Rocket Launches in 2016

Spaceflight in 2016: SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 booster on a drone ship at sea in April, then loses a rocket and its satellite in a pad explosion in September. Juno enters orbit around Jupiter in July. China launches the Tiangong-2 laboratory, where two astronauts stay for a month. China and the United States tie for the most launches, the first year since 2001 that Russia does not lead.

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85 launches in 2016 · 2 failures · 1 partial

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Launch list for 2016

Date (UTC)	Rocket	Mission	Provider	Outcome
2016-01-15	Long March 3B/E	BELINTERSAT-1	CASC	Success
2016-01-17	Falcon 9 v1.1	Jason 3	SpaceX	Success
2016-01-20	PSLV XL	IRNSS-1E	ISRO	Success
2016-01-27	Ariane 5 ECA	Intelsat 29e	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-01-29	Proton-M Briz-M	Eutelsat 9B	Khrunichev	Success
2016-02-01	Long March 3C/YZ-1	Beidou M3-S	CASC	Success
2016-02-05	Atlas V 401	GPS IIF-12	ULA	Success
2016-02-07	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat	Glonass-M (Kosmos 2514)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-02-07	Unha-3	Kwangmyongsong	NADA	Success
2016-02-10	Delta IV M+(5,2)	NROL-45 (Topaz-4) (USA-267)	ULA	Success
2016-02-16	Rokot/Briz-KM	Sentinel-3A	Khrunichev	Success
2016-02-17	H-IIA 202	Astro-H (Hitomi)	MHI	Success
2016-03-04	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	SES-9	SpaceX	Success
2016-03-09	Ariane 5 ECA	Eutelsat 65 West A	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-03-10	PSLV XL	IRNSS-1F	ISRO	Success
2016-03-13	Soyuz 2.1b	Resurs-P No.3	Progress RSC	Success
2016-03-14	Proton-M Briz-M	ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter & EDM Schiaparelli lander	Khrunichev	Success
2016-03-18	Soyuz FG	Soyuz TMA-20M	Progress RSC	Success
2016-03-23	Atlas V 401	Cygnus CRS OA-6 (S.S. Rick Husband)	ULA	Success
2016-03-24	Soyuz 2.1a	Bars-M No. 2 (Kosmos 2515)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-03-29	Long March 3A	Beidou No. 22	CASC	Success
2016-03-31	Soyuz 2.1a	Progress MS-02 (63P)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-04-05	Long March 2D	Shijian-10	CASC	Success
2016-04-08	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	SpX CRS-8	SpaceX	Success
2016-04-25	Soyuz STA Fregat	Sentinel-1B	Progress RSC	Success
2016-04-28	Soyuz 2.1a Volga	Mikhailo Lomonosov, Aist-2D & SamSat 218	Progress RSC	Success
2016-04-28	PSLV XL	IRNSS-1G	ISRO	Success
2016-05-06	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	JCSAT-14	SpaceX	Success
2016-05-15	Long March 2D	Yaogan-30	CASC	Success
2016-05-24	Soyuz STB Fregat	Galileo L7 (FOC FM10-FM11)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-05-27	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	Thaicom 8	SpaceX	Success
2016-05-29	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat	Glonass-M No. 53 (Kosmos 2516)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-05-30	Long March 4B	Ziyuan 3-02 & Ã‘uSat-1 & -2 (Fresco and Batata)	CASC	Success
2016-06-04	Rokot/Briz-KM	Geo-IK-2 No.12L (Kosmos 2517)	Khrunichev	Success
2016-06-09	Proton-M Briz-M	Intelsat 31/DLA-2	Khrunichev	Success
2016-06-11	Delta IV Heavy	NROL-37	ULA	Success
2016-06-12	Long March 3C	Beidou-2 G7	CASC	Success
2016-06-15	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A	SpaceX	Success
2016-06-18	Ariane 5 ECA	Echostar 18 & BRIsat	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-06-22	PSLV XL	Cartosat 2C & 19 small satellites	ISRO	Success
2016-06-24	Atlas V 551	MUOS-5	ULA	Success
2016-06-25	Long March 7/YZ-1A	Development Flight 1	CASC	Success
2016-06-29	Long March 4B	Shijian 16-02	CASC	Success
2016-07-07	Soyuz FG	Soyuz MS (MS-01)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-07-16	Soyuz U	Progress MS-03 (64P)	Progress RSC	Success
2016-07-18	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	SpX CRS-9	SpaceX	Success
2016-07-28	Atlas V 421	NROL-61	ULA	Success
2016-08-05	Long March 3B/E	Tiantong1-01	CASC	Success
2016-08-09	Long March 4C	Gaofen 3	CASC	Success
2016-08-14	Falcon 9 Full Thrust	JCSAT-16	SpaceX	Success
2016-08-15	Long March 2D	QUESS (Micius)	CASC	Success
2016-08-19	Delta IV M+(4,2)	AFSPC-6	ULA	Success
2016-08-24	Ariane 5 ECA	Intelsat 33e & Intelsat 36	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-08-31	Long March 4C	Gaofen 10	CASC	Failure
2016-09-08	GSLV Mk. II	INSAT-3DR	ISRO	Success
2016-09-08	Atlas V 411	OSIRIS-REx	ULA	Success
2016-09-13	Shavit-2	Ofeq-11	IAI	Success
2016-09-15	Long March 2F/G	Tiangong-2	CASC	Success
2016-09-16	Vega	PerúSAT-1 / SkySat x 4	Avio	Success
2016-09-26	PSLV	SCATSat-1	ISRO	Success
2016-10-05	Ariane 5 ECA	Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-10-16	Long March 2F/G	Shenzhou-11	CASC	Success
2016-10-17	Antares 230	Cygnus CRS OA-5 (S.S. Alan Poindexter)	NGSS	Success
2016-10-19	Soyuz FG	Soyuz MS-02	Progress RSC	Success
2016-11-02	H-IIA 202	Himawari-9	MHI	Success
2016-11-03	Long March 5/YZ-2	Shijian-17	CASC	Success
2016-11-09	Long March 11	Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others.	CASC	Success
2016-11-11	Atlas V 401	WorldView-4	ULA	Success
2016-11-11	Long March 2D	Yunhai 1-01	CASC	Success
2016-11-17	Ariane 5 ES	Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14)	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-11-17	Soyuz FG	Soyuz MS-03	Progress RSC	Success
2016-11-19	Atlas V 541	GOES-R	ULA	Success
2016-11-22	Long March 3C	Tianlian 1-04	CASC	Success
2016-12-01	Soyuz U	Progress MS-04 (65P)	Progress RSC	Failure
2016-12-05	Vega	Göktürk-1A	Avio	Success
2016-12-07	PSLV XL	Resourcesat-2A	ISRO	Success
2016-12-07	Delta IV M+(5,4)	WGS-8 (USA-272)	ULA	Success
2016-12-09	H-IIB 304	Kounotori 6 (HTV-6)	MHI	Success
2016-12-10	Long March 3B	Fengyun-4A	CASC	Success
2016-12-15	Pegasus XL	8 x CYGNSS	OSC	Success
2016-12-18	Atlas V 431	Echostar 19 (Jupiter-2)	ULA	Success
2016-12-20	Epsilon	ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace)	IHI	Success
2016-12-21	Long March 2D	Tansat (CarbonSat)	CASC	Success
2016-12-21	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One D1 & JCSAT-15	ArianeGroup	Success
2016-12-28	Long March 2D	Gaojing-1	CASC	Partial Failure

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