Dec 22 Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Success
SpaceX lands a booster upright after an orbital launch for the first time
The Falcon 9 booster flew back to Cape Canaveral minutes after launching 11 satellites. Two earlier tries on an ocean barge had crashed.
Rocket launches in2015
A Falcon 9 first stage lands intact at Cape Canaveral on December 21 after the Orbcomm OG2 mission — the first orbital-class booster recovered whole. New Horizons sweeps past Pluto on July 14, Dawn enters Ceres orbit in March, and Long March leads all rockets with 19 flights as China closes the gap on Russia.
Monthly Cadence complete
DEC peak 14 launches ↓ 5% vs 2014
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- 89
- success · 84/89
- 94%
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2015 launch leaders
2015 highlights
Mar 27 Soyuz FG
Success
An astronaut and a cosmonaut set off for a year on the space station
Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko stayed 340 days. Kelly's identical twin remained on Earth so doctors could compare how spaceflight changed his body.
Jun 28 Falcon 9 v1.1
Failure
SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 in flight for the first time
The Falcon 9's upper stage burst two minutes into flight. Its Dragon was the third space station cargo ship lost in eight months.
Sep 28 PSLV XL
Success
India launches its first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory
Astrosat's telescopes were built to watch the same target in ultraviolet, visible light and X-rays at once.
Nov 23 New Shepard 2
Success
New Shepard becomes the first rocket to land upright after reaching space
Blue Origin's suborbital rocket crossed the 100 km edge of space. Falcon 9 landed a booster from an orbital launch a month later.
All 2015 launches
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89 launches
| January | ||||
Jan 10, 2015 | CRS-5 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Jan 21, 2015 | MUOS-3 USA • Atlas V 551 | |||
Jan 31, 2015 | SMAP USA • Delta II 7320 | |||
| February | ||||
Feb 1, 2015 | IGS-Radar Spare Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Feb 1, 2015 | Inmarsat 5-F2 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Feb 2, 2015 | Fajr Iran • Safir 1B | |||
Feb 11, 2015 | IXV France • Arianespace • Vega | |||
Feb 11, 2015 | DSCOVR USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Feb 17, 2015 | Progress M-26M Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Feb 27, 2015 | Bars-M 1L Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
| March | ||||
Mar 2, 2015 | ABS-3A USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Mar 13, 2015 | MMS 1-4 USA • Atlas V 421 | |||
Mar 18, 2015 | Ekspress AM7 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Mar 25, 2015 | USA-260 USA • Delta IV M+(4,2) | |||
Mar 25, 2015 | KOMPSat-3A Russia • Kosmotras • Dnepr | |||
Mar 26, 2015 | IGS-Optical 5 Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Mar 27, 2015 | Soyuz TMA-16M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Mar 27, 2015 | Galileo L4 France • Arianespace • Soyuz STB / Fregat | |||
Mar 28, 2015 | IRNSS-1D India • PSLV XL | |||
Mar 30, 2015 | BeiDou I1-S China • Long March 3C/E / YZ-1 | |||
Mar 31, 2015 | Gonets-M 11-13 Russia • Rokot Rokot / Briz-KM | |||
| April | ||||
Apr 14, 2015 | CRS-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Apr 26, 2015 | Thor 7 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Apr 27, 2015 | TürkmenÄlem 52E USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Apr 28, 2015Failure | Progress M-27M Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Apr 29, 2015 | New Shepard maiden flight USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 1 | |||
| May | ||||
May 16, 2015Failure | Mexsat-1 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
May 20, 2015 | AFSPC-5 USA • Atlas V 501 | |||
May 27, 2015 | DirecTV-15 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
| June | ||||
Jun 5, 2015 | Kobalt-M 10 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Jun 23, 2015 | Sentinel-2A France • Arianespace • Vega | |||
