9.1: Launch Log

The master list of satellite orbital launches and launch attempts. At the time of writing, this is the most complete list available with accurate launch times: I've managed to track down a lot of launch times (to the minute) that were previously unavailable.

There may be some errors in this list, if you spot any please let me know.

The entries are:

• Launch: The international designation. For failed launches, the designation is one I have assigned. Pad explosions during prelaunch preps have not been included.

• Launch Date: Launch date and time are given in Coordinated Universal Time. A ? indicates an approximate launch time good to about 15 min, usually derived from orbital analysis.

• COSPAR International designation of the payload piece.

• PL Name Name of the payload as given by the launching agency after launch.

• Orig PL Name Manufacturer's payload name prior to launch. For USSR payloads, assignment of payload types to Kosmos satellites is in many cases slightly speculative - e.g. which particular class of Zenit spy satellite for a specific Kosmos satellite may is often a guess.

• LV Type Launch vehicle type. Some of the USSR vehicles are still uncertain, particularly the assignment of Voskhod 11A57 versus Soyuz-U 11A511U in the mid 1970s.

• LV S/N Launch vehicle serial number if known

• Site Launch site, see sites.txt

• Ref Reference for launch time, see refs.txt

Launch Log

Site Index

Refs Index