1986 orbital launches

In 1986, ExGalactic records 110 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
57Russia
37Kazakhstan
9USA
3French Guiana
2China
2Japan

Launches

  1. Zenit-8 26 — 8 January 1986, 11:25 UTC — Success
  2. Strela-1M 297-304 — 9 January 1986, 02:48 UTC — Success
  3. STS-61-C — 12 January 1986, 11:55 UTC — Success
  4. Yantar-4K2 20 — 15 January 1986, 14:20 UTC — Success
  5. Parus 53 — 16 January 1986, 11:38 UTC — Success
  6. Tselina-D 53 — 17 January 1986, 07:21 UTC — Success
  7. Raduga 18 — 17 January 1986, 10:20 UTC — Success
  8. Tsikada 13 — 23 January 1986, 18:52 UTC — Success
  9. Zenit-8 27 — 28 January 1986, 08:35 UTC — Success
  10. STS-51-L — 28 January 1986, 16:38 UTC — Failure
  11. DFH-2A 1 — 1 February 1986, 12:37 UTC — Success
  12. US-K 46 — 1 February 1986, 18:11 UTC — Success
  13. Zenit-8 28 — 4 February 1986, 11:15 UTC — Success
  14. Yantar-4KS1 4 — 7 February 1986, 08:45 UTC — Success
  15. Parcae 8A,B,C & MSD 8 — 9 February 1986, 10:06 UTC — Success
  16. Geo-IK 7 — 11 February 1986, 06:56 UTC — Success
  17. Yuri 2B — 12 February 1986, 07:55 UTC — Success
  18. Mir — 19 February 1986, 21:28 UTC — Success
  19. Tselina-D 54 — 19 February 1986, 23:04 UTC — Success
  20. SPOT 1 & Viking — 22 February 1986, 01:44 UTC — Success
  21. Yantar-4K2 21 — 26 February 1986, 13:39 UTC — Success
  22. US-P 23 — 27 February 1986, 01:44 UTC — Success
  23. Soyuz T-15 — 13 March 1986, 12:33 UTC — Success
  24. Progress 25 — 19 March 1986, 10:08 UTC — Success
  25. US-A 28 — 21 March 1986, 10:05 UTC — Success
  26. US-P 24 — 25 March 1986, 19:26 UTC — Success
  27. Zenit-8 29 — 26 March 1986, 10:30 UTC — Failure
  28. Gstar 2 & Brasilsat A2 — 28 March 1986, 23:30 UTC — Success
  29. Potok 3 — 4 April 1986, 03:45 UTC — Success
  30. Yantar-4K2 22 — 9 April 1986, 08:00 UTC — Success
  31. Zenit-8 30 — 15 April 1986, 11:40 UTC — Success
  32. Strela-2M 38 — 17 April 1986, 21:02 UTC — Success
  33. KH-9 20 — 18 April 1986, 18:45 UTC — Failure
  34. Molniya-3 43L — 18 April 1986, 19:50 UTC — Success
  35. Progress 26 — 23 April 1986, 19:40 UTC — Success
  36. GOES G — 3 May 1986, 22:18 UTC — Failure
  37. Zenit-8 31 — 14 May 1986, 12:40 UTC — Success
  38. Tselina-D 55 — 15 May 1986, 04:26 UTC — Success
  39. Soyuz TM-1 — 21 May 1986, 08:21 UTC — Success
  40. Foton 2 — 21 May 1986, 16:30 UTC — Success
  41. Parus 54 — 23 May 1986, 12:54 UTC — Success
  42. Ekran — 24 May 1986, 01:42 UTC — Success
  43. Meteor-2 14 — 27 May 1986, 09:30 UTC — Success
  44. Resurs-F1 17F41 58L — 28 May 1986, 07:50 UTC — Success
  45. Zenit-8 32 — 29 May 1986, 09:20 UTC — Success
  46. Intelsat 514 — 31 May 1986, 00:53 UTC — Failure
  47. Strela-1M 305-312 — 6 June 1986, 03:57 UTC — Success
  48. Yantar-4K2 23 — 6 June 1986, 12:40 UTC — Success
  49. Gorizont 12 — 10 June 1986, 00:49 UTC — Success
  50. Zenit-8 33 — 11 June 1986, 07:44 UTC — Success
  51. Tselina-D 56 — 12 June 1986, 04:43 UTC — Success
  52. Parus 55 — 18 June 1986, 20:03 UTC — Success
  53. Zenit-8 34 — 19 June 1986, 10:30 UTC — Success
  54. Molniya-3 44L — 19 June 1986, 21:09 UTC — Success
  55. US-K 47 — 5 July 1986, 01:16 UTC — Success
  56. Resurs-F1 17F40 59L 1 — 10 July 1986, 08:00 UTC — Success
