This is a timeline of known spaceflights, both crewed and uncrewed, sorted chronologically by launch date. Due to its large size, the timeline has been split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951. There is a separate list for all flights that occurred before 1951.
The list for the year and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches.
For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line, the FAI-recognized edge of space, which is above mean sea level (AMSL). The timeline contains all the flights which have either crossed the edge of space, were intended to do so but failed, or are planned in the near future. Notable test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft). __TOC__
Space launch statistics (1957–2026)
Orbital and suborbital launches by year
+ Timelines of Spaceflight Before 1951 Spaceflight before 1951 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 (H1, H2) 1959 (H1, H2) 1960s 1960 (T1, T2, T3) 1961 (H1, H2) 1962 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) 1963 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) 1964 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) 1965 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (H1, H2) 2019 (H1, (H2) 2020s 2020 2021 (H1, H2) 2022 (H1, H2) 2023 (H1, H2) 2024 (H1, H2) 2025 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) 2026 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) 2027 2028 2029 After 2029 List of planned future spaceflight launches
Planned deep-space rendezvous after 2029
Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks 26 December 2030 Lucy Third gravity assist at Earth Target altitude 660 km July 2031 Hayabusa2 Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 July 2031 JUICE Flyby of Ganymede July 2031 JUICE Jupiter orbit insertion July 2032 JUICE Flyby of Europa 2 March 2033 Lucy Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius Target altitude 1000 km December 2034 JUICE Ganymede orbit insertion Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's
See also
Discovery and exploration of the Solar System Launch vehicle List of crewed spacecraft Outer space Space exploration Space launch market competition Timeline of private spaceflight Timeline of Solar System exploration Timeline of space exploration History of spaceflight
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