List of orbital rocket launches (2019)

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This list shows all 103 launchers starts and -startversuche the year 2019 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 .

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Date ( UTC )	Missile type	Launch site	payload	Type / purpose	COSPAR ID
January 2019
Jan 10, 2019 5:11 PM	CZ-3B	Xichang 2	Chinasat -2D	communication	01A
Jan. 11, 2019 3:31 pm	Falcon 9	VAFB 4E	Iridium Next 66-75	10 × communication	02K , 02C , 02E , 02J ...
Jan 15, 2019 approx. 00:30	Simorgh	IKSC 2	Payam-e Amirkabir	Earth observation	Failure
Jan. 18, 2019 12:50 am	epsilon	USC	Rapis 1 ALE 1 Hodoyoshi 2 MicroDragon OrigamiSat-1 Nexus AOBA-Velox 4	Technology Verification TE / show effect TE / Earth Observation Earth Observation TE / amateur radio ◻ TE / amateur radio ◻ TE ◻	03A 03G 03C 03D 03B 03F 03J
Jan. 19, 2019 7:10 pm	Delta IV Heavy	VAFB 6	NROL-71	enlightenment	04A
Jan. 21, 2019 5:42 am	CZ-11	Jiuquan S-E2	Jilin 1-09, -10 Lingque 1A Xiaoxiang-1 03	2 × Earth observation TE / Earth observation ◻ TE / communication ◻	05B , 05E 05A 05C
Jan. 24, 2019 6:07 pm	PSLV -DL first flight DL	SHAR 1	Microsat-R Kalamsat-V2	ASAT target body TE / amateur radio ◻	06A 06B
February 2019
Feb. 5, 2019 9:01 pm	Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	HellasSat 4 / SaudiGeoSat-1 GSAT-31	Communication communication	07A 07B
Feb 5, 2019	Safir	IKSC 1	Dousti	Earth observation	Failure
Feb 21, 2019 4:47 pm	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Baikonur 31/6	EgyptSat-A	Earth observation	08A
Feb. 22, 2019 1:45 am	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Nusantara Satu Beresheet S5	Communication lunar lander space surveillance	09A 09B 09D
Feb. 27, 2019 9:37 PM	Soyuz-ST / Fri	CSG S	OneWeb F6	6 × TE / communication	10E , 10D , 10C , 10B ...
March 2019
March 2, 2019 7:49 am	Falcon 9	KSC 39A	SpX-DM1 ( Crew Dragon )	Test flight to the ISS spaceship	11A
March 9, 2019 4:28 PM	CZ-3B	Xichang 3	Chinasat -6C	communication	12A
March 14, 2019 7:14 PM	Soyuz-FG	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz MS-12	manned ISS mission	13A
March 16, 2019 12:26 AM	Delta IV	CCAFS 37B	WGS-10	Military communication	14A
March 22, 2019 1:50 am	Vega	CSG V	prism	Earth observation	15A
March 27, 2019 9:39 AM	OS-M1 maiden flight	Jiuquan S-E2	Lingque 1B	TE / Earth observation ◻	Failure
March 28, 2019 11:37 PM	Electron	Mahia 1A	R3D2	military antennas testing	16A
March 31, 2019 3:51 pm	CZ-3B	Xichang 2	Tianlian-2-01	Track tracking / relay	17A
April 2019
April 1, 2019 3:57 am	PSLV -QL first flight QL	SHAR 2	EMISAT 20 × Flock-4a 4 × Lemur-2 Astrocast 0.2 Aistechsat 3	Reconnaissance Earth observation ◻ Meteorology , AIS ◻ TE / Communication ◻ TE / ADS-B ◻	18A, 18B , 18C , 18D , 18E … 18G , 18H , 18J , 18K, 18F 18AB
			Bluewalker 1 M6P	TE / Research ◻ TE ◻	18AF 18AD Partial success
April 4, 2019 11:01 am	Soyuz-2	Baikonur 31/6	Progress MS-11	ISS supply	19A
April 4, 2019 5:03 PM	Soyuz-ST / Fri	CSG S	O3b FM17-20	4 × communication	20C , 20D , 20B , 20A
April 11, 2019 10:35 PM	Falcon Heavy	KSC 39A	Arabsat-6A	communication	21A