  57. Strela-2M 39 — 16 July 1986, 04:21 UTC — Success
  58. Yantar-4K2 24 — 17 July 1986, 12:30 UTC — Success
  59. Zenit-8 35 — 24 July 1986, 12:30 UTC — Success
  60. Okean-O1 1 — 28 July 1986, 21:07 UTC — Success
  61. GVM Tselina-2 — 30 July 1986, 08:30 UTC — Success
  62. Molniya-1T 67 — 30 July 1986, 15:06 UTC — Success
  63. Resurs-F1 17F40 60L 2 — 2 August 1986, 09:20 UTC — Success
  64. US-P 25 — 4 August 1986, 05:08 UTC — Success
  65. Yantar-4KS1 5 — 6 August 1986, 13:30 UTC — Success
  66. Ajisai — 12 August 1986, 20:45 UTC — Success
  67. US-A 29 — 20 August 1986, 12:58 UTC — Success
  68. Zenit-8 36 — 21 August 1986, 11:05 UTC — Success
  69. Yantar-4K2 25 — 27 August 1986, 11:40 UTC — Success
  70. US-K 48 — 28 August 1986, 08:02 UTC — Success
  71. Zenit-8 37 (Kosmos 1775) — 3 September 1986, 07:59 UTC — Success
  72. Taifun-2 22 — 3 September 1986, 09:00 UTC — Success
  73. Molniya-1T 68 — 5 September 1986, 09:12 UTC — Success
  74. VSE & VSE Target — 5 September 1986, 15:08 UTC — Success
  75. Strela-2M 40 — 10 September 1986, 01:45 UTC — Success
  76. Uragan 14 to 16 — 16 September 1986, 11:38 UTC — Success
  77. Zenit-8 38 — 17 September 1986, 07:59 UTC — Success
  78. NOAA 10 — 17 September 1986, 15:52 UTC — Success
  79. Tselina-D 57 — 30 September 1986, 18:34 UTC — Success
  80. US-K 49 — 3 October 1986, 13:05 UTC — Failure
  81. FSW-0 8 — 6 October 1986, 05:40 UTC — Success
  82. Yantar-1KFT 6 — 6 October 1986, 07:40 UTC — Success
  83. Strela-3 13 to 18 — 15 October 1986, 05:24 UTC — Failure
  84. US-K 50 (Kosmos 1785) — 15 October 1986, 09:29 UTC — Success
  85. Molniya-3 41L — 20 October 1986, 08:49 UTC — Success
  86. Taifun-1B 9 — 22 October 1986, 08:00 UTC — Success
  87. Zenit-8 39 — 22 October 1986, 09:00 UTC — Success
  88. Raduga 19 — 25 October 1986, 15:43 UTC — Success
  89. Taifun-1 19 — 27 October 1986, 12:40 UTC — Success
  90. Resurs-F1 17F40 61L 3 — 31 October 1986, 08:00 UTC — Success
  91. Zenit-8 40 — 4 November 1986, 11:50 UTC — Success
  92. Tsikada 14 — 13 November 1986, 06:10 UTC — Success
  93. Yantar-4K2 26 — 13 November 1986, 10:59 UTC — Success
  94. Polar Bear — 14 November 1986, 00:23 UTC — Success
  95. Molniya-1T 69 — 15 November 1986, 21:35 UTC — Success
  96. Gorizont 13 — 18 November 1986, 14:08 UTC — Success
  97. US-K 51 — 20 November 1986, 12:09 UTC — Success
  98. Strela-1M 313-320 — 21 November 1986, 02:00 UTC — Success
  99. Parus 56 — 24 November 1986, 21:43 UTC — Success
  100. Almaz-T 1 — 29 November 1986, 08:00 UTC — Failure
  101. Geo-IK 8 — 2 December 1986, 07:00 UTC — Success
  102. Zenit-8 41 — 4 December 1986, 10:10 UTC — Success
  103. FLTSATCOM F7 — 5 December 1986, 02:30 UTC — Success
  104. Tselina-R 1 — 10 December 1986, 07:30 UTC — Success
  105. US-K 52 — 12 December 1986, 18:35 UTC — Success
  106. Yantar-4K2 27 — 16 December 1986, 14:00 UTC — Success
  107. Parus 57 — 17 December 1986, 17:02 UTC — Success
  108. Ionozond-E — 18 December 1986, 08:00 UTC — Success
  109. Yantar-4KS1 6 — 26 December 1986, 11:00 UTC — Success
  110. Molniya-1T 70 — 26 December 1986, 15:25 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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