1990 orbital launches

In 1990, ExGalactic records 120 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
50Russia
29Kazakhstan
25USA
6French Guiana
5China
3Japan
2Other

Launches

  1. Skynet 4A & JCSat 2 — 1 January 1990, 00:07 UTC — Success
  2. STS-32 — 9 January 1990, 12:35 UTC — Success
  3. Zenit-8 89 — 17 January 1990, 14:45 UTC — Success
  4. Strela-2M 47 — 18 January 1990, 12:52 UTC — Success
  5. SPOT 2 — 22 January 1990, 01:35 UTC — Success
  6. Molniya-3 53L — 23 January 1990, 02:51 UTC — Success
  7. Hiten — 24 January 1990, 11:46 UTC — Success
  8. GPS-2 6 — 24 January 1990, 22:55 UTC — Success
  9. Yantar-4K2 50 — 25 January 1990, 17:15 UTC — Success
  10. Tselina-R 2 — 30 January 1990, 11:20 UTC — Success
  11. DFH-2A 4 — 4 February 1990, 12:27 UTC — Success
  12. Duga-K 2 — 6 February 1990, 16:30 UTC — Success
  13. Momo 1b — 7 February 1990, 01:33 UTC — Success
  14. Soyuz TM-9 — 11 February 1990, 06:16 UTC — Success
  15. LACE & RME — 14 February 1990, 16:15 UTC — Success
  16. Raduga 25 — 15 February 1990, 07:52 UTC — Success
  17. Superbird B & BS 2x — 22 February 1990, 23:17 UTC — Failure
  18. Nadezhda 5 — 27 February 1990, 20:59 UTC — Success
  19. Okean-O1 5 — 28 February 1990, 00:55 UTC — Success
  20. STS-36 — 28 February 1990, 07:50 UTC — Success
  21. Progress M-3 — 28 February 1990, 23:10 UTC — Success
  22. Intelsat 603 — 14 March 1990, 11:52 UTC — Success
  23. US-P 33 — 14 March 1990, 15:27 UTC — Success
  24. Parus 68 — 20 March 1990, 00:25 UTC — Success
  25. Zenit-8 90 — 22 March 1990, 07:20 UTC — Success
  26. GPS-2 7 — 26 March 1990, 02:45 UTC — Success
  27. US-K 62 — 27 March 1990, 16:40 UTC — Success
  28. Ofeq-2 — 3 April 1990, 12:02 UTC — Success
  29. Yantar-4K2 51 — 3 April 1990, 18:00 UTC — Failure
  30. Pegsat, NavySat — 5 April 1990, 19:10 UTC — Success
  31. Strela-1M 345-352 — 6 April 1990, 03:13 UTC — Success
  32. Asiasat 1 — 7 April 1990, 13:30 UTC — Success
  33. POGS & SSR, TEX, SCE — 11 April 1990, 15:00 UTC — Success
  34. Foton 6 — 11 April 1990, 17:00 UTC — Success
  35. Yantar-4KS1 14 — 13 April 1990, 18:53 UTC — Success
  36. Palapa B2R — 13 April 1990, 22:28 UTC — Success
  37. Zenit-8 91 — 17 April 1990, 08:00 UTC — Success
  38. Parus 69 — 20 April 1990, 18:41 UTC — Success
  39. Taifun-2 25 — 25 April 1990, 13:00 UTC — Success
  40. Molniya-1T 77 — 26 April 1990, 01:37 UTC — Success
  41. US-K 63 — 28 April 1990, 11:37 UTC — Success
  42. Progress 42 — 5 May 1990, 20:44 UTC — Success
  43. Yantar-4K2 52 — 7 May 1990, 18:39 UTC — Success
  44. MACSAT 1 & 2 — 9 May 1990, 17:50 UTC — Success
  45. Yantar-1KFT 12 — 15 May 1990, 09:55 UTC — Success
  46. Uragan 36 to 38 — 19 May 1990, 08:32 UTC — Success
  47. Tselina-2 7 — 22 May 1990, 05:14 UTC — Success
  48. Resurs-F 6 — 29 May 1990, 07:19 UTC — Success
  49. Kristall — 31 May 1990, 10:33 UTC — Success
  50. ROSAT — 1 June 1990, 21:48 UTC — Success
  51. SLDCOM 1 — 8 June 1990, 05:21 UTC — Success
  52. Insat 1D — 12 June 1990, 05:52 UTC — Success
  53. Molniya-3 47L — 13 June 1990, 01:07 UTC — Success
  54. Zenit-8 92 — 19 June 1990, 08:45 UTC — Success
  55. Gorizont 20 — 20 June 1990, 23:36 UTC — Success
  56. US-K 64 — 21 June 1990, 20:45 UTC — Failure
  57. Intelsat 604 — 23 June 1990, 11:19 UTC — Success
  58. Meteor-2 19 — 27 June 1990, 22:30 UTC — Success
  59. Yantar-4K2 53 — 3 July 1990, 19:19 UTC — Failure
  60. Gamma — 11 July 1990, 10:00 UTC — Success
  61. BADR & Aussat-B-MFS — 16 July 1990, 00:40 UTC — Success