April 17, 2019 8:46 PM	Antares	MARS 0A	Cygnus NG-11 Elana 26 : 3 × VCC 12 × Thinsat-1 Bird 4 × AeroCube 10 additional payloads	ISS supply University project ◻ University projects ◻ 3 university projects ◻ TE ◻ Cubesats ◻	22A 1998-067QN 1998-067QG … 22D , 22C , 22L , 22J 1998-067QH …
April 20, 2019 2:41 PM	CZ-3B	Xichang 3	Beidou-3 IGSO-1Q	navigation	23A
April 29, 2019 10:52 PM	CZ-4B	Taiyuan 9	2 × Tianhiu 2-01	Earth observation	24A , 24C
May 2019
May 4, 2019 6:48 AM	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Dragon CRS-17 Red-Eye 1	ISS supply technology testing	25A 1998-067QJ
May 5, 2019 6:00 am	Electron	Mahia 1A	STP-27RD : Harbinger Sparc-1 Falcon ODE	(military mission) Reconnaissance TE ◻ TE / SSS reflectors ◻	26E 26B 26A
May 17, 2019 3:49 PM	CZ-3C	Xichang 2	Beidou-2 G8	navigation	27A
May 22, 2019 00:00	PSLV-CA	SHAR 1	Risat-2B	Earth observation, reconnaissance	28A
May 22, 2019 10:49 PM	CZ-4C	Taiyuan 9	Yaogan 33	enlightenment	Failure
May 24, 2019 02:30	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Starlink	60 × TE / communication	29A , 29B , 29C , 29D ...
May 27, 2019 6:23 am	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Plesetsk 43/4	Glonass-M	navigation	30A
May 30, 2019 5:42 PM	Proton / Bris	Baikonur 200/39	Jamal 601	communication	31A
June 2019
June 5, 2019 4:06 AM	CZ-11	Yellow Sea	Bufeng-1A and -1B Jilin-1 Gaofen 03A Xiaoxiang 1-04 3 others	TE / Earth observation Earth observation Earth observation ◻ Cubesats ◻	32
June 12, 2019 2:17 PM	Falcon 9	VAFB 4E	3 × radar sat	Earth observation	33A , 33C , 33B
June 20, 2019 9:43 PM	Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Eutelsat 7C AT&T T-16	Communication communication	34B 34A
June 24, 2019 6:05 pm	CZ-3B	Xichang 3	Beidou-3 IGSO-2	navigation	35A
June 25, 2019 6:30 AM	Falcon Heavy	KSC 39A	STP-2 / Elana 15 : DSX Formosat 7 GPIM OTB 1 BRICSat-2 PSat-2 13 more	military. Research 6 × Earth observation Propulsion testing Technology testing Amateur radio ◻ Amateur radio ◻ Small satellites	36F 36L , 36N , 36E , 36M … 36D 36C 36S 36R 36X → list
June 29, 2019 4:30 am	Electron	Mahia 1A	BlackSky Global 3 2 × Spacebee 2 × Prometheus Painani 1 Acrux 1	Earth observation TE / Communication ◻ TE ◻ TE ◻ University project ◻	37C 37G , 37F 37K , 37B , 37A 37E
July 2019
July 5, 2019 5:41 AM	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Vostochny 1S	Meteor-M 2-2 Carbonix ICEYE X4, X5 Momentus X1 DoT 1 8 × Lemur-2 Beesat 9 Beesat 10–13 2 × D-Star One additional payloads	Weather satellite technology testing 2 × TE / Earth observation TE ◻ / 16U Technology testing meteorology, AIS ◻ satellite positioning ◻ 4 × TE ◻ TE / communication ◻ small satellites	38A 38U 38D , 38C 38Y 38P 38S , 38L , 38V , 38Z … 38AC 38 38H , 38AA 38E , 38F , 38G , 38J
July 10, 2019 5:14 pm	Soyuz 2w / Where	Plesetsk 43/4	Cosmos- 2535 cosmos-2536 cosmos-2537 cosmos-2538	Military satellites	39A 39B 39C 39D
July 11, 2019 01:53	Vega	CSG V	Falcon Eye 1	enlightenment	Failure
July 13, 2019 12:31 PM	Proton / Blk.D	Baikonur 81/24	Spectral RG	X-ray telescope	40A
July 20, 2019 4:28 PM	Soyuz-FG	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz MS-13	manned ISS mission	41A
