Rocket launches in2014
Rosetta arrives at Comet 67P in August and drops the Philae lander onto its surface in November — the first comet touchdown ever. Orion flies its uncrewed debut on December 5 atop a Delta IV Heavy, and SpaceX begins testing ocean booster recovery with Falcon 9.
Monthly Cadence complete
DEC peak 16 launches ↑ 16% vs 2013
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- success · 90/94
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94 launches
| January | ||||
Jan 5, 2014 | GSAT-14 India • GSLV Mk II | |||
Jan 6, 2014 | Thaicom 6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Jan 9, 2014 | Cygnus CRS Orb-1 S. S. C. Gordon Fullerton USA • Antares 120 | |||
Jan 24, 2014 | TDRS-L USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
| February | ||||
Feb 5, 2014 | Progress M-22M Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Feb 6, 2014 | ABS-2 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Feb 14, 2014 | Türksat 4A Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Feb 21, 2014 | USA-248 USA • Delta IV M+ | |||
Feb 27, 2014 | GPM-Core Japan • H2A 202 | |||
| March | ||||
Mar 15, 2014 | Ekspress-AT1 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Mar 22, 2014 | Astra 5B France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Mar 23, 2014 | GLONASS-M 754 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Mar 25, 2014 | Soyuz TMA-12M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Mar 31, 2014 | Shijian 11-06 China • Long March 2C | |||
| April | ||||
Apr 3, 2014Failure | USA-249 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Apr 3, 2014 | Sentinel-1A France • Arianespace • Soyuz STA / Fregat | |||
Apr 4, 2014 | IRNSS-1B India • PSLV XL | |||
Apr 9, 2014 | Progress M-23M Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Apr 9, 2014 | Ofeq 10 Israel • Shavit 2 | |||
Apr 10, 2014 | USA-250 USA • Atlas V 541 | |||
Apr 16, 2014 | EgyptSat 2 Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Apr 18, 2014 | CRS-3 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Apr 28, 2014 | Luch 5V Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Apr 30, 2014 | KazEOSat 1 France • Arianespace • Vega | |||
| May | ||||
May 6, 2014 | Kobalt-M Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
May 15, 2014Failure | Ekspress-AM4R Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
May 17, 2014 | USA-251 USA • Delta IV M+ | |||
May 22, 2014 | USA-252 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
May 23, 2014 | Strela-3M Russia • Rokot Rokot / Briz-KM | |||
May 24, 2014 | ALOS-2 Japan • H2A 202 | |||
May 26, 2014 | Eutelsat 3B Russia • Zenit 3SL | |||
May 28, 2014 | Soyuz TMA-13M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
| June | ||||
Jun 14, 2014 | GLONASS-M 755 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Jun 19, 2014 | Deimos-2 Russia • Kosmotras • Dnepr | |||
Jun 30, 2014 | SPOT 7 India • PSLV CA | |||
| July | ||||
Jul 2, 2014 | OCO-2 USA • Delta II 7320-10C | |||
Jul 3, 2014 | Gonets-M 8-10 Russia • Rokot Rokot / Briz-KM | |||
Jul 8, 2014 | Meteor-M No.2 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Jul 9, 2014 | Suborbital test flight Russia • Angara 1.2PP | |||
Jul 10, 2014 | O3b FM3 France • Arianespace • Soyuz STB / Fregat | |||
Jul 13, 2014 | Cygnus CRS Orb-2 S. S. Janice Voss USA • Antares 120 | |||
Jul 14, 2014 | Orbcomm-OG2-1 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Jul 18, 2014 | Foton-M No.4 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Jul 23, 2014 | Progress M-24M Russia • Soyuz U | |||
Jul 28, 2014 | AFSPC 4 USA • Delta IV M+(4,2) | |||
Jul 29, 2014 | Georges Lemaître ATV France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ES | |||
| August | ||||
Aug 2, 2014 | USA-256 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Aug 5, 2014 | AsiaSat 8 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Aug 9, 2014 | Yaogan 20A China • Long March 4C | |||
Aug 13, 2014 | WorldView-3 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Aug 19, 2014 | Gaofen 2 China • Long March 4B | |||
Aug 22, 2014 | Galileo FOC 1-2 France • Arianespace • Soyuz STB / Fregat | |||
| September | ||||
Sep 4, 2014 | Chuangxin 1-04 China • Long March 2D | |||
Sep 7, 2014 | AsiaSat 6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Sep 8, 2014 | Yaogan 21 China • Long March 4B | |||
Sep 11, 2014 | MEASAT 3b France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Sep 17, 2014 | USA-257 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Sep 21, 2014 | CRS-4 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 v1.1 | |||
Sep 25, 2014 | Soyuz TMA-14M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Sep 27, 2014 | Luch Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Sep 28, 2014 | Shijian 11-07 China • Long March 2C | |||
| October | ||||
Oct 7, 2014 | Himawari 8 Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Oct 15, 2014 | IRNSS-1C India • PSLV XL | |||
Oct 16, 2014 | Intelsat 30 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Oct 20, 2014 | Yaogan 22 China • Long March 4C | |||
Oct 21, 2014Partial failure | Ekspress AM6 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Oct 23, 2014 | Chang'e 5-T1 China • Long March 3C/E | |||
Oct 27, 2014 | Shijian 11-08 China • Long March 2C | |||
Oct 28, 2014Failure | Cygnus CRS Orb-3 S. S. Deke Slayton USA • Antares 130 | |||
Oct 29, 2014 | Progress M-25M Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Oct 29, 2014 | USA-258 USA • Atlas V 401 | |||
Oct 30, 2014 | Meridian 7 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a / Fregat | |||
| November | ||||
Nov 6, 2014 | Asnaro-1 Russia • Kosmotras • Dnepr | |||
Nov 14, 2014 | Yaogan 23 China • Long March 2C | |||
Nov 20, 2014 | Yaogan 24 China • Long March 2D | |||
Nov 21, 2014 | Kuaizhou-2 China • Kuaizhou 1 | |||
Nov 23, 2014 | Soyuz TMA-15M Russia • Soyuz FG | |||
Nov 30, 2014 | GLONASS-K 702 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
| December | ||||
Dec 3, 2014 | Hayabusa2 Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Dec 5, 2014 | EFT-1 USA • Delta IV Heavy | |||
Dec 6, 2014 | DirecTV-14 France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Dec 7, 2014 | CBERS-4 China • Long March 4B | |||
Dec 10, 2014 | Yaogan 25A China • Long March 4C | |||
Dec 13, 2014 | USA-259 USA • Atlas V 541 | |||
Dec 15, 2014 | Yamal-401 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Dec 18, 2014 | Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment India • GSLV LVM3-X | |||
Dec 18, 2014 | O3b FM9-12 France • Arianespace • Soyuz STB / Fregat | |||
Dec 19, 2014 | Kondor-E Russia • Strela | |||
Dec 23, 2014 | IPM 1 Russia • Angara A5 / Briz-M | |||
Dec 25, 2014 | Lotos-S Russia • Soyuz 2.1b | |||
Dec 26, 2014 | Resurs-P No.2 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b | |||
Dec 27, 2014 | Yaogan 26 China • Long March 4B | |||
Dec 27, 2014 | Astra 2G Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Dec 31, 2014 | Fengyun 2G China • Long March 3A | |||