1987 orbital launches

In 1987, ExGalactic records 114 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
49Russia
48Kazakhstan
9USA
3Japan
2China
2French Guiana
1India

Launches

  1. Meteor-2 15 — 5 January 1987, 01:20 UTC — Success
  2. Yantar-4K2 28 — 9 January 1987, 12:38 UTC — Success
  3. Tselina-D 58 — 14 January 1987, 09:05 UTC — Success
  4. Zenit-8 42 — 15 January 1987, 11:20 UTC — Success
  5. Progress 27 — 16 January 1987, 06:06 UTC — Success
  6. Strela-2M 41 — 21 January 1987, 09:10 UTC — Success
  7. Taifun-2 23 — 22 January 1987, 07:00 UTC — Success
  8. Molniya-3 42L — 22 January 1987, 16:06 UTC — Success
  9. Tsikada 15 — 29 January 1987, 06:14 UTC — Success
  10. Ekran-M 11L — 30 January 1987, 09:19 UTC — Failure
  11. Plasma-A 1 — 1 February 1987, 23:30 UTC — Success
  12. Ginga — 5 February 1987, 06:30 UTC — Success
  13. Soyuz TM-2 — 5 February 1987, 21:38 UTC — Success
  14. Zenit-8 43 — 7 February 1987, 10:30 UTC — Success
  15. Quasar 7 — 12 February 1987, 06:40 UTC — Success
  16. GVM Tselina-2 — 14 February 1987, 08:30 UTC — Success
  17. Parus 58 — 18 February 1987, 13:53 UTC — Success
  18. Momo 1a — 19 February 1987, 01:23 UTC — Success
  19. Zenit-8 44 — 19 February 1987, 10:15 UTC — Success
  20. Geo-IK 9 — 20 February 1987, 04:43 UTC — Success
  21. Yantar-4K2 29 — 26 February 1987, 13:30 UTC — Success
  22. GOES 7 — 26 February 1987, 23:05 UTC — Success
  23. Progress 28 — 3 March 1987, 11:14 UTC — Success
  24. Tselina-D 59 — 3 March 1987, 15:03 UTC — Success
  25. Zenit-8 45 — 11 March 1987, 10:25 UTC — Success
  26. Strela-3 19 to 24 — 13 March 1987, 13:11 UTC — Success
  27. GVM Tselina-2 — 18 March 1987, 08:30 UTC — Success
  28. Raduga 20 — 19 March 1987, 03:54 UTC — Success
  29. Palapa B2P — 20 March 1987, 22:22 UTC — Success
  30. SROSS-A — 24 March 1987, 06:39 UTC — Failure
  31. FLTSATCOM F6 — 26 March 1987, 21:22 UTC — Failure
  32. Kvant — 31 March 1987, 00:06 UTC — Success
  33. US-P 26 — 8 April 1987, 03:51 UTC — Success
  34. Yantar-4K2 30 — 9 April 1987, 11:44 UTC — Success
  35. Yantar-4KS1 7 — 16 April 1987, 06:18 UTC — Success
  36. Progress 29 — 21 April 1987, 15:14 UTC — Success
  37. Zenit-8 46 — 22 April 1987, 09:10 UTC — Success
  38. Uragan 17 to 19 — 24 April 1987, 12:42 UTC — Failure
  39. Foton 3 — 24 April 1987, 16:59 UTC — Success
  40. Tselina-D 60 — 27 April 1987, 00:00 UTC — Success
  41. Zenit-8 47 — 5 May 1987, 09:15 UTC — Success
  42. Gorizont 14 — 11 May 1987, 14:45 UTC — Success
  43. Tselina-2 4 — 13 May 1987, 05:40 UTC — Success
  44. Zenit-8 48 — 13 May 1987, 06:00 UTC — Success
  45. Parcae 9A,B,C & MSD 9 — 15 May 1987, 15:45 UTC — Success
  46. Polyus — 15 May 1987, 17:30 UTC — Failure
  47. Progress 30 — 19 May 1987, 04:02 UTC — Success
  48. Resurs-F1 17F40 104L 4 — 21 May 1987, 07:44 UTC — Success
  49. Yantar-4K2 31 — 26 May 1987, 13:39 UTC — Success
  50. Zenit-8 49 — 28 May 1987, 12:45 UTC — Success
  51. US-K 53 — 4 June 1987, 18:50 UTC — Success
  52. Strela-2M 42 — 9 June 1987, 14:45 UTC — Success
  53. US-K 54 — 12 June 1987, 07:40 UTC — Success
  54. Strela-1M 321-328 — 16 June 1987, 17:51 UTC — Success
  55. Resurs-F1 17F40 105L 5 — 18 June 1987, 07:24 UTC — Failure
  56. US-A 30 — 18 June 1987, 21:33 UTC — Success
  57. DMSP-5D2 F8 — 20 June 1987, 02:34 UTC — Success
