List of orbital rocket launches (2017)

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This list leads 91 launchers starts and -startversuche the year 2017 on, where an Earth orbit or escape path should be achieved. Atmospheric and suborbital test flights are not included. Manned missions and missile first flights are shown in bold .

On July 27, 2017, an Iranian Simorgh rocket was launched that did not reach Earth orbit. It is not known whether this was a suborbital test or a failed orbital launch attempt.

Start list

January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

Date ( UTC ) Missile type Launch site payload Type / purpose COSPAR ID
January 2017
Jan 5, 2017
3:18 pm
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 TJS 2 (not clear) 01A
Jan. 9, 2017
4:11 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Kuaizhou 1A Jiuquan S-E2 Jilin-1 03
Xingyun S1
Kaidun 1
Earth observation
TE / communication
TE / communication ◻
02B
02A
02C
Jan. 14, 2017
5:54 pm
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 VAFB 4E Iridium Next 1-10 10 × communication 03D , 03B , 03F , 03E ...
Jan. 14, 2017
11:33 PM
JapanJapan SS-520
maiden flight
USC Tricom 1 Earth observation ◻ Failure
Jan. 21, 2017
12:42 am
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (401) CCAFS 41 SBIRS GEO-3 Missile early warning system 04A
Jan. 24, 2017
7:44 am
JapanJapan H-IIA (204) TNSC Y1 DSN-2 Military communication 05A
Jan. 28, 2017
01:03 AM
RussiaRussia
FranceFrance
  Soyuz-ST / Fri
CSG S SpainSpain Hispasat 36W-1 communication 06A
February 2017
Feb. 14, 2017
9:39 pm
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 IndiaIndia Telkom 3S Sky Brasil 1 / Intelsat 32e
United StatesUnited States LuxembourgLuxembourg
Communication
communication
 