  62. Resurs-F2 5 — 17 July 1990, 09:29 UTC — Success
  63. Potok 6 — 18 July 1990, 21:46 UTC — Success
  64. Zenit-8 93 — 20 July 1990, 08:40 UTC — Success
  65. TDF 2 & DFS-Kopernikus 2 — 24 July 1990, 22:25 UTC — Success
  66. US-K 65 — 25 July 1990, 18:13 UTC — Success
  67. CRRES — 25 July 1990, 19:21 UTC — Success
  68. Geo-IK 12 — 30 July 1990, 00:06 UTC — Success
  69. Soyuz TM-10 — 1 August 1990, 09:32 UTC — Success
  70. GPS-2 8 — 2 August 1990, 05:39 UTC — Success
  71. Yantar-4K2 54 — 3 August 1990, 19:45 UTC — Success
  72. Strela-3 49 to 54 — 8 August 1990, 04:15 UTC — Success
  73. Ekran-M 14L — 9 August 1990, 20:18 UTC — Failure
  74. Molniya-1T 78 — 10 August 1990, 20:18 UTC — Success
  75. Progress M-4 — 15 August 1990, 04:00 UTC — Success
  76. Resurs-F 8 — 16 August 1990, 09:54 UTC — Success
  77. Marcopolo 2 — 18 August 1990, 00:42 UTC — Success
  78. US-P 34 — 23 August 1990, 16:17 UTC — Success
  79. US-K 66 — 28 August 1990, 07:49 UTC — Success
  80. Yuri 3A — 28 August 1990, 09:05 UTC — Success
  81. Taifun-1 23 — 28 August 1990, 15:45 UTC — Success
  82. Skynet 4C & Eutelsat-2 F1 — 30 August 1990, 22:46 UTC — Success
  83. Zenit-8 94 — 31 August 1990, 08:00 UTC — Success
  84. Feng Yun 1B — 3 September 1990, 00:53 UTC — Success
  85. Resurs-F 9 — 7 September 1990, 11:59 UTC — Success
  86. Parus 70 — 14 September 1990, 05:59 UTC — Success
  87. Molniya-3 54L — 20 September 1990, 20:16 UTC — Success
  88. Progress M-5 — 27 September 1990, 10:37 UTC — Success
  89. Meteor-2 20 — 28 September 1990, 07:30 UTC — Success
  90. Orlets-1 2 — 1 October 1990, 11:00 UTC — Success
  91. GPS-2 9 — 1 October 1990, 21:56 UTC — Success
  92. Tselina-2 8 — 4 October 1990, 04:28 UTC — Failure
  93. FSW-1 3 — 5 October 1990, 06:14 UTC — Success
  94. STS-41 — 6 October 1990, 11:47 UTC — Success
  95. SBS 6 & Galaxy 6 — 12 October 1990, 22:58 UTC — Success
  96. Yantar-4K2 55 — 16 October 1990, 19:00 UTC — Success
  97. INMARSAT II F-1 — 30 October 1990, 23:16 UTC — Success
  98. Gorizont 21 — 3 November 1990, 14:40 UTC — Success
  99. DSP 15 — 13 November 1990, 00:37 UTC — Success
  100. US-P 35 — 14 November 1990, 06:33 UTC — Success
  101. STS-38 — 15 November 1990, 23:48 UTC — Success
  102. Zenit-8 95 — 16 November 1990, 16:30 UTC — Success
  103. US-K 67 — 20 November 1990, 02:33 UTC — Success
  104. Satcom C1 & GStar 4 — 20 November 1990, 23:11 UTC — Success
  105. Molniya-1T 79 — 23 November 1990, 03:51 UTC — Success
  106. Gorizont 22 — 23 November 1990, 13:22 UTC — Success
  107. GPS IIA-1 — 26 November 1990, 21:39 UTC — Success
  108. Koltso 3 — 28 November 1990, 16:33 UTC — Success
  109. DMSP-5D2 F10 — 1 December 1990, 15:57 UTC — Success
  110. STS-35 — 2 December 1990, 06:49 UTC — Success
  111. Soyuz TM-11 — 2 December 1990, 08:13 UTC — Success
  112. US-P 36 — 4 December 1990, 00:48 UTC — Success
  113. Yantar-4K2 56 — 4 December 1990, 18:30 UTC — Success
  114. Uragan 39 to 41 — 8 December 1990, 02:43 UTC — Success
  115. Strela-2M 48 — 10 December 1990, 07:54 UTC — Success
  116. Raduga 26 — 20 December 1990, 11:35 UTC — Success
  117. Yantar-4KS1 15 — 21 December 1990, 06:20 UTC — Success
  118. Strela-3 55 to 60 — 22 December 1990, 07:28 UTC — Success
  119. Zenit-8 96 — 26 December 1990, 11:10 UTC — Success
  120. Raduga-1 2 — 27 December 1990, 11:08 UTC — Success

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

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