2023 orbital launches

In 2023, ExGalactic records 211 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
102USA
62China
10Russia
9Kazakhstan
9Other
7New Zealand
5India
2French Guiana
2Iran
2Japan
1South Korea

Launches

  1. Transporter 6 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 3 January 2023, 14:55 UTC — Success
  2. Shijian 23 — 8 January 2023, 22:00 UTC — Success
  3. 5 satellites — 9 January 2023, 05:04 UTC — Success
  4. Start Me Up — 9 January 2023, 23:08 UTC — Failure
  5. OneWeb 16 — 10 January 2023, 04:50 UTC — Success
  6. Maiden Flight — 10 January 2023, 23:27 UTC — Failure
  7. APStar 6E — 12 January 2023, 18:10 UTC — Success
  8. Yaogan 37 & Shiyan 22A/B — 13 January 2023, 07:00 UTC — Success
  9. 6 x Jilin-1, Qilu-2/3 & others — 15 January 2023, 03:14 UTC — Success
  10. USSF-67 — 15 January 2023, 22:56 UTC — Success
  11. GPS III SV06 — 18 January 2023, 12:24 UTC — Success
  12. Starlink Group 2-4 — 19 January 2023, 15:43 UTC — Success
  13. Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C) — 24 January 2023, 23:00 UTC — Success
  14. IGS Radar 7 — 26 January 2023, 01:50 UTC — Success
  15. Starlink Group 5-2 — 26 January 2023, 09:32 UTC — Success
  16. Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009 — 31 January 2023, 16:15 UTC — Success
  17. Starlink Group 5-3 — 2 February 2023, 07:58 UTC — Success
  18. Elektro-L No.4 — 5 February 2023, 09:12 UTC — Success
  19. Amazonas Nexus — 7 February 2023, 01:32 UTC — Success
  20. Progress MS-22 (83P) — 9 February 2023, 06:15 UTC — Success
  21. EOS-7 & rideshare (Demo 2) — 10 February 2023, 03:48 UTC — Success
  22. Starlink Group 5-4 — 12 February 2023, 05:10 UTC — Success
  23. Starlink Group 2-5 — 17 February 2023, 19:12 UTC — Success
  24. Inmarsat-6 F2 — 18 February 2023, 03:59 UTC — Success
  25. ChinaSat 26 — 23 February 2023, 11:49 UTC — Success
  26. Soyuz MS-23 — 24 February 2023, 00:24 UTC — Success
  27. Horus 1 — 24 February 2023, 04:01 UTC — Success
  28. Starlink Group 6-1 — 27 February 2023, 23:13 UTC — Success
  29. Crew-6 — 2 March 2023, 05:34 UTC — Success
  30. Starlink Group 2-7 — 3 March 2023, 18:38 UTC — Success
  31. Nahid-1 — 4 March 2023, 00:00 UTC — Failure
  32. ALOS-3 (Maiden flight) — 7 March 2023, 01:37 UTC — Failure
  33. OneWeb 17 — 9 March 2023, 19:13 UTC — Success
  34. Tianhui-6 A/B — 9 March 2023, 22:41 UTC — Success
  35. Olymp-K #2 (Luch 5X) — 12 March 2023, 23:13 UTC — Success
  36. Horus 2 — 13 March 2023, 04:02 UTC — Success
  37. Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27 — 15 March 2023, 00:30 UTC — Success
  38. Shiyan 19 — 15 March 2023, 11:41 UTC — Success
  39. Stronger Together (Capella 9-10) — 16 March 2023, 22:38 UTC — Success
  40. Gaofen 13-02 — 17 March 2023, 08:33 UTC — Success
  41. Starlink Group 2-8 — 17 March 2023, 19:26 UTC — Success
  42. SES-18 & SES-19 — 17 March 2023, 23:38 UTC — Success
  43. Tianmu-1 03-06 — 22 March 2023, 09:09 UTC — Success
  44. Good Luck, Have Fun (Maiden Flight) — 23 March 2023, 03:25 UTC — Failure
  45. Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) — 23 March 2023, 06:40 UTC — Success
  46. The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19) — 24 March 2023, 09:14 UTC — Success
  47. Starlink Group 5-5 — 24 March 2023, 15:43 UTC — Success
  48. OneWeb 18 — 26 March 2023, 03:30 UTC — Success
  49. Ofek-13 — 28 March 2023, 23:10 UTC — Success
  50. Kosmos 2568 (EO MKA-4) — 29 March 2023, 19:57 UTC — Success
  51. Starlink Group 5-10 — 29 March 2023, 20:01 UTC — Success
  52. PIESAT-1 x 4 — 30 March 2023, 10:50 UTC — Success