07A
07B
 
Feb 15, 2017
3:58 am
IndiaIndia PSLV-XL

record flight with
104 satellites
SHAR 1 Cartosat-2D
INS 1A, 1B 88 × Flock-3p 8 × Lemur-2 PEASSS DIDO 2 BGUSat Al-Farabi 1 Nayif 1
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
NetherlandsNetherlands
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
IsraelIsrael
KazakhstanKazakhstan
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
Earth observation
2 × TE
Earth observation ◻
Meteorology , AIS
TE ◻
Research ◻
Experiments ◻
Education ◻
Education ◻
08A
08B , 08G
08V , 08U , 08W , 08T
08AV , 08BC , 08BB
08BV
08BE
08BD
08BW
08BX
Feb 19, 2017
2:38 pm
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Dragon CRS-10 ISS supply 09A
Feb. 22, 2017
5:58 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-U
last flight
Baikonur 1/5 Progress MS-05 ISS supply 10A
March 2017
March 1, 2017
5:50 pm
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (401) VAFB 3E NROL-79 2 × education 11A , 11B
March 2, 2017
11:53 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Kaituozhe 2
maiden flight
Jiuquan S-E2 Tiankun 1 Technology testing 12A
March 7, 2017
1:49 AM
ItalyItaly EuropeEurope Vega CSG V European space agencyESA Sentinel-2B Earth observation 13A
March 16, 2017
6:00 am
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A EchoStar 23 communication 14A
March 17, 2017
1:20 am
JapanJapan H-IIA (202) TNSC Y1 IGS Radar 5 Earth observation 15A
March 19, 2017
12:18 am
United StatesUnited States Delta IV CCAFS 37B WGS 9 Military communication 16A
March 30, 2017
10:27 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9
first re-
use
KSC 39A LuxembourgLuxembourg SES-10 communication 17A
April 2017
April 12, 2017
11:04 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 Chinasat 16 communication 18A
April 18, 2017
3:11 PM
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (401) CCAFS 41 Cygnus OA-7
Elana 17
QB50
4 × Lemur-2
additional payloads
ISS supply
3 university projects ◻
29 × Research ◻
Meteorology , AIS
Cubesats
19A
1998-067LM
1998-067NK
19B , 19C , 19D , 19E
1998-067LS
April 20, 2017
7:13 AM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-FG Baikonur 1/5 Soyuz MS-04 manned ISS mission 20A
April 20, 2017
11:41 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-7 Wenchang 201 Tianzhou 1
SilkRoad-1 01
Tiangong-2 supply
earth observation ◻
21A
21F
May 2017
May 1, 2017
11:15 am
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A NROL-76 enlightenment 22A
May 4, 2017
9:50 PM
RussiaRussia
FranceFrance
  Soyuz-ST / Fri
CSG S BrazilBrazil SGDC Koreasat 7
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Communication
communication
23B
23A
May 5, 2017
11:27 am
IndiaIndia GSLV Mk. II SHAR 2 GSAT-9 communication 24A
May 15, 2017
11:21 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Inmarsat 5 F4 communication 25A
May 18, 2017
11:54 am
RussiaRussia
FranceFrance
  Soyuz-ST / Fri
CSG S LuxembourgLuxembourg SES-15 communication 26A
May 25, 2017
4:20 am
United StatesUnited States New ZealandNew Zealand Electron
maiden flight
Mahia 1A Measuring devices
Humanity Star
(Test flight)
reflector ball
Failure
May 25, 2017
6:33 AM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Plesetsk 43/4 EKS 2 Military satellite 27A
June 2017
June 1, 2017
12:17 AM
JapanJapan H-IIA (202) TNSC Y1 Michibiki 2 navigation 28A
June 1, 2017
11:45 PM
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 United StatesUnited States ViaSat-2
Eutelsat 172B
Communication
communication
29A
29B
June 3, 2017
9:07 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Dragon CRS-11 NICER 5 × Bird
United StatesUnited States
JapanJapan
ISS supply
X-ray telescope
University projects ◻
30A
(ISS module)
1998-067MU
June 5, 2017
11:58 am
IndiaIndia GSLV Mk III
first flight
SHAR 2 GSAT-19 communication 31A
June 8, 2017
3:45 am
RussiaRussia Proton / Bris Baikonur 81/24 United StatesUnited States EchoStar 21 communication 32A
June 14, 2017
9:20 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 Baikonur 31/6 Progress MS-06
additional payloads
ISS supply of
small satellites
33A
1998-067ND
June 15, 2017
approx. 3:00 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-4B Jiuquan S-2 HXMT
OVS 1A and 1B ÑuSat 3
ArgentinaArgentina
Space Telescope
Earth
Observation Earth Observation
34A
34B , 34D
34C
June 18, 2017
4:11 pm
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 Chinasat 9A communication 35A - partial success
June 23, 2017
3:59 am
IndiaIndia PSLV-XL SHAR 1 Cartosat-2E
NIUSat CE-Sat 1 Max Valier Sat Venta 1 Compass-2 Pegasus Cicero 6 8 × Lemur-2 QB50 approx. 10 more
JapanJapan
ItalyItaly
LithuaniaLithuania
GermanyGermany
AustriaAustria
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States

Earth
observation Earth observation
TE / Earth observation
X-ray satellite
AIS
Education / Research ◻
TE / Research ◻
Earth observation ◻
Meteorology , AIS ◻
6 Cubesats ◻
2 × Cubesats ◻
36C
36B
36E
36P
36AC
36N
36C
36AE
36G , 36H , 36J , 36K
36A , 36B , 36D , 36F
36L , 36U , 36W , 36X
June 23, 2017
6:04 pm
RussiaRussia Soyuz 2w / Where Plesetsk 43/4 Cosmos 2519
cosmos 2521
cosmos 2523
Military satellite
Subsatellite of 2519
Subsatellite of 2521
37A
37D
37E
June 23, 2017
7:10 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A BulgariaBulgaria BulgariaSat-1 communication 38A
June 25, 2017
8:25 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 VAFB 4E Iridium Next 11-20 10 × communication 39D , 39C , 39F , 39E ...
June 28, 2017
9:15 pm
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom HellasSat 3 /
Inmarsat-S-EAN
GSAT-17
IndiaIndia
Communication

