2016 orbital launches

In 2016, ExGalactic records 83 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
22USA
20China
11French Guiana
10Kazakhstan
7India
6Russia
4Japan
3Other

Launches

  1. BELINTERSAT-1 — 15 January 2016, 16:57 UTC — Success
  2. Jason-3 — 17 January 2016, 18:42 UTC — Success
  3. IRNSS-1E — 20 January 2016, 04:01 UTC — Success
  4. Intelsat 29e — 27 January 2016, 23:20 UTC — Success
  5. Eutelsat 9B — 29 January 2016, 22:20 UTC — Success
  6. Beidou M3-S — 1 February 2016, 07:29 UTC — Success
  7. GPS IIF-12 (USA-266) — 5 February 2016, 13:38 UTC — Success
  8. Glonass-M (Kosmos 2514) — 7 February 2016, 00:21 UTC — Success
  9. Kwangmyongsong-4 — 7 February 2016, 00:30 UTC — Success
  10. NROL-45 (Topaz-4) (USA-267) — 10 February 2016, 11:40 UTC — Success
  11. Sentinel-3A — 16 February 2016, 17:57 UTC — Success
  12. Astro-H (Hitomi) — 17 February 2016, 08:45 UTC — Success
  13. SES-9 — 4 March 2016, 23:35 UTC — Success
  14. Eutelsat 65 West A — 9 March 2016, 05:20 UTC — Success
  15. IRNSS-1F — 10 March 2016, 10:31 UTC — Success
  16. Resurs-P No.3 — 13 March 2016, 18:56 UTC — Success
  17. Soyuz TMA-20M — 18 March 2016, 21:26 UTC — Success
  18. Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband) — 23 March 2016, 03:05 UTC — Success
  19. Bars-M No. 2 (Kosmos 2515) — 24 March 2016, 09:42 UTC — Success
  20. Beidou No. 22 — 29 March 2016, 20:11 UTC — Success
  21. Progress MS-02 (63P) — 31 March 2016, 16:23 UTC — Success
  22. Shijian 10 — 5 April 2016, 17:38 UTC — Success
  23. SpX CRS-8 — 8 April 2016, 20:43 UTC — Success
  24. Sentinel-1B — 25 April 2016, 21:02 UTC — Success
  25. Mikhailo Lomonosov, Aist-2D & SamSat 218 — 28 April 2016, 02:01 UTC — Success
  26. IRNSS-1G — 28 April 2016, 07:20 UTC — Success
  27. JCSAT-14 — 6 May 2016, 05:21 UTC — Success
  28. Yaogan-30 — 15 May 2016, 02:43 UTC — Success
  29. Galileo L7 (FOC FM10-FM11) — 24 May 2016, 08:48 UTC — Success
  30. Thaicom 8 — 27 May 2016, 21:39 UTC — Success
  31. Glonass-M No. 53 (Kosmos 2516) — 29 May 2016, 08:44 UTC — Success
  32. Ziyuan 3-02 & ÑuSat-1 & -2 (Fresco and Batata) — 30 May 2016, 03:17 UTC — Success
  33. Geo-IK-2 No.12L (Kosmos 2517) — 4 June 2016, 14:00 UTC — Success
  34. Intelsat 31/DLA-2 — 9 June 2016, 07:10 UTC — Success
  35. NROL-37 — 11 June 2016, 17:51 UTC — Success
  36. Beidou-2 G7 — 12 June 2016, 15:30 UTC — Success
  37. Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A — 15 June 2016, 14:29 UTC — Success
  38. Echostar 18 & BRIsat — 18 June 2016, 21:38 UTC — Success
  39. Cartosat-2C & 19 small satellites — 22 June 2016, 03:55 UTC — Success
  40. MUOS-5 — 24 June 2016, 14:30 UTC — Success
  41. Development Flight 1 — 25 June 2016, 12:00 UTC — Success
  42. Shijian 16-02 — 29 June 2016, 03:21 UTC — Success
  43. Soyuz MS (MS-01) — 7 July 2016, 01:36 UTC — Success
  44. Progress MS-03 (64P) — 16 July 2016, 21:41 UTC — Success
  45. SpX CRS-9 — 18 July 2016, 04:45 UTC — Success
  46. NROL-61 — 28 July 2016, 12:37 UTC — Success
  47. Tiantong 1-01 — 5 August 2016, 16:22 UTC — Success
  48. Gaofen 3 — 9 August 2016, 22:55 UTC — Success
  49. JCSAT-16 — 14 August 2016, 05:26 UTC — Success
  50. QUESS (Micius) — 15 August 2016, 17:40 UTC — Success
  51. AFSPC-6 — 19 August 2016, 04:52 UTC — Success
  52. Intelsat 33e & Intelsat 36 — 24 August 2016, 22:16 UTC — Success
  53. Gaofen 10 — 31 August 2016, 18:55 UTC — Failure
  54. Amos 6 (Failure before launch) — 3 September 2016, 07:00 UTC — Failure
  55. INSAT-3DR — 8 September 2016, 11:20 UTC — Success
  56. OSIRIS-REx — 8 September 2016, 23:05 UTC — Success
  57. Ofeq-11 — 13 September 2016, 14:38 UTC — Success
  58. PerúSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7 — 16 September 2016, 01:43 UTC — Success
  59. SCATSat-1 — 26 September 2016, 03:42 UTC — Success
  60. Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 — 5 October 2016, 20:30 UTC — Success
  61. Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter) — 17 October 2016, 23:45 UTC — Success
  62. Soyuz MS-02 — 19 October 2016, 08:05 UTC — Success
  63. Himawari-9 — 2 November 2016, 06:20 UTC — Success
  64. Shijian 17 — 3 November 2016, 12:43 UTC — Success
  65. Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. — 9 November 2016, 23:42 UTC — Success
  66. WorldView-4 — 11 November 2016, 18:30 UTC — Success
  67. YunHai 1-01 — 11 November 2016, 23:14 UTC — Success
  68. Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) — 17 November 2016, 13:06 UTC — Success
  69. Soyuz MS-03 — 17 November 2016, 20:20 UTC — Success
  70. GOES-R — 19 November 2016, 23:42 UTC — Success
  71. Tianlian 1-04 — 22 November 2016, 15:24 UTC — Success
  72. Progress MS-04 (65P) — 1 December 2016, 14:51 UTC — Failure
  73. Göktürk-1A — 5 December 2016, 13:51 UTC — Success
  74. Resourcesat-2A — 7 December 2016, 04:54 UTC — Success
  75. WGS-8 (USA-272) — 7 December 2016, 23:53 UTC — Success
  76. Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) — 9 December 2016, 13:26 UTC — Success
  77. Fengyun-4A — 10 December 2016, 16:11 UTC — Success
  78. 8 x CYGNSS — 15 December 2016, 13:37 UTC — Success
  79. Echostar 19 (Jupiter-2) — 18 December 2016, 19:13 UTC — Success
  80. ERG (ARASE) — 20 December 2016, 11:00 UTC — Success
  81. Tansat (CarbonSat) — 21 December 2016, 19:22 UTC — Success
  82. Star One D1 & JCSAT-15 — 21 December 2016, 20:30 UTC — Success
  83. SuperView-1 (Gaojing 1-01 & Gaojing 1-02) — 28 December 2016, 03:23 UTC — Partial Failure

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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