List of orbital rocket launches (2020)

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This list will only launch vehicle starts and -startversuche of 2020 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 .

(As of August 31, 2020 - 66 starts)

Start list

January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August

Date ( UTC ) Missile type Launch site payload Type / purpose COSPAR ID
January 2020
Jan 7, 2020
2:19 am
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Starlink 2 (v1.0) 60 × communication 01AS , 01AT , 01AU ...
Jan 7, 2020
3:20 pm
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B / E Xichang 2 TJS-5 TE / communication 02A
Jan 15, 2020
2:53 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Taiyuan 9 Jilin-1 Kuanfu-1 Aleph-1 ÑuSat-7 Aleph-1 ÑuSat-8 Tianqi-5
ArgentinaArgentina
ArgentinaArgentina
Earth
observation
Earth observation Earth observation
communication

03B
03C
Jan 16, 2020
3:02 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan S-E2 Yinhe-1 TE / communication 04A
Jan 16, 2020
9:05 pm
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 Eutelsat Konnect GSAT-30
IndiaIndia
Communication
communication
05B
05A
Jan 29, 2020
2:06 p.m.
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Starlink 3 (v1.0) 60 × communication 06B , 06AZ , 06C , 06D ...
Jan 31, 2020
2:56 am
United StatesUnited States New ZealandNew Zealand Electron Mahia 1A NROL-151 ? 07A
February 2020
Feb 6, 2020
9:42 pm
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Baikonur 31/6 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United StatesUnited States OneWeb 2 34 × communication 08A , 08B , 08C , 08D ...
Feb 9, 2020
1:34 am
JapanJapan H-IIA (202) TNSC Y1 IGS Optical 7 enlightenment 09A
Feb. 9, 2020
approx. 3:45 p.m.
IranIran Simorgh IKSC 2 Zafar 1 Earth observation Failure
Feb 10, 2020
4:03 am
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (411) CCAFS 41 European space agencyESA Solar orbiter Space probe 10A
Feb 15, 2020
8:21 PM
United StatesUnited States UkraineUkraine Antares MARS 0A Cygnus NG-13
Red-Eye
ULTP
DeMi
Elana 30 : TES-10
ISS supply
technology
testing
TE ◻
TE ◻ TE ◻
11A