  58. Tsikada 16 — 23 June 1987, 07:37 UTC — Success
  59. Tselina-D 61 — 1 July 1987, 19:35 UTC — Success
  60. Zenit-8 50 — 4 July 1987, 12:25 UTC — Success
  61. Parus 59 — 6 July 1987, 21:59 UTC — Success
  62. Yantar-1KFT 7 — 8 July 1987, 10:59 UTC — Success
  63. Yantar-4K2 32 — 9 July 1987, 16:10 UTC — Success
  64. Plasma-A 2 — 10 July 1987, 15:35 UTC — Success
  65. Taifun-1B 10 — 14 July 1987, 14:00 UTC — Success
  66. Okean-O1 2 — 16 July 1987, 04:25 UTC — Success
  67. Soyuz TM-3 — 22 July 1987, 01:59 UTC — Success
  68. Almaz-T 2 — 25 July 1987, 09:00 UTC — Success
  69. GVM Tselina-2 — 1 August 1987, 03:59 UTC — Success
  70. Progress 31 — 3 August 1987, 20:44 UTC — Success
  71. FSW-0 9 — 5 August 1987, 06:39 UTC — Success
  72. Meteor-2 16 — 18 August 1987, 02:27 UTC — Success
  73. Zenit-8 51 — 19 August 1987, 06:59 UTC — Success
  74. Kiku 5 — 27 August 1987, 09:20 UTC — Success
  75. GVM Tselina-2 — 28 August 1987, 08:20 UTC — Success
  76. Zenit-8 52 — 3 September 1987, 10:24 UTC — Success
  77. Ekran — 3 September 1987, 19:26 UTC — Success
  78. Strela-3 25 to 30 — 7 September 1987, 23:50 UTC — Success
  79. FSW-1 1 — 9 September 1987, 07:15 UTC — Success
  80. Yantar-4KS1 8 — 11 September 1987, 02:06 UTC — Success
  81. Resurs-F1 17F40 107L 6 — 15 September 1987, 10:30 UTC — Success
  82. Aussat A3 & ECS 4 — 16 September 1987, 00:45 UTC — Success
  83. Uragan 20 to 22 — 16 September 1987, 02:53 UTC — Success
  84. Transit-O 27,29 — 16 September 1987, 19:22 UTC — Success
  85. Yantar-4K2 33 — 17 September 1987, 14:59 UTC — Success
  86. Progress 32 — 23 September 1987, 23:43 UTC — Success
  87. Bion 8 — 29 September 1987, 12:49 UTC — Success
  88. Potok 4 — 1 October 1987, 17:09 UTC — Success
  89. Zenit-8 53 — 9 October 1987, 08:30 UTC — Success
  90. US-P 27 — 10 October 1987, 21:48 UTC — Success
  91. Parus 60 — 14 October 1987, 12:35 UTC — Success
  92. Tselina-D 62 — 20 October 1987, 09:09 UTC — Success
  93. Yantar-4K2 34 — 22 October 1987, 14:24 UTC — Success
  94. KH-11 8 — 26 October 1987, 21:32 UTC — Success
  95. US-KS 4 — 28 October 1987, 15:15 UTC — Success
  96. Zenit-8 54 — 11 November 1987, 09:04 UTC — Success
  97. Yantar-1KFT 8 — 14 November 1987, 09:29 UTC — Success
  98. Progress 33 — 20 November 1987, 23:47 UTC — Success
  99. TV-Sat 1 — 21 November 1987, 02:19 UTC — Success
  100. Luch #2 — 26 November 1987, 13:28 UTC — Success
  101. DSP F13 — 29 November 1987, 03:27 UTC — Success
  102. Strela-2M 43 — 1 December 1987, 14:15 UTC — Success
  103. Zenit-8 55 — 7 December 1987, 08:50 UTC — Success
  104. Raduga 21 — 10 December 1987, 11:30 UTC — Success
  105. US-A 31 — 12 December 1987, 05:40 UTC — Success
  106. Yantar-4K2 35 — 14 December 1987, 11:29 UTC — Success
  107. Taifun-1 20 — 15 December 1987, 13:30 UTC — Success
  108. Soyuz TM-4 — 21 December 1987, 11:18 UTC — Success
  109. US-K 55 — 21 December 1987, 22:35 UTC — Success
  110. Parus 61 — 23 December 1987, 20:22 UTC — Success
  111. Zenit-8 56 — 25 December 1987, 08:44 UTC — Success
  112. Resurs-F2 1 — 26 December 1987, 11:30 UTC — Success
  113. Ekran-M 1 — 27 December 1987, 11:25 UTC — Success
  114. Zenit-8 57 — 29 December 1987, 11:40 UTC — Success

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

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