Apr 20 Starship Block 1
Failure
Starship becomes the most powerful rocket ever flown
Starship became the most powerful rocket ever flown, surpassing the Soviet N1 after half a century. The flight opened the super-heavy reusable era.
Rocket launches in2023
Starship's first integrated flight test ends in a rapid unscheduled disassembly over the Gulf of Mexico in April; a second attempt in November reaches stage separation for the first time. India's Chandrayaan-3 soft-lands near the Moon's south pole on August 23, the first spacecraft ever to do so. 224 launches fly worldwide, 91 of them on Falcon 9.
Monthly Cadence complete
DEC peak 30 launches ↑ 19% vs 2022
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- success · 212/224
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2023 launch leaders
2023 highlights
Mar 7 H3 22S
Failure
Japan's new flagship rocket fails on its debut
The H3 was built to replace Japan's aging H-IIA. Its second-stage engine failed to ignite, and controllers destroyed the rocket and the ALOS-3 imaging satellite.
Apr 14 Ariane 5 ECA
Success
Europe sets course for Jupiter's icy moons
JUICE left for Jupiter on an eight-year cruise. In 2034 it is due to become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet's moon.
Jul 12 Zhuque 2
Success
The first methane-fueled rocket reaches orbit
Chinese startup LandSpace reached orbit with methane before any state program or established rocket maker. Its first attempt had failed in 2022.
Jul 14 LVM 3
Success
India lands near the lunar south pole
India's Vikram lander set down where Chandrayaan-2 had crashed. It was the first spacecraft to land near the south pole.
Aug 10 Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat
Success
Russia's return to the Moon ends in a crash
Russia had not sent a spacecraft to the Moon since 1976. Luna 25 was aiming for a soft landing near the south pole.
Oct 13 Falcon Heavy B5
Success
NASA sets course for a metal asteroid
Psyche went after an asteroid thought to be a broken planet's core. It was the first working spacecraft Falcon Heavy sent beyond Earth.
All 2023 launches
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224 launches
| January | ||||
Jan 3, 2023 | Transporter-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jan 8, 2023 | Shijian 23 China • Long March 7A | |||
Jan 9, 2023 | Nantong Zhongxue China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1 | |||
Jan 9, 2023Failure | AMAN USA • Virgin Orbit • LauncherOne | |||
Jan 10, 2023 | OneWeb 16 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jan 10, 2023Failure | VariSat-1A, 1B USA • ABL Space Systems • RS1 | |||
Jan 12, 2023 | Apstar 6E China • Long March 2C | |||
Jan 13, 2023 | Yaogan 37 China • Long March 2D | |||
Jan 15, 2023 | Long March 2D-Y71 China • Long March 2D | |||
Jan 15, 2023 | USSF-67 USA • SpaceX • Falcon Heavy B5 | |||
Jan 18, 2023 | GPS III - 06 Amelia Earhart USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jan 19, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-4 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jan 24, 2023 | "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Jan 26, 2023 | IGS-Radar 7 Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Jan 26, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-2 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jan 31, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
| February | ||||
Feb 2, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-3 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Feb 5, 2023 | Elektro-L 4 Russia • Proton M / DM-03 | |||
Feb 7, 2023 | Amazonas Nexus USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Feb 9, 2023 | Progress MS-22 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Feb 10, 2023 | EOS-07 India • SSLV | |||
Feb 12, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-4 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Feb 17, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-5 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Feb 18, 2023 | Inmarsat-6 F2 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Feb 23, 2023 | ChinaSat-26 China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Feb 24, 2023 | Soyuz MS-23 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Feb 24, 2023 | Horus-1 China • Long March 2C | |||
Feb 27, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-1 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
| March | ||||
Mar 2, 2023 | Crew-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 3, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 4, 2023Failure | Nahid-1 Iran • Qaem 100 | |||
Mar 7, 2023Failure | ALOS-3 Japan • H3 22S | |||
Mar 9, 2023 | OneWeb 17 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 9, 2023 | Tianhui 6A/6B China • Long March 4C | |||
Mar 12, 2023 | Olymp-K 2 Russia • Proton M / Briz-M | |||
Mar 13, 2023 | Horus-2 China • Long March 2C | |||
Mar 15, 2023 | CRS-27 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 15, 2023 | Shiyan 19 China • Long March 11 | |||
