2006 orbital launches

In 2006, ExGalactic records 66 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
17Kazakhstan
15USA
9Other
7Russia
6China
6Japan
5French Guiana
1India

Launches

  1. Daichi — 24 January 2006, 01:33 UTC — Success
  2. Echostar X — 15 February 2006, 23:34 UTC — Success
  3. Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2) — 18 February 2006, 06:27 UTC — Success
  4. Akari — 21 February 2006, 21:28 UTC — Success
  5. Arabsat 4A — 28 February 2006, 20:10 UTC — Failure
  6. Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A — 11 March 2006, 22:33 UTC — Success
  7. ST-5 FWD — 22 March 2006, 14:03 UTC — Success
  8. FalconSAT-2 — 24 March 2006, 22:30 UTC — Failure
  9. Space Technology 5 (ST-5) (3x microsats) — 28 March 2006, 20:10 UTC — Success
  10. Soyuz TMA-8 — 30 March 2006, 02:30 UTC — Success
  11. JCSAT 5A — 12 April 2006, 23:29 UTC — Success
  12. COSMIC 1-6 — 15 April 2006, 01:40 UTC — Success
  13. Astra 1KR — 20 April 2006, 20:27 UTC — Success
  14. Progress M-56 — 24 April 2006, 16:03 UTC — Success
  15. EROS B — 25 April 2006, 16:47 UTC — Success
  16. Yaogan Weixing 1 — 26 April 2006, 22:48 UTC — Success
  17. Cloudsat — 28 April 2006, 10:02 UTC — Success
  18. Yantar-4K2M 2 — 3 May 2006, 17:38 UTC — Success
  19. GOES 13 — 24 May 2006, 22:11 UTC — Success
  20. COMPASS-2 — 26 May 2006, 18:50 UTC — Success
  21. Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5 — 27 May 2006, 21:09 UTC — Success
  22. Resurs-DK — 15 June 2006, 08:00 UTC — Success
  23. Kazsat — 17 June 2006, 22:44 UTC — Success
  24. Galaxy 16 — 18 June 2006, 07:50 UTC — Success
  25. MITEx — 21 June 2006, 22:15 UTC — Success
  26. Progress M-57 — 24 June 2006, 15:08 UTC — Success
  27. US-PM 13 — 25 June 2006, 04:00 UTC — Success
  28. NROL-22 — 28 June 2006, 03:33 UTC — Success
  29. STS-121 — 4 July 2006, 18:37 UTC — Success
  30. INSAT-4C — 10 July 2006, 12:08 UTC — Failure
  31. Genesis-1 — 12 July 2006, 14:53 UTC — Success
  32. US-K 83 — 21 July 2006, 04:20 UTC — Success
  33. BelKA — 26 July 2006, 19:43 UTC — Failure
  34. Arirang-2 — 28 July 2006, 07:05 UTC — Success
  35. Hot Bird 8 — 4 August 2006, 21:48 UTC — Success
  36. JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B — 11 August 2006, 22:15 UTC — Success
  37. Mugunghwa 5 — 22 August 2006, 03:27 UTC — Success
  38. Shi Jian 8 — 9 September 2006, 07:00 UTC — Success
  39. STS-115 — 9 September 2006, 15:14 UTC — Success
  40. IGS Optical 2 — 11 September 2006, 04:35 UTC — Success
  41. Zhongxing 22A — 12 September 2006, 16:02 UTC — Success
  42. Orlets-1 8 — 14 September 2006, 13:41 UTC — Success
  43. Soyuz TMA-9 — 18 September 2006, 04:08 UTC — Success
  44. Hinode — 22 September 2006, 21:36 UTC — Success
  45. GPS IIR-15(M) — 25 September 2006, 18:50 UTC — Success
  46. DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2 — 13 October 2006, 20:56 UTC — Success
  47. METOP A — 19 October 2006, 16:28 UTC — Success
  48. Progress M-58 — 23 October 2006, 13:40 UTC — Success
  49. Shi Jian 6C & 6D — 23 October 2006, 23:34 UTC — Success
  50. STEREO A & B — 26 October 2006, 00:52 UTC — Success
  51. Xinnuo 2 — 28 October 2006, 16:20 UTC — Success
  52. XM-4 — 30 October 2006, 23:48 UTC — Success
  53. DMSP F-17 — 4 November 2006, 13:53 UTC — Success
  54. Badr 4 — 8 November 2006, 20:01 UTC — Success
  55. GPS IIR-16(M) — 17 November 2006, 19:12 UTC — Success
  56. Feng Yun 2D — 8 December 2006, 00:53 UTC — Success
  57. WildBlue 1 & AMC-18 — 8 December 2006, 22:08 UTC — Success
  58. STS-116 — 10 December 2006, 01:47 UTC — Success
  59. Measat 3 — 11 December 2006, 23:28 UTC — Success
  60. NROL-21 — 14 December 2006, 21:00 UTC — Success
  61. Tacsat 2 — 16 December 2006, 12:00 UTC — Success
  62. Kiku-8 — 18 December 2006, 06:32 UTC — Success
  63. SAR-Lupe 1 — 19 December 2006, 14:00 UTC — Success
  64. Meridian No. 11L — 24 December 2006, 08:34 UTC — Success
  65. Uragan-M 6 to 8 — 25 December 2006, 20:18 UTC — Success
  66. COROT — 27 December 2006, 14:23 UTC — Success

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

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