2017 orbital launches

In 2017, ExGalactic records 91 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
29USA
18China
13Kazakhstan
11French Guiana
7Japan
6Russia
5India
1Iran
1New Zealand

Launches

  1. TJS-2 (TJSW-2) — 5 January 2017, 15:18 UTC — Success
  2. Multiple payloads — 9 January 2017, 04:11 UTC — Success
  3. Iridium-1 — 14 January 2017, 17:54 UTC — Success
  4. TRICOM-1 — 14 January 2017, 23:33 UTC — Failure
  5. SBIRS GEO Flight 3 (SBIRS GEO-4) — 21 January 2017, 00:42 UTC — Success
  6. DSN 2 (Kirameki 2) — 24 January 2017, 07:44 UTC — Success
  7. Hispasat 36W-1 (Hispasat AG1) — 28 January 2017, 01:03 UTC — Success
  8. SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S — 14 February 2017, 21:39 UTC — Success
  9. Cartosat-2D & 103 others — 15 February 2017, 03:58 UTC — Success
  10. SpX CRS-10 — 19 February 2017, 14:39 UTC — Success
  11. Progress MS-05 (66P) — 22 February 2017, 05:58 UTC — Success
  12. NROL-79 — 1 March 2017, 17:49 UTC — Success
  13. Tiankun-1 — 2 March 2017, 23:53 UTC — Success
  14. Sentinel-2B — 7 March 2017, 01:49 UTC — Success
  15. Echostar 23 — 16 March 2017, 06:00 UTC — Success
  16. IGS Radar 5 — 17 March 2017, 01:20 UTC — Success
  17. WGS-9 (USA-275) — 19 March 2017, 00:18 UTC — Success
  18. SES-10 — 30 March 2017, 22:27 UTC — Success
  19. Shijian-13/Chinasat-16 — 12 April 2017, 11:04 UTC — Success
  20. Cygnus CRS OA-7 (S.S. John Glenn) — 18 April 2017, 15:11 UTC — Success
  21. Soyuz MS-04 — 20 April 2017, 07:13 UTC — Success
  22. Tianzhou-1 — 20 April 2017, 11:41 UTC — Success
  23. NROL-76 — 1 May 2017, 11:15 UTC — Success
  24. SGDC 1 & Koreasat 7 — 4 May 2017, 21:50 UTC — Success
  25. SouthAsiaSat (GSAT-9) — 5 May 2017, 11:27 UTC — Success
  26. Inmarsat-5 F4 — 15 May 2017, 23:21 UTC — Success
  27. SES-15 — 18 May 2017, 11:54 UTC — Success
  28. It's a Test — 25 May 2017, 04:20 UTC — Failure
  29. EKS-2 (Tundra 2) (Kosmos 2518) — 25 May 2017, 06:33 UTC — Success
  30. Michibiki 2 (QZS-2) — 1 June 2017, 00:17 UTC — Success
  31. ViaSat-2 & EUTELSAT 172B — 1 June 2017, 23:45 UTC — Success
  32. SpX CRS-11 — 3 June 2017, 21:07 UTC — Success
  33. GSAT-19 — 5 June 2017, 11:58 UTC — Success
  34. Echostar 21 — 8 June 2017, 03:45 UTC — Success
  35. Progress MS-06 (67P) — 14 June 2017, 09:20 UTC — Success
  36. Huiyan (HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope)) — 15 June 2017, 03:00 UTC — Success
  37. Zhongxing-9A (Chinasat-9A) — 18 June 2017, 16:11 UTC — Partial Failure
  38. Cartosat-2E — 23 June 2017, 03:59 UTC — Success
  39. Kosmos-2519 — 23 June 2017, 18:04 UTC — Success
  40. BulgariaSat-1 — 23 June 2017, 19:10 UTC — Success
  41. Iridium-2 — 25 June 2017, 20:25 UTC — Success
  42. Hellas Sat 3 (Inmarsat S EAN) & GSAT-17 — 28 June 2017, 21:15 UTC — Success
  43. Shijian 18 — 2 July 2017, 11:23 UTC — Failure
  44. Intelsat 35e — 5 July 2017, 23:38 UTC — Success
  45. Kanopus-V-IK — 14 July 2017, 06:36 UTC — Partial Failure
  46. Unknown — 27 July 2017, 09:30 UTC — Failure