  53. Yaogan 34-04 — 31 March 2023, 06:27 UTC — Success
  54. Demo Flight — 2 April 2023, 08:48 UTC — Success
  55. SDA Tranche 0A — 2 April 2023, 14:29 UTC — Success
  56. Dummy Payload — 7 April 2023, 04:00 UTC — Success
  57. Intelsat 40e — 7 April 2023, 04:30 UTC — Success
  58. Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 15 April 2023, 06:47 UTC — Success
  59. Fengyun-3G — 16 April 2023, 01:36 UTC — Success
  60. Starlink Group 6-2 — 19 April 2023, 14:31 UTC — Success
  61. TeLEOS-2 — 22 April 2023, 08:50 UTC — Success
  62. Starlink Group 3-5 — 27 April 2023, 13:40 UTC — Success
  63. O3b mPower 3 & 4 — 28 April 2023, 22:12 UTC — Success
  64. ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others — 1 May 2023, 00:26 UTC — Success
  65. Starlink Group 5-6 — 4 May 2023, 07:31 UTC — Success
  66. Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2) — 8 May 2023, 01:00 UTC — Success
  67. Tianzhou-6 — 10 May 2023, 13:22 UTC — Success
  68. Starlink Group 2-9 — 10 May 2023, 20:09 UTC — Success
  69. Starlink Group 5-9 — 14 May 2023, 05:03 UTC — Success
  70. Beidou-3 G4 — 17 May 2023, 02:49 UTC — Success
  71. Starlink Group 6-3 — 19 May 2023, 06:19 UTC — Success
  72. Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 — 20 May 2023, 13:16 UTC — Success
  73. MUST-1A/B & Luojia-2 01 — 21 May 2023, 08:00 UTC — Success
  74. Progress MS-23 (84P) — 24 May 2023, 12:56 UTC — Success
  75. NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE — 25 May 2023, 09:24 UTC — Success
  76. Coming To A Storm Near You (TROPICS-3) — 26 May 2023, 03:46 UTC — Success
  77. Kondor-FKA No.1 — 26 May 2023, 21:14 UTC — Success
  78. BADR-8 — 27 May 2023, 04:30 UTC — Success
  79. IRNSS-1J (NVS-01) — 29 May 2023, 05:12 UTC — Success
  80. Malligyong-1a — 30 May 2023, 21:27 UTC — Failure
  81. Starlink Group 2-10 — 31 May 2023, 06:02 UTC — Success
  82. Starlink Group 6-4 — 4 June 2023, 12:20 UTC — Success
  83. Dragon CRS-2 SpX-28 — 5 June 2023, 15:47 UTC — Success
  84. Flight 2 — 7 June 2023, 04:10 UTC — Success
  85. Longjiang 3 — 9 June 2023, 02:35 UTC — Success
  86. Starlink Group 5-11 — 12 June 2023, 07:10 UTC — Success
  87. Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 12 June 2023, 21:35 UTC — Success
  88. 41 x Jilin-1 — 15 June 2023, 05:30 UTC — Success
  89. Satria-1 — 18 June 2023, 22:21 UTC — Success
  90. Shiyan 25 — 20 June 2023, 03:18 UTC — Success
  91. Starlink Group 5-7 — 22 June 2023, 07:19 UTC — Success
  92. NROL-68 — 22 June 2023, 09:18 UTC — Success
  93. Starlink Group 5-12 — 23 June 2023, 15:35 UTC — Success
  94. Meteor-M No.2-3 & others — 27 June 2023, 11:34 UTC — Success
  95. Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) — 5 July 2023, 22:00 UTC — Success
  96. Starlink Group 5-13 — 7 July 2023, 19:29 UTC — Success
  97. 2 x SatNet test satellites — 9 July 2023, 11:00 UTC — Success
  98. Starlink Group 6-5 — 10 July 2023, 03:58 UTC — Success
  99. Flight 2 — 12 July 2023, 01:00 UTC — Success
  100. Starlink Group 5-15 — 16 July 2023, 03:50 UTC — Success
  101. Baby Come Back (Rideshare) — 18 July 2023, 01:27 UTC — Success
  102. Tianmu-1 07-10 — 20 July 2023, 03:20 UTC — Success
  103. Starlink Group 6-15 — 20 July 2023, 04:09 UTC — Success
  104. Qiankun-1 & Xingshidai‐16 — 22 July 2023, 05:07 UTC — Success
  105. Skysight AS-01 to 03 & Lingxi-03 — 23 July 2023, 02:50 UTC — Success
  106. Starlink Group 6-6 — 24 July 2023, 00:50 UTC — Success
  107. Yaogan 36 Group 05 — 26 July 2023, 20:02 UTC — Success
  108. Starlink Group 6-7 — 28 July 2023, 04:01 UTC — Success