July 22, 2019 9:13 am	GSLV Mk III	SHAR 2	Chandrayaan-2	Lunar probe	42A
July 25, 2019 5:00 am	Hyperbola-1 maiden flight	Jiuquan S-E2	CAS-7B additional payloads	Amateur radio	43A
July 25, 2019 10:02 PM	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Dragon CRS-18 IDA-3 Elana 27 : RTFSat additional payloads	ISS supply ISS adapter University project ◻ Cubesats ◻	44A 22G 22E , 22F , 22H ...
July 26, 2019 3:57 am	CZ-2C	Xichang 3	3 × Yaogan 30-05	Earth observation	45A , 45B , 45C
July 30, 2019 5:56 am	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Plesetsk 43/4	Meridian No. 18L	communication	46A
July 31, 2019 12:10 PM	Soyuz-2	Baikonur 31/6	Progress MS-12	ISS supply	47A
August 2019
Aug 5, 2019 9:56 pm	Proton / Bris	Baikonur 81/24	Blagovest 14L	Military communication	48A
6 Aug 2019 7:30 p.m.	Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Intelsat 39 EDRS-C	Communication communication	49B 49A
Aug 6, 2019 11:23 PM	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Amos-17	communication	50A
Aug 8, 2019 10:13 AM	Atlas V (551)	CCAFS 41	AEHF-5 TDO	Military communications TE / SSS ◻ / 12U	51A 51B
Aug 17, 2019 4:11 AM	Jielong-1 maiden flight	Jiuquan S-E2	Qiansheng-1 01 Xingshidai-5 Tianqi-2	Earth observation Earth observation TE / Communication ◻	52
Aug 19, 2019 12:03 PM	CZ-3B	Xichang 2	Chinasat 18	communication	53A
19 Aug 2019 12:12	Electron	Mahia 1A	BlackSky Global 4 BRO 1 2 × Pearl White	Earth observation TE / Reconnaissance ◻ TE ◻	54E, 54A, 54C , 54D
22 Aug 2019 3:38 am	Soyuz-2	Baikonur 31/6	Soyuz MS-14	Test flight to the ISS	55A
22 Aug 2019 13:06	Delta IV last flight	CCAFS 37B	GPS IIIA-2	navigation	56A
29 Aug 2019	Safir	IKSC 1	Nahid-1	communication	Failure
30 Aug 2019 14:00	Rockot	Plesetsk 133/3	Geo-IK 2-3	Earth surveying	57A
Aug 30, 2019 11:41 PM	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan S-E2	KX-09 Xiaoxiang-1 07	TE / Research Research ◻	58B 58A
September 2019
Sep 12 2019 03:26	CZ-4B	Taiyuan 9	Ziyuan-1 02D Jingshi-1 (BNU-1) Jinniuzuo 1	Earth observation TE / Earth observation TE / brake sail test ◻	59A 59B 59C
19 Sep 2019 06:42	CZ-11	Jiuquan S-E2	OVS 3A OHS 3A-3D	Earth observation 4 × earth observation	60A, 60C , 60D , 60E , 60F
22 Sep 2019 21:10	CZ-3B	Xichang 3	Beidou-3 M23, M24	2 × navigation	61A , 61B
Sep 24 2019 16:05	H-IIB	TNSC Y2	HTV-8 additional payloads	ISS supply Cubesats ◻	62A 1998-067QW …
25 Sep 2019 00:54	CZ-2D	Jiuquan S-2	Yunhai-1 02	Earth observation	63A
25 Sep 2019 13:57	Soyuz-FG last flight	Baikonur 1/5	Soyuz MS-15	manned ISS mission	64A
26 Sep 2019 07:46	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Plesetsk 43/4	EKS 3	Early warning satellite	65A
October 2019
Oct. 4, 2019 6:51 pm	CZ-4C	Taiyuan 9	Gaofen 10R	Earth observation	66A
Oct 9, 2019 10:17 am	Proton / Bris	Baikonur 1/5	Eutelsat 5W B MEV-1	Communication satellite propulsion	67A 67B
Oct 11, 2019 2:00 am	Pegasus-XL	CCAFS	ICON	Research ( Explorer Mission )	68A
Oct 17, 2019 1:22 am	Electron	Mahia 1A	palisade	TE ◻ / 16U	69A
Oct 17, 2019 3:21 PM	CZ-3B	Xichang 3	TJS 4	(not clear)	70A
November 2019
Nov 2, 2019 1:59 pm	Antares	MARS 0A	Cygnus NG-12 STPSat 4 Elana 25A 4 × AeroCube OF 2	ISS supply Technology testing 7 university projects ◻ TE ◻ TE ◻	71A 1998-067QY 1998-067RF … 71D , 71F , 71H , 71G 71C
