by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
It was a busy first half of 2022 that noticed 77 orbital launches with 74 successes and three failures by the 182nd day of the 12 months on July 1. At a price of one launch each 2 days 8 hours 44 minutes, the world is on monitor to exceed the 146 launches carried out in 2021.
A quantity of vital missions have been launched throughout a interval that noticed greater than 1,000 satellite tv for pc launched. SpaceX flew the primary absolutely industrial crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing carried out an orbital flight take a look at of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, China ready to full meeting of its house station, South Korea launched its first domestically manufactured rocket, and Rocket Lab despatched a NASA mission to the moon.
Let’s take a more in-depth have a look at the numbers.
Orbital Launches by Nation
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Orbital Launches by Nation
January – July 1, 2022
The United States and China have been primary and two as they’ve for the previous a number of years. Russia was a distant third, South Korea had a serious breakthrough, Europe didn’t get on the board till late June, and Japan launched in no way.
Nation | Successes | Failures | Total | Percentage of Total Launches | Notes |
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United States | 39 | 2 | 41 | 53.25 | Includes Rocket Lab Electron launches from New Zealand |
China | 21 | 1 | 22 | 28.57 | Includes crew and cargo launches to the Tiangong house station |
Russia | 9 | 0 | 9 | 11.69 | Includes 1 Soyuz ST-B launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana carried out by Arianespace |
India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.60 | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) |
Europe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.30 | Ariane 5 |
Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.30 | Qased launch automobile |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.30 | First profitable launch of domestically produced orbital launch automobile (Nuri) |
Total | 74 | 3 | 77 | 100 |
The United States launched 41 instances with 39 successes and two failures for successful price of 95.1 p.c. That determine is 10 brief of the 51 launches carried out in 2021, which noticed 48 successes and three failures.
China launched 22 instances with a single failure for a 95.5 p.c success price. China launched 56 instances with 53 successes and three failures in 2021.
The mixed 63 makes an attempt by the United States and China accounted for 81.8 p.c of all international launch makes an attempt throughout the first half of 2022. The two nations additionally accounted for all three failures.
Russia was in third place with 9 launches. The Russian complete would have been larger if not for Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, which resulted within the cancellation of a number of launches deliberate all year long.
India launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) twice. Europe’s launch output lagged with just one launch within the first six months as it transitions from the Ariane 5 and Vega boosters to the brand new Ariane 6 and Vega-C launchers. South Korea launched Nuri (KSLV-II) — the nation’s first absolutely domestically produced orbital launch automobile. Iran carried out one launch.
Japan, which generally launches two to 4 instances per 12 months, has but to ship something into orbit. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been experiencing delays with its new H3 rocket as it phases out use of the H-IIA booster.
Let’s take a more in-depth have a look at launches by nation.
U.S. Launches
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SpaceX dominated with 27 Falcon 9 launches, which amounted to 65.9 p.c of complete American launches. Five different firms launched 14 instances with 12 successes and two failures.
U.S. Launches
January – July 1, 2022
Launch Vehicle | Company | Successes | Failures | Total | Highlight(s) |
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Falcon 9 | SpaceX | 27 | 0 | 27 | Two Crew Dragons launched to ISS, 15 devoted Starlink launches, 3 Transporter rideshare missions |
Atlas V | United Launch Alliance (ULA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | Boeing CST-100 Starliner Orbital Test Flight No. 2 |
Electron | Rocket Lab | 4 | 0 | 4 | All launches from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand; firm’s first deep-space mission (CAPSTONE) |
Rocket 3.3 | Astra Space | 1 | 2 | 3 | First profitable launch with industrial payloads aboard |
LauncherOne | Virgin Orbit | 2 | 0 | 2 | First evening launch |
Antares | Northrop Grumman | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cygnus NG-17 resupply mission to ISS |
Total: | 39 | 2 | 41 |
SpaceX launched practically 1,000 payloads into orbit. Fifteen Falcon 9 launches positioned 762 Starlink broadband satellites into orbit. Three Transporter rideshare missions launched a further 204 payloads. Elon Musk’s firm additionally launched the Crew-4 mission for NASA and the Axiom Space’s privately-funded Ax-1 crewed flight to the house station. Falcon 9 rockets additionally orbited industrial communications satellites and navy payloads.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the Atlas V 4 instances. The spotlight of the corporate’s marketing campaign was the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew automobile, which carried out a profitable six-day uncrewed flight take a look at to the International Space Station in May. ULA’s different three launches carried protection payloads.