Mar 16, 2023 | "Stronger Together" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Mar 17, 2023 | Gaofen 13-02 China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Mar 17, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-8 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 17, 2023 | SES-18 & SES-19 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 22, 2023 | Tianmu-1 03-06 China • Kuaizhou 1A | |||
Mar 23, 2023Failure | Good Luck, Have Fun USA • Relativity Space • Terran 1 | |||
Mar 23, 2023 | Bars-M 4L Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Mar 24, 2023 | "The Beat Goes On" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Mar 24, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-5 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 26, 2023 | OneWeb 18 India • LVM 3 | |||
Mar 28, 2023 | Ofeq-13 Israel • Shavit 2 | |||
Mar 29, 2023 | EO MKA 4 Russia • Soyuz 2.1v | |||
Mar 29, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-10 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Mar 30, 2023 | PIESAT-1 01-04 China • Long March 2D | |||
Mar 31, 2023 | Yaogan 34-04 China • Long March 4C | |||
| April | ||||
Apr 2, 2023 | Jinta China • Tianlong 2 | |||
Apr 2, 2023 | SDA Tranche 0A USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Apr 7, 2023 | Lianyungang China • i-Space • Hyperbola 1 | |||
Apr 7, 2023 | Intelsat 40e USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Apr 14, 2023 | Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Apr 15, 2023 | Transporter-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Apr 16, 2023 | Fengyun 3G China • Long March 4B | |||
Apr 19, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-2 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Apr 20, 2023Failure | Starship Flight 1 USA • SpaceX • Starship Block 1 | |||
Apr 22, 2023 | TeLEOS-2 India • PSLV CA | |||
Apr 27, 2023 | Starlink Group 3-5 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Apr 28, 2023 | O3b mPOWER 3 & 4 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
| May | ||||
May 1, 2023 | ViaSat-3 Americas USA • SpaceX • Falcon Heavy B5 | |||
May 4, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 8, 2023 | "Rocket Like A Hurricane" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
May 10, 2023 | Tianzhou 6 China • Long March 7 | |||
May 10, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-9 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 14, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-9 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 17, 2023 | BeiDou-3 G4 China • Long March 3B/E | |||
May 19, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-3 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 20, 2023 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 21, 2023 | Long March 2C Y60 China • Long March 2C | |||
May 21, 2023 | Axiom Space Dragon 2 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 24, 2023 | Progress MS-23 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
May 25, 2023 | NEXTSat-2 South Korea • Nuri | |||
May 26, 2023 | "Coming To A Storm Near You" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
May 26, 2023 | Kondor-FKA 1 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a / Fregat | |||
May 27, 2023 | Arabsat 7B USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
May 29, 2023 | NVS-01 India • GSLV Mk II | |||
May 30, 2023 | Shenzhou 16 China • Long March 2F/G | |||
May 30, 2023Failure | Malligyong-1 North Korea • Chollima 1 | |||
May 31, 2023 | Starlink Group 2-10 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
| June | ||||
Jun 4, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-4 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 5, 2023 | CRS-28 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 7, 2023 | Shiyan 24A China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Jun 9, 2023 | Longjiang-3 China • Kuaizhou 1A | |||
Jun 12, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-11 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 12, 2023 | Transporter-8 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 15, 2023 | Jilin-1 China • Long March 2D | |||
Jun 18, 2023 | "Scout's Arrow" USA • Rocket Lab • HASTE | |||
Jun 18, 2023 | SATRIA-1 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 20, 2023 | Shiyan 25 China • Long March 6 | |||
Jun 22, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 22, 2023 | Orion 11 USA • Delta IV Heavy | |||
Jun 23, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-12 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jun 27, 2023 | Meteor-M 2-3 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
| July | ||||
Jul 1, 2023 | Euclid USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 5, 2023 | Heinrich Hertz France • Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA | |||