communication
40A

40B
July 2017
July 2, 2017
11:23 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-5 Wenchang 101 Shijian 18th communication Failure
July 5, 2017
11:37 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A LuxembourgLuxembourg Intelsat 35e communication 41A
July 14, 2017
6:36 AM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Baikonur 31/6 Kanopus-V-IK Flying Laptop TechnoSat WNISat 1R Norsat 1, 2 48 × Flock-2k 8 × Lemur-2 Corvus BC-1/2 approx. 10 more
GermanyGermany
GermanyGermany
JapanJapan
NorwayNorway
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Earth Observation
Technology Verification
Technology Verification
weather satellite
2X research, AIS
Earth observation ◻
meteorology , AIS ◻
2 × Earth observation
CubeSats ◻
42A
42G
42E
42L
42B , 42D
42AD , 42AE , 42AB
42N , 42BJ , 42Q , 42R
42Y , 42X
July 28, 2017
3:41 PM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-FG Baikonur 1/5 Soyuz MS-05 manned ISS mission 43A
August 2017
2nd Aug 2017
01:58
ItalyItaly EuropeEurope Vega CSG V ItalyItaly Optsat 3000 VENµS
FranceFrance
Enlightenment
research
44A
44B
14 Aug 2017
4:31 pm
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Dragon CRS-12
Kestrel Eye 2M
Elana 22
ISS supply
TE / reconnaissance
3 university projects ◻
45A
1998-067NE
1998-067NH
16 Aug 2017
10:07 p.m.
RussiaRussia Proton / Bris Baikonur 81/24 Blagowest No. 11L Military satellite 46A
Aug 18, 2017
12:29 PM
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (401) CCAFS 41 TDRS-M Communication / relay 47A
19 Aug 2017
5:29 am
JapanJapan H-IIA (204) TNSC Y1 Michibiki 3 navigation 48A
Aug. 24, 2017
6:51 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 VAFB 4E TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Formosat-5 Earth observation 49A
26 Aug 2017
6:04 am
United StatesUnited States Minotaur IV CCAFS 46 ORS-5
2 x Prometheus
DHFR
Enlightenment
TE ◻
TE ◻
50A

31 Aug 2017
13:30
IndiaIndia PSLV-XL SHAR 2 IRNSS-1H navigation Failure
September 2017
Sep 7 2017
14:00
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A OTV-5 (X-37)
USA 295-297
military. Space glider
(secret)
52A,
52C , 52D , 52E
Sep 11 2017
19:23
RussiaRussia Proton / Bris Baikonur 200/39 Amazon 5 communication 53A
Sep 12 2017
21:17
RussiaRussia Soyuz-FG Baikonur 1/5 Soyuz MS-06 manned ISS mission 54A
22 Sep 2017
00:02
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Plesetsk 43/4 Glonass-M navigation 55A
Sep 24 2017
05:49
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (541) VAFB 3E NROL-42 enlightenment 56A
28 Sep 2017
18:52
RussiaRussia Proton / Bris Baikonur 200/39 Hong KongHong Kong AsiaSat 9 communication 57A
29 Sep 2017
04:21
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2C Xichang 3 3 × Yaogan 30-01 Earth observation 58A , 58B , 58C
29 Sep 2017
21:56
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 United StatesUnited States Intelsat 37e BSat 4a
JapanJapan
Communication
communication
59A
59B
October 2017
Oct 9, 2017
4:13 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan S-2 VenezuelaVenezuela VRSS-2 Earth observation 60A
Oct 9, 2017
12:37 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 VAFB 4E Iridium Next 21-30 10 × communication 61B , 61F , 61E , 61C ...
Oct 9, 2017
10:01 PM
JapanJapan H-IIA (202) TNSC Y1 Michibiki 4 navigation 62A
Oct 11, 2017
10:53 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A LuxembourgLuxembourg United StatesUnited States SES-11 /
EchoStar 105
communication 63A
Oct 13, 2017
9:27 am
RussiaRussia Rockot Plesetsk 133/3 European space agencyESA Sentinel-5P Earth observation 64A
Oct 14, 2017
8:47 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 Baikonur 31/6 Progress MS-07 ISS supply 65A
Oct. 15, 2017
7:28 am
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (421) CCAFS 41 NROL-52 Military satellite 66A
Oct. 30, 2017
7:34 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Korea SouthSouth Korea Koreasat 5A communication 67A
Oct 31, 2017
9:37 PM
United StatesUnited States Minotaur-C VAFB 576E SkySat 8-13
Flock-3m
6 × Earth observation
4 × Earth observation ◻
68F , 68E , 68D , 68C
68J , 68M , 68K , 68L
November 2017
Nov 5, 2017
11:45 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 3 Beidou-3 M1, M2 2 × navigation 69A , 69B
Nov 8, 2017
1:42 am
ItalyItaly EuropeEurope Vega CSG V MoroccoMorocco Mohammed VI-A Earth observation 70A
Nov 12, 2017
12:20 pm
United StatesUnited States UkraineUkraine Antares MARS 0A Cygnus OA-8
8 × Lemur-2
Elana 13
additional payloads
ISS supply
meteorology , AIS
3 university projects ◻
Cubesats ◻
71A
71L , 71S , 71K , 71T
71P , 1998-067NG
71F , 71G , 71H , 71N
Nov 14, 2017
6:35 pm
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-4C Taiyuan 9 Fengyun 3D
HEAD-1
Weather satellite
TE / AIS
72A
72B
Nov 18, 2017
9:47 am
United StatesUnited States Delta II 7920-10C
United StatesUnited States
VAFB 2W JPSS-1
Elana 24 :
Fox-1B
• other Buccaneer
AustraliaAustralia
Weather satellite
4 university projects :
• TE / amateur radio
• 3 projects ◻
TE ◻
73A,