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Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket 4 instances from New Zealand. In June, the corporate launched its first deep-space mission by sending NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) satellite tv for pc to the moon. CAPSTONE will consider the close to rectilinear halo orbit that shall be utilized by the human-tended lunar Gateway station.
Rocket Lab tried to seize an Electron first stage utilizing a helicopter for later reuse. The try briefly succeeded, however the pilots launched the booster for safely causes. The stage was recovered from the Pacific Ocean.
Publicly traded Astra Space suffered two failures of its Rocket 3.3 booster in three launch makes an attempt. The firm’s total file is 2 successes, 5 failures and one launcher destroyed on the pad throughout pre-flight preparations.
Virgin Orbit flew its LauncherOne booster twice, together with the primary evening launch on July 1. Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket despatched the Cygnus NG-17 resupply ship to ISS.
International Space Station Flights
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U.S. visits to the house station included two crewed SpaceX Dragon missions, an uncrewed Boeing CST-100 Starliner flight take a look at, and a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply mission. Starliner, two Crew Dragons and a cargo Dragon departed ISS and returned to Earth.
U.S. International Space Station Launches & Return Flights
January – July 1 2022
Date | Launch Vehicle | Spacecraft | Purpose | Crew |
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Jan. 24, 2022 | Falcon 9 | Cargo Dragon 2 | Capsule return (launched Dec. 21, 2021) | None |
Feb. 19, 2022 | Antares | Cygnus NG-17 | ISS resupply | None |
April 8, 2022 | Falcon 9 | Crew Dragon | Axiom Mission-1 Launch | Michael Lopez Alegria, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, Eytan Stibbe |
April 25, 2022 | Falcon 9 | Crew Dragon | Axiom Mission-1 Return | Michael Lopez Alegria, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, Eytan Stibbe |
April 27, 2022 | Falcon 9 | Crew Dragon | ISS Crew-4 launch | Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, Samantha Christoferetti |
May 6, 2022 | Falcon 9 | Crew Dragon | ISS Crew-3 return (launched Nov 11, 2021) | Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Matthias Mauer, Kayla Barron |
May 19, 2022 | Atlas V | CST-100 Starliner | Uncrewed flight take a look at | None |
May 25, 2022 | Atlas V | CST-100 Starliner | Capsule return | None |
The first absolutely personal crewed flight to the house station was launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon on April 8. Former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission with three paying prospects: American Larry Connor, Canadian Mark Pathy and Israeli Eytan Stibbe. The three males reportedly paid $55 million apiece for his or her flights.
The Ax-1 crew raised ISS occupancy to 11 as they joined America astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron; Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Mauer. The Ax-1 astronauts carried out a sequence of experiments throughout their 17-day mission, which ended on April 25.
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SpaceX launched the Crew-4 mission two days after the Ax-1 Crew Dragon automobile splashed down of the coast of Florida. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins and ESA astronaut Samantha Christoferetti arrived safely on the station for a six-month mission. Crew-3 astronauts Chari, Marshburn, Barron and Mauer returned to Earth on May 6.
An Atlas V launched Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its second orbital flight take a look at. The automated crew automobile docked with the house station throughout a six-day flight earlier than returning to land at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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The second uncrewed flight take a look at was crucial as a result of of the failure of a Starliner to attain the house station throughout a flight in December 2019. The profitable mission paved the best way for a crewed flight take a look at.
Chinese Launches
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China launched 77 payloads into orbit on 21 profitable flights that used 12 completely different rocket variants from 9 completely different booster households. The lone launch by an organization not owned by the Chinese authorities failed.
