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China LandSpace became a private company with orbital launch capability by successfully launched Zhuque-2, world's first methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit, on July 12, 2023. [26] China Orienspace was the fifth private company in China to reach orbit after the successful maiden launch of Gravity-1 on January 11, 2024. [27]
The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line , the FAI -recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL) . [ 1 ]
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Electron rockets launched from the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand are counted under the United States because Electron is an American ...
France launches its first satellite, Asterix, from a rocket Diamant, becoming the world's third space power. France Diamant: 15 December 1965: First orbital rendezvous (parallel flight, no docking). USA (NASA) Gemini 6A/Gemini 7: 3 February 1966: First soft landing on another world (the Moon). First photos from another world. USSR Luna 9 [19] 1 ...
2024 saw new world records for orbital launch attempts and successful orbital launches for the fourth consecutive year. Notable milestones included the successful maiden launches of the American Vulcan Centaur and China's Gravity-1, and Long March 12 rockets.
Maiden flight of Taiwan's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅). [30] 2030 (TBD) [32] Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat: Vostochny Site 1S: Roscosmos: RBKA №2 Roscosmos / Belarus: Low Earth: Earth observation RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012 ...
On 14 December 2022, Zhuque-2 had its debut flight, but failed to reach orbit due to the failure of vernier thrusters on its second stage, which are expected to ignite and carry the second stage and payloads into orbit after the burn by the second stage main engine that did happen [37] [38] [39] It was the world's first orbital launch attempt ...
The see also section should follow the orbital launch summary if present, or otherwise the table of launches. It should contain links to the appropriate page of the list of human spaceflights (if the article is for 1961 or later), an article providing more details of suborbital flights in that year (Suborbital spaceflight in [year]), and the ...