11D

Feb 17, 2020
3:05 pm
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Starlink 4 (v1.0) 60 × communication 12AS , 12A , 12B , 12W ...
Feb. 18, 2020
10:18 pm
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 JapanJapan JCSAT-17 GEO-Kompsat 2B
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Communication
oceanography
13A
13B
Feb 19, 2020
9:07 pm
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Xichang 3 XJS-C to -F Technology testing 14A , 14B , 14C , 14E
Feb 20, 2020
8:24 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Plesetsk 43/3 Meridian-M 19L communication 15A
March 2020
March 7, 2020
4:50 am
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Dragon CRS-20 G satellite Quetzal 1
JapanJapan
GuatemalaGuatemala
ISS supply
sports advertising ◻
TE ◻
16A
1998-067RK
1998-067RL
March 9, 2020
11:55 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 Beidou-3 G2 navigation 17A
March 16, 2020
1:34 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-7A
first flight 7A
Wenchang 201 Xinjishu Yanzheng 6 Technology testing Failure
March 16, 2020
6:28 PM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Plesetsk 43/4 Glonass-M navigation 18A
March 18, 2020
12:16 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Starlink 5 (v1.0) 60 × communication 19W , 19AS , 19AR , ...
March 21, 2020
5:07 pm
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Baikonur 31/6 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United StatesUnited States OneWeb 3 34 × communication 20L , 20AB , 20J , 20X ...
March 24, 2020
3:43 AM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2C Xichang 3 Yaogan 30-06 3 × education 21A , 21B , 21C
March 26, 2020
8:18 PM
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (551) CCAFS 41 AEHF-6
TDO-2
Military communication
SSS ◻ / 12U
22B
22A
April 2020
April 9, 2020
8:05 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 Baikonur 31/6 Soyuz MS-16 manned ISS mission 23A
April 9, 2020
11:46 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 IndonesiaIndonesia Nusantara Dua communication Failure
April 22, 2020
approx. 4 a.m.
IranIran Ghased
maiden flight
Shahrud Only 1 Military satellite 24A
April 22, 2020
7:30 p.m.
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Starlink 6 (v1.0) 60 × communication 25AS , 25W , 25AT ...
April 25, 2020
01:51 AM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 Baikonur 31/6 Progress MS-14 ISS supply 26A
May 2020
May 5, 2020
10:00
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-5B
first flight 5B
Wenchang 101 New spaceship
re-entry body
unmanned test flight
technology testing
27A
27B
May 12, 2020
1:16 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan S-E2 Xingyun-2 2 × communication 28A , 28B
May 17, 2020
1:14 PM
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (501) CCAFS 41 X-37B OTV-6
FalconSat-8
Space glider
technology testing
29A
May 20, 2020
5:31 pm
JapanJapan H-IIB TNSC Y2 HTV-9 ISS supply 30A
May 22, 2020
7:31 am
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 / Fri Plesetsk 43/4 EKS 4 early warning system 31A
May 25, 2020
7:50 PM
United StatesUnited States LauncherOne
maiden flight
MASP Mass simulator Test flight Failure
May 29, 2020
8:13 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-11 Xichang Xinjishu Shiyan-G
Xinjishu Shiyan-H
Technology
testing Technology testing
32A , 32B
May 30, 2020
7:22 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A SpX-DM2 manned test flight to the ISS 33A
May 31, 2020
8:53 AM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan S-94 Gaofen 9-02
HEAD 4
Earth observation
AIS data collection
34A , 34B
June 2020
June 4, 2020
1:25 AM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Starlink 7 (v1.0) 60 × communication 35A , 35B , 35C ...
June 10, 2020
6:31 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2C Taiyuan 9 HaiYang 1D Earth observation 36A
June 13, 2020
5:12 am
United StatesUnited States New ZealandNew Zealand Electron Mahia 1A Elana 32 : Andesite
NRO payloads M2 Pathfinder
AustraliaAustralia
Research ◻
3 military satellites
TE / communication
37D,
37A , 37B , 37C,
37E
June 13, 2020
9:21 am
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Starlink 8 (v1.0)
SkySat 16-18
58 × communication
3 × earth observation
38A , 38B , ..., 38BK,
38BL , 38BN , 38BM
June 17, 2020
7:19 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan Gaofen 9-03
HEAD 5
Pixing 3A
Earth observation
AIS data collection
TE ◻
39A
39B
39C
June 23, 2020
1:43 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B Xichang 2 Beidou-3 G3 navigation 40A
June 30, 2020
8:10 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 GPS III-A3 navigation 41A
July 2020
July 3, 2020
3:10 AM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-4B Taiyuan Gaofen Duomo Weixing
Bayi 02
Earth observation
student satellite ◻
42A
42B
July 4, 2020
9:19 PM
United StatesUnited States New ZealandNew Zealand Electron Mahia CE-SAT-1B Earth observation Failure
July 4, 2020
11:44 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan Shiyan Weixing 6-02 Space weather 43A
July 6, 2020
1:00 am
IsraelIsrael Shavit 2 Palmachim Ofeq 16 Military reconnaissance satellite 44A
July 9, 2020
12:10 PM
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-3B / G2 Xichang 3 Apstar-6D communication 45A
July 10, 2020
4:17 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Kuaizhou-11
maiden flight
Jiuquan S-E2 Jilin-1 Gaofen 02E
Weili 1-02
Earth observation
navigation support
Failure
July 15, 2020
1:46 PM
United StatesUnited States Minotaur IV MARS 0B NROL-129 four military satellites 46A , 46B , 46C , 46D
July 19, 2020
9:58 pm
JapanJapan H-IIA TNSC United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Hope Mars probe 47A
July 20, 2020
9:30 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Korea SouthSouth Korea Anasis-II Military communication 48A
23rd July 2020

04:41

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-5 Wenchang 101 Tianwen-1 Mars probe 49A
July 23, 2020
2:26 PM
RussiaRussia Soyuz-2 Baikonur 31/6 Progress MS-15 ISS supply 50A
July 25, 2020