  109. EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3 — 29 July 2023, 03:04 UTC — Success
  110. DS-SAR — 30 July 2023, 01:01 UTC — Success
  111. Cygnus CRS-2 NG-19 (S.S. Laurel Clark) — 2 August 2023, 00:31 UTC — Success
  112. Fengyun-3F — 3 August 2023, 03:47 UTC — Success
  113. Galaxy 37 — 3 August 2023, 05:00 UTC — Success
  114. Starlink Group 6-8 — 7 August 2023, 02:41 UTC — Success
  115. Glonass-K2 No. 13 (Kosmos 2569) — 7 August 2023, 13:19 UTC — Success
  116. Starlink Group 6-20 — 8 August 2023, 03:57 UTC — Success
  117. 5 m S-SAR-02 (Huanjing-2F) — 8 August 2023, 22:53 UTC — Success
  118. 7 satellites — 10 August 2023, 04:03 UTC — Success
  119. Luna 25 — 10 August 2023, 23:10 UTC — Success
  120. Starlink Group 6-9 — 11 August 2023, 05:17 UTC — Success
  121. L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A) — 12 August 2023, 17:26 UTC — Success
  122. HEAD-3A/B/C/D/E — 14 August 2023, 05:32 UTC — Success
  123. Starlink Group 6-10 — 17 August 2023, 03:36 UTC — Success
  124. Gaofen-12 04 — 20 August 2023, 17:45 UTC — Success
  125. Starlink Group 7-1 — 22 August 2023, 09:37 UTC — Success
  126. Progress MS-24 (85P) — 23 August 2023, 01:08 UTC — Success
  127. Malligyong-1b — 23 August 2023, 18:54 UTC — Failure
  128. We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1) — 23 August 2023, 23:45 UTC — Success
  129. Jilin-1 Wideband-02A — 25 August 2023, 04:59 UTC — Success
  130. Crew-7 — 26 August 2023, 07:27 UTC — Success
  131. Starlink Group 6-11 — 27 August 2023, 01:05 UTC — Success
  132. Yaogan 39 Group 01 — 31 August 2023, 07:36 UTC — Success
  133. Starlink Group 6-13 — 1 September 2023, 02:21 UTC — Success
  134. SDA Tranche 0B — 2 September 2023, 14:25 UTC — Success
  135. Starlink Group 6-12 — 4 September 2023, 02:47 UTC — Success
  136. Tianqi 21-24 — 5 September 2023, 09:34 UTC — Success
  137. Yaogan 33-03 — 6 September 2023, 18:14 UTC — Success
  138. Starlink Group 6-14 — 9 September 2023, 03:12 UTC — Success
  139. Yaogan 40 — 10 September 2023, 04:30 UTC — Success
  140. NROL-107 (Silent Barker) — 10 September 2023, 12:47 UTC — Success
  141. Starlink Group 7-2 — 12 September 2023, 06:57 UTC — Success
  142. FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX) — 15 September 2023, 02:28 UTC — Success
  143. Soyuz MS-24 — 15 September 2023, 15:44 UTC — Success
  144. Starlink Group 6-16 — 16 September 2023, 03:38 UTC — Success
  145. Yaogan 39 Group 02 — 17 September 2023, 04:13 UTC — Success
  146. We Will Never Desert You (Capella Acadia 2) — 19 September 2023, 06:55 UTC — Failure
  147. Starlink Group 6-17 — 20 September 2023, 03:38 UTC — Success
  148. Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B — 21 September 2023, 04:59 UTC — Failure
  149. Starlink Group 6-18 — 24 September 2023, 03:38 UTC — Success
  150. Starlink Group 7-3 — 25 September 2023, 08:48 UTC — Success
  151. Yaogan 33-04 — 26 September 2023, 20:15 UTC — Success
  152. Noor-3 — 27 September 2023, 06:00 UTC — Success
  153. Starlink Group 6-19 — 30 September 2023, 02:00 UTC — Success
  154. Yaogan 39 Group 03 — 5 October 2023, 00:24 UTC — Success
  155. Starlink Group 6-21 — 5 October 2023, 05:36 UTC — Success
  156. THEOS-2, TRITON & others — 9 October 2023, 01:36 UTC — Success
  157. Starlink Group 7-4 — 9 October 2023, 07:43 UTC — Success
  158. Starlink Group 6-22 — 13 October 2023, 23:01 UTC — Success
  159. Yunhai-1-04 — 15 October 2023, 00:54 UTC — Success
  160. Starlink Group 6-23 — 18 October 2023, 00:39 UTC — Success
  161. Starlink Group 7-5 — 21 October 2023, 08:23 UTC — Success
