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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 ]
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. [4] Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury, it was the fifth human spaceflight, preceded by Soviet orbital flights Vostok 1 and 2 and American sub-orbital flights Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4.
The last orbital launch from San Marco was on 25 March 1988 by US Scout G-1 and there are no further launches scheduled. Australia with the first successful launch from Woomera Test Range of its first satellite WRESAT on 29 November 1967 by US Sparta. [10]
The majority of the orbital launches in 2023 have been with reused Falcon 9 rockets, with today’s effort marking only the fifth time a new rocket has been used. ... The 20 minute launch window ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship performed another spectacular launch during Tuesday’s test flight, but the company opted at the last minute not to try for its second-ever catch of the Super Heavy ...
The launch resulted in extensive damage to the orbital launch mount and the infrastructures around it, including the propellant tank farm. [17] 2 18 November 2023 13:02:50 [18] Block 1, B9: Block 1, S25: Starbase, OLP-A — — Transatmospheric [19] SpaceX: Failure [a] Failure (ocean) Precluded
SpaceX has broken its own record for the number of orbital rocket launches in a single year. The launch from Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida of a Falcon 9 rocket this week passed the ...
The launch is successful, but the satellite fails to destroy its target. 1984 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite; 2003 - A Soyuz-U launches Progress M-47 to resupply the ISS; 2007 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou navigation satellite; 2009 - Iran conducts its first orbital launch, with a Safir launching the Omid satellite.