Jul 7, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-13 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 9, 2023 | Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 1 China • Long March 2C / YZ-1S | |||
Jul 10, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-5 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 12, 2023 | Zhuque-2 Y2 China • LandSpace • Zhuque 2 | |||
Jul 14, 2023 | Chandrayaan-3 India • LVM 3 | |||
Jul 16, 2023 | Starlink Group 5-15 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 18, 2023 | "Baby Come Back" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Jul 20, 2023 | Tianmu-1 07-10 China • Kuaizhou 1A | |||
Jul 20, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-15 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 22, 2023 | Qiankun-1 China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1 | |||
Jul 23, 2023 | Lingxi-03 China • Long March 2D | |||
Jul 24, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 26, 2023 | Yaogan 36-05 China • Long March 2D | |||
Jul 28, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Jul 29, 2023 | Jupiter-3 USA • SpaceX • Falcon Heavy B5 | |||
Jul 30, 2023 | DS-SAR India • PSLV CA | |||
| August | ||||
Aug 2, 2023 | Cygnus NG-19 S. S. Laurel Clark USA • Antares 230+ | |||
Aug 3, 2023 | Fengyun 3F China • Long March 4C | |||
Aug 3, 2023 | Galaxy 37 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 7, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-8 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 7, 2023 | GLONASS-K2 13L Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Aug 8, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-20 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 8, 2023 | S-SAR 02 China • Long March 2C | |||
Aug 10, 2023 | Diwei Zhineng Yingji-1 China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1 | |||
Aug 10, 2023 | Luna 25 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Aug 11, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-9 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 12, 2023 | Ludi Tance-4 01A China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Aug 14, 2023 | Jiaotong 06-10 China • Kuaizhou 1A | |||
Aug 17, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-10 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 20, 2023 | Gaofen 12-04 China • Long March 4C | |||
Aug 22, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-1 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 23, 2023 | Progress MS-24 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Aug 23, 2023Failure | Malligyong-1 F2 North Korea • Chollima 1 | |||
Aug 23, 2023 | "We Love The Nightlife" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Aug 25, 2023 | Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02A China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1 | |||
Aug 26, 2023 | Crew-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 27, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-11 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Aug 31, 2023 | Yaogan 39-01 China • Long March 2D | |||
| September | ||||
Sep 1, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-13 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 2, 2023 | Aditya-L1 India • PSLV XL | |||
Sep 2, 2023 | SDA Tranche 0B USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 4, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-12 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 5, 2023 | Tianqi 21-24 China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1S | |||
Sep 6, 2023 | Yaogan 33-03 China • Long March 4C | |||
Sep 6, 2023 | XRISM Japan • H2A 202 | |||
Sep 9, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-14 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 10, 2023 | Yaogan 40-01 China • Long March 6A | |||
Sep 10, 2023 | Silentbarker 1 USA • Atlas V 551 | |||
Sep 12, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-2 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 15, 2023 | Victus Nox USA • Firefly Aerospace • Firefly Alpha | |||
Sep 15, 2023 | Soyuz MS-24 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Sep 16, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-16 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 17, 2023 | Yaogan 39-02 China • Long March 2D | |||
Sep 19, 2023Failure | "We Will Never Desert You" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Sep 20, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-17 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 21, 2023Failure | Jilin-1 Gaofen-04B China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1 | |||
Sep 24, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-18 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 25, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-3 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Sep 26, 2023 | Yaogan 33-04 China • Long March 4C | |||
Sep 30, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-19 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