Chinese Launches
January – July 1, 2022
Launch Vehicle | Company | Successes | Failures | Total | Notes |
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Long March 2C | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 satellites launched |
Long March 2D | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 satellites launched |
Long March 2F | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shenzhou-14 crew of Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe launched to Tiangong house station |
Long March 4C | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 satellites launched |
Long March 11 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 satellites launched |
Long March 11H | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 satellites launched from barge in South China Sea |
Kuaizhou-1A | ExPace (CASIC subsidiary) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 house setting remark satellite tv for pc |
Long March 3 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | ChinaSat 6D geosynchronous communications satellite tv for pc |
Long March 6A | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Maiden flight of Long March 6A variant with 2 satellites |
Long March 7 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Tianzhou 4 cargo automobile to Tiangong house station that carried an unidentified smallsat |
Long March 8 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Long March Express industrial rideshare launch with 22 payloads |
Hyperbola-1 | i-Space | 0 | 1 | 1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A Earth remark satellite tv for pc misplaced |
Total: | 21 | 1 | 22 |
China launched a brand new three-member crew of Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe to the Tiangong house station on June 5. The taikonauts’ six-month keep will embody the arrival of the Wentian and Mengtian science modules to full preliminary meeting of the station. Wentian is scheduled for launch on July 24; Mengtian will observe in October.
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The Shenzhou-14 taikonauts are the third crew to occupy China’s first everlasting house station. The Shenzhou-13 crew of Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu ended a 6-month mission in April. The Tianzhou-4 resupply ship was launched to the station in May prior to the arrival of Shenzhou-14.
Chinese Tiangong Launches and Return Flights
January – July 1 2022
Date | Launch Vehicle | Launch Site | Spacecraft | Purpose | Crew |
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April 16, 2022 | Long March 2F | Jiuquan | Shenzhou-13 | Crew return | Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, Ye Guangfu (launched Oct. 15, 2021) |
May 9, 2022 | Long March 7 | Wenchang | Tianzhou 4 | Resupply | None |
June 5, 2022 | Long March 2F | Jiuquan | Shenzhou-14 | Crew launch | Chen Dong, Liu Yang, Cai Xuzhe |
The Long March 6A rocket made its maiden flight with two satellites aboard in March. The improve of the Long March 6 rocket encompasses a first stage geared up with two YF-100 engines as a substitute of one engine and 4 solid-rocket boosters to enhance efficiency. The upgraded booster can place 4,500 kg (9,921 lb) right into a 700 km (435 mile) excessive solar synchronous orbit (SSO). Long March 6 is restricted to launching 1,080 kg (2,381 lb) to SSO.
ExPace, a totally owned subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), returned the Kuaizhou-1A rocket to flight in June after the booster’s earlier flight in December 2021 failed. The firm introduced in June that it had raised a further $237 million to develop its launch choices.
Long March 8 carried 22 satellites into orbit as half of a rideshare mission launched in February. A Long March 11H launched from a barge within the East China Sea on April 30.
A Jilin-1 Mofang-01A Earth remark satellite tv for pc was misplaced within the failure of i-space’s Hyperbola-1 rocket. It was the third straight failure of the booster after a profitable maiden flight in July 2019 for the personal launch supplier.
Russian Launches
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Russia launched 9 instances throughout the first half of the 12 months. The nation despatched one three-member Soyuz crew automobile and two Progress resupply ships to the house station. Russia launched 5 satellites for the Russian navy from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The Plesetsk launches included the maiden flight of the Angara 1.2 mild provider rocket.
Russian Launches
January – July 1, 2022
Launch Vehicle | Company/ Agency |
Payload(s) | Launch Site(s) | Notes | Launches |
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Soyuz 2.1a | Roscosmos, Russian Aerospace Force (VKF), Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF) | 2 reconnaissance, 2 Progress, 1 Soyuz, 1 protection communications | Baikonur (3), Plesetsk (3) | 1 crew & 2 cargo launches to ISS | 6 |
Soyuz 2.1b | Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF) | Lotos-S1 No. 5 digital intelligence | Plesetsk | 1 | |
Soyuz ST-B | Arianespace | 34 OneInternet | Europe’s Spaceport, French Guiana | Final OneInternet launch | 1 |
Angara 1.2 | Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN SF) | MKA EMKA No. 3 reconnaissance | Plesetsk | Maiden booster flight; satellite tv for pc may need failed in orbit | 1 |
Total: | 9 |
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched 34 OneInternet broadband satellites from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. It was to have been the primary of seven industrial Soyuz launches that may have accomplished deployment of OneInternet’s 648-satellite constellation.
