2022 orbital launches

In 2022, ExGalactic records 197 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
73USA
59China
14Russia
7Kazakhstan
7New Zealand
6French Guiana
5India
5Other
1Iran
1Japan
1South Korea

Launches

  1. Starlink Group 4-5 — 6 January 2022, 21:49 UTC — Success
  2. Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 13 January 2022, 15:25 UTC — Success
  3. Above the Clouds — 13 January 2022, 22:52 UTC — Success
  4. Shiyan 13 — 17 January 2022, 02:35 UTC — Success
  5. Starlink Group 4-6 — 19 January 2022, 02:02 UTC — Success
  6. USSF-8 — 21 January 2022, 19:00 UTC — Success
  7. L-SAR 01A — 25 January 2022, 23:44 UTC — Success
  8. CSG-2 — 31 January 2022, 23:11 UTC — Success
  9. NROL-87 — 2 February 2022, 20:27 UTC — Success
  10. Starlink Group 4-7 — 3 February 2022, 18:13 UTC — Success
  11. Neitron (Kosmos 2553) — 5 February 2022, 07:00 UTC — Success
  12. OneWeb 13 — 10 February 2022, 18:09 UTC — Success
  13. ELaNa 41 — 10 February 2022, 20:00 UTC — Failure
  14. EOS-4 (RISAT-1A) — 14 February 2022, 00:29 UTC — Success
  15. Progress MS-19 (80P) — 15 February 2022, 04:25 UTC — Success
  16. Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers) — 19 February 2022, 17:40 UTC — Success
  17. Starlink Group 4-8 — 21 February 2022, 14:44 UTC — Success
  18. Starlink Group 4-11 — 25 February 2022, 17:12 UTC — Success
  19. L-SAR 01B — 26 February 2022, 23:44 UTC — Success
  20. Hainan-1 to 4 & others — 27 February 2022, 03:06 UTC — Success
  21. The Owl’s Night Continues (StriX-β) — 28 February 2022, 20:37 UTC — Success
  22. GOES-T — 1 March 2022, 21:38 UTC — Success
  23. Starlink Group 4-9 — 3 March 2022, 14:25 UTC — Success
  24. Yinhe-1 (x6) — 5 March 2022, 06:01 UTC — Success
  25. Noor-2 — 8 March 2022, 05:06 UTC — Success
  26. Starlink Group 4-10 — 9 March 2022, 13:45 UTC — Success
  27. Spaceflight Astra-1 — 15 March 2022, 16:22 UTC — Success
  28. Yaogan 34-02 — 17 March 2022, 07:09 UTC — Success
  29. Soyuz MS-21 — 18 March 2022, 15:55 UTC — Success
  30. Starlink Group 4-12 — 19 March 2022, 04:42 UTC — Success
  31. Meridian-M No.20L — 22 March 2022, 12:48 UTC — Success
  32. Demo Flight (Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2) — 29 March 2022, 09:50 UTC — Success
  33. Tianping-2 A/B/C — 30 March 2022, 02:29 UTC — Success
  34. Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 1 April 2022, 16:24 UTC — Success
  35. Gaofen-3 03 — 6 April 2022, 23:47 UTC — Success
  36. Kosmos 2554 (Lotos-S1 #6) — 7 April 2022, 11:20 UTC — Success
  37. ChinaSat 6D — 15 April 2022, 12:00 UTC — Success
  38. Daqi-1 (AEMS) — 15 April 2022, 18:16 UTC — Success
  39. NROL-85 — 17 April 2022, 13:13 UTC — Success
  40. Starlink Group 4-14 — 21 April 2022, 17:51 UTC — Success
  41. Crew-4 — 27 April 2022, 07:52 UTC — Success
  42. SuperView Neo 1-01 & 02 — 29 April 2022, 04:11 UTC — Success
  43. Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R) — 29 April 2022, 19:55 UTC — Success
  44. Starlink Group 4-16 — 29 April 2022, 21:27 UTC — Success
  45. Jilin-1 HR-03D-04 to 07 & 04A — 30 April 2022, 03:30 UTC — Success
  46. There and Back Again (Rideshare) — 2 May 2022, 22:49 UTC — Success
  47. Jilin-1 Wideband-01C & High Resolution 03D-27 to 33 — 5 May 2022, 02:38 UTC — Success
  48. Starlink Group 4-17 — 6 May 2022, 09:42 UTC — Success
  49. Tianzhou-4 — 9 May 2022, 17:56 UTC — Success
  50. Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R) — 13 May 2022, 07:09 UTC — Failure
