Rocket Launches in 2020

Spaceflight in 2020: Crew Dragon carries Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the station on 30 May, the first crewed orbital launch from the United States since 2011 and the first on a privately built spacecraft. Three missions leave for Mars in July: the UAE's Hope, China's Tianwen-1 and NASA's Perseverance. In December Chang'e 5 brings back the first lunar samples since 1976, and Hayabusa2 delivers samples from the asteroid Ryugu.

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114 launches in 2020 · 10 failures

Launch list for 2020

Date (UTC)	Rocket	Mission	Provider	Outcome
2020-01-07	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 2	SpaceX	Success
2020-01-07	Long March 3B	TJS-5 (TJSW-5)	CASC	Success
2020-01-15	Long March 2D	Jilin-1 Wideband 01, Tianqi-4, NuSat-7 & 8	CASC	Success
2020-01-16	Kuaizhou 1A	Yinhe-1	ExPace	Success
2020-01-16	Ariane 5 ECA	Eutelsat Konnect & GSAT-30	ArianeGroup	Success
2020-01-29	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 3	SpaceX	Success
2020-01-31	Electron	Birds of a Feather (NROL-151)	Rocket Lab	Success
2020-02-06	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M	OneWeb 2	Progress RSC	Success
2020-02-09	H-IIA 202	IGS Optical 7	MHI	Success
2020-02-09	Simorgh	Zafar-1	IRSA	Failure
2020-02-10	Atlas V 411	Solar Orbiter	ULA	Success
2020-02-15	Antares 230+	Cygnus CRS-2 NG-13 (S.S. Robert H. Lawrence.)	NGSS	Success
2020-02-17	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 4	SpaceX	Success
2020-02-18	Ariane 5 ECA+	JCSAT-17 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2B	ArianeGroup	Success
2020-02-19	Long March 2D	XJS-C, XJS-D, XJS-E, XJS-F	CASC	Success
2020-02-20	Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M	Meridian-M No.19L	Progress RSC	Success
2020-03-07	Falcon 9 Block 5	SpX CRS-20	SpaceX	Success
2020-03-09	Long March 3B	Beidou-3 G2	CASC	Success
2020-03-16	Long March 7A	Maiden Flight	CASC	Failure
2020-03-16	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M	Glonass-M No. 60 (Kosmos 2545)	Progress RSC	Success
2020-03-18	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 5	SpaceX	Success
2020-03-21	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M	OneWeb 3	Progress RSC	Success
2020-03-24	Long March 2C	Yaogan-30-06	CASC	Success
2020-03-26	Atlas V 551	AEHF-6	ULA	Success
2020-04-09	Soyuz 2.1a	Soyuz MS-16	Progress RSC	Success
2020-04-09	Long March 3B	Nusantara Dua	CASC	Failure
2020-04-22	Qased	Noor	IRGC AF	Success
2020-04-22	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 6	SpaceX	Success
2020-04-25	Soyuz 2.1a	Progress MS-14 (75P)	Progress RSC	Success
2020-05-05	Long March 5B	Maiden Flight	CASC	Success
2020-05-12	Kuaizhou 1A	Xingyun-2 01, 02	ExPace	Success
2020-05-17	Atlas V 501	OTV-6 (X-37B) (USSF-7)	ULA	Success
2020-05-20	H-IIB 304	Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)	MHI	Success
2020-05-22	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat	EKS 4 (Tundra 4) (Kosmos 2546)	Progress RSC	Success
2020-05-25	LauncherOne	Launch Demo	Virgin Orbit	Failure
2020-05-29	Long March 11	XJS-G & XJS-H	CASC	Success
2020-05-30	Falcon 9 Block 5	SpX-DM2 (Demonstration Mission 2)	SpaceX	Success
2020-05-31	Long March 2D	Gaofen-9-02	CASC	Success
2020-06-04	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 7	SpaceX	Success
2020-06-10	Long March 2C	Haiyang 1D	CASC	Success
2020-06-13	Electron	Don't Stop Me Now (Rideshare)	Rocket Lab	Success
2020-06-13	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 8	SpaceX	Success
2020-06-17	Long March 2D	Gaofen-9-03	CASC	Success
2020-06-23	Long March 3B	Beidou-3 G3	CASC	Success
2020-06-30	Falcon 9 Block 5	GPS III SV03 "Columbus"	SpaceX	Success
2020-07-03	Long March 4B	Gaofen Multimode	CASC	Success
2020-07-04	Electron	Pics Or It Didn’t Happen (Rideshare)	Rocket Lab	Failure
2020-07-04	Long March 2D	Chuangxin 3A (02)	CASC	Success
2020-07-06	Shavit-2	Ofek-16	IAI	Success
2020-07-09	Long March 3B/E	APStar-6D	CASC	Success
2020-07-10	Kuaizhou 11	Maiden Flight	ExPace	Failure
2020-07-15	Minotaur IV	NROL-129	OATK	Success
2020-07-19	H-IIA 202	Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)	MHI	Success