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The plan foundered after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February and the imposition of Western sanctions. Russia demanded that London-based OneInternet give assurances that the constellation wouldn’t be used for navy functions so as to launch a batch of 36 broadband satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 5. It additionally demanded that the UK authorities, which imposed sanctions on Russia over the invasion, divest its possession of OneInternet.
After OneInternet and the British authorities refused, Roscosmos eliminated the Soyuz rocket from the launch pad at Baikonur and took OneInternet’s satellites off the booster. Russia mentioned the corporate wouldn’t obtain a refund of its cash. The destiny of the 36 satellites is unknown.
OneInternet later reached an settlement with SpaceX to full deployment of the constellation utilizing Falcon 9 rockets. Arianespace additionally ended cooperation with Russia on subsequent Soyuz launches as a end result of European sanctions imposed on Russia.
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In March, the European Space Agency (ESA) canceled plans to launch the joint European-Russian ExoMars mission aboard a Proton rocket in September. The launch would have positioned the Rosalind Franklin rover on the floor of the Red Planet.
Russian ISS Missions
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Despite tensions with the West over Ukraine and repeated Russian threats to go away the ISS program, launches to the orbital facility continued as scheduled. Russia launched one three-member crew and two Progress resupply ships to the house station throughout the first six months of the 12 months. One Soyuz spacecraft and a Progress automobile additionally departed the station.
Russian International Space Station Launches and Departures
January – July 1 2022
Date | Launch Vehicle | Spacecraft | Purpose | Crew |
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Feb. 15, 2022 | Soyuz-2.1a | Progress MS-19 (80P) | ISS resupply | None |
March 18, 2022 | Soyuz-2.1a | Soyuz MS-21 | ISS crew launch | Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, Sergey Korsakov |
March 30, 2022 | Soyuz-2.1a | Soyuz MS-19 | ISS crew return | Anton Shkoplerov, Pyotr Dubrov, Mark Vande Hei |
June 1, 2022 | Soyuz-2.1a | Progress MS-18 | Capsule departure (launched Oct. 28, 2021) | None |
June 3 | Soyuz-2.1a | Progress MS-20 (81P) | ISS resupply | None |
Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov have been launched to the house station aboard the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft on March 18. They joined a seven-member crew that included: Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov; NASA astronauts Barron, Chari, Marshburn and Vande Hei; and ESA astronaut Mauer.
Dubrov, Shkaplerov and Vande Hei departed the house station aboard Soyuz MS-19 on March 30. Dubrov and Vande Hei had spent practically a 12 months — 355 days — on ISS whereas Shkaplerov had been there for 176 days. Dubrov and Vande Hei have been to have returned to Earth in October 2021 after a six-month mission, however Roscosmos modified the schedule whereas they have been in orbit to accommodate a particular challenge.
On Oct. 5, 2021, Shkaplerov flew movie director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild to the station the place they filmed scenes for a movement image named, “The Challenge.” Shkaplerov stayed aboard whereas Shipenko and Peresild returned to Earth with cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky on Soyuz MS-18 after 12 days in house.
Launches by Other Nations
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There have been a complete of 5 launches by Europe, India, Iran and South Korea throughout the first half of 2022.