Nov 3, 2019 3:22 am	CZ-4B	Taiyuan	Gaofen 7 Huangpu-1 Xiaoxiang-1 08 SSES-1	Earth observation TE ? ?	72A 72C 72D 72B
Nov 4, 2019 5:43 pm	CZ-3B	Xichang 2	Beidou-3 IGSO-3	navigation	73A
Nov 11, 2019 2:56 pm	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Starlink 1	60 × communication	74A , 74B , 74C , 74D ...
Nov 13, 2019 3:40 am	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan S-E2	Jilin-1 Gaofen-02A	Earth observation	75A
Nov 13, 2019 6:35 am	CZ-6	Taiyuan 16	5 × Ningxia-1	Earth observation	76A , 76B , 76C , 76D ...
Nov 17, 2019 10:00 am	Kuaizhou-1A	Jiuquan S-E2	2 × KL-Alpha	research	77A , 77B
Nov 23, 2019 12:55 am	CZ-3B YZ-1	Xichang 3	Beidou-3 M21, M22	2 × navigation	78A , 78B
Nov 25, 2019 5:52 pm	Soyuz-2 / week	Plesetsk 43/4	Cosmos 2542 cosmos 2543	Satellite inspection	79A 79D
Nov 26, 2019 9:23 pm	Ariane 5 ECA	CSG A-3	Inmarsat 5 F5 TIBA 1	Communication military communication	80B 80A
Nov 27, 2019 3:58 am	PSLV-XL	SHAR 2	Cartosat -3 12 × Flock 4p Meshbed	Reconnaissance Earth observation ◻ Antenna testing ◻	81A 81L , 81K , 81J , 81H … 81C
Nov 27, 2019 11:52 PM	CZ-4C	Taiyuan 9	Gaofen 12	Earth observation	82A
December 2019
Dec 5, 2019 5:29 PM	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	Dragon CRS-19 Elana 25B Elana 28	ISS supply 3 Cubesats ◻ 2 Cubesats ◻	83A 1998-067RA … 71L ,?
Dec 6, 2019 8:18 am	Electron	Mahia 1A	ALE 2 Alba Cluster 2: NOOR-1A, -1B ATL-1 SMOG-P FossaSat 1 TRSI-Sat	TE / show effect TE / communication TE / amateur radio research / amateur radio technology testing technology testing	84A 84D , 84E 84H 84J 84F 84G
Dec 6, 2019 9:34 am	Soyuz-2	Baikonur 31/6	Progress MS-13	ISS supply	85A
Dec 7, 2019 2:55 am	Kuaizhou-1A	Taiyuan	Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B	Earth observation	86A
Dec. 7, 2019 8:52 am	Kuaizhou-1A	Taiyuan	HEAD-2A, -2B additional payloads	AIS 4 small satellites	87 87
Dec 11, 2019 8:54 am	Soyuz-2 / Fri	Plesetsk 43/4	Glonass-M	navigation	88A
Dec 11, 2019 9:55 am	PSLV-QL	SHAR 1	Risat-2BR1 QPS-SAR 1 4 × Lemur-2	Earth observation reconnaissance Earth observation meteorology, AIS ◻	89F, 89E, 89K , 89J , 89D , 89M
Dec 16, 2019 7:22 am	CZ-3B YZ-1	Xichang 3	Beidou-3 M19, M20	2 × navigation	90A , 90B
17 Dec 2019 00:10	Falcon 9	CCAFS 40	JCSAT-18 / Kacific 1	communication	91A
Dec 18, 2019 8:54 am	Soyuz-ST / Fri	CSG S	Cheops CSG 1 Angels OPS-SAT EyeSat	Space Telescope Earth Observation TE ◻ / 12U TE ◻ Research ◻	92B 92A 92D 92F 92E
Dec 20, 2019 3:22 am	CZ-4B	Taiyuan 9	CBERS 4A ETRSS-1 FloripaSat 1 additional payloads	Earth observation Earth observation TE ◻	93E 93 93 93
Dec 20, 2019 11:36 am	Atlas V (N22) maiden flight N22	CCAFS 41	Boe-OFT	CST-100 Starliner unmanned test flight	94A
Dec 24, 2019 12:03 PM	Proton / Blk.D	Baikonur 81/24	Elektro-L 3	Weather satellite	95A
Dec 26, 2019 11:11 PM	Rockot's last flight	Plesetsk 133/3	3 × Gonets-M Radio-2017 (RS-44) Blits-M 1	Communication TE / amateur radio TE / reflector	96A , 96B , 96C, 96E, 96E ; Partial success
Dec. 27, 2019 12:45 pm	CZ-5 / YZ-2	Wenchang 101	Shijian 20th	Technology testing	97A

