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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]
Toggle Orbital and Suborbital launches by year subsection. 1.1 Before 1951. 1.2 1951-1959. 1.3 1960-1969. 1.4 1970-1979. ... This is the timeline of known ...
The Spacefacts list includes most flights listed here, but omits twelve: The three failed launches of STS-51-L, Soyuz T-10a and Soyuz MS-10, none of which achieved human spaceflight, the uncrewed launch of Soyuz 34 (which nevertheless returned a crew to Earth), and the eight sub-orbital human spaceflights: Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4, X-15 flights ...
For the fourth year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts and successful orbital launches. The year featured successful maiden launches of Vulcan Centaur, Gravity-1, Long March 12, Ariane 6 (partially successful), and notably more developmental launches of SpaceX's Starship, including the first ever landing on Flight 5.
Maiden flight of Taiwan's first orbital launch vehicle, Siraya (西拉雅). [24] 2030 (TBD) [26] 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 ...
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 [16] 1 March 1966: First impact into another planet (Venus). USSR Venera 3: 16 March 1966: First orbital docking between two spacecraft. USA (NASA)
Most consecutive launch successes of a single type of rocket: 365. USA 14 january 2017 – 8 July 2024 Earth: Falcon 9: Most consecutive landing successes of a single type of rocket stage: 267. USA 4 March 2021 – 20 August 2024 Earth: Falcon 9 Most vertical landings of a single orbital rocket stage: 24. USA 3 June 2021 – 4 December 2024 Earth
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 ...