Global Launches, Excluding U.S. and China
January – July 1, 2022
Launch Vehicle | Company/ Agency | Nation / Entity | Payload(s) | Notes | Launches |
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PSLV | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | India | Earth remark (3), ionospheric analysis (1), know-how demo (1), schooling (1) | Experimental module with 6 hosted payloads hooked up to higher stage for first time | 2 |
Ariane 5 | Arianespace | Europe | GEOSAT-2 & MEASAT-3d geosynchronous comsats | 1 | |
Nuri | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) | South Korea | Performance verification satellite tv for pc, dummy satellite tv for pc, 5 CubeSats | First profitable launch of domestically produced launch automobile | 1 |
Qased | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Iran | Noor-2 reconnaissance satellite tv for pc |
Shahrud Missile Test Site | 1 |
5 |
South Korea achieved a serious breakthrough with the profitable launch of its Nuri (KSLV-II) booster on June 21. The first orbital-class rocket produced totally in South Korea carried a efficiency verification satellite tv for pc, dummy payload, and 5 CubeSats into orbit. Nuri failed on its maiden flight in October 2021 due to a design flaw in its third stage.
Nuri is designed to launch 2,600 kg (5,732 lb) right into a 300 km (186 mile) excessive low Earth orbit (LEO) or 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) right into a 600-800 km (373-497 mile) excessive orbit.
India launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) twice. Payloads included three Earth remark satellites and one spacecraft every devoted to ionospheric analysis, know-how demonstration and schooling. In a primary for India, the second PSLV flight included an experimental module with six hosted payloads on the rocket’s higher stage.
Europe’s launch complete slumped to a single Ariane 5 flight that orbited two geosynchronous communications satellites. ESA is within the course of of transitioning to the brand new Ariane 6 booster, which is about to fly for the primary time in 2023. Europe can be in transition from the Vega mild launcher to the Vega C medium launcher, the latter of which made a profitable maiden flight on July 13.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a Noor-2 reconnaissance satellite tv for pc aboard a Qased rocket. It was the second success in as many makes an attempt for the solid-fuel small satellite tv for pc launcher.
Orbital Launches by Company/Organization
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SpaceX led the world with 27 profitable Falcon 9 launches. Elon Musk’s firm accounted for 35.1 p.c of all launches worldwide.
Company/ Organization | Nation | Boosters | Successes | Failures | Total | Notes |
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SpaceX | United States | Falcon 9 | 27 | 0 | 27 | Two 4-member crews launched to ISS, 15 devoted Starlink launches, 3 Transporter rideshare missions |
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | Long March 2C, 2D, 2F; Long March 3; Long March 4C; Long March 6A; Long March 7; Long March 8; Long March 11, 11H | 20 | 0 | 20 | Crew and cargo flights to Tiangong house station |
Rocket Lab | United States | Electron | 4 | 0 | 4 | Launches from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand; first deep-space launch (CAPSTONE) |
United Launch Alliance (ULA) | United States | Atlas V | 4 | 0 | 4 | Boeing CST-100 Starliner launch to ISS |
Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN SF) | Russia | Angara 1.2 (1), Soyuz-2.1a (2), Soyuz-2.1b (1) | 4 | 0 | 4 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Roscosmos | Russia | Soyuz 2.1A | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 crew and a pair of cargo launches to ISS |
Astra Space | United States | Rocket 3.3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Arianespace | Europe | Ariane 5, Soyuz ST-B | 2 | 0 | 2 | Includes Russian launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana |
Virgin Orbit | United States | LauncherOne | 2 | 0 | 2 | First evening launch |
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | India | PSLV | 2 | 0 | 2 | Experimental module with 6 payloads hooked up to higher stage for first time |
Northrop Grumman Antares | United States | Antares | 1 | 0 | 1 | ISS resupply mission |
ExPace | China | Kuaizhou-1A | 1 | 0 | 1 | Successful return to flight after failure in December |
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) | South Korea | Nuri | 1 | 0 | 1 | First profitable launch of domestically produced launch automobile |
Russian Aerospace Force (VKS) | Russia | Soyuz-2.1a | 1 | 0 | 1 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Iran | Qased | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shahrud Missile Test Site |
i-Space | China | Hyperbola-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Third straight launch failure |
74 | 3 | 77 |
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) was second with 20 profitable launches, accounting for 26 p.c of the worldwide complete. CASC launched all however two of China’s orbital flights. ExPace efficiently returned the Kuaizhou-1A rocket to flight, permitting the corporate to elevate extra capital. i-Space’s Hyperbola-1 booster failed for the third time in 4 makes an attempt.
