France Launches in 2006
France flew 5 orbital launch attempts in 2006, 8% of the world's 66, all of them successful. Together they put 41 tonnes of payload in orbit.
- Launches in 2006
- 5
- no failures
- Share of the world
- 8%
- of 66
- Busiest month
- March
- 1 launch
- Payload to orbit
- 41 t
Month by month
France orbital launches per month, 2006
- 0Jan
- 0Feb
- 1Mar
- 0Apr
- 1May
- 0Jun
- 0Jul
- 1Aug
- 0Sep
- 1Oct
- 0Nov
- 1Dec
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| Month | France |
|---|---|
| January | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 0 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 0 |
| December | 1 |
Rockets France flew in 2006
Every launch of 2006
| Date (UTC) | Rocket | Mission | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2006 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A | Success |
| 27 May 2006 | Ariane 5 ECA | Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5 | Success |
| 11 August 2006 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B | Success |
| 13 October 2006 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2 | Success |
| 8 December 2006 | Ariane 5 ECA | WildBlue 1 & AMC-18 | Success |