Jun 23, 2015 | Persona 3 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b | |||
Jun 26, 2015 | Gaofen 8 China • Long March 4B | |||
Jun 28, 2015Failure | CRS-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
| July | ||||
Jul 3, 2015 | Progress M-28M Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Jul 10, 2015 | UK-DMC-3A India • PSLV XL | |||
Jul 15, 2015 | USA-262 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Jul 15, 2015 | Star One C4 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Jul 22, 2015 | Soyuz TMA-17M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Jul 24, 2015 | WGS-7 USA • Delta IV M+(5,4) | |||
Jul 25, 2015 | BeiDou M1-S China • Long March 3B / YZ-1 | |||
| August | ||||
Aug 19, 2015 | HTV-5 Japan • H2B | |||
Aug 20, 2015 | Eutelsat 8 West B France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Aug 27, 2015 | Yaogan 27 China • Long March 4C | |||
Aug 27, 2015 | GSAT-6 India • GSLV Mk II | |||
Aug 28, 2015 | Inmarsat 5-F3 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
| September | ||||
Sep 2, 2015 | Soyuz TMA-18M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Sep 2, 2015 | MUOS-4 USA • Atlas V 551 | |||
Sep 11, 2015 | Galileo L5 France • Arianespace • Soyuz STB / Fregat | |||
Sep 12, 2015 | TJS-1 China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Sep 14, 2015 | Gaofen 9 China • Long March 2D | |||
Sep 14, 2015 | Ekspress AM8 Russia • Proton M / Blok DM-03 | |||
Sep 19, 2015 | LilacSat-2 China • Long March 6 | |||
Sep 23, 2015 | Strela-3M Russia • Rokot Rokot / Briz-KM | |||
Sep 25, 2015 | Pujiang-1 China • Long March 11 | |||
Sep 28, 2015 | Astrosat India • PSLV XL | |||
Sep 29, 2015 | BeiDou I2-S China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Sep 30, 2015 | NBN-Co 1A France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
| October | ||||
Oct 1, 2015 | Progress M-29M Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Oct 2, 2015 | Mexsat-2 USA • Atlas V 421 | |||
Oct 7, 2015 | Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite China • Long March 2D | |||
Oct 8, 2015 | USA-264 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Oct 16, 2015 | APStar-9 China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Oct 16, 2015 | Türksat 4B Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Oct 26, 2015 | Tianhui 1C China • Long March 2D | |||
Oct 31, 2015 | USA-265 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
| November | ||||
Nov 3, 2015 | ChinaSat 2C China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Nov 4, 2015Failure | HiakaSat USA • SPARK | |||
Nov 8, 2015 | Yaogan 28 China • Long March 4B | |||
Nov 10, 2015 | Arabsat 6B France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Nov 17, 2015 | EKS-1 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Nov 20, 2015 | LaoSat-1 China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Nov 23, 2015 | NS-2 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 2 | |||
Nov 24, 2015 | Telstar 12V Japan • H2A 204 | |||
Nov 26, 2015 | Yaogan 29 China • Long March 4C | |||
| December | ||||
Dec 3, 2015 | LISA Pathfinder France • Arianespace • Vega | |||
Dec 5, 2015Partial failure | Kanopus-ST Russia • Soyuz 2-1v / Volga | |||
Dec 6, 2015 | Cygnus CRS OA-4 S. S. Deke Slayton II USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Dec 9, 2015 | ChinaSat 1C China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Dec 11, 2015 | Elektro-L No.2 Russia • Zenit 3F | |||
Dec 13, 2015 | Garpun No. 12L Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Dec 15, 2015 | Soyuz TMA-19M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Dec 16, 2015 | TeLEOS-1 India • PSLV CA | |||
Dec 17, 2015 | DAMPE China • Long March 2D | |||
Dec 17, 2015 | Galileo L6 France • Arianespace • Soyuz ST-B / Fregat | |||
Dec 21, 2015 | Progress MS-01 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Dec 22, 2015 | Orbcomm-OG2-2 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 Full Thrust | |||
Dec 24, 2015 | Ekspress AMU1 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Dec 28, 2015 | Gaofen 4 China • Long March 3B/E | |||