Rocket Lab and United Launch Alliance launched the Electron and Atlas V rockets 4 instances apiece. Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3 succeeded as soon as and failed twice. Virgin Orbit carried out two profitable flights of its LauncherOne booster. And Northrop Grumman used an Antares rocket to launch a Cygnus resupply ship to ISS.
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Russian launches have been carried out by three completely different authorities organizations. The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN SF) launched 4 instances from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Roscosmos launched a crewed Soyuz spacecraft and two Progress resupply ships from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. And the Russian Aerospace Force launched as soon as from Plesetsk.
Arianespace launched Ariane 5 and Soyuz ST-B boosters from French Guiana. The Indian Space Research Organisation carried out two PSLV flights. Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard carried out profitable launches.
Launches by Booster
The 77 international launches concerned 22 completely different households of rockets, three of which had a number of variants to accommodate completely different payload wants.
Launches by Booster
January – July 1, 2022
Launch Vehicle | Company/ Organization | Country | Successes | Failures | Total | Notes |
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Falcon 9 | SpaceX | United States | 27 | 0 | 27 | Two crews launched to ISS, 15 devoted Starlink launches, 960 payloads launched |
Long March 2C, 2D, 2F | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 8 | 0 | 8 | Shenzhou-14 launch to Tiangong Space Station (Long March 2F) |
Soyuz 2.1a, 2.1b, ST-B | Arianespace, Roscosmos, Russian Aerospace Force (VKF, Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF) | Russia | 8 | 0 | 8 | Includes one launch of Soyuz ST-B from French Guiana |
Long March 4C | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
Atlas V | United Launch Alliance (ULA) | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | Boeing CST-100 Starliner to ISS |
Electron | Rocket Lab | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | Launches from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand; first deep house launch (CAPSTONE) |
Rocket 3.3 | Astra Space | United States | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 satellites launched, 6 payloads misplaced |
LauncherOne | Virgin Orbit | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | First evening launch |
Long March 11, 11H | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 2 | 0 | 2 | Launch from barge in South China Sea |
PSLV | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | Experimental module with six payloads hooked up to higher stage for first time |
Angara 1.2 | Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF) | Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | Maiden flight |
Antares | Northrop Grumman | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | ISS Resupply mission |
Ariane 5 | Arianespace | Europe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 geosynchronous comsats |
Kuaizhou-1A | ExPace | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | Return to flight after failure in December |
Long March 3 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Long March 6A | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | Maiden flight of Long March 6A variant |
Long March 7 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | Tianzhou cargo automobile launch to Tiangong house station |
Long March 8 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | Long March Express industrial rideshare launch with 22 payloads |
Nuri | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | First profitable launch of domestically produced launch automobile |
Qased | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | Reconnaissance satellite tv for pc |
Hyperbola-1 | i-Space | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A Earth remark satellite tv for pc misplaced |
74 | 3 | 77 |
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 27 instances. The firm plans to resume launches of its bigger Falcon Heavy rocket with three first stage core boosters later this 12 months after a spot of greater than three years.
China’s Long March 2 household of boosters was tied with Russia’s Soyuz household with eight launches apiece. Three variants of every booster flew.
China carried out six launches of the Long March 4C. Rocket Lab and ULA carried out 4 launches apiece of the Electron and Atlas V rockets, respectively. Only one launch of Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3 succeeded. CASC’s Long March 11 household, ISRO’s PSLV and Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne flew two instances apiece.
China’s Long March 6A and South Korea’s Nuri have been launched efficiently for the primary time. Eight differing types of boosters flew profitable one time apiece. Hyperbola-1 failed in its sole launch try.
Launches by Spaceport
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The 77 launch makes an attempt have been carried out from 17 spaceports and a barge positioned within the 9 nations.
