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2018 Orbital Launch Race

 

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34
38
 
38
Hongyan-1
Long March 2D
37
TJS-3
Long March 3C
GPS III SV01 (Vespucci)
Falcon 9
34
36
Hongyun-1
Long March 11
VCLS / ELaNa XIX ("This One’s For Pickering")
Electron
33
35
SaudiSAT-5A/5B
Long March 2D
34
Chang'e 4 Lander/Rover
Long March 3B
CRS SpX-16 (Dragon)
Falcon 9
32
Spaceflight SSO-A (SmallSat Express)
Falcon 9
31
33
Shiyan-6, Jiading-1 (OKW-1), Tianzhi-1
Long March 2D
32
BeiDou-3 M17 & M18 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
CRS NG-10E (Cygnus)
Antares
30
Es’hail-2
Falcon 9
29
It's Business Time (2x Lemur-2, CICERO-x, IRVINE 01, NABEO, Proxima)
Electron
28
31
BeiDou-3 GEO-1
Long March 3B
30
CFOSAT and secondary payloads
Long March 2C
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Weilai-1 (Future-1)
Zhuque-1
29
Haiyang-2B
Long March 4B
AEHF-4
Atlas V
27
28
BeiDou-3 M15 & M16 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
27
2x Yaogan 32-01
Long March 2C
SAOCOM-1A
Falcon 9
26
26
Centispace-1-S1
Kuaizhou 1A
25
BeiDou-3 M13 & M14 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
ICESat-2
Delta II
25
Telstar 18 VANTAGE / Apstar-5C
Falcon 9
24
24
Haiyang-1C
Long March 2C
23
BeiDou-3 M11 & M12 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
Parker Solar Probe
Delta IV Heavy
23
Merah Putih (Telkom 4)
Falcon 9
22
22
Gaofen-11
Long March 4B
21
BeiDou-3 M5 & M6 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
Iridium NEXT (Iridium-7, 56-65)
Falcon 9
21
Telstar 19 VANTAGE
Falcon 9
20
20
PRSS-1 & PakTES-1A
Long March 2C
19
BeiDou-2 I7
Long March 3A
CRS SpX-15 (Dragon)
Falcon 9
19
18
2x Unknown Test Satellites (XJSW-A & XJSW-B)
Long March 2C
17
Fengyun-2H
Long March 3A
SES-12
Falcon 9
18
16
Gaofen-6
Long March 2D
Iridium NEXT (Iridium-6, 51-55) and 2x GRACE-FO
Falcon 9
17
CRS OA-9E (Cygnus)
Antares
16
15
Chang'e 4 Relay (QueQiao)
Long March 4C
Bangabandhu-1
Falcon 9
15
14
Gaofen-5
Long March 4C
InSight
Atlas V
14
13
APStar 6C
Long March 3B
12
Zhuhai-1 (OVS-2 & 4x OHS)
Long March 11
TESS
Falcon 9
13
AFSPC-11 (CBAS & EAGLE)
Atlas V
12
11
3x Yaogan-31-01
Long March 4C
CRS SpX-14 (Dragon)
Falcon 9
11
10
3x Gaofen-1 (02/03/04)
Long March 4C
Iridium NEXT (Iridium-5, 41-50)
Falcon 9
10
9
BeiDou-3 M9 & M10 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
8
LKW-4
Long March 2D
Hispasat 30W-6
Falcon 9
9
GOES-S
Atlas V
8
PAZ and Tintin A & B (Starlink)
Falcon 9
7
7
BeiDou-3 M3 & M4 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
Demo Flight (Tesla Roadster)
Falcon Heavy
6
6
CSES (Zhangheng 1)
Long March 2D
GovSat-1 / SES-16
Falcon 9
5
5
Yaogan 30-04
Long March 2C
"Still Testing"
Electron
4
SBIRS GEO 4
Atlas V
3
4
Jilin 1 (07 & 08)
Long March 11
3
LKW-3
Long March 2D
NROL-47
Delta IV
2
2
BeiDou-3 M7 & M8 (BD-3)
Long March 3B
1
Superview-1 (03 and 04)
Long March 2D
ZUMA
Falcon 9
1
* Planned launch list may not be inclusive and planned dates are often estimates only.