Launch record · 123 launches match
Launches per year by launch-site region
6,943 launches · 27,711 payloads since 1957
Monthly cadence · last 36 months
205 launches in 2026
Launches are derived: SatelliteIndex groups catalogued objects by the launch part of their COSPAR international designator (e.g. 1998-067) and takes the earliest launch date and the launch site from SATCAT. Launches that placed nothing in the catalogue (failures below orbit, suborbital flights) do not appear. Region split uses the launch-site country. See the methodology.
The last bar is the current month (partial).
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| 03 Aug 1981 | 1981-070 | DYNAMICS EXPLORER 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 30 Jul 1981 | 1981-069 | RADUGA 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 29 Jul 1981 | 1981-068 | COSMOS 1284 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 17 Jul 1981 | 1981-067 | COSMOS 1283 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 15 Jul 1981 | 1981-066 | COSMOS 1282 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 10 Jul 1981 | 1981-065 | METEOR PRIRODA | 2 | 4 | 1 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 07 Jul 1981 | 1981-064 | COSMOS 1281 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 02 Jul 1981 | 1981-063 | COSMOS 1280 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 01 Jul 1981 | 1981-062 | COSMOS 1279 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 26 Jun 1981 | 1981-061 | EKRAN 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 24 Jun 1981 | 1981-060 | MOLNIYA 1-50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 23 Jun 1981 | 1981-059 | NOAA 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 19 Jun 1981 | 1981-058 | COSMOS 1278 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 19 Jun 1981 | 1981-057 | METEOSAT-2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | ESAIND |
| 17 Jun 1981 | 1981-056 | COSMOS 1277 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 16 Jun 1981 | 1981-055 | COSMOS 1276 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 09 Jun 1981 | 1981-054 | MOLNIYA 3-16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 04 Jun 1981 | 1981-053 | COSMOS 1275 | 1 | 480 | 403 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 03 Jun 1981 | 1981-052 | COSMOS 1274 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 31 May 1981 | 1981-051 | ROHINI 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota | IND |
| 23 May 1981 | 1981-050 | INTELSAT 501 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | ITSOUS |
| 22 May 1981 | 1981-049 | GOES 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 22 May 1981 | 1981-048 | COSMOS 1273 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 21 May 1981 | 1981-047 | COSMOS 1272 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 19 May 1981 | 1981-046 | COSMOS 1271 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 18 May 1981 | 1981-045 | COSMOS 1270 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 15 May 1981 | 1981-044 | NOVA 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 14 May 1981 | 1981-043 | METEOR 2-7 | 1 | 26 | 15 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 14 May 1981 | 1981-042 | SOYUZ 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 07 May 1981 | 1981-041 | COSMOS 1269 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 28 Apr 1981 | 1981-040 | COSMOS 1268 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 25 Apr 1981 | 1981-039 | COSMOS 1267 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 24 Apr 1981 | 1981-038 | OPS 7225 | 1 | 8 | 7 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 21 Apr 1981 | 1981-037 | COSMOS 1266 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 16 Apr 1981 | 1981-036 | COSMOS 1265 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 15 Apr 1981 | 1981-035 | COSMOS 1264 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 12 Apr 1981 | 1981-034 | STS 1 (OFT-1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 09 Apr 1981 | 1981-033 | COSMOS 1263 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 07 Apr 1981 | 1981-032 | COSMOS 1262 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 31 Mar 1981 | 1981-031 | COSMOS 1261 | 1 | 14 | 8 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 24 Mar 1981 | 1981-030 | MOLNIYA 3-15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 22 Mar 1981 | 1981-029 | SOYUZ 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 20 Mar 1981 | 1981-028 | COSMOS 1260 | 1 | 69 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 18 Mar 1981 | 1981-027 | RADUGA 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 17 Mar 1981 | 1981-026 | COSMOS 1259 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 16 Mar 1981 | 1981-025 | OPS 7350 (DSP 9) | 1 | 3 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 14 Mar 1981 | 1981-024 | COSMOS 1258 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |