Successful
		NNS	NASA	Suborbital	Materials Testing	7 October	Successful
		Apogee: 257.5 kilometers (160mi).^[74] Test flight of the new Black Brant Mk4 sustainer motor. Other payloads included a cloud of barium and strontium, which was deployed to test the rocket's payload ejection system and was visible for miles along the East Coast of the United States.
19 October 14:09:00	/ VSB-30/Improved Orion			Esrange		Swedish Space Corporation

		O-STATES 2	SNSB	Suborbital	Atmospheric Research	19 October	Successful
		Apogee: 244 kilometres (152 mi)
20 October	Terrier-Orion		ADS-15 E2	South Uist, Hebrides		MDA

			DOD	Suborbital	Target	20 October	Successful
		SM-3 Target, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
20 October	SM-3		ADS-15 E2	USS Ross (DDG-71), Hebrides Range		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	20 October	Successful
		First Aegis-Test in the North Atlantic, successful intercept, apogee: ~100 kilometres (62 mi)?
21 October 12:45:00	LGM-30G Minuteman III			Vandenberg LF-04		US Air Force

			US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	21 October	Successful
		GT216GM, Apogee: ~1,300 kilometres (810 mi) ?
28 October 11:30	RS-24 Yars			Plesetsk		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	28 October	Successful
30 October	RS-12M Topol			Plesetsk		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-223 Podolsk, Sea of Okhotsk		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	30 October	Successful
31 October 23:00 ?	B-611			Shuangchengzi		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	ABM target	31 October	Successful
		Target
31 October 23:00 ?	SC-19			Korla		PLA

			PLA	Suborbital	ABM test	31 October	Successful
		Interceptor, successful intercept
1 November 03:05	SRALT		FTO-02 E2a	C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	THAAD target	1 November	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
1 November 03:07	THAAD		FTO-02 E2a	Wake Island		US Army

			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	1 November	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
1 November 03:10	eMRBM		FTO-02 E2a	C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	THAAD target	1 November	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
1 November 03:12	THAAD		FTO-02 E2a	Wake Island		US Army

			US Army/MDA	Suborbital	ABM test	1 November	Successful
		Intercepted target missile, apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi)
6 November 15:01	SpaceLoft XL			Spaceport America		UP Aerospace

		FOP-4	NASA	Suborbital	Four technology demonstration experiments	6 November	Successful
		Mission SL-10, Apogee: 120.7 kilometers (74.98 miles). First private suborbital rocket to demonstrate ejection of recoverable payloads.^[75]
8 November 02:00	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Kentucky, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	8 November	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)
9 November 04:15	Agni-IV			Integrated Test Range		DRDO

			DRDO	Suborbital	Missile Test	9 November	Successful
		Apogee: ~850 kilometres (530 mi)?
9 November 20:00	UGM-133 Trident II D5			USS Kentucky, Pacific Ocean		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	Missile test	9 November	Successful
		Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 26 (DASO-26)
14 November	RSM-56 Bulava			K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	14 November	Successful
14 November	RSM-56 Bulava			K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, White Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	14 November	Successful
		Missile did not hit its targets at the Kura test site. The warheads did reach the Kamchatka region, but the miss was fairly large, but that was still not significant enough to abort the flight
17 November 12:12	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	17 November	Successful
21 November	Ghadr-1			Semnan ?		IRGC

			IGRC	Suborbital	Missile test	21 November	Successful
		apogee: 150 kilometres (93 mi)
23 November 17:21	New Shepard			Corn Ranch		Blue Origin

		New Shepard	Blue Origin	Suborbital	Test flight	23 November	Successful
		Apogee: 100.5 kilometres (62.4 mi). Second test flight of the New Shepard launch system, first to cross the Kármán line, and first to achieve a powered landing of its propulsion stage.
25 November 04:17	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		PICTURE-B	UMass	Suborbital	Astronomy	25 November	Successful
		apogee: 217 kilometres (135 mi)
30 November 07:25	Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka			Andøya		NASA

		CAPER	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral research	30 November	Launch failure
		Third stage failure, payload recovered
1 December 05:00	VSB-30			Esrange		EuroLaunch

		MASER-13	SSC	Suborbital	Microgravity	1 December	Successful
		apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi)
5 December 04:45	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		DXL-2	U of M	Suborbital	Astronomy	5 December	Successful
		apogee: 224 kilometres (139 mi)
8 December	SM-3-IIA			San Nicolas Island		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	8 December	Successful
		Second flight of SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Controlled Test Vehicle-02 (SCD CTV-02)
10 December 06:12	Silver Sparrow			F-15 Eagle, Israel		IAF

			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM target	10 December	Successful
		Arrow-3 target, successfully intercepted, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)
10 December 06:15	Arrow III			Negev		IAF

			IAI/IDF	Suborbital	ABM Test	10 December	Successful
		First test of the Arrow-III against a target, successful intercept over the Mediterranean
10 December	SRALT		FTO-02 E1a	C-17, Pacific Ocean		MDA

			MDA	Suborbital	SM-3-IB target	10 December	Successful
		Apogee: 300 kilometres (190 mi), successful intercepted
10 December	SM-3-IB		FTO-02 E1a	Kauai		US Navy

			US Navy	Suborbital	ABM test	10 December	Successful
		First intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system
10 December 13:55	Juno			Fort Wingate LC-96		US Army