| October | ||||
Oct 5, 2023 | Yaogan 39-03 China • Long March 2D | |||
Oct 5, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-21 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 6, 2023 | Kuiper Protoflight USA • Atlas V 501 | |||
Oct 9, 2023 | THEOS-2 France • Arianespace • Vega | |||
Oct 9, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-4 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 13, 2023 | Psyche asteroid orbiter USA • SpaceX • Falcon Heavy B5 | |||
Oct 13, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-22 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 15, 2023 | Yunhai-1 04 China • Long March 2D | |||
Oct 18, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-23 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 21, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-5 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 22, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-24 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 23, 2023 | Yaogan 39-04 China • Long March 2D | |||
Oct 26, 2023 | Shenzhou 17 China • Long March 2F/G | |||
Oct 27, 2023 | Lotos-S1 7 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b | |||
Oct 29, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 30, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-25 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Oct 31, 2023 | Tianhui 5A/5B China • Long March 6A | |||
| November | ||||
Nov 3, 2023 | TJS-10 China • Long March 7A | |||
Nov 4, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-26 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 8, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-27 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 9, 2023 | ChinaSat 6E China • Long March 3B/E | |||
Nov 10, 2023 | CRS-29 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 11, 2023 | Transporter-9 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 12, 2023 | O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 16, 2023 | Haiyang-3A China • Long March 2C / YZ-1S | |||
Nov 18, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-28 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 18, 2023Failure | Starship Flight 2 USA • SpaceX • Starship Block 1 | |||
Nov 20, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 21, 2023 | Malligyong-1 F3 North Korea • Chollima 1 | |||
Nov 22, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-29 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Nov 23, 2023 | Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 2 China • Long March 2D / YZ-3 | |||
Nov 25, 2023 | Razdan 1 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b | |||
Nov 28, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-30 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
| December | ||||
Dec 1, 2023 | Progress MS-25 Russia • Soyuz 2.1a | |||
Dec 1, 2023 | 425 Project Flight 1 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 3, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-31 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 4, 2023 | MisrSat-2 China • Long March 2C | |||
Dec 4, 2023 | S-STEP South Korea • TV 2 | |||
Dec 4, 2023 | Tianyan-16 China • Galactic Energy • Ceres 1 | |||
Dec 5, 2023 | Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 3A China • Jielong 3 | |||
Dec 7, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-33 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 8, 2023 | Starlink Group 7-8 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 8, 2023 | Honghu-1 China • LandSpace • Zhuque 2 | |||
Dec 10, 2023 | Yaogan 39-05 China • Long March 2D | |||
Dec 14, 2023 | Reusable Experimental Spacecraft China • Long March 2F/T | |||
Dec 15, 2023 | "The Moon God Awakens" USA • Rocket Lab • Electron | |||
Dec 15, 2023 | Yaogan 41 China • Long March 5 | |||
Dec 16, 2023 | Arktika-M 2 Russia • Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat | |||
Dec 17, 2023 | DEAR-1 China • i-Space • Hyperbola 1 | |||
Dec 19, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-34 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 19, 2023 | NS-24 USA • Blue Origin • New Shepard 4 | |||
Dec 21, 2023 | Bars-M 5L Russia • Soyuz 2.1b | |||
Dec 22, 2023Partial failure | Tantrum USA • Firefly Aerospace • Firefly Alpha | |||
Dec 23, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-32 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 24, 2023 | SARah 2 & 3 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 25, 2023 | Tianmu-1 11-14 China • Kuaizhou 1A | |||
Dec 25, 2023 | Shiyan 24C China • Long March 11H | |||
Dec 26, 2023 | BeiDou-3 China • Long March 3B/E / YZ-1 | |||
Dec 27, 2023 | Tianmu-1 19-22 China • Kuaizhou 1A | |||
Dec 27, 2023 | Razbeg 1 Russia • Soyuz 2.1v | |||
Dec 29, 2023 | Boeing X-37B OTV-7 USA • SpaceX • Falcon Heavy B5 | |||
Dec 29, 2023 | Starlink Group 6-36 USA • SpaceX • Falcon 9 B5 | |||
Dec 30, 2023 | Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 4 China • Long March 2C / YZ-1S | |||