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List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021
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This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2021.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2021 in spaceflight. For launches in the second half of 2021 see List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2021.
Orbital launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
| Remarks | ||||||||
January | ||||||||
| 8 January 02:15[1] |
 Falcon 9 Block 5
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F9-104 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| ||||
 Türksat 5A
|
Türksat | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 17 January 19:38:51[4][5] |
LauncherOne
|
F2 | Cosmic Girl, Mojave
|
Virgin Orbit
| ||||
| ⚀ CACTUS-1
|
Capitol Technology University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ CAPE-3
|
UL Lafayette | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ ExoCube-2
|
Cal Poly | Low Earth | Atmospheric research | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ MiTEE
|
University of Michigan | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 15 June 2023[6] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ PICS 1, 2
|
Brigham Young University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ PolarCube
|
CU Boulder | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 6 June 2023[7] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Prometheus 2.8
|
U.S. Department of Defense | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 27 April 2023[8] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Prometheus 2.11
|
U.S. Department of Defense | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 2 May 2023[9] | Successful | |||
| ⚀ Q-PACE (Cu-PACE)
|
UCF | Low Earth | Microgravity research | In orbit | Spacecraft failure[10] | |||
| ⚀ RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E)
|
Vanderbilt University | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ TechEdSat-7 (TES-7)
|
NASA Ames | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | 4 May 2022[11] | Successful | |||
| Launch of NASA's ELaNa 20 mission.[2][3] Second flight and first successful launch of LauncherOne. | ||||||||
| 19 January 16:25[12] |
 Long March 3B/E
|
3B-Y74 | Xichang LC-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Tiantong-1 03
|
China Satcom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 20 January 07:26[13] |
Electron
|
"Another One Leaves The Crust" |  Mahia LC-1A
|
Rocket Lab
| ||||
 GMS-T
|
OHB SE / GMS | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 20 January 13:02[14] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink V1.0-L16 | Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| Starlink × 60
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| First time that a Falcon 9 first stage booster (B1051) is re-flown and recovered for the 8th time and shortest turnaround for a booster so far (38 days). | ||||||||
| 24 January 15:00[21] |
Falcon 9 Block 5 / SHERPA-FX
|
Transporter-1 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| Starlink × 10[22]
|
SpaceX | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | 25 January 2022[23] | Successful | |||
 ION SCV-002 Laurentius[24]
|
D-Orbit | Low Earth (SSO) | CubeSat deployer | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Capella-3 (Whitney 1)[25]
|
Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | 26 February 2023[26] | Successful | |||
| Capella-4 (Whitney 2)[25]
|
Capella Space | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | 8 April 2023[27] | Successful | |||
 GHGSat-C2 (Hugo)[28]
|
GHGSat | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Hawk-2A, 2B, 2C[29]
|
HawkEye 360 | Low Earth (SSO) | SIGINT / Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
 ICEYE × 2[30]
|
ICEYE | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
 Izanami (QPS-SAR 2)[31][32]
|
iQPS | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| XR-1[33]
|
ICEYE-US | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ ARCE-1A, 1B, 1C[17][34]
|
University of South Florida | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ ASELSAT[35][36]
|
ASELSAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  Astrocast × 5
|
Astrocast SA | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ Charlie[37]
|
Aurora Insight | Low Earth (SSO) | RF sensing | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ Flock 4s × 48[38]
|
Planet Labs | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  Hiber Four[39]
|
Hiber | Low Earth (SSO) | Remote sensing | In orbit | Spacecraft failure[40] | |||
⚀  IDEASSat[41]
|
NSPO / NCU | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Successful[42] | |||
| ⚀ Kepler × 8[28]
|
Kepler | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ Lemur-2 × 8
|
Spire Global | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  PIXL-1 (CubeLCT)[43]
|
DLR / TESAT | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Successful[44] | |||
| ⚀ Prometheus 2.10[17]
|
U.S. Department of Defense | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ PTD-1[45]
|
NASA Ames / Tyvak | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ SOMP-2b[46]
|
TU Dresden | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ SpaceBEE × 36[47]
|
Swarm Technologies | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
⚀  UVSQ-SAT[48]
|
UVSQ | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ V-R3x × 3[49][50]
|
NASA | Low Earth (SSO) | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| ⚀ YUSAT[41]
|
NSPO | Low Earth (SSO) | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Successful[42] | |||
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. ELaNa 35 launched aboard Spaceflight's Sherpa-FX1 as part of the SXRS-3 mission.[15][16][17] Sherpa-FX1 hosts two on-board payloads: Celestis Horizon space burial flight[17][18] and TAGSAT-1.[19] A record 143 satellites were deployed, exceeding the previous record of 108 satellites launched by an Antares in 2018.[20] | ||||||||
| 29 January 04:47[51][52] |
Long March 4C
|
4C-Y31 | Jiuquan SLS-2
|
CASC
| ||||
| Yaogan 31-02A
|
CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Yaogan 31-02B
|
CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
| Yaogan 31-02C
|
CAS | Low Earth | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | |||
February | ||||||||
| 1 February 08:15[55][56] |
Hyperbola-1
|
Y2 | Jiuquan LS-95A
|
i-Space
| ||||
| Tianshu
|
Xu Bing | Low Earth (SSO) | Space art | 1 February | Launch failure | |||
| Second Hyperbola-1 flight. Rocket disintegrated shortly after passing max q. Contrary to initial reports, Space Ark's Fangzhou-2 (Ark-2) satellite did not launch on this flight.[53][54] | ||||||||
| 2 February 20:45:28[57] |
 Soyuz-2.1b
|
Plesetsk Site 43/4
|
RVSN RF
| |||||
| Lotos-S1 №4 (Kosmos 2549)[58]
|
VKS | Low Earth | ELINT | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 4 February 06:19[59] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink V1.0-L18 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| ||||
| Starlink × 60
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | |||
| 4 February 15:36[60][61] |
Long March 3B/E
|
3B-Y77 | Xichang LC-3
|
CASC
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| TJS-6
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