  51. Starlink Group 4-13 — 13 May 2022, 22:07 UTC — Success
  52. Starlink Group 4-15 — 14 May 2022, 20:40 UTC — Success
  53. Starlink Group 4-18 — 18 May 2022, 10:59 UTC — Success
  54. Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) — 19 May 2022, 08:03 UTC — Success
  55. CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) — 19 May 2022, 22:54 UTC — Success
  56. RSW-04 - 06 — 20 May 2022, 10:30 UTC — Success
  57. Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 25 May 2022, 18:35 UTC — Success
  58. Geely Constellation Group 01 — 2 June 2022, 04:00 UTC — Success
  59. Progress MS-20 (81P) — 3 June 2022, 09:32 UTC — Success
  60. Nilesat-301 — 8 June 2022, 21:04 UTC — Success
  61. TROPICS-1 — 12 June 2022, 17:43 UTC — Failure
  62. Starlink Group 4-19 — 17 June 2022, 16:08 UTC — Success
  63. SARah 1 — 18 June 2022, 14:19 UTC — Success
  64. Globalstar-2 FM15 & USA 328-331 — 19 June 2022, 04:27 UTC — Success
  65. Flight Test 2 — 21 June 2022, 07:00 UTC — Success
  66. Tianxing-1 — 22 June 2022, 02:08 UTC — Success
  67. Measat-3d & GSAT 24 — 22 June 2022, 21:50 UTC — Success
  68. Yaogan 35 Group 02 — 23 June 2022, 02:22 UTC — Success
  69. Gaofen-12-03 — 27 June 2022, 15:46 UTC — Success
  70. SES-22 — 29 June 2022, 21:04 UTC — Success
  71. DS-EO & others — 30 June 2022, 12:32 UTC — Success
  72. USSF-12 — 1 July 2022, 23:15 UTC — Success
  73. Straight Up — 2 July 2022, 06:53 UTC — Success
  74. Glonass-K1 No. 16 (Kosmos 2557) — 7 July 2022, 09:18 UTC — Success
  75. Starlink Group 4-21 — 7 July 2022, 13:11 UTC — Success
  76. Starlink Group 3-1 — 11 July 2022, 01:39 UTC — Success
  77. Tianlian 2-03 — 12 July 2022, 16:30 UTC — Success
  78. Wise One Looks Ahead (NROL-162) — 13 July 2022, 06:30 UTC — Success
  79. LARES-2 (Maiden flight) — 13 July 2022, 13:13 UTC — Success
  80. Dragon CRS-2 SpX-25 — 15 July 2022, 00:44 UTC — Success
  81. SuperView Neo 2-01 & 02 — 15 July 2022, 22:57 UTC — Success
  82. Starlink Group 4-22 — 17 July 2022, 14:20 UTC — Success
  83. Starlink Group 3-2 — 22 July 2022, 17:39 UTC — Success
  84. Wentian — 24 July 2022, 06:22 UTC — Success
  85. Starlink Group 4-25 — 24 July 2022, 13:38 UTC — Success
  86. Maiden Flight — 27 July 2022, 04:12 UTC — Success
  87. Yaogan 35 Group 03 — 29 July 2022, 13:28 UTC — Success
  88. Kosmos 2558 — 1 August 2022, 20:25 UTC — Success
  89. Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS) — 4 August 2022, 03:08 UTC — Success
  90. Antipodean Adventure (NROL-199) — 4 August 2022, 05:00 UTC — Success
  91. SBIRS GEO-6 — 4 August 2022, 10:29 UTC — Success
  92. Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle — 4 August 2022, 16:00 UTC — Success
  93. EOS-02 (Microsat-2A) (Demo 1) — 7 August 2022, 03:48 UTC — Failure
  94. Taijing-1-01 & 02 — 9 August 2022, 04:11 UTC — Success
  95. Khayyam & rideshare — 9 August 2022, 05:52 UTC — Success
  96. Starlink Group 4-26 — 10 August 2022, 02:14 UTC — Success
  97. Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-09, 35 to 43 & Infrared A01 to 06 — 10 August 2022, 04:50 UTC — Success
  98. Starlink Group 3-3 — 12 August 2022, 21:40 UTC — Success
  99. Yaogan 35 Group 04 — 19 August 2022, 17:37 UTC — Success
  100. Starlink Group 4-27 — 19 August 2022, 19:21 UTC — Success
  101. Chuangxin-16 — 23 August 2022, 02:36 UTC — Success
  102. Beijing-3B — 24 August 2022, 03:01 UTC — Success
  103. Starlink Group 4-23 — 28 August 2022, 03:41 UTC — Success
  104. Starlink Group 3-4 — 31 August 2022, 05:40 UTC — Success
  105. Yaogan 33-02 — 2 September 2022, 23:44 UTC — Success
  106. Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM — 5 September 2022, 02:09 UTC — Success
  107. CentiSpace-1 S3 & S4 — 6 September 2022, 02:24 UTC — Success
  108. Yaogan 35 Group 05 — 6 September 2022, 04:19 UTC — Success
  109. Eutelsat Konnect VHTS — 7 September 2022, 21:45 UTC — Success
  110. Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 — 11 September 2022, 01:20 UTC — Success
  111. ChinaSat 1E — 13 September 2022, 13:18 UTC — Success
  112. The Owl Spreads Its Wings (StriX-1) — 15 September 2022, 20:38 UTC — Success
  113. Starlink Group 4-34 — 19 September 2022, 00:18 UTC — Success
  114. Yunhai-1-03 — 20 September 2022, 23:15 UTC — Success
  115. Soyuz MS-22 — 21 September 2022, 13:54 UTC — Success
  116. NROL-91 — 24 September 2022, 22:25 UTC — Success
  117. Shiyan 14 & Shiyan 15 — 24 September 2022, 22:55 UTC — Success
  118. Starlink Group 4-35 — 24 September 2022, 23:32 UTC — Success
  119. Yaogan 36 — 26 September 2022, 13:38 UTC — Success
  120. Shiyan 16 A/B & Shiyan 17 — 26 September 2022, 23:50 UTC — Success
  121. FLTA002 (To The Black) — 1 October 2022, 07:01 UTC — Success
  122. SES-20 & SES-21 — 4 October 2022, 21:36 UTC — Success
  123. Crew-5 — 5 October 2022, 16:00 UTC — Success
  124. Starlink Group 4-29 — 5 October 2022, 23:10 UTC — Success
  125. CentiSpace-1 S5 & S6 — 7 October 2022, 13:10 UTC — Success
  126. It Argos Up From Here (Argos-4) — 7 October 2022, 17:09 UTC — Success
  127. Galaxy 33 & 34 — 8 October 2022, 23:05 UTC — Success
  128. Galaxy 33 (15R) & 34 (12R) — 8 October 2022, 23:05 UTC — Scheduled
  129. Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory (ASO-S) — 8 October 2022, 23:43 UTC — Success
  130. Glonass-K1 No. 17 (Kosmos 2559) — 10 October 2022, 02:52 UTC — Success
  131. RAISE-3 & others — 12 October 2022, 00:50 UTC — Failure
  132. AngoSat-2 — 12 October 2022, 15:00 UTC — Success
  133. 5 m S-SAR-01 (Huanjing-2E) — 12 October 2022, 22:53 UTC — Success
  134. Yaogan 36 Group 02 — 14 October 2022, 19:12 UTC — Success
  135. Hotbird 13F — 15 October 2022, 05:22 UTC — Success
  136. Hotbird 13F — 15 October 2022, 05:22 UTC — Scheduled
  137. EMKA-3 (Kosmos 2560) — 15 October 2022, 19:55 UTC — Success
  138. Starlink 4-36 (v1.5) — 20 October 2022, 14:50 UTC — Scheduled
  139. Starlink Group 4-36 — 20 October 2022, 14:50 UTC — Success
  140. Kosmos 2561 & Kosmos 2562 — 21 October 2022, 19:20 UTC — Success
  141. OneWeb 14 — 22 October 2022, 18:37 UTC — Success
  142. Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D — 22 October 2022, 19:57 UTC — Success
  143. Progress MS-21 (82P) — 26 October 2022, 00:20 UTC — Success
  144. Starlink Group 4-31 — 28 October 2022, 01:14 UTC — Success
  145. Shiyan 20C — 29 October 2022, 01:01 UTC — Success
  146. Mengtian — 31 October 2022, 07:37 UTC — Success
  147. O3b mPower 1,2 — 1 November 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  148. Starlink 4-37 (v1.5) — 1 November 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  149. SES-18 & SES-19 — 1 November 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  150. USSF-44 — 1 November 2022, 13:41 UTC — Success
  151. USSF-44 — 1 November 2022, 13:41 UTC — Scheduled
  152. EKS 6 (Tundra 6) (Kosmos 2563) — 2 November 2022, 06:47 UTC — Success