Type / purpose: The abbreviation “TE” stands for “Technologieerprobung”, ie testing new satellite technology ; the ◻ symbol indicates CubeSats . The size is also specified for Cubesats from 12U format. See Satellite Types for further explanation.

Failures and partial successes

1. ↑ Malfunction of the third stage, the rocket did not reach orbital speed (according to IRNA , January 15, 2019).
2. ↑ The rocket launched, but the satellite did not enter orbit. Details were not disclosed.
3. ↑ The third rocket stage shut down early due to insufficient refueling, but the Fregat upper stage was able to compensate for this and bring the satellite into the planned geotransfer orbit .
4. ↑ The rocket went off course due to a defect in the second stage attitude control .
5. ↑ The Bluewalker 1 and M6P satellites were launched too late and therefore in an orbit that was too low (approx. 510 × 430 km instead of 500 × 500 km), which shortens their service life somewhat.
6. ↑ Resonance disaster in the area of ​​the third stage and payload (according to Nasaspaceflight.com , September 12, 2019).
7. ↑ The rocket broke when shortly after the first stage separation the solid propulsion of the second stage burned through its upper shell (→ Falcon Eye 1 ).
8. ↑ The rocket exploded on the launch site.
9. ↑ The Russian Defense Ministry initially confirmed a successful launch of four satellites, but withdrew this confirmation for Blits-M 1 at short notice (according to Russian Space Web ). The US space surveillance then also cataloged an object 2019-096D , which, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell, was a misidentification ( Twitter message from April 12, 2020). Based on this information, it is assumed that Blits-M 1 has not separated from the Bris upper stage of the rocket ( Gunter's Space Page , Twitter message from Johnathan McDowell). Accordingly, the satellite is cataloged together with the rocket stage as 2019-096E .

Further remarks

1. ↑ Kalamsat was permanently attached to the kick stage of the PSLV rocket, which for the first time also functions as a satellite bus and can remain in space for a longer period of time.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} These small satellites were first brought to the ISS . As soon as they are released into space from there, they receive a Cospar ID, which is derived from the ISS ID ( 1998-067A ). These satellites may not (yet) be recorded in databases such as the NSSDC catalog . (See also: Past ElaNa CubeSat Launches )
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} The launch was successful, but the exposed payloads have not (yet) been identified; for example, because information from the operator is missing, because several satellites in similar orbits could not be differentiated, because they are too small for detection by space surveillance systems , or because they were only recently launched.
4. ↑ First start of a 16U Cubesat (according to Space Daily ).
5. ↑ 2019-038U according to the US Air Force Space Track Service . Other sources sometimes indicate different COSPAR IDs.
6. ↑ ^{a b} These satellites were reloaded on the ISS into a Cygnus ship and released by this after casting off; they therefore received Cospar IDs based on the spaceships that had launched.
7. ↑ Radio-2017 / RS-44 is permanently mounted on the upper rocket stage and remained in orbit with it (according to Gunter's Space Page , Amsat ).

Web links

• Space Exploration in 2019 - Russian Space Web (English)
• Orbital Launches of 2019 - Gunter′s Space Page
• Space Launch Report 2019 (English)