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).
| 23 Dec 1997 | 1997-084 | ORBCOMM FM08 | 8 | 24 | 12 | Eastern Range Airspace (air launch) | ORBUS |
| 21 Dec 1997 | 1997-083 | INTELSAT 804 (IS-804) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRITSO |
| 20 Dec 1997 | 1997-082 | IRIDIUM 45 | 5 | 19 | 6 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 20 Dec 1997 | 1997-081 | PROGRESS-M 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 15 Dec 1997 | 1997-080 | COSMOS 2348 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 09 Dec 1997 | 1997-079 | COSMOS 2347 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 08 Dec 1997 | 1997-078 | GALAXY 8 (G-8) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 08 Dec 1997 | 1997-077 | IRIDIUM 42 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | PRCUS |
| 02 Dec 1997 | 1997-076 | ASTRA 1G | 1 | 4 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CISSES |
| 02 Dec 1997 | 1997-075 | JCSAT-1B | 2 | 4 | 2 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRGERJPN |
| 27 Nov 1997 | 1997-074 | TRMM | 3 | 5 | 0 | Tanegashima Space Center | JPNUS |
| 19 Nov 1997 | 1997-073 | STS 87 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 18 Nov 1997 | 1997-072 | RESURS F-1M | 1 | 6 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 12 Nov 1997 | 1997-071 | ASTRA 5A (SIRIUS 2) | 2 | 4 | 2 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRINDOSWED |
| 12 Nov 1997 | 1997-070 | KUPON | 1 | 12 | 6 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 09 Nov 1997 | 1997-069 | IRIDIUM 43 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 08 Nov 1997 | 1997-068 | USA 136 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 06 Nov 1997 | 1997-067 | NAVSTAR 44 (USA 135) | 1 | 4 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 30 Oct 1997 | 1997-066 | MAQSAT H | 3 | 4 | 4 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | ESAFR |
| 25 Oct 1997 | 1997-065 | USA 134 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 24 Oct 1997 | 1997-064 | USA 133 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 22 Oct 1997 | 1997-063 | STEP M4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Eastern Range Airspace (air launch) | US |
| 16 Oct 1997 | 1997-062 | APSTAR-2R (TELSTAR 10) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | PRC |
| 15 Oct 1997 | 1997-061 | CASSINI | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 09 Oct 1997 | 1997-060 | FOTON 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 05 Oct 1997 | 1997-059 | ECHOSTAR 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 05 Oct 1997 | 1997-058 | PROGRESS-M 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CISGER |
| 29 Sept 1997 | 1997-057 | IRS-1D | 1 | 2 | 1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota | IND |
| 27 Sept 1997 | 1997-056 | IRIDIUM 19 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 26 Sept 1997 | 1997-055 | STS 86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 24 Sept 1997 | 1997-054 | MOLNIYA 1-90 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CIS |
| 23 Sept 1997 | 1997-053 | NSS-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | NETH |
| 23 Sept 1997 | 1997-052 | COSMOS 2346 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | CISUS |
| 14 Sept 1997 | 1997-051 | IRIDIUM 29 | 7 | 664 | 120 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CISUS |
| 04 Sept 1997 | 1997-050 | AMC-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | SESUS |
| 02 Sept 1997 | 1997-049 | EUTELSAT W75 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | ESAEUMEEUTEFR |
| 01 Sept 1997 | 1997-048 | DUMMY MASS 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | PRC |
| 29 Aug 1997 | 1997-047 | FORTE | 1 | 2 | 2 | Western Range Airspace (air launch) | US |
| 28 Aug 1997 | 1997-046 | INTELSAT 5 (IS-5) | 1 | 4 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CISUS |
| 25 Aug 1997 | 1997-045 | ACE | 1 | 2 | 2 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 23 Aug 1997 | 1997-044 | SSTI LEWIS | 1 | 2 | 0 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 21 Aug 1997 | 1997-043 | IRIDIUM 26 | 5 | 9 | 2 | Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California | US |
| 19 Aug 1997 | 1997-042 | ABS-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | ABSPRC |
| 14 Aug 1997 | 1997-041 | COSMOS 2345 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 08 Aug 1997 | 1997-040 | PAS 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | FRUS |
| 07 Aug 1997 | 1997-039 | STS 85 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida | US |
| 05 Aug 1997 | 1997-038 | SOYUZ-TM 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) | CIS |
| 01 Aug 1997 | 1997-037 | ORBVIEW 2 (SEASTAR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Western Range Airspace (air launch) | US |