  153. Hotbird 13G — 3 November 2022, 03:24 UTC — Scheduled
  154. Hotbird 13G — 3 November 2022, 05:22 UTC — Success
  155. Catch Me If You Can (MATS) — 4 November 2022, 17:27 UTC — Success
  156. ChinaSat 19 — 5 November 2022, 11:50 UTC — Success
  157. Cygnus CRS-2 NG-18 (S.S. Sally Ride) — 7 November 2022, 10:32 UTC — Success
  158. Galaxy 31 (23R) & 32 (17R) — 8 November 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  159. JPSS 2 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 2) & LOFTID — 10 November 2022, 09:49 UTC — Success
  160. Yunhai 3 — 11 November 2022, 22:52 UTC — Success
  161. Tianzhou-5 — 12 November 2022, 02:03 UTC — Success
  162. Galaxy 31 & 32 — 12 November 2022, 16:06 UTC — Success
  163. Eutelsat 10B — 15 November 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  164. Yaogan 34-03 — 15 November 2022, 01:38 UTC — Success
  165. Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-08, 51 to 54 — 16 November 2022, 06:20 UTC — Success
  166. CRS-26 — 18 November 2022, 22:00 UTC — Scheduled
  167. ispace Mission 1 & Rashid — 22 November 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  168. Eutelsat 10B — 23 November 2022, 02:57 UTC — Success
  169. EOS-6 (Oceansat-3) & rideshare — 26 November 2022, 06:26 UTC — Success
  170. Dragon CRS-2 SpX-26 — 26 November 2022, 19:20 UTC — Success
  171. Yaogan 36 Group 03 — 27 November 2022, 12:23 UTC — Success
  172. Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564) — 28 November 2022, 15:13 UTC — Success
  173. Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 #7) — 30 November 2022, 21:10 UTC — Success
  174. WorldView Legion 1 & 2 — 1 December 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  175. O3b mPower 3.4 — 1 December 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  176. TTL-1 — 1 December 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  177. Viasat-3 & Arcturus — 1 December 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  178. Transporter-6 — 1 December 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  179. SWOT — 5 December 2022, 00:00 UTC — Scheduled
  180. Xingyun VDES — 7 December 2022, 01:15 UTC — Success
  181. Gaofen-5-01A — 8 December 2022, 18:31 UTC — Success
  182. OneWeb 15 — 8 December 2022, 22:27 UTC — Success
  183. Maiden Flight — 9 December 2022, 06:35 UTC — Success
  184. Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight — 11 December 2022, 07:38 UTC — Success
  185. Shiyan 20A & 20B — 12 December 2022, 08:22 UTC — Success
  186. Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 — 13 December 2022, 20:30 UTC — Success
  187. Maiden Flight — 14 December 2022, 08:30 UTC — Failure
  188. Yaogan 36 Group 04 — 14 December 2022, 18:25 UTC — Success
  189. Shiyan 21 — 16 December 2022, 06:17 UTC — Success
  190. SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) — 16 December 2022, 11:46 UTC — Success
  191. O3b mPower 1 & 2 — 16 December 2022, 22:48 UTC — Success
  192. Starlink Group 4-37 — 17 December 2022, 21:32 UTC — Success
  193. Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 — 21 December 2022, 01:47 UTC — Failure
  194. Gaofen-11-04 — 27 December 2022, 07:37 UTC — Success
  195. Starlink Group 5-1 — 28 December 2022, 09:34 UTC — Success
  196. Shiyan 10-02 — 29 December 2022, 04:43 UTC — Success
  197. EROS-C3 — 30 December 2022, 07:38 UTC — Success

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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