  162. Starlink Group 6-24 — 22 October 2023, 02:17 UTC — Success
  163. Yaogan 39 Group 04 — 23 October 2023, 20:03 UTC — Success
  164. Kosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 #8) — 27 October 2023, 06:04 UTC — Success
  165. Starlink Group 7-6 — 29 October 2023, 09:00 UTC — Success
  166. Starlink Group 6-25 — 30 October 2023, 23:20 UTC — Success
  167. Tianhui 5 — 31 October 2023, 22:50 UTC — Success
  168. TJSW-10 — 3 November 2023, 14:54 UTC — Success
  169. Starlink Group 6-26 — 4 November 2023, 00:37 UTC — Success
  170. Starlink Group 6-27 — 8 November 2023, 05:05 UTC — Success
  171. ChinaSat 6E — 9 November 2023, 11:23 UTC — Success
  172. Dragon CRS-2 SpX-29 — 10 November 2023, 01:28 UTC — Success
  173. Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) — 11 November 2023, 18:49 UTC — Success
  174. O3b mPower 5 & 6 — 12 November 2023, 21:08 UTC — Success
  175. Haiyang 3-01 — 16 November 2023, 03:55 UTC — Success
  176. Starlink Group 6-28 — 18 November 2023, 05:05 UTC — Success
  177. Starlink Group 7-7 — 20 November 2023, 10:30 UTC — Success
  178. Malligyong-1c — 21 November 2023, 13:42 UTC — Success
  179. Starlink Group 6-29 — 22 November 2023, 07:47 UTC — Success
  180. 3 x SatNet test satellites — 23 November 2023, 10:00 UTC — Success
  181. Kosmos 2572 (Razdan No. 1?) — 25 November 2023, 20:58 UTC — Success
  182. Starlink Group 6-30 — 28 November 2023, 04:20 UTC — Success
  183. Progress MS-25 (86P) — 1 December 2023, 09:25 UTC — Success
  184. 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare — 1 December 2023, 18:19 UTC — Success
  185. Starlink Group 6-31 — 3 December 2023, 04:00 UTC — Success
  186. MisrSat-2 — 4 December 2023, 04:10 UTC — Success
  187. S-STEP — 4 December 2023, 05:00 UTC — Success
  188. Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A — 4 December 2023, 23:33 UTC — Success
  189. SatNet test satellite — 5 December 2023, 19:24 UTC — Success
  190. Starlink Group 6-33 — 7 December 2023, 05:07 UTC — Success
  191. Starlink Group 7-8 — 8 December 2023, 08:03 UTC — Success
  192. Flight 3 — 8 December 2023, 23:39 UTC — Success
  193. Yaogan 39 Group 05 — 10 December 2023, 01:58 UTC — Success
  194. Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle — 14 December 2023, 14:12 UTC — Success
  195. The Moon God Awakens (QPS-SAR-5) — 15 December 2023, 04:05 UTC — Success
  196. Yaogan 41 — 15 December 2023, 13:41 UTC — Success
  197. Arktika-M No.2 — 16 December 2023, 09:17 UTC — Success
  198. DEAR-1 — 17 December 2023, 07:00 UTC — Success
  199. Starlink Group 6-34 — 19 December 2023, 04:01 UTC — Success
  200. Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) — 21 December 2023, 08:48 UTC — Success
  201. FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning) — 22 December 2023, 17:32 UTC — Partial Failure
  202. Starlink Group 6-32 — 23 December 2023, 05:33 UTC — Success
  203. SARah 2 & 3 — 24 December 2023, 13:11 UTC — Success
  204. Tianmu-1 11-14 — 25 December 2023, 01:00 UTC — Success
  205. Shiyan 24C — 25 December 2023, 22:39 UTC — Success
  206. Beidou-3 M26 & M28 — 26 December 2023, 03:26 UTC — Success
  207. Tianmu-1 19-22 — 27 December 2023, 06:50 UTC — Success
  208. Kosmos 2574 — 27 December 2023, 07:03 UTC — Success
  209. OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52) — 29 December 2023, 01:07 UTC — Success
  210. Starlink Group 6-36 — 29 December 2023, 04:01 UTC — Success
  211. 3 x SatNet test satellites — 30 December 2023, 00:13 UTC — Success

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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