Launch record · 86 launches match
Launches per year by launch-site region
6,944 launches · 27,712 payloads since 1957
Monthly cadence · last 36 months
206 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).
| 09 Jul 1997 |
| 1997-034 |
| IRIDIUM 15 |
| 5 |
| 9 |
| 2 |
| Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California |
| US |
| 05 Jul 1997 | 1997-033 | PROGRESS-M 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 01 Jul 1997 | 1997-032 | STS 94 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 25 Jun 1997 | 1997-031 | INTELSAT 802 (IS-802) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRITSO |
| 18 Jun 1997 | 1997-030 | IRIDIUM 914 | 7 | 7 | 3 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | US |
| 10 Jun 1997 | 1997-029 | FENGYUN 2A | 1 | 4 | 3 | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | PRC |
| 06 Jun 1997 | 1997-028 | COSMOS 2344 | 1 | 7 | 4 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 03 Jun 1997 | 1997-027 | INMARSAT 3-F4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRIMIND |
| 24 May 1997 | 1997-026 | GALAXY 25 (G-25) | 1 | 4 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CISUS |
| 20 May 1997 | 1997-025 | THOR II | 1 | 3 | 3 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | NORUS |
| 15 May 1997 | 1997-024 | COSMOS 2343 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 15 May 1997 | 1997-023 | STS 84 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 14 May 1997 | 1997-022 | COSMOS 2342 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 11 May 1997 | 1997-021 | DFH 3-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | PRC |
| 05 May 1997 | 1997-020 | IRIDIUM 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 25 Apr 1997 | 1997-019 | GOES 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 21 Apr 1997 | 1997-018 | MINISAT 01 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Canaries Airspace (air launch) | SPNUS |
| 17 Apr 1997 | 1997-017 | COSMOS 2341 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 16 Apr 1997 | 1997-016 | THAICOM 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRJPNTHAI |
| 09 Apr 1997 | 1997-015 | COSMOS 2340 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 06 Apr 1997 | 1997-014 | PROGRESS-M 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 04 Apr 1997 | 1997-013 | STS 83 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 04 Apr 1997 | 1997-012 | DMSP 5D-2 F14 (USA 131) | 1 | 20 | 11 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 08 Mar 1997 | 1997-011 | DIRECTV 6 (TEMPO 2) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 04 Mar 1997 | 1997-010 | ZEYA | 1 | 4 | 0 | Svobodny Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 01 Mar 1997 | 1997-009 | INTELSAT 801 (IS-801) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRITSO |
| 23 Feb 1997 | 1997-008 | USA 130 (DSP 18) | 1 | 5 | 4 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 17 Feb 1997 | 1997-007 | INTELSAT 26 (IS-26) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | ITSOUS |
| 14 Feb 1997 | 1997-006 | COSMOS 2337 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 12 Feb 1997 | 1997-005 | HALCA (MUSES-B) | 1 | 7 | 2 | Uchinoura Space Center | JPN |
| 11 Feb 1997 | 1997-004 | STS 82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 10 Feb 1997 | 1997-003 | SOYUZ-TM 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 30 Jan 1997 | 1997-002 | AMC-2 (GE-2) | 2 | 4 | 2 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | ARGNFRSES |
| 12 Jan 1997 | 1997-001 | STS 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |