1991 orbital launches

In 1991, ExGalactic records 91 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
38Russia
23Kazakhstan
18USA
8French Guiana
2Japan
1China
1Other

Launches

  1. NATO 4A — 8 January 1991, 00:53 UTC — Success
  2. Progress M-6 — 14 January 1991, 14:50 UTC — Success
  3. Italsat 1 — 15 January 1991, 23:10 UTC — Success
  4. Zenit-8 97 — 17 January 1991, 10:30 UTC — Success
  5. US-P 37 — 18 January 1991, 11:34 UTC — Success
  6. Informator-1 — 29 January 1991, 11:59 UTC — Success
  7. Tsikada 17 — 5 February 1991, 02:36 UTC — Success
  8. Yantar-4K2 57 — 7 February 1991, 18:15 UTC — Success
  9. Strela-1M 353-360 — 12 February 1991, 02:44 UTC — Success
  10. US-KMO 1 — 14 February 1991, 08:31 UTC — Success
  11. Yantar-1KFT 13 — 15 February 1991, 09:30 UTC — Success
  12. Molniya-1T 80 — 15 February 1991, 15:19 UTC — Success
  13. Parus 71 — 26 February 1991, 04:53 UTC — Success
  14. Raduga 27 — 28 February 1991, 05:30 UTC — Success
  15. Astra 1B & Meteosat 5 — 2 March 1991, 23:36 UTC — Success
  16. Zenit-8 98 — 6 March 1991, 15:30 UTC — Success
  17. Onyx 2 — 8 March 1991, 12:03 UTC — Success
  18. INMARSAT II F-2 — 8 March 1991, 23:03 UTC — Success
  19. Nadezhda 6 — 12 March 1991, 19:29 UTC — Success
  20. Progress M-7 — 19 March 1991, 13:05 UTC — Success
  21. Taifun-1B 11 — 19 March 1991, 14:30 UTC — Success
  22. Molniya-3 55L — 22 March 1991, 12:19 UTC — Success
  23. Yantar-4K2 58 — 26 March 1991, 13:45 UTC — Success
  24. Almaz-1 — 31 March 1991, 15:12 UTC — Success
  25. Uragan 42 to 44 — 4 April 1991, 10:47 UTC — Success
  26. Anik E2 — 4 April 1991, 23:33 UTC — Success
  27. STS-37 — 5 April 1991, 14:22 UTC — Success
  28. ASC 2 — 13 April 1991, 00:09 UTC — Success
  29. Parus 72 — 16 April 1991, 07:21 UTC — Success
  30. BS-3H — 18 April 1991, 23:30 UTC — Failure
  31. Meteor-3 4 — 24 April 1991, 01:37 UTC — Success
  32. STS-39 — 28 April 1991, 11:33 UTC — Success
  33. NOAA 12 — 14 May 1991, 15:52 UTC — Success
  34. Strela-3 61 to 66 — 16 May 1991, 21:40 UTC — Success
  35. Soyuz TM-12 — 18 May 1991, 12:50 UTC — Success
  36. Resurs-F2 6 — 21 May 1991, 09:00 UTC — Success
  37. Yantar-4K2 59 — 24 May 1991, 15:29 UTC — Success
  38. Satcom C5 — 29 May 1991, 22:55 UTC — Success
  39. Progress M-8 — 30 May 1991, 08:04 UTC — Success
  40. Okean-O1 6 — 4 June 1991, 08:10 UTC — Success
  41. STS-40 — 5 June 1991, 13:24 UTC — Success
  42. Strela-2M 49 — 11 June 1991, 05:41 UTC — Success
  43. Tselina-R 3 — 13 June 1991, 15:41 UTC — Success
  44. Molniya-1T 81 — 18 June 1991, 09:09 UTC — Success
  45. Taifun-2 26 — 25 June 1991, 13:20 UTC — Failure
  46. Resurs-F 11 — 28 June 1991, 08:09 UTC — Success
  47. REX — 29 June 1991, 14:00 UTC — Success
  48. Gorizont 23 — 1 July 1991, 21:53 UTC — Success
  49. GPS IIA-2 — 4 July 1991, 02:32 UTC — Success
  50. Zenit-8 99 — 9 July 1991, 09:40 UTC — Success
  51. Yantar-4KS1M 1 — 10 July 1991, 14:00 UTC — Success
  52. ERS-1 — 17 July 1991, 01:46 UTC — Success
  53. 7 microsats — 17 July 1991, 17:33 UTC — Success
  54. Resurs-F 12 — 23 July 1991, 09:05 UTC — Success
  55. Molniya-1T 82 — 1 August 1991, 11:53 UTC — Success
  56. STS-43 — 2 August 1991, 15:02 UTC — Success
  57. Intelsat 605 — 14 August 1991, 23:15 UTC — Success
  58. Meteor-3 5 — 15 August 1991, 09:15 UTC — Success
  59. Progress M-9 — 20 August 1991, 22:54 UTC — Success
  60. Resurs-F2 7 — 21 August 1991, 10:50 UTC — Success
  61. Parus 73 — 22 August 1991, 12:35 UTC — Success
  62. Yuri 3B — 25 August 1991, 08:40 UTC — Success
  63. IRS-1B — 29 August 1991, 06:48 UTC — Success
  64. Yohkoh — 30 August 1991, 02:30 UTC — Success
  65. Tselina-2 9 — 30 August 1991, 08:58 UTC — Failure
  66. STS-48 — 12 September 1991, 23:11 UTC — Success
  67. US-KS 5 — 13 September 1991, 17:51 UTC — Success
  68. Molniya-3 48L — 17 September 1991, 20:01 UTC — Success
  69. Yantar-4K2 60 — 19 September 1991, 16:20 UTC — Success
  70. Anik E1 — 26 September 1991, 23:43 UTC — Success
  71. Strela-3 67 to 72 — 28 September 1991, 07:05 UTC — Success
  72. Soyuz TM-13 — 2 October 1991, 05:59 UTC — Success
  73. Foton 7 — 4 October 1991, 18:10 UTC — Success
  74. Orlets-1 3 — 9 October 1991, 13:15 UTC — Success
  75. Taifun-1B 12 — 10 October 1991, 14:00 UTC — Success
  76. Progress M-10 — 17 October 1991, 00:05 UTC — Success
  77. Gorizont 24 — 23 October 1991, 15:25 UTC — Success
  78. Intelsat 601 — 29 October 1991, 23:08 UTC — Success
  79. SLDCOM 2 — 8 November 1991, 07:07 UTC — Success
  80. Strela-3 73 to 78 — 12 November 1991, 20:09 UTC — Success
  81. Yantar-4K2 61 — 20 November 1991, 19:15 UTC — Success
  82. Potok 7 — 22 November 1991, 13:27 UTC — Success
  83. STS-44 — 24 November 1991, 23:44 UTC — Success
  84. Parus 74 — 27 November 1991, 03:30 UTC — Success
  85. DMSP-5D2 F11 — 28 November 1991, 13:23 UTC — Success
  86. Eutelsat II F-3 — 7 December 1991, 22:47 UTC — Success
  87. Telecom 2A — 16 December 1991, 23:19 UTC — Success
  88. Yantar-1KFT 14 — 17 December 1991, 11:00 UTC — Success
  89. AUOS-Z-AP-IK 1 — 18 December 1991, 03:54 UTC — Success
  90. Raduga 28 — 19 December 1991, 11:41 UTC — Success
  91. DFH-2A 5 — 28 December 1991, 12:00 UTC — Partial Failure

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

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