  47. Soyuz MS-05 — 28 July 2017, 15:41 UTC — Success
  48. OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS) — 2 August 2017, 01:58 UTC — Success
  49. SpX CRS-12 — 14 August 2017, 16:31 UTC — Success
  50. Blagovest No.11L (Kosmos 2520) — 16 August 2017, 22:07 UTC — Success
  51. TDRS-M — 18 August 2017, 12:29 UTC — Success
  52. Michibiki 3 (QZS-3) — 19 August 2017, 05:29 UTC — Success
  53. Formosat 5 — 24 August 2017, 18:51 UTC — Success
  54. ORS-5 — 26 August 2017, 06:04 UTC — Success
  55. IRNSS-1H — 31 August 2017, 13:30 UTC — Failure
  56. OTV-5 (X-37B) — 7 September 2017, 14:00 UTC — Success
  57. Amazonas 5 — 11 September 2017, 19:23 UTC — Success
  58. Soyuz MS-06 — 12 September 2017, 21:17 UTC — Success
  59. Glonass-M (Kosmos 2522) — 22 September 2017, 00:02 UTC — Success
  60. NROL-42 — 24 September 2017, 05:49 UTC — Success
  61. AsiaSat 9 — 28 September 2017, 18:52 UTC — Success
  62. 3 x Yaogan-30-01 — 29 September 2017, 04:21 UTC — Success
  63. Intelsat 37e & BSAT-4a — 29 September 2017, 21:56 UTC — Success
  64. VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre) — 9 October 2017, 04:13 UTC — Success
  65. Iridium-3 — 9 October 2017, 12:37 UTC — Success
  66. Michibiki 4 (QZS-4) — 9 October 2017, 22:01 UTC — Success
  67. Echostar 105/SES-11 — 11 October 2017, 22:53 UTC — Success
  68. Sentinel-5P — 13 October 2017, 09:27 UTC — Success
  69. Progress MS-07 (68P) — 14 October 2017, 08:46 UTC — Success
  70. NROL-52 — 15 October 2017, 07:28 UTC — Success
  71. Koreasat 5A — 30 October 2017, 19:34 UTC — Success
  72. 6 x SkySat & 4 x Dove — 31 October 2017, 21:37 UTC — Success
  73. Beidou-3 M1 & M2 — 5 November 2017, 11:45 UTC — Success
  74. Mohammed VI-A — 8 November 2017, 01:42 UTC — Success
  75. Cygnus CRS OA-8 (S.S. Gene Cernan) — 12 November 2017, 12:19 UTC — Success
  76. Fengyun-3D — 14 November 2017, 18:35 UTC — Success
  77. JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1) — 18 November 2017, 09:47 UTC — Success
  78. Jilin-1-04, Jilin-1-05 & Jilin-1-06 — 21 November 2017, 04:50 UTC — Success
  79. 3 x Yaogan-30 — 24 November 2017, 18:10 UTC — Success
  80. Meteor-M No.2-1 & rideshare payloads — 28 November 2017, 05:41 UTC — Failure
  81. Lotos-S1 (Kosmos-2524) — 2 December 2017, 10:43 UTC — Success
  82. LKW-1 (Land Survey Satellite-1) — 3 December 2017, 04:11 UTC — Success
  83. Alcomsat-1 — 10 December 2017, 16:40 UTC — Success
  84. Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18) — 12 December 2017, 18:36 UTC — Success
  85. SpX CRS-13 — 15 December 2017, 15:36 UTC — Success
  86. Soyuz MS-07 — 17 December 2017, 07:21 UTC — Success
  87. GCOM-C1 & SLATS — 23 December 2017, 01:26 UTC — Success
  88. Iridium-4 — 23 December 2017, 01:27 UTC — Success
  89. LKW-2 (Land Survey Satellite-2) — 23 December 2017, 04:14 UTC — Success
  90. 3 x Yaogan-30 — 25 December 2017, 19:44 UTC — Success
  91. AngoSat-1 — 26 December 2017, 19:00 UTC — Success

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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