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Cataloguing every flight since Sputnik (1957)

On This Day in Orbital History

August 8
2026
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-38
Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpX
2025
Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 04
Smart Dragon 3 · CHNR
2023
Long March 2C | 5 m S-SAR-02 (Huanjing-2F)
Long March 2C · CASC
+ 7 more launches on this day

2030s

2030
3
flights
2031
5
flights
2032
1
flights
2033
2
flights
2035
2
flights
2036
1
flights
2038
1
flights
2039
1
flights

2020s

COMMERCIAL EXPANSION & MEGACONSTELLATIONS
2020
124
flights
2021
160
flights
2022
193
flights
2023
235
flights
2024
273
flights
2025
341
flights
2026
352
flights
2027
102
flights
2028
42
flights
2029
44
flights

2010s

THE REUSABILITY REVOLUTION
2010
77
flights
2011
98
flights
2012
85
flights
2013
88
flights
2014
100
flights
2015
89
flights
2016
96
flights
2017
97
flights
2018
124
flights
2019
114
flights

2000s

ISS CONSTRUCTION & MATURATION
2000
85
flights
2001
59
flights
2002
65
flights
2003
63
flights
2004
55
flights
2005
56
flights
2006
67
flights
2007
68
flights
2008
69
flights
2009
79
flights

1990s

POST-COLD WAR COOPERATION
1990
121
flights
1991
91
flights
1992
97
flights
1993
83
flights
1994
93
flights
1995
80
flights
1996
77
flights
1997
89
flights
1998
82
flights
1999
78
flights

1980s

SHUTTLE ERA & COMMERCIAL BEGINNINGS
1980
108
flights
1981
126
flights
1982
129
flights
1983
129
flights
1984
129
flights
1985
125
flights
1986
110
flights
1987
114
flights
1988
121
flights
1989
102
flights

1970s

APOLLO-SOYUZ & SPACE STATIONS
1970
125
flights
1971
136
flights
1972
116
flights
1973
116
flights
1974
113
flights
1975
132
flights
1976
133
flights
1977
130
flights
1978
128
flights
1979
110
flights

1960s

THE SPACE RACE & APOLLO
1960
45
flights
1961
62
flights
1962
87
flights
1963
76
flights
1964
106
flights
1965
137
flights
1966
141
flights
1967
146
flights
1968
133
flights
1969
127
flights

1950s

THE DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE
1957
3
flights
1958
28
flights
1959
28
flights