2011 orbital launches

In 2011, ExGalactic records 80 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
24Kazakhstan
17China
16USA
8Russia
7French Guiana
3India
3Japan
1Iran
1Other

Launches

  1. Elektro-L No.1 — 20 January 2011, 12:29 UTC — Success
  2. NROL-49 (KH-11) (USA-224) — 20 January 2011, 21:10 UTC — Success
  3. Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) — 22 January 2011, 05:37 UTC — Success
  4. Progress M-09M (41P) — 28 January 2011, 01:31 UTC — Success
  5. Geo-IK-2 No.11L (Kosmos 2470) — 1 February 2011, 14:00 UTC — Failure
  6. NROL-66 (RPP) (USA-225) — 6 February 2011, 12:26 UTC — Success
  7. Johannes Kepler ATV (ATV-002) — 16 February 2011, 21:51 UTC — Success
  8. STS-133 — 24 February 2011, 21:53 UTC — Success
  9. Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2471) — 26 February 2011, 03:07 UTC — Success
  10. Glory — 4 March 2011, 10:09 UTC — Failure
  11. OTV-2 (X-37B) (USA-226) — 5 March 2011, 22:46 UTC — Success
  12. NROL-27 (SDS) (USA-227) — 11 March 2011, 23:38 UTC — Success
  13. Soyuz TMA-21 — 4 April 2011, 22:18 UTC — Success
  14. Compass-IGSO-3 — 9 April 2011, 20:47 UTC — Success
  15. NROL-34 (2 x NOSS (USA-229)) — 15 April 2011, 04:24 UTC — Success
  16. Resourcesat-2 — 20 April 2011, 04:42 UTC — Success
  17. Yahsat 1A & New Dawn — 22 April 2011, 21:37 UTC — Success
  18. Progress M-10M (42P) — 27 April 2011, 13:05 UTC — Success
  19. Meridian 4 — 4 May 2011, 17:41 UTC — Success
  20. SBIRS GEO Flight 1 (USA-230) (SBIRS GEO-1) — 7 May 2011, 18:10 UTC — Success
  21. STS-134 — 16 May 2011, 12:56 UTC — Success
  22. Telstar 14R — 20 May 2011, 19:15 UTC — Success
  23. ST-2 & INSAT-4G/GSAT-8 — 20 May 2011, 20:38 UTC — Success
  24. Soyuz TMA-02M — 7 June 2011, 20:12 UTC — Success
  25. SAC-D — 10 June 2011, 14:20 UTC — Success
  26. Rasad 1 — 15 June 2011, 09:15 UTC — Success
  27. Chinasat-10 — 20 June 2011, 16:13 UTC — Success
  28. Progress M-11M (43P) — 21 June 2011, 14:38 UTC — Success
  29. Kobalt-M No.7 (Kosmos 2472) — 27 June 2011, 16:00 UTC — Success
  30. ORS-1 (USA-231) — 30 June 2011, 03:09 UTC — Success
  31. Shijian 10-03 — 6 July 2011, 04:28 UTC — Success
  32. STS-135 — 8 July 2011, 15:29 UTC — Success
  33. Tianlian 1-02 — 11 July 2011, 15:41 UTC — Success
  34. 6 x Globalstar-2 — 13 July 2011, 02:27 UTC — Success
  35. GSAT-12 — 15 July 2011, 11:18 UTC — Success
  36. SES-3 & KazSat-2 — 15 July 2011, 23:16 UTC — Success
  37. GPS IIF-2 (USA-232) — 16 July 2011, 06:41 UTC — Success
  38. Spektr-R (RadioAstron) — 18 July 2011, 02:31 UTC — Success
  39. Compass-IGSO-4 — 26 July 2011, 21:44 UTC — Success
  40. Shijian 10-02 — 29 July 2011, 07:42 UTC — Success
  41. Astra 1N & BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R — 6 August 2011, 22:52 UTC — Success
  42. Paksat-1R — 11 August 2011, 16:15 UTC — Success
  43. Hai Yang 2A — 15 August 2011, 22:57 UTC — Success
  44. Sich-2 — 17 August 2011, 07:12 UTC — Success
  45. Ekspress AM-4 — 17 August 2011, 21:25 UTC — Failure
  46. Shijian 10-04 — 18 August 2011, 09:28 UTC — Failure
  47. Progress M-12M (44P) — 24 August 2011, 00:00 UTC — Failure
  48. GRAIL-A (Ebb) & GRAIL-B (Flow) — 10 September 2011, 13:08 UTC — Success
  49. Chinasat-1A — 18 September 2011, 16:33 UTC — Success
  50. Garpun #1 (Kosmos 2473) — 20 September 2011, 22:47 UTC — Success
  51. Arabsat 5C & SES-2 — 21 September 2011, 21:38 UTC — Success
  52. IGS Optical 4 — 23 September 2011, 04:36 UTC — Success
  53. Atlantic Bird 7 — 24 September 2011, 20:17 UTC — Success
  54. TacSat-4 — 27 September 2011, 15:49 UTC — Success
  55. QuetzSat 1 — 29 September 2011, 18:32 UTC — Success
  56. Glonass-M (Kosmos 2474) — 2 October 2011, 20:15 UTC — Success
  57. Intelsat 18 — 5 October 2011, 21:00 UTC — Success
  58. Eutelsat W3C — 7 October 2011, 08:21 UTC — Success
  59. Megha-Tropiques — 12 October 2011, 05:31 UTC — Success
  60. ViaSat-1 — 19 October 2011, 18:48 UTC — Success
  61. Galileo L1 (IOV FM01-FM02) — 21 October 2011, 10:30 UTC — Success
  62. NPP — 28 October 2011, 09:48 UTC — Success
  63. Progress M-13M (45P) — 30 October 2011, 10:11 UTC — Success
  64. 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2475, Kosmos 2476, Kosmos 2477) — 4 November 2011, 12:51 UTC — Success
  65. Fobos-Grunt & Yinghuo-1 — 8 November 2011, 20:16 UTC — Failure
  66. Yaogan 12 & Tianxun-1 — 9 November 2011, 03:21 UTC — Success
  67. Soyuz TMA-22 — 14 November 2011, 04:14 UTC — Success
  68. Shiyan Weixing 4 & Chuang Xin 1C — 20 November 2011, 00:15 UTC — Success
  69. Asiasat 7 — 25 November 2011, 19:10 UTC — Success
  70. Glonass-M (Kosmos 2478) — 28 November 2011, 08:25 UTC — Success
  71. Yaogan 13 — 29 November 2011, 18:50 UTC — Success
  72. Compass-IGSO-5 — 1 December 2011, 21:07 UTC — Success
  73. Luch 5A & Amos-5 — 11 December 2011, 11:17 UTC — Success
  74. IGS Radar 3 — 12 December 2011, 01:21 UTC — Success
  75. Pléiades-HR 1A, FASat-Charlie (SSOT), 4 x ELISA — 17 December 2011, 02:03 UTC — Success
  76. NigComSat-1R — 19 December 2011, 16:41 UTC — Success
  77. Soyuz TMA-03M — 21 December 2011, 13:16 UTC — Success
  78. Zi Yuan 1-02C — 22 December 2011, 03:26 UTC — Success
  79. Meridian 5 — 23 December 2011, 12:08 UTC — Failure
  80. 6 x Globalstar-2 — 28 December 2011, 17:09 UTC — Success

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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