03:13

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-4B Taiyuan 9 Ziyuan 3-3
Longxiayan
Tianqi 10
Earth observation
dark matter
data collection
51A
51B
51C
July 30, 2020
11:50 am
United StatesUnited States Atlas V (541) CCAFS 41 Mars 2020 Mars probe 52A
July 30, 2020
9:25 PM
RussiaRussia Proton / Bris Baikonur Express 80
Express 103
Communication
communication
53A
53B
August 2020
August 6, 2020
4:01 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan Gaofen 9-04
Tsinghua Science
Earth observation
research
54A
54B
August 7, 2020
5:12 am
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 KSC 39A Starlink 9
BlackSky Global
57 × communication
2 × earth observation
55A , 55B , ..., 55BJ , 55BP , 55BQ
August 15, 2020
10:04 PM
FranceFrance EuropeEurope
Ariane 5 ECA
CSG A-3 JapanJapan BSat 4b MEV-2 Galaxy 30
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Communication
satellite maintenance
communication
56A
56B
56C
August 18, 2020
2:31 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 Starlink 10, SkySats 19-21 ≤ 60 × communication 57A , 57B , ..., 57BK , 57BQ , 57BR , 57BS
August 23, 2020
2:27 am
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CZ-2D Jiuquan Gaofen 9-05 Tiantuo 5
multipurpose experimental
satellite
Earth observation
TE
AIS data collection
Aug 30, 2020
11:18 PM
United StatesUnited States Falcon 9 CCAFS 40 ArgentinaArgentina SAOCOM 1B Capella 2 (Sequoia) GNOMES 1
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Earth observation
 
 
August 31, 2020
3:05 am
United StatesUnited States New ZealandNew Zealand Electron Mahia 1A Sequoia Radar satellite

Legend and sources for the start list

For planned launches, see the list of planned orbital rocket launches . The list of starting places with the current abbreviations can also be found there.

List column Note Usual sources
Date ( UTC ) As far as the exact dates are already available. Rocketlaunch
Spaceflightnow launch archive
Russian Space Web (planned dates only for Russian launches)
Missile type Country flag and missile type Spaceflightnow launch schedule
Launch site see starting places
payload Satellite, spaceship. linked to WP: Article
if already available
Wikipedia
Type / purpose Example: communication, earth observation, ... See Satellite Types for further explanation
COSPAR ID is often only awarded days after the start Gunter's Space Page

Further remarks

  • Type / purpose: The abbreviation "TE" stands for "Technologieerprobung", ie testing new satellite technology
  • The symbol ◻ denotes Cubesats . The size is also specified for Cubesats from 12U format.
  1. a b 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 distinguished or because the launch took place recently.
  2. a b c d e These small satellites were first brought to the ISS . If they were released into space from there or from a returning spaceship, they receive a COSPAR ID, which is derived from the ID of the ISS ( 1998-067A ) or the respective spaceship.

Failures

  1. The satellite reached space, but no orbital velocity . ( iribnews.ir )
  2. The incident is being investigated ( Xinhua , March 16, 2020).
  3. According to unofficial reports, the satellite was unable to orbit Earth due to a third stage malfunction. ( Nasaspaceflight.com and Spacenews , April 9, 2020)
  4. The engine of the first stage rocket burned only for a few seconds; then the missile fell into the sea. ( Virgin Orbit , May 27, 2020)
  5. Second stage malfunction ( newshub.co.nz , July 5, 2020).
  6. Abnormal behavior of the rocket shortly after launch ( spaceflightfans.cn , July 10, 2020).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Colin Fletcher, Tyler Gray: SpaceX Launches Eighth Starlink Mission, Read The Instructions With East Coast Droneship Debut . In: NASASpaceFlight . June 3, 2020. Accessed June 4, 2020.
  2. Rui C. Barbosa: Long March 2C lofts Haiyang-1D . In: NASASpaceFlight . June 10, 2020. Accessed June 10, 2020.
  3. 长征 二号 丙 • 海洋 一号 04 星 (HY-1D) ( zh ) In: spaceflightfans.cn . June 9, 2020. Accessed June 9, 2020.