73E,
73C , 73D , 73E,
73B
Nov 21, 2017
4:50 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-6 Taiyuan 16 Jilin-1-04, -05, -06 3 × Earth observation 74A , 74B , 74C
Nov. 24, 2017
6:10 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2C Xichang 3 3 × Yaogan 30-02 Earth observation 75A , 75B , 75C
Nov 28, 2017
5:41 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Vostochny 1S Meteor M2-1
Baumanets 2 LEO Vantage 2 IDEA-OSG 1 AISSat 3 10 × Lemur-2 Corvus BC-3 SEAM D-Star One Helios-Wire
CanadaCanada
JapanJapan
NorwayNorway
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
SwedenSweden
GermanyGermany
CanadaCanada
Weather satellite
University project
TE / Communication
SSS
TE / AIS
Meteorology , AIS ◻
Earth observation ◻
Research ◻
TE / Communication ◻
TE / Communication ◻
Failure
December 2017
Dec 2, 2017
10:43 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Plesetsk 43/4 lotus enlightenment 76A
Dec 3, 2017
4:11 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan S-2 Truck 1 Earth observation 77A
Dec 10, 2017
4:40 pm
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 AlgeriaAlgeria Alcomsat-1 communication 78A
Dec 12, 2017
6:36 pm
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ES
CSG A-3 European UnionEuropean Union European space agencyESA Galileo 19-22 4 × navigation 79A , 79B , 79C , 79D
Dec 15, 2017
3:36 pm
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Dragon CRS-13 ISS supply 80A
Dec 17, 2017
7:21 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-FG Baikonur 1/5 Soyuz MS-07 manned ISS mission 81A
23 Dec 2017
1:26 am
JapanJapan H-IIA (202) TNSC Y1 GCOM-C
SLATS
Earth observation
experimental satellite
82A
82B
23 Dec 2017
1:27
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 VAFB 4E Iridium Next 31-40 10 × communication 83C , 83D , 83K , 83F ...
23 Dec 2017
4:14 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan S-2 Truck 2 Earth observation 84A
Dec 25, 2017
7:44 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2C Xichang 3 3 × Yaogan 30-03 Earth observation 85A , 85B , 85C
December 26, 2017
7:00 p.m.
UkraineUkraine RussiaRussia Zenit-3F / Fr Baikonur 45/1 AngolaAngola AngoSat-1 communication 86A

Type / purpose: The abbreviation “TE” stands for “Technologieerprobung”, ie testing new satellite technology ; the ◻ symbol indicates CubeSats . In 2017, only Cubesats up to size 6U were launched.

See Satellite Types for further explanation.

Failures and partial successes

  1. The second stage did not ignite.
  2. After an initially problem-free flight, the radio connection to the rocket was lost due to an incorrectly configured receiver on the ground. As a precaution, the rocket began to self-destruct.
  3. Due to a malfunction of the third rocket stage, the satellite was not placed in the intended geotransfer orbit (according to GB Times , July 19, 2017). With its own propulsion it nevertheless reached a geostationary orbit.
  4. Engine failure due to turbo pump damage. The subsequent necessary redesign of the engine threw the Chinese program for space exploration back by more than a year.
  5. The payload fairing was not detached.
  6. During the first launch with the Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny Cosmodrome , the Fregat was accidentally programmed for a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome . All 19 payloads were lost. ( Spaceflight Now , December 30, 2017)

Further remarks

  1. For the first time, the first stage of an orbital rocket was reused.
  2. a b c d e f g h These small satellites were brought to the ISS and from there launched into space. Your Cospar IDs are derived from the ISS ID ( 1998-067A ). These satellites may not (yet) be recorded in databases such as the NSSDC catalog .
  3. unidentified payloads
  4. a b The identification of these satellites is kept secret (cf. Spacenews , Gunter's Space Page: Prometheus , Gunter's Space Page: DHFR ).

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