			US Army	Suborbital	Target	10 December	Successful
		Target for MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 MSE test, successfully intercepted
11 December	Shaheen-III			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	11 December	Successful
		Apogee: 500 kilometres (310 mi)?
12 December	R-29RMU Sineva			K-51 Verkhoturye, Barents Sea		VMF

			VMF	Suborbital	Missile test	12 December	Successful
13 December 04:32	Black Brant XIIA			Andøya		NASA

		RENU 2	New Hampshire	Suborbital	Geospace	13 December	Successful
		Apogee: 447 kilometres (278 mi)
15 December	Shaheen-IA			Sonmiani		ASFC

			ASFC	Suborbital	Missile test	15 December	Successful
18 December 06:52	Black Brant IX			White Sands		NASA

		FORTIS	JHU	Suborbital	UV Astronomy	18 December	Successful
		apogee: 282 kilometres (175 mi)
24 December 17:55	RS-12M Topol			Kapustin Yar		RVSN

			RVSN	Suborbital	Missile test	24 December	Successful

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
	China	19	19	0	0
	Europe	9	9	0	0
	India	5	5	0	0
	Iran	1	1	0	0
	Japan	4	4	0	0
	Russia	27	24	2	1	Includes three European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace
	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	Zenit and Dnepr rockets were launched from Russia and/or Kazakhstan
	United States	20	18	2	0
World		87	82	4	1

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
Ariane	Europe	6	6	0	0
Atlas	United States	9	9	0	0
Delta	United States	3	3	0	0
Falcon	United States	7	6	1	0
GSLV	India	1	1	0	0
H-II	Japan	4	4	0	0
Long March	China	19	19	0	0
PSLV	India	4	4	0	0
R-7	Russia	17	15	1	1
R-36	Ukraine	1	1	0	0
Safir	Iran	1	1	0	0
Strypi	United States	1	0	1	0
Universal Rocket	Russia	10	9	1	0
Vega	Europe	3	3	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	1	1	0	0

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5	Europe	Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V	United States	Atlas	9	9	0	0
Delta II	United States	Delta	1	1	0	0
Delta IV	United States	Delta	2	2	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Falcon 9	United States	Falcon	7	6	1	0
GSLV	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
H-IIA	Japan	H-II	3	3	0	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-II	1	1	0	0
Long March 2	China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 3	China	Long March	9	9	0	0
Long March 4	China	Long March	4	4	0	0
Long March 6	China	Long March	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 11	China	Long March	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton	Russia	Universal Rocket	8	7	1	0
PSLV	India	PSLV	4	4	0	0
Safir	Iran	Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz	Russia	R-7	7	7	0	0
Soyuz-2	Russia	R-7	10	8	1	1
Super Strypi	United States	Strypi	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
UR-100	Russia	Universal Rocket	2	2	0	0
Vega	Europe	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane 5 ECA	Europe	Ariane 5	6	6	0	0
Atlas V 401	United States	Atlas V	4	4	0	0
Atlas V 421	United States	Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Atlas V 501	United States	Atlas V	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 551	United States	Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Delta II 7320	United States	Delta II	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)	United States	Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr	Ukraine	R-36	1	1	0	0	Final flight
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	Falcon 9	6	5	1	0
Falcon 9 Full Thrust	United States	Falcon 9	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
GSLV Mk II	India	GSLV	1	1	0	0
H-IIA 202	Japan	H-IIA	2	2	0	0
H-IIA 204	Japan	H-IIA	1	1	0	0
H-IIB	Japan	H-IIB	1	1	0	0
Long March 2D	China	Long March 2	4	4	0	0
Long March 3B/E	China	Long March 3	7	7	0	0
Long March 3B / YZ-1	China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 3C/E / YZ-1	China	Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 4B	China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Long March 4C	China	Long March 4	2	2	0	0
Long March 6	China	Long March 5	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 11	China	Long March 11	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Proton-M / Blok DM-03	Russia	Proton	1	1	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M	Russia	Proton	7	6	1	0
PSLV-CA	India	PSLV	1	1	0	0
PSLV-XL	India	PSLV	3	3	0	0
Rokot / Briz-KM	Russia	UR-100	2	2	0	0
Safir-1B	Iran	Safir	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a	Russia	Soyuz-2	4	3	1	0
Soyuz-2.1b	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	1	0	0
Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT	Russia	Soyuz-2	3	3	0	0
Soyuz-2-1v / Volga	Russia	Soyuz-2	1	0	0	1
Soyuz-FG	Russia	Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U	Russia	Soyuz	3	3	0	0
Super Strypi	United States	Strypi	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Vega	Europe	Vega	3	3	0	0
Zenit-3F	Ukraine	Zenit	1	1	0	0

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures
Baikonur	Kazakhstan	18	16	2	0
Barking Sands	United States	1	0	1	0
Cape Canaveral	United States	17	16	1	0
Dombarovsky	Russia	1	1	0	0
Kourou	France	12	12	0	0
Jiuquan	China	5	5	0	0
Plesetsk	Russia	7	6	0	1
Satish Dhawan	India	5	5	0	0
Semnan	Iran	1	1	0	0
Taiyuan	China	5	5	0	0
Tanegashima	Japan	4	4	0	0
Vandenberg	United States	2	2	0	0
Xichang	China	9	9	0	0
Total		87	82	4	1