2003 orbital launches

In 2003, ExGalactic records 61 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
19USA
13Kazakhstan
7Other
7Russia
6China
4French Guiana
3Japan
2India

Launches

  1. Coriolis — 6 January 2003, 14:19 UTC — Success
  2. Icesat — 13 January 2003, 00:45 UTC — Success
  3. STS-107 — 16 January 2003, 15:39 UTC — Failure
  4. Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) — 25 January 2003, 20:13 UTC — Success
  5. GPS IIR-8 — 29 January 2003, 18:06 UTC — Success
  6. Progress M-47 — 2 February 2003, 12:59 UTC — Success
  7. INTELSAT 907 — 15 February 2003, 07:00 UTC — Success
  8. DSCS III A-3 — 11 March 2003, 00:59 UTC — Success
  9. IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 — 28 March 2003, 01:27 UTC — Success
  10. GPS IIR-9 — 31 March 2003, 22:09 UTC — Success
  11. Molniya-1T 92 — 2 April 2003, 01:53 UTC — Success
  12. Milstar 6 — 8 April 2003, 13:43 UTC — Success
  13. INSAT-3A & Galaxy 12 — 9 April 2003, 22:52 UTC — Success
  14. Asiasat 4 — 12 April 2003, 00:47 UTC — Success
  15. US-KMO 6 — 24 April 2003, 04:23 UTC — Success
  16. Soyuz TMA-2 — 26 April 2003, 03:53 UTC — Success
  17. Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) — 28 April 2003, 11:59 UTC — Success
  18. GSAT-2 — 8 May 2003, 11:28 UTC — Success
  19. Hayabusa — 9 May 2003, 04:29 UTC — Success
  20. Hellas Sat 2 — 13 May 2003, 22:10 UTC — Success
  21. Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei. 3 — 24 May 2003, 16:34 UTC — Success
  22. Parus 94 — 4 June 2003, 19:23 UTC — Success
  23. AMC 9 — 6 June 2003, 22:15 UTC — Success
  24. Progress M1-10 — 8 June 2003, 10:34 UTC — Success
  25. Thuraya 2 — 10 June 2003, 13:55 UTC — Success
  26. Spirit Rover — 10 June 2003, 17:58 UTC — Success
  27. Optus and Defence C1 & BSAT-2c — 11 June 2003, 22:38 UTC — Success
  28. Molniya-3 65L — 19 June 2003, 20:00 UTC — Success
  29. OrbView-3 — 26 June 2003, 18:53 UTC — Success
  30. Mimosa — 30 June 2003, 14:15 UTC — Success
  31. Opportunity Rover — 8 July 2003, 03:18 UTC — Success
  32. Rainbow 1 — 17 July 2003, 23:45 UTC — Success
  33. Echostar IX — 8 August 2003, 03:30 UTC — Success
  34. Orlets-1 7 — 12 August 2003, 14:20 UTC — Success
  35. SCISAT-1 — 13 August 2003, 02:09 UTC — Success
  36. Strela-3 133 & 134 — 19 August 2003, 10:50 UTC — Success
  37. Spitzer Space Telescope — 25 August 2003, 05:35 UTC — Success
  38. Progress M-48 — 29 August 2003, 01:47 UTC — Success
  39. DSCS III B-6 — 29 August 2003, 23:13 UTC — Success
  40. NROL-19 — 9 September 2003, 04:29 UTC — Success
  41. Hangtian Tsinghua 1-02 — 16 September 2003, 10:30 UTC — Failure
  42. Mozhaets-4 — 27 September 2003, 06:11 UTC — Success
  43. INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1 — 27 September 2003, 23:14 UTC — Success
  44. Galaxy 13 — 1 October 2003, 04:02 UTC — Success
  45. Resourcesat — 17 October 2003, 04:52 UTC — Success
  46. Soyuz TMA-3 — 18 October 2003, 05:38 UTC — Success
  47. DMSP F-16 — 18 October 2003, 16:17 UTC — Success
  48. Zi Yuan 1-2 — 21 October 2003, 03:16 UTC — Success
  49. SERVIS-1 — 30 October 2003, 13:43 UTC — Success
  50. Fanhui Shi Weixing (18) — 3 November 2003, 07:20 UTC — Success
  51. Zhongxing 20 — 14 November 2003, 16:01 UTC — Success
  52. Yamal-202 — 24 November 2003, 06:22 UTC — Success
  53. IGS Radar (2) & IGS Optical (2) — 29 November 2003, 04:33 UTC — Failure
  54. NROL-18 — 2 December 2003, 10:04 UTC — Success
  55. Gruzomaket — 5 December 2003, 06:00 UTC — Success
  56. Uragan 83, 84 & Uragan-M 2 — 10 December 2003, 17:42 UTC — Success
  57. UHF F/O F11 — 18 December 2003, 02:30 UTC — Success
  58. GPS IIR-10 — 21 December 2003, 08:05 UTC — Success
  59. Amos 2 — 27 December 2003, 21:30 UTC — Success
  60. Ekspress AM-22 — 28 December 2003, 23:00 UTC — Success
  61. Tan Ce 1 — 29 December 2003, 19:06 UTC — Success

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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