2020-07-20	Falcon 9 Block 5	ANASIS-II	SpaceX	Success
2020-07-23	Long March 5	Tianwen-1 (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover)	CASC	Success
2020-07-23	Soyuz 2.1a	Progress MS-15 (76P)	Progress RSC	Success
2020-07-25	Long March 4B	Ziyuan-3-03	CASC	Success
2020-07-30	Atlas V 541	Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)	ULA	Success
2020-07-30	Proton-M Briz-M	Ekspress-80 & Ekspress-103	Khrunichev	Success
2020-08-06	Long March 2D	Gaofen-9-04	CASC	Success
2020-08-07	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 9	SpaceX	Success
2020-08-15	Ariane 5 ECA+	Galaxy 30, MEV-2 & BSAT-4B	ArianeGroup	Success
2020-08-18	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 10	SpaceX	Success
2020-08-23	Long March 2D	Gaofen-9-05	CASC	Success
2020-08-30	Falcon 9 Block 5	SAOCOM 1B	SpaceX	Success
2020-08-31	Electron	I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical (Capella 2 & First Light)	Rocket Lab	Success
2020-09-03	Vega	SSMS POC	Avio	Success
2020-09-03	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 11	SpaceX	Success
2020-09-04	Long March 2F/G	Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle	CASC	Success
2020-09-07	Long March 4B	Gaofen-11-02	CASC	Success
2020-09-12	Astra Rocket 3	Maiden Flight	Astra	Failure
2020-09-12	Kuaizhou 1A	Jilin-1-02C	ExPace	Failure
2020-09-15	Long March 11	Jilin-1 High Resolution 03B 01-06 & 03C 01-03	CASC	Success
2020-09-21	Long March 4B	Haiyang 2C	CASC	Success
2020-09-27	Long March 4B	Huanjing 2A, 2B	CASC	Success
2020-09-28	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M	Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 & others	Progress RSC	Success
2020-10-03	Antares 230+	Cygnus CRS-2 NG-14 (S.S. Kalpana Chawla)	NGSS	Success
2020-10-06	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 12	SpaceX	Success
2020-10-11	Long March 3B/E	Gaofen 13	CASC	Success
2020-10-14	Soyuz 2.1a	Soyuz MS-17	Progress RSC	Success
2020-10-18	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 13	SpaceX	Success
2020-10-24	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 14	SpaceX	Success
2020-10-25	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat	Glonass-K1 No. 15 (Kosmos 2547)	Progress RSC	Success
2020-10-26	Long March 2C	Yaogan-30-07	CASC	Success
2020-10-28	Electron	In Focus (Rideshare)	Rocket Lab	Success
2020-11-05	Falcon 9 Block 5	GPS III SV04 "Sacagawea"	SpaceX	Success
2020-11-06	Long March 6	Satellogic x 10	CASC	Success
2020-11-07	Ceres-1	Tianqi-11	Galactic Energy	Success
2020-11-07	PSLV-DL	EOS-01 (RISAT-2BR2)	ISRO	Success
2020-11-12	Long March 3B/E	Tiantong-1-02	CASC	Success
2020-11-13	Atlas V 531	NROL-101	ULA	Success
2020-11-16	Falcon 9 Block 5	Crew-1	SpaceX	Success
2020-11-17	Vega	SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis	Avio	Failure
2020-11-20	Electron	Return to Sender (Rideshare)	Rocket Lab	Success
2020-11-21	Falcon 9 Block 5	Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6A; Jason-CS)	SpaceX	Success
2020-11-23	Long March 5	Chang'e 5	CASC	Success
2020-11-25	Falcon 9 Block 5	Starlink 15	SpaceX	Success
2020-11-29	H-IIA 202	JDRS-1	MHI	Success
2020-12-02	Soyuz STA Fregat	Falcon Eye 2	Progress RSC	Success
2020-12-03	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M	Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32	Progress RSC	Success
2020-12-06	Long March 3B/E	Gaofen 14	CASC	Success
2020-12-06	Falcon 9 Block 5	Dragon CRS-2 SpX-21	SpaceX	Success
2020-12-09	Long March 11	GECAM	CASC	Success
2020-12-11	Delta IV Heavy	NROL-44	ULA	Success
2020-12-13	Falcon 9 Block 5	SXM-7	SpaceX	Success
2020-12-14	Angara A5/Briz-M	Dummy payload	Khrunichev	Success
2020-12-15	Electron	The Owl's Night Begins (StriX-α)	Rocket Lab	Success
2020-12-15	Astra Rocket 3	Flight 2	Astra	Failure
2020-12-17	PSLV XL	CMS-01 (GSAT-12R)	ISRO	Success
2020-12-18	Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M	OneWeb 4	Progress RSC	Success
2020-12-19	Falcon 9 Block 5	NROL-108	SpaceX	Success
2020-12-22	Long March 8	XJY-7 & others	CASC	Success
2020-12-27	Long March 4C	Yaogan-33(R)	CASC	Success
2020-12-29	Soyuz STA Fregat	CSO-2	Progress RSC	Success