Launches by Location
January – July 1 2022
Launch Site | Country | Launch Vehicle(s) | Successes | Failures | Total |
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Cape Canaveral | United States | Falcon 9 (13), Atlas V (4), Rocket 3.3 (2) | 17 | 2 | 19 |
Jiuquan | China | Long March 4C (5), Long March 2C (2), Long March 2F (1), Long March 11 (1), Kuaizhou-1A (1), Hyperbola-1 (1) | 10 | 1 | 11 |
Kennedy | United States | Falcon 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Plesetsk | Russia | Soyuz-2.1a (3), Soyuz-2.1b (1), Angara-1.2 (1) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Vandenberg | United States | Falcon 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Mahia | New Zealand | Electron | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Taiyuan | China | Long March 2D (2), Long March 4C (1), Long March 6A (1) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Xichang | China | Long March 2C (2), Long March 2D (1), Long March 3B (1) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Baikonur | Kazahkstan | Soyuz-2.1a | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Kourou | French Guiana | Ariane 5, Soyuz ST-B | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Mojave Air and Space Port | United States | LauncherOne/Boeing 747 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Satish Dhawan | India | PSLV | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Wenchang | China | Long March 7, Long March 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Tai Rui Launch Platform, East China Sea | China | Long March 11H | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Wallops Island, Va.) | United States | Antares | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Naro Space Center | South Korea | Nuri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pacific Spaceport Complex — Alaska | United States | Rocket 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Shahrud Missile Test Site | Iran | Qased | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 74 | 3 | 77 |
United States
35-2
Florida led the world by internet hosting 28 orbital launches, with 26 successes and two failures. That quantities to 36.4 p.c of all orbital launches. The determine contains 19 flights from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and 9 Falcon 9 launches from the adjoining Kennedy Space Center (KSC). SpaceX launched 13 instances from Cape Canaveral, ULA 4 instances, and Astra Space twice.
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There have been seven launches from California, together with 5 from Vandenberg Space Force Base and two by Virgin Orbit from the Mojave Air and Space Port. Wallops Island in Virginia and the Pacific Spaceport Complex — Alaska every hosted a single launch.
China
21-1
Eleven of China’s 22 launches have been carried out from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center utilizing six completely different varieties of rockets. A Long March 2F rocket launched three taikonauts on a six-month mission to the Chinese house station aboard the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft. The industrial firm ExPace succeeded with a Kuaizhou-1A launch, whereas i-space Hyperbola-1 rocket failed in flight.
The Taiyuan and Xichang spaceports hosted 4 launches apiece. Wenchang hosted two flights, together with the launch of the Tianzhou 4 resupply ship to China’s house station on May 9.
A Long March 11H booster was launched from a floating platform within the East China Sea.
Russia
8-0
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Russia carried out 5 navy launches from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The listing included 4 Soyuz boosters and the maiden flight of the Angara 1.2 small satellite tv for pc launch automobile.
Roscosmos State Corporation launched two Progress resupply ships and a crewed Soyuz automobile from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia has a long-term lease on the Soviet Union’s spaceport.
Arianespace managed the launch of a Soyuz ST-B rocket carrying 34 OneInternet satellites from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The European firm suspended cooperation on future Soyuz launches after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.
Russia carried out no launches from its Vostochny Cosmodrome throughout the first half of the 12 months.
Launches From Other Spaceports
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Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket 4 instances from its base on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The firm has obtained permission to launch Electron boosters from a brand new launch pad on Wallops Island in Virginia. Rocket Lab can be constructing a producing facility for its Neutron rocket within the state.
French Guiana hosted launches of the Ariane 5 and Soyuz ST-B boosters. Future launches of Soyuz ST-B boosters from Kourou have been suspended due to sanctions.
South Korea’s Naro Space Center hosted solely its second profitable orbital launch in June. The success got here greater than eight years after a KSLV-I booster that consisted of a Russian liquid first stage and South Korean strong gas second stage orbited a satellite tv for pc on Jan. 30, 2013.
India carried out two PSLV launches from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Iran launched a Qased rocket with a reconnaissance satellite tv for pc aboard from the Shahrud Missile Test Site.