Launches from Kourou in 2021
7 orbital launch attempts lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou in 2021, 5% of the world's 146, all of them successful. 3 on Vega, 3 on Ariane 5 ECA+ and 1 on Soyuz STB Fregat. Together they put 32 tonnes of payload in orbit.
- Launches in 2021
- 7
- no failures
- Share of the world
- 5%
- of 146
- Busiest month
- December
- 2 launches
- Payload to orbit
- 32 t
Month by month
Orbital launches from Kourou per month, 2021
- 0Jan
- 0Feb
- 0Mar
- 1Apr
- 0May
- 0Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 0Sep
- 1Oct
- 1Nov
- 2Dec
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| Month | Kourou |
|---|---|
| January | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 1 |
| May | 0 |
| June | 0 |
| July | 1 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 1 |
| December | 2 |
Rockets flown from Kourou in 2021
Every launch of 2021
| Date (UTC) | Rocket | Mission | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2021 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 3 | Success |
| 30 July 2021 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum | Success |
| 17 August 2021 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 4 | Success |
| 24 October 2021 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | SES-17 & Syracuse 4A | Success |
| 16 November 2021 | Vega | CERES | Success |
| 5 December 2021 | Soyuz STB Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24) | Success |
| 25 December 2021 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) | Success |