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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 ]
Amazônia-1 is the first Earth observation satellite developed by Brazil, helped by Argentina's INVAP, who provided the main computer, attitude controls and sensors, and the training of Brazilian engineers,[8] and launched at 04:54:00 UTC (10:24:00 IST) on 28 February 2021.
Italy with the first successful launch from the San Marco platform of its satellite San Marco 2 on 26 April 1967 by US Scout B (the first Italian satellite is San Marco 1 launched by another Scout from Wallops, USA on 15 December 1964). The last orbital launch from San Marco was on 25 March 1988 by US Scout G-1 and there are no further launches ...
Joint satellite between the Italian Space Agency and the Vatican Dicastery for Communication Oman: AMAN-1 ETCO SatRev: Falcon 9: Vandenberg SLC-4E: 11 November 2023 Launched on the same rocket as the first Djiboutian satellite Djibouti: Djibouti-1A University of Djibouti: University of Montpellier: Launched on the same rocket as the first Omani ...
ISRO's launch vehicles. Left to right: SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 RLV Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV) Vikram series, the under development orbital class launch family of Skyroot Aerospace in comparison with already flown Vikram S, the sounding rocket ISRO/DoS systems. SLV-3 – Retired; Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired
Oldest artificial satellite in orbit, along with its upper stage. Explorer 3: United States: 26 March 1958: U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency: Decayed 28 June 1958. Vanguard TV-5: United States: 29 April 1958: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory: Failed to orbit. Sputnik 3: Soviet Union: 15 May 1958: Korolev Design Bureau: Decayed 6 April 1960 ...
Korean Multi-purpose Satellite-2. Also known as Arirang-2. KOMPSAT-3, 3A, and 5: Active KARI: 2012 Korean Multi-purpose Satellite-3, 3A, and 5. Also known as Arirang-3, 3A, and 5. LAGEOS-1 and 2: Active NASA 1976 LAGEOS 1 launched in 1976 and LAGEOS 2 launched in 1992. Used as an orbiting benchmark for geodynamical studies. [18] Landsat-7 ...
The company also supplies satellite components including star trackers, reaction wheels, solar cells and arrays, satellite radios, separation systems, as well as flight and ground software. [112] The expendable [113] Electron rocket [114] first launched in May 2017. [115] In August 2020, the company launched its first Photon satellite. [116]